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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Literally making up a guy to get mad at
Let me tell you about the saddest figures in the American university. They wear black jeans and Chuck Taylors to class, except maybe on the first day, when they stroll in wearing semi-ironic suits designed to contrast with their ample tattoos. Their syllabuses are printed in Helvetica. They mention Chappell Roan in the first fifteen minutes of the first day of class. They tell their students, with a wink, that they don't believe in grades - why, who are they to judge their students! They encourage everyone in class to call them by their first names, or perhaps a contrived nickname. They hope to blow everyone's minds when they theatrically announce that in their classes, students pick the readings, because the students are the ones who really know what's worthy of their time. They describe themselves as "friends" or "guides" or "partners," not as teachers or professors. They disdainfully invoke the words "rigor" and "standards" only with ironic scare quotes and want you to know that they don't believe in deadlines. They subtweet the provost on BlueSky. They are the Cool Professors. And they are frauds.
July 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
scottlincicome.bsky.social
"Encouraging a Weaker US Dollar Is Bad Economic Policy" www.cato.org/blog/encoura...
August 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
brelly.bsky.social
"NO PERRU DONT ENCOURA- oh damnit, she's gonna have to finish now"
May 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
anonbritvoice.bsky.social
🎧 Let Him Hear You Cum Before Dessert 🎧

my friend edges you during dinner and now it’s my turn to make you cum, all before dessert?!!!

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✍️ @avocado-toast.bsky.social
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🗣️ @anonbritvoice.bsky.social
[M4F]Let Him Hear You Cum Before Dessert [Script Fill] [Established relationship] [Exhibitionism] [Don't hold the moans] [Remote controlled toy] Mention of [Edging] [Fingering] [Begging] [Kink Encoura...
[M4F]Let Him Hear You Cum Before Dessert [Script Fill] [Established relationship] [Exhibitionism] [Don't hold the moans] [Remote controlled toy] Mention of [Edging] [Fingering] [Begging] [Kink Encoura...
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June 8, 2026 at 9:25 PM
deonandan.bsky.social
This isn't the flex you think it is, Mike.

www.hiv.gov/blog/encoura...
January 10, 2024 at 2:31 AM
amiraallis.bsky.social
Vaguely Comic-Shaped

#furry #furryart
A four panel comic featuring an anthropomorphic deer and wolf. In all four panels, the wolf is sitting while drawing and the deer is standing to their side, looking over their shoulder with one hand on their hip. Panel 1: The wolf is looking upset. The deer looks over with a concerned expression and says "What's wrong?" to which the wolf replies "Stressed Out. I need an easier idea to draw" Panel 2: The deer suggests "why not turn this conversation into a comic?" with a more positive, encouraging expression Panel 3: The wolf turns their head to look at the deer and says "Perfect! people will like almost anything vaguely in comic format!" Panel 4: Both characters turn their heads to look straight at the viewer. The deer has a smug expression while the wolf just looks tired.
November 4, 2024 at 2:35 PM
mirandayaver.bsky.social
If any of you have undergrads in public health, please encourage them to apply to our Undergraduate Scholars Program (application deadline: 1/31). Great funded opportunity for both classroom & experiential learning in public health. www.publichealth.pitt.edu/academics/ot...
Pitt Public Health Undergraduate Scholars Program | School of Public Health
Applications for the Summer 2025 cohort are now open and will close on January 31, 2025.  The Pitt Public Health Undergraduate Scholars Program is an eight-week residential program designed to encoura...
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December 30, 2024 at 2:32 PM
simonwdc.bsky.social
From Hopium:
- Big win In Iowa, new intv w/Iowa Dem Chair Rita Hart
- On the growing power of Dem "national security moms"
- Thoughts on why it is so important for Trump to occupy the Capital of the United States
- Some candidates to support, things to do 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/an-encoura...
An Encouraging Win In Iowa, National Security Moms, Some Thoughts On Trump's Occupation Of The Capital Of The United States of America
Watch my new interview with Iowa Dem Chair Rita Hart talking about our opportunities in Iowa this cycle
www.hopiumchronicles.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
altosart.bsky.social
I just released a new song! It'd mean a lot if you'd check it out ^w^

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQoN...
Ginger - Lighter
https://gingerstuff.bandcamp.com/https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Y212LroHRKo7o31SYz2Za?si=4m0XjKQ1S1WkAaNDeY9nLQWanted to write something a bit more encoura...
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April 20, 2024 at 11:27 PM
bennet.senate.gov
Republicans and Democrats agree: pausing arms shipments to Ukraine is a bad idea.

