Man walks down the street wearing a (shirt) like that, you know he’s not afraid of anything. ~ Wash
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2y agoThe response to this picture has been 99% "cool" and 1% panicked mini-machos attempting the dude-to-dude version of negging, which is working as well as you might think. A lovely way to find out who needs to be blocked here on the Sky. in that respect I am certainly getting value from this shirt.
Lot of new folks showing up, too. Hello and welcome! Here are some tips that might be useful for keeping your timeline a little safer and more pleasant in these troubling times. Big hearts! gregpak.net/2024/12/20/b...
Bluesky hygiene and safety - Greg Pak
In the weeks since the election and in the midst the giant surge of new accounts on Bluesky, I’ve seen multiple people talking about bad vibes on the site due to the questionable online behavior of so...
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May we all live a life that elicits this type of eulogy. ❤️
Emily✨@emilyoram.bsky.social · 2y agoThis is a beautiful tribute.
Walking the walk.
Brian Tyler Cohen@briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2y ago@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "We have 8,400 firefighters working the lines; 16,000 personnel; 2,500 National Guard trying to address the issue of looting; 750 CHP as we speak; we have the EPA starting to do phase 1 of the debris removal... All of that [rightwing disinformation] is a deep distraction."
(slaps cinnamon and/or spice-flavored drink out of your hand) IT'S WINTER, BITCHES (shoves peppermint latte at you) (throws down red and green smoke bomb) (disappears, jingling all the way)
What’s that you say? Another invasion? I hope I can finish my book.
Bookshelfie ⭐️@bookshelfie.bsky.social · 2y ago
So much good information on wellness in this presentation.
Professor Narelle Lemon@rellypops.bsky.social · 2y agoNew Wellbeing Whisperer blog post digging into wellbeing science & #shutupandwrite inspired by the inaugural Community in Writing Symposium just by @writingpartners.bsky.social & @thinklab.bsky.social Interested in your thoughts on the mind map 🙏 www.exploreandcreateco.com/the-wellbein...
Support independent games designers! We’re a robust community of storytellers.
Alexander Perrin@alexanderperrin.bsky.social · 2y agoFor just a couple of coins, you can get the special standalone version of Short Trip on Steam now! As always, shares and reviews are always immensely appreciated. Enjoy your trip! store.steampowered.com/app/3187700/...
This is our blueprint to resist the Trump/Musk Kakistocracy. Pass this on!
Jay Kuo@nycjayjay.bsky.social · 2y agoWhat can we do? Great advice from Jen Rubin:
Very useful article!
Jonathan O'Donnell @jod999.bsky.social · 2y ago"...confidence is about clarity and precision, not complexity." - Holly Zink, I Do Grants. You aren't begging. You aren't boasting. You are clearly saying what you will do, writing from a position of strength. #ECRChat hollyzink.com/2024/12/03/w...
If you're more upset with Biden being forced to consider the extraordinary step of peremptorily pardoning his own officials then you are about Trump appointing someone who’s promised to use the federal govt to exact personal retribution for Trump, then you need to think a little more critically.
Shut Up & Write! + ThinkLab at Cambridge. The Community in Writing Symposium was an exercise in how to bottle lightning. Intention + Empathy = The Magic.
Cambridge ThinkLab@thinklab.bsky.social · 2y agoThe latest #Cambridge ThinkLab blog post is now live! Reflections and highlights from the inaugural Shut Up & Write! Community in Writing Symposium: www.thinklab.strategic-partnerships.admin.cam.ac.uk/posts/2024/1... @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social @rellypops.bsky.social @webhooligan.bsky.social
This post and the comments it has generated are why I’m finding this BlueSky moment so exhilarating. Discourse, good vibes, cat videos, occasional shitposts, with a dash of insightful politics? Yes, please.
Louisa@louisathelast.bsky.social · 2y agoThe thing that keeps getting me about all the pieces fretting about Bluesky being too insular is that the argument seems to be that those of us who are most likely to be abused by the right (BIPOC people, trans people, queer people, etc) must put up with being abused for the sake of public discourse
