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demguardrails.bsky.social
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!

Comment & share if you agree!
October 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
cryenkidu.bsky.social
yall didn't ask for anyone so i made willie from #StardewValley instead. #sdv #stardewvalley
October 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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markhamillofficial.bsky.social
Respect to those who got here first.
October 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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jooqlz.bsky.social
Drawpile stuff some fanart and some #kog stuff
October 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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calumalexanderwatt.bsky.social
just draw
draw as if no one will see it
October 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
cryenkidu.bsky.social
side note, if anyone has any nifty looking ocs they'd like to share i may or may not doodle them. was just thinking about it this morning. #inktober #art
October 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
cryenkidu.bsky.social
for day 2, my bg3 tav #BaldursGate3 #tav #Tav
October 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
cryenkidu.bsky.social
hoping to get in on some inktober fun, though i'm a bit late to the party. starting off with this for oct 1. and no its not literally ink ofc, i'm a digital artist
October 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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scottsantens.com
We exist within an attention economy. What gets attention is what matters. If you support universal basic income, then help it get more attention. That's why I post about and boost the UBI posts of others every day. That's why I do The Basic Income Show.

Use my work to help. Make noise. Shout UBI.
scottsantens.com Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · Feb 16
There's a lot of misinformation out there about the concept of universal basic income. If you want to be well-informed, follow me and learn about what we know from studies in this thread:

bsky.app/profile/scot...

Here's a UBI starter pack too:

bsky.app/profile/scot...

And here's a UBI 101 link:
An Introduction to Unconditional Basic Income For All
Why UBI is necessary now and how to get it done
www.scottsantens.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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papawoof.bsky.social
March 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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mjfree.bsky.social
Traitor Trump will spend the entire night trying to spin his disastrous Oval Office ambush stunt into a political win.

Zelenskyy is a war hero.

Trump is an all-time zero.
March 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
cryenkidu.bsky.social
To make up for no art, here's some sketches that never saw the light of day before now! Can anyone guess who the guy in sketch #2 is? #art #artsky #sketch #sketches #fantasy
A front-facing portrait of a bearded, one-eyed orc with his head slightly tilted. A knight, wearing armor decorated with skull iconography, stands atop a rocky surface while the wind blows. He holds his sword with its tip pointed downward in his left hand. An orcish seer wearing a blindfold stands at the ready, wearing robes and a medieval belt. He holds a stick in one hand, and a staff in the other.
February 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
cryenkidu.bsky.social
Hey folks who followed me for art. I sincerely apologize that there is not more; I'm in the middle of finishing my college courses online, and doing the subjects hardest to me. If fate wills it, I'll be back to posting more art soon.
February 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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h.olysh.it
Comment in r/Seattle detailing why it took a few more days for the Washington AG to file the suit wrt the trans EO. A huge thank you to all the people in the AGs office that made this happen.
Comment in r/seattle from Mitch1musPrime. Post titled “Credit where credit is due | AG Nick Brown files suit w...” “Now that this has been officially filed, I need everyone to understand how much work the AG office has been putting into this since last week. They took dozens of interviews from medical professionals, mental health professionals, and most importantly, from families with trans kids who'd be impacted by the EO. The amount of time it took them to hold those interviews and turn them into the official declarations was an extraordinary undertaking. It was the value they placed on including stakeholders that caused the delay in getting g this filed. They deserve all the appreciative emails we can send them for doing this.”
February 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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lycanforge.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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missybbbobtail.bsky.social
We are sobbing here. $250 Chewy Gift Card to his lucky adopter!

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Available for adoption at LCAS 🧡

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February 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
cryenkidu.bsky.social
Hey, I'm getting pretty tired of the generational talk that's flooding my feed. I know that's probably my own fault for liking something, but whatever the differences between us, we're all here now.

