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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 2h

maybe it needs another animal pun

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 23h

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 23h

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

the republic teeters ever closer to bedlam, driven to the brink by a madman president seemingly bent on civil war, but i’ve started using a dehumidifier to dry clothes and i’m never looking back

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

also, in case anyone needs to hear it, taylor swift did not coin the word “dicknotized.” black people did

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

lmao

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

dickmogrified

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

if the term means “hypnotized by dick” it should really be “dicknotized” and not “dickmatized” because there’s no m in the original word

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

this is just a fox & friends monologue

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

this is how we’re administering vaccines in the future

a vault tec vault boy bobblehead holding a syringe as big as he is. he is flanked by two other vault boys, holding an energy pistol (left) and a hand grenade (right)

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

i just bring the container to the table with me

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

prison is the compromise

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

cromwell’s original burial chamber was repurposed for charles ii’s illegitimate children. meanwhile, cromwell’s head bounced around from owner to owner for about another 300 years until finally buried again — in a semi-secret location — in 1960.

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

thinking for absolutely no reason of britain’s king charles ii, who exhumed the corpse of oliver cromwell, tried it for murdering his father, posthumously executed the body, and displayed the severed head on the roof of westminster palace for no less than 23 years

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

and you held out through the three-parter of “the poseidon adventure with pirates?”

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

don’t forget the concluded austin spinoff and upcoming nashville spinoff

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

there was one episode where he pointed at it and you could barely see it!

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

can’t wait to see how she got there and how quickly all the characters drop it when she comes back

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

the show that asks “how can we top a beenado” and answers “angela bassett in alfonso cuarón’s GRAVITY”

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

all they seem to have now in that vein is fish tacos. big, full filets replaced with nuggets in extra bread. why don’t you just kick me in the balls too

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

the ennui of your favorite place for fish and chips taking it off the menu

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

the people who thought these signs were fascism are the same ones responsible for actual fascism

a sign from the nyc government that says “hungry? choose snacks with under 200 calories per package”

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

when defying gravity started i meant to say “thank god” to myself but a few other people heard me

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

gotta give it up to spain for pork products and siestas. a lot of people eat pigs and nap but few do it like them. respect

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 1d

for the new york post, i will always click “continue without supporting us”

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