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Uhhh so quick update on our hours this week: we are now closed until Tuesday. You can thank last night’s storm for flooding half our showroom 😭 In the meantime, please support us on our webstore at www.ghoulish.rip We can still ship stuff!

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On one hand, being laid off has absolutely crushed my self esteem On the other, hey, it's not like I can concentrate and be functional right now anyway

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One of the (non-spoiler) interior illustrations for my middle-grade horror chapter book Scarewaves: Beyond The Grave, coming this August.

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A joint project of @freedom.press and @eff.org: Journalists have been asking us about how to prepare devices for travel. We put together a checklist of things you can do: freedom.press/digisec/blog...

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BTW, our new guide on protesting safely in the age of surveillance is unpaywalled. From phone safety tips to just how much law enforcement can track your movements, take a look at the guide:

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Went on a lovely walk, heard many birds, saw some black-capped chickadees and chimney swifts. Walked around a garden in light rain and ran a quick errand. Then a cybertruck drove past me, squeaking loudly in the rain 😒

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girls be like “i know a spot” then sacrifice you under the full moon.

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Kīlauea's doing its thing again and it is GORGEOUS www.youtube.com/live/oG5zz9S...

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Ify said KISS the homie not FALL IN LOVE with the homie 🫵

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[daydreams]

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Queer? Concerned about the ways in which age-verification and "harmful to minors" bills are being weaponized censor LGBTQ+ communities? @fightforthefuture.org is (brilliantly) sending a legislators and orgs that support these bills: you're not an ally and you're not welcome at Pride. Sign! ⬇️

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Federal government opens distress hotline for Canadians forced to cheer for Oilers thebeaverton.com/2025/06/fede...

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I love reading serious stories about guys who believe AGI is real, it feels like a bunch of millionaires plotting to find and capture Santa Claus

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Statistics Canada via @mtlgazette.bsky.social "return trips by Canadian residents by air from the U.S. in May fell 24.2 per cent compared with a year ago" "Canadian resident return trips from the U.S. by automobile totalled 1.3 million, down 38.1 per cent compared with May 2024"

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“bottomless pit of plagiarism” has a real ring to it www.wired.com/story/disney...

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The French government says it plans to require age-verification — face-scanning, biometrics and ID uploads — to access Bluesky. Users will have to submit to the process each time they open the app. It’s hard to express how dangerous this is and the damage it will do to this community.

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help.inaturalist.org/en/support/s...

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Have opinions? Here's the official iNat forum post about the changes, including a poll on what you intend to do if they go through with this: forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-is-th...

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Removing pepperball residue from clothing and other items. This is based on my (unfortunately extensive) personal experience and experimentiation. Pepperballs contain powdered PAVA, an oily, synthetic capsaicin analog. The only reliable way to remove it is with a good surfactant soap and water. 1/

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A huge thank you to everyone who came out for TCAF & made my very first one such a success!! Toothy tidings @torontocomics.bsky.social 🦷🫶

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Please read this article. The name "AI" has people convinced that LLMs are intelligent when it's closer to a fancy parrot with access to Google. ChatGPT is tearing education and mental health apart. If AI fans are right and "it's just a tool", then it's a tool designed to destroy you.

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More info of the exact nature of these sanctions is laid out in the backgrounder. The two far-right ministers can’t do any business in Canada or with Canadians at home or abroad. They also aren’t allowed into Canada.

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It's a drop week! We doin rainbows this time! Lots of goodies hit the shop this Friday for our first Pride drop and here's a little sneak peek :3

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Finally nice out again. Smoke dropped in my area, and had a heavy rainstorm come through, so gonna take a nice walk for the first time in nearly a week

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Art vs Artist 2025

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Anyone wanna gimme 70-100k usd? Thanks

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A data broker owned by the major airlines, including Delta, American, and United, collected travelers’ flight records, sold access to them to Customs and Border Protection, and in the contract told CBP not to reveal where the data came from. From @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/airlin...

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Birding isn’t about being perfect—it’s about having fun, being curious, and building community. Whether you’re brand new or seasoned, every question is welcome. Let’s create birding spaces that are joyful, inclusive, and so fun… folks can’t wait to come back. #BirdJoy #WiscoBirder 🗣️🫶🏾🪶

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AI has the most divorced uncle energy of any tech hype cycle, every move like this feels desperate and weird rather than futuristic. Maybe if you have to "train people to use AI" so intensely it's not actually intelligent? and maybe sucks?

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"What we are witnessing in Los Angeles is not only a protest; it is self-defense." Fuck yeah, @melissagiragrant.com. Read and share this. newrepublic.com/article/1963...

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Google is raising my Google Workspace pricing claiming all the “AI value” added. I turned off Gemini in Gmail and Docs because it just doesn’t work / do anything useful for me. So why am I being charged more? Having costs b/c of AI is not the same as generating value with AI…

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Pride month is in full swing and my little Queer Indigenous Beadwork business has been going non stop creating more pride pieces! Here is what I currently have available! 🫶🏼🌈 beadworkbykay.etsy.com

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James has been on the ground in LA for a very strange, violent night. Check out his coverage on Bluesky and listen to it later this week on It Could Happen Here.

