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Michele
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garywhitta.bsky.social Gary Whitta @garywhitta.bsky.social · 9d
I'm bored today so I decided it's time to announce the secret project.
SECRET PROJECT REVEALED
YouTube video by Gary Whitta
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December 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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lexmcmenamin.com
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures
aiyanaish.bsky.social Aiyana Ishmael @aiyanaish.bsky.social · 29d
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling Stone. As a result, the majority of VIBE employees were laid off. If you have the means to give, this team could use the support! www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...
Donate to Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs, organized by Mya Abraham
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling S… Mya Abraham needs your support for Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs
www.gofundme.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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realtoddstashwick.bsky.social
6 adventurers fight to stop an unimaginable evil. Sunday join me, Jeri Ryan, Melissa Navia, Eugene Cordero, Kris Hansen and Dave Calverly as we play #dungeonanddragons and battle Childhood cancer with @pablovefoundation 11/9 5pm pacific on www.twitch.tv/miniterraindomain
Watch donate join the fight!
November 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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lyndallterrier.bsky.social
www.science.org/content/arti...
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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tomlevenson.bsky.social
LinkedIn/privacy news you can use.
proton.me Proton @proton.me · Oct 31
Last chance to turn it off.

On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.

To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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rob-sheridan.com
Nine Inch Nails “Art is Resistance” flyer (2007), with some thoughts on what it means today that came up in my recent Q&A. #NoKings ✊
Nine Inch Nails "Art is Resistance" flyer, 2007. The Art is Resistance flyer, designed by 42 Entertainment with art direction by Trent Reznor and me, was plastered around cities to draw players of the NIN “Year Zero” ARG to real-world gatherings, secret meetings of “the resistance” in the Year Zero fiction, but also a very real mechanism to plant the seeds of real-world activism into a story about what the future might look like if more people didn’t “wake up and give a shit.” Unfortunately, the future turned out almost exactly like what we imagined in Year Zero, but the message - that art is resistance, and you have a voice - is more important than ever. Question (u/tiktock34): What do you think is the most powerful combination of art and music today, given our political climate? Im thinking of movements similar to the "Art is Resistance" type of message. Lots of music and lots of artists but its clear you are passionate about the blend. Also, thanks for the years! Huge fan Rob Sheridan: I think about this a lot, and wonder what the role of art should be in this particular moment of resistance. It's weird to look back at the NIN Year Zero ARG and "Art is Resistance" campaign from 2007 and see that the future took the bad path anyway, almost eerily to a tee. Not that I expected an album to change the future or anything, but at the bleakest of times I couldn't help but second-guess if art did matter anymore in terms of actually affecting change; if I should have been more involved with organizing or with direct action, if we were deluding ourselves in thinking we were doing anything more than a cool art project. But then, year in and year out, again and again, right now included, fans tell me - more than any other project I ever worked on, by far - how much Year Zero meant to them, how much the Art is Resistance campaign inspired them, how it changed the way they viewed the intersection of music and politics. They show me the AiR flag tattoos, their numbers from the ARG, the friends they made through the process, the paths they took after - some even met their future spouses! And it reminds me that yeah, what we did mattered, because a lot of fans were radicalized by that experience to be more politically-aware and think more like activists, and a lot of artists were emboldened to speak out more. 1/3 Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1o89qtx/comment/njtmeg9/ These days artists/celebs are expected to have an opinion on everything and will even get called out for not speaking up on some things, but back in the early 2000s there was this real cynicism about music being "political." Bands would get so much backlash and told to "stick to music" if they voiced political opinions. I'm proud I helped NIN be one of the bands of the era to really break through that barrier on With Teeth and then demolish it completely on Year Zero, and help a lot of fans come around to how fundamentally intertwined art and politics have always been. And today? I don't think there's any right or wrong way to combine art / music with message, because I think just making art - any kind of art - is a crucial part of the resistance we need right now. At the core of the fascist project is the removal of intellectual and artistic freedoms, and that tells you all you need to know about how much art matters. Between the billionaire techbros & CEOs showing how much they revile creators by racing to gut their livelihoods, and the grotesquely ugly, unfunny, uncreative anti-aesthetics of the right-wing movement, a systemic disdain for the arts and sciences is stronger than it's ever been. In a moment like this, we all have to keep making human art and connecting around human art, whether it's aggressive music that calls the fuckers out directly or just cute drawings of cats that make people smile. I know artists who are making very direct and provocative protest art; speaking truth to power loudly and directly is important, but it's not everyone's lane and it's not the only way to use art right now. 2/3 Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1o89qtx/comment/njtmeg9/ I also know musicians who are just carrying on with their shows without really speaking out specifically, because they know how many vulnerable people are in their audiences going to their shows for strength and community, and they don't want to put additional targets on those peoples' backs. Protecting your community matters, too. For my own part, thinking about all of this over the past year was a big motivation in doing my art book right now. The feeling of not being sure who I should be or what I should say as an artist in this moment, how much it matters, and finding along the way that some of the art I was making that was really connecting with people and helping them, was art that wasn't literal with a specific message, it just honestly evoked the way I was feeling and the way I think a lot of people are feeling. The catharsis of feeling together, of knowing you're not alone in the way you feel, of seeing artists who matter to you also feeling the same thing; that gives strength, and strength is power. It's okay to check out to take care of yourself. And it's okay to find joy in music, art, movies, games, books, sports right now. I'd say it's crucial to find joy, more than ever. They're counting on you sacrificing joy, because then you lose hope, and then you lose the strength to fight back. Art is resistance, and joy is defiance. If your little drawing of a cat brought you or someone else some joy today, that matters. They want you to give up. Keep. Making. Art. Rob Sheridan, 16 Oct 2025 Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1o89qtx/comment/njtmeg9/
October 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
The illegal fence in front of ICE is set to come down Tuesday by midnight. Help me stay through Wednesday to cover it!

