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dumbcat @dumbcat.bsky.social · 59m

here's what it looks like as a gif

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dumbcat @dumbcat.bsky.social · 1h

the expressions was beautiful,
had to make them into wojak(s)

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Steven Alleyn @stevenalleyn.ca · 2h

100% pure comedy. Perfect timing. No notes.

onion person @junlper.beer · 5h

might be one of the funniest videos i’ve ever seen

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 6h

Dear CBS News personalities: The Canadians' ad did not portray Reagan's tariff policy fraudulently, and you do not have to repeat the president's false characterization of it.

Or if your new boss insists that you do, you can at least point out that it's false.

www.cbsnews.com/news/scott-b...

MARGARET BRENNAN: Understood. We'll talk to Hakeem Jeffries later in the program. I want to ask you about what the President just announced in regard to Canada. Today, the President said he wants to raise tariffs on Mexico. Yesterday, he said he's going to raise tariffs on Canada by 10%. He blames what he called a fraudulent ad that featured Ronald Reagan advocate- advocating for free trade. It was put up by the province of Ontario. Is this ad really the issue here, or is it just a tactic in this negotiation? Does the President want the USMCA free trade deal renegotiated, or is he looking to do two separate deals, one with Canada, one with Mexico?

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Steven Alleyn @stevenalleyn.ca · 6h

Man it’s always a weird little thrill to see my own name on a ballot.

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Steven Alleyn @stevenalleyn.ca · 22h

All the U-Haul vehicles here in Quebec are registered in Arizona which is how I knew that lol

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Steven Alleyn @stevenalleyn.ca · 23h

I need someone with more software & electronics chops than me to take some open source robot vacuum software and convert an old Electrolux vacuum into a robot

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Steven Alleyn @stevenalleyn.ca · 23h

Usually just means rental cars

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.

armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social · 1d

More from the scene

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Steven Alleyn @stevenalleyn.ca · 1d

I spent 12yrs working in a call centre & literally every single meeting and coaching I did with my people started with “what’s something positive going on in your life this week?” because the job was so negative I felt it was important to be able to focus on good things.

It really does take a toll.

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe we can use this to motivate the worst ordinary people in the country to join the cause! "Hey! Are you the sort of miserable person who yells at people working service jobs because it makes you feel slightly less bad? Have you considered putting that energy somewhere where people will applaud?"

Sara Hates Hockey @helmerroids.bsky.social · 1d

Ask anyone who has worked at a call center.

Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of folks may think that just yelling at ICE agents is ineffective, but consider the cumulative psychological toll of being yelled at EVERY DAY when trying to do shit. Even the biggest asshole in the world who doesn't give a shit about other people will feel the pressure.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

The president announces an arbitrary price hike on Americans because his feelings are hurt by an ad accurately quoting Ronald Reagan’s criticism of tariffs

Canada was caught, red handed, putting up a fraudulent advertisement on Ronald Reagan’s Speech on Tariffs. The Reagan Foundation said that they, “created an ad campaign using selective audio and video of President Ronald Reagan. The ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address,” and “did not seek nor receive permission to use and edit the remarks. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is reviewing its legal options in this matter.” The sole purpose of this FRAUD was Canada’s hope that the United States Supreme Court will come to their “rescue” on Tariffs that they have used for years to hurt the United States. Now the United States is able to defend itself against high and overbearing Canadian Tariffs (and those from the rest of the World as well!). Ronald Reagan LOVED Tariffs for purposes of National Security and the Economy, but Canada said he didn’t! Their Advertisement was to be taken down, IMMEDIATELY, but they let it run last night during the World Series, knowing that it was a FRAUD. Because of their serious misrepresentation of the facts, and hostile act, I am increasing the Tariff on Canada by 10% over and above what they are paying now. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Steven Alleyn @stevenalleyn.ca · 1d

Blep alert!

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Chuck Tee @chutry.bsky.social · 1d

This is perfect. RIP to one of the greats.

Kevin Daly @kevinddaly.bsky.social · 1d

From June Lockhart’s NY Times obit.

RIP to a real one.

