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Rather Be At The Beach

@ratherbeatthebeach.bsky.social

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no, your chatbot is not sentient lighting a candle with another candle does nothing to diminish the flame of the first candle ACAB

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Rather Be At The Beach @ratherbeatthebeach.bsky.social · 13d

The beach is timeless. Hard to tell what year this photo was taken

Black and white beach view with a path ending in the sand. Background is sand, trash cans, umbrellas, chairs, lifeguard tower and the ocean

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 10h

I'm sitting here thinking about having a 15 daughter being chased down and abducted by masked men while the local police watch and let them carry her away to god-knows where w/zero accountability

we have to understand that girls are in severe danger of sexual violence from anonymous ICE goons

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Rather Be At The Beach @ratherbeatthebeach.bsky.social · 8h

Yep. Normal policing here with no strongly worded press conferences. Weird huh?

Rather Be At The Beach @ratherbeatthebeach.bsky.social · 9h

Reminds me of a hilarious short “Color it Clean”, I think, about cleaning restrooms

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Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 1d

I had a lot of convos with people who said they were sympathetic, but Defund the Police was a "bad slogan". I told them it wasn't a slogan. It was an answer. It was an answer to the constant question "what can we do to actually lower crime and make our neighborhood's safer?"

Anyway. Here we are.

Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 1d

Should’ve defunded the police like we instructed smh

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Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 17h

An amazing morning and lunch spent in the Vaal district, talking and listening to LGBT young ppl in conversation with elders. Learned a lot
about conflict resolution, ARV adherence & methods for maintaining intergenerational contact

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 1d

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 1d

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 1d

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 2d

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 2d

I'd like to thank the Center for Cultural Innovation - AmbitioUS!
Their support of Blacksky Algorithms with a $30K grant will help us further our development of infrastructure for online communities (moderation, deliberation, and peer-to-peer payment tools). 🎉

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 2d

So, a normal then

One of those carnival claw games with the name "Megamini". It's basically a box with plush toys inside you try to grab with a claw but you never can and it always makes kids cry.

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AIPT @aiptcomics.com · 2d

How about this epic art by Scott Koblish?
#comicbooks #NYCC #NYCC2025 #DCComics #Batman

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 2d

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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 2d

Needing multiple streams of income to stay afloat is a societal failure not a personal one. You should be able to afford a comfortable lifestyle with one job. You are not lazy.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

I would go further and say that everyone deserves basic necessities to live whether they have a job or not.

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 3d

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Rather Be At The Beach @ratherbeatthebeach.bsky.social · 3d

Damn. I heard she was ratted out by Bigfoot

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 3d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 3d

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Rather Be At The Beach @ratherbeatthebeach.bsky.social · 3d

I wonder what his name is and what he came to say

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 3d

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

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Last Name Penman @percivalpenman.bsky.social · 4d

Black people occupy spaces on a DAILY where they feel unwelcome. We get a space of our own and now it’s racist and separatist. Get out of my face, man.

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Rather Be At The Beach @ratherbeatthebeach.bsky.social · 4d

Again. This is just policing. If you think we should defund ICE, then what would be the logical next step?

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4d

This strikes me as pretty bad

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The Technician @thetechnician.bsky.social · 4d

and the turnaround!

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Rather Be At The Beach @ratherbeatthebeach.bsky.social · 4d

This is so damn accurate for DC 😂

The Onion @theonion.com · 4d

The Saturday evening union of D.C. insiders Baines Wright III and Carter Nowak featured several productive breakout sessions with good thought-starters on potential honeymoon locations for the new couple.

Rather Be At The Beach @ratherbeatthebeach.bsky.social · 4d

You want to learn something?

Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 4d

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11