I'm in a very "Data Driven Ben Franklin" era of my life.

OK, this is the whole problem with celebrities, podcasters, influencers & #advocates taking all the airtime and attention away from responsive, educated & sincere therapists & mental health professionals in the world. Imagine #Deleting words of kindness to someone in the midst of his crisis... 😔

I've heard the mysterious #legends... A #subreddit #SoupSayer who was aged ninteen in the Year of Our Noodle Anno Piratus when thine #cat "Can Haseth #Cheezburger". He is a #grandfather now. Blessed Be The Green Banana. Source: TROLL book day at school (sans Goosebumps!) And pre- #CreepyPasta 😳

Jessica Ellis@baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 3d ago

Upsetting to realize that children born the day the Crab Rangoon and Betsy Ross Flag tweets were posted are teenagers now.

If I have #interviewed you before (even many years ago) & you enjoyed the experience & have something you want to update... My DM's are open. LIikewise if I haven't ever interviewed you before but you trust my #writing and want your side of something told... My DM's are open to you too.

It would be nice if Netflix's #Little-House-on-the-Prairie explained this tension as well as E. Paul Durrenberger has done here. The #Netflix version leaves us with the idea that lying to farmers and being mean to the #Osage Nation must have been their own rewards... 🤷🏼‍♂️

Barn Raiser@barnraiser.bsky.social · 2w ago

Our system of industrial agriculture is no accident. It has deep historical roots going back to the advent of the railroads in the 19th century. barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...

I don't know who needs to hear this and I'm not any kind of AI #hype guy but... Chatbots CAN be superior to search engines ( #Google ) (if they don't allow in-chat #advertising ( #Claude )).

"Crime trickles up faster and more confidently than wealth trickles down." — J.D. Terrill Write an original phrase (with self-attribution) that you think belongs among thoughtful quotes/quotables. #writersky #booksky #authors #writers #writing #poetry #quote #skeets #excercise #wisdom #economy

I have decided that my three main influences for my novel have, so far, been: 1) My own damned lived experience 2) Armistead Maupin and 3) Thomas Harris... ...and you would be surprised at just how frequently those three have parqueted over the years. (Yes, it is SO a real word!)

It's about time that someone forced the general public into recognizing that #FairLife is no longer run by the eco-friendly co-Op that founded them. I have trouble mustering up any sympathy here. Especially since we could taste the difference almost immediately.

Chicago-based Fairlife pauses US production after ransomware cyberattack breaches milk brand systems

Milk brand Fairlife is pausing its production in the U.S. after a ransomware cyberattack breached the company's systems.

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So I'm gonna quit @npr.org's #1A because Jen White led a whole-ass discussion on #fertility treating #male-infertility literally as though its like mourning a death... #ChildlessByChoice was not even mentioned AT ALL.

#Bluesky needs to deplatform the #Global #BlockList #KillJar. @bsky.app @moderation.bsky.app Odds are, if you have opinions — you are on a blocklist unfairly and unable to be seen and heard by some of your likeliest allies..

@deborah-10.bsky.social Hi. Do we know each other IRL? I had a college professor with your same name and I assume similar age. Nice to meet you again... or for the very first time. 😆

AIPAC is now stuck "dancin' with the dudes that brung 'em" 🤠

Deborah Weeks/A Woman for An Eternity@deborah-10.bsky.social · 4w ago

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And I still can't decide whether the #TexasGovernor was worse for making a billboard that threatened underage immigrant girls with being raped or the #ChicagoCop who gave the billboard a back story And we're supposed to say Trump was "only a racist reaction to Obama" — like Hillary wasnt even there.

Laura Bassett@lebassett.bsky.social · 4w ago

Casually threatening mass rapes

"I don't think there's anybody more synonymous with Palm Beach than Donald Trump [...]" said Eric Trump — apparently forgetting the company that title keeps: the illustrious Madame Ghislaine Maxwell, Bernie Madoff, Rush Limbaugh, and Jeffrey "of the Isle" Epstein. 😏

Florida airport renamed ‘Trump’ in latest push to expand his brand

President Donald J. Trump International Airport is a short drive from the Trump family’s Mar-a-Lago golf resort. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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“Creators deserve credit, compensation, and consent. If that's not on the table, the crawlers can stay the fuck off Patreon," CEO Jack Conte wrote on Thursday.

Patreon Blocks Crawlers From Stealing Creators' Work for AI Training

“Creators deserve credit, compensation, and consent. If that's not on the table, the crawlers can stay the fuck off Patreon," CEO Jack Conte wrote on Thursday.

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In order to say you're #agnostic and not have it leave your lips sounding like a fence-sitting half measure, you must conjure within yourself the simple elegance of #knowing and #believing — embodying both but holding a separate space for each so as not to ever conflate the two.

I see a lot of #podcasters, #writers & #fineart artists ducking their heads in the sand and trying to ignore the seemingly existential threat posed by the rapid advancement of AI or Chatbot Art... Fear not. If you know anything about #ArtHistory then you know this is NOT our 1st rodeo. [1/4] 🧵

As a visual artist, I don't give away all of my trade secrets (as I'm still learning them) but I will tell you this. By doing so, it helps me to remember it, myself: Approach each project as though it could be your last. The last thing for everyone to remember you by. You'll try harder. #artsky

That's 62 miles per hour in American driving...

Andrea Basso@a4xrbj1.bsky.social · last mo.

A family travelling between Golden and Revelstoke came across the Tesla on Highway 1 and started recording, according to a Castanet report. The witness, identified as Carleigh, said the driver was “fast asleep” and visibly slumped to the side while the car continued at roughly 100 km/h. /1

* When you painstakingly trace around pixels at 800X magnification only to see your competitor win the contest with an inexplicably 7 fingered hand straightening out the Tower of Pisa. #Art-Clichés #uncanny-valley

* When you have a cat so you don't even attempt oil painting and go straight to fast-drying acrylics... and suddenly the 99 cent bottle of craft paint that dries like chalk starts to seem worthy of your careful consideration. #art-clichés #guily-as-charged

* When you suck at drawing faces so all your subjects are walking away from you. #art-clichés

*When you learn that reflections on water are always the same thing upside down and joined at the base so all you want to paint is boats for the next 3 years. #art-clichés

Man spent five hours filling his bucket with fish, until he woke up to find every single one gone. On May 20th, a man was fishing off a dock when he started having one of the best days he’d had in weeks. Dock camera showed his Dog was feeding a Dolphin 🐬

Hi @peez.bsky.social - you were a guest on @hiddenbrain.bsky.social recently talking about the role #disgust has in shaping our lives. You said that public health propaganda weaponizing disgust can be "very effective" particularly with younger or #GenZ audiences. While I'm sure you're correct [1/5]🧵

Bid ye be warned... #SPOILERS BE HERE. Anybody care to chime in on the new #Supergirl? What are your thoughts? Rate it? Do we only like the #DC supes when they fight earthly injustices? Or did the anti- #humantrafficking angle check that box for you? #film #moviesky #comics #JasonMomoa #MillyAlcock

And how you can do it too... Download the proposal here and ask #Claude how to tailor it to your hometown, specifically. @pjvogt.bsky.social @alletson.bsky.social @lawgurrl.bsky.social @sierraclub.org @naacpmainline.bsky.social

How I Am Saving My City From Predatory Data Centers

Proposing the P.A.D.L.O.C.K Ordinance: Property Acquisition Disclosure and Land-Ownership Clarity for Kankakee

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Watching #JakeTapper on #CNN while going down a #Claude rabbit hole is a very different (I'd venture to say improved, even) experience... [Text also as Alt Text in all 3 Screenshots]