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liunatics unite @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 23h

people only do it for the prestige but as far as i'm concerned there is no prestige because it's tacky and embarrassing and speaks poorly of your character

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liunatics unite @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 23h

climbing mount everest

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 1d

Using ChatGPT to write a fucking email. bsky.app/profile/edit...

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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liunatics unite @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 23h

this is what i always tell myself about figure skating. "well it would be literally impossible to practice for hours every week and NOT improve so all i have to do is keep showing up"

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liunatics unite @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 1d

really funny that this guy said this sweet thing to me and then i had to be like, well i hope he's not looking now because i'm about to suck at spins for 45 minutes straight

liunatics unite @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 1d

but he was like "i just wanted to let you know you've improved a lot. your pushes are much stronger and you have better control. i know it's hard to judge your own progress so i wanted to let you know" 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

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alyson “october” greaves @badambulist.bsky.social · 1d

you could at least display some shame for your significant part in this

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Trans people at risk of exclusion from many UK public spaces, rights expert says

European Council commissioner voices concerns following April’s supreme court ruling on legal definition of a woman Transgender people risk being excluded from many public spaces as a result of the recent UK supreme court judgment and must be protected from discrimination, a human rights expert has said. Michael O’Flaherty, the European Council commissioner for human rights, said he had concerns about the climate for transgender people in the UK following April’s supreme court ruling that the legal definition of a woman in the Equality Act 2010 refers to biological sex. Continue reading...

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liunatics unite @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 1d

it's hard because i know i do better clockwise but i trained ccw for three years 🙃 (then took a 12 year break before returning). so it's annoying to fight my muscle memory, but if i have to do it i'd better just do it now

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liunatics unite @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 1d

enough with the recipe trend that's like "soup with 30 cloves of garlic" "pasta with 40 cloves of garlic" "salmon with 80 cloves of garlic" we are in a garlic arms race

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liunatics unite @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 1d

reposted that because whatever jackie is doing is automatically the official hashtag

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Jackie Wong | Rocker Skating @rockerskating.com · 1d

My yearly search for the official hashtag for Grand Prix de France has once again been fruitless - I'm going to go with #GPFRA25 this year (last year, it was GPFRA only, and that was actually supposed to have been the official one? #GPFigure

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liunatics unite @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 1d

yesss i used to do the USFS one and i did terribly 🥲 it was really fun though

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liunatics unite @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 1d

but he was like "i just wanted to let you know you've improved a lot. your pushes are much stronger and you have better control. i know it's hard to judge your own progress so i wanted to let you know" 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

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liunatics unite @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 1d

while i was skating, this guy came up to me who is REALLY good and kind of a superstar at our rink, and he's never spoken to me before so i was immediately like omg what did i do wrong 😨

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liunatics unite @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 1d

and if you're tired of hearing about my rotational direction imagine how tired of it my bff is. and how much she's going to have to hear about it all weekend when we're in lake placid

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liunatics unite @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 1d

okay i've only been working on it for two sessions and i'm already up to a comfortable 4-5 rotations clockwise so this was definitely the move and everything is gonna be okay

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liunatics unite @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 1d

i'm gonna skate to born this way and everyone will be like "is this because you're gay" and i'll be like no it's about my struggle to accept my natural rotational direction. IT'S NOT A CHOICE!!!

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liunatics unite @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 1d

me conquering comphet and realizing i'm a lesbian: easy mode
me admitting i should be spinning clockwise: years of denial and rationalizations 😩😩😩😩

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liunatics unite @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 1d

yeah my outside three turns are better on my right foot, but my inside threes are better on my left foot, because those are. the clockwise turns. 😐

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liunatics unite @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 1d

i'm just realizing how much i've been in denial about this for years lol. i've been like "well it's just that my right foot is dominant and that's just a weird quirk"

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liunatics unite @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 1d

trying to retrain clockwise is making me feel like a swan raised by ducks 😔

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 2d

all of these people being like "the manager at build a bear didnt let me name my bear Charlie Kirk and wouldn't officiate a marriage between me and Charlie Kirk (bear). they must be executed" really highlights how businesses need a hard and fast "no weird shit" rule

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liunatics unite @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 3d

yep, and she destroyed the chance for alina urushadze to go to the olympics. i have nothing against gubs personally but this kind of thing rubs me the wrong way. it's a different situation from samodelkina, whose mother is kazakhstani

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liunatics unite @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 3d

okay now don't let me go back to ccw spinning just because i'm more used to it right now. i need to COMMIT. i have two weeks before my next skating class and i'm going to walk in as a clockwise bitch

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liunatics unite @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 3d

nothing against the country or its people but i'm not a fan of how georgian skaters are lining up for the eteri bonus 😐

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