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Gay AF, married to the man I’ve been with since 1997, I do NOT tolerate transphobia, and I use fuck like most fuckers use a fucking comma. And there’s always penises on this page. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

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Gerald @gschroep.bsky.social · Nov 8

Name: Gerald
Pronouns: He/Him
Location: Saskatoon, Canada
Interests: baking, movies/tv, travel, cats, sci-fi, trains, steam, old mechanical items
Occupation: RN

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Teejay Rules @teejayrules.bsky.social · 5h

Damn AI is getting impressive it got me a AI boyfriend. This is crazy

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 5h

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Jeff's Fact Checker @thunderbayed.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister.

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Gerald @gschroep.bsky.social · 2h

Yummmmmy

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Bearman1979 @bearman1979.bsky.social · 5h

Where’d my shirt go? 😂😁😘

Furry man with mustache and glasses shirtless at a bar

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L.G.O.G.M. (Lovable Grumpy Old Gay Man) 🏳️‍🌈✡️😻🎼 @davidbrucas.bsky.social · 4h

#RememberYourOath
#ProtectTheConstotution

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Michael Adzema @sillymickel.bsky.social · 4h

i fear that you are right, too.

#TruthWarriors

everydayasneeded @qdprn.bsky.social · 4d

I fear the protection of civil rights will need to start over if we drag ourselves out of this. And maybe w/a better understanding of what's at stake.

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k II @midnightman.bsky.social · 4h

youtu.be/Kxt-gXKOMoY?...

Let's talk about Trump's Insurrection Act moves being undercut by the courts....

YouTube video by Belle of the Ranch

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Punk on Bus Lives!🚍📻 @punkonbuslives.bsky.social · 4h

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Sebbybear @sebbearva.bsky.social · 4h

I spent a summer in college (1982) in a clothing factory, sewing welt pockets into suit jackets. The minimum wage at the time was $3.30 and I made $5.00 in the ILGWU shop. Welt pockets are complicated and I didn’t do many more than 5 an hour. These piecework rates would be criminal even then.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8h

I interviewed one of these factory workers in Los Angeles. She gets paid three cents to sew a zipper, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt.

This is how fast fashion brands like Fashion Nova can put "Made in USA" tags on dress shirts that retail for only $25

"Every day at 6 am, Bilma boards a bus that shuttles her to downtown Los Angeles’s Fashion District. When she reaches the garment factory an hour later, she starts working immediately, without punching in. Like thousands of other garment workers in the United States, Bilma’s wages aren’t tethered to the clock but rather to the quantity of operations she executes. Three cents for a zipper or sleeve, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt before she passes it onto the next sewing operator in line. Assembling an entire dress earns her a mere 15 cents. Bilma toils away on garments primarily for fast-fashion labels such as Fashion Nova, Lulus, and Lucy in the Sky, who prioritize quickly stocking on-trend items over the quality of materials. These companies peddle things like $80 maxi dresses, $25 poplin dress shirts, and $5 crop tops, all modeled by beautiful people and bedecked with the tantalizing promise of low-cost glamor."

"This worker payment system, known as “piecework” in the garment industry, is how US-based manufacturers can sidestep labor laws that require companies to pay at least the minimum wage. Rather than compensating Bilma for the exhausting 12-hour shifts—a regimen that, according to LA County’s minimum wage requirement, should yield $202.80—her pay is determined by the individual tasks she performs, which can fluctuate daily. Despite her adept handling of hundreds of garments a day, Bilma’s earnings typically linger around $50 per day. That’s $300 weekly for the standard six-day grind and $350 if she opts for Sunday labor. Doing what she can with this modest income, Bilma spends $400 a month to live in a two-bedroom apartment with six other people, some of whom are day laborers. In this crowded arrangement, two occupants squeeze into each bedroom, while two more lay claim to the living room. Bilma sleeps in the corner of the bustling kitchen."

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Gerald @gschroep.bsky.social · 2h

Hubba hubba

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🍂𝒮ℯ𝓅𝓉ℯ𝓂𝒷ℯ𝓇 ℋℯ𝒶𝓉🍂 @septemberheat.bsky.social · 4h

Every Sunday a funday

Always fun to be playful even on Sundays.

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Bearman1979 @bearman1979.bsky.social · 4h

Here’s a different angle 👍😁😘

Furry man with mustache and glasses at a gay bar

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Boo Kelly 👻🎃 @boykelly13.bsky.social · 4h

A meme with two pictures. The top pic is Gabe from Pet Semetary before getting hit by the truck and the words “I get knocked down...”

The bottom pic is Gage back sliced with a knife and the words “…But I get up again.”

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Joe Fink 🇸🇮 🇺🇦 🇨🇦🇬🇱 🇺🇳🌈🇯🇴 @joefink53.bsky.social · 4h

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Yari no Yūsha @speerheld.bsky.social · 4h

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Gerald @gschroep.bsky.social · 3h

I am:
⚪ Straight
⚪ Gay
⚪ Bi
🟢

Gerald @gschroep.bsky.social · 3h

This brings joy.

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Excellent

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BrassCastle $301/$700 @brasscastle.bsky.social · 4h

Any help at all, please.

We need coffee, sugar, canned goods, bread, toilet paper. 😐

A little help from a lot of kind hearts is how the world's made better.

Please help.

💕💸 PayPal.me/maxdonprod

No payPal? 👉 ko-fi.com/groovytude

#mutualaid #helpsky #fundsky #helppeoplelive2025

BrassCastle $301/$700 @brasscastle.bsky.social · 7d

Each month we ask for $700 in aid for food, medicine, drinking water, pet food and bills.

We're a 50+ couple, a dozen cats, 5 adult dogs and 6 puppies.

Any amount helps us live. Please help us and also SHARE this post.

💸💕 PayPal.me/maxdonprod

#Helpsky #MutualAid #HelpPeopleLive2025 #SignalBoost

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BrassCastle's Mutual Aid.
$700/MONTH.
Deaf & Disabled COPD
Patient plus Family.
Direct Aid for
Groceries - Medicine - Bills - Utilities.
Direct Aid: PayPal.me/maxdonprod.
Direct aid makes a difference.

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Mark @ferl67.bsky.social · 4h

Latest Updates: 500 gather at Portland ICE building following ‘Naked Bike Ride’ and march - KPTV www.kptv.com/2025/10/12/l...

Latest Updates: 500 gather at Portland ICE building following ‘Naked Bike Ride’ and march

A federal appeals court could rule at any time on whether to block or allow National Guard troops to deploy in Portland.

www.kptv.com

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