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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 12h

my cats have seen me pull off dance moves you would never believe

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T @mamafirefly.bsky.social · 13h

stay tuned for more absurdity

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GᵣₐbₜₕₑWₑₙₑₛₛ @ayankdownunder.bsky.social · 16h

Emotional support cheese.

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Kara @kgz3.bsky.social · 17h

The difference between sending your parents a photo vs sending your sibling a photo

A text convo. Part of a photo of an arm holding a potted fig tree. The message below reading “Michelle gave me her baby fig tree! It has 7 leaves. So in 8 years we can have figs 🤓”

A text convo. Part of a photo of an arm holding a potted fig tree. The message below reading “My manager gave me her baby fig tree plant. Now I can cover ALL the penises!!!” The response is five laughing/crying emojis.

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Kara @kgz3.bsky.social · 22h

I mean…probably?
But that’s just a reasonable response to the everything right now.

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chris. @azedand2knots.bsky.social · 1d

No, you cannot have my number. For then you might call my number.

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Kara @kgz3.bsky.social · 23h

It’s where you take your grandparents to eat when your visit is over.
You navigate the store, not unlike a southern-themed zoo gift shop. Then you get to the restaurant where they’ve not bothered to dust the church jumble sale they’ve tacked to the wall.
The biscuits are pretty good though—no lie.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

This morning there is one Nobel Peace Prize winner, 8.1 billion or so people who did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, and one Nobel Peace Prize loser.

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Granite Man @granitedhuine.bsky.social · 23h

Panic attacks are jazz hands for the soul.

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Kara @kgz3.bsky.social · 1d

People who don’t talk to their pets miss out on the opportunity to say things like “That’s some fucking good crunchy paper! Right, my man?”

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Kara @kgz3.bsky.social · 1d

Me, lifting the blankie for my cat to crawl under:

Paul @grommit56.bsky.social · Aug 18

Get in loser. We're gonna take a nap.

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

Minneapolis, 1903

The first automobile theft in the city has been reported. That shows that people are beginning to have confidence in the ability of the machines to travel into the next state without breaking down.
--Minneapolis Daily Times, 31 Mar 1903

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Granite Man @granitedhuine.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not antisocial, I’m selectively social and the selection process is now closed.

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T @mamafirefly.bsky.social · 2d

the baseball people need to stop saying bat bc i’m excitedly awaiting a fruit bat

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Kara @kgz3.bsky.social · 2d

Do people say hoo-ston?

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GᵣₐbₜₕₑWₑₙₑₛₛ @ayankdownunder.bsky.social · 3d

Dopamine unto others, as you would have others dopamine unto you.

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Kara @kgz3.bsky.social · 2d

Miami, Boise, Durant, Checotah, Chickasha, Tahlequah, Muskogee…

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Kara @kgz3.bsky.social · 2d

Judging is sometimes the best part….Kevin does it, so we might as well.

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Brie The Monster Gash🎃 @brielikethechhes.bsky.social · 5d

I don’t recall ever going to a library and not being a little excited

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Kara @kgz3.bsky.social · 2d

Me: Excuse me, sorry. What’s the time on your watch?
Robert Lamm: Yeah…does anybody know what time it is?
Me: What? That doesn’t-
RL: Does anybody really care?
Me: I beg you par-
RL: You know, I can't imagine why we've all got time enough to cry.
Me: …ok. Welp, thank you.