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NYC artist & photographer. #Detroit native living in the East Village #NYC. Human companion to a Cat named Whiskers Sour. Black Girl with #Lupus & a new hip! Shop #Photography prints, cards, gifts, #Handmade #stationery & more @ linktr.ee/brightandshinynyc
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Local Christmas Fairy @brightandshinynyc.bsky.social · Apr 19
Pink and Gold Floral Hand Painted Gift Card Holder
Pink and Gold Floral Hand Painted Gift Card Holder
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funky16corners.bsky.social
This week’s all-Michigan edition of Testify! is in the archives. You can dig it at the WFMU page: wfmu.org/playlists/TG #radio #freeform @wfmu.bsky.social @gtdradio.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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blackgirlnerds.bsky.social
In light of the recent release of Wicked: For Good many fans are going back to revisit some of the films within the Land of Oz lore. And The Wiz should be no exception. But let’s go back to our question, is The Wiz a Thanksgiving film?
Is 'The Wiz' a Thanksgiving Movie? Here’s Why the Answer Might Be Yes | Black Girl Nerds
Spread the loveEvery year, as Thanksgiving approaches, families across the country start debating the same thing: What are we watching after dinner? While some households lean on football and others r...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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40yearsago.bsky.social
[November 18th, 1985] In the Season 17 premiere of Sesame Street, Episode 2096, the adults on Sesame Street finally meet Mr. Snuffleupagus and realize he is real, not imaginary.

Elmo is also introduced as a new character.
November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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shadowtodd.bsky.social
"TikTok but you pay for it" is not a winning business model
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
'Women of Punk' 1980 London. (Back row L-R) Chrissie Hynde, Debbie Harry, Viv Albertine, Siouxsie Sioux, (front) Poly Styrene & Pauline Black (photo by M.Putland) #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring six women, two sitting at the front and four standing
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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mollycranenewman.bsky.social
Alerting all New Yorkers to go outside and look up
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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katehinds.bsky.social
Can we talk about tonight’s sunset!?
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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alecchamilton.bsky.social
Sky over a @bklynlibrary.bsky.social branch.
A dramatic blue and pink sky over the corner of a darkened library building with lights, spaced evenly across it
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
brightandshinynyc.bsky.social
evgrieve.com/2025/11/cauz...
Cauz for Pawz has opened in its new home on Avenue B
EV Grieve is the leading news, entertainment and lifestyle blog about the East Village of New York City.
evgrieve.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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🚨 For anyone who uses TooGoodToGo or wants to start, they have a rewards program now.

TooGoodToGo ia designed to save food from going to waste.

More info: www.toogoodtogo.com/en-us
TooGoodToGo: GET REWARDED FOR SAVING FOOD You're already saving food now you'll get rewarded for it too! Collect 9 stamps and unlock a voucher worth $5.00. Our treat! ALL ABOUT YOUR LOYALTY CARD Loyalty Card Collecting stamps Every time you save a Surprise Bag, you'll earn a stamp on your Loyalty Card. Simple as that! Track your progress in the Profile tab. Unlocking your voucher Once you ve collected 9 stamps, you'll unlock a $5.00 voucher. We'll add it to your account automatically. Using your voucher Use your voucher as part of your payment when saving Surprise Bags in the app. It's valid for 31 davs from the date it's issued.
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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solomonmissouri.bsky.social
a few notes on thanksgiving
October 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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denterrick.bsky.social
On a long hike last week I was happy to stop and take this. Used a 1970s Carl Zeiss Jenna 135mm. There's a look to this image that really appeals to me but I'm hard pressed to say what it is exactly.

#hiking #photography #EastCoastKin #StunDay #SundaySheep #Ireland
A blackface mountain sheep standing, appropriate enough, on a mountain in Wicklow, Ireland.
October 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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stevemullis.net
Here’s a little joy for you because we all need it
October 25, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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evgrieve.bsky.social
The best in show today at the 35th Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in the East Village — "Cereal Killers."

📷 by @staciejoy.bsky.social
3 adorable dogs on a wheeled set showing a crime scene (with caution tape) and cafe menus with 3 humans dressed in hats reading Snap, Crackle and Pop. The costume for the Halloween Dog Parade is titled 'Cereal Killers."
October 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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sdcushing.bsky.social
Sabine @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social shares a gorgeous spiderweb with a telling quote from Jonathon Swift for Spooktober and 31Daysof Halloween:
sabineshutterbug.bsky.social Sabine Shutterbug @sabineshutterbug.bsky.social · Oct 14
"Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through." - Jonathan Swift
#Spooktober #cobweb #31DaysOfHalloween #photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin
The photo captures a delicate spider web glistening with tiny dewdrops, illuminated by the soft golden light of early morning. Sunlight filters through the misty background, highlighting each silken thread and creating a gentle, ethereal atmosphere. The blurred shapes of trees and horizontal lines in the distance suggest a peaceful outdoor setting, enhancing the tranquil mood of the scene.
October 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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keyserlauze.bsky.social
Another contribution to #MossyMonday madness!💚🌿🌲🌿💚

"Two Trees
A portion of your soul has been
entwined with mine
A gentle kind of togetherness, while
separately we stand"

- Janet Miles

#poetry #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #islandlife #green #westcoast #trees #moss #iseemoss
Dappled sunlight, through the trees, highlights all the forest greens. Sister trees, wearing a mossy dress. Just to look pretty, no one to impress. The trees all around admire the pair, never have they seen sisters so fair.
October 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
"For too long, our leaders have forgotten New Yorkers with disabilities. We have been failed by those with their own agendas, those who care only about holding on to power to remain relevant and serve their own egos." - Quemuel Arroyo
Quemuel Arroyo, in a wheelchair holding a microphone, on stage with "Our Time Has Come" projected behind him.
October 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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translash.org
We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social
An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
October 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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gettymuseum.bsky.social
"If Objects Could Talk" is a playful storytelling podcast for kids and families that imagines what antiquities at the Getty Villa Museum might say if they came alive and found their way to our podcast studio.

