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Alexander Brent

@alexander59.bsky.social

Alexander is a musician and [Instrument] player from Chicago

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EU medicines agency quits X, moves to Bluesky The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Monday it would no longer post on X and would use rival Bluesky instead, becoming the latest organisation to quit a social media platform that some have criticised for its content.

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

29.01.2025 05:01 β€” πŸ‘ 101554    πŸ” 11656    πŸ’¬ 1218    πŸ“Œ 490

Don't tell me that the billionaires running the country don't have my interests at heart. You don't know my interests. What if my interests are to eat shit and die

29.01.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 11593    πŸ” 1346    πŸ’¬ 188    πŸ“Œ 33

If you can't join one, buy from one--local or not--those dollars stay in that community longer, creating more opportunity. Give a big FU to corporate control of the supplying of our needs. #DICC #DICC-DivestInCorporateControl

15.12.2024 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Healthcare Co-ops - NCBA CLUSA Wondering what a Healthcare Co-op is? Our team breaks down the key facts and what they are in this article. Read on now.

Buy differently. Buying from community co-ops (food/banking/insurance) & worker owned spreads the wealth locally & laterally instead of pyramidal.
#DICC #DICC-DivestInCorporateControl
ncbaclusa.coop/resources/co...

09.12.2024 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I went to the DNC and I’m in DC now in a nice hotel with a bunch of inauguration enthusiasts, & while we all naturally sported our team colors & costumes, this fancy hotel is the one that smells of so much weed

19.01.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1972    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 123    πŸ“Œ 10

lmao no, TikTok users are not moving to Bluesky. They would literally rather learn Mandarin than learn how to read a feed of text posts. This is a millennial retirement home.

19.01.2025 05:45 β€” πŸ‘ 56204    πŸ” 4921    πŸ’¬ 2560    πŸ“Œ 710
Closeup of golden retriever sleeping with her head smooshed up against one of her humans

Closeup of golden retriever sleeping with her head smooshed up against one of her humans

her smoosh face

19.01.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 15511    πŸ” 350    πŸ’¬ 276    πŸ“Œ 30
Clive Barker's The Damnation Game. A figure is silhouetted in blue light in the style of the poster for The Thing. In a painted border are all manner of monsters and ghouls encircling the image in warm tones.

Clive Barker's The Damnation Game. A figure is silhouetted in blue light in the style of the poster for The Thing. In a painted border are all manner of monsters and ghouls encircling the image in warm tones.

The Black Company by Glen Cook. It says "Darkness wars with darkness- until the new light breaks"

Against a plain background, a figure that looks a lot like doctor doom (metal mask and gauntlets, dark cloak, etc) stabs the middle of a glowing pentagram with a giant fantasy dagger. there's a white rose off to the left.

The Black Company by Glen Cook. It says "Darkness wars with darkness- until the new light breaks" Against a plain background, a figure that looks a lot like doctor doom (metal mask and gauntlets, dark cloak, etc) stabs the middle of a glowing pentagram with a giant fantasy dagger. there's a white rose off to the left.

Peter Straub's SHADOWLAND. An image made purely of silver and black. A spooky house in the bottom left corner of the image is overwhelmed by a wave of silver that makes up giant wavy letters spelling the title. They culminate in gnarled branch-like ends.

Peter Straub's SHADOWLAND. An image made purely of silver and black. A spooky house in the bottom left corner of the image is overwhelmed by a wave of silver that makes up giant wavy letters spelling the title. They culminate in gnarled branch-like ends.

Clive Barker's The Thief Of Always. a young boy runs away from the viewer down an abstract pathway, towards a yellow light. the background is in lilacs, greens and blues, with the title in red. The boy's shadow stretches towards us, and his shadow's arms are bat-like wings.

Clive Barker's The Thief Of Always. a young boy runs away from the viewer down an abstract pathway, towards a yellow light. the background is in lilacs, greens and blues, with the title in red. The boy's shadow stretches towards us, and his shadow's arms are bat-like wings.

Struck horror/fantasy fiction gold at the thrift store the other day

19.01.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3285    πŸ” 134    πŸ’¬ 208    πŸ“Œ 14

Let’s hope that Tik Tok is disabled tonight at midnight and all day tomorrow and Monday.

Which means the biggest story on Monday will be…

And the reaction from the newly installed President will be …

19.01.2025 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 56054    πŸ” 4816    πŸ’¬ 3676    πŸ“Œ 326
A broken button with an helpful sign, a metaphor for my mood.

A broken button with an helpful sign, a metaphor for my mood.

In 1922 Alfred Stieglitz made a series of photographs of cloudy skies, calling them Equivalents because they matched an emotion or mood he was feeling.

This is my Equivalent for today.

19.01.2025 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 8300    πŸ” 546    πŸ’¬ 136    πŸ“Œ 33

happy for the 100m tiktok users who are about to learn how VPNs work

19.01.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8119    πŸ” 372    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1
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It was getting late in Greenland's Scoresby Sound. Our captain decided to spend the night, anchorless! Floating in the middle of a calm sea, surrounded by uncountable icebergs, framed by giant mountains. A day we'll never forget!

#photography #travel #bluesky #nature #landscape #naturephotography

19.01.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6280    πŸ” 300    πŸ’¬ 155    πŸ“Œ 14

aloha, tiktok users! just a heads up, here on bluesky, we keep it a little chiller! so if you're having a mental breakdown, don't make a big fuss, just quietly signal the mods by beginning and ending an otherwise unrelated post with the same word. any word will do, even something silly like aloha

19.01.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 12632    πŸ” 479    πŸ’¬ 250    πŸ“Œ 29
Photo of a small crab from NOAA’s social media. It’s covered in spikes

Photo of a small crab from NOAA’s social media. It’s covered in spikes

Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found

19.01.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 61950    πŸ” 8965    πŸ’¬ 2085    πŸ“Œ 1472
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πŸ“’ Bluesky 1.96.5 rolling out now

A couple of quick updates for everybody! Have a great weekend!

β€’ On desktop web, clicking your profile pic now opens a quick account switcher
β€’ You can now report a DM conversation without opening it
β€’ Improvements to gestures on Android

17.01.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 29870    πŸ” 3171    πŸ’¬ 1255    πŸ“Œ 237