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F1RST Wrestling @f1rstwrestling.bsky.social · 2h

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John Frightening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 2h

Agreed 100%

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 7h

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Klaproth @klaproth.bsky.social · 3d

SWIFT: Trav, honey?
KELCE: (looks up from first edition Krazsnahorkai in original Hungarian) (pauses rare Steve Reich LP, Japanese pressing) Yes?
SWIFT: What rhymes with "thighs"?
KELCE: Hmm. "Belies," perhaps?
SWIFT: (under her breath) Oh for fuck's sake

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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 4h

the good news is that i'm sure truth social, a website bankrolled by a series of questionable foreign sources that exists solely so that trump can't get banned from it, has airtight security

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6h

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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John Frightening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 3h

Exciting! Have a great time!

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 15h

“The Epstein Files.”

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16h

Here’s the hardest Connections category from Wednesday, Oct. 1. What connects these four things?

Find the answer here: nyti.ms/42v1I2x

Headline: Can you figure out this Connections quandary? The four words are: Booby, Door, First and Jury.

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John Frightening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 15h

I would have thought her mom would have mewed that into her!

John Frightening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 16h

Rolette has been taking such good care of me while I’m sick that I almost feel bad about having her spayed next week.

A tabby-Bengal sits on my chest while I’m laying on the couch

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John Frightening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 18h

Thanks for the invite 😭

John Frightening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 19h

I do love that show, and that’s a great episode.

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John Frightening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 1d

Buster Keaton’s last movie was filmed after the first American spacewalk.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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John Frightening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 22h

1) I *did* announce for MNR[G/D] for 14 seasons from 2006-2019. I got registered as an officiant when my co-announcer there got engaged and wanted me to do the ceremony.

2) I announced the gymkhana and awards at scooter rallies, and derby friends encouraged me to apply there.

3) Swerve Strickland.

Vowel @vowel-fwf.bsky.social · 23h

Bonus question and this one goes to @johnmaddening.bsky.social !!!

You do the announcing for MNRD.. you officiate weddings heck, you seem to do it all!

When did you realize roughly you had a knack and the voice for announcing?

Coolest person you have ever announced?

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John Frightening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 1d

Wild that Apple Maps calls it by that name, but Google Maps calls it “Triangle Park”.

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F1RST Wrestling @f1rstwrestling.bsky.social · 1d

“The Renaissance Woman” returns to the #UptownVFW in Minneapolis, MN!
We’ll hear from HYAN for the first time since the end of her 364-day reign as champion.

⚠️F1RST Wrestling: 𝑼𝑵𝑳𝑬𝑨𝑺𝑯𝑬𝑫⚠️
SATURDAY | November 1st
Doors 7pm | Show 8pm | 21+ Event

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Alan Cernobite @alancerny.bsky.social · 1d

Bring joy to an artist you admire today.

They're doing a lot of the heavy lifting these days to make the rest of our lives more tolerable.

The powers-that-be want to take their livelihoods away. Be generous in your love and as generous as you can with money.

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John Frightening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 1d

Buster Keaton’s last movie was filmed after the first American spacewalk.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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John Frightening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 1d

IT’S AN INSIDE JOB

Texas National Guardmembers, each a little overweight, with sunglasses and mustaches

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John Frightening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 1d

He looks like he just uploaded a four hour YouTube video about how the Star Wars prequels are vastly underrated and misunderstood.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 1d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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John Frightening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 1d

IT’S AN INSIDE JOB

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John Frightening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 1d

I really like “Opalite”, but the rest ranges from ‘fine’ to laughably bad.

I suggest the new albums from Atarashii Gakko!! and Gully Boys, all bangers and no filler.

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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 2d

Lock up every ice agent

Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 2d

A FB friend of mine posted this about her aunt. I shared her quote here, there was more to her quote but I didn’t have room to fit it all in. It is now being reported by the media too. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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F1RST Wrestling @f1rstwrestling.bsky.social · 2d

EFFY RETURNS TO F1RST WRESTLING!

⚠️F1RST Wrestling: 𝑼𝑵𝑳𝑬𝑨𝑺𝑯𝑬𝑫⚠️
SATURDAY | November 1st
#UptownVFW | Minneapolis, MN
Doors 7pm | Show 8pm | 21+ Event

🚨GET YOUR TICKETS NOW🚨
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/f1rst-wres...

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