From an amateur fencer: look how the dominant fighter barely does any flourishes--it's all to the point flow

Bird nests made from anti-bird spikes?! 🤯

Hi, I'm a nest researcher 👋 and new here on BlueSky, sharing the craziest #bird nests I've ever found. 👀 Today, I’m sharing my discovery of rebellious birds that build nests out of anti-bird spikes. And honestly, it's like telling a joke...

A thread. 🧵

The Deadlands - Issue 42 | Psychopomp Includes the work of Nosawema O., |A. E. Weisgerber, Phoenix Mendoza, R.B. Lemberg, Maya Ysabel Ng, Marvin Garbeh Davis, Sr., Diana Dima, and Kelsey Dean

issue 42 of The Deadlands is RELEASED UPON THE WORLD

including many deathy fiction and poetry

INCLUDING ONE (1) NOVELETTE, our first novelette in a while it's been too long tbh.

check out the issue page below and DEFINITELY, PRETTY PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND SUPPORT US LIKE A SKELETON
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My wife asked me to repost this in case some folks missed it.

She is de-stashing her treasure hoard of yarn. There's a lot of it. It's kinda taken over the house. I'm in the attic of the garage right now. Help?

www.etsy.com/shop/Destash...

The framing deserves to be torn apart, I also think there's something interesting here in the word "elite" and the way it slips among wealth and other kinds of privilege/status. IANA Manhattan elite but I imagine the financial elite and cultural elite are quite different categories...

AI’s New Training Data: Your Old Work Slacks And Emails AI’s New Training Data: Your Old Work Slacks And Emails

"Defunct startups are being liquidated for their Slack archives, Jira tickets, and email threads—operational exhaust that AI labs now treat as premium training data."

Support our first Global Voices Spotlight Issue: Human Perspectives on AI! Every month, Global Voices will be choosing an urgent theme to explore in depth across all our regions. This month we're exploring how the widespread adoption of AI is playing out for the Global Major...

We would love to include more in this series! we have so many great ideas and pitches, and while some are in process, we don't have enough funding for everything we want to write about. Donate to help us pay our staff for more hours and bring you more insights: globalvoices.org/2026/04/03/s...

Invitation to a panel discussion on the future of libraries, inspired by the novel, The People's Library.

ICYMI - Join me and an incredibly accomplished group of panelists (seriously, look them up) as we discuss the future of libraries. luma.com/ud0psx3b Oh, and if you haven't, read the book that inspired this important discussion, The People's Library. 🙏 @bookish-afrolatina.bsky.social

We are restoring full service systemwide after earlier major delays due a disabled train in San Francisco. That train is now being towed off the trackway.

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

As a woman, I offer my sympathies to the Pope who is now being told hourly by very many random men what he actually means

sitting in the garden, watching the buckeye butterflies, thinking about the manuscript I need to edit 🦋

"All bicyclists must dismount" sign altered to say "all bicyclists get discount."

Graffiti seen in Portland, OR.

That was a lot of fireworks! And it’s raining.

🙄😒😑

From the sanfrancisco community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the sanfrancisco community

www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancis...

Thank you!

ah, i see someone is doing a giant fireworks show on treasure island again

so loud in oakland

Now is maybe not the best time to freak the Bay Area the fuck out with your stupid fireworks

Also, wtf for??

Wondering the same thing. Maybe in SF?

"the crew is in excellent shape"

in fact, one of them is... STRONGER than EVER. and another... seems to be INCREDIBLY FLEXIBLE... and another...

I absolutely supported @locusmag.bsky.social's fundraiser again this year, and there's lots of neat-o things left to nab ✨

www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...

In fact:

SPECULATIVE POETRY FRIENDS, PLEASE SOUND OFF!

If you're a speculative poet with a published FORMAL POEM anywhere readily available on the internet, please reply to this post with examples of your work!
Any form is good!
Show off your prosodic prowess here!

Spitemaxxing to make myself do normal healthy things

"gonna drink this glass of water to stick it to the man"

"eating a banana, eff the haters"

This black-owned bookstore in the UK needs our help. I was so thrilled to see my novel, Bacchanal here alongside so many great books. Check them out, support, and spread the word: afroribooks.co.uk/collections/...

Here is what the ceasefire looks like for the people of Lebanon.

oh we bloomscrolling? hell yeah, hell yeah

Thank you so much, John 💜

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