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syrian disaster gender apathetic i am half of the duo (see: @wolfbaker.bsky.social‬) that does the comic with the horse sorcerer that loves top gun that you've been meaning to buy Comic: http://xtreme-corp.com/store/ Twitch: http://twitch.tv/oddnon

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Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 5h

you too?

Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 5h

if you're even vaguely left-ish, a seemingly, maybe okay

Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 9h

honestly

Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 10h

IDK how i missed it! i'm stoked, it sounds wild!

Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 11h

okay when you have time i feel like i need this story lol (unless it's not lol)

Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 11h

welp

i'm done for.

i'm right there with you; it feels wrong but gosh darnit, i'm psyched as well.

Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 11h

excuse me - new bubsy game?

Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 11h

haha do not ask me about teddy, because of course, i have stories.

my life is incredibly boring but deeply strange LMAO

Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 11h

i think you're one of the few folks who knows all of them lmao

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Thought Slime @slimemildred.bsky.social · 11h

The far right rose to prominence on the back of Pepe, but now the left has discovered the power of frog magic and given itself a fighting chance.

Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 12h

said, "And Kid Rock is here!" she points. it's the guy from the bar. he was tearing up, and from a different person on the staff, he was incredibly upset that no one cared he was there, and allegedly said, "And now people are disrespecting my art, man" while tearing up, referencing me lmao

🧵/end

Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 12h

we get to talking, he buys me a drink. and he's like, "hey, this song's pretty good, huh?"

and i just kinda leaned in to shitting on it and i said something like, "imagine having all that money and zero talent."

he paid my tab, walked away, and the staff, when we were ordering...

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Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 12h

(@bellamyj.blacksky.app so i don't have to double post) he was (is?) part owner of a genuinely delicious bar/grille where i used to live.

waiting for a seat, i went to the bar. his loser jam that smashes "Werewolves in London" and "Sweet Home Alabama" was on.

This smelly dude sat next to me.

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Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 12h

remember that time i made kid rock cry lmao

Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 12h

2XKO, my bad. i've been loosely following it, and it looks rad

Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 12h

HMU if you want a sparring partner, i've been thinking of trying it.

damn shame too bc i was gonna snag Tekken on sale but this isn't the first time i've heard it's a pass

Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 12h

you got this, kid!

Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 13h

I'm not kidding when I say this cannot be overstated

QueenPiB @queenpib.com · 15h

annoying counterpoint: american businesses are not innocent bystanders, the market they sought to exploit revolted.

CNN: Canada's boycott America movement is hurting innocent bystanders.

"Buy Canadian Instead" signs are placed on shelves at a liquor store in Vancouver in March.
(Liang Sen/Xinhua/Getty Images)

"Buy Canadian Instead" signs are placed on shelves at a liquor store in Vancouver in March.
"Buy Canadian Instead" signs are placed on shelves at a liquor store in Vancouver in March.
(Liang Sen/Xinhua/Getty Images)
New York —
Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.
But then demand crashed as the centuries-long friendship between the United States and Canada broke down amid bruised feelings over tariffs and President Donald Trump’s threat to make Canada the 51st US state.
“We were looking to triple the business. Instead, it collapsed to zero,” Moore told CNN in a phone interview. “It was almost like suddenly the whisky didn’t taste good because of where it’s from.”
Canadian officials went so far as to ban American spirits from their store shelves, a prohibition that still exists in many provinces today.
Virginia Distillery is hardly the only American business caught in the middle of the rocky US-Canada relationship.
“This was all about some ugliness that we’re not part of,” Moore said. “We’re not in politics. We’re just some guys in Virginia making good whisky. But unfortunately, we’re the victims.”
Canadian visitors vanish
It’s not just that Canadians are refusing or unable to drink American booze due to bans. It’s also that many are deciding not to visit the United States, dealing a blow to countless resorts and travel businesses that once relied on a steady stream of Canadian visitors.
On a normal year, roughly 70% of the daily golfers at the Bluff Point Golf Resort in Plattsburgh, New York are Canadians. Not this year.

“There is definitely a sense of national pride being offended. People said, ‘Well, if it’s going to be like that, I have a choice and my choice is not to travel to the United States,’” Collins said.
Hurt by a “grim” decline in cross-border bookings, Collins said his company has been forced to shrink its schedule sharply and lay off a quarter of its workforce.
Ironically, those layoffs have hit Clipper Navigation’s US workforce the hardest.
“We’re hunkering down. It doesn’t look like it’s getting better anytime soon,” Collins said.
Reluctance to visit the US
Executives say another factor behind the drop in Canadian visitors is concerns about the Trump administration’s aggressive border enforcement.
“People started feeling like it’s risky to cross the border,” Collins said.
Geoff Freeman, president and CEO of the US Travel Association, told CNN that some foreign visitors from Canada and other countries fear they will be detained or have their devices searched when going through customs.
“The perception is that travelers aren’t as welcome as they once were,” Freeman said. “The most important thing the administration can do is send a message to travelers around the world that the US is open to business to legal travelers.”

Freeman said the “big test” will come this winter when tourism hot spots in Texas, Florida and Arizona learn whether the Canadian visitors they’re dependent on will show up.
Jeff Quint, founder and CEO Cedar Ridge Distillery in Swisher, Iowa, was forced to abandon the European market during the first Trump administration due to trade tensions and retaliatory tariffs imposed on American spirits.
Cedar Ridge Distillery refocused instead on Canada, shipping aggressively into Ontario and other provinces. That shift paid off – until this year when some Canadian provinces banned American spirits.
“You hate to invest in a market for two to three years – and then have to bail out of it,” Quint told CNN.
Cedar Ridge Distillery in Swisher, Iowa.
(Courtesy Cedar Ridge Distillery)

Exports of American spirits to Canada plunged by 85% in the second quarter, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States

Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 13h

I hate it so much. I googled a thing about stealing items from the Final Fantasy Tactics remake of the remake of the remaster.

It knew what I was asking, but for some reason the summary gave me a laundry list of ethical and moral reasons why stealing is wrong.

Which... Y'know. Ironic.

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Aranock, 4 of Ravens @aranock.bsky.social · 14h

I mean it's not that hard, they dont give a shit about trans people. It doesn't effect them.

Alex Ries @alexries.com · 1d

What are your theories as to why nominally 'liberal' people like Simon Pegg and Matt Berry are willing to work with Rowling?

Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 14h

why is the South African vampire always so wet

like this man is consistently sopping what the heck

A screenshot of an interview with Peter Theil. He's wearing a black T-shirt, slick with a layer of sweat.

He is mid-sentence, and the subtitle reads, "... That it's a human being," likely in reference to AI and platform moderation. In context, Theil doesn't like platform moderation because he has a storied disgust for human intervention in things that require it, like moderation.

Sorry this is kind of rambling.

Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 14h

When one is antiquing a flirty, red cedar end table, one would not want to destroy the eclectic decor with water rings.

A coaster does wonders for, say, a chilled, cheeky merlot.

Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 14h

New crash out complete! We can now return to your regularly scheduled programming! 🙃

Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 18h

how do you fight against caked up patrick like that?

the padding alone!

Oddnon @oddnon.bsky.social · 18h

85% to goal!

if we could move that needle even a little closer, it would mean the world

Winnie Madikizela’s boo @dre-withwithout.blacksky.app · 7d

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Thank you 🙏🏽.

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