Squabbling over the generation before/after you is pointless. Keeps us divided.
February 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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karaswisher.bsky.social
Epic by @wired.com
dell.bsky.social dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · Feb 6
“…you must be aware that it is not a
crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern.”
February 4, 2025 Edward R. Martin, Jr. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Patrick Henry Building 601 D Street NW Washington, D.C. 20530 Transmitted via email Re: Threats to prosecute critics of DOGE Dear Interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. Edward R. Martin, Jr.: We write to raise serious concerns about your recent public statements threatening to prosecute those who "target" or "impede" Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) within the Executive Office of the President. We request that you publicly commit to abide by the First Amendment, which your office is sworn to uphold and Musk himself claims to champion, in any DOGE-related investigations or prosecutions you may pursue. On Monday, you tweeted a letter to Musk asking him to use the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia to protect DOGE staff and their work and directing him to refer "any questionable conduct or details that [Musk] find[s] or notice[s]" to your office.' In the letter, you assert that "actions in any way that impact [DOGE's] work may break numerous laws," and that you commit to the pursuit of "all legal action against anyone who impedes [Musk's) work or threatens [Musk's] people." You also state that you will "protect DOGE and other workers no matter what," citing past protests in Washington, D.C., which you refer to as riots. As you know, DOGE, or the United States DOGE Service as it is formally known, is a government entity established within the Executive Office of the President; by executive order, DOGE is supposed to access only "unclassified agency records." The day before your letter, WIRED reported about and named six young engineers working for DOGE — Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. The experience and qualifications of public employees is of significant public interest. Following this news report, a user on X — the social media platform owned by Mr. Musk — made a post also naming th… X has since suspended the account of the user who posted the names. As an experienced attorney holding such an important public position, you must be aware that it is not a crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the First Amendment protects the right to publish newsworthy information that the publisher lawfully obtains, including names far more sensitive than those of government personnel.' Musk himself has publicly touted DOGE's engineers while citing "media reports" regarding them. Nor is it a crime to harshly criticize government employees and officials, even if transparency and criticism "impede" their work? Moreover, while certain true threats are unprotected and may be criminally punished, they are limited to serious expression[s]' conveying that a speaker means to 'commit an act of unlawful violence."$ Hyperbolic speech, even using threatening language, is entitled to full First Amendment protection.' You must also surely be aware that the First Amendment protects Americans' right to peaceably assemble, especially to protest government actions.' The First Amendment severely constrains the government's ability to limit protests in public forums, such as the public streets of Washington, D.C." The government also cannot ban or restrict future protests based on unlawful conduct alleged to have occurred at past protests. 2 Threatening to prosecute First Amendment speech and activity is not only at odds with the U.S. Constitution, it is also entirely inconsistent with Musk's own stated principles and the right of the American people to know what the government is up to. Musk describes himself as a free speech absolutist and has proposed a massive declassification of government records, opining that all government records should be public by default. '3 Just three months ago, Musk publicly posted… government employees with whom he disagrees on X.' If it is Musk's intention for the U.S. Attorney's Office to censor the press and public from identifying and discussing those conducting DOGE's work on his behalf, that would be incredibly hypocritical. It is also vital that the U.S. Attorney's Office maintain the highest ethical standards and avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Rule 3.1 of the Rules of Professional Conduct for the Washington, D.C. Bar, of which you are a member, states: "A lawyer shall not bring or defend a proceeding, or assert or controvert an issue therein, unless there is a basis in law and fact for doing so that is not frivolous."Is Under Rule 3.8, prosecutors are additionally prohibited from filing in court or maintaining a charge "that the prosecutor knows is not supported by probable cause."l6 The same rule provides that "[i]n exercising discretion to investigate or to prosecute," prosecutors shall not "improperly favor or invidiously discriminate against any person."17 Threatening to file frivolous charges against Americans and vaguely insinuating that wide swaths of constitutionally-protected speech and activity could invite criminal investigations and prosecutions may already violate these and other rules of professional conduct. Actually doing so almost certainly would. Additionally, publicly offering the Office of the U.S. Attorney's services to Musk in the context of his asserting that protected expression is a criminal act is unbecoming of your public office and your duties as a