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TerryLeopard

@terryleopard.bsky.social

Owls.

Basic Income Action ↗️ @basicincomeaction.bsky.social · 1d

Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?

Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.

November 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM

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CheeseNoodleCoral

@cheesenoodlecoral.bsky.social

Been learning a bit of Wolvenkit to get into #Cyberpunk2077 modding, never really modded games before but so far it seems interesting, still working out how to add my own textures but just having a thing appear in the game at all feels like progress.

A 3D model of an emblem of a palm tree inside a ring is displayed inside the user interface for wolvenkit, a modding tool for cyberpunk 2077.

November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM

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@scottish-rocinante.bsky.social

I have bought new slippers and Mishka is utterly creeped out by the squeaky sound of the soles on lino. She won't have anything to do with me or come close till carpet has been reached.
The lino is lava.
#cats

Sure, here is a bulleted description of the image:

* A light-brown tabby cat with darker brown stripes sits on a red and white plaid blanket in the center of the image.
+ The cat is facing the camera with its head slightly turned to the side and its large eyes are looking at something outside the frame.
+ The cat has a fluffy white chest and a fluffy tail.
+ It has a short, pointed snout and pointy ears.
+ The cat has stripes of dark brown fur across its back, sides, and tail.
+ The cat's front paws and right side paw are visible.
* The blanket the cat is lying on is white with a plaid pattern in red and light brown.
+ The blanket is folded into a long rectangle.
+ The blanket has fluffy white edges along the top and bottom.
* In the background, there is a couch with a white lace curtain with flowers on the back of it.
* The curtain has a hole cut out of the middle to fit around a windowsill.
* On the windowsill, there are several green plants in pots and a basket of something.
* The overall atmosphere suggests a daytime setting with natural light coming through the window behind the plants.

November 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM

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@scottish-rocinante.bsky.social

The ultimate work meeting Bingo sheet

The attached image presents a bingo card, titled **"Wank Word Bingo"**, arranged in a 5 by 5 matrix of white boxes on a black background. The title, centered atop the card, is displayed in a large, black, Calibri font, with emphasis on the words "Wank Word" through the use of bold text.

Below the title, the text of the card is presented in a black, Calibri font, creating a visually striking contrast with the white boxes. Although the white background is not visible, a faint, blue-gray background is discernible.

The horizontal labels across the top of the card range from **"AT THE END OF THE DAY"** to **"CORE DRIVERS"**. Likewise, the vertical labels, situated between each row, incrementally move from **"REVISIT"** to **"CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT"**.

A relatively small, black, Times New Roman font text underneath the title contains the instructions: "Do you fall asleep in meetings? Well, here's something that will change all that. I To play: Simply tick off 5 WANK WORDS as you hear them and then shout BINGO!!!"

In the very bottom left of the image, a few sentences feature white text against the black background, discussing "testimonials" from readers and their experiences with the game. The first testimonial, consisting of five sentences, appears beneath its own black horizontal box and emphasizes the user's improved focus due to the game's ability to distract them during long meetings.

A smaller, black, Times New Roman font is used for the second testimonial, but below it, the second black, bold, Calibri font testimonial takes up two different lines despite spanning the same number of sentences as the first testimonial.

After the last line of text, a single set of quotation marks is presented, followed by the phrase "**thanks to 'Wank Words'**".

In the lower-left corner of the image, a portion of a website, or computer screen, with black text on a crisp white background is visible.

November 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM

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angelM

@angelmsattya.bsky.social

November 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM

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Micah

@rincewind.run

Hegseth - and the people carrying out his orders - need to be tried in The Hague for this

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a verbal directive, according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. “The order was to kill everybody,” one of them said.
A missile screamed off the Trinidad coast, striking the vessel and igniting a blaze from bow to stern. For minutes, commanders watched the boat burning on a live drone feed. As the smoke cleared, they got a jolt: Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck.
The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack — the opening salvo in the Trump administration’s war on suspected drug traffickers in the Western Hemisphere — ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, two people familiar with the matter said. The two men were blown apart in the water.