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Btw LA, there are people out on the streets trying to get you to sign a petition “for the minimum wage”. Do NOT sign. The service workers fought and won a higher minimum wage and this petition is to LOWER it. Tell them to fuck off and don’t let anybody else sign either

Uhhh so quick update on our hours this week: we are now closed until Tuesday. You can thank last night’s storm for flooding half our showroom 😭 In the meantime, please support us on our webstore at www.ghoulish.rip We can still ship stuff!

On one hand, being laid off has absolutely crushed my self esteem On the other, hey, it's not like I can concentrate and be functional right now anyway

One of the (non-spoiler) interior illustrations for my middle-grade horror chapter book Scarewaves: Beyond The Grave, coming this August.

A joint project of @freedom.press and @eff.org: Journalists have been asking us about how to prepare devices for travel. We put together a checklist of things you can do: freedom.press/digisec/blog...

BTW, our new guide on protesting safely in the age of surveillance is unpaywalled. From phone safety tips to just how much law enforcement can track your movements, take a look at the guide:

Went on a lovely walk, heard many birds, saw some black-capped chickadees and chimney swifts. Walked around a garden in light rain and ran a quick errand. Then a cybertruck drove past me, squeaking loudly in the rain 😒

girls be like “i know a spot” then sacrifice you under the full moon.

Kīlauea's doing its thing again and it is GORGEOUS www.youtube.com/live/oG5zz9S...

Ify said KISS the homie not FALL IN LOVE with the homie 🫵

[daydreams]

Queer? Concerned about the ways in which age-verification and "harmful to minors" bills are being weaponized censor LGBTQ+ communities? @fightforthefuture.org is (brilliantly) sending a legislators and orgs that support these bills: you're not an ally and you're not welcome at Pride. Sign! ⬇️

Federal government opens distress hotline for Canadians forced to cheer for Oilers thebeaverton.com/2025/06/fede...

I love reading serious stories about guys who believe AGI is real, it feels like a bunch of millionaires plotting to find and capture Santa Claus

Statistics Canada via @mtlgazette.bsky.social "return trips by Canadian residents by air from the U.S. in May fell 24.2 per cent compared with a year ago" "Canadian resident return trips from the U.S. by automobile totalled 1.3 million, down 38.1 per cent compared with May 2024"

“bottomless pit of plagiarism” has a real ring to it www.wired.com/story/disney...

The French government says it plans to require age-verification — face-scanning, biometrics and ID uploads — to access Bluesky. Users will have to submit to the process each time they open the app. It’s hard to express how dangerous this is and the damage it will do to this community.

help.inaturalist.org/en/support/s...

Have opinions? Here's the official iNat forum post about the changes, including a poll on what you intend to do if they go through with this: forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-is-th...

Removing pepperball residue from clothing and other items. This is based on my (unfortunately extensive) personal experience and experimentiation. Pepperballs contain powdered PAVA, an oily, synthetic capsaicin analog. The only reliable way to remove it is with a good surfactant soap and water. 1/

A huge thank you to everyone who came out for TCAF & made my very first one such a success!! Toothy tidings @torontocomics.bsky.social 🦷🫶

Please read this article. The name "AI" has people convinced that LLMs are intelligent when it's closer to a fancy parrot with access to Google. ChatGPT is tearing education and mental health apart. If AI fans are right and "it's just a tool", then it's a tool designed to destroy you.

More info of the exact nature of these sanctions is laid out in the backgrounder. The two far-right ministers can’t do any business in Canada or with Canadians at home or abroad. They also aren’t allowed into Canada.

It's a drop week! We doin rainbows this time! Lots of goodies hit the shop this Friday for our first Pride drop and here's a little sneak peek :3

Finally nice out again. Smoke dropped in my area, and had a heavy rainstorm come through, so gonna take a nice walk for the first time in nearly a week

Art vs Artist 2025

Anyone wanna gimme 70-100k usd? Thanks

A data broker owned by the major airlines, including Delta, American, and United, collected travelers’ flight records, sold access to them to Customs and Border Protection, and in the contract told CBP not to reveal where the data came from. From @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/airlin...

AI has the most divorced uncle energy of any tech hype cycle, every move like this feels desperate and weird rather than futuristic. Maybe if you have to "train people to use AI" so intensely it's not actually intelligent? and maybe sucks?

"What we are witnessing in Los Angeles is not only a protest; it is self-defense." Fuck yeah, @melissagiragrant.com. Read and share this. newrepublic.com/article/1963...

Google is raising my Google Workspace pricing claiming all the “AI value” added. I turned off Gemini in Gmail and Docs because it just doesn’t work / do anything useful for me. So why am I being charged more? Having costs b/c of AI is not the same as generating value with AI…

Pride month is in full swing and my little Queer Indigenous Beadwork business has been going non stop creating more pride pieces! Here is what I currently have available! 🫶🏼🌈 beadworkbykay.etsy.com

James has been on the ground in LA for a very strange, violent night. Check out his coverage on Bluesky and listen to it later this week on It Could Happen Here.

Btw LA, there are people out on the streets trying to get you to sign a petition “for the minimum wage”. Do NOT sign. The service workers fought and won a higher minimum wage and this petition is to LOWER it. Tell them to fuck off and don’t let anybody else sign either

anyone live in roku city that i can crash with? wanna make a trip

Check out the replies for bail and relief funds for L.A.