We must support Ukraine while investing in our defense capabilities – efforts that will deter Putin, Xi, and other dictators from testing our resolve with further aggression.
U.S. Halts Key Weapons for Ukraine in New Sign of Weakening Support for Kyiv
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry summoned a senior U.S. diplomat to express the “critical importance” of continuing U.S. weapons deliveries and to emphasize that any delay or postponement would only encoura...
www.wsj.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
billackmantweets.bsky.social
Retweeted Jonathan Turley:

It is not a good sign when the IRGC shifts from "Death to America" to "Vote Democratic." The IRGC is reportedly encoura…
September 30, 2026 at 11:12 AM
juliebalt.bsky.social
Saw this without alt text and it was worth reposting with it.
I'VE LEARNED THAT A LOT OF GUYS VISUALIZE OUR SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT LIKE THIS: (a line across the image that is about 95 percent white, that part labeled GOOD MEN and then a small discrete red part labeled CRAZED EVIL MEN) BUT IT'S ACTUALLY CLOSER TO THIS: (a line that slowly changes from white through pink through red, infinitely many shades, with sections labeled) HEROIC MEN WHO WILL INTERVENE MEN WHO THINK PREDATION IS AN UNFORTUNATE FACT OF LIFE MEN WHO PASSIVELY ENJOY /CONSUME//ENCOURAGE PREDATION 1 MONSTERS SO CRUEL WE CAN'T EVEN FATHOM THEM WELL-MEANING MEN WHO UNDERESTIMATE THE ISSUE MEN WHO THINK CERTAIN WOMEN DESERVE IT (BUT AREN'T ACTIVE PREDATORS) TEXTBOOK PREDATORS WE'RE ALL AWARE OF
February 24, 2026 at 6:43 PM
nyara.vtube.social
Who could've guessed that rich guys fetishise trans people and believe trans women are "the best of both worlds"

This is absolutely disgusting, but I am honestly not surprised in the slightest. If you ever wondered why trans people didn't appear in the files..

it's because victims were censored.
From: Robert Trivers <...> To: Jeffrey Epstein jeevacation@gmail.com (mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com) Subject: Trans Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 04:52:10 +0000 it is very simple— i will compare male to female with female to male with greater molecular control over development we are increasingly capable of producing novel phenotypes—more feminine men, by blocking testosterone receptors (or castration) and, at the same time, increasing estrogenproduction—the one bocks male features, the second encourages female features more masculine women—heavy testosterone dosage—incredible external effects, heavily bearded men, you would never guess they had a female bone in their body first kind—male > female is 4 times more frequent than female > male the first is attractive— he is a woman with a cock, so that if your fantasy is to suck a man's dick, otherwise you are completely heterosexual, it would be much nicer if the rest of the organism is female, then you get the best of both worlds so many transsexual women are very attractive and easily make money which in turn they assert promotes theirprostitution since they have to pay hefty fees for injections every week, but they are sexually happy,—once youhave reached manhood even castration does not prevent the sensation of organism contrast the poor female to male versions, they are unhappy and lonely—they are men with mum-pums, theworst of both worlds if you like smelly masculine men, you want that hard cock that comes with the show—you do not want one of nature's more complex and variable structures, the pum-pum—that is an acquired tasted—and not with a man there are 100's of female Trans videos and websites, i have never seen a male oneBTW we are now pushing the intervention earlier—so you notice your 3-year old son has trans tendencies, sonow you intervene with hormones— i would be frightened to do that—but who knows ?
February 1, 2026 at 6:15 PM
publicdemocracyla.bsky.social
Hear about Paul Krugman's positive experience with jury duty paulkrugman.substack.com/p/an-encoura...
An Encouraging Encounter With Real Americans
What I did yesterday
paulkrugman.substack.com
July 17, 2026 at 8:10 PM
twesq.bsky.social
Has always seemed like a legitimately decent guy

amp.kansascity.com/news/nation-...
April 8, 2026 at 1:44 AM
wendyxu.bsky.social
1) yes i waited a whole 4+ hours at this education policy panel meeting to give my public comment to our chancellor & board's faces since my tax dollars go towards their salaries!!

