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Polly @crosspollytaupe.bsky.social · 29m

we went to a LesbiYinz mushroom walk and we passed something like thirteen Subarus on the way back to my friend's car (which is a Subaru)

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Paige 🏳️‍⚧️ @unwrittenpaige.bsky.social · 1h

i'm basically like if a girl was very tired

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Polly @crosspollytaupe.bsky.social · 5h

like i'm not going to jump into anyone's mentions because it's Not Actually Fucking Helpful to do that.

but "just make a smarmy post about how you have to get out there and enjoy life and anyone who can't suffers learned helplessness" is also Not Actually Fucking Helpful

Polly @crosspollytaupe.bsky.social · 5h

the trans braintrust on this site is tremendously Conservative-Dad-coded, isn't it?

"all any newly-cracked egg needs is for me to condescend to them to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. if they're still struggling, i will simply condescend harder until they get over their imagined problems"

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 3d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 10h

I feel lots of things that felt like, were billed as, self-actualization read in retrospect as canaries in the coal mine for the fraying commitments we owe to each other as members of a society.

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 11h

Relatedly, I recall a lot of "the joy of canceling plans" jokes and memes from the 2010s and now folks are talking about a loneliness epidemic, and, well...

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 12h

People will scoff at virtue signaling and then wonder why today’s billionaires don’t build museums, libraries, hospitals, and universities like Gilded Age ones did.

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Laurens @laurenshof.online · 9h

the amount of times ive seen those 2 ai generated videos on my feeds in a quote post to yell that ai slop is bad suggests that we havent really internalised the lesson yet that negative attention is beneficial for the original poster

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Polly @crosspollytaupe.bsky.social · 9h

(Note that I’ve been here just over a year so it was a thing I came across pretty early)

Polly @crosspollytaupe.bsky.social · 9h

“A neighborhood of Columbus Day shit intermingled with pride flags” was honestly one of the most disorienting things since I moved here

it's decorative dani season motherfuckers @daniskitchen.bsky.social · 10h

today in pittsburgh's bloomfield neighborhood yinzers will have a parade and celebration in honor of christopher columbus, one of history's greatest monsters. here's my tribute 🖕

www.vox.com/2014/10/13/6...

9 reasons Christopher Columbus was a murderer, tyrant, and scoundrel

Why do we even celebrate Columbus Day?

www.vox.com

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Polly @crosspollytaupe.bsky.social · 23h

yes

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 1d

it is almost impossible to communicate how racist and colonialist this entire episode is lol

grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 1d

Incredibly funny bit to hand the nobel peace prize to someone who does "President Trump thank you for bombing our fishers, our country yearns for freedom only you can deliver" lol

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Max P III @blackballer.bsky.social · 1d

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Polly @crosspollytaupe.bsky.social · 2d

Halfway into the sentence I was imagining someone who gets off to the idea of being the subject of a bet between god and the devil

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Polly @crosspollytaupe.bsky.social · 3d

Someone called her that to me (ages ago) and my response was to feign concern that something had happened to Joni Mitchell.

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 5d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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Emily (but a ghost) @2amwakeupcall.com · 4d

before bluesky end
anyone want to admit they got a crush on me?
meme

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 4d

So Trump is now going to try to rule like an early modern king - just avoid calling the estates general or parliament or the diet and so rule by fiat.

Maybe someone in the GOP should turn the page in book and see what happened next...oh, oh dear...oh no...oh dear ohnonono....

George Pearkes @peark.es · 4d

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Polly @crosspollytaupe.bsky.social · 4d

Led Zeppelin released Ramble On, Misty Mountain Hop, and Battle of Evermore while Tolkien was in his 70s but still very much alive.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 4d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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J O Y ❥ ✊🏾 @kraehenherz.bsky.social · Dec 7

God the tall queers will be the end of me one day 🔥🫠🤤😬

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 5d

Everyone predicted it!!!!

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 5d

Weird thing where people say “no one could have predicted it” when really what they mean is their political commitments and orientation were such that they ignored everyone who was predicting it

Sorry but “no one could have“ and you having your head stuck up your ass are two different situations

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Foone @foone.bsky.social · 6d

I accidentally glitched out an animation I was working on and created a perfect example of what the passage of time feels like to someone with ADHD

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Polly @crosspollytaupe.bsky.social · 6d

Venus de Mars of All The Pretty Horses; the queer film fest screened the doc about her and now we’re down the street for a (solo) show. venusdemars.bandcamp.com

Venus de Mars • Venus de Mars & All The Pretty Horses

Venus de Mars, & All The Pretty Horses is a glam-punk quartet formed in 1993 Past Band members include: Bill Bailey, Ed Ford, Matt Bachelor Tiffany Tieche, LeeAnn MacDougall, Jendeen Forberg, Eden T...

venusdemars.bandcamp.com

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Polly @crosspollytaupe.bsky.social · 6d

Once again watching a trans musician performing live and Venus just mentioned coming out in 1988 “This is not a fad. This is not ‘kids being confused.’ We have always been here. We will always be here.”

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Polly @crosspollytaupe.bsky.social · 7d

Oh is it time for “if you don’t like this billionaire musical artist then you were just looking for a woman to hate” discourse again?

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jen ramos-eisen 🇵🇭 @jenramose.online · 7d

don't let this one get lost in the sauce

static klinger @jessespector.com · 7d

SALSA HEIST

Salsa heist: $35,000 worth of dips stolen in Essex County, Ont.

Ontario Provincial Police in Essex County, Ont., say $35,000 worth of salsa and dips has been stolen during the theft of two tractor-trailers.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 7d

It's the people who expect state cops to protect citizens from federal cops that make me want to clap their heads with two pieces of bread

Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 7d

Which is what Black people have been saying about law enforcement for centuries.

No one listened though. Now here we are.

Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 8d

One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.

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