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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 14h

He is, and I cannot stress this enough, a moron.

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 17h

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

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bex @blueraccoon.bsky.social · 14h

nice job sir

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bex @blueraccoon.bsky.social · 14h

Cal heard you

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bex @blueraccoon.bsky.social · 17h

Single-sided server crashed.

bex @blueraccoon.bsky.social · 17h

Automatic failover didn't work.

Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 19h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

The drives were clicking.

Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 19h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Animate taking off jacket

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 19h

This reminds me of how David Lynch said he wanted to keep working but couldn’t because COVID posed too great a risk & people stopped being willing to mask up to protect others.

Ableism is an insidious evil in society & healthcare. It convinces us to abandon each other for profit & convenience.

Kristen Immoor @kristenimmoor.bsky.social · 19h

Enjoyed the New Yorker interview with Tim Curry, a free-wheeling conversation in which there were several sensitive questions about his paralyzing stroke. But oh my goodness, why was there no follow-up at all to this staggering answer? www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Screenshot of text from the interview:

You’ve always been an incredibly physical performer: your strut during “Sweet Transvestite” in “Rocky Horror,” or the way you run around unfurling the mystery at the end of “Clue.” Do you still feel that in your body? Does that live somewhere in you still?

I think it does, but it’s angry. My mobility is angry to get out. But it’s not happened yet. I do a certain amount of physical therapy. I did a whole bunch of it at Cedars-Sinai, and I got very close, I think, to walking. That was tantalizing. For insurance reasons, I had to withdraw. And I have a visiting physical therapist now, but I can only really do exercises from my bed, which is pretty pathetic. It’s not going to get me walking, I don’t believe.

[I have underlined the sentence "For insurance reasons, I had to withdraw."]

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bex @blueraccoon.bsky.social · 18h

are you sure about his financial status? A lot of actors ppl think are rich aren't, and stroke rehab is incredibly expensive. I don't personally know his bank account and I would absolutely not be surprised if he didn't have the resources to pay for it out of pocket.

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bex @blueraccoon.bsky.social · 20h

thanks friends, I'm gonna need them. I need to leave in about 25-30 min and I'm currently lying down bc POTS said I had to. I am hoping I can get up and dressed in about 15.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 22h

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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bex @blueraccoon.bsky.social · 22h

so my dad and his wife are performing in a dance exhibition thing today and I have a not cheap ticket but I am Hurting and do not wanna leave the house.

but it's my dad and the ticket wasn't cheap so I'm gonna woman up and go.

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Jane N @jdopinkie.bsky.social · 1d

We are amphifa

Monica Carmean @monicacarmean.com · 1d

Amazon prime frog costumes are sold out. Good job, America.

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 1d

No money in the red kettles. Mutual aid instead.
(And no, I'm not taking questions about this.)

kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 1d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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bex @blueraccoon.bsky.social · 1d

yes hi give me a Mathnet t shirt now please

but like can we get it in sizes that fit women above 100lbs, cause women's fit doesn't fit most women I know

Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not trying to give @pbs.org ideas for raising money—but I am. I would buy women’s fit T-shirts of all my favorite childhood shows. Reading rainbow, 321 contact, square one, zoobiliee zoo. I feel like two generations will run to donate even more money for shirts with Levar Burton on them…

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 1d

I would throw money at a t-shirt that says in all caps “TAKE A LOOK, IT’S IN A BOOK” over a rainbow.

Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not trying to give @pbs.org ideas for raising money—but I am. I would buy women’s fit T-shirts of all my favorite childhood shows. Reading rainbow, 321 contact, square one, zoobiliee zoo. I feel like two generations will run to donate even more money for shirts with Levar Burton on them…

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AnnaClimbsMtns🔱 @annaclimbsmtns.bsky.social · 1d

Is your team no longer in the MLB postseason? Want to hop on the Mariners bandwagon? We will welcome you with open arms! Here are some reasons why you should join us.
- We've never been to the WS, let alone won it.
- Our best player has a nickname celebrating his big ass.

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Joyce Millman @joycemillman.bsky.social · 1d

Did the Mariners finally win ALDS Game 5 because of Humpy the Salmon?

www.seattletimes.com/sports/marin...

Fans went berserk over Humpy the Salmon's historic win

Humpy won his first ever Salmon Run Friday night -- just before the Mariners secured a win and advanced to the ALCS.

www.seattletimes.com

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Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 2d

For any who need to hear this:

Most people, throughout history, have not had to cook every day. It's not weird to not always have the energy to do that. And when you have some but not tons of energy, a lot of packaged or frozen foods have gotten good in the past 20 years.

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bex @blueraccoon.bsky.social · 1d

I dreamed last night we lost and then woke up and had to remind myself no, the Mariners did the fucking thing last night.

Concern about Sunday: Jays will be rested. Will adrenaline keep the Ms going?

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Rock Me Amadeus Ex Machina @mikeall.bsky.social · 2d

Can't explain the story of the 2025 Mariners without mentioning: Dumper, Etsy Witch or Humpy.

That is a sane and correct sentence.

Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 2d

Man. Humpy really did that shit.

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bex @blueraccoon.bsky.social · 2d

#MARINERS DID IT THEY DID IT THEY DID IT

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bex @blueraccoon.bsky.social · 2d

HUMPY WON THE SALMON RUN!!!!!

(I have been swearing he'd win the absolute last #Mariners game possible for months now)

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Ryan Rosenblatt @ryanrosenblatt.bsky.social · 2d

Mariners and Tigers fans: someone please put an ice pick through my head and free me from this hell

Neutral baseball fans: this rules

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bex @blueraccoon.bsky.social · 2d

to be an Ms fan is to be eternally disappointed, okay, we are all fucking terrified right now. we will be happy when they win.

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Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 2d

I had a lot of convos with people who said they were sympathetic, but Defund the Police was a "bad slogan". I told them it wasn't a slogan. It was an answer. It was an answer to the constant question "what can we do to actually lower crime and make our neighborhood's safer?"

Anyway. Here we are.

Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 2d

Should’ve defunded the police like we instructed smh

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bex @blueraccoon.bsky.social · 2d

this #mariners game is going to kill me, i have no hair to pull or nails to bite

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