it’s my birthday on friday!🎂🥳 nothing is urgent but if you wanna send a little something it would always help with an array of things and birthday fun. ko-fi.com/maiar also ways to help below with home essentials and food 💜

mash 🎂aug14♌️🍉 (they/them) 🔞😷@maiar.bsky.social · 4mo ago

this is the link to amazon gift cards where you can add my email and hopefully that will work? amzn.eu/d/0316UkK7 and a link to food gift card amzn.eu/d/0istxLiK my email is mashonmytomatoes@proton.me i’m disabled and mostly homebound. any amount will help us stay fed and get essentials ❤️‍🩹🙏

Everyone should block this account. @curation-lab.bsky.social It is an ai that replies and quotes all art by artists, giving unwanted criticism, and scanning their art.

Taylor Farms recalls salsa and guacamole over salmonella risk reut.rs/4fO6aR6

Taylor Farms recalls salsa and guacamole over salmonella risk

Taylor Farms on Sunday said it was recalling more than ​a dozen prepared food items containing jalapeños, including ‌salsas and guacamole, from retailers over concerns about potential salmonella contamination.

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As I've said before, the Trumpists are *hunting* trans kids. The media is silent. The Democrats are silent. And someday they'll all claim they fought against this. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/anti...

Anti-trans news site outs Olympic skater's trans sibling - LGBTQ Nation

Women's gold medalist Alysa Liu has a sister competing in track and field in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Andrew Tate’s lawyer is claiming they will be executed in the U.K. Unfortunately MAGAs will believe anything so just to be really clear, there is no such thing as the death penalty in the U.K. and there hasn’t been for many decades.

Here's a bit of good news www.cleveland.com/news/2026/08...

Ohio Supreme Court protects public vote in data center fight

The unanimous ruling said the village never explained why a 30-day delay would harm the EdgeConneX project.

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"The only AI I support is Abolish ICE" Sticker spotted in NYC

"Trans Lives Matter" Seen in Padova, Italy

"Squat an Airbnb" Seen in Madrid

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul Advocate CT Children’s Medical Center agrees to stop GAC making it the third hospital to settle with Trump. It also set aside 500k for "detransition" services. In 2013, CT was among the first states to ban insurers from excluding GAC.

Connecticut Children’s Medical Center caves to Trump DOJ on gender-affirming care

The settlement with the Justice Department comes as transgender patients challenge the hospital’s earlier decision to cut off care under Connecticut law.

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Good morning! For the @nytimes.com, I interviewed these two, plus Kid Congo Powers and more, for a story on the Cramps. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/a...

Drug addiction groups are reeling after Trump officials said federal grants cannot be used to hand out test strips to drug users. The strips help users check street drugs for dangerous adulterants.

Federal funds can't be used to give test strips to drug users, raising overdose fears

Drug addiction groups are reeling after Trump officials said federal grants cannot be used to hand out test strips to drug users. The strips help users check street drugs for dangerous adulterants.

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i haven’t posted this in a while but i do make jewellery when i am able and it’s always 20% off over the weekends 💜 madewithsash.etsy.com #smallbusinesssaturday

mash 🎂aug14♌️🍉 (they/them) 🔞😷@maiar.bsky.social · 3mo ago

hey! i’m a multiply disabled, mostly homebound jewellery creator when i can manage 💜 it’s always a great time to support disabled queer artists and especially with 20% off it’d mean the world if you were to come take a look or share!☺️ madewithsash.etsy.com 🛍️ #SmallBusinessSaturday

it’s been a while since i managed to make something but i made a few chainmail bracelets the last few days and i am obsessed with how they came out!🩶

"Not all whites" Really? 👏👏👏 This white guy breaks down institutional rac*sm adroitly youtube.com/shorts/7nTen...

"Not All Whites?" Creator DESTROYS the Excuse in Viral Breakdown 😳🔥 #Race #SocialCommentary #Viral

YouTube video by Lamont Tyson

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#ofmd I'm constantly finding traces of love, like water, that have seeped from this show and fandom into the crevices of my life, carving through walls and forming rivers of care that run all the way to the very same sea where sails The Revenge. all for love, m'dears 💜🏴‍☠️

Moby Dick@mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 7mo ago

all for love

Titled "Lake with Cypress" and was created by French artist Camille Bombois (1883-1970).

We had 11 scientists tracking food borne illnesses. We now have three. Before 2025, they tracked eight major foodborne illnesses. They now track two. The regime is either totally inept or evil. Which one doesn’t matter. The result is the same.

You can now search your local police for the surveillance tech they’re using — thanks to a new project from @eff.org atlasofsurveillance.org

Yes, it's made of cardboard. We know.

Update: someone in a group chat found it

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈@danifroom.bsky.social · 4d ago

And those quick genetic tests they're touting across the country to see if trans girls or women might be in the vicinity of sports? You don't really think those tests are going to just stay at stadiums and fields, do you?

Do cis people have even the slightest idea how it feels for trans people to hear that large groups of Americans are now being tested to see if one of us is hidden among them

Did you know that Denton just elected the first nonbinary city council member in Texas ... also likely the first nonbinary elected official too? New @thebarbedwire.com, meet George Ferrie, who has big plans for fixing this North Texas city's affordable housing crisis, and more ...

Texas’ First Nonbinary City Council Member Wants To Make Denton More Affordable, Equitable and Safe

As a seasoned community organizer, George Ferrie is part of a wave of millennials elected with a mandate for change, and they’ve got a detailed plan for making their city better.

thebarbedwire.com

The dress code said “wear a tuxedo”. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Never too late to learn how to add ALT text to your images! It's a simple way to let people with visual or neurological impairments know that you care about making them feel included in the Bluesky community.

Cats of Yore@catsofyore.bsky.social · 2y ago

Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...

Quick tip: If you can afford a unit, hydroponic lettuce stations are one of the easiest ways to start gardening. I got mine during a previous lettuce shortage-scare. Delicious and you can grow all kinds of types that even farmers markets don’t sell

OFMD AU writers, here is a prompt