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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · Sep 24

Flashing lights illuminate the scene as a photographer snaps pictures of the mangled corpse. Several yards away, a uniformed officer is vomiting on the sidewalk. An unmarked sedan pulls up, and a detective emerges. Staring down at the body, he slowly removes his sunglasses and whispers, “Found him.”

A person dressed as the character from Where’s Waldo (Wally) steps in front of a bus.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 28d

I do not think it raises that question at all. Nobody in the world thinks it raises that question. But good for you, typing some content.

Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 28d

Tilly Norwood raises the question of who will be the first to win an Oscar for best AI in a leading role

Tilly Norwood Is Expensive, Even for Hollywood

The “synthetic actress” may be cheaper to cast than Leonardo DiCaprio, but AI’s footprint carries major economic and environmental costs.

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Ben Pobjie @benpobjie.bsky.social · 28d

Ironically this post itself contains a major error as Big Brother did not air until 1999.

pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · Feb 8

Frankly it’s embarrassing how much George Orwell’s “1984” gets wrong about 1984. The publisher should update it to be more accurate, e.g. “Winston heard ‘Eat It’ by Weird Al Yankovic playing on the radio. ‘I’d hate to be Michael Jackson right now!’ he said to Big Brother”

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · Feb 8

Frankly it’s embarrassing how much George Orwell’s “1984” gets wrong about 1984. The publisher should update it to be more accurate, e.g. “Winston heard ‘Eat It’ by Weird Al Yankovic playing on the radio. ‘I’d hate to be Michael Jackson right now!’ he said to Big Brother”

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sweetie π @sixfeetofcandy.bsky.social · Sep 3

them: ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?!?!
me: no

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Kellalena @kellalena.bsky.social · Sep 30

I don’t trust people who “can’t complain.”

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Salty MacTavish @saltymactavish.bsky.social · Sep 25

I don’t understand why more people don’t get nipply about dendrochronolgy. It’s like, we’ve determined that the tree used for that beam was growing when Queen Elizabeth I was using Venetian ceruse to cover up her smallpox scars

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Ben Pobjie @benpobjie.bsky.social · Sep 17

Thank you for saying this. My love for you burns bright as ever.

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Ben Pobjie @benpobjie.bsky.social · Sep 17

Yes. But if you do, you can’t.

Ben Pobjie @benpobjie.bsky.social · Sep 17

I make no comment on his character, I’m just saying that we know what was on his farm. I will not be silenced on this.

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Ben Pobjie @benpobjie.bsky.social · Sep 17

Also, actors in movies.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Sep 16

The passing of Paul Newman (2008), Sean Connery (2020), Sidney Poitier (2022), and now Robert Redford (2025) signals the slow disappearance of a certain type of 20th century figure: men who embodied classic style in a way that reflected their taste, rather than a professional stylist.

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Ben Pobjie @benpobjie.bsky.social · Sep 17

Ummmm. AS we know it.

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Ben Pobjie @benpobjie.bsky.social · Sep 17

Not true: we also know what he had on his farm

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Ben Pobjie @benpobjie.bsky.social · Sep 17

More posts like this please

🕷️🕸️emcEEKayvee🕸️🕷️ @emceekayvee.bsky.social · Sep 17

Ground Control to Major Dad

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Ben Pobjie @benpobjie.bsky.social · Sep 17

The monkeys will just have to live with it, I am who I am

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · Sep 17

let this be your reminder that you too can kill nearly everyone aboard the Titanic if you just believe in yourself

R/Titanic subreddit post: The iceberg that sank Titanic started as snowflakes falling in Greenland well over a thousand years ago. Imagine holding one in your hand, knowing it was destined to strike the Titanic

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Ben Pobjie @benpobjie.bsky.social · Sep 17

Cute how you think you can tell infinite monkeys not to pursue their passion

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Ben Pobjie @benpobjie.bsky.social · Sep 17

True. This is me and my sisters on my eighth birthday.

Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · Sep 17

this is just how people looked in the 80s

Professional wrestler Kevin Sullivan's weird Satan stable from his Florida I don't know who the outside two are but Kevin is in the middle and Nancy Benoit is the woman in the middle

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Ross Floate @rossfloate.bsky.social · Sep 17

Elnathan John gets it.

John: It's not just the apps. It’s everything America has done to spread its influence, because America dominates the media. We all consume it. In some way, shape, or form, things trickle down.
And it’s pervasive when you speak to Americans that they are unaware of their position in the world and this cultural hegemony––that their conversations very quickly dominate the public space because everybody is affected by these influences. You grew up watching American TV. You grew up listening to American music. And often you might have to remind people that maybe we want to step back from America being the center of this conversation.
For example, say I want to talk about slavery in northern Nigeria. One of the books I'm writing now is set in a time when the so-called caliphate in what is now northern Nigeria was at its peak. At that time, at least one in four persons was an enslaved person or in indentured servitude. At one point, we had probably the highest number of slaves in the world. I’d like to talk about this without talking about slaves in the U.S. or white people. You know, why do I have to talk about white supremacy when writing about this period in Nigeria? But the conversation always goes there.
This U.S. hegemony is true regardless of race. Even if you are oppressed in America, you still have this outsize influence globally, and the rest of us are choking on it. And we would like to have conversations in our local spaces that do not always devolve to American tribal wars.

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Ben Pobjie @benpobjie.bsky.social · Sep 15

What a fascist. Hitler wanted to cultivate what was good in the human heart too. HITLER. You are HITLER, Jay.

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · Sep 15

Violence only begets violence. Enduring change comes from building solutions, transforming minds, and cultivating what is good, in the human heart and in the world.

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Ben Pobjie @benpobjie.bsky.social · Sep 12

I regret to report that all the people not on Bluesky are right about all the people on Bluesky.

Ben Pobjie @benpobjie.bsky.social · Sep 12

Roxane would no doubt condemn the writer - whose name currently escapes me - who once said, "The problem with freedom of speech is that people think it means freedom from consequences"

Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · Sep 11

It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.

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more mr. dice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · Sep 11

dan bongino and kash patel lying unconscious on the ground after bonking their heads together as they both bent down to examine what is later determined to be their own footprints

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Ben Pobjie @benpobjie.bsky.social · Sep 11

That “/1” is chilling

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