I couldn’t bring myself to leave a message for a worker called ‘Pickle’. Someone my brother has known since preschool suggested him but since my message is for Mr X I wonder if he deleted it since I didn’t use the name I was supposed to

@lachategris.bsky.social Thanks for reposting the RNS article. I am seeing some of the very conservative religious people I know, including an older former Dominican Brother, speaking out against the far right

pls,, someone think of the economists,,

Phoenix New Times@phoenixnewtimes.com · yesterday

Living comfortably takes less yearly income than you'd think. But for many people in Arizona it's still unattainable. 🔗: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-how-much-money-considered-comfortable-40685945/

The SCREEN Act is not just another age-verification bill — it goes much further than anything passed at the state-level or in other countries. 1. The bill doesn't just target porn sites. It goes after *any* site that allows material "harmful" to minors. You'd have to scan your face to use Google.

I usually don't wear t-shirts to the movies (theaters are cold) but this is perfect

as soon as I can, I'm going to post an inventory-clearing sale on my personal shop, but for now, perhaps you want to buy some prints to support two dykes through a big move & period of unemployment? 👀 www.inprnt.com/gallery/kati...

My phone has been glitching and an AI voice said it was proud of me. I’m very unsettled

I got an ad for things to do after 80 (Mom would be 83) and my feelings are hurt

They both know about the screen but the bunny keeps getting closer. She hopes one day....

putting aside the destruction of rare books, how is digitizing a copyrighted text "transformative" for anthropic but the internet archive is guilty of infringement for the national emergency library

chiller@chiller.eurosky.social · last wk.

This is ... horrific

I was so annoyed the summer before senior year when my AP teacher assigned the students three books. One of mine was a CS Lewis trilogy and one was The Hobbit and LOTR but it was the principle of the thing (The other was Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes, which I want to reread)

Tom Gauld@tomgauld.bsky.social · 4d ago

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

More than 600 (likely homes) burned in and around Spokane County yesterday. The devastation is incomprehensible www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

Wildfire in northwest Spokane destroys 640 structures

The Old Trails wildfire in northwest Spokane destroyed 640 structures Saturday, according to Cody Rohrbach, Spokane County Fire District 3 fire chief.

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Fatima Ameaka followed all the rules and she still got scooped on a domestic flight, caged, shipped to another cage, and then released with a promise of trial. The labyrinthine paperwork system is already cruel, now it's punctuated with random kidnappings.

Johns Hopkins researcher Fatima Ameaka released from ICE custody

A public health researcher at Johns Hopkins University who was arrested by immigration officials while boarding a domestic flight has been released after spending multiple days in federal custody acro...

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I'm supposed to soak my left hand for an injury but because I'm tired (and have a left- right problem) I just realized I was soaking the wrong stupid hand

Tim Hortons is running a Harry Potter campaign. Boycott Tim Hortons. Every penny that JK Rowling makes goes toward destroying the lives of trans folks. retail-insider.com/retail-insid...

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

pretty embarrassing for the scouts apnews.com/article/scou...

Scouting America drops diversity initiatives from event after pressure from the Pentagon

One of Scouting America’s biggest gatherings has eliminated dedicated spaces for gay youth, women and scouts of color as the organization faces pressure from the Pentagon to pull back diversity effort...

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Today's book. The librarian had just finished it and loves it #booksky

I’m a little old cis-het woman who looks like a sweet granny but today I smell like strapping bi guy vampire. Thank you for Lestat, @bpal.bsky.social !

If you want to have video of yourself shredding a card that was ‘residential proof’ of an awful place make sure you turn get the video running before the card is gone. Still a celebration, though.

Mychal sits & shares that Ms. Rachel posted, “Black boys deserve to grow up.” This is not controversial, it is hope. Black library kids deserve to grow up to become Black library grown-ups. Black boys deserve to live in a world where that has not always felt true. Black boys deserve joy ✨

there literally are no good-faith concerns about trans girls participating in high school sports. it is children playing games with their friends, its about confidence and relationship-building. let kids play with their friends.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 7d ago

Good-faith concern on this issue would be going, "hmm, professional sports leagues should probably have some standards in place to ensure trans competitors aren't getting an unfair advantage," googling for 5 minutes, realizing every sports league already has those standards and dropping it.

As of this week, hundreds of thousands of Haitians lost their legal status. Most have lost work permits as well. That's left many people unable to support themselves. Here is a verified link to a fundraiser supporting Haitians in Springfield. Please drop links to other fundraisers in the replies.

Stand with Haitian Families in Crisis

Build the Emergency Fund that protects families when everything feels uncertain. The end of TPS. Increasing ICE actions. Families losing work authorization overnight. For Haitian parents and children ...

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this little guy has soooo much personality and he’s still looking for a furever home in DFW! he has had two rounds of shots, is a very good boy, and needs a home where he will get constant attention

Tonight’s book #booksky

said it before and i'll say it again: the number one writing hack is just to make friends. you can either spend an hour in an obscure & contentious reddit forum trying to figure out what a 2012 camaro sounds like or you can ask your buddy, the Car Guy

All this smoke for HBCUs, but to be clear: it is much more dire for Black students at historically White colleges and universities (HWCUs). These HWCUs are not enrolling many Black students, undermining Black faculty, and defunding Black Studies, diversity offices and BSUs.

People say stuff like ‘Bluesky’s not real life’ but nobody who uses this app regularly is getting diarrhea from lettuce

Ma Carol@caroodles.bsky.social · last wk.

I’m shocked at how many people I met at the produce section of 3 grocery stores I go to that had no idea about cyclospora. Including the staff working there. Now I understand how many people don’t follow politics and have no idea what’s going on.