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“I got where I am without being an heir to a fish sticks fortune.” Elder Chaos Xennial. Gem State Brondal. My cat is very, very dumb. (she/her)

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bwrbrd🪶 @bwrbrd.bsky.social · Dec 4

The review for my 2024 listening habits just dropped and my indie kid cred has been called to the floor ⚰️

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marina🌸 @dovesplants.bsky.social · 1d

what etsy witch do we hire to heal dolly parton

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 4d

I really do think that Taylor saw Sabrina Carpenter and Chapell Roan, realized people like songs that talk about sex in an explicit but light-hearted way, and then made the biggest series of miscalculations anyone has ever made

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bwrbrd🪶 @bwrbrd.bsky.social · 5d

“When I approach the pearly gates,” she once said, “I’d like to hear a champagne cork popping, an orchestra tuning up and the sound of my mother laughing.”

Sounds like heaven to me.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...

Patricia Routledge, Hoity-Toity Housewife of ‘Keeping Up Appearances,’ Dies at 96

www.nytimes.com

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🌻The Killing of a Sacred Snep🪐 @fm-synth.bsky.social · 8d

It's officially October 1st so that means you all have to repost Assorted cheese
hell.....yes

A package of assorted cheese with a cracker in a plastic container, from Westside Market, New York City on 77 Seventh Ave

The label reads:

Assorted cheese
hell.....yes

THE SKY IS DARK THE WIND IS COLD
THE NIGHT IS YOUNG BEFORE IT'S
OLD AND GREY. WE WILL KNOW THE
THRILL OF IT ALL--BRYAN FREEY

there is a barcode and it says 1 PCS

Packed on: & Sell by: OCT 01

Total price $5.99

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bwrbrd🪶 @bwrbrd.bsky.social · 11d

I am devastatingly homesick for the Moscow Farmers Market this morning

A sign reading “Moscow Farmers Market Saturday 8 am - 1 pm May - October” hangs over Main Street in Moscow, Idaho with vendor tents in the foreground

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voted for her pt. ii @ladlady.bsky.social · 15d

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Blondie - Rapture (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by BlondieVEVO

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bwrbrd🪶 @bwrbrd.bsky.social · 16d

Same energy, from 1999’s Drop Dead Gorgeous youtu.be/kBKQL6f5sec?...

bwrbrd🪶 @bwrbrd.bsky.social · 16d

It’s the best time of the year! Welcome to autumn, fsckheads!

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its...

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Annie who lives here @stellarine.bsky.social · Aug 31

I actually really love finding out so getting to fuck around beforehand is just a bonus

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · Aug 27

medieval Bluesky roasting history TV is the tonic we all need. thank you medieval Bluesky

John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · Aug 27

Seeing a lot of critical responses from medievalists about this BBC 1066 thing. As an early modernist, just to say that I'm happy to confirm that medieval people were indeed covered in dirt all the time and did all sound like they were in the Wurzels.

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · Aug 24

if i had to see this today, so do you

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Aug 21

"Such that they confound the senses and simultaneously seduce my bravery to dread. I am left muttering to myself a mantra of origin unknown, 'When you’re here… when you’re here… you are… family?'"

H.P. Lovecraft Writes Olive Garden’s Dinner Menu

Fried Calamari Tendrils crusted in grit assail my palate. Begotten of the sea, yet containing the essence of a carnival. Fried and without end. At...

buff.ly

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Boise State Public Radio @boisestatepublicradio.org · Jul 29

It’s been a decade since the last Jaialdi. Meaning simply “festival” in Basque, Jaialdi is usually held every five years, but was canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic. For Idaho’s Basque community, the largest outside of Europe, the celebration is set to be festive.

Drinks and dancing through the decades: Boise's Basque Festival Jaialdi returns this week

It was canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic, and is set to be festive this year.

www.boisestatepublicradio.org

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Greg Proops @gregproops.bsky.social · Jul 27

“More desperate than amusing" -- New York Herald Tribune

Mr. Lehrer is eternal.

‘Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize.’

Unparalleled cynical wit.
#TomLehrer

“More desperate than amusing" -- New York Herald Tribune

Mr. Lehrer

Unparalleled cynical wit.
#TomLehrer

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bwrbrd🪶 @bwrbrd.bsky.social · Jul 19

Is he still rocking those acid wash tight jeans?

bwrbrd🪶 @bwrbrd.bsky.social · Jul 19

I’m so sorry, that’s devastating. Henry had so much personality and seemed like a sweet little buddy. 💔

bwrbrd🪶 @bwrbrd.bsky.social · Jul 16

I don’t know why this makes me laugh but it does. Sounds like he’d enjoy an afternoon at the Mall with a wetzel’s pretzel?

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Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · Jul 16

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

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bwrbrd🪶 @bwrbrd.bsky.social · Jul 15

74 feet farther than I would have made it

bwrbrd🪶 @bwrbrd.bsky.social · Jul 14

“Today, the label has shared Guthrie’s only known recording of “Deportee,” the 1948 track written in response to The New York Times’ coverage of a plane crash in Los Gatos Canyon, California, that killed 32 people, including 28 migrant farm workers.”

pitchfork.com/news/new-woo...

New Woody Guthrie Compilation Includes Only Known Recording of “Deportee”

Woody at Home - Vol 1 + 2 includes numerous previously unreleased tracks by the legendary folk singer-songwriter

pitchfork.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jul 4

LL Cool J said that he will not perform at Wawa Welcome America in Philadelphia on July 4th because of union strike

“There is absolutely no way I can perform across a picket line”

LL COOL J drops out of Wawa Welcome America concert because of union strike

LL COOL J said that he is not going to perform at Wawa Welcome America on July 4th in light of the AFSCME District Council 33 strike in Philadelphia.

www.nbcphiladelphia.com

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bwrbrd🪶 @bwrbrd.bsky.social · Jul 3

Or are you thinking of Nate Roberts?

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bwrbrd🪶 @bwrbrd.bsky.social · Jul 3

The representative from AFGE?

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · Jun 30

BREAKING: The suspect in the Idaho firefighter shooting is identified as 20-year-old Wes’s Roley, a source told the Spokesman Review, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

He has ties to Bonner County, Idaho, the source said.

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bwrbrd🪶 @bwrbrd.bsky.social · Jun 23

What’s a poster you had in your room growing up?

lmao I’m not even embarrassed