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citymystic.bsky.social
In what may be my opus, I present my list of movies I consider to be, spiritually speaking, Thanksgiving movies.

houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...
A Guide to Thanksgiving Movies
Films to watch while you cook for, or hide from, family this year
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November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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lauragmitchell.com
"Fences aren’t architecture, and they’re meant to displace and keep people out, rather than a broader planning and design and artistic opportunity of revitalization, placemaking, and the type of economic and social infrastructure that truly promotes healing in our community" -Sam Olbekson
Frustrations rise along fenced-in Franklin Avenue corridor in Mpls.
Fencing installed by state officials in Minneapolis’ Franklin Avenue corridor to deter homeless encampments is still in place years later. It’s forcing pedestrians to make dangerous choices and hinder...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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dbrauer.net
I just wanna say if you’re from North Minneapolis or Birdtown you are blessed to be able to use “Slaughterhouse Five” (1972) which I watch every so often for the Victory Memorial Drive/ Broadway car crash escapade by North Memorial Hospital. youtu.be/0ekf4lVsPqI?...
Slaughterhouse Five in Birdtown!
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November 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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ernie.tedium.co
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Update November 22. We’ve updated this article after realising we contributed to a perfect storm of misunderstanding around a recent change in the wording and placement of Gmail’s smart features. The settings themselves aren’t new, but the way Google recently rewrote and surfaced them led a lot of people (including us) to believe Gmail content might be used to train Google’s AI models, and that users were being opted in automatically. After taking a closer look at Google’s documentation and reviewing other reporting, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Gmail does scan email content to power its own “smart features,” such as spam filtering, categorisation, and writing suggestions. But this is part of how Gmail normally works and isn’t the same as training Google’s generative AI models. Google also maintains that these feature settings are opt-in rather than opt-out, although users’ experiences seem to vary depending on when and how the new wording appeared. It’s easy to see where the confusion came from. Google’s updated language around “smart features” is vague, and the term “smart” often implies AI—especially at a time when Gemini is being integrated into other parts of Google’s products. When the new wording started appearing for some users without much explanation, many assumed it signalled a broader shift. We’ve revised this article to reflect what we can confirm from Google’s documentation, as it’s always been our aim to give readers accurate, helpful guidance.
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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frogboi.bsky.social
Wizards
November 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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escapedexplorer.bsky.social
"Trump is a fucking idiot who gets rolled by anyone who's nice to him" theory remains undefeated, putting someone like Mamdani in there is like having Randy Johnson sub in for a 5th grade Little League game
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Q: Stefanik has called Mamdani a 'jihadist.' Do you think you're standing next to a jihadist right now?

TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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evandahm.bsky.social
eventually you learn that you get better at drawing not by learning how to draw the head at a weird angle but by learning how to work around ever having to draw the head at that angle
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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toril.bsky.social
it's one of those weeks (real life is negatively affecting productivity in the yaoi dimension)
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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lookitup.baby
Camden is an underfunded school in North Minneapolis, and they weren’t able to put on a fall play this year due to lack of funding. Camden Drama Club is a very important space for queer kids who don’t have a lot of safe spaces in their lives, and they need to raise funds to continue. Can you help?
whatmsksaid.bsky.social Ms. K tweets 🍉 @whatmsksaid.bsky.social · 6d
Today is Give to the Max day, & did u know MPS does not fund the arts, like theater. Camden Drama Club exists due to generous donations from ppl like u, and we have a $7,000 need to cover in order to continue to provide the best award-winning high school theater: www.givemn.org/organization...
Today is Give to the Max Day, and I humbly ask for your financial support. Minneapolis Public Schools does not fund arts programs, and due to this, we see a deep inequity in arts and theater funding. While students attending MPS schools in Southwest Minneapolis see an abundance of resources due to private funding, our Northside schools are left with v v few financial art & theater resources. Your generous donation will help fund Camden Drama Club (formally Henry Drama Club) and allow us to afford the rights to our plays, set design, costumes, props, professional theater coaches (vocal, intimate, fighting), etc. Please donate here to support the most talented young thespians in the state of Minnesota: https://www.givemn.org/organization/Henry-Senior-High-School Camden High School on Facebook: Give to the Max Day is tomorrow. The money you donate can help support the Arts at Camden. Support our students in putting on great productions for our school community. Please click the link to donate! https://www.givemn.org/organization/Henry-Senior-High-School
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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prongles.bsky.social
It's Thursday, and that means that there's a new Ingress page up! You want some wizards? We got 'em. AND he's showing good hygiene! Fantastic.

