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Den Howler @benmffowler.bsky.social · 1h

Hey I have an idea about how to get more Republicans on board for prison reform.

onion person @junlper.beer · 2h

just found out that about a week ago, while george santos has been in solitary confinement, that he wrote that due to the inhuman conditions he is facing he is now pro prison reform. just unreal stuff honestly

Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, I paced in circles like a restless ghost.
The windows were frosted, allowing only a faint suggestion of daylight and nightfall, enough to remind me that time was passing, though I had little sense of how.
The shower water was always cold, and my only amenities were the steel toilet and sink fused together in the corner. It was a miserable existence. Yet, as I soon learned, misery can always be deepened
On September 7th, the warden's office saw fit to move me into something far worse, an even smaller cell, no more than seven by nine feet, coated in filth, reeking of neglect, and utterly devoid of natural light or ventilation.
In that suffocating shoebox, there is no room to walk, no hint of the sun, no trace of humanity. The silence is crushing.
The air feels stale. The walls themselves seem to close in. I keep asking myself: will this barbaric confinement ever end? Is this legal under our Constitution, or have I simply been erased from the protections of due process?
Most haunting of all, will I survive it? With no access to my family, no calls, no emails, and with letters that may never leave this building, I live in total darkness, cut off from the world I once fought to serve.
Let me be blunt: I find Warden Kelly's so-called "protection" not only unpalatable, but cruel and unjustifiable. My time here has opened my eyes to a truth far too many ignore: America desperately needs prison reform.

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‎Synapsid (Scary) @synapsid.bsky.social · 2h

every new bit of information that comes out after one of his movies bombs not doing much to disprove my theory that Leto has the most blackmailable dirt on every studio exec and producer working today

Moxie 🔜 blfc @dracocat.bsky.social · 5h

Its wild too because apparently Tron Ares was a different story/film initially but Leto wanted to explore his character so much he convinced the director to change it to focus on him.

“The first iteration of [Tron: Ares] was a different movie, but it had a character named Ares that [Leto] was cast as while we were in pre-production,” Wigutow says, “He really got his teeth into this character and really wanted to hold onto it, and ultimately came to me and said, ‘Let's just build a movie around this character. I want to understand this character, his origins, and I want to take him to a very different place.’ So that's really the provenance and the origin of this specific film is Jared's dogged persistence on getting it done, but also telling the story of this character specifically.”

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 3h

This really fucking sucks!!! I’m not even paid to be here by an outlet, so doing this is just fucking me personally!

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Den Howler @benmffowler.bsky.social · 3h

I don't think even fish would eat that.

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Den Howler @benmffowler.bsky.social · 4h

Diane Keaton's acting in this movie is so over the top and histrionic. I understand it's part of her character arc to be that way but it's just not convincing. Not her best performance.

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Den Howler @benmffowler.bsky.social · 4h

Pikachu is a combination of ピカピカ pikapika (onomatopoeia for sparkle) and チューチュー chūchū (the sound of squeaking).

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 4h

flared bases loaded

CB⚾️ Baseball Highlights @badgerbaseball.bsky.social · 5h

….is that

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Return of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 7h

If someone sees trump break not just norms but straight up laws and get away with it and their reaction is “a-HA! Reverse green lantern theory” you’re dealing with a dangerously delusional imbecile

Return of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 7h

I don’t mean to sound nasty but if you’re still claiming the democrats did all they could to prevent what is happening right now then you have diarrhoea brains

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Den Howler @benmffowler.bsky.social · 7h

One of the best episodes. Also he plays a judge in the Matlock pilot that presides over the case where he framed someone for murder.

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Den Howler @benmffowler.bsky.social · 7h

Tyra's favorite in a pot nine days old.

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Den Howler @benmffowler.bsky.social · 7h

Does it help at all to know that this venture is taking place in Australia?

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Den Howler @benmffowler.bsky.social · 7h

Broke: make it mama
Bespoke: do it lady

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8h

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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skáld @danglinghemmie.bsky.social · 9h

columnists logging into to bsky to start their posts with "you're probably gonna spank my naughty little ass for this, but"

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Den Howler @benmffowler.bsky.social · 9h

I feel like i barely got any good jibes in before everyone else ruined it.

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pony pony huckabuck @spindlypete.bsky.social · 9h

why don't we just politically kick the shit out of these ghouls everyone hates and rend their party apparatus limb from limb. have we thought about that

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Den Howler @benmffowler.bsky.social · 10h

Nobody is betting against Bari Weiss. Not wanting her to succeed is not the same thing. It's abundantly clear the current plutocracy will pour endless amounts of money into talentless hacks who write fluffy propaganda about how everything's fine and complaining is cheugy. That's why she sucks.

kenny gesserit 🦝 @kennygesserit.bsky.social · 10h

It’s not brave to be contrarian all the time. It honestly just comes off as stupid

Sally Jenkins • @sallyjenx.bsky.social
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* Joined Nov '24
This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv….
Don't Bet Against Bari Weiss
The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.
• www.theatlantic.com

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Den Howler @benmffowler.bsky.social · 10h

I made wings. Garlic buffalo sauce mixed with a little blue cheese dressing.

Bowl full of orange wings with a side of blue cheese dressing.

Wings again, idk it just looks better if you post two pictures. The blue cheese dressing is not in frame here.

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Den Howler @benmffowler.bsky.social · 11h

Me after paying off an undercover hitman:

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14h

Vance is having an incredible morning on the Sunday shows doing "oh so now it's illegal to [mundane thing]?"

A real quote when Vance is asked about whether Tom Homan kept the $50,000 he got in a fast food bag: "Is it illegal to take a payment for doing services?"

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Den Howler @benmffowler.bsky.social · 11h

If I started my own social media website I'd make the like button get progressively bigger each time you replied to someone without liking their post.

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Den Howler @benmffowler.bsky.social · 12h

"Settle down, Mary" and "Lighten up, Francis" seem like opposites but mean the same thing.

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Den Howler @benmffowler.bsky.social · 13h

This is good and also why Vance is going to fade away after Trump's gone. I don't think Stephanopoulos would do this to Trump but just because Vance is the way that he is, it's easier to ridicule him like this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Den Howler @benmffowler.bsky.social · 14h

Why do you have curtains on your windows? What have you got to hide? /s

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Den Howler @benmffowler.bsky.social · 14h

Banacek is an old show that dares to ask the question, "What if Steve McQueen was the insurance investigation agent instead of the thief? Wouldn't that be cool?". And you know what, i think it is cool, but it's a wild premise. Having to think up of new heists all the time must've been exhausting.

Den Howler @benmffowler.bsky.social · 1d

Too much hot milk and sugar?