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cupofmin @cupofmin.bsky.social · 9d

Autumnal teacups 🍂🍵

Text: your pet in a teacup. Commissions by cupofmin. Digital illustration of two kitties inside teacups.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 10h

The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater

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꧁✮..Jaide Dee 💜..✮꧂ @witchnwords.bsky.social · 2d

For the week ahead:
May you feel seen, loved and appreciated.
May you make wonderful new memories.
May you laugh so hard you snort or tear up.
May there be a joyful surprise.
May you know I'm proud of you.

Luv you, you've got this.

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Ami Berger @amiberger.bsky.social · 14h

absolutely fascinating and heartbreaking how those pictures of the White House being bulldozed really made it real for folks

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Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 17h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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Crystal B. @evilerato.bsky.social · 17h

It's in the air. The veil is getting thin, etc., etc., or some bullshit like that. Or our brains are just spouting nonsense to give us something relatively non-threatening to worry about for a bit, who knows. 🤷‍♀️

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 22h

The entire "free speech on campus" moral panic was manufactured to blackmail us into making space in intellectual life for bigots and charlatans who couldn't get there on their own merits. Its a DEI scheme for fascism. Congratulations to everyone who took it at face value.

Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 22h

“Following his lecture, Yarvin will debate the legendary British historian David Starkey on history and the future of conservatism.” Everything about this is so cursed. Masks off at the University of Oxford.

Curtis Yarvin & David Starkey - The End of the End of History
By Oakeshott (formerly Scruton)
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The second Oakeshott Lecture of 2025 - with perennially viral tech philosopher Curtis Yarvin and eminent historian David Starkey

In the second Oakeshott (formerly Scruton) Lecture, Curtis Yarvin will address the End of the End of History in the Post-Cold War Era.

A former software developer, Curtis Yarvin came to international prominence under the pen-name Mencius Moldbug as a critic of contemporary democracy. An avid promoter of technocracy and critic of ‘the Cathedral’, Yarvin has become an influential figure on the American right - a reliably controversial voice and a confidante of JD Vance and Peter Thiel.

Following his lecture, Yarvin will debate the legendary British historian David Starkey on history and the future of conservatism.

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official nikk account @nikk.ca · 1d

absolute workhorse of a reaction image from over 100 years ago

elegant woman blasting a suitor in the face with the NO gun

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zach @extrafabulous.bsky.social · 21h

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Nikita Gill @nikitagill.bsky.social · 23h

The fact that the most pertinent discourse around the Louvre Heist is “please can we talk about the working hours for French Burglars, how do they have a better work-life balance than most working Americans” is cracking me up.

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Crystal B. @evilerato.bsky.social · 22h

On one hand I'm glad I'm finally sleeping deeply enough to dream again. On the other hand, my brain is fucking dumb and was trying to tell me a story about my grandfather being a Nazi. IDEK anymore, I really don't.

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Jill-O-Lantern ☕️🎃☕️ @coffeecatsja.bsky.social · 23h

My emotional support potatoes are working overtime this year 🍟🍠🥔

art from IG @ jess.a.creates

illustration of a ghost holding a blue and red striped container of french fries, with the text "no matter what's going on in your life, there's some form of potato that can make it better"

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Crystal B. @evilerato.bsky.social · 1d

Those eyes are stealing my soul 😍

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 1d

Earl Gray rice krispie treats. Tried to replicate one I had at the San Mateo farmer's market last weekend. It works because it mimics the flavor of Earl Grey tea w/cream and sugar. Take the extra few minutes to brown the butter=depth.

Pls screenshot. I don't leave posts up for more than 2 days.

glass pan of rice krispy treats with a knife and a blue and white shallow bowl with 4 pieces of rice krispie treats

Anna Law’s version
Why it works: mimics the flavors of Earl Gray tea with cream and sugar.

1 bag of marshmallows (I used the large ones)
7 c rice Krispie cereal
1 stick unsalted butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5-6 teaspoons ground Earl Gray tea leaves
1. Grind tea leaves in a spice grinder (I used an old Krups coffee bean grinder) or you can mash it in a mortar and pestle.
2. Brown stick of butter in a pot on medium heat until there is a nutty smell and brown specks on the bottom. Add salt.
3. Turn off the heat. Add bag of marshmallows and stir until melted.
4. Stir in 1 t of vanilla extract and ground tea leaves.
5. Stir in 7 c cereal.
6. Press with wax or parchment paper into a buttered 9X9 pan
7. Let cool 1 hour before cutting.

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Andrea Mullaney @andreamullaney.bsky.social · 2d

Well I was not expecting BILL NIGHY to be spitting facts today!
observer.co.uk/culture/inte...

I have started dating a man who is very nice but does not share my politics. Any advice?
"You just have to get the fuck out of there. What are you thinking? He must be incredibly attractive-looking. I mean, what is it? Is he tall? Does he remind you of your father? There's only two kinds of politics these days, and you can't breathe the same air as the other kind."

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Crystal B. @evilerato.bsky.social · 1d

Weekends are definitely busier now. Not sure how I feel about that yet. 🤣 Later start today, but the apple butter is canned, meatballs were cooked, meatloaf prepped for the freezer, and bread is raising. Next up: dishes, and then fried green tomatoes & green butternut squash - last of the garden.

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Crystal B. @evilerato.bsky.social · 2d

That is amazing 🤣

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 2d

13579/10 would watch 15 times in theaters

Jill Weinberger @jillybobww.bsky.social · 2d

Brb just writing a screenplay about a struggling inflatable costume factory in a wholesome but dying American small town that unexpectedly helps save democracy, and democracy saves it right back.

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men's werehouse @elizaeffect.bsky.social · 2d

Somebody who isn't born yet is going to write a banger paper on the political spectrum of the frog as a symbol in the early-mid 2020s

tweety fish of innsmouth @sifu.tweety.fish · 2d

Protest sign saying “frog and toad protest” with a drawing of frog and toad holding protest signs

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 3d

Gotta block ‘em all!
Here’s the one-stop shopping blocklist to disappear the Trump regime accounts that swarmed Bluesky yesterday.
Flush these turds HERE -

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

#NoKings

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Ben Silverstein ❌👑 @bensilverstein.bsky.social · 3d

The inflatable frog has gone global. Today’s #NoKings #NoTyrants rallies in Japan, Australia, Spain, and Germany.

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Crystal B. @evilerato.bsky.social · 2d

Up early, went to hardware store, prepped & seeded the bare spot on the lawn that my dog created, put up temp fencing to keep her out, prepped chicken sliders, started apple butter cooking, and now I'm sitting down. Massage at 1:30, then back to more kitchening, if I can stand. 🤣 Keeping busy!

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Crystal B. @evilerato.bsky.social · 3d

My recently widowed aunt & her two daughters are coming to dad's memorial. I'm honestly shocked that any of the northern family are coming down here, tbh! I'm super glad they are, but I've been mentally preparing myself for his memorial to just be church folks and the local-to-here family.

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Crystal B. @evilerato.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Birthday!! ❤️

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