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📝 Kep Rinvelo 📚 @kep.rinvelo.com · 2m

"If we tax the rich they'll leave"

So if we don't tax the rich they'll continue being social & economic parasites, but if we do tax the rich we'll either increase tax revenue or eliminate the parasites resulting in less burden on our social & economic health

📝 Kep Rinvelo 📚 @kep.rinvelo.com · 15m

One of those "neurotypical" behaviors I think is gross is how folks will only maintain friendships with people who are useful to them

NTs will only make contact when they need something & think I need something when I say hi

I just want to chat & hangout bc you're pleasant to be around

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it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 53m

I posted about this on yesterday and I 'THINK we are being just a little to casual about it.
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Gypsy Acid Queen @deemc.bsky.social · 1h

Maybe some of you shouldn’t bring your whole selves to work actually.

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📝 Kep Rinvelo 📚 @kep.rinvelo.com · 1h

Lil frustrated inner shadow effects aren't as easy to make in Flutter as they are in CSS

Drop shadows sure, but inner shadows look janky bc they're made by overlapping drop shadows instead of actual inner shadows

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Eric Klug @klugalters.bsky.social · 8h

I get asked a lot: how do you preserve the text?

Paint around it. 🤷‍♂️

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 4h

Chicago journalist Debbie Brockman, who was thrown to the ground & handcuffed by ICE, has been released without charges

DHS said she assaulted an officer, but eye witnesses claim she didn’t

The lack of charges makes it clear that ICE is lying to try and cover up the fact that they attack the press

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 5h

Has lived in the US since he was NINE MONTHS OLD.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 6h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Sunkissed Peaks @sunkissedpeaks.bsky.social · 8h

Facts

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📝 Kep Rinvelo 📚 @kep.rinvelo.com · 3h

More phones should include FM radios & ir blasters

I love having a universal remote in my pocket all the time - using it to control fans & Aircon & heating & TV & more

And it's always useful to have access to a radio in an emergency

📝 Kep Rinvelo 📚 @kep.rinvelo.com · 3h

Isn't this the second time they've had to do this this year?

Repugs R Stinky @artfulscribe.bsky.social · 4h

Just wondering … is there a Nobel Prize for Clownish Incompetence?
www.thedailybeast.com//cdc-scrambl...

CDC Scrambling to Restaff After Accidentally Firing Top Scientists

More than 4,000 government employees were laid off on Friday in what has been dubbed a “massacre.”

www.thedailybeast.com

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📝 Kep Rinvelo 📚 @kep.rinvelo.com · 3h

My biceps are starting to show already

At this rate I might actually look cute flexing by the end of the year 🤣

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📝 Kep Rinvelo 📚 @kep.rinvelo.com · 4h

Told you letting Musk & DOGE take control of the Treasury payment systems was a grave error

He's gonna pay for whatever he wants that needs paying & Congress is going to have zero means for enforcing the law

Reuters @reuters.com · 14h

Trump says his administration 'identified funds' to pay troops during shutdown reut.rs/42wu0K8

Trump says his administration 'identified funds' to pay troops during shutdown

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday his administration has found a way to pay troops during the federal government shutdown and that he has ordered Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth to do so.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 16h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16h

After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.

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📝 Kep Rinvelo 📚 @kep.rinvelo.com · 5h

I feel like more nations should join the Mr World competition - definitely not enough representation

📝 Kep Rinvelo 📚 @kep.rinvelo.com · 5h

Well I'm not a big fan of that outfit

I feel like the tree themed costumes all kinda sucked this year

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 12h

And last but definitely not least, it's Mr Vietnam who has managed to combine the traditional and beautiful look with wearing a tree on his back, which is something that I very much appreciate (especially in a year with a very low level of insanely large looks)

📝 Kep Rinvelo 📚 @kep.rinvelo.com · 5h

No thanks

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 12h

Mr Venezuela looks like someone stole his cape just before he walked on stage but he'd already practised swishing it behind him when he walked the runway so he's going to do it even if it's only an imaginary cloak.

A photo of a contestant at Mister Global 2025

📝 Kep Rinvelo 📚 @kep.rinvelo.com · 5h

Handsome & I love the outfit

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 12h

Mr Uruguay. This is a man puting harder than anyone has ever pouted before. I do not know the context of the flag he is holding, but as simple looks go this is a very nice one. Also low key LOOK AT MY TITS, which is nice.

📝 Kep Rinvelo 📚 @kep.rinvelo.com · 5h

Hate the outfit & he looks like a dbag

Kinda perfect representation for the USA this year

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 12h

Mr United States. Look, at least it's not an unironed Superman costume bought from a cheap costume shop, but my gods USA, what the fuck is this? I mean, I guess it does say a lot about the US as a country, but probably not what you want it to say...

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📝 Kep Rinvelo 📚 @kep.rinvelo.com · 5h

Another quite boring look

Not as bad as France, but still pretty sad

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 12h

Mr Turkey. I'd look as annoyed as this if I walked out wearing this after having seen what Mr Laos and Mr India were wearing.

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📝 Kep Rinvelo 📚 @kep.rinvelo.com · 5h

How I dress is the RPG's character creator 😅

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 12h

Mr Thailand. Traditional, LOOK AT MY TITS *and* a sword. Very nice for such a simple look (comparatively). Also I know I said I wasn't going to comment on the contestant's looks, but my gods that's a breathtakingly beautiful man right there

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📝 Kep Rinvelo 📚 @kep.rinvelo.com · 5h

Woof 😍

Ditch the snakes & I like the outfit otherwise

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 13h

Mr Sri Lanka. This is a rare case where I think the outfit would be better without the giant gold snakes around his head. Maybe add a cape, but I think the rest of the outfit (what little of it there is) is so great that he doesn't need the snakes.

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📝 Kep Rinvelo 📚 @kep.rinvelo.com · 5h

Um this is an adorable outfit & wish it were popular streetwear

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 13h

Mr Spain. I'm sure this is all very meaningful and traditional and all that, but... no. Just the socks and sandals is bad enough (plus that screams Mr England on holiday in Spain, not Mr Spain). He won the whole contest, but surely not for this look

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📝 Kep Rinvelo 📚 @kep.rinvelo.com · 5h

Eh, I like the shoulder pads I guess 😅🤷

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 13h

See, I told you Mr South Africa won the boobiest outfit of the year. Every year South Africa send a look that appears to have nothing to do with South Africa but everything to do with putting a beefy hunk in tiny pants and a cloak down the runway and they continue the trend here. I'm not complaining

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