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Chance Townsend @offbrandchance.bsky.social · 2d

LeBron James' 'Second Decision' is another example of pervasive celebrity ad culture

LeBron James' Second Decision announcement turned about to be an ad for Hennessy. It's yet another example of pervasive celebrity ad culture.

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Chance Townsend @offbrandchance.bsky.social · 2d

Two new features out: one on annoying celebrity ad culture and the other on the terminally online and annoying Trump cabinet. S/O @ryangeddie.bsky.social for his help on this one

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Trump administration wields X like a weapon

Trump cabinet members and his administration's departments use X to hurl insults and push their nativist agenda.

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Chance Townsend @offbrandchance.bsky.social · 11d

Bengals game was genuinely miserable to watch 🫩

Chance Townsend @offbrandchance.bsky.social · May 15

Small little feature about the terrifying reality of AI when it comes to scamming and catfishing. Please read 🙂‍↕️

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This OnlyFans model found her photos on Reddit — with someone else's face

AI may be taking catfishing to a whole other level.

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Mashable @mashable.com · Apr 28

Researchers claiming to be with the University of Zurich used AI bots to generate thousands of comments in r/changemyview.

Anonymous researchers used AI bots to experiment on a Reddit debate subreddit

Researchers claiming to be with the University of Zurich used AI bots to generate thousands of comments in r/changemyview.

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Chance Townsend @offbrandchance.bsky.social · Apr 8

bring back large groups of muscular men in loincloths that speak on the glory of battle and the ritual of mortality

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Chance Townsend @offbrandchance.bsky.social · Apr 8

The people yearn for the oars. bring back boats powered by hundreds of dudes rowing rhythmically to a drum beat

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Chance Townsend @offbrandchance.bsky.social · Apr 5

This will be the first ever non title 1v1 women’s match at WrestleMania in 19 years

Also the first ever 1v1 women’s match at WrestleMania with no stipulation or title involved

Fightful Wrestling @fightful.com · Apr 5

Naomi vs Jade Cargill is set for #WrestleMania

LET'S GO!

#SmackDown

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Chance Townsend @offbrandchance.bsky.social · Apr 3

The Oprah Show and it’s consequences have been disastrous for the human race

Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · Apr 3

Senator Ron Wyden on Dr. Oz:

"If confirmed, the person running the Medicare program thinks it's acceptable to not pay the taxes he owes into the program he's running."

Dr. Oz is unfit.

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inaeoh.bsky.social @inaeoh.bsky.social · Mar 17

I'm a young mom who now smells like a sandwich and looks like a wreck. So, Botox and fillers are certainly top of mind.

But for MAGA, something...different...seems to be happening. And American politics, like our faces, may never recover.

In your face: The brutal aesthetics of MAGA

Does proximity to power rely on a specific look?

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · Mar 12

I did my first in-person panel ever this evening, please clap.

À white woman wearing a mask and white top

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · Mar 10

the feminine urge to

Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars'

Jay Graber dunks on Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning his name.

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Chance Townsend @offbrandchance.bsky.social · Mar 11

Hahaha hey I wrote that 🤩 thank u @jay.bsky.team

Chance Townsend @offbrandchance.bsky.social · Mar 10

likewise!

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JP Acosta @acosta32jp.bsky.social · Mar 7

Nico Harrison might be a bigger villain than 2009 Randy Orton

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Chance Townsend @offbrandchance.bsky.social · Feb 25

It’s 2005 and Detroit is good again. Come over. We’re gonna eat pizza rolls and watch the Pistons game in my basement and then play Halo 2 co-op on legendary

Detroit Pistons @detroitpistons.bsky.social · Feb 25

Make that 7 in a row for the DETROIT PISTONS!

#DetroitPistons #NBA

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Chance Townsend @offbrandchance.bsky.social · Feb 17

ngl Frank Underwood woulda never let this happen

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Chance Townsend @offbrandchance.bsky.social · Feb 9

I love my cat ❤️

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Chance Townsend @offbrandchance.bsky.social · Dec 3

Gonna travel back in time and show Issac Newton a “Best NBA dunks” compilation so I can thank him for discovering gravity

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Chance Townsend @offbrandchance.bsky.social · Nov 25

This is gonna hit like crack #AEW

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Chance Townsend @offbrandchance.bsky.social · Nov 25

Why’d it take me so long to get a crockpot

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Henry Carnell @hencarnell.bsky.social · Nov 24

Rewatching Modern Family for the first time since I was a literal child and reflecting immensity of it’s impact on gay rights/acceptance

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Chance Townsend @offbrandchance.bsky.social · Nov 24

Death, Taxes and A&M going 8-4. Thank you Auburn 🤘🏾

Chance Townsend @offbrandchance.bsky.social · Nov 24

What happened to phrasing?

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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · Nov 22

BREAKING: Tulsi Gabbard is on a TSA watch list because of her suspicious foreign travel patterns

Maybe — just maybe, hear me out here — the nominee for Director of National Intelligence should NOT be someone who made a TSA watch list for her suspicious foreign travel patterns

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