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dj0nes @dj0nes.bsky.social · 3h

Tubi keeps the classic Black movies alive. Just found House Party 1, 2 & 3. I'm sat for the night 😂😂

a man sitting on a couch with the words goodbye house written above him

ALT: a man sitting on a couch with the words goodbye house written above him

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Tom Foolery @annoyeddrdraco.blacksky.app · 15h

IF I LOSE IT ALL, SLIP AND FALL
I WILL NEVER LOOK AWAY
IF I LOSE IT ALL, LOSE IT ALL, LOSE IT ALL, IF I LOSE IT ALL OUTSIDE THE WALL
LIVE TO DIE ANOTHER DAY
I DONT WANT ANYTHING I'M JUST HERE TO...
BEWAAAAAAAAAAAAARE (RUMBLING RUMBLING ITS COMING RUMBLING RUMBLING)

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

LMAOOOOO

A bunch of comedians tried to make up for their participation in the Riyadh comedy festival by donating their pay to Human Rights Watch and Human rights Watch was like “nah bitch we don’t want your dirty blood money” 😂😂 I’m dying

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Taking money from those who took money from Saudi Arabia would impact perception of the org’s independence.

www.vulture.com

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 1d

You know what fascism looks like? Attorney General Letitia James getting criminally indicted on literal trumped-up charges by the criminal who she fought to hold accountable for the actual crimes he committed and is now using the full power of the US govt to seek vengeance.

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Quibble While Rome Burns @nimi0us.blacksky.app · 1d

I'm sorry: I turned on the volume and like, I always only watched Stephen Miller shit on mute, so I just...I did NOT expect him to sound like a shrill worm fighting for air

Are you fucking kidding me??? THAT'S the motherfucker causing all these problems?!

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Tom Foolery @annoyeddrdraco.blacksky.app · 1d

I have no idea. Would be nice though

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Bianca Nycole @biancanycole.bsky.social · 1d

Asking family members to go in with me on buying some of that land they had our ancestors working.

Plus the usual save, invest, and donate.

Kindra Cotton @kindracotton.com · 1d

What are you going to do with your $267,000 reparations payment? 🤔

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Tom Foolery @annoyeddrdraco.blacksky.app · 1d

Going on an extended vacation with my lady

Kindra Cotton @kindracotton.com · 1d

What are you going to do with your $267,000 reparations payment? 🤔

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Tom Foolery @annoyeddrdraco.blacksky.app · 1d

He is truly in his bag with this series. I will be seated at every single release.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Rian Johnson wants to make ‘Knives Out’ movies for the rest of his life

“I don’t feel burnt out doing these at all. If anything I feel energized after doing this one”

His deal to make them at Netflix ends with ‘Wake Up Dead Man’

Tom Foolery @annoyeddrdraco.blacksky.app · 1d

Definitely gonna have to run this concert back.

Chocolate Giddy-Up’s Cousin @jocklaflair.bsky.social · 1d

Had to bring this Goldie back.

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Tom Foolery @annoyeddrdraco.blacksky.app · 1d

Dying in the Haunted Mansion ride is some incredibly dramatic shit

Tiare Liberty Sol ☀️ 🌺🦄 @tiare75.bsky.social · 1d

Those hitchhiking ghosts weren’t messing around. 😱

www.kcra.com/article/disn...

Woman dies after riding Haunted Mansion at Disneyland

Officials said she was a park guest in her 60s, and security workers administered CPR when she was found unresponsive.

www.kcra.com

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Arif "Felonious Munk" Shahid @feloniousmunk.blacksky.app · 1d

Bruh Drake lost. It's done. You still arguing different is a tragic moral failure on your part. Out rapped. Outsold. Out awarded. Dissed at the super bowl while his ex crip walked on stage. And lost in a court of law. Only thing left is for Kendrick to adopt Adonis and give a father to look up to.

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · Nov 25

Drake: Just one, please

Hot dog cart guy: Mustard on the meat?

Drake: *bursts into tears*

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Tom Foolery @annoyeddrdraco.blacksky.app · 1d

We all collectively just ran Not Like Us back one time right?

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Clitasaurus Rex 🦖 @naiijah.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon network kids most likely grew up with depression but amazing sense of humor

Disney Kids have terrible main character syndrome and were most likely theatre kids who grew up to be obsessed with musicals

Nickelodeon Kids most likely got some type of arrest record and a more than 1 BM/BD

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Tom Foolery @annoyeddrdraco.blacksky.app · 1d

Currently c-walking in my living room at this Drake news 🤣

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 1d

drake has access to the Loser Hadron Collider and is discovering forms of losing previously unknown to humankind

Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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Sithty Minutes is Exhausted @sithtyminutes.bsky.social · 1d

“The song contains lyrics
explicitly accusing Drake of being a pedophile, set to a catchy beat and propulsive bassline.”