Currently headed to my third protest of the day, so watch for updates.
noturtlesoup17.bsky.social amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · Oct 9
I hate panhandling here, but if you'd like to help me return, I have CashApp (cash.me/pancakesmmm), Buy me a Coffee (buymeacoffee.com/noturtlesoup17), and PayPal (www.paypal.com/paypalme/pan...). I also have an account with every major airline if you would prefer to send miles!
October 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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malkyne.com
My "Require alt text before posting" setting got randomly cleared, at some point. If you use this setting, you may want to make sure it's still turned on.
A picture of the Alt text settings in the Accessibility section of BlueSky's settings.
October 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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gekido.bsky.social
so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome

Go through these steps to disable it:

opus.ing/posts/how-to...

#chrome #aibullshit
How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus
Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.
opus.ing
October 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
michelevr5.bsky.social
Had a perfect weekend with @eminus.bsky.social seeing @garbage.com with fellow trash-talkers and beloved freaks. While it's likely the band would play Madison again sometime, there was a visceral feeling especially from people who traveled that this might be the last gathering.
A group of Garbage fans with the band behind them on stage. Shirley Manson has her mouth open and flashing a peace sign with her left hand. Michele and Erik with a photo border that says Garbage on top and on the bottom The Sylvee | Madison, WI | October 3, 2025 A group of longtime Garbage fans with the band on stage behind them. Shirley Manson and Duke Erikson both have their arms outstretched, with Shirley pointing and Duke's palms up. Michele and Erik with a photo border that says Garbage on top and on the bottom First Avenue | Minneapolis, MN | October 4, 2025
October 7, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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estherschindler.bsky.social
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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aftd.dev
From @mmasnick.bsky.social: "Across the tech policy world, people who spent decades fighting for an open, accessible internet are now cheering as that same internet gets locked down"

Kinda see this in the fair use debate too.
We’re Walling Off The Open Internet To Stop AI—And It May End Up Breaking Everything Else
A longtime open internet activist recently asked me whether I’d reversed my position on internet openness and copyright because of AI. The question caught me off guard—until I realized what h…
www.techdirt.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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rikergoogling.bsky.social
super mario galaxy for holodeck
September 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
michelevr5.bsky.social
Enjoying a low pressure weekend at #PAXWest. Amused by the audience at the Let's Read a Choose Your Own Adventure Book panel being split evenly for each choice we encounter.
August 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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evanurquhart.bsky.social
Before transitioning I was a respectability-politics lesbian. Even post-transition my career, my manner of dress, and my work is very palatable to the mainstream.

Because of that I think it's particularly important to talk about why I reject respectability politics and you should too. Short 🧵
edidin.bsky.social Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · Aug 26
respectability politics will see us all killed
August 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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ngescreenshot.bsky.social
The Animatrix is free on YouTube in the US right now. It's a great collection of shorts and features material from people that worked on Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, Aeon Flux, and more. Check it out if you've got 100 minutes to spare.
youtu.be/QNVeOWDOvvU
The Animatrix
YouTube video by YouTube Movies
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August 7, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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glassbottommeg.bsky.social
Holy shit. This guy saved a PNG to a bird.

(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...
I Saved a PNG Image To A Bird
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
www.youtube.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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kumail.bsky.social
Gonna miss talking to Stephen about not at all nerdy things.
July 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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mbhare.bsky.social
Repost this if Trans people should have Samus Arm Cannons (below, a diverse collection of implicitly trans people wielding trans pride flags and also huge scifi arm cannons)
November 21, 2024 at 3:24 AM
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rikergoogling.bsky.social
is boba fett a kind of tea
July 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
michelevr5.bsky.social
It's that time of year again
1996id4.bsky.social ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · Jul 2
Unnamed source tells us that the Welcome Wagon is controlled by a bootleg NES Advantage joystick gamepad purchased two years ago at the Radio Shack on 15th Street. With that sort of quality control, surely nothing can go wrong.
July 3, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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enhance-experience.com
[Meta Quest Summer Sale]

It's officially summer & you can find our Quest games on sale now!

HUMANITY 40% off
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Rez Infinite 45% off
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Tetris Effect: Connected 40% off
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(+5% off with MQ+!)
June 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social
This is Suzi and she could really use your help right now. Last Friday we noticed she wasn't feeling well and worried it might be colic - which can be deadly for older horses like her. donorbox.org/mmfs-vet
Photo of two horses standing together outside, their heads hanging over a wooden fence. The one in the foreground has a white face/head and is a medium brown. Another horse stands beside and slightly behind her and it is darker brown with a white spot on her forehead.
June 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM