It is an actual legal crime that we don’t have ANY word about when the next season of The Circle will drop

Ring has done this before. They partner with cops, get backlash, withdraw a bit, wait for it to calm down, and then go right back to working with cops. Don't believe this spin. www.theverge.com/news/878447/...

Icon

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams

[to the tune of Evacuate the Dance Floor] Yassify the DJ 🎶

I just feel like buying the exact right notebook would fix me

Everybody shut the fuck up before white people decide to use them for some kind of anti-aging bullshit and undo this hard work

We have enough evidence for UBI in general that this policy should be a given. But the difference is, to understand UBI works is to believe that people are fundamentally good. And a big chunk of society is built around the belief, *must maintain the belief* that people are fundamentally bad.

OHHHHH THE FUCKING RIGHTEOUS, VINDICATED FURY COURSING THROUGH MY VEINS

My friend is really concerned about her 1 year old cat's safety. She's having serious health issues, can't drive, & her very limited local support network is trying to get her to just put the cat outside. Anyone know any rescue/fosters for a kitty in Montgomery County,TX?? @ckshowalter.bsky.social

please know when I use the ✨ emoji, I do not mean anything to do with AI. they stole my emoji from me.

Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.

If you’ve been thinking to yourself “man, I really want to help people in Minneapolis, but I also some some cookies, AND I’d also like to help out trans, neurodiverse, and BIPOC youth“ boy oh boy do I have some good news for you! digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop5...

this is the compromise position

✨Doomscrolling Checkpoint✨ Hey friends, take a sec to roll those shoulders back & do some long exhales. Talk to someone you love out loud, scrawl out some bad, unfiltered rage art/scribbles. Pet a cat. You can’t resist without rest. Get out of the fight for a few so you can come back & stay in it.

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.

stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.

so don't get too comfortable. #art

Even with my own advice I vastly underestimated how many stroopwafels to stock up on

“Do you have water?” “Do you have batteries?” “Do you have toilet paper?” I’m here to ask the REAL winter storm preparedness questions. Do you have enough SWEET TREATS? Do you have enough SALTY SNACKS? Do you have enough WINE? It’s hibernation time bayBEE, get those comforts!

Alt text

Please read this whole thread (it’s only 11 parts)

I feel seen

I highly, highly recommend checking these out, whether or not you're a crafter. Maybe the crafters in your life could use some, or the scene kiddies about to head for their next rave, or really, y'know, anyone. I may fill a candy dish. They're fucking AWESOME. www.bassheadbeads.com/bead-shop/p/...

The woman killed by ICE today was a poet. She won the 2020 Academy of American Poets, University & College Poetry Prize at Old Dominion University. (And this is Renee from confirmed socials- a photo of a different woman with red lipstick is going around, but that was a classmate.) /

“Can I go check a pulse?” “No! Back up! Now!” “I’m a physician.” “I don’t care!” There was a medical doctor on the scene and they let Renee Good bleed out. On purpose. Video from HuffPost: www.tiktok.com/t/ZThLX2QuL/

This information should not be behind a paywall. www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h...

important message to all bluesky users

"A doctor at the scene attempted to help the woman who was shot, but was kept away by federal agents. When an ambulance finally arrived, it was blocked from reaching her by law-enforcement vehicles, and paramedics had to reach her on foot. The woman has died." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Show @bookshop.org some love here, folks, so they give the social media platform not owned by billionaires more attention! You can shop with The Floating Bookshop through bookshop dot org here: bookshop.org/shop/thefloa... Or find you local indie bookstore and support them!

pls get a flu shot, our ER is very full atm

A dear friend is Sbux union leader through Workers United and she clued me into 3 things. Starbucks has not signed a contract with the workers for 4 years. Starbucks has more union violations than any other company in the US. Shareholders are demanding they settle. Keep boycotting.

Me, hearing the downstairs neighbor watching Heated Rivalry: *shouting into the vents* HOW ABOUT THAT CLUB SCENE, HUH? DID YOU THINK THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE OUT IN THE BATHROOM TOO?

Friend in Westchester NY is trying to place a very friendly cat that hangs out in their yard. The cat is good with other cats. Please spread the word. They’ll have to go to aspca if it gets much colder (yes they built a temp shelter plz read the screenshot). #adoptdontshop #Westchester #PeekskillNY

Welcome back to bsky from the exodus, friends. Don't forget, tagging your art is actually useful here and you can view ALL tags by just a certain user by clicking this!! Another tip, use your feeds!!

If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career

i think if you use genai for anything, even writing an email, you're both a moron and a huge baby, and i dont want to play your video game as a result. its not that hard!

Hairography is SO much better and easier when your hair has been professionally blown out.

What was the best thing you read this year? I want to find some recs to add to my TBR!

John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about

Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos is now listed on Libby! Have a library card? Use the app, search the book, click “Notify Me” & your library system is anonymously notified that people want copies! It’s a great way to help the book or audiobook if you aren’t able to monetarily buy or preorder✨ #WOTCStaff

"I asked chatgpt--" Shut the fuck up. I asked the Lady of the Lake, and she said you are unworthy of the sword Excalibur. You will never be king.

for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌

Art prompt I’d love to see my artist friends take on

3 margs deep and one of every concert tee is sounding real good right about now

I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic. It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.