A political liberal, Ms. Lockhart had no illusions about the good old days. In a 2004 interview with The New York Times, she recalled a connection "Lassie" script writers had with McCarthy-era blacklisting.

"When people come up to me and say, 'Well, sure wish we had wonderful American shows like that the way we used to in the '50s;
I say: 'Let me tell you who wrote those scripts' Yes, they were good Americans, and they were in jail."

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Steven Alleyn @stevenalleyn.ca · 1d

*vice versa

Steven Alleyn @stevenalleyn.ca · 1d

I’ve been blocked by and have blocked plenty of people who I generally agree with but who either found me insufferable or versa. You’re 100% right about keeping it simple

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Big Bad Booty Daddy @bamaslymm.blacksky.app · 2d

I just talked to my cousin in prison. He's been in prison since the 80's.

Told him that white folks were trying to push a candidate with a totenkopf tattoo.

He said, "Them skulls the Aryans wear??"

Narrator @narratively.bsky.social · 2d

*until he was told the meaning of the obscure Nazi symbol that only Nazi buffs and historians would have recognized.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 2d

Degenerate art (German: Entartete Kunst) was a term adopted in the 1920s by the Nazi Party in Germany to describe modern art. During the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler, German modernist art, including many

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 3d

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Steven Alleyn @stevenalleyn.ca · 2d

Il semble assez clair que le PQ doit se départir de PSPP et sa philosophie. C’est une question morale, pas une question politique.

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Steven Alleyn @stevenalleyn.ca · 2d

J’étais tellement content de voir un politicien aussi important que Labeaume avoir le courage de le dénoncer. C’est une voix que nul ne peut ignorer. Pas pour rien que PSPP a déchiré sa chemise sur la place publique après.

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Emily @emilyonhere.gay · 2d

(explaining urban planning to an american) imagine no burger but it’s a good thing…

Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 3d

A Burger King becomes 31 new homes in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago

Before-and-after collage of the same Chicago corner.
Top image, labeled “2021”: a low Burger King with drive-thru sits behind a wide asphalt parking lot; fall trees with sparse leaves and a tall residential tower are visible at left.
Bottom image, labeled “2025”: the site has a new four-story red-and-tan brick condominium building with black-framed windows and recessed balconies; cars line the curb and a few people stand near the entrance; the same tall tower appears at left in the distance.

https://chicagoyimby.com/2025/08/condominium-development-nears-completion-on-irving-park-road-in-lake-view.html

What the linked article says (quick take)
• The project is 3951 Wayne, a 31-unit condo building at 1323 W Irving Park Rd (Irving Park & Wayne) on the former Burger King site. A demo permit for the restaurant was issued Jan 2024; construction approvals followed about three months later, with foundation work starting the next summer; the building is nearing completion as of Aug 6, 2025.
• Homes are mainly 3- and 4-bedroom units averaging ~2,000 sq ft, each with private outdoor space; balconies include built-in grills. There’s a garage with 31 indoor spaces and a shared roof deck above it.
• Pricing noted on site begins in the upper $900k range, with larger units listed up to the high $1.3M range; several units are already under contract.
• Transit: within a block of CTA 22 and 80 buses; ~½ mile to Sheridan (Red Line) and Irving Park (Brown Line); 9/X9 buses stop at Ashland Ave a few blocks west.

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Beowulf Rochlen @beowulfrochlen.bsky.social · 2d

Visibly Bruised Pete Hegseth Declares Wobbly Barstools Threat To National Security theonion.com/visibly-brui...

Visibly Bruised Pete Hegseth Declares Wobbly Barstools Threat To National Security

WASHINGTON—Occasionally pausing to rub his bleeding temple as he delivered the statement, visibly bruised Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth declared Friday that wobbly barstools were a threat to natio...

theonion.com

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Steven Alleyn @stevenalleyn.ca · 2d

Fucking Tories. I have never understood how a political philosophy that has as its guiding principle making things worse for almost everyone continues to win elections

Jonathan Goldsbie @goldsbie.bsky.social · 3d

The Ford government has announced plans to shred a bunch of tenant protections: news.ontario.ca/assets/files... (pdf, see p. 13-15)

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