2) i will never give up on my students

@aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social @comixaction.com
KEEPAT OUTOR OUR SCHOOLS! "I'M A TEACHING ARTIST IN AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM. LAST YEAR, A STUDENT WAS STRUGGLING WITH A PROMPT I GAVE THEM, DRAW A COMIC INTERPRETATION OF A POEM. HE WAS SO AFRAID TO GET IT 'WRONG' THAT HE DECIDED TO ASK CHATGPT. I STOPPED HIM IMMEDIATELY AND REMINDED HIM THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN HIS IDEAS, NOT WHAT CHATGPT HAD TO SAY, THAT THERE WAS NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER. HE MADE A REALLY FANTASTIC COMIC ON HIS OWN. I SUPPORT A FULL AI MORATORIUM SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE OUR STUDENTS TO EXPERIMENT CREATIVELY AND FREELY IN ART AND, DARE I SAY IT, IN OTHER ACADEMIC AREAS, TO MAKE MISTAKES —FOR THAT IS WHERE THE LEARNING LIES." Wendy Xu, Author and Illustrator, member of Comix Action
August 10, 2026 at 4:31 PM
onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social
#savespeech #notodigitalID

EU to propose "EU KIDS Act" curbing social media for children on Thursday

www.channelnewsasia.com/world/eu-soc...

TELL YOUR REPS: NO TO EU KIDS ACT. NO TO SOCIAL MEDIA BANS

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EU to propose law curbing social media for children on Thursday
EU chief Ursula Von der Leyen is expected to say that social media and platforms used by children should be "safe by design", meaning that they are not addictive and have features removed that encoura...
www.channelnewsasia.com
September 14, 2026 at 1:57 PM
nvondarza.bsky.social
Rare intervention from Merkel here which is hard to disagree with. But I am also old enough to remember that she was the most powerful politician in the EU for most of her 16 years in office, and mostly shied away from far-reaching reforms.
Merkel calls for unity and reforms from EU ｜ DPA
Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has called on the European Union to unite in the face of wars and crises, as well as the protectionist policies of US President Donald Trump, as she also encoura...
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September 17, 2025 at 6:24 AM
rockyc.bsky.social
Exploring #SecondLife prmfd.co/p/mf85RMdhqlns
Rockridge Constantine (@rockridge.constantine)
Look at me all prim and proper sipping some warm cocoa. I discovered a quaint Winter spot called Cats Hollow Winter Magic where it is all about cats. They actually have an Advent Calendar that encoura...
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December 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
anet2111.bsky.social
Governor Pritzker’s reaction to breaking news that Disney's ABC television network has capitulated to strong-arming byTrump. He encourages Americans to “not only push back on Disney, but to remain steadfast in standing up to Trump's intimidation tactics”.

www.msnbc.com/the-briefing...
Pritzker on bowing to Trump intimidation: The consequences of not standing up are worse
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker reacts to breaking news that Disney's ABC television network has capitulated to strong-arming by the Trump administration to remove Jimmy Kimmel from the air, and encoura...
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September 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
sharpnews.bsky.social
📢 ATTN BOOK HISTORY PEOPLE 📚

Have you or a friend published an edited collection on a #BookHistory topic in 2026? A monograph? An exhibition catalogue?

Yes?! Submit the citation information to have the work included in the SHARP 2026 Annual Bibliography.

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SHARP 2026 Annual Bibliography
This form is for collecting citation information for 2026 edited collections, monographs, and exhibitions catalogs. They should be: Published in 2026 Any language Any topic in book history We encoura...
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July 22, 2026 at 9:45 PM
dcabortionfund.bsky.social
from our friends @freedcproject.bsky.social: freedcproject.org/news/encoura...
Encourage Representatives to pass the DC Local Funds Act — Free DC
In the next week, we want every member of the House to hear from a DC resident that the DC Local Funds Act is an important bill that has unanimous bipartisan support to pass.
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March 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
tupped.bsky.social
On the law: we have a law that deals with these images. It has been on the books since 1998.

We didn’t forget to make sexualised imagery of children illegal.

It is the “Child Trafficking and Pornography Act, 1998”.

Section 1, above, defines the illegal imagery.
Section 5 defines the an offence
Producing, listributing, etc. hild pornography. 5.-(1) Subject to sections 6(2) and 6(3), any person who— (a) knowingly produces, distributes, prints or publishes any child pornography, (b) knowingly imports, exports, sells or shows any child por-nography, (c) knowingly publishes or distributes any advertisement likely to be understood as conveying that the advertiser or any other person produces, distributes, prints, publishes, imports, exports, sells or shows any child pornography, (d) encourages or knowingly causes or facilitates any activity mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), or (e) knowingly possesses any child pornography for the purpose of distributing, publishing, exporting, selling or showing it, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable- (i) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €1,500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, or (ii) on conviction on indictment to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years or both. (2) In this section "distributes", in relation to child pornography, includes parting with possession of it to, or exposing or offering it for acquisition by, another person, and the reference to "distributing" in that context shall be construed accordingly.
January 8, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Coach we need this more often we could use your encouragement every so often here O’Brien keeps breaking things and getting upset I hear more …crackle… damnit chief! I’m trying to be encoura…. Snap buzz
July 5, 2024 at 11:35 PM