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miss veryvery @missveryvery.bsky.social · 2d

i didn't know any other version existed....!!

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miss veryvery @missveryvery.bsky.social · 2d

WhatsApp has channels now?!??!? Oh no

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miss veryvery @missveryvery.bsky.social · 4d

Me: *fighting for my life to run a meeting*

Palatina: *gently paws leg* *kicks a board or SOMETHING around* *loudly attacking furniture m*

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

How many videos have you seen of protesters being brutalized? Pretending this imagery still changes the math the way you wish it would is an insult to the people whose bodies you would treat as props. Ghandi's era was more complex than many of you make out. This is not the 60s either. Things change.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 5d

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

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miss veryvery @missveryvery.bsky.social · 4d

How much more plain can it get. What planet are you on. Literally read a book.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 5d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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miss veryvery @missveryvery.bsky.social · 5d

Just a guess but people are more comfortable spending money when they know they'll get more of it.

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miss veryvery @missveryvery.bsky.social · 6d

British people when someone says a pun.

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miss veryvery @missveryvery.bsky.social · 6d

I inhaled a bunch of British comedy shows with panels of comedians and was blown away by how consistently what they all lost their shit over was a pun.

miss veryvery @missveryvery.bsky.social · 6d

Me, showing my British boss reference images for a scone for a London themed feature) should the scone look like this or this?

Boss, exhaling Britishly) ....that is a very controversial question.

Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social · 6d

I did a scientific test to see if cream first or jam first was correct, and here is my take:

🤍 cream first makes for easier application, but makes for a jam-dominated flavour

♥️ jam first is tricky - you have to smear the cream against the side of the scone - but the flavour is smooth and buttery

a plate of beautiful scones, jam, and clotted cream, being eyed up by a small thiefy fox plush (his name is fossage, like fox + sausage)

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miss veryvery @missveryvery.bsky.social · 6d

My parents didn't want me to learn because they didn't want me to have an accent. It was all about assimilation and passing.

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Sex Bob-Ombadil @dirtynerdy.bsky.social · 6d

nazis: the slurs on your app are being mean about our dead friend

bluesky: im so sorry, we’ll ban them

queer & PoC: hey bluesky, can you do something about these professional bigots?

bluesky: learn to code and moderate your own spaces

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miss veryvery @missveryvery.bsky.social · 6d

Want to do a Fallout 4 run where everything I do is determined by if the person is rude to me.

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miss veryvery @missveryvery.bsky.social · 6d

One time I was arguing with someone on twitter about canon Jason Todd info and said "I'm right about this, he's my son."

And he was like "what..."

"*me, realizing he's never heard that phrase before and was scared* I gave birth to him. He's my son."

And he evaporated.

CNBC @cnbc.com · 6d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

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miss veryvery @missveryvery.bsky.social · 6d

You're so cool though ;0;

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Kevin Carson 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇹🇯 @kevincarson1.bsky.social · 6d

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border ino.to/agDxSX2

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border

“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

ino.to

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miss veryvery @missveryvery.bsky.social · 6d

"ICE is superstitious" is incredible info.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 7d

wizard frog is insane

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Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.art · 6d

BSky hid @asukafield.xyz's transphobia mod list. 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

Blue Sky's interface for hidden moderation lists, saying the following: "This list, created by @asukafield.xyz , contains possible violations of Bluesky's community guidelines in its name or description." Offered choices are to unsubscribe or go back.

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miss veryvery @missveryvery.bsky.social · 6d

Went onto tumblr for 2 secs to make a poll. What. Who wants a podcast made by math?!??!

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miss veryvery @missveryvery.bsky.social · 6d

Your curls are so good!!!

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miss veryvery @missveryvery.bsky.social · 6d

I keep wanting my friends to show me how to drive but I have to keep taking medicine to calm down that makes it illegal for me to drive.

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miss veryvery @missveryvery.bsky.social · 6d

That was someone replying to them. I'm so tired of this. 3 more people blocked me after posting this, lmao

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miss veryvery @missveryvery.bsky.social · 6d

I think about this all the time

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miss veryvery @missveryvery.bsky.social · 6d

Saying "fictional work can't affect anything in reality" is not a good argument against censorship.

Most people will agree hate speech DOES. Thats why we want hate speech banned.

Social media companies will ban porn but NOT hate speech. Pointing out what is/isn't censored IS a good talking point.

miss veryvery @missveryvery.bsky.social · 6d

Ok I figured it out. (Do not bother them, I blacked out names for a reason).

Didn't say fictional porn was hate speech. At all.

Also, saying this literal argument of "fiction doesn't affect reality" isn't/wasn't repeated is wrong. I wasn't just randomly saying this, I said it because I saw it

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miss veryvery @missveryvery.bsky.social · 6d

Ok I figured it out. (Do not bother them, I blacked out names for a reason).

Didn't say fictional porn was hate speech. At all.

Also, saying this literal argument of "fiction doesn't affect reality" isn't/wasn't repeated is wrong. I wasn't just randomly saying this, I said it because I saw it

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