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pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · 18h

wtf are you talking about lol.

I called out a hyperbolic statement for being a weak response to someone's criticism. Chill out.

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pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · 1d

brb sneezing ten times in a row

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pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · 1d

Abortions for all. Miniature American Flags for others.

- Democrats

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder who the antifascists in Weimer Republic Germany were fighting!?!?!?!?!?

This isn't a slip of the tongue. They're just telling us who they are at this point.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 2d

Jack Posobiec says the quiet part out loud

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👻 Pablo Hidalghost 👻 @infinata.bsky.social · 4d

❇️ Abbott and Costello discuss and clarify the players in various positions on a baseball team.

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pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · 4d

"we didn't vote for this"

Why do so many of these manosphere dopes get away with saying: "I'm just a helpless li'l dumb guy I didn't know 👉🥺👈"

Like pick a lane. If you can host a podcast with massive influence I just don't think you're a dumb li'l guy.

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pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · 5d

who is Theo Von? what I mean is: I know who HE is.... but who is he?

Like, Joe Rogan was on News Radio, he did Fear Factor: I understand why I know who he is.

WHO THE HECK IS THEO VON!?!?

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 5d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · 5d

I'm sorry but there's absolutely no way to make hand to hand combat not sound incredibly cool

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 5d

Stephen Miller: "ICE officers have to street battle against Antifa, hand to hand combat every night."

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 6d

The speed at which we normalized groceries being ludicrously expensive is so demoralizing.

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pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · 5d

I think conversations about people being "racist to AI" are actually just about reframing people's associations when talking about AI and racism.

i.e. it's shifting the conversation away from calling attention the unconscious bias that exists in AI tech to something completely made up

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pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · 5d

how it's gonna feel leaving bluesky

pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · Jul 31

how it feels migrating to bluesky

six-panel Simpsons meme. The town of Springfield is being moved five miles down the road.
Marge: I can't believe it's come to this.
Homer: Come to what?
Marge: Moving the whole community to another platform. It's crazy.
Homer: It's something all right.
Lisa: So we transplant the community. We're just going to trash the new platform too.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 6d

the hardest part of living in Portland is having your house burn down every single night and then having to rebuild it during the day. the amount of money i spend just in drywall is insane.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7d

Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.

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pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · 6d

I don't think the pentagon papers support any of this lol

But what does history matter at this point?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · 6d

you've got to admire the gumption of these people if nothing else lol

Bartley Kives @bkives.bsky.social · 9d

Waverley West duo asks city to nix new K-8 school, claiming it will disturb peace, quiet www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Waverley West duo asks city to nix new K-8 school, claiming it will disturb peace, quiet | CBC News

A pair of Waverley West residents have launched an appeal at city hall against a development they say "will disturb the peace and quiet" of their south Winnipeg residential neighbourhood: an elementar...

www.cbc.ca

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pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · 6d

yesterday I saw a video of this guy trying to do a pull-up and it was pretty pathetic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Hegseth to the Navy: "Your diversity is not your strength"

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pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · 6d

"I'm gonna tell my mom"

CNBC @cnbc.com · 6d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

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pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · 6d

remember when he got the boot as youth pc leader because he was too racist?

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Manitoba PC youth party leader quits over racist comments | CBC News

Manitoba's Progressive Conservative Party has ousted its youth party president over derogatory comments he made on Facebook about aboriginal people.

www.cbc.ca

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pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · 6d

Tom Nichols has a pretty solid résumé and has written some pretty decent books and now my impression of him is completely coloured by the fact that he acted like a petulant child when a woman asked him a genuine question.

Won't be taking that guy seriously anymore.

Rob Honeycutt @robhon.bsky.social · 8d

Except that isn’t what he says

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Sarazando @sarastar80.bsky.social · 8d

Is this a sincere response?😬 It was a sincere question🥺 I tried to ask respectfully😢I respect your collective wisdom and opinions and am genuinely curious as to when/if, in your opinion, the word fascist/fascism would be appropriate. 😭 not at all how I wanted my 1st reply from you to go😭

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pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · 6d

Bart Simpson with a bewildered look on his face saying "what an odd thing to say."

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pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · 8d

Chunk won fat bear week, btw

pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · 15d

anyway, it's fat bear week and I think Chunk has it in the bag despite the broken jaw.

explore.org/fat-bear-week

Fat Bear Week 2025

explore.org

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pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · 8d

Ma'am: They corrected their mistake. Get over it.

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pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · 8d

this is social media where the purpose is communication and people occasionally make mistakes.

How else would you like them to correct their mistake?

Why not offer a solution that pleases YOU instead of sitting here being critical and adding nothing of value to the discussion.

Relax.

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pam tomatoes 👽 @chelsolo.bsky.social · 8d

Remembered this poem we read in high school out of the blue because I remembered the line:

till from the doorstep with the cream
I fetch the morning paper

Didn't realize it would be so poignant

www.kewpie.net/helenD/MOURN...

MOURNING’S AT EIGHT-THIRTY

www.kewpie.net

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