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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 14h

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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Morgan (they\them) @soupgargoyle.bsky.social · 2h

idk what this is all about but I dig it a lot

s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 14h

It is once again time @erinbiba.bsky.social

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 13h

I understand that there are right ways and wrong ways to have the age conversation about Dem leadership and I don’t know how I feel about specific solutions like age and term limits. I do know THIS PART HERE is a problem bigger than any one individual 78-year-old and it’s making us all furious

Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 15h

I think my biggest betrayal is that it feels like they have not nurtured upcoming generations. we've watched them cut the knees out from people who get the base excited instead of mentoring them, it's aggravating as fuck.

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Morgan (they\them) @soupgargoyle.bsky.social · 2h

I found Reacher incredibly enjoyable to watch, and I'll probably watch it again at some point, might get it on DVD even

Morgan (they\them) @soupgargoyle.bsky.social · 2h

sent this to my metamour who has rabbits and it turns out she already gets her hay from there 😅

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Mels @maimysantiago99.bsky.social · 12h

Tactical frivolity has been used as a protest tactic since ancient Greece at least. (Thank you, Tumblr, for the terminology)

Tactical frivolity - Wikipedia

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 13h

Seen intnl criticism of how Portland is protesting occupation. I understand it looks surreal. That said, the narrative is blue bastion cities are full of organized, violent antifa thugs. The mainstream news outlets are owned by billionaires propping up this narrative--they ARE the oligarchs. 1/2

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 13h

Holy shit, and also, great blessings upon the family of the human recipient mentioned in the article for allowing their loved one with no remaining brain activity to be a test candidate to determine if their body would reject a treated kidney.

Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 1d

This is huge news!
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
news.ubc.ca/2025/10/univ...

UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation - UBC News

UBC-developed enzymes successfully converted a kidney to universal type O for transplant, marking a major step toward faster, more compatible organ donations.

news.ubc.ca

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 13h

This small boi doesn’t have upper incisors anymore due to cancer treatment so he loves the little hay bits & dust at the bottom of the box bc it’s easier to eat. I asked the company I buy rabbit hay from if there was a way to buy just the hay dust & tiny scraps—they sent a whole box of it for free😭🩷

A small gray rabbit peeks around the side of a box filled with small bits of hay.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 13h

PS: if you're not an organ donor, please consider becoming one! In most states it's as easy as checking a box when you renew your driver'a license. More info: www.organdonor.gov/sign-up

Sign Up To Be An Organ Donor | organdonor.gov

www.organdonor.gov

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Morgan (they\them) @soupgargoyle.bsky.social · 2h

hey if I end up in a position like that you can use my body for that kind of stuff, obviously I'm not using it anymore at that point

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 13h

Holy shit, and also, great blessings upon the family of the human recipient mentioned in the article for allowing their loved one with no remaining brain activity to be a test candidate to determine if their body would reject a treated kidney.

Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 1d

This is huge news!
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
news.ubc.ca/2025/10/univ...

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John Walton @thatjohn.bsky.social · 12h

@rahaeli.bsky.social blessings once more upon your house for the COVID vaccine antihistamine prophylaxis advocacy, had the double vaxburger yesterday and do not feel like crap, thank you forever

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Morgan (they\them) @soupgargoyle.bsky.social · 2h

can't quote it but my answer to "the only way out of it (the wizard's curse of more money than is healthy) is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful" is

come on, Morgan, you can think of useless expensive things

uh

billboard companies, and then only put up cat pics

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Morgan (they\them) @soupgargoyle.bsky.social · 2h

can't quote too many posts I want to quote today, annoying

whatever

Morgan (they\them) @soupgargoyle.bsky.social · 2h

bird's eye voila garlic chicken skillet meal

dump it in a pan with water (add butter too), put lid on, cook for 14 minutes (on our stove), remove from heat, eat it (out of the pan if you want to, I'm not your mother, idgaf)

Anne Mo 😷 @toughestfrail.com · 12h

What's your favorite low effort meal?

