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old uncle BATface @catfacejoe.bsky.social · 14d

CHOTINER: so, you'd never heard of me until recently

ME: correct

CHOTINER: but you felt you you could do one of these

ME: yeah how hard could it be

CHOTINER: im glad we had this talk

ME: me too

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Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 7h

The problem is that none of it was true. There's no evidence that Gein would crossdress or use the skin or body parts of his victims as a costume. It was included because it's the version that quack 50s psychoanalysts and yellow journalism invented and which inspired Psycho and Silence of the Lambs

🏳️‍⚧️ June Licinio ✡️ @jwlicinio.bsky.social · 9h

it’s awesome that Netflix’s new tv show about Ed Gein where he’s depicted as a psychotic maniac dancing around in a 50s housewife outfit and wig while wearing the face of one of his murder victims has been #1 on the platform for the last week. this is awesome for my rights specifically

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Alexander Williams @floatinginwaves.bsky.social · 7h

I cannot imagine watching a 12 hour YouTube video about anything.

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 8h

Making a mirror trap for dumb YouTube guys where they infinitely react to one another in circles

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🏳️‍⚧️ June Licinio ✡️ @jwlicinio.bsky.social · 9h

it’s awesome that Netflix’s new tv show about Ed Gein where he’s depicted as a psychotic maniac dancing around in a 50s housewife outfit and wig while wearing the face of one of his murder victims has been #1 on the platform for the last week. this is awesome for my rights specifically

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 12h

ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.

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Alexander Williams @floatinginwaves.bsky.social · 9h

Ok but it’s at least partly yours as well. Like you were the one saying the left needs to reach out to Richard Hanania And other “kind of racist” people.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 16h

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 16h

The young progs yelled at you online, and, well, I guess you showed them! You helped render their culture an ugly, violent, stupid, contemptible wreck that will likely take decades to return to any form worthy of pride.

You showed those fucking kids! That will teach them to talk back.

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LOWρUFO 🐁🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 9h

Pro-Israel activists are fascinating

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Artemis @artemisprime.bsky.social · 15h

This this and this. They’ve lost all credibility to ever speak on free speech again. That’s bigger than whatever money they got. Next time they complain, we laugh.

Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 15h

I'm a "glass is half-full" kinda guy, so let's look at the upside of the Riyadh Comedy Festival: We never, ever have to even pretend to take any of these "anti-woke" "free speech warriors" seriously, ever again.

New from me at @opinion.bloomberg.com (gift link):

bit.ly/4h51JjF

Will Anti-Woke Comedy Recover From the Riyadh Festival?

Any event that includes comedy’s biggest names is going to attract attention — but the Riyadh Comedy Festival, which kicked off on Sept. 26 and continued through Thursday, is disproving the adage that...

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 11h

wtaf are you talking about

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 10h

This guy loves coming up with turns of phrase that sound uniquely upsetting in his Torgo voice

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

"Baby in her placenta"

RFK Jr. Complains About TikTok Video of Woman Taking Tylenol With a 'Baby in Her Placenta'

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 10h

the white house continuing to list things that cause autism until it becomes clear they are listing the circumstances of my life specifically

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 11h

feel like if you had a super long work day and you get home feeling exhausted but still make the healthy meal you had planned for dinner instead of just eating some slop then there should be a procession in your honour in your neighbourhood, and the mayor should give you the keys to the city

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 11h

these people are actually out of their fucking minds and im so sick of being told we need to pretend otherwise

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 13h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 11h

Writing a video game about how actually vengeance is awesome.

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Sensual Kazoo @sensualkazoo.bsky.social · 11h

Digging two graves before starting my quest for vengeance. One for my arch rival and one incase he has a lieutenant or something.

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Alexander Williams @floatinginwaves.bsky.social · 11h

Yeah, if you really looked we would be everywhere.

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Alexander Williams @floatinginwaves.bsky.social · 11h

Serious PSA voice “remember always lock the stable door.”

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 14h

This unfortunately fits the desire for constant content much more than thoughtful, informed leftism does, because a talk radio stream is easier and angrier than a three hour video that takes months to make.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 14h

“Asshole with a thin leftist veneer” is what a substantial number of people want, because they don’t actually want to make the world better, they want to feel they’re part of a club and that their resentment of life and desire for someone to tell them how to think is justified.