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Bear @tropicsbear.bsky.social · 1d

I got so hyped at the sampaguita wings!! 😂

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 1d

Mr Laos. Just when you though this year was a bit quiet on the insanely huge, bedazzled, symbolic costumes along comes Mr Laos and blows everyone else out of the water. This is insane, but it's also *so* good.

A photo of a contestant at Mister Global 2025

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 1d

Mr Philippines is the only one this year that even comes close to Mr Laos in terms of the giant amazing outfit. It's a very different approach to that kind of look but it's spectacular.

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Motzie Dapul @motzied.bsky.social · 2d

Help us bring this STUNNING Filipino horror to life by supporting the PINOY MONSTER HORROR ANTHOLOGY on Kickstarter! Funding ends October 31, 2025.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mot...

#horrorcomic #horrorart #filipino #artph #folklore #mythology

page 4 of the comic. The "senora" of the household is trying to find a way to "cure" someone, but the only methods provided are traditional ways to kill monsters.

Someone suggests a method where they would be whipped until the black bird falls out of their mouths, which causes their monstrousness.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

A baby eastern black rhino has made its debut at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, giving a boost to efforts to conserve the endangered species.

Critically endangered baby black rhino makes its debut at Cleveland zoo

A baby eastern black rhino has made its debut at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, giving a boost to efforts to conserve the endangered species.

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ABS-CBN News @news.abs-cbn.com · 1d

Magnitude 5.0 quake shakes Zambales

A magnitude 5.0 tectonic earthquake shook Zambales province on Saturday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said.

abs-cbn.com

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The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 8d

Good morning. For anyone that needs to hear this:

Boobytrap spelled backwards is partyboob.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

Printing presses kept their letters in cases.

Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.

This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’

Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?

MAJUSCULE and minuscule.

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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | … @rappler.com.web.brid.gy · 5d

Firms tied to Zaldy Co bag P2.38B to fix floods they worsened in Albay

Albay residents and critics say P2.38 billion in flood control projects awarded to firms linked to former representative Zaldy Co are substandard and enrich a political dynasty whose quarrying worsens the floods

www.rappler.com

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 5d

This is Chico. He is the star of this year's hottest film, Fast and the Furriest: Tokyo Drift. 13/10 (TT: mariana_rodrigues_ssilva)

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 9d

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and “freak-offs.” The judge said a lengthy sentence was needed for deterrence and that he was unconvinced that if Combs is released these crimes won’t happen again. https://to.pbs.org/46SXTpg

Sean 'Diddy' Combs sentenced to 4 years, 2 months in prison

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was sentenced Friday to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and “freak-offs.” The judge said a lengthy sentence was needed for deterrence and that...

www.pbs.org

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Nicole "They call me Spooky. Spooky Mulder" Gugliucci @noisyastronomer.com · 8d

This is definitely something good to wake up to

Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 8d

A Trio of Badass Female Bagpipers From Different Continents Perform Celtic Covers of AC/DC Songs laughingsquid.com/goddesses-of...

A Trio of Badass Female Bagpipers From Different Continents Perform Celtic Covers of AC/DC Songs

A trio of female bagpipers from three continents played a Celtic cover of the AC/DC songs "Thunderstruck" and "It's a Long Way to the Top".

laughingsquid.com

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Kayla 💛 @kobcritic.bsky.social · 14d

the sacred text 😔

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vicky 🌻 @crowwkui.bsky.social · 11d

#huntrix
i like putting them in outfits (งツ)ว

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10d

This is Denni. She took an unexpected babysitting shift when she found a baby koala in her yard. She cheerfully delivered the joey to her human, who put them back in the tree to be reunited with their mom. 14/10 (FB: Steve Lamplough)

Denni, a golden retriever with a sweet face, sits and looks up at the camera with a smile. she has a passenger clinging to her back. a baby koala. the joey's eyes peak over the top of Denni's head.

Denni is standing and looking off to the left of the frame. the baby koala on her back looks at the camera.

a super zoomed photo of the baby koala and their mom high up in a tree. the adult koala holds onto her joey and looks down at the camera with what we would like to think is appreciation for caring for her baby.

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datcravat クラバット🍷 @datcravat.bsky.social · 12d

HUNTRIX

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pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · Oct 9

Ghost octopus

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 11d

Jane Goodall, primatologist and global activist, dies aged 91

Scientist turned her childhood love of primates into a lifelong quest for protecting the environment

www.irishtimes.com

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 11d

“Trad cath” is, weirdly, code for “unfamiliar with Catholicism”

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11d

Far-right Catholics freaking out about the Pope doing normal Pope things will always be entertaining.

The Pope blessed some water? Can you even imagine?

Matt Walsh: Horrific. The whole thing. Pope Leo blesses a block of ice and then stands there while these communist freaks do some kind of weird pagan Earth worshipping hippy ritual. The leader of the Catholic Church shouldn’t be anywhere near this nonsense. What the hell are we doing here

@CatholicSat: The Blessing of the Waters by Pope Leo XIV, at today’s ‘Raising Hope for Climate Justice’ International Conference at Castel Gandolfo.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11d

Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” hits #1 today in 1983

It was originally “a vampire love song,” said writer Jim Steinman, “for a musical version of ‘Nosferatu’ .. When Bonnie came along, it was the perfect match .. her voice had that haunted, gothic quality .. pleading and defiant ..”

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 12d

www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/is-t...

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

And what about 'barefaced'?

www.merriam-webster.com

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Ruvyn☆Saiyuki Brainrot @ruvyn29.bsky.social · 13d

[Goodbyes Are Not Really Goodbyes]
#saiyukigaiden #saiyuki #myart

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G.C. Houle 🔞 @gchoule.bsky.social · 17d

Yes! You either accept the kayfabe or you put the book down. Reading it and being upset at the lack of realism is not meeting the narrative where it is at, it's disingenuous. Don't go to a wrestling show and complain that it doesn't respect the rules of competitive sports wrestling.

FanAstraea @fanastraea.bsky.social · 20d

as a fan of noncon, dubcon and under/non-negotiated cnc this is honestly one of the most straightforward explanations of this i've ever read?

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Elysia Tatsu @elysiatatsu.bsky.social · 16d

🎃

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dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · 17d

keeping it in the group chat

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · Sep 13

What's your secret to being online all the time without contracting computer madness? For me it's being pure of heart

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