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Tess @invisiblethemes.bsky.social · 5h

TAYLOR IS REFERENCING “BREAD & CIRCUSES” THAT IS WHY THERE IS ALL THE BREAD IT IS PANEM ET CIRCENSES!!! IT ALL MAKES SENSE TO ME NOW

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Bread and circuses
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This article is about a concept in political satire. For other uses, see Bread and Circuses (disambiguation).
"Bread and circuses" (or "bread and games"; from Latin: panem et circenses) is a metonymic phrase referring to superficial appeasement. It is attributed to Juvenal (Satires, Satire X), a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century CE, and is used commonly in cultural, particularly political, contexts.
In a political context, the phrase means to generate public approval, not by excellence in public service or public policy, but by diversion, distraction, or by satisfying the most immediate or base requirements of a populace, 111 by offering a palliative: for example food (bread) or entertainment (circuses). Juvenal originally used it to decry the "selfishness" of

Different screenshots of Taylor making bread puns or handing out bread to people

Taylor behind the scenes of The Fate of Ophelia MV and there’s a fire breather with a plume of fire behind her

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loverofthesun.bsky.social @loverofthesun.bsky.social · 20h

Chattttt….

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Ally 💙💜💖🌈 @thinkaboutmelor.bsky.social · 13h

Lance bass posted this with the caption “ there were signs..”

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Ally 💙💜💖🌈 @thinkaboutmelor.bsky.social · 19h

What? Are they giving backstory of why? Is he about to come out?

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WeNeedtoCalmDwn @weneededtocalmdwn.bsky.social · 1d

WHATDOYOUMEAN

billboard @billboard.com · 1d

Taylor Swift Will Return to ‘Tonight Show’ In Special Encore Edition With Extended Interview

Taylor Swift will return to 'The Tonight Show' on Friday (Oct. 10) for an encore edition of her Monday sit-down featuring an extended interview.

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Ally 💙💜💖🌈 @thinkaboutmelor.bsky.social · 1d

+1 for Boston or I would also suggest Rhode Island

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Ally 💙💜💖🌈 @thinkaboutmelor.bsky.social · 1d

Prob best to not be in a red state tho

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Ally 💙💜💖🌈 @thinkaboutmelor.bsky.social · 1d

Yep

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Ally 💙💜💖🌈 @thinkaboutmelor.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sorry I just saw a screen cap of the full shot that became the cover and imma need a minute. 😲

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TSCUniversity 🎓💟 @tscuniversity13.bsky.social · 1d

Taylor Swift taping the Late Night with Seth Meyers interview, out soon @ 12:35 AM EST on NBC. Taylor wears two Ophelia-like floral pieces by designer Jackson Wiederhoeft, who has been dubbed as “the high priest of corsets made in New York.” 🫶

Taylor Swift, sitting on a gray chair, wearing a corset shaped, strapless, top and skirt with multi colored metallic flowers.

Taylor Swift sitting on a gray chair wearing a corset shaped, strapless top and a jewel toned necklace. Her hair is styled long and wavy, possibly wearing extensions or a wig.

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Ally 💙💜💖🌈 @thinkaboutmelor.bsky.social · 2d

Same day?

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Ally 💙💜💖🌈 @thinkaboutmelor.bsky.social · 2d

Uhhh I’m visiting my sibling in San Diego and they just got in waitlisted for Chappell so I’m seeing Chappell on Friday?!

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Ally 💙💜💖🌈 @thinkaboutmelor.bsky.social · 2d

I literally said in the theater it’s Taylor talking to her queerness

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 3d

Any trans person who begins their transition today is exhibiting more courage than most people will in their entire lives.

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MC😴 @mcpants.bsky.social · 2d

Oh this was released the day the album was TO SHOW THAT IT HAS BEEN FAKE THE WHOLE TIME!!!!!!

RIP Snaggle Tooth @edgel0r.bsky.social · 2d

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Um…. Guys…. At 14 there’s just so much you can’t do and you can’t wait to move out one day and call your own shots…….. . . ..

Taylor Swift: The Life of a Schoolgirl (2004 lost footage)

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Allison @dorothea-ah-ah.bsky.social · 2d

Happy International Lesbian Day! We love you all so very much.

Two lesbians marching holding a sign that says, “A DAY WITHOUT LESBIANS, IS LIKE DAY WITHOUT SUNSHINE! “

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Ally 💙💜💖🌈 @thinkaboutmelor.bsky.social · 2d

I think there’s a few possibilities about what she could have meant vs how the public is reading it, and possibly satire etc but it also doesn’t absolve her from the fact that this is how ppl are understandably taking it and it causing harm.

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Hey kids🏳️‍🌈Spelling is fun! @spellingisfunlor13.bsky.social · 2d

Wait and there was one in the 2022 book?? But this one is her questioning if she should ruin the friendship and then the 2024 one is her regretting ruining the friendship and then the song is her aging do it?? Does the new book say anything about this??

the lavender haze by june bates
is it worth it to risk the friendship? what if it could be love? what if it's not enough?

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Ally 💙💜💖🌈 @thinkaboutmelor.bsky.social · 2d

Please send good vibes, I flew home to hopefully help my sibling out of the 7th pit of despair and hopefully it will be enough to keep them here.

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ur dream girls dream girl 💕 @urdreamgirlsdream.bsky.social · 2d

“i don’t need to catch the bouquet to know a hard rock is on the way” ➡️ “thank u for the lovely bouquet, im married to the hustle & now i know the life of a showgirl & i’ll never know another… wouldn’t have it any other way”

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Roxi Horror 💀🌸 @roxiqt.com · 3d

Taylor Swift was on a podcast talking about how people who are gluten free can eat sourdough. Anyways, as a person with Celiac, I can confidently say "no the fuck we can't." Sourdough bread is not gluten free. Do not feed sourdough bread to gluten intolerant people or people who have Celiac.

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the7wivesofRH⸆⸉ ❤️‍🔥 @the7wivesofrh.bsky.social · 2d

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WonderWanderWoman @wonderwanderwoman.bsky.social · 2d

In Wood, she censors the beginning of a word which is speculated to be 'dickmatized' but she only ever says 'ah-matized'

This is my thread on all the other options that could be inserted, starting with my favorite option:

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Ally 💙💜💖🌈 @thinkaboutmelor.bsky.social · 2d

Sending you love I’m so sorry for your loss

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Louisville Public Media @lpm.org · 2d

Data from the study shows one county jail in Kentucky had contracted with ICE to hold roughly 120 detainees in January. By August, nine county jails held more than 900. www.lpm.org/news/2025-10...

Report: Kentucky jails contracting with ICE have 659% increase in detainees this year

Data from the study shows one county jail in Kentucky had contracted with ICE to hold roughly 120 detainees in January. By August, nine county jails held more than 900.

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