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Loonathan

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Software designer by day, progressive by day too. Love me wife, love me cats, love improved standard of living for all of humanity, simple as.


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Mondo Mascots's avatar Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social
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Mukona, a cat stationmaster, is the mascot for Mito Railway Station in Ibaraki.

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Get To Know Nature's avatar Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social
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Me sitting hunched up over my computer trying to get my editing software to behave

(Black-crowned Night Heron) #birds 🌿

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CHOAM Nomsky 💭's avatar CHOAM Nomsky 💭 @thielman.bsky.social
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yes, we boiled the planet, but it was worth it to make a machine that, instead of adding two plus two, takes the statistical average of every answer to questions containing "what" "is" "two" and "plus" from a database of illegal cell phone transcripts and returns a fake nude pic of a high schooler

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merritt k's avatar merritt k @merrittk.com
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From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine.

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WOLFSKULLJACK 's avatar WOLFSKULLJACK @wolfskulljack.bsky.social
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They take us into the loving arms of the night

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United Farm Workers's avatar United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social
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Today, the federal government put itself on the right side of history by seeking, for the 1st time, to establish the precedent that every worker in America has the right to shade, water & rest while working in temps that could kill them. -UFW President Teresa Romero

www.politico.com/news/2024/07...

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Cats of Yore's avatar Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social
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The White Cat, fairy tales translated by Marie Catherine La Mothe, Countess d’Aulnoy in 1698. This version was published in 1847 but unfortunately the illustrator is identified only as “J.W.”

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Jim Zub's avatar Jim Zub @jimzub.bsky.social
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This photo is pure 2024.

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GONZO the ca'at's avatar GONZO the ca'at @gonzo.bsky.social
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Goodemorning Gonzobongos! Itis raine and coole of temporchure todaye and hopefully AC willbe fixed

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Loonathan's avatar Loonathan @halcyonloon.bsky.social
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The New York Times is absolutely revolting. The fact they'd publish the great value Hitler op-ed promoting dereliction oof civic duty disgusts me, but they can't even be bothered to fact check the lying jerk off. Corporate scumbags.

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Holly Brockwell's avatar Holly Brockwell @hollybrocks.bsky.social
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Pluto, Blep Wizard of the Magical Oven Glove

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Guillermo Esteves's avatar Guillermo Esteves @guille.lol
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@darthbluesky.bsky.social can I get some positive vibes for my boy Gus Gus? He just got diagnosed with cancer last Friday 😞

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Loonathan's avatar Loonathan @halcyonloon.bsky.social
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The Supreme Court never misses an opportunity to suck shit and cite lies to support positions that are unAmerican in concept, but American in practice.

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regular meghan 🫧 나영지 🍉's avatar regular meghan 🫧 나영지 🍉 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social
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supreme court is actually a really good model for why creating tiny groups of people that are solely responsible for [very important thing] with little oversight, no accountability, and only a superficial expectation of reasons-giving is a bad idea bc these groups will always stagnate into cowardice

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ProPublica's avatar ProPublica @propublica.bsky.social
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The Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority didn't happen overnight. This is the inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that reshaped the American judiciary and legal system.

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Charlotte Garden's avatar Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social
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The new guys are pretty rambunctious, but H.R. said they’d just amend the employee handbook; any disputes involving ear-biting, food theft, or excessive cuteness will now be subject to individual arbitration

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Fossilized Tree Resin's avatar Fossilized Tree Resin @jamberee13.bsky.social
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Want to see a bunch of honey bees getting a drink then relaxing on some moss?

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Premee Mohamed's avatar Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com
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Have you also considered Fiasco? (So many KITTY BELLIES)

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Ashley Fairbanks's avatar Ashley Fairbanks @ziibiing.com
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This coming week, temperatures in Death Valley will be the hottest in the recorded history of this planet. Beryl is the earliest category four storm in the history of Atlantic hurricane season. People, both now and in the future, need us to stave off fascism and build a world where they can live.

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Faine Greenwood's avatar Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social
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Living under authoritarian regimes is both relatively boring and normal AND incredibly corrosive to the human soul. These things can absolutely co-exist. This is why everyone needs to resist authoritarians, even people who privately assume they’ll be just fine.

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regular meghan 🫧 나영지 🍉's avatar regular meghan 🫧 나영지 🍉 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social
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feel like this is such an important point about accessibility overall people don't realize that framing someone's everyday lived experience as something inherently negative is not sympathy or solidarity it's actually extremely fucked up!

