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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 5h

Thought I'd seen the final colours for the year, but there's snow in the forecast and the aster has finally bloomed.

A purple aster flower with a yellow centre.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 7h

Everybody has a drink? Ok, great, now utter silence for 3 hours please.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 7h

Having a couple people I don't know well over for dinner and how soon is too soon to explain the career of Warren Beatty and sit them down for 195 minutes of lefty politics. Should I let them finish one chip with salsa first?

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Kevin Daly @kevinddaly.bsky.social · 7h

I also love that the night Diane Keaton won the Best Actress Oscar for Annie Hall, she showed up to the ceremony dressed like an eccentric second grade teacher.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 7h

Wish we could all gather and watch REDS together and have a little cry. ❤

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 7h

There are so many Diane Keaton performances to remember, but a lot of people haven't seen Reds, and A) my God, see it, it is a masterpiece and B) her performance as Louise Bryant is one of the bravest, toughest, least sympathy-courting pieces of work by an American actress in the last 50 years.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 11h

An inflatable costume in which a gingerbread man in a Santa hat appears to be holding a tiny version of the wearer.

Amy Adams hugs Jeremy Renner in ARRIVAL and says "I forgot how good it felt to be held by you."

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 11h

Trying to figure out which inflatable character is my type, and I'm thinking it's french fry.

An inflatable french fry costume, with a small plastic window for the wearer to look through.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 11h

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 15h

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

www.oregonlive.com

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spookillumi @illumi.meme · Oct 12

sometimes i delete a post because i've grown as a person in those 45 seconds

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 1d

Missed connection: Portland, 8pm. The ICE agents wore camo, you wore green. I was the one in the yellow kerchief. Behind those bulging, inflated eyes, I could sense a spark. Let's meet again in a calmer swamp.

Signed,

The lovers, the dreamers, and me

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 1d

Feeling a little better thinking about an anti-fascist inflatable frog meet cute.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1d

Hot new item. Flying off the shelves.

Silence 🇺🇦🇺🇸 @b-dogood.bsky.social · 1d

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 1d

"The site is unusable. I had to scroll past 50 well-lit Joan Crawfords just to find a single real comment."

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 1d

They should invent a new type of bot. Glamorous publicity photo bots. Every inch of the internet spammed with Hurrell.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 1d

The rage-bait bots really make one nostalgic for the porn bots.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 2d

Small Things Like These really moved me, so I'm looking forward to reading more Keegan.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 2d

Starting to think it was a mistake to know what anybody thinks about anything.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 2d

Perhaps I'm judging too harshly. Maybe these reviewers are all 7 years old and reading their first chapter book.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 2d

I need to understand the psychology of people who read an utterly devastating personal memoir and then log on to offer the stunning, helpful contribution of "2 stars—I didn't have fun."

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