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Jack - Grumpy Old Man CR: The Way of Kings @jackbwuzhere.bsky.social · 3h

They've basically given up on getting a home, unless they are veterans.

They are usually one paycheck away from being homeless.

They also have zero hope for change because they were born into long wars, and graduated into Covid.

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Jack - Grumpy Old Man CR: The Way of Kings @jackbwuzhere.bsky.social · 3h

For single young adults, they do not get medicare, social security, or SNAP, or subsidized housing.

They get told by our D.C. government they aren't working hard enough.

They get screwed out of full time, so they have to juggle multiple part time jobs.

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Jack - Grumpy Old Man CR: The Way of Kings @jackbwuzhere.bsky.social · 3h

Stock market is inexplicably up. The wealthy are making more money. I can't believe you forgot about the Billionaires. The nerve of some people.

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Jack - Grumpy Old Man CR: The Way of Kings @jackbwuzhere.bsky.social · 3h

Oof, unfortunate phrasing.

Jack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 5h

Sooner rather than later. I would not be surprised if something blows up with the Mormons as well.

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Jack - Grumpy Old Man CR: The Way of Kings @jackbwuzhere.bsky.social · 3h

"How do I turn off location services on my cell phone?"

Also.

When you get a burner phone, you do NOT sign into anything with it. Then it ceases to be a burner, and it becomes your cell phone.

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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 4h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Jack - Grumpy Old Man CR: The Way of Kings @jackbwuzhere.bsky.social · 4h

For a ballroom bigger than the white house that is going to make it look freakin' awful.

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Jack - Grumpy Old Man CR: The Way of Kings @jackbwuzhere.bsky.social · 4h

Get the absolutely unqualified, super-sized, kung-fu grip FUCK out of trans people's hair!

Trans Rights are Human Rights. I've watched this game show before in the 80s with gay rights and I'm not fuckin' watching it again.

*drags soap box off stage right*

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Jack - Grumpy Old Man CR: The Way of Kings @jackbwuzhere.bsky.social · 4h

It's getting close to having ONE law PER individual trans person cause it gives some people the ick. Fucking frat boys give me the ick. I'm not out there banning pastel shorts.

I'm not out there banning bleach cause bottle blondes give me the ick.

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Jack - Grumpy Old Man CR: The Way of Kings @jackbwuzhere.bsky.social · 4h

You know how many people ask me if Jack is short for something else? No, it's not a nickname. It's my actual name. Tons of kids go by a different nickname at school. Teachers TEACH some goddamn respect by RESPECTING the kids choice.

7. We now have hundreds of laws about trans people.

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Jack - Grumpy Old Man CR: The Way of Kings @jackbwuzhere.bsky.social · 4h

The only argument is "Is THIS elective surgery okay?"

Guess what bucko. Not your problem. It's just not. You aren't the parent. You aren't the kid. You aren't the doctor. It's nunya.

6. But they want to be called Jane when their name is Michael!?

Mothertrucker.

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Jack - Grumpy Old Man CR: The Way of Kings @jackbwuzhere.bsky.social · 4h

That's the question of elective cosmetic surgery again. Girls already have their breast buds removed if there's an really high risk of breast cancer. It's just safer. It's rare, but it already happens. Girls get nose jobs for their sweet sixteen. So elective surgery is already happening.

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Jack - Grumpy Old Man CR: The Way of Kings @jackbwuzhere.bsky.social · 4h

Someone took them to court and a judge, several of them in fact, found that there was no reason to deny cosmetic elective surgery to other people if you were already providing it.

5. But kids are being mutilated!!!
No, you idjit. They aren't.

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Jack - Grumpy Old Man CR: The Way of Kings @jackbwuzhere.bsky.social · 4h

No? Guess what. You ain't trans. Just like I've never had any urge to be a woman as a cis het guy, trans folk never really felt RIGHT in their own damn body.

