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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 1d

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Welch on Society @welchonsociety.bsky.social · 1d

“Decisions rooted in data and health”

So Gavin,
where are we at on Covid
And trans-affirming healthcare?

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

The American people deserve a public health system that puts science before politics.

That's why California and 14 other governors are joining forces to launch the Governors Public Health Alliance to protect communities and guarantee decisions are rooted in data and health.

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Welch on Society @welchonsociety.bsky.social · 1d

There are definitely more environmentally and socially conscious ways to get your bingus honked, like talking respectfully to maybe one human.

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

The entire economy depends on this horseshit so it's your patriotic duty to ask the computer to honk your bingus several times a day

The Verge @theverge.com · 2d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

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Welch on Society @welchonsociety.bsky.social · 1d

Call your reps

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Welch on Society @welchonsociety.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you so much, Eileen. Not everyone will see this, but I do, reading it alone, in a park, in an Aura.

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Welch on Society @welchonsociety.bsky.social · 2d

The worst part is students will get about as many of PTerry’s jokes as they do William’s.

Welch on Society @welchonsociety.bsky.social · 2d

The stone reads,
“Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare,
To dig the dust enclosed here.
Blessed be the man that spares these stones,
And cursed be he that moves my bones.”
Sounds like a gosh darned pirate, not Shakespeare.

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Welch on Society @welchonsociety.bsky.social · 2d

Now THIS is unhinged.

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Welch on Society @welchonsociety.bsky.social · 2d

Not sure this counts as unhinged. Pretty true.

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Welch on Society @welchonsociety.bsky.social · 2d

This is canon.

Welch on Society @welchonsociety.bsky.social · 2d

In 400 years, The Compleat Works of Terry Pratchett will be studied alongside Shakespeare, Canterbury Tales, and Beowulf.

All are the popular, high concept low humor works of their ages.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 3d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Welch on Society @welchonsociety.bsky.social · 2d

Disney’s Andor should be taught in our schools as literature.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 3d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Welch on Society @welchonsociety.bsky.social · 2d

It’s very likely Shakespeare wasn’t a person, and even if he was, the guy who wrote the poem on his tombstone was not the person(s) who wrote the plays and sonnets.

But maybe this isn’t unhinged… what’s unhinged is that Mark Twain used like five chapters of his autobiography to argue this.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 3d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Preacher from the Black Lagoon @revpoppop.bsky.social · 3d

“Why are they upset about the frog?”

Because the frog has power. As silly as it sounds. The frog is not just a good idea. It’s our greatest weapon.

And I’m going to explain why…

🧵

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matthew @pahuski.com · 3d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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Welch on Society @welchonsociety.bsky.social · 5d

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qklv...

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Welch on Society @welchonsociety.bsky.social · 6d

This is the dreamscape described in Delany’s Dhalgren (except it’s on the coast rather than the center of the country):

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 6d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Welch on Society @welchonsociety.bsky.social · 6d

Wait I thought that infinity symbol was just the icon.

I’m suddenly worried I’m the 1% of the 1%!

Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 8d

the distribution of results suggests that this is the correct methods choice, but starting the max option at 30 is an affront to me personally

(mobile, not desktop, but if you've never gotten the smiley face on chrome/infinity symbol on firefox, do you even internet)

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 8d

How many browsing tabs do you typically have open?*

1: 6%
2-5: 54%
6-10: 14%
11-20: 8%
21-30: 2%
More than 30: 3%

*across all windows, on desktop/laptop

yougov.co.uk/topics/techn...

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 6d

Birds are abandoning their usual migration patterns because of warmer temperatures due to climate change.

This could "lead to many bird species dying out and drastically altering nature" 😢

www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

Ominous warning for humanity as birds adopt 'unsettling' behavior

A disturbing trend among bird species in the US could lead to a mass extinction event that rocks human society forever.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 8d

the answer to the trolley problem is not to pick who to sacrifice, it’s to dismantle the system that led to an unsafe trolley crossing.

if any part of your morality strategy involves picking a group to let die on a hill, throw the entire strategy out. it’s wrong.

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Welch on Society @welchonsociety.bsky.social · 8d

It is difficult to talk about the series in any way without spoilers, and I have a no spoilers policy on the internet for those who care.

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Welch on Society @welchonsociety.bsky.social · 8d

Just finished Bad Sisters S2, both seasons simultaneously do and do not seem to have this problem.

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Welch on Society @welchonsociety.bsky.social · 8d

[Is this a pigeon meme]
Is this equal representation as feminism?

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Welch on Society @welchonsociety.bsky.social · 8d

Just saw another cybertruck with a circle slash over “Elon”. Sticker in exactly the same position.

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