BCooper
@bcooper82.bsky.social
A guy, two cats, family, and lots of books. Currently overseas.😸🎮 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✝️☮️💉🌎⚗️🖖⚾
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BCooper
@bcooper82.bsky.social
· Oct 22
a man wearing glasses and a suit stands in front of a piano
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a suit stands in front of a piano
media.tenor.com
Dreaming of a better future tonight.
One that we all make together ❤️
One that we all make together ❤️
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November 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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We’re grateful to the millions of Privacy Badger users who are blocking trackers and fighting for a better web! Together, we’re disrupting the business models that fuel online surveillance.
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We’re grateful to the millions of Privacy Badger users who are blocking trackers and fighting for a better web! Together, we’re disrupting the business models that fuel online surveillance.
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Gulf between AI journalism hype and concerns at the coalface revealed: Far from freeing journalists from 'churnalism' AI could be enabling it, survey suggests pressgazette.co.uk/news/gulf-be...
Gulf between AI journalism hype and concerns at the coalface revealed
AI does not appear to have freed journalist's from mundane tasks as promised.
pressgazette.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Gulf between AI journalism hype and concerns at the coalface revealed: Far from freeing journalists from 'churnalism' AI could be enabling it, survey suggests pressgazette.co.uk/news/gulf-be...
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Oh, my God, Crunchyroll, if you don't have closed captions sitting around for Magic Knight Rayearth (even though I'm betting you ACTUALLY DO and you aren't using them), PLEASE just let me caption Magic Knight Rayearth for you.
These are their autogenerated subs on magic knight rayearth and they’re absolutely horrible. Cant get the name of the country/world right
November 27, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Oh, my God, Crunchyroll, if you don't have closed captions sitting around for Magic Knight Rayearth (even though I'm betting you ACTUALLY DO and you aren't using them), PLEASE just let me caption Magic Knight Rayearth for you.
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its so crazy that young people became less interested in movies & tv at the same time weird tech guys mostly started deciding what gets made
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
its so crazy that young people became less interested in movies & tv at the same time weird tech guys mostly started deciding what gets made
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Black Friday is coming up, support your local bookstores!
Also can I interest you in a graphic novel I made? It’s about a therapist for ghosts who deals with burnout and must learn the power of boundaries and self-care 👻
Available where books are sold! 📚
theghostkeeper.carrd.co
Also can I interest you in a graphic novel I made? It’s about a therapist for ghosts who deals with burnout and must learn the power of boundaries and self-care 👻
Available where books are sold! 📚
theghostkeeper.carrd.co
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Black Friday is coming up, support your local bookstores!
Also can I interest you in a graphic novel I made? It’s about a therapist for ghosts who deals with burnout and must learn the power of boundaries and self-care 👻
Available where books are sold! 📚
theghostkeeper.carrd.co
Also can I interest you in a graphic novel I made? It’s about a therapist for ghosts who deals with burnout and must learn the power of boundaries and self-care 👻
Available where books are sold! 📚
theghostkeeper.carrd.co
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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When I went home to Mississippi last week, a Black farmer welcomed folks to pick greens from his land for free. It made me wonder whether other communities across the country were also giving back ahead of the holiday.
The answer: yes, they are.
capitalbnews.org/collard-gree...
The answer: yes, they are.
capitalbnews.org/collard-gree...
Why Fresh Collard Greens Are Becoming a Holiday Lifeline in These Communities
From farmers to churches, residents across the country are working together to provide free food for those in need this holiday season.
capitalbnews.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
When I went home to Mississippi last week, a Black farmer welcomed folks to pick greens from his land for free. It made me wonder whether other communities across the country were also giving back ahead of the holiday.
The answer: yes, they are.
capitalbnews.org/collard-gree...
The answer: yes, they are.
capitalbnews.org/collard-gree...
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While the brothers have declared a work stoppage, I'm sad to report the dishes are not yet done, and so mine shall continue.
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 AM
While the brothers have declared a work stoppage, I'm sad to report the dishes are not yet done, and so mine shall continue.
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... But what he really excels at is hugging.
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
... But what he really excels at is hugging.
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But it turned out there was more to Jim's arrival than we had initially assumed. He had actually been invited over to our house by our cat Charles, to work full-time as a personal valet for Charles.
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
But it turned out there was more to Jim's arrival than we had initially assumed. He had actually been invited over to our house by our cat Charles, to work full-time as a personal valet for Charles.
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THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
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still a pretty good thread imo
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
still a pretty good thread imo
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I'm happy promoting this now - our download provider's been taken care of, our previous customers have been made whole, and we're able to focus on bringing you the best damn magazine and anime publication we can
Great news! Anime Herald Magazine is now printing, and the digital version is now available. Thank you so much for your patience. We hope you enjoy it. 🥰
Digital copy ($15.75 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1dig 💻
Physical copy ($17.95 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1 📔
Bundle: hera.fyi/buyahmag1bun 📦
Digital copy ($15.75 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1dig 💻
Physical copy ($17.95 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1 📔
Bundle: hera.fyi/buyahmag1bun 📦
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I'm happy promoting this now - our download provider's been taken care of, our previous customers have been made whole, and we're able to focus on bringing you the best damn magazine and anime publication we can
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SUPERNATURAL #2 hit comic shops today - and scored another rave review from @aiptcomics.com! aiptcomics.com/2025/11/26/s...
‘Supernatural’ #2 might make you think twice about that Vegas trip
A clever twist on the classic ghost story.
aiptcomics.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
SUPERNATURAL #2 hit comic shops today - and scored another rave review from @aiptcomics.com! aiptcomics.com/2025/11/26/s...
