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Codex O'Healey Melcher
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Writer, Folklorist, Insufferable Historical Gossip.
"ridiculously zesty" says the Chicago Tribune
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Codex O'Healey Melcher @codexohm.com · Jan 1
Giving people art they want will only ever—at best—satisfy them.
It will never inspire them.

That is what AI will never be built to understand.
thomasthecat.bsky.social Thomas Marrone @thomasthecat.bsky.social · Jan 1
Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.
Silhouette of Batman from Batman: The Animated Series
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britculpsapp.bsky.social
lmfao incredible
sahil mehrotra @sahilm • 2h one free piece of comms advice is to never, ever make an ad with the words "STANDS WITH CHILD PREDATORS" next to your face brandon gill driving a truck in the commercial and the way he set up the text/captions transitions, it says STANDS WITH CHILD PREDATORS next to his face Brandon Gill @realBrandonG... • 4h James Talarico has no business representing Texas in the Senate. (video of an ad he made)
September 18, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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racheldeering.bsky.social
Goldfinches, A history of the birds of Europe, 1870s.
Two goldfinches on a branch, illustration
September 19, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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uqprofessional.bsky.social
September 19, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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tommyblanchard.bsky.social
September 5, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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levin.bsky.social
People used to mask in NICUs. Guess when they stoped?
September 19, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women
September 19, 2026 at 4:29 AM
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codexohm.com
ATTN: Queer writers! Queer Creatives Fest is happening at Lighthouse Writers Workshop in Denver in October!

I'll be moderating two nifty panels which will also be LIVESTREAMED for anyone who isn't in Denver!

10/10: Writing Complex Queer Narratives
&
10/11: Building a Creative Life
A grid notebook background with the Lighthouse Writers Workshop logo (a lighthouse) in rainbow gradient at the top next to the name. Then text reading SPOTLIGHT ON QUEER STORIES, A WEEKEND FOR LGBTQIA+ STORYTELLERS, OCTOBER 10-11. Pink background with red, purple, and teal border. Text says: PANELS $10 or $5 for members Livestream options are available It's Giving...Nuance—Writing Complex Queer Narratives (with an ok emoji) Oct 10, 1:15-2:15pm Mountain Time Teapot emoji, Spill the Tea—Queer Creatives Faculty on Building a Creative Life Oct 11, 1:15-2:15pm Mountain Time
September 15, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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kwcollins.bsky.social
Who will show more commitment to, and solidarity in support of, First Amendment values: members of the White House Correspondents Association, or opening acts for Ed Sheeran?
ericmgarcia.bsky.social Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d
President Donald Trump, in a clear violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, says he is banning MSNOW, CNN and Politico from the White House.
A post from Trump saying "I am proud to announce that, effective immediately, I am banning Fake News CNN, MSNOW (who recently changed their name from MSNBC due to lack of viewership and credibility!), and Politico (The recipients of an illegal and ridiculous $8 Million Dollar subscription, an All Time Record, directly from the United States Government, under Crooked Joe Biden, in order to keep them “alive.” Seems like corruption to me!), from the White House as a result of their constant “reporting” FAKE NEWS! Media Outlets shouldn’t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they’re covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration, or the United States of America. Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
September 18, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
bleak but essential read
Navarro told us that she was "shocked to see the growing number of websites in the network and the huge variety of the sites themselves - from cooking and space blogs, to small business and war news." What surprised her the most, though, was how so many of the sites under BBM's umbrella are effectively "indistinguishable from one another, publishing the same kind of first-person Al-generated stories around self-help topics aimed at people who are lonely."
September 18, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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mattielubchansky.com
saw this on an ACT UP poster from 1988 at the Poster House museum today. the more things change :)
THE REPUBLICANS WANT IS DEAD THE DEMOCRATS DONT CARE
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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masonfromtwitter.bsky.social
For example here is one where they think they can out run a woman athlete in a sprint.
September 17, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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chuckwendig.bsky.social
It's the simplest thing, these little videos, to show that government is working, and more to the point, working for you. It kicks the teeth out of that old Reaganism about how the scariest statement is "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
mayor.nyc.gov Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 1d
On September 17th, we filled our 200,000th pothole. See something that needs fixing in NYC?

