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CreepyPasta Ben @pastaben.bsky.social · 20h

the greed of insurance companies will never cease to astound me

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23h

This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 21h

microsoft product (begging, pleading): save this document to my documents?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (twitching, shaking) this jpeg. save to pictures?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (weeping, throwing up): this email attachment... downloads?

me: desktop

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CreepyPasta Ben @pastaben.bsky.social · 23h

I was at a george floyd protest and the NYPD broke it up by flying a helicopter like 20 feet over our heads. to say nothing of the policing of nonwhite neighborhoods forever. the occupation’s been going on a while dude!

Caleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social · 1d

Chilling insight by @barbarafwalter.com: "Once citizens view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this… They’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns."

via www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Screenshot from a NYT article by Thomas Edsall, quoting Barbara Walter of UC-San Diego: "The quickest way to piss people off is to send soldiers into their neighborhoods especially when there’s no reason for them to be there. It’s inherently provocative, and Trump and his team understand this. Research by the political scientist Robert Pape shows that the single most powerful predictor of suicide terrorism is the presence of foreign troops on local soil. People hate, hate, hate that. They hate the humiliation, the powerlessness, the feeling of being occupied.

"Once citizens begin to view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this. In fact, that’s the point. They are not trying to restore order; they’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns. In the end, violence serves their ultimate end: They want to create the illusion of disorder so they can tighten control and stay in power indefinitely."

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CreepyPasta Ben @pastaben.bsky.social · 23h

it’s real

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CreepyPasta Ben @pastaben.bsky.social · 23h

he thinks she’s Dale Earnhardt’s mom

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CreepyPasta Ben @pastaben.bsky.social · 23h

and the bona fide Elites don’t want you to know this, but if you’re one of them you can major in like west african drumming and then get hired anyway by some dude who knows your uncle. the war on the English Major is just a beachhead for an assault on higher ed in general

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CreepyPasta Ben @pastaben.bsky.social · 23h

i’m not gonna say it’s a golden ticket but I was a double major in english and government and the english part of my degree has been just as useful in terms of getting jobs. basically it proves I can read and write well. also after your first 2 or so jobs your major ceases to matter entirely

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CreepyPasta Ben @pastaben.bsky.social · 23h

good sludge morning to you open.spotify.com/track/49qcxd...

The Bloated Pope

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CreepyPasta Ben @pastaben.bsky.social · 1d

The Years Of Lead Paint

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BayBayFriend @baybayfriend.bsky.social · 1d

Elegant older woman in a taupe blazer. Text: The doctor doesn't want you to know about this. The doctor has their own needs, will, and lovers' trysts. The doctor misspells words in hasty emails about marrow and sinew. You mustn't blame the doctor for their miseducation in blood orthodoxy. The doctor knows a great many things, but they don't know about my paste.
WHEN THEY WERE LEARNING ABOUT FORCEPS, I WAS MAKING MY PASTE.
ForeverMyPaste.com.
(ive been making my paste the whole time)

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CreepyPasta Ben @pastaben.bsky.social · 1d

also the big secret of #4 is that the top 20 colleges have unofficial caps on the number of students from a specific prep school, which means in practice rich kids who would’ve gone to Yale in the past end up going to like, Bates College

CreepyPasta Ben @pastaben.bsky.social · 1d

jfk only outlived w.e.b. dubois by 3 months, and dubois was born 3 years after the civil war ended

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 1d

Yes. EVERY single CA trans rights bill passed the legislature with a veto-proof majority, considering zero Dems voted no.

So if Newsom vetoes them, the fight isn't over--you can then pressure your CA reps to override them!

Hi I’m Elon Sucks 🏳️‍⚧️ @elonisugly.bsky.social · 1d

Is it possible for California legislator to override the veto’s. They have a super majority in the state.

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CreepyPasta Ben @pastaben.bsky.social · 1d

found the vid as my citation: youtube.com/shorts/ZX8Oa... maybe it’s bullshit who knows

Your printer sucks on purpose #shorts

YouTube video by FLESH SIMULATOR

youtube.com

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BayBayFriend @baybayfriend.bsky.social · Nov 27

Plumber: Yeah so you definitely want to stop flushing novelty TikTok slime down the toilet. The glitter is an abrasive and the slime itself will expand in water, causing backups, not only in your home, but every house on the block.

Me, playing with more slime: Uhhh ENGLISH PLEASE? Haha. This guy.

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CreepyPasta Ben @pastaben.bsky.social · 1d

apparently for a long time all printers would add these tiny barely visible yellow dots that served as an ID for each individual printer, which is why it’d demand yellow ink even when printing b&w. there’s a video on it somewhere

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CreepyPasta Ben @pastaben.bsky.social · 1d

can we get a “happy birthday curt” going

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BayBayFriend @baybayfriend.bsky.social · Feb 25

A greaser in a beautiful landscape says Happy Tuesday, my intelligent baby. A watermark says GoodMorningLovers

(I love you my clever baby)

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BayBayFriend @baybayfriend.bsky.social · Mar 4

Sketch of a badass masked woman with like scene hair and tattoos. Text: Yes I have tattoos.
Yes God makes it rain when I'm mad at Nintendo.

And no. I don’t take any
$#!@.
(and I talk like jarjar)

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CreepyPasta Ben @pastaben.bsky.social · 1d

im going to start america's largest antifa organization. it won't be a real one, it'd just be a diversion for the FBI. make them waste their time in endless meetings where we debate questions like "is ladies and gentlemen a slur?"

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CreepyPasta Ben @pastaben.bsky.social · 1d

I also feel like the Crown prosecutors are shooting themselves in the foot by continuing to press this case. if your band’s whole image is tied up in Irish resistance to the UK, why would you play into that narrative? they’re just giving Kneecap free publicity and cred!

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osama42.bsky.social @osama42.bsky.social · 5d

Please stand here for five seconds and don't pass me.

Help us before hunger kills us. Our situation is getting worse every day, and we have nothing to protect us from collapsing. We appeal to you with broken hearts to be our lifeline.🙏🏽
gofund.me/d04a0082e

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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CreepyPasta Ben @pastaben.bsky.social · 1d

swissbrina chardpenter. is this anything. is this the Content you crave

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