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Skull-es Xavier

@charlesxavier.bsky.social

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Nerd, Bostonian in exile, Catherine Wheel superfan.

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Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · Aug 26

I spent 20 minutes trying to force myself not to write a post that would have gotten me a visit from the FBI. So new plan, every time I feel the need to write one of these posts, I’m just putting an unpopular opinion in this thread. Ideally one of these will get me run off BlueSky so I stop posting.

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Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 2h

Seems disrespectful to Benson Boone, honestly.

Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 4h

If I got into it with Derek I might genuinely delete my account, I’d never recover. I can’t think of anyone else I’d say that about.

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Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 4h

I think I could have handled lox on a cinnamon raisin bagel, but it was the capers that just took it too far for me.

Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 4h

The whole thread is great, but this one is my favorite (so far)

RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 4h

Gone with the wind and the golden girls.

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Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 4h

It’s impossible to eliminate all of this (you can’t prevent the siblings or children from working, and you can funnel the money that way) but feels like this would allow for a lot of “retirement” deals.

Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 4h

I know 4 Rush fans, and 2 of them are women. Didn’t think it’d be a bigger gender split than a lot of rock bands.

Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 4h

Not sure what’s in the air this weekend, but my feed has some incredible 2023 BlueSky energy. No force on Earth is going to get me to move on to Mastadon, but Reddit looks better and better each week.

Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 4h

The Coptics in Egypt are a completely separate minority despite there being literally no difference in ethnicity, ironically it’s just a complete inability to understand a place that isn’t the US

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Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 5h

I mean, you go to a Lebanese place here they’re going to call the same food Lebanese food. Obviously it’s not exclusively Lebanese either, but there’s not an army of people eager to point it out online.

Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 6h

Immigrants from where? Because if you think the majority of the Israeli population are from European immigration that’s wildly incorrect.

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Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 7h

The whole thing is so disingenuous. The Court is issuing these shadow docket rulings because they are trying to give Trump unlimited power without it applying to the next Dem president, and they act all affronted that anyone dare question it.

Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah, just flipped from a follow to a block, there’s just a whole bunch of people who claim to be pro-Palestinian just because they think it lets them be anti-Semitic, and even if I can’t change that I can choose not to listen to them.

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Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 9h

I think that’s right - in terms of talent, attitude, desire Victor’s a no-brainer, but we have so much history of players that tall having physical issues hard to not have some concern.

Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 11h

“Client has new CTO”

Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 12h

*this does not apply to Ernest Shackleton, though.

Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 16h

A lot of them also thought that ripping the wiring out of USAID would destroy liberalism, so far it’s not looking good.

Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 1d

There’s maybe a dozen Reps that aren’t completely useless, though maybe if the House was the real seat of power they’d get better candidates.

Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 1d

No one was going to sell Morbius to literally anyone, I’m convinced this was a “Springtime for Hitler” style financial fraud.

Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 1d

What’s the point of having kids if they’re not going to listen to you describe the political implications of the end of Descendants 3?

Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 1d

a close up of a man in a christmas outfit with the words `` you sit on a throne of lies '' .

Alt: a close up of a man in a christmas outfit with the words `` you sit on a throne of lies '' .

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Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 1d

Republican Presidents do, don’t think he’s writing this about Obama or Biden.

Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 1d

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Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 1d

It’s weird they didn’t lead with The Godfather, but I have a pretty good idea why “Annie Hall” didn’t make the cut, and it’s not her acting.

Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear, this is the work of the incredibly insightful @mtsw.bsky.social, I just frequently repost it because I think it’s an idea that really explains current politics (along with “it’s all gender”, the post about how Hoover won 40 percent of the votes during the Depression, etc)

Skull-es Xavier @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 1d

This would have been life changing for my dad when my mom was dying, she wanted to stay home but he was not physically able to do enough to sustain that.