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The Qu-AJ-mass Xperiment 👽 @uisgebeatha.bsky.social · 56m

for real though, last time this happened I just let the kittos trundle in and sniff the wall suspiciously, and this was enough to make the critter leave 😺🐁

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The Qu-AJ-mass Xperiment 👽 @uisgebeatha.bsky.social · 58m

Good morning only to Onion, who must have heard me mention the scratching in the living room walls and come to investigate the mousehole. He didn't stay long, there was grass to munch and neighbour's vans to pee on 😅 #chonktent

Onion in his thick winter coat eating grass

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Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 2h

Spectrum moment.

A collection of rainbow floppy disks! I still need purple!

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 1h

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Rob T @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 11h

Debenhams is selling idols of Pazuzu, in case you were wondering what stage of late capitalism we’re in…

Pazuzu idol pendant for sale at Debenhams

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 8h

For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance.

If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 12h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 19h

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 16h

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Arthur Tayt-Sohn @arthurtaytsohn.gamelodge.com.br · 10h

Hardly non-brazilian people will get the reference, but our man is serving Zé Pilintra, a very traditional afro-brazilian religious entity, protector of the poor people. He’s known as the Lawyer of the Poor. Awesome choice to represent our country.

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 14h

Mr Brazil starts us off inoffensively enough with a fairly boring suit but my goodness he's selling it with that walk. He does get a bonus point for the suit clearly fitting though, because as you will see that is not always a given...

A photo of a contestant at Mister Global 2025

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 10h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 11h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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jon rosenburger @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 19h

They're spinning this as a marketing fail but I think the real story is just that people are stupid as fucking rocks now fortune.com/2025/10/10/p...

Lay's drastically rebrands after disturbing finding: 42% of consumers didn't know their chips were made out of potatoes | Fortune

New bags—matte-ified and designed to look like wood planks (like a potato crate)—will hold the chips with revamped ingredient lists.

fortune.com

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 10h

Shimanekko, the mascot of Shimane Prefecture, made an appearance on stage yesterday at the raucous Shimane Jett Fest, alongside various punk acts.

A yellow cat mascot with a shrine roof atop its head stands on a stage under a pair of inflatable legs wearing fishnet stockings.

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 13h

let's bring back one of the classics

dirtbag brain memes
- motivates you to work out / once
- 7pm yo let's go to bed / 2am hey, let's stay up forever
- insists you forgot something / won't tell you what it is
- realizes how grateful you are for certain relatives / immediately begins to imagine scenarios where they die
- lulling you off to sleep, softly slipping off into OH GOD / oh phew glad you weren't actually falling and slamming into the ground, go back to bed
- has the capacity to store and memorize an almost infinite amount of information / won't
- passionately hates a song / can't stop singing in your head
- convinces you to do something / then makes you feel bad for doing it
- recognizes all of its problems / decides to change nothing
- chapped lips? / just lick `em, bro

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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 2d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · 14h

Paraphrasing something I think I remember @shaunvids.bsky.social saying: "They once made an identity of their hobby, but aren't enjoying it like they used to, so they want to believe it's because somebody's making their hobby worse, not because they themselves changed."

Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 14h

That's what really bothers me, those fashy youtubers do such a disservice to their audiences, and it works because in keeping them angry and feeding them new nontroversies with their outrage content mills, they're keeping them engaged. But it's doing something lamentable to them in the process.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 14h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 19h

I genuinely cannot express how vital it is that you train yourself to recognize AI-generated images and videos for your own good because none of this is going away and many, many people are counting on you to fall for their shit

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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 17h

the whole internet loves weird sweet eater guy, a weird guy who eats too many sweets!

*5 seconds later*

we regret to inform you-

trasgernder @gemma.transwrites.world · 18h

edit: turns out the guy in the story is a nasty horrible racist prick. Naturally the BBC did not feel this was important to disclose. But it absolutely is, he is not just "some guy" he's a racist media figure.

english.elpais.com/culture/2025...

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‘Go Back to Where You Came From’: A flawed reality show that shines a light on racism and immigration

Channel 4 takes six Britons with intense and controversial viewpoints to places like Somalia, Syria, Lebanon, and Kenya to experience first-hand the tragedy of displaced people

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Ryan North? But - he died... 30 years ago this very night!! @ryannorth.ca · 21h

I used to get mad when people misused "decimated" to refer to things that weren't 1/10th destroyed, but I've given it some thought and now I've done a complete 360 on it

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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 19h

This is just to say

I have eaten
3kg
Of cola bottles

Which was
Medically
Ill advised
And bunged me up
Completely
With gelatin

Forgive me
I had a hankering
And also
Ate a carvery

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 21h

"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades