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Cuba @cubarhodes.bsky.social · 3h

Man a hundred years ago frogs were like holy shit this water is hot, but I guess nerve damage is to be expected now that we're at a rolling boil

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 4h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

Cuba @cubarhodes.bsky.social · 4h

Remember when they said a taco truck on every corner like it was a bad thing

Bloody Marla 🏳️‍⚧️ @desperatemarlas.bsky.social · 19h

trump: transgenders and windmills all over the place

This is a real quote. This is the most horrific thing he can conjure up

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 5h

this is at 9 and it's 6:05 now

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 1d

I am doing a round of We Want You To Have This TOMORROW MORNING at 9AM mountain time. If you are trans in the US and want a gift from my shop but cannot afford it, or if you have a trans loved one you would like a gift for, I will have 20 available. Details in thread. nora.jewelry/pages/we-wan...

We Want You To Have This: Jewelry Gifts For Trans People

Requests for gifts are now closed! They will open again at 9AM Mountain Time (Denver) Wednesday, October 8th. The following round will be on Saturday, October 25th at 9AM. Just looking for the forms?...

nora.jewelry

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dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · 15h

The King of All Cosmos from the Katamari series, with a speech bubble.

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Cuba @cubarhodes.bsky.social · 21h

In the kitchen Marc sings exactly one line of "Corn Dog Life" (namely, "it's a corn dog life for us"), and the song returns to the ether

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Cuba @cubarhodes.bsky.social · 22h

I'm not sure Jesus would find evil in the act of transgressing national borders in part because I don't think Jesus would have had a good sense of what that even is?

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

I need people to stop referring to conversion "therapy" as something that's been discredited or doesn't work. That's like saying torture is "discredited" or doesn't work. That they don't work for their stated purpose is secondary to the fact that they DO work for their REAL purpose:

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 23h

Shout out to the American Presidents who didn't... (checks notes)... hate Americans.

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Cuba @cubarhodes.bsky.social · 2d

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Franz Marc @franzmarc.bsky.social · 2d

Larch Sapling https://www.wikiart.org/en/franz-marc/larch-sapling-1908

Cuba @cubarhodes.bsky.social · 2d

I never said all jigglypuffs are unhealthy I just said they give the *appearance* of being unhealthy so yeah nurse joy is gonna ask about their diet and exercise it's her job god

✨️Angel Facts✨️ @angelic.style · 2d

quote this with some discourse that would happen in the pokemon universe

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Cuba @cubarhodes.bsky.social · 2d

Folks that's just not how this works

Cuba @cubarhodes.bsky.social · 2d

Today I found a cheap old used-bookstore-stickered western paperback under a table outside the library in the same way you might find an unwanted puppy outside an animal shelter

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Cuba @cubarhodes.bsky.social · 2d

Besides which this is just terrible writing? Fully expected the final paragraph to begin, "In conclusion,"

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Cuba @cubarhodes.bsky.social · 2d

I am once again asking you to make The Weyoun Show

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Kiyone @kiyonescarlet.bsky.social · 4d

lol

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Cuba @cubarhodes.bsky.social · 3d

Do the Collapse is an actual contender for best Guided by Voices record tbh