Take 5 mins. Go to Goodreads, the 'Zon, Storygraph... anywhere. Leave a review for a lesser-known book that you wish others knew more about. There's so many issues in the world you can't solve, but you can make someone's day who poured months or years into writing that story.

Same, Shohei.

Until SNAP is funded, here’s an ongoing list of Bay Area restaurants where SNAP recipients can receive free food. Just bring your EBT card!

You can tell Olivia Reingold is telling the truth about all her friends dumping her because they let her release that video

wait they're literally the meme

*tosses another example onto the comedically large pile of examples showing how replacing spelling and grammar checkers with a statistical engine to find the -likely- word rather than the -correct- word and training said engine on everything everyone ever wrote online produces Not what's needed*

When you tell people that one of the largest populations of queer families is in San Antonio they legitimately don't believe you. San Antonio is also the last major city in Texas with a rainbow crosswalk in its gayborhood right now.

Marie Antoinette ass timeline.

Incredibly powerful words from Pastor David Black.

"I will revenge my injuries; if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear." - Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Remembering the incredible work of the late great Bernie Wrightson on his birthday 🖤

And former chief counsel for nominations to Grassley on Judiciary. This was someone who came to where he is at now right through the middle of the “traditional” GOP elites’ path.

Take a lesson from the Black Panthers who understood how to feed people

Another fabulous shot of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) over Suotojärvi Lake, Sweden, by Petr Horálek, with the colorful Aurora Borealis lighting up the sky. More at www.petrhoralek.com?p=25820 and fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1154... #Astronomy

Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't. www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

Measles was eliminated in the US in 2000. Gone, with the exception of international travelers bringing it back in and causing small outbreaks. But now it's roaring back — it's incredibly contagious — thanks to guess who. Guess who! Yup. Anti-vaxxers.

makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies

Marjorie Taylor Green is literally the Jewish space lasers lady She’s an anti-semite! That’s why she opposes Israel, not because she supports human rights Do not fucking circulate her saying “oh she’s being reasonable” jfc

Well I was not expecting BILL NIGHY to be spitting facts today! observer.co.uk/culture/inte...

I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives

I don't think we understand just how bad the decline of the Internet is to knowledge. 3 years ago, I could perform a very basic search in any engine and get an absurd number of relevant links, research articles, etc. Today, I can perform the same search and find absolutely nothing.

A 30 second reminder that you didn’t see nothin. #snitchesgetstitches

“Do you really expect Mamdani to get everything he’s promising done?” No. I’m sure a lot of what I want won’t happen. But I’m ready for someone who’s willing to actually fucking try rather than tell everyone why trying is pointless and must be saved for an undefined later moment

A big congratulations and well done to the beautiful nation of Ireland

Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull” First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided. With me so far? 1/x

CA: Voting on Prop. 50 starts today. Your vote is likely your best means of holding back tyranny in your lifetime. Mark your ballot (this is a one-issue election, so it will take about sixty seconds to mark, seal, and sign/date. Mail, drop off, or take to a Vote Center to scan, and you're golden!

My little Chicagoan heart is swelling with pride at the barefoot guy in Blackhawks pajama pants who clearly just ran directly out of his house to call ICE agents Nazis to their faces and scare them back into their cars

The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker. And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows. No more.

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor. Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors. These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism. This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function. Every American should reject it.

Our feature artist/tutorial today is this great set of pages on drawing ZIGZAG FOLDS in CLOTHING, by the talented @simodasketch! Note in particular how the YELLOW areas in the 3rd image reveal the FORM of the ARM BENEATH. #Anime #manga #illustration #characterdesign

He's still running for Mayor right? Why would I care how he polls nationally when he's not running for Congress or the Presidency?

*whacks brain with bat* NO MORE SODA POP

Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

A group of organized people could select 2 of these corporations and launch a BDS inspired campaign against them. Lift them up as examples and use this as a way to make the broader case to the public about Oligarchic rule...

It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast' 10/10 response, no notes

The final trope is always enshitification.

Heads up Minneapolis - we're next.

And there we go:

When this building went up it was called “a middle finger to the 99 percent” because it was one of the most expensive places to live in the world. Whenever we could see it from a distance my mom would say we had the “fuck you view.” So watching this unfold has been absolutely fucking hilarious.

Extremely niche but correct opinion: Stop 🛑 using Open Dyslexic and other unsupported-by-research fonts specifically for dyslexia. Start ✅ using Atkinson Hyperlegible, which is also free and was designed by the Braille Institute to help low-vision folks and is also helpful for many dyslexic folks.

The dialogue is a whole other thing but the bit about "fuck you shoot me I'll die for this shit" and the reaction is the crux here, from Gandhi's time on down, no authoritarian in history ever knows how to respond to this and it's why it beats them whenever deployed

an FBI official says the alleged NBA gambling ring involves the "Toronto Rangers" (not a real team), which doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the quality of their investigation

Good morning from these Halloween goblins

Note for everyone switching to a Blacksky server (like myatproto.social, in my case) - if you're logging in via blacksky.community, you have to go into Settings > Accessibility and re-check the "Require alt-text before posting" button!

Bonus primary points to which ever Democrat promises to demolish whatever fucking monstrosity ballroom Trump builds

This would be very bad.

jfc all these people need to learn it's okay to not know things and then adjust your views and actions when you do find out that hey, that's a fucking nazi tattoo, we don't allow fucking nazis in here. THIS IS NOT HARD. JUST LET HIM GO.

I didn't think I needed an "always repost the Nazi bar story" but it feels like it bears repeating far too often.

Phew managed to make it another day without getting a nazi tattoo. It’s hard out here. Just nazi tattoos roaming the streets attaching themselves to people. Stay woke

Arthropod Photo of the Week: October 15, 2025 Tangerine furry-legs moth Acraga moorei Lepidoptera: Dalceridae By Tom Myers, Kentucky, USA #arthropodPOTW