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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 8h

this novel is the only experience i have with warhammer lore but even going in ignorant, listening to the audiobook was a ton of fun. *much* better than licensed fiction usually turns out to be.

happy novelversary!

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The Onion @theonion.com · 13h

Forget everything you already know about America's most notorious dead person.

Watch Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile today at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT.

Only at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13h

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 14h

i figure i'll just watch everything eventually. i love breaking news (katie's poker face is enviable) and i watched the first season of dimension 20 already. i'll probably watch anything brennan does for all time tbh.

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 14h

oh scryfall is the best! i have a recurring monthly donation to them for a reason.

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 15h

oh nice! i had no idea the mtg wiki migrated off fandom. their ads are deeply invasive.

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 15h

i've done some things, though it's been a hot minute.

mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Allison...

Allison Steele

Allison "Alli" Steele (née Medwin) was an employee of Wizards of the Coast from July 2013 to May 2021.[1][2] Steele started out as Customer Service Representative. In December 2013 she became part of ...

mtg.fandom.com

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 16h

i have a whole day?

Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 20h

Today is International Lesbian Day and my wish for all the International Lesbians is that they keep being awesome.

a cartoon of snoopy holding a heart with the words " my pretties you are awesome " on it

ALT: a cartoon of snoopy holding a heart with the words " my pretties you are awesome " on it

media.tenor.com

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 16h

i am so late to this party but game changer is such a great show. dropout rules.

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 21h

arguably they did. many of them three times.

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 22h

the internet was made for threads like this.

✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 1d

So, some revolting electrician got himself amped to engineer a bank heist to steal all their joules & before you ask watt the problem is he basically opened their volt, was charged with burglary, and ohm my god when you think about the on/off of how he switched things around it makes perfect sense:

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 1d

yes, yes, we have no decent journalists left, whatever. we do, they're just not part of the major news orgs.

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 1d

obviously making up an organization that doesn't exist is a great way to build a pretext to go after whoever you want, but all the same i'm vaguely curious how they're going to follow up this "girlfriend" thing. because it's an obvious lie, and any decent journalist would dig through it instantly.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 1d

mazel tov! that was a good weekend. :)

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 1d

and that's closing in on two decades!

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 1d

y'all could not possibly be worse than i've done for myself.

my track record is essentially 100% decent to good people who are just not right for me.

this is not a request, mind. just a post.

🇨🇷🇯🇲 christopher @astonblake.blacksky.app · 2d

Would you trust the skyline to play matchmaker for you?

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 1d

this is unreservedly excellent news. one of our great national treasures will be with us a while longer.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 1d

i got my current job at blizzard because @jeffhamilton.bsky.social posted about an opening for an allison-shaped job.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 1d

i got 3/3 correct, and the tell for me was that the ai sample spent a lot of time giving details that went nowhere, while the human samples had smarter placements of adjectives/adverbs that supported the narrative.

but i have no expertise here, so i could be way off. it might just be these samples.

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 1d

why do we listen to billionaires when they present self-serving arguments about "free markets" while doing everything they can to eliminate competition, while we refuse to listen to minorities when they talk about structural harms done to their communities?

(this is rhetorical. i do know why.)

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 2d

dolly parton's life is a solid argument for the existence of angels. i don't even believe in intercessory prayer but since i know it's part of her faith tradition, i'll give it a try.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2d

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

variety.com

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 2d

let's say that there's a good explanation for it all. some convoluted chain of reasoning that somehow gets proven as factual.

these actions, these results, would *still* be indistinguishable from malice.

no, there is no benefit of any doubt remaining. not for him or anyone who proffers it to him.

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 2d

all of the claims that this administration will do anything good to help anyone should be considered as nearly ironclad proof that they will *not* be doing it, unless specific evidence conclusively shows they *already did it*.

that prescription website? wic funding? lol. lmao.

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 2d

i am the queen of the charitable read. the empress of the benefit of the doubt. i will always prefer to assume stupidity over malice.

until malice is confirmed. tfg has been a driving malefic force in domestic politics for almost fifteen years. nobody can claim ignorance here in 2025.

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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 2d

i'm just absolutely gobsmacked at the people who honestly think that tfg isn't specifically and solely out to hurt people.

the man thrives on vengeance, as much as he thrives on anything.

chaotic tariffs, rfk at hhs, ice rampup, hegseth at dod, military invasions of us cities, etc.

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