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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 9h

the Bajoran version of the Bechdel test is “do two named women talk to each other about something other than murder” and I love “Deep Space Nine” because it fails almost every episode

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 3h

One wall of my living room is now a sheet of glass looking onto my personal naked mole rat colony.

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 23h

lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful

what would you buy to break the curse?

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 16h

I woke up with a WTF this morning. I dreamt that I was flying on Japan Air and they were trying to upsell me to a first class "Weebecutive" experience, including a full line of Kewpie based mayo cosmetics and perfumes in the complimentary traveler comfort bag.

I am scared to check if this is real.

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Madame Pinkness @madamepinkness.bsky.social · 13h

First fire of the season, officially autumn now for sure.

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Jeremy Hot Wheels @kateneely.bsky.social · 1d

my therapist: sometimes you simply have to experience an emotion instead of thinking about it
me, nodding sagely: and then it goes away
therapist: well not necessarily
me, shaking my head furiously: no, I don't like that

Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 1d

Me: I just don't understand why I can't just out-think my anxiety and emotions and simply react and respond in the most ideal way every single time and never feel bad
My therapist of eight years: *audibly loading gun*

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 1d

Elon Musk is a white nationalist. Anyone who needs more data points to reach this conclusion is beyond help or persuasion.

If you buy, rent, service, or supercharge a Tesla you are supporting the most powerful white nationalist on earth. Period.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times

Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 1d

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1d

Christopher Columbus himself was a monster, but Columbus Day was instituted in 1892 to combat rising anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic bigotry after the lynching of eleven Italian-Americans. The same revanchists defending Columbus Day as "part of our US heritage" in 2025 would have opposed it in 1892.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 1d

oh god no he hoovered up his own brain

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Madame Pinkness @madamepinkness.bsky.social · 1d

Ahhh I was wondering how our doors were death traps!

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Madame Pinkness @madamepinkness.bsky.social · 1d

Waitman ilu

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Madame Pinkness @madamepinkness.bsky.social · 1d

Innit tho. Like, I nearly passed out during/after mine.

Madame Pinkness @madamepinkness.bsky.social · 1d

Oh Bertie, you are going to be bitterly disappointed.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 3d

Happy #Caturday!

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Digital drawing of a white cat sitting in a garden. There are layers of flowers echoing the blue, pink, and white colors of the trans flag. Blue hydrangea at top, pink roses, white snowdrops, pink daisies, and finally, small blue flowers among the grass at bottom.

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Madame Pinkness @madamepinkness.bsky.social · 3d

Honest to G-d, I thought the posters said "TRON: ARSE" the first time I saw them, terrible font choice, but apparently appropriate.

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 3d

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 3d

Noooooo oh no

RIP an absolute icon. May her memory be a blessing.

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The Oscar award-winning actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' ...

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Madame Pinkness @madamepinkness.bsky.social · 3d

It's like when people say "you can't feel your cervix" & "you can't tell when you're ovulating" like bitch pls, there's a whole german term for the pain some people get when they ovulate, until you have a cervical exam don't tell me I can't feel the brush scraping across it, (or hung guy hitting it)

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wheatles @wheatles.bsky.social · 3d

This is basically seeing Beyoncé for 7-12yr olds, based on the length of queue and hype levels of those around me @jamiesmart.bsky.social

Union Chapel - a large screen over the stage showing "Bunny Vs Monkey Superfan Event" . A packed house waits for the show to start.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · Oct 18

In many ways, women and spiders have a great deal in common - independent, do a lot of work that isn't seen or valued, spend the autumn scuttling around in the shadows on our hairy legs looking for a mate before the winter sets in while people point at us and scream, etc.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4d

btw the bit was gonna be the St. Crispin’s Day speech, free idea to a good home

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4d

I googled “patron saint of frogs” for a bit and then immediately abandoned the bit because I would so much rather actually talk about St. Ulphia the 8th century hermit who cursed her local frogs for keeping her up at night and making her sleep through church

Her hermitage was located in a marshy wetland, inhabited by frogs whose loud croaking kept her up all night. One day, she was so tired that she slept through when Domitius knocked at her door, and he, thinking she had already gone on ahead, left without her. Legend states that Ulphia placed the frogs in the area around her under interdict as a result of their loud croaking, which kept her awake at nights.
A 19th century hagiographer noted that the frogs in the area around the oratory of Saint Ulphia were, indeed, very quiet. However, if these frogs were taken elsewhere, they became boisterous once again.
At the end of her life, she formed and directed a community of religious women at Amiens.
In iconography, she is depicted as a young nun seated in prayer on a rock with a frog in the pool near her.

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Reverend Jesus "Ł" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 4d

«ahem»
Rosie the Ribbiter

Thank you for you attention to this matter.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 4d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Madame Pinkness @madamepinkness.bsky.social · 4d

I did a "Are You Being Served" watch last year, and actually, it holds up okay. There were I think two or three times in the entire run I went "Oh.... Oh no...." But surprisingly unproblematic for when it was made.

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Gareth Roberts @garicgymro.bsky.social · 5d

In Wales most placenames are pronounced exactly as they look. However, tourists often make the mistake of pronouncing them as they look *in English*, which makes it immediately obvious that they're tourists.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 6d

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

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 6d

It’s quite a feat for Isabel Oakeshott to be the only white person in a London tube carriage given she lives in Dubai

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