Read the latest page here: www.ingress-comic.com/comic/chapte...
A panel from Ingress Adventuring Company. Rocky, the little dragon, is looking upwards towards a drop of water that is falling from above. To the left are a pair of boots.
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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prongles.bsky.social
One more screen tone drawing for now. This time it’s Rosemary!
An ink drawing of an elf girl. Rosemary stands in the middle of the page, looking determined. Her dress is torn and blowing in the wind. Shes wearing tall boots.
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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prongles.bsky.social
Also testing out some screen tones with Toivo drawings. I had fun trying out a scraping technique to get the pants to look worn
Three ink drawings on one page, all of them using screen tones to give texture to the clothes. Top left is an elf looking skyward, bottom left is the same elf looking to the camera. To the right is the same character (as a human) but in a puffy jacket and jeans.
November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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prongles.bsky.social
Back when I went to Japan I picked up some screen tone sheets and I’ve been messing around with them for funsies. Here’s a drawing I did of Vivianne a few months ago
An ink drawing of a woman lounging on a bed of vines. She wears a skintight black dress with a lace top. The lace is made with screen tones.
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 7d
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.

TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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tiffbaxter.bsky.social
Carved in Stone: The Debate

I was thrilled to be one of the many illustrators contributing to @stoutstoat.co.uk's 'Carved in Stone'
In this piece are monks from the Ionian & Roman traditions debating the calculation of Easter.

I'll be sharing more over the coming days!
A mixed group of Ionian & Roman monks are sat around a table with manuscripts & loose pages. Two of the monks are clearly arguing while one behind them worriedly looks to heaven. A monk to the left, is trying to grab the book away from the arguing pair while the two in the foreground gossip behind their hands.
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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jpbrammer.bsky.social
thing: [occurs]
me: this is in some ways about catholicism, which I don't condone, of course,
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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skeletonpile.bsky.social
oh! i never posted this piece of Eric i did!
November 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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samidrawsdogs.bsky.social
doggies
November 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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maldelune.bsky.social
youre asking chatgpt. im asking my discord full of autistic people that i keep in my back pocket. we are not the same.
November 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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prongles.bsky.social
I’d like to introduce you to my normal cat
A cat unhinging her jaw to unsuccessfully bite at a hanging spider plant.
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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skeletonpile.bsky.social
shes being so brave about it all
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
tanoreth.bsky.social
my boy!! He's back!!
prongles.bsky.social prongles @prongles.bsky.social · 12d
Guess what? It's Thursday, and that means there's a new Ingress page! Today's page features some super friendly looking clouds and a really normal safehouse building. Things are going great.

Read the latest page here: www.ingress-comic.com/comic/chapte...
a preview panel for the latest Ingress page. A fantasy church with boarded up windows is in the center of the image, and behind it there's a very ominous storm cloud swirling overhead.
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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prongles.bsky.social
Guess what? It's Thursday, and that means there's a new Ingress page! Today's page features some super friendly looking clouds and a really normal safehouse building. Things are going great.

Read the latest page here: www.ingress-comic.com/comic/chapte...
a preview panel for the latest Ingress page. A fantasy church with boarded up windows is in the center of the image, and behind it there's a very ominous storm cloud swirling overhead.
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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rusty.todayintabs.com
Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM