That said, let us take a moment to thank our Bluesky Trans and Furry Elders for freaking out Jack Dorsey so much he bolted and left us this nice social media playground, taking most of his crypto chuds with him. We thank you for your service.

Exactly how I felt when my work wanted me to upload a profile pic in their new HR portal.

Jay Edidin@edidin.bsky.social · 8h ago

absofuckinglutely not

Lets give it up for corn's favorite snake... The corn snake!!

Running errands but I’m hot and overstimulated

Gazebo Jones and the Temple of Doom

An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog@hugobookclub.bsky.social · 10h ago

Replace one word in a movie title with the word “Gazebo.”

WAIT MOOPSY TOO??

August is National Immunization Awareness Month, an annual observance that highlights the importance of protecting people of all ages from vaccine-preventable diseases. We are recognizing the month by announcing Washington’s 2026 Immunization Champion Award winner. doh.wa.gov/newsroom/doh...

We had a black cat, Wingnut, who, after he was spayed, walked out of the carrier, into a wall, & just sat with his forehead against the wall for an hour.

Col. Boozy Badger@boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 9h ago

Stream likely tomorrow. I forgot the cats were getting g spayed today and I am now dealing with two angry and doped up felines. One of which is shep. You ever seen a 3 legged cat stoned?

"The whole world was filled with tobacco smoke" is one of those uncomfortable and horrifying truths that we often forget when looking back in nostalgia. I also came in at tail end of the leaded gas phase out. "The air was full of toxic levels of smoke and lead" isn't a fun thing to reminisce about

The Seattle library levy is on track to pass with 80% voting yes. The Seattle Times came out against it and was resoundingly ignored. Seattle voters want nice things and are willing to pay for them.

So far, voters overwhelmingly approve Seattle library levy

A property tax levy to fund the city's public library system over the next seven years is solidly ahead after the first release of vote totals Tuesday evening.

seattletimes.com

Why is it not front page news on every major media outlet that the United States commander in chief had hundreds of his bank accounts frozen for money laundering??????

Stopped by to check on an old friend this morning.

'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys

The Rialto, Venice https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singer-sargent/the-rialto-venice-1909

Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social want to come over for dinner?

Fae: “Tell us your true name.” Me: “…Just my name? No birthdate, no SSN, no fingerprint scan, no address, no mother’s maiden name? Are you sure you’ve even got the right Olivia Waite? There’s like six.” Fae: “What the hell kind of bargains have you been making?” Me: “They call it health insurance.”

Between Reacher season 4 on Aug 14 and Lanterns on August 16, it's going to be a late Summer of Dad tv shows.

Bet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.

I am already so fucking tired of those "she's a work horse, not a show horse" ads Susan Delbene is running here in Seattle. Every time I hear it, I want to take a knitting needle to my ears. It's going to be a very long time until November.

This is how you fight these transphobic assholes. Use framing like this every time.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2d ago

Good framing.

School supplies should be free. They should come with the school. They should be purchased by the state.

@northrax.bsky.social & @darklament.bsky.social - Holy shit this is creepy as hell. No one does jaw dropping creepy like Carroll.

beluga's kin@emmartian.bsky.social · 3d ago

Impeccably uncanny homie Morgan Carroll has released a new Bloodborne comic that of course obsesses me. A reflection on one of my favorite themes through the weirdest, saddest, scariest and most poignant character ever created, with exquisite sensibility. To die for. emcarroll.itch.io/milkweed

I did a paper that considered the response to the 1918 pandemic right as Covid was getting going and we...decided largely to pretend it never happened and with it and the end of the war we went "well that's it, back to normal" then everyone spent the 1920s going insane. bsky.app/profile/erik...

Erika Hall@erikahall.bsky.social · 3d ago

It continues to fuck me up that we stay thinking about 9/11 but want to memory hole Covid so bad we're destroying the entire concept of public health in the US.

A very good read. In a vaguely related note: one of the things I truly enjoyed the most from watching Ride or Die was how Octavia Spencer, one of the few plus sized celebrities who hasn't drastically lost weight lately, was portrayed as desirable. It was shockingly refreshing.

Kayleigh Donaldson@ceilidhann.bsky.social · 2d ago

Okay, let's do it. Here's why we can(not) talk about Ariana Grande. gossip-reading-club.ghost.io/why-we-can-n...

counterpoint: I would really like it, actually, if my taxes went to subsidizing helpful services for those in need.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Please. Please. Please, WA people, vote I the primary & drop your ballots off at your nearest drop box.

WA Office of the Secretary of State@secstatewa.bsky.social · 3d ago

You have until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, August 4 to turn in your ballot! Find a drop box near you: VoteWA.gov

Every time the legacy media tries to whip up some suburb-coded bullshit about Mayor Wilson she should pedestrianize another block. Whenever they get really over-the-top: whoops here's a superblock

Disagree w/Wilson from the left on stuff like surveillance cams but know that she is as progressive as we're gonna get in a citywide position & every day she doesn't do the stupid do-nothing status quo shit Harrell did as effortlessly as breathing is a win for the city. Let her cook, fuck the haters

It couldn't be clearer what's happening with local legacy media trashing Mayor Wilson: the reactionary centrist majority is about to melt away & they're trying to bake in a narrative that she has fucked up in some catastrophic--but also indefinable--way, to hamstring the coming progressive majority