anyone need a sword? every time you get a thousand followers, bluesky mails you a ceremonial officer's sword, and my household really doesn't need any more than 20 or 30 swords

Periodic reminder that "don't speak ill of the dead" is for, like, not mentioning at her funeral that Aunt Sally was a drunk and a lousy cook. It's not for suppressing public discussion of public figures and their complicated legacies.

If you want to know what Western Australia is like I went to a kids party the other day and a guy was wearing this

This thread contains a nonexclusive list of phrases that you do not ever want to see a court direct at you:
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1: "Defendants' arguments...invoke the time-loop in the film 'Groundhog Day.'"

2: "Defendants' contention...is pure sophistry."

kids don't know how good they have it these days. this used to be a country that thought big asses were bad. then a brave knight came and saved us.

if you're new to bluesky, welcome! my advice is to take everyone and everything you see here extremely seriously, because everything going on here is really, really important. REALLY important

i think if i were a u.s. senator i would definitely call for bob menendez's resignation but it would be as much for how gauche the corruption was as it would be for the corruption itself. like, c'mon man, gold bars? jackets stuffed with cash? have some dignity you mayor quimby motherfuck

Former Twitter power user here: this is a misconception of how twitter works. Twitter is largely responsible for the very blood feuds he's talking about. In the face of aggressive opposition, almost nobody changes their mind; most people double down. There's even a name for it: dissonance reduction.

Fetterman on Menendez