New eps every Monday through October 27. Listen now: www.getty.edu/podcasts/if-...
October 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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scalzi.com
ACTUALLY, I have a theory that most books enter a cultural "uncanny valley" 20-25 years after release, where the culture has shifted just enough they're not contemporary anymore, so new readers can't directly relate, and they stay in the valley for about 50 years until they're clearly historical
madoccassia.bsky.social madoccassia ❌ 👑 @madoccassia.bsky.social · Oct 13
Is there, like, an interregnum during which a book should be gracefully retired, until such time as it becomes "a classic, an artifact of its times"?
October 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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telekitnetic.bsky.social
Let's get an Indigenous art share going too!! If you're an Indigenous/First Nations artist, vendor, beader, etc, share your work and links below!!

#IndigenousPeoplesDay ❤️💛🤍🖤
A picture of various formline stickers piled on top of each other. In bold red gradient text reads "Indigenous People's Day Art Share".
June 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
I thought this was lovely.
"A few years ago I received a DM from Zohran Kwame Mamdani. Only recently did I discover its existence. It was a very unusual DM—especially coming from a local assemblyman who would soon be running for higher office. He had very little name recognition at the time, and could have benefited from publicity. But unlike the thousands of messages I’ve received from people with something to promote, Zohran did not ask to be featured on Humans of New York. Instead he asked if he could introduce me to taxi drivers that were struggling beneath the burden of debt. Coming from a man with political ambitions, this self-denying request was so strange as to be almost singular. I don’t endorse politicians on Humans of New York. But I’ll endorse a good man. And it was a good man who cleared 30 minutes from his schedule yesterday to swing by Grand Central and visit Dear New York’s Vanderbilt Hall Exhibition. Nearly fifty-student artists were visiting that day with their families, and I thought a surprise visit from this widely-loved future mayor would be a special memory for all of them. Before Zohran’s arrival I was convinced I’d made a terrible mistake. The exhibit was filled to capacity with adult visitors. Dear New York is self-funded so there was very little staff and security for crowd control. In the crush of people I was almost certain this special day for the kids would devolve into thirty minutes of selfie requests. But everyone rose to the occasion." black text on white background "Hundreds of adults quickly cleared the room and stood outside the exhibit. Eleven very notable adult photographers are also featured in the show, but even they took a step back, so that these students could briefly have the stage to themselves. Each child stood by their work and Zohran was able to meet all of them, one at a time, and honor their contributions to the most-visited art show in New York City. Thanks to everyone who ceded the stage yesterday to make this moment possible. Thank you Zohran for literally sitting down on the floor so that these young artists could feel so tall. Thanks for continually centering other people in your life and work. And thank you, for being such an important part of Dear New York." A large group of children and adults pose together indoors in front of a sign reading "DEAR." A man in a suit sits cross-legged in front, surrounded by smiling kids. The background features an ornate architectural detail.
October 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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handcranked.bsky.social
Here's the art challenge cheat sheet for October 13-19! Enjoy!

The host list and posts from hosts are in the comments.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
Art Challenges: October 13–19 Monday, October 13 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) #Spooktober (#TrickOrTreat) Tuesday, October 14 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) #Spooktober (#cobweb) Wednesday, October 15 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt (odd/unusual) #ColorADay (#RedWed) #Spooktober (#witch) Thursday, October 16 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#stairs) #ColorADay (#YellowThu) #Spooktober (#darkness) Friday, October 17 #scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) #Spooktober (#alien) Saturday, October 18 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #BlueSkyArtShow (#vertical) #Spooktober (#mummy) Sunday, October 19 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) #SelfPortraitSunday (#ForgottenCorner)* #Spooktober (#SeaMonster) ALL WEEK #31DaysOfHalloween (anything fall, Halloween, or spooky) #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #smArtist (purposeful art of any theme) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekPforPink) #SensoryArt (#transportation) *Pose in a location you’ve always overlooked
October 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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petecalandra.bsky.social
The glowing reflections off of the East River for #blueskyartshow #glow #longexposure #green #cityscape #newyorkcity #brooklyn #photography #art
Long exposure view from Brooklyn across the east river towards lower Manhattan at night. The Brooklyn Bridge is on the left to the left of that is the financial district. The east river is reflecting all the colors from the lit skyline. There are also glowing lights from cars driving on the FDR Drive.
October 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
So, this week has been hard. Very hard. On Monday we found out that my kind, gentle, perfect little man Fergus had diffuse, fast-moving cancer throughout his body. So we had to make the awful decision to say goodbye to him yesterday.
Closeup portrait of my handsome brown tuxedo tabby Fergus looking upward.
October 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM