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kyokipotato

@kyokipotato.bsky.social

check this out. *pulls out a set of nunchucks and flails it two or three times before knocking myself clean out*

December 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM

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Al Yankovic

@alyankovic.bsky.social

My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.

July 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM

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Technology Connections

@techconnectify.bsky.social

Anyone who says "This is what they voted for" in response to the tragedy unfolding in Texas is having a vile thought and needs to sit shamefully in a corner until they learn what solidarity is.

July 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM

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Alex Kirshner

@alexkirshner.com

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first.

One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish.

Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points.

We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are.

Anelise Feldman
Freshman, Yarmouth High School
Yarmouth

May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM

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ShadowZone

@theshadowzone.bsky.social

Unity is currently threatening Rocketwerkz, the studio developing Kitten Space Agency.
You can check out the details surrounding this in @deanhall.bsky.social's post on reddit: www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/co...

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May 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM

kyokipotato

@kyokipotato.bsky.social

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Reminder there's no reason to ever use twitter

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April 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM

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Haus of Decline

@hausofdecline.bsky.social

Turning 30 is actually not bad because you actually spiritually turn 30 at age 27. By the time you hit 30, you've already been 30 for three years.

April 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM

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Olistar

@olistar255.bsky.social

ngl i forgot to share it here LOL but! my comic now officially has a site at mr-echo.neocities.org for easy reading and animations like the one below! if you ever want to see characters talk in bubbles in convenient square panels then there's the place to be
#comic

April 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM

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John Green

@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social

This is so heartbreaking and makes nothing better and no one safer. It is the punitive act of an administration that values fealty over human health.

🕊 Sharon ~ NHDogLover ⚖️ 🗽 @nhdoglover.bsky.social · Apr 16

A top scientist at Harvard who has spent years unraveling the mysteries of tuberculosis woke up Tuesday morning and discovered an order from the federal government telling her to halt her research.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/15/m...