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Murderbot 238776431

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Liberal. Music and sound design for games and movies. Sarcastic. Silly dad. Cat herder. There's a place beyond the wormhole, a place that only lovers know. Science is a process. If you DM me with small talk, you will be blocked. I’m fine. Both kinds.

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Murderbot 238776431 @zerocrossing.bsky.social · Feb 3

Trump’s just shaking things up. You know, like a parent that shakes their crying baby to death.

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Murderbot 238776431 @zerocrossing.bsky.social · 6m

I recently instituted a policy where I brush my teeth and floss right after dinner. It’s life changing. If it weren’t for these two begging for food I could fall right into bed.

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 3h

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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Murderbot 238776431 @zerocrossing.bsky.social · 1h

The orange clown tv show host coming down an escalator should have been obvious to them as well, but those people are slow on the uptake.

Murderbot 238776431 @zerocrossing.bsky.social · 1h

America first, that’s why.

Murderbot 238776431 @zerocrossing.bsky.social · 1h

I do have to say that welcoming a male into the world by cutting off a bit of his penis seems like a bad idea.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 5h

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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Murderbot 238776431 @zerocrossing.bsky.social · 2h

Tell me you’re a child molester without telling me you’re a child molester.

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jaca🌱 @jacadamia.com · 2h

why do we call them chopsticks when chopping with them isn't a viable option

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Murderbot 238776431 @zerocrossing.bsky.social · 2h

My parents are Catholic and by the time I was 12, I was all, “what is this nonsense?”

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h

The federal investigation into the death of convicted sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was marred by significant lapses, experts told CBS News, including the failure by investigators to interview potential witnesses, properly preserve certain evidence and run basic forensic tests.

In cell where Jeffrey Epstein died, a scene of disarray that never underwent thorough inspection, experts said

Photos of Jeffrey Epstein's cell show a scene of disarray that never underwent a proper inspection, according to experts.

www.cbsnews.com

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Murderbot 238776431 @zerocrossing.bsky.social · 2h

I’m waiting for my daughter to finish volleyball practice and I hear a really loud PA system playing this. youtu.be/b1z4JfxFb6c?...

Henry Mancini - Baby Elephant Walk

YouTube video by kachun890401

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Murderbot 238776431 @zerocrossing.bsky.social · 2h

So good.

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📎 Otto Von Danger @ottovondanger.bsky.social · 14h

When Scholars and Historians won't even visit your country anymore because its as bad as Russia or China...You know you're effed.
www.salon.com/2025/10/09/t...

"Too risky": Scholars who study America say they won't visit

At a recent panel in Vienna, academics who study America said the country has become similar to Russia and China.

www.salon.com

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Murderbot 238776431 @zerocrossing.bsky.social · 2h

Absolutely.

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He knew.

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Sophie @s0phierambles.bsky.social · 3h

When they saw this, what did they think it meant?????

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Murderbot 238776431 @zerocrossing.bsky.social · 2h

Sorry Joe, you heard him saying he would do all of this, just like we all did. You will be forever tied to him and the damage he caused. Like the raccoon who spreads the rabies.

Murderbot 238776431 @zerocrossing.bsky.social · 2h

BREAKING: Christians furious that pope thinks they should be nice.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 16h

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Murderbot 238776431 @zerocrossing.bsky.social · 3h

Me when I hit “post” and get a message saying that the post I’m replying to has been deleted.

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Bronze Age Babies @bronzeagebabies.bsky.social · 1d

Antifa’s founder, and his girlfriend.

Paul Levitz, Joe Staton, and Bob Layton - splashin’ DC Special 29 (1977).

Joe Shuster - sketchin’ Joanne Siegel as the model for Lois Lane (c. 1930s).

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Murderbot 238776431 @zerocrossing.bsky.social · 4h

It's getting to a point where the anticipation of what's in them is easily as bad as what's probably in them and that Band-Aid is just going to have to be ripped off.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 10h

Saying someone is a "member of antifa" is like saying someone is a "member of socialism" or something. it makes zero sense. But they can't use the ideological form of the word because it makes it too clear what the ideology actually is and it would include our grandpas

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Murderbot 238776431 @zerocrossing.bsky.social · 4h

My Genesis has 483 horsepower and I already think that's way too much.