public servant. Your oath is to the U.S. Constitution - including the First Amendment - not to President Donald Trump, Musk, or DOGE's desire to operate in secrecy and without criticism. We request that you immediately (a) identify the specific "targeting" of DOGE staff your letter to Musk was referring to and what specific laws you contend it violated, (b) publicly commit to not investigate or prosecute journalists or others for reporting on or publish… Common Cause Courage Foundation Defending Rights & Dissent Demand Progress Education Fund Democracy Matters First Amendment Coalition First Amendment Foundation Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) Freedom of the Press Foundation Government Information Watch GovTrack.us Greenpeace USA Muslims for Just Futures Partnership for Civil Justice Fund PEN America Project On Government Oversight Radio Television Digital News Association Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Revolving Door Project RootsAction.org Social Security Works Society of Environmental Journalists Society of Professional Journalists The Authors Guild The Freedom BLOC Whistleblower & Source Protection Program (WHISPeR) at ExposeFacts Woodhull Freedom Foundation CC: All House, All Senate Senate Majority Leader John Thune Speaker of the House Mike Johnson House Majority Leader Steve Scalise Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dick Durbin House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin 4
February 6, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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joshuajfriedman.com
Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...
THE ASK This week, between Monday and the vote on Vought, we're asking people from all over the country to plan a visit to Senate State Offices to demand Democrats fight and to hold Republicans accountable for their complicity. DEMOCRATS MUST USE EVERY PROCEDURAL TOOL TO SHUT DOWN TRUMP'S AGENDA Yes, we need Democrats to vote no on Vought's nomination, but no is not enough. Democrats have the power to grind Senate business to a halt and force Republicans to feel the political cost of backing Trump's extremist agenda. Here's how: 1. Deny a Quorum: If Republicans don't have 51 votes in the chamber, Democrats can walk out and shut down Senate business entirely. 2. Block Unanimous Consent: Object to every procedural shortcut, forcing Republicans to take the longest possible route for every step of the confirmation process. 3. Max Out Debate Time: Use all 30 hours of debate on Vought to expose Project 2025, Musk's Treasury takeover, and the funding freeze. 4. Delay and Disrupt: Force roll-call votes, quorum calls, and procedural delays to slow everything down. 5. Blanket Opposition: Democrats cannot continue to vote for Trump's other nominees, helping to install more MAGA loyalists into powerful positions in the federal government while this power grab continues. No Business as Usual: This is a constitutional crisis. Democrats must abandon the old rules and fight with everything they have. Bottom line: Senate Democrats must block, delay, and obstruct every step of this process-no cooperation, no easy votes, no fast-tracking Trump's takeover. To learn more about how Senate Democrats can shut down Trump's agenda with procedural hardball, check out our explainer here.
February 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
cryenkidu.bsky.social
In short, artists are better for being critical, and scientists are better for being creative. These are harmonious intellectual tools, not exclusive ones
February 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
cryenkidu.bsky.social
Another idle observation of mine: we really should do away with the false dichotomy of arts being different than science. Artists like Poe and da Vinci realized some preliminary things later confirmed by scientists, and while this may be anecdotal I really don't think that's a coincidence.
February 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM
cryenkidu.bsky.social
I think people may have a limited view of all the folks that contributed to technological innovations, including computer stuff.

You all should know, some of the earliest innovators of computer science were women and folks of color. Easy examples: Grace Hopper & Ada Lovelace
February 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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thetransfemininereview.com
Okay, here’s the deal: RIGHT NOW is the time for concrete, direct action.

If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.
The Trans Literature Preservation Project: A Practical Guide to Resisting Censorship
Project 2025 wants to criminalize trans literature. Here’s a game plan for keeping our stories alive.
thetransfemininereview.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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selkies.bsky.social
Brigid: Goddess and Saint
a pen drawing of Brigid in a shawl holding her cross A drawing of Ireland and the caption "along with Patrick and Columba, Brigid is a patron saint of Ireland. Born in Louth in 452, she performed mNy miracles and founded the abbey of Kildare. Funny enough, before that Brigid was the celtic goddess of poetry, craftsmanship, healing and fertility. Brigid is known as The Protector and a crosóg Bríde (Brigid's cross) woven in her honour will protect a home, but she does has her favourites. She's the patron and protector of: A drawing of a nurse in scrubs holding a baby. Caprion: Pregnant people, newborns and midwives. Did you know that one of her miracles was an abortion? A drawing of a blacksmith weaving cross on top of an anvil and the title "blacksmiths"
February 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM