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You all MUST READ this piece by Kaitlyn Greenidge about the power of art to “exist outside of a tech lord’s algorithm.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
The Artist Who Reminds Us that Another Way Is Possible
The late artist Abigail McGrath cultivated a creative life for herself filled with freedom, joy, and a commitment to beauty. In an age of authoritarianism and algorithms, it’s a kind of life worth pro...
www.harpersbazaar.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
You all MUST READ this piece by Kaitlyn Greenidge about the power of art to “exist outside of a tech lord’s algorithm.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
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This is the way.
November 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This is the way.
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Video - Deployment of Ingenuity Mars helicopter from Nasa’s Perseverance - 2021 - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2kPYZWQ
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Video - Deployment of Ingenuity Mars helicopter from Nasa’s Perseverance - 2021 - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2kPYZWQ
(always) got to be starting something
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
(always) got to be starting something
just checking that this GIF is Bsky-available <3
a baby yoda is holding a cup of coffee in his hands .
Alt: Grogu (also known as "baby yoda") is holding a cup in his hands; his clothes twinkle.
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
just checking that this GIF is Bsky-available <3
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This, on top of environmental collapse, is why you should refuse AI. Refuse it because it makes the world worse for everyone else except the oligarchy. Refuse it because it destroys your ability to think and make decisions, and refuse it because it creates mistrust in almost everything it touches.
November 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
This, on top of environmental collapse, is why you should refuse AI. Refuse it because it makes the world worse for everyone else except the oligarchy. Refuse it because it destroys your ability to think and make decisions, and refuse it because it creates mistrust in almost everything it touches.
i, a US-Canadian in Canada, keep seeing SM posts about the coast guard changing rules regarding certain tattoos, citing articles that all seem to he copying each other, but when i search for news, i find more articles about the Coast Guard saying this is false. misinformation campaign afoot?
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
i, a US-Canadian in Canada, keep seeing SM posts about the coast guard changing rules regarding certain tattoos, citing articles that all seem to he copying each other, but when i search for news, i find more articles about the Coast Guard saying this is false. misinformation campaign afoot?
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Not just because I'm writing a book on #BattlestarGalactica, but damn I wish this show was streaming right now (it's not! this is Not Good). Partly bec it's MORE relevant than ever, partly bec it fucking rules, mainly bec Laura Roslin shouting "I'M COMING FOR ALL OF YOU" is now my entire personality
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Not just because I'm writing a book on #BattlestarGalactica, but damn I wish this show was streaming right now (it's not! this is Not Good). Partly bec it's MORE relevant than ever, partly bec it fucking rules, mainly bec Laura Roslin shouting "I'M COMING FOR ALL OF YOU" is now my entire personality
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Newbie writers, when you make that all-important first sale, and you have the contract in your hands, please copy and paste the following for your response letter:
"No, you cannot have subsidiary rights."
You can thank me later.
"No, you cannot have subsidiary rights."
You can thank me later.
November 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Newbie writers, when you make that all-important first sale, and you have the contract in your hands, please copy and paste the following for your response letter:
"No, you cannot have subsidiary rights."
You can thank me later.
"No, you cannot have subsidiary rights."
You can thank me later.
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buckaroos know this classic way
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
buckaroos know this classic way
Zoe's Animal Rescue Society in Edmonton has emptied their funds taking in some animals who need expensive surgeries. They were slammed pretty hard this year, and [gestures wildly at the world] donations aren't meeting the demand.
Please share/help as you can.
www.zoesanimalrescue.org/donate/
Please share/help as you can.
www.zoesanimalrescue.org/donate/
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
My #SuperlativeCannedGoo tweet from the old place is making rounds again. Support co-op cranberry growers!
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
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✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
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"Some people don't want to pay money for art"
Okay well I don't want to pay £60 a month for gas, I guess it's ok if I go hose it out of someone else's car, right?
RIGHT?
Okay well I don't want to pay £60 a month for gas, I guess it's ok if I go hose it out of someone else's car, right?
RIGHT?
November 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"Some people don't want to pay money for art"
Okay well I don't want to pay £60 a month for gas, I guess it's ok if I go hose it out of someone else's car, right?
RIGHT?
Okay well I don't want to pay £60 a month for gas, I guess it's ok if I go hose it out of someone else's car, right?
RIGHT?
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Apollo 17 Astronauts Capture Iconic Blue Marble 50 Years Ago - From NASA Marshall Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/2o4M9M6
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Apollo 17 Astronauts Capture Iconic Blue Marble 50 Years Ago - From NASA Marshall Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/2o4M9M6
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Yes, be angry with Senate Democrats, but don’t forget who was keeping food from hungry children.
Furious? You Should Be
The battle may have been lost, but the war can still be won
steady.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Yes, be angry with Senate Democrats, but don’t forget who was keeping food from hungry children.
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What happens when
11 women from around the world
challenge each other to write
a story outside their genre?
A collection of short stories
of cross-cultural clashes,
living on new planets,
mutual grieving,
bachelorette party otherworldly visit,
and more? You get a #MixedBagOfTricks!
11 women from around the world
challenge each other to write
a story outside their genre?
A collection of short stories
of cross-cultural clashes,
living on new planets,
mutual grieving,
bachelorette party otherworldly visit,
and more? You get a #MixedBagOfTricks!
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
What happens when
11 women from around the world
challenge each other to write
a story outside their genre?
A collection of short stories
of cross-cultural clashes,
living on new planets,
mutual grieving,
bachelorette party otherworldly visit,
and more? You get a #MixedBagOfTricks!
11 women from around the world
challenge each other to write
a story outside their genre?
A collection of short stories
of cross-cultural clashes,
living on new planets,
mutual grieving,
bachelorette party otherworldly visit,
and more? You get a #MixedBagOfTricks!
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Quick snapshot of the @runforsomething.net candidate sign-ups -- we're building a party of fighters, not folders.
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Quick snapshot of the @runforsomething.net candidate sign-ups -- we're building a party of fighters, not folders.