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GONZO the ca'at's avatar GONZO the ca'at @gonzo.bsky.social
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Behaviores Report: 100% goode

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シェル ()'s avatar シェル () @witshell.bsky.social
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ライチョウの子どもは成長が早く、1週間で翼の風切羽が見えてきます。産毛が完全に幼羽に生え変わるまで1ヶ月もかかりません。早すぎるとあまり出歩きませんし、卵が孵る日も正直解りません。撮影タイミングの見極めのはとても難しいですが、なんとかチャレンジしたい可愛さです #birds

Ptarmigan chicks grow so quickly that it is very difficult to find the right timing to photograph them, but they are so cute that it is worth the challenge 🪶

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シェル ()'s avatar シェル () @witshell.bsky.social
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大きくなったカルガモ団。翼がしっかりしている中央がカモお母さん #birds

The group of Spot-billed Duck has grown up. The mother duck is in the middle with her wings strong 🦆

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Janet Hill's avatar Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social
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"Get your own Saskatoon berries. These are mine"
--C. Waxwing (2024)
#birds

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RB aka Ah Bee  📷's avatar RB aka Ah Bee 📷 @rhapsodysblues.bsky.social
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Zoomed in a little, can you see those crazy feet on this juvenile Little Blue Heron? My lens clearly can see better than I can from far away. I could barely focus on this petite LBH. 🪶

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Gabe Ortíz's avatar Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social
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In case you need this today, here’s a picture of Juan Gabriel napping.

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Faine Greenwood's avatar Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social
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PSA: if you're talking about doing actual political violence on social media in public, you are a dangerously ignorant twerp who lacks the situational awareness required to do anything useful for anyone.

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE's avatar GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com
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the next time the ACLU calls you to re-up your donation, call them union busting scabs, tell them to eat shit and hang up the phone.

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Loonathan's avatar Loonathan @halcyonloon.bsky.social
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Build up your local communities, always vote in local and state elections, don't obey immoral laws, and if you're in good mental health and can do so legally + responsibly consider exercising your right to self defense. I don't know what the future holds, but I know I will get up tomorrow and live.

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Loonathan's avatar Loonathan @halcyonloon.bsky.social
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Maybe I am too naive and too privileged, but I can't believe that the ends justify all means. I still believe change is possible and possible without forsaking the things that making fighting for change worthwhile.

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Loonathan's avatar Loonathan @halcyonloon.bsky.social
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I don't know what the future holds, but I'll get up tomorrow and live my life in alignment with my values. I cannot boil the ocean. What I can do is be as kind as possible to those around me, give as much as is healthy, and refuse to let ignorance and fear define my actions.

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nattie winters's avatar nattie winters @utilitylimb.bsky.social
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in these moments, it's important to remember that liberalism and faux-leftist nihilism are functionally identical; they're vultures with a vested interest in scolding you for believing a better world is possible.

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ProPublica's avatar ProPublica @propublica.bsky.social
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Conservatives Go to War — Against Each Other — Over School Vouchers School choice advocates are intent on expanding the availability of vouchers to fund private education at the expense of public schools, but rural residents of these targeted states are putting up some of the strongest resistance.

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Ashley M. Gjøvik's avatar Ashley M. Gjøvik @ashleygjovik.bsky.social
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🧵 In 2020, I nearly died from mysterious industrial chemical exposure at my apartment. Later, I discovered my employer was dumping toxic waste into our windows from their Skunkworks semiconductor fab next-door. I tipped off US EPA, who then raided them in 2023. EPA sent me the report on Friday. 💀 ⬇️

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Spoonie Authors Network's avatar Spoonie Authors Network @spoonieauthnet.bsky.social
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July is #DisabilityPrideMonth!

Red: physical disabilities
Gold: neurodiversity
White: invisible or undiagnosed disabilities
Blue: emotional or psychiatric disabilities
Green: sensory disabilities

Nothing about us without us!

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Place where cat shouldn't be's avatar Place where cat shouldn't be @catshouldnt.bsky.social
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Astronaut 👨‍🚀

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Cats of Yore's avatar Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social
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The residents of Potato Bay can rest easy now that this dangerous babby is off the streets.

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Loonathan's avatar Loonathan @halcyonloon.bsky.social
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I am working on master's. Currently in a course on algorithm ethics and policy to meet a breadth req. Its full of junior and senior undergrad data and computer science students. I know I'm 14 years older than most of them, but they are painfully unable to engage with philosophy.

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Loonathan's avatar Loonathan @halcyonloon.bsky.social
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That's why I think they're building doomsday bunkers, instead of making the barest attempt to improve their surroundings. Hopefully we get to the chopin' soon, lest we end up with our own version of the Late Bronze Age collapse.

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Kevin M. Kruse's avatar Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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Not making any threats here, just thinking out loud as a historian — do they people brazenly pushing for impunity for the wealthy elites not know what traditionally comes next?

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