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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 7h

I just heard a commercial for "real, farm grown potatoes" and I have many questions about the other potatoes...

DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 9h

I used to buy the $1 toys at the big pet store sale bin for this reason. Casey loved destroying them and I was amused watching him be joyful.

DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 9h

What a lack of creativity!

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 9h

Well that's interesting. Cracks in the coalition maybe?

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 18h

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 19h

^^^^ EXACTLY

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 20h

And because I looked at my bill - why are the same tests for humans 10x the price of doing them for my dog? Like my out of pocket is actually *more* than my vet charges before pet insurance. And those are faster too.

Can the liability and billing really cost that much?

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 20h

They're wrong. I love your writing style in that book! I've read it twice and couldn't put it down either time.

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 20h

You know, the fact that diagnostic testing is 4x the price of screening seems incredibly stupid. The goal is to make sure nothing is horribly wrong and they make it insanely expensive to just... not die. (And I have good insurance - I don't know what it would be if I didn't)

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 21h

Another cat is the right answer until you get to 4, at which point they form a cabal and you are the house keeper. Not that I know this from experience of not thinking things through or anything.

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 21h

Exactly that. And given the other side of my family is Jewish, I just side eye them when they do that.

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 21h

Yeah, many of them are convert Catholics in the evil vein. The originalist interpretations are twisted and terrible - it's as close as they can get to the Roman Empire in some of their arguments.

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 21h

At the very least, I enjoy how much him behaving like an actual Catholic upsets Vance and his ilk. At best, the Church does still have a lot of influence and I hope he can wield it to up charity and get others to do so as well.

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 22h

Alright, I confess I was a bit worried about Leo and whether he would continue Francis's legacy. I am relieved that he is and that he's doing it in a moment a lot of white US Catholics really need to hear it.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

bit.ly

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 1d

This is a horrifying indicator of how effective the MAGA rhetoric has been at inciting violence. Where is the wall to wall coverage?

Sharon Machlis @smachlis.bsky.social · 2d

This is a professor at Rutgers who teaches a class on the history of anti-fascism. He also teaches about human rights. He has received multiple death threats and been doxed. He is relocating to Europe for his safety. This is where we are in the US now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 1d

In NJ (and probably other places), this would be any street with a Native American name with more than 2 syllables. I am sure the Lenape would be horrified by the pronunciation every one of them.

Those will get you to town by town in some spots.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 1d

Composable moderation, huh? The ability to filter ourselves and label what we wanted?

No. Oh. I see. So how much was always lies then?

Jay really did manage to destroy the reputation of this playform faster than I've ever seen. It borders on impressive.

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 1d

I think I'm just as angry at the people on my side who also don't know what the law does and are saying almost as stupid things. Well, I did a speed run of my social media tolerance today.

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 1d

if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 1d

Are we actually fighting about EMTALA?? Like, the law that says the hospital can't let you bleed to death on the steps because you can't pay, regardless of who you are. This should be the easiest fight of the century, but everyone has forgotten that used to happen.

<flips desk, walks into the sea>

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 1d

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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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 1d

As guilty as I feel using it, grocery delivery is among my favorite modern city inventions. It was amazing when it was next day or weekly (in the 90s), this 3 hour thing feels like a miracle when I can't escape my desk and I know there's nothing to cook a full meal with.

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 1d

This was one of the tactics behind some of the gloriously fun things at IMF and WB protests back in the day. Cops look ridiculous getting upset about giant puppets, balloons, and inflatable suits. Costumes, music, silliness all make them look ridiculous when they attack. It breaks their stories.

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 1d

Ah. I do love those. But two of them are just poking fun at Shakespeare not fairy tales. I will say, I do not think they have the air of how men write about old women normally. I would love to age into being Nanny Og.

DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 1d

My friend's bastard chickens definitely removed any guilt I held about eating them. Ethical raising yes good. But they're little demons and sharp in all directions!

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 1d

Oh noooo. The Witches are wonderful and the places they interact with Death in the novels are funnier if you end up steeped in their lore!

Though actually, most of the people I know think the Guards series is the core and think it odd that I adore the witches so much.

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