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Big Beautiful Billablog @billablog.bsky.social · 1h

Maybe look at the cover. 😉

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Big Beautiful Billablog @billablog.bsky.social · 2h

Go home, Pink Floyd merchandising. You're drunk!

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Big Beautiful Billablog @billablog.bsky.social · 3h

Do you know what is REALLY stupid... a guy who spends $20k per outfit to look like he chose the "I'm on the register" costume from Dollar General talking about anyone else's appearance.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Big Beautiful Billablog @billablog.bsky.social · 3h

That's not true.
That's what it says if you play it forwards.

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 13h

i just got back from Antifa headquarters.

they're making an INSANE new set of demands.

first, the radical left is saying, "no money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law."

David Noll @david.noll.org · 14h

interesting that if you say the constitution creates a separation of powers systems in which there are no kings, they think you hate america

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Big Beautiful Billablog @billablog.bsky.social · 21h

#WQuers
#Bandle #1150 2/6
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Found: 445/517 (86.1%)
Streak: 13

Wordle 1,574 5/6
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Connections
Puzzle #852
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Strands #586
“I'm a ladle hungry”
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#whendle no990
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2/5 860pts

Numble #1335 ✅
Numbers: 5/6
Answer: 585
48.997s

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Big Beautiful Billablog @billablog.bsky.social · 23h

The Nobel Peace Prize has just been announced and ABC24 is showing a recorded episode of Planet America. I like the show but when are they going to learn that when it comes to 24-hour news, regular programming is Plan B?

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Big Beautiful Billablog @billablog.bsky.social · 1d

#WQuers
Bandle #1149 6/6
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Found: 444/516 (86%)
Current Streak: 12 (max 48)
#Bandle bandle.app

Wordle 1,573 4/6
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Connections
Puzzle #851
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Strands #585
“Just in case”
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Framed #1308
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#whendle no989
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4/5 459pts

Framed - The daily movie guessing game

Guess the movie from 6 frames. Come back each day to see if you can guess the daily movie, or visit the archive to answer the days that you missed!

framed.wtf

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 1d

You really do have to be a cretin or a coward to fail your way up into editorial management in Australian newsrooms

The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 1d

Distinct Gulf of America vibes

www.smh.com.au/business/com...

SBS staff sworn off naming Palestine despite federal recognition

SBS staff remain unable to use the word Palestine in news reporting despite federal recognition of the state last month as tensions over reporting on the conflict in Gaza remain high.

www.smh.com.au

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Big Beautiful Billablog @billablog.bsky.social · 2d

We can admit now that Wag the Dog got it wrong.
The movie envisaged a president starting a FAKE war against ANOTHER country to distract from his sex crimes.

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Amy Flower/Pop! @thepopau.bsky.social · 2d

A happy 30th birthday to 'Tingly'!
The little song that fought the odds and made it out into the world on October 9, 1995.
To celebrate, download a free original instrumental demo, slapped onto MiniDisc the day that I first wrote the music back in 1994. An interesting curio. :)
tinyurl.com/2t4fbn8x

Tingly (First instrumental demo), by Pop!

track by Pop!

tinyurl.com

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Big Beautiful Billablog @billablog.bsky.social · 2d

#WQuers
#Bandle #1148 3/6
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Found: 443/515
Streak: 11 (max 48)

Wordle 1,572 5/6
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Connections
Puzzle #850
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Strands #584
“Now, hear this!”
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#whendle no988
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5/5 218pts

Numble #1333
SOLVED: ✅
Numbers used: 5/6
Answer: 819
1m 5.490s

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Big Beautiful Billablog @billablog.bsky.social · 3d

Those pesky Russian windows again.
www.newsweek.com/former-russi...

Former Russian newspaper publisher dies after falling from window: reports

Vyacheslav Leontyev, 87, the head of the Pravda publishing house, has been found dead in Moscow.

www.newsweek.com

Big Beautiful Billablog @billablog.bsky.social · 3d

#WQuers
Bandle #1147 6/6
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Found: 442/514 (86%)
Current Streak: 10 (max 48)
#Bandle bandle.app

Wordle 1,571 6/6
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Connections
Puzzle #849
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#whendle no987
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5/5 219pts

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Big Beautiful Billablog @billablog.bsky.social · 4d

Worth it with it without though.

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Big Beautiful Billablog @billablog.bsky.social · 4d

Look, I couldn't hum a single Taylor Swift song, but to everyone suggesting she's over because her new album isn't that great, I would remind you that every great artist has released some dud albums.

Don't believe me? Name a great artist and I'll list them.

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Big Beautiful Billablog @billablog.bsky.social · 4d

#WQuers
Bandle #1146 5/6
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Found: 441/513 (86%)
Current Streak: 9 (max 48)
#Bandle bandle.app

Wordle 1,570 6/6
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Strands #582
“In for the evening”
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#whendle no986
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3/5 672pts

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Big Beautiful Billablog @billablog.bsky.social · 5d

Okay, fair point.
Now do every white male podcaster.

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Big Beautiful Billablog @billablog.bsky.social · 5d

Just in case anyone needs to know this, Marmite is not the half-way point between Marmalade and Vegemite.

Big Beautiful Billablog @billablog.bsky.social · 5d

#WQuers
#Bandle #1145 2/6
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Found: 440/512 (85.9%)
Current Streak: 8 (max 48)

Wordle 1,569 5/6
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Connections
Puzzle #847
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Strands #581
“Don't take the bait”
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3/5 594pts

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Big Beautiful Billablog @billablog.bsky.social · 6d

To oppose that, was to oppose those who serve. Democrats, they told us, hate the troops.

Many years later, I have to admit they had a point. I realised it when Biden summoned all the top brass to tell them, "Y'all too fat and scruffy. Shape up!"

That WAS Biden, wasn't it?

Big Beautiful Billablog @billablog.bsky.social · 6d

I remember debating world politics 20 years ago.

I remember how Republicans would always use, "Support our troops!" and "Listen to the Generals" as a fig leaf for their support of multiple and increasingly ill-conceived foreign excursions. (1/2)

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Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 6d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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Big Beautiful Billablog @billablog.bsky.social · 6d

So long as it's Slopify he's ripping off, I'm here for it.

And I honestly don't see what the crime is.

www.vice.com/en/article/a...

‘Musician’ Arrested for Using AI Songs and a Bot Army to Scam Spotify for Millions in Royalties

Michael Smith, a 52-year-old from Cornelius, North Carolina, allegedly used AI to automatically generate hundreds of thousands of songs.

www.vice.com

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Big Beautiful Billablog @billablog.bsky.social · 6d

#WQuers
#Bandle #1144 6/6
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Streak: 7 (max 48)

Wordle 1,568 3/6
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Connections
Puzzle #846
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Strands #580
“Bring it home”
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Framed #1303
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One Frame Challenge #306
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#whendle no984
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5/5 197pts

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