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bandit @trashbandit666.bsky.social · 5h

Ooooooh I miss these games so much

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bandit @trashbandit666.bsky.social · 5h

inject the Elizabeth Taylor (So Glamorous Cabaret version) directLY IN TO MY VEINS IT'S SO GOOOOOOOOOOOD

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bandit @trashbandit666.bsky.social · 5h

this link was sent to me so i've been passing along too!
drive.google.com/drive/folder...

TLOAS - Google Drive

drive.google.com

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emm ❤️‍🔥✨(father figure era) @lostinconey.swifties.social · 7h

The vulnerability in this bathroom scene seems so important for us to understand.

we watch taylor transition from partying/emulating the tour & public life to the private, raw, escape to the bathroom. room 87 appears to be a party as you first enter, yet the deeper you venture the darker it appears

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goosey (The Life of a Showgoose) @gooselor.bsky.social · 9h

@kpinreallife.bsky.social your excellent tiktok about Betty and Ruin the Friendship reminded me of this!

“don’t make it awkward in second period” 🤝 “betty i know why you switched your home room and i think it’s cause of me”

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MP @butdaddyiloveher.bsky.social · 10h

i fear we moved a little too quickly past the fact that "Ruin the Friendship (advice version)" reveals that the OG lyrics were...

"Wilted corsage dangles from *OUR WRISTS*
Over his shoulder, I catch a glimpse
And see you looking at mе"

but in album version she hetifies it to "from my wrist"...

a close up of a cat 's face making a funny face and smiling .

ALT: a close up of a cat 's face making a funny face and smiling .

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TSCUniversity 🎓💟 @tscuniversity13.bsky.social · 11h

On October 11, 2016 Taylor Swift went to dinner with Cara Delevingne, Suki Waterhouse, and Dakota Johnson at the Waverly Inn and they wrote “It’s all a part of the fucking story” on a paper table cloth and posted it to IG. They were photographed leaving with the paper and the IG post was deleted. 📖

An image of Taylor’s Bodyguard leaving Waverly Inn with a flashlight and a folded piece of paper.

An image of Taylor’s Bodyguard leaving Waverly Inn with a flashlight and a folded piece of paper. Taylor and Cara are visible in the background.

Taylor exiting the Waverly Inn in all black with Cara and Dakota slightly visible behind her.

A blurry photo of Dakota and Cara hanging out the week prior to this event for Dakota’s birthday and FaceTiming Taylor Swift, who is visible on the iPhone.

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bandit @trashbandit666.bsky.social · 14h

happy national coming out day to all the gays in my phone -- no matter where you are in your journey you are safe and loved here 💓

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bandit @trashbandit666.bsky.social · 22h

Yay! Wishing you a beautiful day, congrats!!

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bandit @trashbandit666.bsky.social · 22h

i just spent my first 15 min on TT in over a month -- and first since the release -- and WOWWWW people are actually really starting to see the cracks in the facade it's wild

Butterfly 🦋 @mourningbutterfly.bsky.social · 23h

“Have the Gaylors been right this whole time?”

Yes.

taylor (taylor’s version) @auroras-sadprose.bsky.social · 1d

YYAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL

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bandit @trashbandit666.bsky.social · 1d

TW: animal/pet illness

My cat has cancer 💔 It came on very quickly, & the tumor is pretty massive. I'm heartbroken. I've had her 11+ years, since she was 8wks old. She's my heart and soul. No definitive timeline, just palliative care and following her lead. It was just supposed to be teeth!! 😭

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bandit @trashbandit666.bsky.social · 1d

thank you thank you 🥺💖

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bandit @trashbandit666.bsky.social · 1d

thank you gina 🥺💖

bandit @trashbandit666.bsky.social · 1d

vet just called and said in addition to needing more teeth pulled, she has some sort of mass in her abdomen and he's doing an X-ray but thinks it's a tumor and that doesn't mean cancer necessarily but I think I'm in shock still????? Waiting for him to call me back post xray

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Hey kids🏳️‍🌈Spelling is fun! @spellingisfunlor13.bsky.social · 1d

Ummm the emoji choice with this wording??? How much more obvious do we need to make it that this whole album cycle is about giving the fans what they think they want??

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Tess @invisiblethemes.bsky.social · 1d

TAYLOR IS REFERENCING “BREAD & CIRCUSES” THAT IS WHY THERE IS ALL THE BREAD IT IS PANEM ET CIRCENSES!!! IT ALL MAKES SENSE TO ME NOW

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Bread and circuses
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This article is about a concept in political satire. For other uses, see Bread and Circuses (disambiguation).
"Bread and circuses" (or "bread and games"; from Latin: panem et circenses) is a metonymic phrase referring to superficial appeasement. It is attributed to Juvenal (Satires, Satire X), a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century CE, and is used commonly in cultural, particularly political, contexts.
In a political context, the phrase means to generate public approval, not by excellence in public service or public policy, but by diversion, distraction, or by satisfying the most immediate or base requirements of a populace, 111 by offering a palliative: for example food (bread) or entertainment (circuses). Juvenal originally used it to decry the "selfishness" of

Different screenshots of Taylor making bread puns or handing out bread to people

Taylor behind the scenes of The Fate of Ophelia MV and there’s a fire breather with a plume of fire behind her

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bandit @trashbandit666.bsky.social · 2d

TRoss made it to the interview that's so cute

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bandit @trashbandit666.bsky.social · 2d

Finally catching up on interviews starting w Seth Meyers bc I cannot stand Fallon

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tree 🪾🏕️ aka cady heron @treepaineburner.bsky.social · 2d

reposting for clarity: I think taylor might be quietly referencing “New Kids on The Block” with her “have a couple kids, got the whole block looking like you.”

it was driving me nuts because the language choices were so specific and contradictory to what we (think) we know about her