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ralanr.bsky.social @ralanr.bsky.social · Dec 12

Heads up to people following me.

Please do not expect a followback. I only follow/followback people I know or people who's content I have an interest in.

I'm saying this because I'm seeing a lot of followers that I can only assume are following me because I'm on a list.

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ralanr.bsky.social @ralanr.bsky.social · 38m

So...are they projecting? Cause I keep hearing them talk about professional protestors and at this point I'm starting to wonder if they've used such a tactic in the past.

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zach @extrafabulous.bsky.social · 2h

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♥︎ ADDY ♥︎ @gurobits.bsky.social · 20h

#twilightprincess #tloz #midlink

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Bug Enthusiast 🐝❤️ @idolomantises.bsky.social · 20h

Puppet Show

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22h

2. Last week, conservatives—led by Elon Musk and Libs of TikTok—launched an outrage campaign to cancel Netflix en masse. The uproar began over a years-old kids’ show featuring a transgender boy coming out to the protagonist—a scene that reflects the reality many children already live in.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Rob DenBleyker @robdenbleyker.com · 14h

BULLSHIT

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Jon Baker @thejonbaker.bsky.social · 15h

I hope this isn’t one of them because I love it too much

(But don’t get nearly enough opportunity to use it)

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🌙Evil Sonny Ross🌞 @sonnyross.bsky.social · Aug 15

I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic

A decorative illustration of flowers with the caption “I don’t use ai I’m not a fucking loser” with a severed hand with too many fingers

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 15d

If you havent joined in the effort yet, if you havent called any reps, or sent letters to paypros etc etc

You can still hop on and help. Now is the time to try! Because we will only get out of this by trying!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

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Pina ✨ ADHD Alien @adhd-alien.bsky.social · 23h

I’ve learnt that only hyperfocus can keep me from disappointing others. Sometimes.

Two-page comic about ADHD, self-doubt, and burnout.

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A person with short black hair and yellow antennae recalls lifelong struggles with effort and recognition. As a child, they cry while being scolded over homework. Later, they work hard but still fail small details and receive an “F.” When they finally succeed, they can’t enjoy it—holding a medal labeled “2,” they feel it’s luck, not skill.

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They explain how productivity fluctuates. A blue graph shows steady effort, while a pink line spikes wildly. They say, “For me, it fluctuates more extremely.” Sitting exhausted at a messy desk, they admit, “I only stop when I’m too tired to go on. The word I learned for all this was ‘lazy.’ I never learned a healthy measure or how to trust myself.”

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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ralanr.bsky.social @ralanr.bsky.social · 17h

Season 3 of Alice in Borderlands is so funny to me because the villains keep asking Arisu to stay and have done nothing really to convince him it's worthwhile.

Dude just wants to live a life with his wife.

ralanr.bsky.social @ralanr.bsky.social · 17h

President Miller sucks.

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 1d

President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller playing a central role, according to officials.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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ralanr.bsky.social @ralanr.bsky.social · 17h

Wow, it sure does suck when the subtitles in Netflix miss like an entire line of dialogue.

It's not even meant to be missed; the character was promising something that could be clearly heard in the original language but it gets missed in translation. Goddamn it.

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Centurii chan @centuriichan.bsky.social · 18h

the samurai fears the cost effective nasal helmet.

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Punk Rock Loser @grs22.bsky.social · 18h

People ask me for a Patreon so they can support me besides comms. I never made one because I see my comics as cute strips made to make people smile even if just a bit. For anyone to see.

Putting a paywall in it would just defeat the purpose. I'll die broke before I ever "monetize" my comics.

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think an algo has taken over bluesky... yet

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Adam Ellis @adamtots.bsky.social · 20h

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ralanr.bsky.social @ralanr.bsky.social · 19h

Motherfucking Illidan said it best when the Naaru was trying to 'cure him'. He is his scars. Everything he's done, bad and good, are a result of his actions and him learning from them.

We're not perfect. We were never meant to be.

ralanr.bsky.social @ralanr.bsky.social · 19h

Maybe it's just my own depression, but seeing people embrace AI for creative endeavors because it removes the hard part just pisses me off.

The hard parts/parts you don't like are what help you get better.