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technophobia.bsky.social @technophobia.bsky.social · 2h

I'm 46 and the only reason we own is because of a hefty down payment gift from my folks.

technophobia.bsky.social @technophobia.bsky.social · 2h

One of the many graphs where economic outcomes start diverging wildly, and you can put Ronald Fucking Reagan's face right on the inflection point.

John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 2h

The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.

In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 6h

Your worth isn't linked to your productivity.

Just reminding others, because sometimes, I forget, too.

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technophobia.bsky.social @technophobia.bsky.social · 4h

Yep. I had some republican tendencies when I was younger, but as @fritokal.bsky.social likes to joke, she happened to me. :)

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technophobia.bsky.social @technophobia.bsky.social · 5h

Seriously. As an AMAB (who passes for male) on the cusp between Gen X and millenial, I can tell you that I never had a libertarian phase, much less nazi. The plural of anecdote is NOT data.

amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 9h

i actually don’t think the “average” american millennial man had a nazi phase. it’s not some boys will be boys shit. this makes me side eye you and your friend group, sounds like a personal problem

The average American millennial man has been a neocon, a pacifist, a liberal, a libertarian, a communist, a nazi, and I believe now most of us are back around to liberal again. This isn't a defense of platner it's just weird how normal this shit is for guys that age.

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technophobia.bsky.social @technophobia.bsky.social · 5h

Well, technically not at Blizzcon, but you will have people you know/like coming to see you. :)

technophobia.bsky.social @technophobia.bsky.social · 6h

Stop scrolling and post two (I did three) characters that bring you happiness.

technophobia.bsky.social @technophobia.bsky.social · 6h

That is fantastic looking. Your artist did a bang-up job.

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technophobia.bsky.social @technophobia.bsky.social · 7h

Man, this reminds me I should start looking at getting a few more (I've got 3 currently, with 3-4 more concepts in various stages of design)

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technophobia.bsky.social @technophobia.bsky.social · 21h

Mine walked by me and saw the shocked Pikachu gif on my screen, and was like "oh, you know that meme?" and my soul left my body

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technophobia.bsky.social @technophobia.bsky.social · 1d

It's time to light the candles
It's time to search the night
It's time to banish demons
on the Malys show tonight...

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technophobia.bsky.social @technophobia.bsky.social · 1d

Look, it's a lot. I am Lyrics Georg adn should not have been counted

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 4d

Name a Song you can Sing from Memory.

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DESIGN THINKING! Comic @designthinking.lol · 1d

With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.

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technophobia.bsky.social @technophobia.bsky.social · 1d

I just heard an ad for UnitedHealth plans, and almost had to pull over from laughing about Luigi

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 1d

i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w

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Ash Parrish @adashtra.bsky.social · 1d

People have to have some life defining conflict to feel like life's worth anything. For most of us that conflict is simply capitalism and it is no surprise that the people who have "beaten" capitalism are in a level of crazy we cannot comprehend.

Doctor Hurdy Gurdy @notarealdoctor.bsky.social · Aug 27

BABE WAKE UP! New brain worm copy pasta just dropped!

A screenshot from the account of Instagram user timeline.alchemy. A woman sits with her back to the camera on the edge of a perfectly still pool at the other side of the pool from the viewer. The woman and the pool overlook an idyllic countryside of hills, forests, fields, and farms. In white text over the blue sky the text reads "you can't scare me. I'm a Connecticut hedge fund wife whose lifestyle was obliterated by sudden onset clairvoyance that started showing me evil spirits behind the veil."

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technophobia.bsky.social @technophobia.bsky.social · 1d

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technophobia.bsky.social @technophobia.bsky.social · 1d

93/100! Grades just posted.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 2d

They had told Newsom to keep I-5 open during this stunt.

John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social · 2d

An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

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fae⁷ @onthistangent.bsky.social · 2d

I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭

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technophobia.bsky.social @technophobia.bsky.social · 2d

It went pretty well - I think I probably missed at least one of the multiple choice (of about 30) but I feel good about the rest and the short answer, so fingers crossed.

Looks like the chili went fast!

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technophobia.bsky.social @technophobia.bsky.social · 2d

I think they're unironically using "look at what she was wearing"

technophobia.bsky.social @technophobia.bsky.social · 2d

oh myyyyyyyyyyy

The text "UST is interested in you" in bold from an email title, followed by "Hi Matthew"

technophobia.bsky.social @technophobia.bsky.social · 3d

The fact that the Marine Corps birthday is over three weeks away (11/10) is what makes the Big Boys Doing Big Boy Stuff even more sus to me.

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technophobia.bsky.social @technophobia.bsky.social · 3d

(this is how I've been pumping myself up before all my exams in this masters program, and it seems to be working so far...)