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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 19h

Hnnng!

Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 1d

...deleted directly after your age group is confirmed, and the video selfie used for facial age estimation never leaves your device.
#cybersecurity

Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 1d

Discord's FAQ. Who do we sue? Q: Is my personal data stored during the verification process?

A: Discord and k-ID do not permanently store personal identity documents or your video selfies. Images of your identity documents and ID match selfies are deleted...
#cybersecurity

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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 1d

Those fangs! That scowl! That... goofy grin!

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Dylan Macri, Cadhla182, Commissions Open @dylanmacri.bsky.social · 1d

Kpop Human Hunters commission for TheLearnedSoldierToo on Tumblr!

/ #KpopDemonHunters / #Commissions / #MyArt /

The Kpop Demon Hunters girls as demons in black leather versions of their Golden outfits standing in front of Gwi-Ma's alter and striking dramatic poses.

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Celebelian 🦦 @celebelian.bsky.social · 2d

Why thank you for asking!

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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 2d

A rented lobbyist is just grotesque.

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Errol 🦇 🏳️‍🌈 @eerieseymour.bsky.social · 2d

The Orphan Crusher is here to stay. If we don’t feed more Orphans to the Crusher the Orphan Crushing industry will die. It’s time to wake up to the reality of the Orphan Crusher. The Orphan Crusher is worth billions. We need to teach people to use the Orphan Crusher. It’s here to stay.

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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 2d

Riffles through "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds" again with a sigh.

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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 2d

Clegg can absolutely fuck off into the sea and keep fucking off. Personal betrayal sure is sticky. Students who got the shaft can carry that grudge.

Not sure it's fair to tar all the current Lib Dems with that brush, though. They've a good record at local gov, and human rights is a thing.

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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 2d

Macross missile massacre!

Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 2d

[omm bluesky mellow un-harsh]

We expected the spreadsheet morality, we didn't expect "soft on millionaires" and "pointlessly nasty on human rights".

Lib Dems and the Greens are the ones for humans, now, and Zack for the greens is a personality.

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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 2d

I don't see how "moar datacentres on speculation money" is essential. Propping it up would mean a bigger fall when it fails to deliver, so correct early plx. 📉🎅

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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, the *tories* wanted student debt, he just didn't resist enough.

anyway

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Michael Ekstra Scary @md.ekstrandom.net · 2d

“Everyone has a plan until Portland shows up with a butt-naked peloton and inflatable dinosaur costumes.” — ancient proverb

Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 2d

It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.

I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.

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Sophie Sinistra @witchythirteen.bsky.social · 5d

So true, but the hat is also all other months!
😁🖤✨
#Witchsky #FreeWitch

A young woman dressed as a witch , promising she will be strange and distant in October, while wearing a witch hat

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 3d

The UK Conservatives have pledged to scrap the UK's Climate Change Act, as well as carbon pricing on electricity. They have not said what they would do instead.

So shadow energy sec claims gas power would only cost £55/MWh without CO2 pricing…

…but omitted a few details
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Readful Things @readfulthings.com · 4d

Here are some old VHS tape pieces

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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 3d

Bom chika wow wow!

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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 3d

Unexpected phrase of the day: "Shedcraft wild weasel" - no, not Furries Ruin Everything but drones with drones on them and epic spools of cable to give "exactly no shits" to jamming, so they can take out jammers then let the rest in.

Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 3d

Gym fun time: absolutely loving someone's huge baggy sweats fit, so much I don't mind the bench roll of shame!

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Doctors TARDIS @doctorstardis.bsky.social · 4d

Someone in one of my groups turned their 12 foot skelly into Ozzy!!!

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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 4d

Wetsuit season: activate!

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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 4d

Ech, I gotta reject the idea that the the free and open web was a Tower of Babel anomaly and we're drifting back to closed and separate narratives, it's too sad and grim.

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