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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · Nov 12

since bluesky doesn’t have a drafts folder i’m just going to write my drafts under this post. nobody look, these aren’t finished yet

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 13h

had this saved in my phone from somewhere i don’t remember

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 13h

artwork of some guy hunched over looking at like a bird thing, orange high-relief terrain with starry sky and gigantic skull in background. caption over skull reads actual deadly diseases, caption near guy reads RFK Jr looking for penis autism

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 1d

a Cars prequel called Car

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 1d

😮

slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 1d

mine do not simply “fall”

slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 1d

fine let them scatter everywhere

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 1d

i’m joining the war on anti-fascists on the side of anti-fascists

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 1d

a little chamber that catches your toenail clippings like a pencil sharpener

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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the aesthetic of the future

Kyle wolf
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someone on the Motorola forums was having the same problem with the camera I've been having, but I just have to share the image they posted to demonstrate the issue.
it's the funniest shit I've ever seen in my life dude

The photo is of an elderly woman in gray clothes that has been so bizarrely processed that it looks both totally over and desaturated

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rob @ok-but-still.bsky.social · 1d

the thing i hate about freddy krueger is how much of a bastard he is - but would the movie even work if he was nice?

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 1d

then how will we get people to give to calico cut pants dot com

abc7.com/post/gov-new...

New California law limits volume of ads on streaming platforms: 'Much-needed peace and quiet'

Thanks to a new California law, you won't have to scramble to turn down the volume when a blaring commercial comes on a streaming platform.

abc7.com

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 1d

guys it’s fine he just needs 1 to 2 liters of blood and he’ll reanimate

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

CNN: Does the administration still plan to abide by that court ruling?

STEPHEN MILLER: The administration filed an appeal this morning ... ... ...

CNN: Stephen? Stephen? Can you hear me?

MILLER: ... ... ...

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 1d

i think one thing that might save us from authoritarianism is the fact that everything they do in public can be recorded and put on the internet for the entire world to see. unfortunately, AI is very quickly becoming an easy scapegoat, which is probably why they love it so much

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 2d

i know the damage is done and only getting worse but god i love not seeing elon musk in the news every day

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 2d

look to my coming at first light of the fifth day. at dawn, look to the east

Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 2d

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 3d

The Lowdown is so good. Sterlin Harjo does it again

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 3d

caillou has a youtube channel that’s half crypto rug pull tutorials and half AI music

🫧 Spark Elation 🫧 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 3d

I wonder if Calliou is a hot 35 year old now

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 3d

[the military actively invading opposition cities] just you wait until i cast my vote next year!

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Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 3d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 3d

can’t believe they snagged the name

slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 3d

blocking isn’t enough. i need a social media app that lets me bite

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 3d

oh he picked a build alright

slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 3d

precisely who inspired this post

slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 3d

i hate it when i my favorite comedians go big and get a team of stylists. you shouldn’t be allowed to max out both your funny and hot stats. pick a build

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 3d

i’m willing to let him have his stupid little coin if we get to carry on like he no longer exists

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d

The U.S. Treasury shared a proposal to mint $1 Trump coins to mark America’s 250th anniversary.

But U.S. code says only deceased individuals may appear on U.S. currency, a tradition dating back to efforts to break from monarchical rule. https://wapo.st/4pWsyL3

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