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Ash, apparently
@arreffbee.bsky.social
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Ash. Writer of stories, novels and poems.
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When the ADHD meds wear off mid-afternoon on a rainy Friday
Alteration of the cover of Harlan Ellison's "I have no mouth and I must scream" to read "I have no dopamine and I must get off the couch"
October 31, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Wall of Voodoo, 1982
A plastic container of dried herbs with the hand written words "Mexican Oregano" on the side
October 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Wikipedia article for The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto Continuation of the Wikipedia article for the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. At the bottom it reads "History: Opened 1875" Google overview of Rob Schneider, American Actor and Comedian. Age: 61 years, born October 31, 1963. X.com post by Rob Schneider reading "FYI... There were NO Children's Hospitals when I was a kid. Because kids weren't sick."
October 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Without downloading anything, where are you mentally right now?
Cropped photo of the inside of a book of poetry. The poem reads: "The Tiger" By Nael, age 6 From "They're Singing a Song in Their Rocket" The tiger He destroyed his cage Yes YES The tiger is out
October 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Looks like someone called the right people
An illustration of a garbage truck with the words "whole man disposal services" and a quote below that reads "yes, the entire man."
October 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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But its other draw will be its extensive network of high-profile contributors. Among the most recognizable names: Substackers Matt Yglesias, Kyla Scanlon, Alice Evans, Joey Politano, and Charlotte Swasey; Abundance co-author Derek Thompson; Atlantic contributor Adam Harris; blogger Matt Bruenig; Heatmap News’ Robinson Meyer; New Yorker contributor Rachael Bedard; Biden administration alumni Mike Konczal and Zach Liscow; the Center for Public Enterprise’s Paul Williams; academics Eric Goldwyn and David Schleicher; economists Adam Ozimek and Maia Mindel; and novelist Adelle Waldman.
August 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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I prefer this version
The wreck of the Bismarck
August 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Screenshot of Wikipedia's article on Betteridge's law of headlines, which is an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."
August 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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When I say that Miike Snow's Genghis Khan is the gayest music video I mean it as a High Compliment ❤️

Enemies to lovers indeed :D
Two men in some kind of concrete-lined supervillain's bunker, one dressed as a supervillain and the other as a James Bond knockoff, engaged in synchronized interpretive dance
July 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Eighty years ago today, humanity entered a new and dangerous phase
A white box with a small greenish rock in it. A piece of paper in the box reads "Trinitite. Trinity Test Site. Alamogordo, Socorro County, New Mexico. Product of the first atomic bomb, July 16, 1945."
July 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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I'm just thinking like
Spider man pointing at other spider man and other other spider man meme
July 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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I dunno maybe
The president and top military drunkard screaming the word GRASS at a child mowing the lawn
June 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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I feel like @michaelhobbes.bsky.social should know that The Anxious Generation's Jonathan Haidt is speaking out of his ass in the news thanks to NH's new "Bell to Bell" school cellphone ban
On Tuesday morning, the governor's office released a statement from author Jonathan Haidt that praised the House's version of the law. Haidt, a social psychologist, wrote the 2024 book "The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness," and has been credited with inspiring other states' cellphone ban legislation. "I am thrilled to see New Hampshire taking amongst the strongest efforts in the nation to protect our chil-dren's futures in considering p NH SB 206," Haidt said in the statement. "New Hampshire's policy mandating bell-to-bell device separation will help bring conversation and laughter back to the hallways of schools across the state." Haidt and others argue a the proliferation of smart phones has increased mental health problems among adolescents, stunted their social and emotional development, and created deep distractions in the classroom that have contributed to lower proficiency scores measured in tests such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
June 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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I would like to take a moment on this Juneteenth to remind everybody that modern day policing grew out of the slave trade, and that police and prison abolition are the morally right and just positions to take in this world. Happy Juneteenth.
THE ORIGINS OF MODERN DAY POLICING "Tough on crime" laws have put an unprecedented number of non-violent offenders behind bars and our neighborhoods feel no more secure. This system has deep roots in slavery. SLAVE PATROLS The origins of modern-day policing can be traced back to the "Slave Patrol." The earliest formal slave patrol was created in the Carolinas in the early 1700s with one mission: to establish a system of terror and squash slave uprisings with the capacity to pursue, apprehend, and return runaway slaves to their owners. Tactics included the use of excessive force to control and produce desired slave behavior.
June 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Just taking my pills this morning like usual
Seven pills arranged one pill upright, two pills upright with one slightly lower than the first, two pills upright, then one pill upright and one on its side
June 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Okay no lie, DMDM HYDANTOIN sounds like some fake AF bullshit made up by a generative image model
The back of a bottle of hair spray, mostly on enough, but "formulated without... DMDM HYDANTOIN"
May 31, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
A very excited pair of disposable chopsticks telling the world "Oh! Happy day!"
May 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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If you know what this is you can maybe start to guess about the kind of day I've had
A very gross and broken Moen 1222 posi-temp cartridge
May 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls
Post by The Graffiti Bridge on Facebook showing a yellow painted rectangle of concrete with a white snake reminiscent of the Gadsden Flag. The text on the wall reads "billionaires are treading on all of us y'all". The photo is apparently from Downtown Pensacola
May 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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🎶Seasons of LOVE🎶
Tweet and reply: Joseph Rezek @RezekJoe writes: "I am a gay dad and what has happened is my 4yo, out of nowhere, just asked me how many minutes there are in a year." *deep breath* FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED MINUTES
May 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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This is 1000% going to get bombed by the IDF and Chuck Schumer is at BEST going to "express concern"
Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social posts: Pope Francis' Popemobile, "the very vehicle from which he waved and was close to millions of faithful all around the world, is being transformed into a mobile health unit for the children of Gaza."
May 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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"What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
May 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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By definition civil forfeiture in the United States does not require proof of wrongdoing. It is just theft by police.
WIKIPEDIA article for "Civil forfeiture in the United States" "In the United States, civil forfeiture (also called civil asset forfeiture or civil judicial forfeiture)[1] is a process in which law enforcement officers take assets from people who are suspected of involvement with crime or illegal activity without necessarily charging the owners with wrongdoing."
May 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Maury screenshot with the caption reading "the lie detector determined that that was a lie"
April 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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I think we know which of those Sammy boy is
In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Altman said he thinks “AGI will probably get developed during [Trump's] term,” while noting his belief that AGI “has become a very sloppy term.” Competitors also think AGI is close: Elon Musk, a co-founder of OpenAI, who runs AI startup xAI, and Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, have both said they think AI systems could outsmart humans by 2026.
April 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM