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merritt @merrittk.com · 22m

s/o to everyone from working class backgrounds in the arts and entertainment who clawed their way to where they are without the benefit of family wealth, career experience, or connections

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 8h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Bo Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · 5h

i wish to god she'd pull a darnielle and write a novel some day but a book is a completely different beast and some artists can't do both and that's fine. doesn't stop me from wanting it anyway

Bo Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · 5h

fox confessor

Bo Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · 5h

yeah everything post-middle cyclone has been kinda hit or miss musically for me but her lyricism has never stopped being fucking incredible

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2d

neko case is probably my vote here

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 5d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 5h

Jared Leto’s career feels like a MKULTRA project they forgot about

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Bo Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · 5h

look one way or the other i'm gonna be celebrating a presidential reckoning soon, beggars can't be choosers

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 5h

Former president 'currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment', Biden aide Kelly Scully says.

Biden undergoing radiation treatment for prostate cancer

Former president 'currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment', Biden aide Kelly Scully says.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 6h

LMAO. this is going to turn out well I can feel it

CNN @cnn.com · 11h

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

GOP leaders steadfast in shutdown stance despite rising pressure inside party | CNN Politics

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

www.cnn.com

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 1d

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 6h

Indiana Jones And The Undisturbed Garbage Dump

Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 14h

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 6h

"i don't get the sense that this candidate wishes me specific harm"

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 6h

the inverse of this is how much of politics is now just accepting that you have to vote for people who hate you, so your best option is to vote for people who hate other people more than they hate you

dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · 7h

I think the main refreshing thing about Mamdani, for me, is that he actually likes New York City and wants to see it thrive for everyone.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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jon rosenburger @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 8h

They're spinning this as a marketing fail but I think the real story is just that people are stupid as fucking rocks now fortune.com/2025/10/10/p...

Lay's drastically rebrands after disturbing finding: 42% of consumers didn't know their chips were made out of potatoes | Fortune

New bags—matte-ified and designed to look like wood planks (like a potato crate)—will hold the chips with revamped ingredient lists.

fortune.com

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 9h

stop retweeting this stupid fake shit onto my goddamn feed

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 8h

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 9h

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 7h

Sama'a has a chance to move her children back into a real home after long, difficult weeks of living in a tent. Please give what you can to help.

gofund.me/db56c7ce3

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