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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 4h

Calvin and Hobbes comic where the father, frustrated with Windows, installs Linux only to be shocked by how many incredibly minor distros there are, while Calvin is angry Linux can't play Roblox

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Dr. Bort @brettakulon.bsky.social · 4h

oh my god

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 4d

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

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Dr. Bort @brettakulon.bsky.social · 7h

Maybe if radlib HHH-pilled DB is a piloting the skin mecha

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Ross Dothot @newenglandrevs.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone is Twelve (times over the lead exposure limit) of politics is always solid

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 1d

The “Oops, protein powder is full of lead” thing would explain so much.

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Casaubon @zas.bsky.social · 11h

It’s crazy that if you showed this line to someone in the 90s they’d roll their eyes

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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 13h

The way these guys strain against mortality is only going to get weirder tbh. I would caution anyone against conspiratorial thinking that "they know something we don't" because, first and foremost, these techlord guys are morons

ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 16h

www.bbc.com/news/article...

"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own "bunker", who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking."

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

www.bbc.com

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 13h

seems maybe significant that after the gop went all in on “cancel culture is over” just a few months ago republican politicians are now canceling their youngest crop of freaks for being too honest in the chat

Politico @politico.com · 13h

Two more members of a Young Republican group chat strewn with racist epithets and hateful jokes stepped down from their jobs Tuesday after we published an exclusive report on the Telegram exchanges.

‘It’s revolting’: More Young Republican chat members out of jobs as condemnation intensifies

POLITICO report on private Telegram chat filled with racist slurs and tropes ignites debate from New York to Washington.

www.politico.com

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Young Republicans say they love Hitler. But what does that tell us about their politics?

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matte jones @pillowfort.bsky.social · 2d

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Dr. Bort @brettakulon.bsky.social · 1d

His short book on Lovecraft was pretty good crank-on-crank lit crit iirc

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Friz(ombie!) @frizfrizzle.bsky.social · 1d

STATLER; "This funeral is so boring, I'm jealous of the guy in the coffin! Ah ha ha ha ha!"
[Statler turns to the empty chair next to him and sheds one tear]

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 1d

Today's the 959th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, so obviously I'm reposting my scenes from the Bayeux Tapestry in Playmobil.

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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 2d

Time to tune in to some analysis from Antifa expert…Chef Andrew…Gruel?…founder of…American Gravy Concepts?

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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 2d

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 2d

Tale of Odysseus coming home and dog recognizing him

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 2d

"Instead of Columbus, we should celebrate all Italian women for being so hot." this is a genuine thought I had this morning. I'm sharing it as an act of contrition. please do not get mad at me. please do not become passionately enraged with your fiery tempers and strike me with a heavily-ringed hand

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 2d

- Born in 1981
- Shell of its former self by 2025
- Original goals lost to memory
- Desperately trying to stay in touch with culture
- Going through the motions
- Waiting for someone to pull the plug on the whole thing

Congrats MTV, you are the ultimate Elder Millennial

bring on the headless horses @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 2d

like most people my age, i've been with mtv since the first day. the channel was formative for me, the videos always leading me to more and more music. it was all i watched for a long time. this is really sad but expected news
cordcuttersnews.com/mtv-is-shutt...