4. But... I don't think prisons should pay for that.
Prisons were already paying for cosmetic elective surgery.

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Jack - Grumpy Old Man CR: The Way of Kings @jackbwuzhere.bsky.social · 4h

2. If Adults can be trans, it stands to reason they were also probably trans as teenagers.
3. But wait, they were only "INFLUENCED" to be trans. Bull and Shit. You can answer that question by looking back at your OWN CHILDHOOD. Did you look in the mirror and go... wait.. this shit is wrong?

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Jack - Grumpy Old Man CR: The Way of Kings @jackbwuzhere.bsky.social · 4h

#GrumpyPolitics This is getting ridiculous. I'm gonna ELI5 this for people.

1. Can an adult be trans? Yes, absolutely, cause adults can do whatever the fuck they want to as long as they don't harm other people in the process.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 4h

1. In a devastating new Pew Research Survey, only 3 in 10 transgender adults report being accepted by their parents.

And only 1 in 10 say they are accepted by their extended family.

This is the lowest number ever found in surveys asking similar questions.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Pew Survey: Only 31% Of Trans People Report Being Accepted By Their Parents

The survey comes as transgender people experience a legal assault from the far-right in the United States.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Orpheus Condescending @maryscottoconnor.com · 10h

All quiet on the Western Front.

IS PORTLAND A WAR ZONE?

Nope. Click & see for yourself.

Camera views all over Portland show the REAL STORY...

Every major city in the world should be so WAR-TORN.

isportlandburning.com#cameras

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

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Perrin the Bondsmith @perrinbondsmith.bsky.social · 6h

Yes!

Unraveling The Pattern @unraveling.bsky.social · 6h

It's on! Will you be participating in the WoT Idol Holiday show this year?

wotidol.bsky.social @wotidol.bsky.social · 6h

Hi #WoTSkies, you ready for the Holidays? The 2025 WoT Idol Holiday Extravaganza is ON!

🎄Song Parodies
🍀Original Music
🐰Cosplay
🎅Memes
💝Skits
🎃and more!

🕯️Entries due: Nov 30, 2025 at 12am (Midnight) ET

See rules and info at wotidol.com

#TheWheelOfTime

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Jack - Grumpy Old Man CR: The Way of Kings @jackbwuzhere.bsky.social · 4h

🍿👀

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wotidol.bsky.social @wotidol.bsky.social · 6h

Hi #WoTSkies, you ready for the Holidays? The 2025 WoT Idol Holiday Extravaganza is ON!

🎄Song Parodies
🍀Original Music
🐰Cosplay
🎅Memes
💝Skits
🎃and more!

🕯️Entries due: Nov 30, 2025 at 12am (Midnight) ET

See rules and info at wotidol.com

#TheWheelOfTime

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Matthew Murdick @matthewmurdick.bsky.social · 5h

And... just submitted my parody entry! You should do a Holiday parody entry, or a skit, or an original song, or a cosplay, or a meme, too! FInd out all the info by wotidol.com (which is where you can find rules, and the submission form)! #TheWheelOfTime #WoTskies #WoTIdol

wotidol.bsky.social @wotidol.bsky.social · 6h

Hi #WoTSkies, you ready for the Holidays? The 2025 WoT Idol Holiday Extravaganza is ON!

🎄Song Parodies
🍀Original Music
🐰Cosplay
🎅Memes
💝Skits
🎃and more!

🕯️Entries due: Nov 30, 2025 at 12am (Midnight) ET

See rules and info at wotidol.com

#TheWheelOfTime

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Jack - Grumpy Old Man CR: The Way of Kings @jackbwuzhere.bsky.social · 5h

Six is good.

Jack - Grumpy Old Man CR: The Way of Kings @jackbwuzhere.bsky.social · 5h

I found out about JordanCon and met about 1,900 new friends.

Also, I met my wife 25 years ago on social media.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 5h

we are all so emotionally fried that Dolly Parton had to get on the internet and tell us that it is all gonna be okay

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Jack - Grumpy Old Man CR: The Way of Kings @jackbwuzhere.bsky.social · 5h

#GrumpyPolitics Why do you keep calling us Nazis!!?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Schmitt: "Let's just call it out. We need a cleansing here. Let's just be truthful about what's happening. This left-wing political violence is not a both sides thing. It's not."

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