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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 6h

Been running around outside at night lately like the Weapons kids. Feels good. Refreshing.

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Peter Aidan Byrne @peteraidanbyrne.bsky.social · 6h

How dare they

The Onion @theonion.com · 19h

Area Man Has Far Greater Knowledge Of Marvel Universe Than Own Family Tree https://theonion.com/area-man-has-far-greater-knowledge-of-marvel-universe-t-1819571080/

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 6h

whats Pinocchio's favorite pizza. "Dominose." (the crowd applauds weakly but with an awareness that i have consolidated power and begun my invasion of the Low Countries)

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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 6h

grandview theater, st. paul, minnesota, 1978

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 6h

I don't understand the concept behind Seaquest DMV

Who exactly is issuing driver's licenses at the bottom of the ocean?

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Peter Aidan Byrne @peteraidanbyrne.bsky.social · 6h

"Legally binding" is a function of institutional power, pure and simple, and has no connection whatsoever to "legitimacy" in any ethical or procedural sense. But if all that's meant by "legitimate" is "backed by institutional power," then sure, they're as legitimate as a cop's gun.

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 7h

I still think all the time about when Kane PUNCHED HIS FIST upward through the center of the mat, and climbed out of a hole leading to literal hell and then John Cena went under the mat (where hell is) to grab a folding chair.

pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 7h

I find it baffling how little impact the existence of the Undertaker, a literal walking corpse, has had on science and religion

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VoidBurger 𝑓 (AKA Jess) @voidburger.com · 7h

"wHy dOn'T aMeRiCaNs PrOtEsT aLL tHiS" cuz you don't follow people who are posting about it, and that's on you

Like... how do you want evidence served to you, by government-approved sources/media or by people on the ground at the thousands of protests we are having all the time??

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 10h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 7h

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 7h

Their biggest fantasy is also my biggest fantasy.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12h

“They’re all Antifa now”

Laura Ingraham screenshot that reads: THEY'RE ALL ANTIFA
NGL
NOW
DEMS MELT UNDER PRESSURE
THE ANGLE ALERT

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Peter Aidan Byrne @peteraidanbyrne.bsky.social · 7h

I've said it before and I'll say it again: he's the final boss of the Baby Boomers

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 10h

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 7h

Marsrover Perseverance Sol 904 - From Simeon Schmauß (stim3on.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2p1MdE9

After the sampling operations of conglomerates at Fall River Pass were completed, the Perseverance Rover started moving West through very Rocky terrain towards a new Science objective, called the Margin Carbonate Unit.
This area is 400m west of the rover an not yet visible from the current location. Scientists hope to learn more about the past environment on Mars from the rocks there and whether it facilitated life.
This panorama was assembled from Navcam images taken on the afternoon on Sol 904. I also added sky images from sol 889. These images were taken at a different time of day, but at the same sun elevation, so they could be combined.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Simeon Schmauß

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Rando Chrontendo @randochrontendo.famiconsumer.com · 7h

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 7h

i wish that it was possible to truly enjoy the utter comedy in the juxtaposition between this and the way the president is describing this

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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vladchoc @vladchoc.bsky.social · 7h

The janitor squints at the unfinished equation, picks up the chalk and scrawls methodically. Soon all the eights have top-hats like snowmen.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 7h

I find it baffling how little impact the existence of the Undertaker, a literal walking corpse, has had on science and religion

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Peter Aidan Byrne @peteraidanbyrne.bsky.social · 7h

The "leading presidential candidate" part really gives the game away - I'm pretty sure it's just a direct parroting of Trump's own talking points at the time, but even setting that aside, why would the "leading" part matter? He was too popular to prosecute? That's the argument? Just embarrassing.

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Peter Aidan Byrne @peteraidanbyrne.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, this part also struck me as just a glaringly dishonest characterization of what actually happened. Trump wasn't just "criticizing," he was making thinly-veiled threats and wild accusations. I'd imagine other defendants have been gagged for far less.

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Bugs, Beleaguered Babysitter of the Booger Brothers @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 8h

guys i think we gotta just start saying anti-fascist now

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Blue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social · 8h

Blue Jays, thank you

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 8h

oh hell yeah youtu.be/nGZOFyLrCwk?...

Slug Eating Spaghetti Time Lapse (With Stopwatch Timer)

YouTube video by Nature's Fantastic

youtu.be

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 8h

"During the incident, which was partially captured in a video shared with KOIN 6 News, Miranda says he showed officers his Oregon driver’s license before they confiscated it and told him, 'You've been here on an overstay.'"

He was then beaten, jailed for hours, then released

Cops are great

Last Neocon @deejaymcg.bsky.social · 9h

Cops are great.
Right, @gregdoucette.bsky.social?

www.koin.com/news/portlan...

www.koin.com

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Ruth Marshall @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social · 8h

She doesn't go here, you wouldn't know her.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 14h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 8h

...I get that we sound like crazy people to anyone not online enough to know who Posobiec is, to know what QAnon is, to know what Pizzagate is. People who don't watch press conferences and roundtable and the insane fucking fascist shit being spoken out loud across the internet. I get it.

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 8h

Ki-tan the helpful but clumsy onion is the mascot for Kitami City in Hokkaido.

An onion-headed mascot in a light green T-shirt stands in a crowded courtyard.

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