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A.S.K., a librarian

@thestackscat

Another Twitter escapee. @thestackscat most places. You don't get to take your trauma out on other people.

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I'm aware @officialgrammarly.bsky.social has said people can opt out of this, THAT IS ALSO ENRAGING. LLMs have already coopted and stole and plundered creative people's work, now we also have to contact YOU after you steal our identities? Fuck all the way off with that! It's MORE THEFT YOU CLOWNS

11.03.2026 00:10 πŸ‘ 167 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes I think about the frybread I had at this one restaurant in New Mexico, and I wonder about driving there to get some more.

Sure, gas is expensive now...but good frybread is good frybread.

(Only an 11 hour drive!)

11.03.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Please contribute if you're able or share the original if you're not.

Note that the most effective way to get help for people is to directly ask people you know

11.03.2026 00:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But never forget that a lot of people didn’t think it was an issue yet because they started by being anti DEI

and well really they were tired of woke so they just wanted to wait til that got cleared first

11.03.2026 00:24 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is Summit. He is a friend to pretty much everyone he meets. But has a special soft spot for the little critters who stop long enough for him to say hello. 13/10 (IG: bakerbarnes)

10.03.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 5880 πŸ” 841 πŸ’¬ 142 πŸ“Œ 74

The thing that drives me nuts about people who talk about Platner being "deserving of redemption" is that Platner has never really acknowledged what he did wrong in the first place. Paths to forgiveness and redemption can and should exist. But like, you have to earnestly get that you messed up.

10.03.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 479 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 6

You are loved.
You belong here.
You are beautiful.
Don’t give up.
Don’t change for any but yourself.
Don’t lose yourself.

05.03.2026 19:13 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Witness for the Dead series is excellent!

10.03.2026 22:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A federal judge is never late, Frodo Baggins...

10.03.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 226 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Men are given grace to become monsters.

10.03.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Please contribute if you're able or share the original if you're not.

Note that the most effective way to get help for people is to directly ask people you know

10.03.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lemme tell you something. . .

If what you're selling is the idea that people who voted for Trump didn't know exactly what they voted for?

I'm not buying.

10.03.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
Photo of a kid on a banana seat bike with a tall sissy bar and a crazily long brake cable. In the upper left there's an upper- and lower-case "G" and at the bottom it says, "G is for groovy."

Photo of a kid on a banana seat bike with a tall sissy bar and a crazily long brake cable. In the upper left there's an upper- and lower-case "G" and at the bottom it says, "G is for groovy."

"G is for Groovy"
Flashcard from the "Black ABCs" by the Society for Visual Education, 1970

10.03.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 91 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5

Octavia E. Butler said, β€œThese novels are not prophetic. These novels are cautionary tales… The problems that I write about are problems that we can do something about. That's why I write about them.”

And β€œI hope they're not prophecy because I don't want to live in that world.”

10.03.2026 02:20 πŸ‘ 296 πŸ” 108 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 10

β€œY’all, it’s a lot.”

Can’t wait for @txfreedomread.bsky.social to drop some bombshells. Who could have predicted SB13 would result in good books being banned?
Oh that’s right, we advocates did. Multiple times.

10.03.2026 02:31 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Who would have guessed that the legal system in America was so fragile that a single crazy president could ignore the whole thing, from the Constitution right down to state laws?
Why does the Supreme Court and Congress let this demented moron act like the dictator of a banana republic?

10.03.2026 01:43 πŸ‘ 16224 πŸ” 3750 πŸ’¬ 1333 πŸ“Œ 318

One of my fav artists ever

10.03.2026 02:49 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Seminal Japanese RPG is coming back after 40 years with new project A fresh take on an influential action-RPG

A fresh take on an influential action-RPG

10.03.2026 02:30 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A campaign poster with large text reading "Mayor Mamdani" and a message urging to fund NYC public libraries at 0.5% of the city budget. Two photos of a man in a suit (Zohran Mamdani are shown, with a website link for more information.

A campaign poster with large text reading "Mayor Mamdani" and a message urging to fund NYC public libraries at 0.5% of the city budget. Two photos of a man in a suit (Zohran Mamdani are shown, with a website link for more information.

You can let the Mayor know what you think about him breaking his promise. www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...

10.03.2026 01:40 πŸ‘ 710 πŸ” 274 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0
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This historian dug up the hidden history of 'amateur' blackface in America In her new book, Darkology, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes writes about how blackface and minstrel shows became one of the most popular forms of entertainment in 19th- and 20th-century America.

Incredible @nprfreshair.bsky.social interview with historian Rhae Lynn Barnes about the history of amateur blackface β€”Β the part about blackface texts disappearing from libraries is particularly interesting

www.npr.org/2026/03/09/n...

10.03.2026 02:28 πŸ‘ 121 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 8
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Federal Judges Are Slowly Realizing They Can Treat Trump Like Anyone Else Federal judges have been reluctant to hold the Trump administration in contempt for violating court orders. Now, they are getting impatient.

There are signs that at least some federal judges are getting tired of the Trump administration simply ignoring court orders

09.03.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 154 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 7

I still get a kick out of how Nana Visitor's name is also a cool occupation.

Your job: to visit nanas. They insist you eat delicious food, tell you raunchy and gory stories of the men they have killed, sometimes you help them reach items on tall shelves. A perfect job.

10.03.2026 01:54 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Man.

The world fucking is on fire.

So go be as corny and cringe as you wanna be without hurting people.

Live whats left of your only life.

If you can’t be free in your body at least go be free in your mind and soul.

Fuck the haters.

10.03.2026 00:42 πŸ‘ 3656 πŸ” 1199 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 19

Your regular reminder that normal, mainstream, pro-democracy political parties do not make restricting suffrage the central pillar of their policy platform

10.03.2026 01:14 πŸ‘ 1294 πŸ” 372 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 2

Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

10.03.2026 01:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Imagine the reaction in the US if ~175 schoolgirls had been killed by a targeted Iranian missile. (Or anyone's missile.)

This is an atrocity.

09.03.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 3295 πŸ” 1011 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 42
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Ok #birdsky who is this fine fellow? I saw him in Orlando. Wing span of roughly 3 feet with black/grey feathers and a white underbelly. πŸͺΆ

09.03.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

I think this about right, with two subtypes:

1. Know your enemy types (@faineg.bsky.social)

2. Excited tinkerer types (@mike10010100.com)

All are fighty as hell but this is Bluesky, please consult my profile banner.

09.03.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the most depressing things about the war in Iran is how a bunch of grown ass men are acting like this is a fucking video game.

09.03.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 1159 πŸ” 244 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 11