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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 1d

this girl Gloria who got into my local newspaper for seeing Titanic 50 times in Rome and who I have remembered since reading about her in 1998

Published March 14, 1998|Updated Sept. 12, 2005

A 12-year-old from Rome, identified only as Gloria, goes to the movies every day. Same time, same place, same movie: Titanic. So far, the girl has seen the hit film about 50 times, leading the pack of Italy's fervent Titanic fans. And she's still not tired of it. She even has cats named Jack and Rose. The young movie buff was discovered by the newspaper La Repubblica. "She comes to the 9 o'clock feature every night," said Giancarlo Malferrari, the owner of the only movie theater in Castelfranco Emilia, a town of 11,000 in central Italy. "And every weekend, she watches two shows in a row." Now the theater has started saving her favorite seat and even letting her in free. Neither he nor La Repubblica used the girl's last name, citing Italy's privacy law. Gloria told La Repubblica it isn't heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio that attracts her, but the character he plays: Jack Dawson, a struggling artist who wins his passage on the Titanic in a poker game. "Jack is cuter than Leo," she said. "And it's for real; it's a true story. That's what makes it so beautiful." Gloria's mother, a cleaning woman who works at night, says she hasn't seen Titanic yet but she's not worried about her daughter's obsession. "She's not doing anything bad," she told the newspaper, adding that Gloria has to do her homework first every night.

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Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!

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Spooky Boo @spookyboo.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry, not sorry, neighbors.

Multiple plastic skeletons bow down on the grass or kneel with their palms up towards their god - the 12’ plastic skeleton standing behind the fence line

Two plastic skeletons bow on their knees in the grass while one has a single knee down and his palms outstretched towards their god - the 12’ plastic skeleton standing behind the wood fence

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Kaliope @seekerkaliope.bsky.social · 3d

Also never seen Evangelion.

Kaliope @seekerkaliope.bsky.social · 3d

I was reading Hello Sunshine by @/keezyyoung by the way lol

Kaliope @seekerkaliope.bsky.social · 3d

Just finished reading this today, this was hard to put down! The ending made me tear up a bit and was not expecting it to. Definitely would recommend checking this out, 10/10!!

Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 20d

Hello Sunshine is a horror mystery GN about a boy who comes back from bible camp to find out that his secret boyfriend, Alex, is missing after a very public mental breakdown. #comics

Available now!! www.thenovl.com/titles/keezy...

cover of hello sunshine featuring alex laying in a red flowers with eyes. red hands reach up from the ground to touch him. in the background the other four kids and cass the dog stand in a line in a field of daisies

a photo of alex with his back to the camera facing a red monster with daisies for eyes on the ceiling

the protagonists from hello sunshine sitting in a row looking nervous with the daisy eyes monster behind them in the darkness. in the center of the panel is an inset panel showing a cassette tape

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Dia ➡️ NFC @diazrar.bsky.social · 4d

just another one of those memories that haunts me daily

[ #art / #sillyhours ]

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 3d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Athanaca @athanaca.bsky.social · 3d

Iridescent black🖤

#bird #raven #birdart #animalart #digitalart #illustration #birdwatching #crow #original #colorful #avian
#feather

A raven with colorful reflections on its feathers

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Kaliope @seekerkaliope.bsky.social · 3d

a close up of a man 's face with the words `` it 's done '' written on the bottom .

Alt: Frodo at Mt. Doom says, "It's done." He looks exhausted and injured.

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Kaliope @seekerkaliope.bsky.social · 3d

21ish months later:

Screenshot showing achievement menu in FFXIV. The top achievement listed as obtained is "Castle in the Sky" which rewards a mount and requires 500k points in each crafting and gathering job in the game to be earned in the Ishgard Restoration/Firmament.

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pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · 7d

Witchy crows 🐦‍⬛

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cass 🌈🐘✨ @eemamminy.bsky.social · 5d

Warmup today (22 mins)

Look at me! I have lived a thousand thousand of your lives!

#ffxivart #emetselch

Digital artwork of Emet-selch, as he appears at the end of Shadowbringers. Fire from the recreation of Amaurot is behind him as he glowers at the viewer. He is cast in heavy shadow, highlighted by the fire light. His hand is pressed into his chest and he is grimacing, full of emotions.

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Haitch Kay 🏳️‍🌈 @haitchkay.bsky.social · 6d

There's fucking yaoi art on a train by my house I'm fucking losing my mind, this rules so much

Anime styled graffiti art on a train car depicting a male demon looking seductively at another man while saying "That's a good boy", with the phrase "kiss yr homies goodnight" in the bottom left corner.
Artist seems to be "Akira BPD"

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Paperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social · 7d

Photo of a vintage book cover featuring a linen closet with the door opening slightly revealing a smiling skeleton inside. Copy and title read:

When lonely nights turn bonely

Secret Sex Skeleton

PORRIDGE FIRM

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🪱𝔼𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕙🪱 @oddoblivion.bsky.social · 7d

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Kaliope @seekerkaliope.bsky.social · 7d

I would have thought time might have mellowed her out some but I guess not. Still love her, don't get me wrong but.

Yeah.

Kaliope @seekerkaliope.bsky.social · 7d

I've been thinking about the phone call I had with my mom last night all day and it occurred to me that while I think fiction is fiction, my mom....does not lmao. She even referenced the whole 80's satanic panic with D&D so like. How could I convince her otherwise?

Anyway.

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L @banalplay.bsky.social · 8d

When your custom character appears in a cut scene

The Portland frog backing down an army of jackboots

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🌙 CamronJK 🐰 • Enby Bnuuy Vtuber • 🏳️‍⚧️ @camronjk.com · 8d

Cat.

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Kaliope @seekerkaliope.bsky.social · 8d

I'm 30 or 40 years old and I don't need this

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Kaliope @seekerkaliope.bsky.social · 8d

Haha I'm never telling any family members what I'm reading again. My mom seems to think I'm inviting evil spirits or something into my life cause I mentioned reading some horror and I'm like....ok 🙃

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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 19d

Picard leadership tip: Respect must be earned. Trust must be earned. A demand for either means the loss of both.

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angel💀 @sabattons.com · 9d

I have no interest in moving to another platform because I am tired of ceding digital ground but the change to community guidelines and the punitive abuses against innocent users by the moderators of a frankly insular, large forum sized platform does not inspire morale.

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ciil 🦭 @ciil.bsky.social · 9d

1am delirious motivational comic from moi #comic

comic of seal being self conscious abt sucking but evil ominous aggro positive seal screams at her that actually its cooler to try and flop than not try and not flop. seal screams AT LEAST I DID IT BROOOO

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