That’s judge for “K Dot was spitting, and the beat was 🔥 too” Alt Text for the images as well (because you should be using Alt Text!)

Case 1:25-cv-00399-JAV Document 96
Filed 10/09/25
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
AUBREY DRAKE GRAHAM,
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.....
Plaintiff,
25-CV-0399 (JAV)
OPINION AND ORDER
-V-
UMG RECORDINGS, INC.,
Defendant.
JEANNETTE A. VARGAS, United States District Judge:
This case arises from perhaps the most infamous rap battle in the genre's
history, the vitriolic war of words that erupted between superstar recording artists
Aubrey Drake Graham ("Drake") and Kendrick Lamar Duckworth ("Lamar" or
"Kendrick Lamar") in the spring of 2024. Over the course of 16 days, the two artists released eight so-called "diss tracks," with increasingly heated rhetoric, loaded accusations, and violent imagery. The penultimate song of this feud, "Not Like Us"
by Kendrick Lamar, dealt the metaphorical killing blow. The song contains lyrics
explicitly accusing Drake of being a pedophile, set to a catchy beat and propulsive
bassline. "Not Like Us" went on to become a cultural sensation, achieving immense
commercial success and critical acclaim.
Both Drake and Kendrick Lamar have recording contracts with Defendant
UMG Recordings, Inc. ("UMG" or "Defendant"). Drake alleges that UMG intentionally published and promoted "Not Like Us" while knowing that the song's
insinuations that he has sexual relations with minors were false and defamatory.

Case 1:25-cv-00399-JAV Document 96
Filed 10/09/25
Page 2 of 38
Drake has brought this action against UMG for defamation, harassment in the
second degree, and violation of section 349 of the New York General Business Law.
Before the Court is Defendant's motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Because the Court concludes that the allegedly
defamatory statements in "Not Like Us" are nonactionable opinion, the motion to
dismiss is GRANTED.
LEGAL STANDARDS
To survive a motion to dismiss, "a complaint must contain sufficient factual
matter, accepted as true, to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its
face." Kaplan v. Lebanese Canadian Bank, SAL, 999 F.3d 842, 854 (2d Cir. 2021)
(quoting Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009)). A plaintiff may not simply
allege facts that are consistent with liability; the complaint must "nudge plaintiff's claims across the line from conceivable to plausible." Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly,
550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007) (cleaned up); accord Bensch v. Est. of Umar, 2 F.4th 70, 80 (2d Cir. 2021). "Threadbare recitals of the elements of a cause of action, supported
by mere conclusory statements, do not suffice." Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678.
When ruling on a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6), the Court accepts as
true all well-pleaded allegations and draws all reasonable inferences in favor of the
non-moving party. Romanova v. Amilus Inc., 138 F.4th 104, 108 (2d Cir. 2025).
The Court need not credit "legal conclusions couched as factual allegations,"
however. Dixon v. von Blanckensee, 994 F.3d 95, 101 (2d Cir. 2021) (quotation
marks omitted).
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Quan Burton @quantessentialr.bsky.social · 1d

He got stomped in the song, on the charts, in public opinion, and then in the courts. I have never seen someone catch so many Ls in a row. It’s like this nigga stepped on every rake in the yard.

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Tom Foolery @annoyeddrdraco.blacksky.app · 1d

I'll believe it when I see it. That orange weasel tends to just barely get away with shit.

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in open rebellion. @down2marsgirl.bsky.social · 1d

They cant write well because they cant read. They cant read because their parents were left behind. We are in a clusterfuck. Feel so bad for Gen Alpha.

Dr. Frisky Whisky McThicky, Ball Knower @professorpash.bsky.social · 8d

If you haven’t done so recently, take a look at about 5 teenagers’ handwriting… Report back. Shit ain’t sweet y’all. I’m tryna tell you

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Tom Foolery @annoyeddrdraco.blacksky.app · 3d

Constitutional originalism is a load of absolute hogwash.

spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 5d

It's fascinating to watch originalists insist that the intention of the Founders was to create an all-powerful executive with near-plenary authority over the entire government only a few years after fighting the American Revolution

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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 5d

It's fascinating to watch originalists insist that the intention of the Founders was to create an all-powerful executive with near-plenary authority over the entire government only a few years after fighting the American Revolution

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CandyCoatedChaos @candycoatedchaos.bsky.social · 4d

Not Stephen Miller accidentally outting the regime in an interview. Let that "plenary authority" claim slip right out and then had to act like the audio cut out.

Sir! We heard you.. and the President does NOT have plenary authority.

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Tom Foolery @annoyeddrdraco.blacksky.app · 3d

Peter Thiel, Curtis Yarvin, Stephen Miller. When this regime comes crashing down, they need be the first motherfuckers sent to the gulag.

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