November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM

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Allison Kufta (Med Student and Artist)

@akufta.bsky.social

Added more to it, which version do you like better? 👀
#artsky #nature #digitalart

September 8, 2025 at 5:11 AM

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@scottish-rocinante.bsky.social

This is hilarious and also kinda cool, but I can't help but think the occupant of the capsule will look like the meat in a gently bubbling soup.
#science
www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-as...

Human washing machine goes on sale in Japan

Local media reported that the retail price will be $450,000. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

www.straitstimes.com

November 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM

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Jenerally Feckless

@hotlegs.bsky.social

Some delightful news to cheer up your Friday. Lovely stuff.

UK Politics @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 1d

Flag-shagging ain’t cheap — lad slapped with a £2,000 fine for decorating 64 lamp posts like it’s Brexit Christmas 🎄😂

November 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM

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@scottish-rocinante.bsky.social

Isn't it lovely seeing the traditional ways still being observed
www.rfi.fr/en/internati...

Two break out of French jail in 'old-fashioned' bed sheets escape

Two prisoners escaped from a French jail using bed sheets after sawing through the bars of their cell, a prosecutor said Thursday.

www.rfi.fr

November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM

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ɱίκε ΘĢ: ᨒ↟𖠰𓄃⛥

@mikeo-g.bsky.social

I am unashamedly a massive CCR fan.

Green River - Live At The Woodstock Music & Art Fair / 1969

open.spotify.com

November 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM

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@scottish-rocinante.bsky.social

They had Garlic in 1450.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFXu...

November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM

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Indigo

@theindigodingo.bsky.social

Crocheted Freddy Krueger prototype. Not sold on the skin tone yarn or the claws yet.

Free pattern from ToyGurumi on YouTube.
youtu.be/FAsGd9hhe8I

November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM

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Stas Malek

@bejsam.bsky.social

Japanese Bride (NYC, 2024) #black&white

November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM

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Edna Watkins

@theednawatkins.bsky.social

Postman Pat has gone woke

Rob H&ynes @robonabike.bsky.social · 4d

I tell a lie; it turns out I have seen something similar in 2023. A Royal Mail trial which I don't think ever came to anything in the end, but you'll never see a cooler postman.

A similar e-assist vehicle to the one above, but this time in Royal Mail livery, photo taken in 2023.
In front of it stands a postman with a green beret and a blue beard. He wears odd socks, a rainbow belt, a pink cravat, and a red Royal Mail jacket. Neither you nor I will ever look this stylish.

November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM

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Mueller, She Wrote

@muellershewrote.com

🎥 Law students — I’m judging the Rights in Reel Time Challenge and I want to see YOUR video!

Break down a constitutional right in 60–90 seconds. Be creative. Be bold. Be accurate.

Win up to $3K.💰

All info → l4gg.org/ReelTime
#RightsinReelTime

November 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM

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BrexitPirates

@brexitpirates.bsky.social

Yep.

Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 7d

November 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM

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BrexitPirates

@brexitpirates.bsky.social

🤣🤣🤣

#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 8d

Dead 💀 Whoever made this please step forward for your award #teslatakedown

Graphic that has text reading the way you look at your crush vs the way you look at your ex

Top is Trump sitting in the oval office gazing up at Zohran Mamdani like a 14yo boy meeting Zendaya

On bottom is Trump in the Oval trying not to fall asleep while Elon Musk rambles about some bullshit

November 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM

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Jenerally Feckless

@hotlegs.bsky.social

If only millions of people could have foreseen this and desperately tried to tell millions of others not to be FUCKING STUPID.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 9d

Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist

Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds

Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.

bloom.bg

November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM

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Starlit_Stella

@starlilstella.bsky.social

I saw videos showing Mexican troops removing " this area is restricted" signs installed by the U.S. DOD. Turns out its true. Whiskey Pete sent defense contractors to put up signs. They installed them In MEXICO. 12 MILES south of the US border.
Without consent

mexiconewsdaily.com/news/beach-w...