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Ibn Bassal @ibnbassal.bsky.social · 9h

I took many sculpture classes in college, so I am qualified to say: these rule, 10/10 art

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 11d

You don't have a delivery guy from the pizza place, you have an app

You don't talk to customer service you open a ticket on zendesk

platform logic works by replacing direct human relationships with mediated transactions

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Ibn Bassal @ibnbassal.bsky.social · 1d

I love Chicago

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Daz @beepbeepster.bsky.social · 1d

There was something inspirational growing up in this era, so much hope through science and cooperation

Which is why is feels so awful becoming an adult when anti-intellectualism and pride in lacking empathy have taken root

jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 2d

the wave of weaponized nostalgia for 90s-style multiculturalism and political correctness is gonna hit different

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Ibn Bassal @ibnbassal.bsky.social · 1d

Did you get a chance to try their risotto? It's one of my favorites

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neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 2d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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Ibn Bassal @ibnbassal.bsky.social · 1d

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 4d

Day 47 of trying to be hired by Andrew Cuomo

A meme depicting Stan and Steve from American Dad but it misinterprets the characters as Hank and Bobby Hill from King of the Hill so they have a discussion in those characters voices where Steve/Bobby initially wants to vote for Zohran Mamdani but realizes the error of his ways when corrected by Stan/Hank

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 6d

Trying to find a job in video games right now is like crawling through hell:

aftermath.site/video-game-rec...

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ca-dmv-bot @ca-dmv-bot.bsky.social · 6d

Customer: FOR A LEXUS ISF CAR THE IS LEXUS SPORTS LETTER THRY US EMEANS SPORTS MODE ENGAGED
DMV: FUCK MODE

Verdict: DENIED

California license plate with text "F MODE".

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gorlock @gorlock.bsky.social · 7d

[trying fresh fruit for the first time]: woah this stuff tastes like vape 😲

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Mission Hill Screens @missionhillscreens.bsky.social · 7d

[MOANING] #missionhill

S1E3: "Kevin's Problem (or Porno for Pyro)", originally aired October 8, 1999 [07:57]

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Worm Girl @worm-girl.bsky.social · 8d

Journalism in general is a dead art form, not because people don't want it, but because the bar is so low as to render most of it totally worthless.

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RetroOoOoOo~ BOOmercial Screams @retro-commercials.bsky.social · 8d

Photograph of a hand holding a red Nokia phone with a green screen displaying the text "GUSHERS" and "VOL".

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ca-dmv-bot @ca-dmv-bot.bsky.social · 8d

Customer: BUSHCRAFT: THE ART OF BEEING KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT HOW TO USE MOTHER NATURE IN ONES ADVANTAGE WHILE IN THE OUTDOORS/BACKCOUNTRY.
DMV: LOOKS LIKE BITCH CRAFT

Verdict: DENIED