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🇮🇪 rae (rachel) 🏳️‍🌈 @smoltittynerdgf.bsky.social · 4h

also where I live no one even does that!!!! they all said they would and turns out they were all just lying

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bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 1d

even the smartest folks whose takes i otherwise appreciate, who otherwise want to resist fascism themselves & encourage others to, find wearing a mask in, at least, public indoor spaces—to prevent the harms of this administration from impacting others—to be a bridge too far; it’s shameful, frankly.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

yeah, i think a commitment to public health obligates you to get vaccinated and, when you are sick, do what you can to avoid spreading that to other people. the demand that one mask at all times in public spaces is, i think, unreasonable.

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🇮🇪 rae (rachel) 🏳️‍🌈 @smoltittynerdgf.bsky.social · 4h

i don't think all of these people are college-aged but i think more of them are college-aged than it seems. right-wing college students have a thing for dressing like 40 year old politicians for some reason

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🇮🇪 rae (rachel) 🏳️‍🌈 @smoltittynerdgf.bsky.social · 4h

if you see a cis white guy who wears a suit to college chances are his politics are atrocious

kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 6h

Look at all those “college aged kids” texting each other “I love Hitler.”

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 6h

Greta Thunberg: “Israeli soldiers hit, kicked, starved, and tortured me”

• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked

Aftonbladet: tinyurl.com/a33vxatc

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🇮🇪 rae (rachel) 🏳️‍🌈 @smoltittynerdgf.bsky.social · 8h

annoyed that middle school doesn't exist in ireland because what other word is there to describe that very distinct aspect of your life other than "middle school years"

🇮🇪 rae (rachel) 🏳️‍🌈 @smoltittynerdgf.bsky.social · 9h

they did (and still do) what you'd expect from a youtuber duo in the mid 2010s. they have a gaming channel. they did storytime videos. they did react videos. they did sketches. they had a live show. dan was the sarcastic one. phil was the bubbly one. they were the quintessential 2010s tumblr boys.

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🇮🇪 rae (rachel) 🏳️‍🌈 @smoltittynerdgf.bsky.social · 9h

dan and phil are just vloggers aimed at young teenage girls. their appeal is that young teenage girls like that they're vaguely emo but non-threatening attractive young men with a lot of chemistry (for obvious reasons, they were dating the whole time). that's pretty much their entire deal.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 1d

I’m very very tired of “living in fear” being lobbed at maskwearers by people who frequently say they can’t wear one because no one else around them is.

Living in fear is ignoring science and endangering lives and your own health because you’re terrified of not fitting in.

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🇮🇪 rae (rachel) 🏳️‍🌈 @smoltittynerdgf.bsky.social · 1d

can someone get me a time machine to 10 years ago so i can tell 13 year old me that phan has been canon the whole time

🇮🇪 rae (rachel) 🏳️‍🌈 @smoltittynerdgf.bsky.social · 1d

my cat is so lucky i'm home 7 days a week this year

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

these people know how extreme they are

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🇮🇪 rae (rachel) 🏳️‍🌈 @smoltittynerdgf.bsky.social · 1d

all causes of the "male loneliness crisis" either affect everyone regardless of gender or are men's own fault. why do they insist that they get special attention?

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🇮🇪 rae (rachel) 🏳️‍🌈 @smoltittynerdgf.bsky.social · 1d

ftr i think they should still do that and it's weird that they only allow certain shows without any solid criteria. i used to think they only allowed miniseries but they didn't remove shows like squid game, loki, and jujutsu kaisen after they got 2nd and even 3rd seasons. so just add all shows then.

🇮🇪 rae (rachel) 🏳️‍🌈 @smoltittynerdgf.bsky.social · 1d

so has letterboxd changed their mind about adding tv series or are they still doing that?

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🇮🇪 rae (rachel) 🏳️‍🌈 @smoltittynerdgf.bsky.social · 1d

picture of her NOT kneading on my palm

my cat rusty curled up on my lap with her head in my palm

🇮🇪 rae (rachel) 🏳️‍🌈 @smoltittynerdgf.bsky.social · 1d

my cat has taken to kneading on my palm. baby please don't do that.

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Kat @ghoulpepper.bsky.social · 1d

I've always hated the "They must have been on drugs when they made this" response to any kind of weird or unusual art.

But there's a new phrase I hate more. "Where's the Sora watermark? This can't be real!"

It's the worst way to erase human creativity and weirdness.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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🇮🇪 rae (rachel) 🏳️‍🌈 @smoltittynerdgf.bsky.social · 2d

how easy it is to type out fractions. also, it's nice to be able to fingercount. without worrying about fingercounting I would consider going up to 30 or 60 but I do think the ability to fingercount is pretty important for a numbering system

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🇮🇪 rae (rachel) 🏳️‍🌈 @smoltittynerdgf.bsky.social · 2d

i got dd/mm/yyyy by changing my app language to british english

🇮🇪 rae (rachel) 🏳️‍🌈 @smoltittynerdgf.bsky.social · 2d

is there a way to change date order from mm/dd/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy or yyyy/mm/dd on bluesky? if not get on with that, most of the world uses dd/mm/yyyy

🇮🇪 rae (rachel) 🏳️‍🌈 @smoltittynerdgf.bsky.social · 2d

hate to disappoint you but jan misali has since converted me into becoming a heximal proponent 😔

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JonBOOnét Rumsfeld @jonbenetrumsfeld.blacksky.app · 2d

this is christine flowers
shes an immigration lawyer here in philly and she has something to say about first nation people here in the US

Lets make her famous

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 4d

I sometimes read old gaming magazines and stumbled upon this "babe of the year" section from Playstation: The Official Magazine.

If I was the editor I would have gently suggested this writer be put down like a rabid dog

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🇮🇪 rae (rachel) 🏳️‍🌈 @smoltittynerdgf.bsky.social · 2d

universities should be accessible to the point that disabled people would not need to ever disclose their disability in order to get the accommodations they need. the fact that you need to out yourself as disabled to be able to get basic accommodations is deplorable.