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R.W. Meadors @rwmeadors.bsky.social · 14h

I’ve been 41 for less than one whole day, and I gotta say, so far it’s not been great.

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 2d

I find it very difficult to breakdance under these conditions.

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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 4d

*photo of an attractive celebrity doing absolutely nothing*

“Look at this absolute master of mog-farming rizz-pissing! Has anyone EVER gaze-glazed harder than this glistening lustchungus???”

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R.W. Meadors @rwmeadors.bsky.social · 3d

Of all the one hit wonders, Come on Eileen is the wonder that hits most oncely.

R.W. Meadors @rwmeadors.bsky.social · 4d

🎵Ba na na na
Ba na na na
Hey hey hey
You’re fruit🎵

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 7d

a flow-chart with 2 islands. "Do I need AI?" that flows into a final island saying "No"

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 7d

No one ever suspects you have a mouth full of bees until it's too late...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10d

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

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JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 10d

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 12d

Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens.

Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.

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R.W. Meadors @rwmeadors.bsky.social · 13d

I have one kid, and he would ask for that meal all on his own!

R.W. Meadors @rwmeadors.bsky.social · 13d

They don’t make number 3 anymore, and wow that sounded a lot dirtier when I typed it out.

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R.W. Meadors @rwmeadors.bsky.social · 13d

LIVE was great back in the 90s. But I don’t really need that in my life in 2025.

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 14d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Semi-regular reminder that a sane country would have already impeached and removed. But then again a sane country wouldn’t have elected a maniac criminal twice in the first place.

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R.W. Meadors @rwmeadors.bsky.social · 15d

Me and the kiddo need one of these! We’ve got all manner of tokens and counters and dice floating around in various little bags and it’s utter nonsense.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15d

To Donald Trump, “doing his job” means censoring, deporting, and killing people so, no, I would not like Donald Trump to “do his job.”

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 16d

We know Donald Trump watches a lot of television, so I want to say this directly to Donald Trump:

Turn off the tv and do your job.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Trump's UN speech was his most embarrassing showing since the "DON'T TAKE TYLENOL" one

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onion person @junlper.beer · 18d

i think everyone needs to get a lot less religious

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Jason Marbach @marbach.bsky.social · 20d

Democracy may be dead, but Sbarro still exists and that’s almost the same thing, right?

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R.W. Meadors @rwmeadors.bsky.social · 20d

I’m in the Druid shop.

I’m in the Sbarro.

I’m in the combination Druid shop/Sbarro.

With @marbach.bsky.social

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onion person @junlper.beer · 20d

the fact that a sitting US president is talking about antifascism being terrorism should tell you a lot about what he thinks his own government represents

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 21d

Censorship never stops with just one book, one newspaper, one person. The end goal of censorship is always complete control.

For Christ's sake, Kimmel just showed a video of the President's own words.

Stop capitulating. It will never save you in the end.

Dan Nguyen @dancow.bsky.social · 21d

lmao. LMAO even

usatoday article:

usatoday.com
After Kimmel suspension, Trump sets sights on Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers: 'Do It NBC!'
Anna Kaufman
USA TODAY
Updated Sept. 18, 2025, 11:59 a.m. ET

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 21d

The midterm elections will be like a carpool where half want to drive to the movies and half want to drive off a cliff. Even if movies win, you’re still buckled in with cliff people.

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