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Amytiville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 12d

this is the perfect illustration of why it’s so important to learn a field’s jargon

Blaze Ward @blazeward.bsky.social · 12d

I have to keep this handy when baking.

😁

an image showing Brown Betty, Buckle, Cobbler, Crisp, Crumble, Slump, Pandowdy, and Sonker definitions for mixing fruit, batter, and pan.

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Grayson Morley @graysonmorley.com · 17d

I’m taking a break from gaming. Here’s my attempt at explaining why.

Is it time to quit games?

An honest exploration of attachment, time, and limits

www.backlogmag.com

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Thomas @thomaslstrickland.bsky.social · Sep 6

my contribution to the discourse:

The Sickos meme with the guy at the window only he’s quoting Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights.
Heathcliff, it’s me, it’s Cathy
I’ve come home, I’m so cold
Let me in your window

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hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · Sep 4

oh hi, we're opening for submissions tomorrow, Friday 9/5! 200 cap & we'll stay open until filled. mark ur calendars 👇

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Stephen Fishbach @stephenfishbach.bsky.social · Aug 28

if you are physically inactive you can qualify for the Covid vaccine

George Pearkes @peark.es · Aug 27

FDA is authorizing anybody with a risk factor from this list to receive the vaccines, as well as anybody 65+.

Figure 2 from https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMsb2506929

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Matt Mastricova @bidoofaloof.bsky.social · Aug 20

People who eat Penn Station sushi at 9:30 am — what is happening in your life? What brought you to this point?

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BayBayFriend @baybayfriend.bsky.social · Aug 6

I asked ChatGPT to call the cutie store and no one knew you lol. But then I went to the cutie store myself and everyone knew you. What ChatGPT actually did was call the same Qdoba location 15 times and make outrageous threats against the employees that fell just short of actionability

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Matt Mastricova @bidoofaloof.bsky.social · Aug 1

I was just talking to my partners about this!! I like being a perfectionist early on in a game so that intro section was so anxiety inducing. How much did the game expect me to do? What was a “good“ amount of resources to gather? How much could there possibly be?

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Matt Mastricova @bidoofaloof.bsky.social · Aug 1

Just because I guessed the OddRock thing doesn’t mean I love her any less

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · Jul 31

Primary all of these freaks

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Matt Mastricova @bidoofaloof.bsky.social · Jul 31

Me after playing the intro section of Donkey Kong Bananza

Screenshot of the episode “Zeke Aaron McKinley” from Very Important People. Anna Garcia is dressed in a rock suit. Caption says “These rocks look awesome”

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CH∆RLIE! @bearlydefault.etheirys.social · Jul 16

why does he sit like this 😭😭😭

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · Jul 18

We had the clues all along

Snowman drawing saying May every day be another wonderful secret!

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Jul 17

The same company that's buying CBS (and needs Trump's approval to do so) is also trying to buy Bari Weiss' website. It's a political decision.

Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · Jul 17

What a time for CBS to cancel Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” and blame it on a “purely financial decision”: variety.com/2025/tv/news...

CBS to Cancel ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Citing ‘Financial Decision’

CBS said it planned to cancel Stephen Colbert's Late Show after next season, citing the weakening finances of late night

variety.com

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Matt Mastricova @bidoofaloof.bsky.social · Jul 18

I’m done wishing for Diddy Kong Racing to come to virtual console — time to bring them to Mario Kart World

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · Jul 14

when will they add labubu to fortnite

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Max Rivlin-Nadler @maxrn.bsky.social · Jul 14

🤔🤔🤔🤔

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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · Jul 10

There’s this weird incongruity where support of Palestine is something only online leftists care about and therefore it’s not worth the Democratic Party adopting into their campaigning but also support of Palestine was a big enough roadblock to lose the election and that’s online leftists’ faults

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · Jul 10

New Story Day!!!!

I’ve been submitting to Milk Candy Review since 2019, and today my new flash piece, Maybe Someday I’ll Stop Writing About A House On The Border Of A Swamp, comes out!!!!

Proud of the weird little meta flash piece :)

milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/07/10/m...

Maybe Someday I’ll Stop Writing About A House On The Border Of A Swamp ~ by Corey Farrenkopf

I want to write a story about a house sinking into a swamp, but I’m always writing a story about a house sinking into a swamp. Sometimes I’m unclear about the metaphor. Am I the house, slowly being…

milkcandyreview.home.blog

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · Jul 10

Amazon’s prime day profits are down 41%. To celebrate, until midnight you can get 41% off anything in our store with code 41% at malarkeybooks.com/store

Malarkey

malarkeybooks.com

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · Jul 10

if you like this essay, preorder SLOPPY, coming out in just 19 days! it’s just like this but much more about alcoholism!
tinyurl.com/PreorderSloppy

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Mrs Frizzle @mrsfrizzle90.bsky.social · Jul 3

In my veins

💙 Happysnarkygal 💙 @happysnarkygal.bsky.social · Jul 3

I’m quite certain this is my next purchase.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · Jul 3

Publish a fucking story on how many fans he gained worldwide and how many albums he sold. They want us to think that being against genocide will ruin you, but it doesn't.

The Independent @the-independent.com · Jul 3

Bob Vylan dropped from multiple European music festivals over Glastonbury chant

Punk duo led Glastonbury crowd in chants of ‘Free, free Palestine’ and ‘Death, death to the IDF’ during their set on 28 June

www.independent.co.uk

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Matt Mastricova @bidoofaloof.bsky.social · Jul 3

Switch 2 has arrived and I am ready to live my Moo Moo Meadows fantasy

Cow driving a go kart in Mario Kart World, smiling into camera

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · Jun 27

Our statement in response to the Supreme Court ruling in Mahmoud v Taylor. Image thread with alt text. 1/4

Today's Supreme Court decision, though couched in the language of freedom and inclusivity, is a tragic failure for both the right to read and the rights of LGBTQIA+ people. Authors Against Book Bans stands firmly and fiercely against the decision and its rationale. To allow parents to "object" to the presence of positive books about the lives and rights of LGBTQIA+ people is to allow them to "object" to the existence of LGBTQIA+ students, parents, educators, and others in the wider community. You cannot “opt out” of reality, no matter what today’s majority opinion states. These books belong on shelves and these stories belong in classrooms and curricula.

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