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dhbsox @dhbsox.bsky.social · 2d

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 7d

Fascinated by how the people who lost their minds over student loan forgiveness are currently running ads on my TV every 10 min promising that they'll forgive your student loans if you join ICE

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Jesse "Pecke in the Crowne" Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · Oct 19

Just because you're dead doesn't mean you can't be sassy

[Jan Luyken, after Cornelis van Dyk, Skeleton of a Man, 1680 etching, 139 mm × 86mm (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)🎃💀]

A swaggering skeleton resting his hand on his hip, what's left of his hair blowing in the breeze. In the background a funeral procession leading to a church.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 7d

"We, the GOP, don’t want a shutdown, but that’s just how things go when you only control all three branches of government."

We, the GOP, Don’t Want a Government Shutdown, But…

We, the GOP, don’t want a shutdown, but Democrats are dangerously close to keeping health insurance costs from spiking. We, the GOP, don’t want a s...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d

Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” hits #1 today in 1983

It was originally “a vampire love song,” said writer Jim Steinman, “for a musical version of ‘Nosferatu’ .. When Bonnie came along, it was the perfect match .. her voice had that haunted, gothic quality .. pleading and defiant ..”

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DrawPlayDave @thedrawplay.com · 10d

CONGRATULATIONS TO NO ONE

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hurlepat.bsky.social @hurlepat.bsky.social · 10d

This is the way.

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Capitol Fax @capitolfax.bsky.social · 10d

Updated x5 with this CBS2 story www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

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This Is NOT Business As Usual @jemartisby.bsky.social · 18d

It’s a window into the chasm between how Black and white Americans view race.

For too many white people, racism is still not a dealbreaker. They’ll denounce (some) violence but protect the worldview that fuels it.

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Cindy Vs. The Army of Darkness Phan @cindyphanauthor.com · 19d

The best part about fighting a demon is, you can fight dirty. It is necessary and correct.

Thanks again to @innerworlds.bsky.social for giving this fiendish flash fic a home! I had a blast writing it…it was almost too much fun 😈

Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · 19d

"Look at the fucking thing. Really look. See the horns, claws, that festering skin, all those yellow fangs, those fucked-up eyes?

Big fucking deal."

Read 'What to Do When A Demon is Talking Shit at You' by @cindyphanauthor.com

inner-worlds.ghost.io/what-to-do-w...

What to Do When A Demon is Talking Shit at You by Cindy Phan

The demon rears on its splayed legs and slaps its naked thighs, leering as it talks shit at you with its long, forked tongue. So listen, and listen good:

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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 20d

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Mike Royce @mikeroyce.bsky.social · 20d

and a retired meteorologist shall lead us

Tweet from Dan Satterfield

Ok, I keep getting asked about how to complain about Kimmel.
The best way to complain that will have the biggest impact?
See if you have a Sinclair or nexstar station in your area.
2. Watch the local newscast tonight or some time this week.
3. Note the companies that bought tv adverts.
4. Call them and let them know you will boycott them until they quit supporting that media company.
Trust me. I worked in tv for 45 years.
Nothing you do will have greater impact.

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hurlepat.bsky.social @hurlepat.bsky.social · 22d

I got to playtest and work on Pathfinder Quest and can attest this game is going to be awwwwwwwwwesome :)

Paizo @paizo.com · 22d

Pathfinder Quest is live on BackerKit! Check out today's blog to learn about the game, campaign exclusives, and see how you can shape the destiny of Darkmoon Vale!

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The Pathfinder Quest board game box sits vertically on a dark stone table with light emulating sunlight coming from the top right corner.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 26d

There's sort of a keyfabe that happens in both Congress and the media where Trump is basically treated as a normal president because a world where we admitted this is not normal and that democratic liberties are slowly being eroded requires the media/political class to take a stand.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 26d

Every once in a while I remember how the left media and pundits in Korea used to write on Yoon Suk-Seol's autocratic tendencies, but this tended to be ignored by the right wing media in Korea and international media primarily because of a desire to treat Yoon as a normal president.

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 27d

Any discussion of political violence in America that ignores how this is the president of the United States is taking place in a fantasyland.

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John Galt @4lusus2naturae0.bsky.social · 26d

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hurlepat.bsky.social @hurlepat.bsky.social · 28d

My second fav US city for a reason...

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 29d

"Chicago's about to find out why it's called the Department of Well We Would But the Vibes Are Off"

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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · Sep 9

Still a banger.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h9L...

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · Sep 3

Trans men are men
Trans women are women
Nonbinary people are nonbinary people
and so on
Just let people live their lives FFS
(and if that is a problem for you then see the steps in the previous post)

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · Sep 1

Many authors have searched The Atlantic's LibGen database of pirated titles to see if they are listed there. However, I've uncovered that authors of short fiction aren't always discoverable there.

Here's how I discovered more of my short fiction in the list. 1/
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 25

Tim Walz: "I always get in trouble for it and I'll continue to say it, I don't think we do any favors when we don't name it -- these are fascist policies."

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Aug 20

"The Brownshirts wanted everyone to see them beat people in the streets. They did public terror. ICE does plausible terror so they can go out and get tacos on the weekend."

ICE Is Nothing Like the Brownshirts Because the Brownshirts Actually Identified Themselves

Let’s get this out of the way: Immigration and Customs Enforcement is nothing like the Sturmabteilung, aka Hitler’s Brownshirts. Your main clue is ...

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italianstylemeats @blagueplague.bsky.social · Aug 13

Patrick Freyne
in The Irish Times
08 March 2021

Having a monarchy next door is a little like having a neighbour who’s really into clowns and has daubed their house with clown murals, displays clown dolls in each window and has an insatiable desire to hear about and discuss clown-related news stories. More specifically, for the Irish, it’s like having a neighbour who’s really into clowns and, also, your grandfather was murdered by a clown.

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Scott Lynch @scottlynch78.bsky.social · Aug 12

ELDERLY KUNG FU MASTER: At the top of this mountain lives the man they call the "The Invincible Knife Master Who Kills All Challengers." He-

BRASH YOUNG IDIOT: Sweet! I'm gonna go up there and fight him!

ELDERLY KUNG FU MASTER: ...he kills all... uh, challengers. Invincible. Okay. Have fun!

SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · Aug 11

Jesus @dieworkwear.bsky.social

(Replying to guy about gay rights)
"Even if they nullify your dad's marriage, he's not going to return to your mom."

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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · Aug 10

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hurlepat.bsky.social @hurlepat.bsky.social · Aug 11

The first of this year’s cherry tomatoes; all from the seeds of last year’s Big Boy

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