I’m helping with costuming for an “Eat the Rich” burlesque event and felt like Bluesky was the perfect place to source some ideas. (current ideas below)

A program that provides food and nutrition services to Mississippi caregivers and children is currently running but could close this month if the Health Department does not find state funds amid the federal government shutdown. via @mississippitoday.org www.newsfromthestates.com/article/stat...

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played some Cities: Skylines today. got distracted and didn’t pause time. came back to like a hundred skulls and half my population leaving. because woke.

millie made me lose a game. she walked across the trackpad and made it press “end turn”. I did not actually want to end my turn. in fact, I wanted the opposite of that. who wants a free cat?

I talk about seeing shifting change and one of these things is how people are responding when I point out hurtful behavior. I'm getting a whole lot more "oh hell I never thought about it that way" instead of jumping my ass or saying that I'm being a fascist sympathizer. The world is ready to change.

CANNABIS GROWERS? Nebraska is on the verge of licensing its first medical cannabis growers after the state's Medical Cannabis Commission approved offering cultivator permits to two applicants. From Zach Wendling: buff.ly/3gZ6sZ1

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in. Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators. The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

You name any type of device or platform that collects data, a company exists that can package it and sell it as a data stream to police to be fused with everything else. CLEAR? Oh, yea. Geolocation from advertising databrokers? Yes!

I’m not poor I’m just boycotting money

We're working with Greg Johnson, the creator of ToeJam and Earl, on a beautiful and deeply personal game he's making called Dancing with Ghosts - the Kickstarter went live today, check it out: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hum...

quick reminder that if you’re not following @statesnewsroom.com then you hate puppies and like raw artichoke in your cheerios

Advocates for the digital monitoring tools say they help save lives. Experts warn that the programs have a higher tendency to flag content from certain groups of students, and that more is needed to address youth mental health concerns. www.thepitchkc.com/some-missour...

Supernatural thriller Good Boy does daring drama from a dog’s perspective www.thepitchkc.com/supernatural...

was wondering why Bluesky kept taking forever to load images today. did a speedtest. 100mbps when I pay for ~1gbps. turned off iCloud private relay. speedtest now 687mbps. so I have to choose between being more easily tracked, or looking at memes like I’m on dialup.

Yet another Michigan Democratic candidate seeking statewide office has called the situation in Gaza and the Israeli military offensive against the Palestinian people there a genocide. via @michiganadvance.com

Law enforcement historically loves announcing their undercover operations ahead of time

[to the tune of spider-man] dino nugs dino nugs fuckin found me some dino nugs gonna make t-rex sounds while I’m shovin them in my mouth fuck yeah eatin these dino nugs

Bari Weiss was a DEI hire someone get fox on the phone quick

by default, a president who admits to reporters that he sent armed forces into a city because the TV told him to, should be impeached at the very, very least.

“A federal team in El Paso that once pursued child traffickers has been disbanded. “A task force in Kansas focused on stemming fentanyl has been redirected. “Highway checkpoints near the border—on roads identified as major drug-trafficking routes—have gone unstaffed” 🎁 www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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“Glenn Medical center could not keep its doors open after the federal government moved this year to eliminate its critical access designation, a special status for hospitals that helps ensure access to emergency health care in rural communities.”

REST IN PEACE? Sometimes the most important stories are local, like this gem Erin Bamer found in Burt County, Nebraska, where residents say they are worried about the level of care their loved ones are receiving in rural cemeteries compared to those in nearby Tekamah.

“[…] after the Fox News story on the petition, he received a threatening email containing his home address.”

Maybe before Bluesky tries to “fix toxicity,” they could try fixing countless infuriating bugs in their app and site? Including randomly losing entire threads and alt text?

A restaurant near me has put up this billboard, and it's just...

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b----' before shooting chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

“I told them that I probably wouldn’t be able to make my appointments anymore, well, because I’m really afraid given what happened to my husband.” Harrowing reporting from @shefali.bsky.social and Mel Leonor Barclay at @19thnews.org.

biggest problem imo is a total and complete lack of solidarity on a large scale. you’ve got blue wavers openly wanting red states to suffer despite the dems who live there, and leftists who dogpile randos on social media over inane shit. nobody wants to learn, nobody wants to educate.

The shuttered DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties “was one of the very few tools we had to check ICE, to hold ICE accountable,” immigration lawyer Sophia Genovese said. “Now you see them speeding to complete authoritarianism.” (Published April 2025)

A coalition of solar energy companies, labor unions, nonprofit groups and homeowners sued the EPA on Monday over its termination of $7 billion in grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels on their homes.

been experimenting with Sam Wilson and gotta tell ya, he’s a tough card to work with despite being versatile enough to fit into lots of decks. 🧵🎮

I didn't have a *lot* of problems with instances, but there were only a few people I knew over there at first. Instances blocking each became an annoying reality for me within a week. It was also really difficult to follow conversations! I got history and news and science and I loved Mosstodon...

as people are talking about moving to mastodon, fair warning that you’ll be in for constant drama and instance-swapping before you find one you like. and then the mods there will either turn out to be a certain well-known abuser and chaser, or harassed out of the place by their own users.

hey sorry about that insult in my reply. cat walked across the keyboard. my response was meant to be much more devastating to your personal image and self-worth.

Parker in the movies: h-h-hi mj/gwen/liz. umm…can I um, like, be in your vicinity? Parker in the 90s cartoon: eyyy Gwen that body’s fine, mind if I wrap myself around it? yo mj you need some spandex girlie.

Streaming Plan for this week Friday: 6pm CEST. Something spontaneous Saturday: 6-7pm CEST. Start of my new english main project, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team. With @sl4ts.bsky.social as a special guest owo Sunday: 4pm CEST. (German) Final Fantasy 6. Looking forward to see you guys <3

me: i’d like a place to hang out with people with similar interests person with similar interests who has too large a following and is too online: best I can do is people with shared interests who will post images of every horrible, terrible thing every nazi everywhere has ever said ever

better than making up a guy to get mad it, the hot new thing is making up an entire class of person to do a scolding PSA about and convincing your followers that they’re trash if they don’t repeat it uncritically.

shit I meant ADF. my b

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ICYMI: Check out our Unraveling Series This States Newsroom project explores how the provision strains reproductive health care nationwide. via @elishabrown.bsky.social @sofiaresnick.bsky.social @kelciemmorris.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/tags/unravel...

reminder that if you ever made a forum, you’re a craven and evil victim of capitalist brain rot.

the ADL is trying to get SCOTUS to legalize the torture of LGBTQIA+ children, and they’re lying to do so.

can anyone please help me find the post I’ve apparently made where I claimed jewish people are liars and camps were a lie? I don’t recall ever saying such but this person is certain it exists. thanks.

hey there happy travelers and welcome to Monday! it’s 54ºf on this beautiful morning with a gentle rain looking to last all day. don’t worry, we won’t tell if you call in sick to curl up with a book. or doomscroll. either one. we’re not narcs. now how about some Stairway to start your day?

I saw One Battle After Another and did not enjoy it. I am clearly the outlier but I thought the sexual politics of the film were bad. The representation of Black women revolutionaries was painful and I think the fixation on interracial sex and a mixed race character is a hackneyed trope.

her son and husband are both hospitalized with serious injuries, and this (likely) arson comes just after she’d ruled against giving the trump admin 3,000,000 voter records for their racial profiling and kidnapping scheme.

Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government.... On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames time.com/7323442/sout...