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GlacierClear @glacierclear.bsky.social · 6h

fat boy

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George @georgem.bsky.social · 20h

online in general is about the crucial authenticity of our whining and the sinister frivolity of everyone else's whining

Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 20h

Commenter today pretty much nailed it: "Online fandom seems to be build on believing your team will lose and being annoyed when the media says your team will lose."

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rokuchan @rokuchan.bsky.social · 15h

I think it'd be boring on the page, and the story is dumb. But damn I'm signed up for anything with Crazy Ass Powers

(You can see how I ended up loving DDT. Is there really so much difference between the Vacuum Butt Cannon and the time Trans-Am Hiroshi channelled too much chi into Dieno's ass)

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rokuchan @rokuchan.bsky.social · 15h

Tbh I actually don't think it's sexy at all but I DO think I would watch the hell out of that sport. Water! Unique ring designs! Stupid anime power bullshit! Ideal

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rokuchan @rokuchan.bsky.social · 15h

Every so often I remember how much I enjoyed Keijo, which probably says something about me

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Penny Merman @idesofmerch.bsky.social · 19h

A series of images I found on my computer labeled "Wrestling solutions."

A roof shaped ring, utilizing an incline. Probably deadly.

A full sized ring inside of a double sized ring. Why not? What do you have to lose?

A ring with vertical ring ropes, attached to an unsecured light fixture. An OSHA violation for sure.

A ring with 9 turnbuckles, instead of the customary 3. This one is fine, no one would have a problem with this one except a whiner.

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rokuchan @rokuchan.bsky.social · 17h

If you're wondering, they're very excited about more Dorohedoro

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 20h

A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 1d

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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rokuchan @rokuchan.bsky.social · 23h

Realised today that I've reached a point where fully 100% of my anime news comes via pro wrestlers

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rokuchan @rokuchan.bsky.social · 1d

4 issues? That's bizarre when most comics in my experience do 6, maybe I'm out of touch

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, happy 88th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians – and someone concussed him with a brick

A man in a suit stands at a microphone which has been mounted on the roof of a van. There are loudspeakers at his feet, and a building behind him. He has an arm raised, and is flinching as projectiles are hurled at him, because he's a fucking Nazi

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brawls @brawlite.badvibes.party · 1d

ao3 kudos emails are a beautiful reminder of how fandom is so everlasting. like, someone might read smth i wrote over a decade ago, rejoicing in a new fandom for the very first time, & i may have forgotten that singular joy, but someone will follow in my footsteps. and it's right there in my inbox.

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rokuchan @rokuchan.bsky.social · 1d

My poor cold tummy

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 1d

has anyone lost a rap battle as thoroughly as drake www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

Drake lost the rap battle with Kendrick Lamar, judge rules

Judge Jeannette A. Vargas dismissed Drake’s defamation claim against Kendrick Lamar for “Not Like Us,” a song that “contains lyrics explicitly accusing Drake of being a pedophile, set to a catchy beat...

www.theverge.com

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rokuchan @rokuchan.bsky.social · 1d

Wrestler Hiromu Takahashi says "First of all, I truly believe that cats can save the world."

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phylan @phylan.website · 1d

I don't think they should be allowed to do that

Rob Friedman @pitchingninja.com · 1d

All 8 of the Blue Jays Pitchers from Yesterday (overlay)

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Mick 🪴 @captcomb.bsky.social · 1d

I asked my coworker yesterday if he was excited about his Trader Joe’s EVA Unit 01 bag and there was this pause before he went “…MOM????”

Trader Joe’s Halloween mini canvas tote. Black with purple bottom, lime green handles and orange embroidered text

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 1d

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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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 1d

Whenever anyone says how much of the U.S. economy is tied to AI right now, I'm like...damn, what if a single rich person had any idea other than "try to zero out labor costs through theft."

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Ebil @ebil.bsky.social · 2d

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#ficwip @ficwip.bsky.social · Sep 1

our original discord event returns today! The Fic That Haunts You is a 3-month event challenging us to make progress on fics we think about a lot but never work on. we'll attempt to get past this by identifying what's getting in our way & making plans to get past it.

tinyurl.com/tfthy2025

the fic that haunts you | Notion

Ready to declare your TFTHY? Toggle this line! ✨

tinyurl.com

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rokuchan @rokuchan.bsky.social · 2d

Not the only marriage to come out of that forum, either

But also all my current friendships bar one IRL friendship are due to social media. I know why people are down on social media but I don't think you realize how lonely life was before the internet.

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rokuchan @rokuchan.bsky.social · 2d

Met my husband on a forum, which was like social media but worse

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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rokuchan @rokuchan.bsky.social · 2d

me: damn why does my arm hurt like I got a flu shot
me of less than two hours ago: stoked to get my flu shot

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Thistle @thistleburr.bsky.social · 2d

I don't think I ever posted this sketch here?

A loose fountain pen sketch of Kasai about to kiss El Desperado after their match at Death Pain Invi, drawn on dot-gridded planner paper. Kasai's eyes are closed, and Despe is holding roses in one hand and has the junior heavyweight belt over his shoulder.

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