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Thanksgiving mood boost: Across the US, lesbian bars, queer collectives and butch clubs are feeding hungry community members.
“When I walked into that space...every single butch or masc in there was ready to work and just wanted to know what they could do,” an organizer told @rewirenewsgroup.com.
“When I walked into that space...every single butch or masc in there was ready to work and just wanted to know what they could do,” an organizer told @rewirenewsgroup.com.
This holiday season, between the recent upending of SNAP benefits and increasing economic uncertainty, people are hungry. Queer groups are stepping in to make sure their communities get fed.
Really proud of this piece from Priyanka Bansal. I hope you'll give it a read.
Really proud of this piece from Priyanka Bansal. I hope you'll give it a read.
How Queer Organizers Feed Their People, from New York to Atlanta
About 42 million Americans depend on monthly SNAP benefits. Halting those electronic payments hurt childhood nutrition and distressed family budgets
rewirenewsgroup.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Thanksgiving mood boost: Across the US, lesbian bars, queer collectives and butch clubs are feeding hungry community members.
“When I walked into that space...every single butch or masc in there was ready to work and just wanted to know what they could do,” an organizer told @rewirenewsgroup.com.
“When I walked into that space...every single butch or masc in there was ready to work and just wanted to know what they could do,” an organizer told @rewirenewsgroup.com.
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Reminder: The next entry in the Untold Stories saga is Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories--Jace, set to kick off next February! Details: https://bit.ly/47nRAKz
With @magic.wizards.com, by @michaelwconrad.bsky.social, @caitlinyarsky.bsky.social and team, variant by @ffrancavilla.bsky.social
With @magic.wizards.com, by @michaelwconrad.bsky.social, @caitlinyarsky.bsky.social and team, variant by @ffrancavilla.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Reminder: The next entry in the Untold Stories saga is Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories--Jace, set to kick off next February! Details: https://bit.ly/47nRAKz
With @magic.wizards.com, by @michaelwconrad.bsky.social, @caitlinyarsky.bsky.social and team, variant by @ffrancavilla.bsky.social
With @magic.wizards.com, by @michaelwconrad.bsky.social, @caitlinyarsky.bsky.social and team, variant by @ffrancavilla.bsky.social
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What I like about BlueSky:
Y'all like my weather posts more than my finance posts!
Y'all like my weather posts more than my finance posts!
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
What I like about BlueSky:
Y'all like my weather posts more than my finance posts!
Y'all like my weather posts more than my finance posts!
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Google search is broken.
Social algorithms suppress links.
Finding good independent writing online has never been harder.
We built something to fix that: 🌍
ghost.org/changelog/gh...
Social algorithms suppress links.
Finding good independent writing online has never been harder.
We built something to fix that: 🌍
ghost.org/changelog/gh...
Explore the independent web
Driving growth for Ghost publishers with a new discovery engine
ghost.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Google search is broken.
Social algorithms suppress links.
Finding good independent writing online has never been harder.
We built something to fix that: 🌍
ghost.org/changelog/gh...
Social algorithms suppress links.
Finding good independent writing online has never been harder.
We built something to fix that: 🌍
ghost.org/changelog/gh...
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Already seeing prominent journalists on this site ignore this warning.
I’m telling y’all: follow reporters, not influencers.
I’m telling y’all: follow reporters, not influencers.
PSA: There are some accounts on here that are essentially religion news *influencers,* meaning they pump out viral posts that contain information that is *sometimes* accurate, sometimes *partially* accurate, sometimes purely speculative, and sometimes just…false.
Follow religion reporters.
Follow religion reporters.
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Already seeing prominent journalists on this site ignore this warning.
I’m telling y’all: follow reporters, not influencers.
I’m telling y’all: follow reporters, not influencers.
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How did I go my whole life without knowing Koalas sound nothing like I imagined?
I don’t know what I thought they sounded like, but it definitely wasn’t this 😂🤣
Port Stephens Koala Hospital, Australia
Port Stephens Koala Hospital, Australia
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
How did I go my whole life without knowing Koalas sound nothing like I imagined?
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WEIRD DUCK NEWS:
It finally happened.
After months of posting, tracking from Canada to Montana, to Northern California to a 2 miles up the street, getting up at 4:30am to get to the wetlands, and waiting, today at 8:29am, we got an in focus bufflehead in flight.
Let's. Fucking. Go. 🪶
It finally happened.
After months of posting, tracking from Canada to Montana, to Northern California to a 2 miles up the street, getting up at 4:30am to get to the wetlands, and waiting, today at 8:29am, we got an in focus bufflehead in flight.
Let's. Fucking. Go. 🪶
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
WEIRD DUCK NEWS:
It finally happened.
After months of posting, tracking from Canada to Montana, to Northern California to a 2 miles up the street, getting up at 4:30am to get to the wetlands, and waiting, today at 8:29am, we got an in focus bufflehead in flight.
Let's. Fucking. Go. 🪶
It finally happened.
After months of posting, tracking from Canada to Montana, to Northern California to a 2 miles up the street, getting up at 4:30am to get to the wetlands, and waiting, today at 8:29am, we got an in focus bufflehead in flight.
Let's. Fucking. Go. 🪶
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Mousecow is getting plenty of exercise today.
#EverybodyLovesMousecow
#EverybodyLovesMousecow
November 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Mousecow is getting plenty of exercise today.
#EverybodyLovesMousecow
#EverybodyLovesMousecow
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November 26, 2025 at 6:55 AM