Call 311, tag @nyc311.bsky.social or go to portal.311.nyc.gov.
September 18, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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chrissteller.bsky.social
TIL Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense in a Chipotle
streets.boston.gov City of Boston Streets Cabinet @streets.boston.gov · Jul 14
What'd you do over the weekend? Public Works began resurfacing the street in front of the Chipotle where Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense
Boston Public Works Department crews raising castings on School Street
July 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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catturd2.bsky.social
oh hell no www.wsj.com/business/air...
Exclusive | The FAA’s $875 Million Plan to Use AI to Ease Air-Traffic Woes
The air-traffic tool is expected to debut in the Washington, D.C., area as soon as Monday.
www.wsj.com
September 18, 2026 at 12:39 AM
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chadstanton.blacksky.app
Anyway UT Austin had the largest African and African Diaspora Studies program in the country sure wish there was as much energy for it when it was running as there is now for condemning its closure.
September 17, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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lisadiedrich.bsky.social
Public universities have led the way in creating popular ethnic & gender studies programs, which are now being destroyed by aggressively regressive politicians & administrators, not because students aren't interested in these subjects, but because they are.
www.texastribune.org/2026/09/17/u...
Majors related to race, gender cut at University of Texas
The University of Texas at Austin rejected a department’s plan to keep the majors, a decision that came without public knowledge, an interim department chair told faculty.
www.texastribune.org
September 17, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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ryanmarino.bsky.social
This is eugenics
Emily Hilliard, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services, confirmed on Wednesday that the department had not yet made a decision about whether to provide the shots through that program. Vaccines for Children provides free shots to children who are uninsured, underinsured or eligible for Medicaid, as well as to American Indian and Alaska Native children. Pediatric doses are available for children who have insurance, or whose parents can afford to pay for vaccines out of pocket.
September 17, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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lyneh1.bsky.social
New USSF designs!
Easy there, Herr Palpatine
Which version do you like best...
#1 ~ Galacitic Empire Version?
#2 ~ Spaceballs Version?
#3 ~ Hegseth Version?
I like #3 best! 🤣❤️🌎
September 18, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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moviessilently.bsky.social
“Visually, the series should feel cinematic…”

That’s their problem right there. The best British tv is when it was shot without permission in the back of a factory after hours.
September 17, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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chadstanton.blacksky.app
“New students enrolling at the University of Texas at Austin can no longer major in studies focusing on Africans and the African diaspora, Mexican Americans and Latinos, or women and gender.”

Puts a lot of “regain trust” rhetoric into proper relief.
Majors related to race, gender cut at University of Texas
The University of Texas at Austin rejected a department’s plan to keep the majors, a decision that came without public knowledge, an interim department chair told faculty.
www.texastribune.org
September 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Great system, no notes

www.propublica.org/article/scho...
Voucher programs and the private schools they increasingly fund have proliferated across the country. Yet those schools often reject children with disabilities — the very kids who were used to help sell early voucher programs to lawmakers and the public - for having needs that are too costly, complex or disruptive. That leaves those children with few options beyond the public schools. And as public schools lose enrollment as a result of more and more voucher use, they lose resources that would benefit children who remain, including those with disabilities.
September 17, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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notalawyer.bsky.social
i see a lot of debate around this issue that takes it for granted that supporting trans rights (especially in the sports context) will hurt you electorally. it’s worth highlighting that that’s just not what the data shows.
September 16, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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segyges.bsky.social
Oh, just so I have cashed this check: The fan fiction that launched a thousand cults is Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. It is possibly the highest-impact single modern religious text, and its influence may not yet have peaked.

Silly timeline.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_P...
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 17, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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joeyneverjoe.bsky.social
Here are the 27 deputy gangs identified within the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department:
Over time, the number of identified deputy gangs, active or not, has grown, increasing from six to eighteen, and now to twenty-seven three: • Banditos • Buffalo Soldiers • Cavemen • Compton Executioners • Cowboys • Ghetto Birds • Gladiators • Grim Reapers • Industry Indians • IPA • Jump Out Boys • Little Devils • Little Red Devils • Lomita Lizards • Lynwood Vikings • Pirates • Posse • Rattlesnakes • Regulators • Spartans • Tasmanian Devils • The Leafs • 4000 Boys • 3000 Boys • 2000 Boys • Temple Station V-Boys • Wayside Whities
September 15, 2026 at 8:18 PM
codexohm.com
Absolutely wild time for every single streaming service to increase their rates.
September 16, 2026 at 9:43 PM