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BONUS - How Do You Like Them Golden Apples?

BRAND NEW 🍏 How Do You Like Them Apples? 🍎

From the Garden of Hesperides to the Garden of Eden, from the Atalanta and the Trojan War to The Beatles and the iPhone, apples are laden with often conflicting symbolism.

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hey, I am not gonna doompost about it necessarily but, a glance around will tell you it's a hard & stressful time for artists, and especially so this year

consider dropping a kofi donation, or reposting a shop link, or even just, leave a comment so someone knows you like their work

it does matter

Marvel Star Simu Liu Sparks Debate After Calling Out How Far Hollywood Has Backslid With Asian Representation

Hear, hear!

It would cost $30 billion to end homelessness in the USA.

everyone needs to start pirating movies and TV shows again NOW

via @downwiththecrown.bsky.social

Paste the list immediately!

Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.

Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.

Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.

@Ilyndseybelle this is what 50 bucks means to a small business. $50 is nothing to a billion dollar company. start shopping small @meownikaa whoever just placed a $50+ order in my shop, thank you so much that literally just paid for half of my groceries tomorrow

Shopping small is meaningful!

The Washington Post editorial board railed against a wealth tax without noting its owner, Jeff Bezos, stands to benefit more from its tax policy prescriptions than nearly anyone else on the planet.

Read the full article about how the Post serves Bezos's interests: zeteo.com/p/washington...

I did love Babylon 5, especially the grimy lost levels that they were never shy of showing.

As you said, G'Kar and Londo were easily the best characters, with nearly all the best lines and story arcs.

There were so many great moments in it, but I always loved Vir's little wave the most.

It's harder and harder to run a crowdfunding project as an independent creator.

The number of new pledges has slowed to a halt for the past few days. 🥲

Please help share the project! 🙏

Once more preaching to the choir (I hope):
If GC people were really concerned about women's safety and rights, they'd be focusing on this, not persecuting a minority in an effort to scrub them from existence.

Totally normal adult behaviour 🤭

In 1968 Finland banned for profit education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents.

It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.

There should be no profit in education or healthcare.

Tomorrow is our last chance to stomp the regime at the ballot box in 2025. We can flip a Tennessee district that Trump won by double digits, but only if we turn enough voters out — please make some calls to help us send @aftynbehn.bsky.social to Congress: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

It's called Trickle Up Economics, and it's capitalism's biggest lie.

A tweet from Al Franken criticizing reports that 80 supposed low-level smugglers have been killed. The image below shows former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández speaking at a United Nations podium, with a guard standing behind him.

Murdering crew members claiming they were smuggling drugs while pardoning a drug kingpin. Very on brand for the Trump regime.

Petition: Require generative AI watermarks & ban using people’s likeness without consent As AI generated content becomes increasingly realistic, we think laws should be put in place to prevent misuse. All such media should carry a permanent watermark or disclosure, alongside a blanket ban...

I know this petition has much more support than it currently has. Please share far and wide. Petition to require generative AI to carry a watermark and to make it illegal to use a person’s likeness in generative AI without permission.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Long Covid turned my life upside down, says scientist Five years on from contracting Covid, medical scientist Rebecca Broni is still living with its effects and now faces a cut in financial support.

5 years on from contracting COVID, medical scientist Rebecca Broni is still living with its effects. @news.rte.ie
🛑She's not alone, though at times it must feel that way.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦👩‍👩‍👧‍👦This disease has affected many millions globally.
🤷Credible data doesn't exist.
💯Long COVID does!
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...

If by some miracle the whole AI industry falls apart because some tech bros decided to spend trillions on compute without spending maybe tens of millions a year on licensing art, I will laugh so hard I'll be in danger of a ruptured spleen.

Morning Blueskers 😃

Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...

It’s so close to being debated now, only 5k away, please share!
Please encourage others to sign if you already have. Let’s put the pressure on!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Funny how Labour, Tory & Reform parties pay lip-service to crime prevention, but avoid the obvious ...

meme via Irene Craig

"Do you remember the figure that was on the side of the Brexit Bus?
Did that make you angry>
The same amount of money is added to Billionaire's wealth every 10 days according to a recent report produced by Oxfam.
We really do need to tax them properly."
via David Williams

We should make it so flying by Private Jet is nearly as expensive as owning one.

They can afford it.

Thank GOD for Andrew Fisher!! FINALLY we get to hear about Spain on #r4today

The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?

Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏

Not doing Black Friday because I'm against the creeping Americanisation of Irish life and can't afford to as a small artist, but WILL be doing Vengeful Hag Friday where for every piece of art you purchase from www.ciaraioch.com/artprints I will fervently wish bad cess to your enemies

If you've not listened to @sturdyalex.bsky.social's amazing @alexpodyssey.bsky.social series, then what have you been doing?

Meticulously researched, full of amazing details & intricate tidbits about the Greek myths & legends many people grew up learning about.

This bonus episode is amazing too!

Willow trees on Prince William’s land in Devon poisoned with herbicide Exclusive: Unknown culprit suspected of spraying glyphosate on protected trees hoped to stop peat erosion and flooding

REVEALED: Willow trees on Dartmoor common owned by Prince William deliberately poisoned with herbicide

This is an outrageous act of sabotage. Dartmoor’s commons are virtually treeless already, due to centuries of overgrazing by sheep. The culprit must be found:

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...