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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 9h

(in that commercial guy VO voice) EA SPORTS: its in the game. and also we are responsible for the september eleventh plane attack on new york city

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Rip Van Cremastericle @yourpaljohn.bsky.social · 10h

nathan robinson's evil doppelganger

Jake @tonymagoni.bsky.social · 10h

for as long as i can remember i wanted to be 55

A picture from the new young tories article showing a creepy looking dude of indeterminate age with a lanyard and a sweater on under a sport coat, he’s holding an umbrella and wearing a trilby/fedora

Rip Van Cremastericle @yourpaljohn.bsky.social · 10h

Jack Nicholson's Joker enters the art gallery.

Rip Van Cremastericle @yourpaljohn.bsky.social · 15h

David Simon is extremely cringe as a poster but you have to hand it to him here.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 19h

Wolf being absolutely destroyed in Jeopardy by Andy Richter

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The Cooperative Economy @cooperatives.bsky.social · 1d

REI, while a consumer co-op on paper, has been overtaken by a managerial class that values profit and control instead of supporting their hardworking employees. Union/worker representation on the board has been pushed by REI workers and members, but the board has made no effort in allowing this.

REI Workers Undeterred by Co-op’s Refusal to Let Union Candidates Run for Board - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

At REI, two union-backed candidates are excluded from the co-op board’s ballot. Workers respond with a membership-based campaign and in the state legislature.

nonprofitquarterly.org

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Rip Van Cremastericle @yourpaljohn.bsky.social · 19h

Someone should pin Brett Kavanaugh's eyes open and make him read these reports until he cracks

Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1d

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1d

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 20h

Doug Wilson co-authored a (plagiarized) book that defended the institution of slavery *as it was practiced in the antebellum South*. This is how Douthat introduced the subject while providing him with the NYT's platform:

Douthat: So, just to take a related example, one of the controversies of many that you’ve been mixed up in has to do with slavery, and whether slavery is absolutely forbidden by the Bible, absolutely forbidden to Christians, or whether it is critiqued, but allowed for.

Wilson: Right.

Douthat: And you think it is critiqued, but allowed for.

Wilson: Right.

Douthat: On this, on a straightforward reading of the New Testament, I would agree with you. I would say, pretty clearly, there is a pretty clear path from the message of the Bible to the abolition of slavery. But there is no moment in the New Testament when Jesus insists on the manumission of slaves.

Wilson: Right.

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Harrison @harrisonk.bsky.social · 19h

"partisan split on Tylenol"

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 22h

KFF finds partisan split on Tylenol

Most Republicans (56%) say they think it’s definitely or probably true that taking Tylenol during pregnancy increases the risk of kids with autism.

Most Dems (86%) say it’s definitely or probably false.

Multiple medical associations have said there’s no link.

KFF
Donate
Many Are Uncertain if Taking Tylenol During Pregnancy Increases Risk of Children
Developing Autism, Most Republicans Say it is Probably or Definitely True
Do you think that it is definitely true, probably true, probably false, or definitely false that taking Tylenol during pregnancy increases the risk of the child developing autism?
I Definitely true Probably true Probably false
Definitely false
Total
30%
30%
35%
Party ID
Democrats
27%
Independents
29%
59%
33%
Republicans
50%
34%
31%

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Rip Van Cremastericle @yourpaljohn.bsky.social · 1d

Why isn't every Democrat saying this all the time to anyone who will listen?

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 1d

and that's like, white normies. natural born citizens. if you think people are generally equal and have rights they want to go through your phone and break up whatever book club you belong to. if you think racism is bad they don't think you should have roads or running water. it's a problem

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😱🩸Spooky SpectreKILLoquy 🎃🔪 @caulimovirus.bsky.social · 2d

“appears intended to shame or abuse users”

yeah man that’s what these lists are for. we want to shame people who post AI slop. shame is the only tool we have left to stop these weirdos from destroying the planet.

carrion🐛 @carrion.bsky.social · 3d

the wise admins of bluesky have decided that creating a moderation list of AI slop posters is a no no

Hi there,
Your Bluesky account
(@carrion.bsky.social) has created a list called "Al Slop Posters" that may violate our Community Guidelines. We've temporarily hidden this list from other users because it contains one or more of these issues.
- Harmful language such as insults or slurs
- Unverified claims
- Appears intended to shame or abuse users

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The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 3d

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

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Rip Van Cremastericle @yourpaljohn.bsky.social · 2d

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Rip Van Cremastericle @yourpaljohn.bsky.social · 2d

POOL: Are you concerned that through original sin your soul is corrupted in the eyes of an angry god?

TRUMP: Original what? Sin? No. That's the first I'm hearing of that. No. Adam and Eve were not good people, ok. I'm different. My team tells me, they say "you have the most beautiful soul we've eve

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Rip Van Cremastericle @yourpaljohn.bsky.social · 2d

TOTAL DEPRAVITY

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "I want to be good because you want to prove to God so you go to that next step, right? So that's very important to me."

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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 3d

I really appreciate how the piece digs into fact checking whether the various policies and programs were working or not! A major reason I subscribe to both KUOW and ProPublica!

Data provided by the mayor’s office and the King County Regional Homelessness Authority shows otherwise. The year before, CoLEAD moved a far bigger share of its clients from its city-funded beds into permanent housing than emergency shelter operators as a whole: 65%, compared with 26%.

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Rip Van Cremastericle @yourpaljohn.bsky.social · 2d

Stuart Smalley sitting in front of a mirror saying "...

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Rip Van Cremastericle @yourpaljohn.bsky.social · 2d

This is dogshit

CNN @cnn.com · 3d

The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds. https://cnn.it/4pWQMoh

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 3d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 3d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Rip Van Cremastericle @yourpaljohn.bsky.social · 3d

Everything from 30-44 is the same and then the deterioration is abrupt and catastrophic

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Rip Van Cremastericle @yourpaljohn.bsky.social · 3d

God I hope Trump sees this

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 5d

wizard frog is insane

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Love and Deep Space Nine @hyenasandgin.bsky.social · 3d

“A huge woman who was very rude by the way, threw a rock through a bridge. Women and children all swept away. Very sad folks”

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d

Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.

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