Morgan (they\them) @soupgargoyle.bsky.social · 2h

I'm they/them but most people don't default to that & my hair doesn't dye well so it's not blue enough for normies to assume I've 'got pronouns'

when misgendered in a binary way I find it nicer when it isn't the set I was assigned at birth, even tho it still isn't accurate

#InternationalPronounDay

V is for very, very spooky @alana-m-vincent.net · 11h

I offer the information that they/them is an accurate representation of my internal state, but continue to use she/her when referring to myself out of habit, and do not issue corrections.

#InternationalPronounDay

Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 11h

I am They/Them, but don't mind He/They too much, and fully understand why people would automatically default to He/Him so don't get annoyed when it is a genuine mistake, I do when they continue if, and I rarely do offline, I have corrected them.
#InternationalPronounsDay

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GONZO the Ghoastly 👻 @gonzo.bsky.social · 9h

Latenite archival BabbyGonz time!

Orange and white kitten seemingly boneless on tha floor

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 6h

I’ve realized that a BIG reason the Frog captures a lot is …

People are so used to news , media etc taking these folks seriously and over philosophizing

That the don’t realize that you can actually just stand up for someone without indulging in their ego

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 18h

the thing is, all that knock off amazon operator gear you bought to look tough and scary just looks fucking silly when you are being gyrated at by someone wearing an inflatable frog costume and being mooned by a naked bagpiper on a unicycle, it just doesn’t work, the self image cannot hold

Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 19h

It should not be understated how much clever shit like this actually annihilates morale at places like ICE/CBP.

Getting made fun of like this on national television while people laugh at you is.. well, you may call it victory wine, but it ain't.

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Morgan (they\them) @soupgargoyle.bsky.social · 3h

what the hell is a bessent, and why is it talking shit

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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Morgan (they\them) @soupgargoyle.bsky.social · 23h

due to incredible work behind the scenes by our local salesperson, we're able to get the accessories for an unheard of 25% off (usually it's 10% max), so we're actually only $97 away from getting almost our whole wishlist

can you help us make $97

please share & donate if you can, thank you so much

Morgan (they\them) @soupgargoyle.bsky.social · 18d

got the GFM set up for a new mobility scooter, please share it around, and donate if you can spare it, thank you so much

gofund.me/6a7931d9d

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Morgan (they\them) @soupgargoyle.bsky.social · 3h

pardon the gnawing on the bars of my enclosure, I've only had 2 hours of sleep

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Morgan (they\them) @soupgargoyle.bsky.social · 3h

y'all better keep the eugenics bot away from my autistic as fuck face, especially if I'm in enough pain for it to notice, because I will redact it right in the phone like a feral fucking animal

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5h

Facial expressions common to all humans! 🙃

PainChek is one of these behavioral models, and it acts like a camera‑based thermometer, but for pain: A care worker opens the app and holds a phone 30 centimeters from a person’s face. For three seconds, a neural network looks for nine particular microscopic movements—upper‑lip raise, brow pinch, cheek tension, and so on—that research has linked most strongly to pain. Then the screen flashes a score of 0 to 42. “There’s a catalogue of ‘action‑unit codes’—facial expressions common to all humans. Nine of those are associated with pain,” explains Kreshnik Hoti, a senior research scientist with PainChek and a co-inventor of the device. This system is built directly on the foundation of FACS. After the scan, the app walks the user through a yes‑or‑no checklist of other signs, like groaning, “guarding,” and sleep disruption, and stores the result on a cloud dashboard that can show trends.

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Sarah Day 🖋️🦊 @sarahday.org · 4h

WHEN THERE'S NO WAY TO GET BEHIND THE WATERFALL: the fuck is this? Solid rock? Like in NATURE? You lazy fucker. If I wanted verisimilitude I WOULD FUCKING GO OUTSIDE.

Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 18h

WHEN THERE’S TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Oh wow. Yes, very clever! Waterfall treasure! No one’s ever done that before. Lazy jackass

WHEN THERE’S NO TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Wow. Too stuck-up to put treasure there huh? Too much of a fucking ICONOCLAST for that? Piece of shit. FUCK you

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 4h

I'm not trying to be a dick.

But they picked two fat republicans for a bunch of jokes when the young republicans said the worst shit imaginable.

My fat ass is out there fighting for what's right.

Stop equating fat with bad or less. Stop telling ME I'm one annoyance away from being your target.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 21h

The biggest threat in Portland is getting caught in the the middle of an inflatable frog–unicorn dance-off.

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