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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 14d

Low-grade fever:
Eat a McFlurry in an ice bath full of bleach.

Cramps:
Try not complaining. Men get cramps, too, you know.

Lightning crotch:
Exorcism.

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The Trump Administration’s Recommendations for Managing Pregnancy Discomfort

“For this reason, they are strongly recommending that women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy unless medically necessary. That’s, for instance, in...

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real willa rose @realwillarose.bsky.social · 15d

Plagued by this crushing pit in my heart that if my children experience a school shooting then I will have no one to blame but myself, as their parent, for staying in this fucking country.

real willa rose @realwillarose.bsky.social · 19d

They leaned really heavily into dramatic moments of transferring people from gurneys and yelling "CLEAR" in the first season, luckily they learned to spread those out

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real willa rose @realwillarose.bsky.social · 19d

I spy my friend Stephen Towns!!

Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 19d

When Harriet Tubman led 300 Black soldiers up the Combahee River, she became the first woman in US history to help a major military operation, and the leader of the largest rebellion of enslaved people in the nation. A new exhibition celebrates her courage without over-mythologizing her.

The Night Harriet Tubman Made History

An exhibition of art and historical artifacts celebrates the freedom fighter’s story without over-mythologizing her.

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america’s local band cheekface @cheekface.bsky.social · Aug 25

cheekfaceeeeeeeee

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real willa rose @realwillarose.bsky.social · Aug 25

I'm thinking 2 Eto's -- child and middle age/retired (Hiroyuki Sanada maybe?). Ken Watanabe has kind of an unassuming look which could be a good fit.

Jodie Comer as Elaine Smith.

What are you thinking Dan?

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real willa rose @realwillarose.bsky.social · Aug 25

@osullyville.bsky.social

The latest episode of The Outfit got me brainstorming the cast of the Ken Eto film, which got me realizing I am ignorant to many Japanese American actors. Somehow can't picture George Takei as the retired Eto drinking Dunkin in the Atlanta suburbs.

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Mike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · Jun 21

magician opening his shirt

"Are these your nipples"

and they are

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real willa rose @realwillarose.bsky.social · May 8

My 5.5 year old made this hat for the @cheekface.bsky.social show tomorrow night.

"LET'SROCK..." with a rock falling from the sky.

Stay tuned to find out if I will regret bringing a child to an indie rock concert.

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Kristen Mulrooney @kristenmulrooney.bsky.social · Mar 15

Every Saturday with my kids is a Calamitous ORTBO

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · Mar 1

I don’t understand. I keep posting insightful takes on the world’s problems but it hasn’t magically fixed everything

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real willa rose @realwillarose.bsky.social · Mar 1

More surprising, I think the reggae one is my favorite track, haha!

real willa rose @realwillarose.bsky.social · Feb 25

Cheekface was right. It is a rude world.

Can't say I had Cheekface reggae tracks on my 2025 bingo card but you know I support them 100% no matter what!

america’s local band cheekface @cheekface.bsky.social · Feb 25

"Middle Spoon"

the 5th fucking Cheekface album

out now on DSPs, vinyl and CD

thank you for choosing Cheekface

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real willa rose @realwillarose.bsky.social · Feb 25

Cheekface was right. It is a rude world.

Can't say I had Cheekface reggae tracks on my 2025 bingo card but you know I support them 100% no matter what!

america’s local band cheekface @cheekface.bsky.social · Feb 25

"Middle Spoon"

the 5th fucking Cheekface album

out now on DSPs, vinyl and CD

thank you for choosing Cheekface

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real willa rose @realwillarose.bsky.social · Feb 18

Recs on who to follow on this app? I need a little more joy and silliness interspersed with the fucking DOOM, otherwise this place is untenable.

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Paige Engard @paigeengard.bsky.social · Feb 15

You heard the sticker

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real willa rose @realwillarose.bsky.social · Feb 10

Black Velvet....if you pleeeeease

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · Feb 10

chaotic good

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real willa rose @realwillarose.bsky.social · Feb 7

"If he was a bad dude" -- literally, publicly, a bad dude.

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real willa rose @realwillarose.bsky.social · Feb 6

What kind of brand name is this for kids snacks?

real willa rose @realwillarose.bsky.social · Feb 4

Thank you Sharon McMahon for the breakdown. This is not ok, people.

How Does Elon Musk Have So Much Power?

Early Monday morning, employees at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the agency in charge of conducting humanitarian efforts around the world, were told not to come to work.

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real willa rose @realwillarose.bsky.social · Feb 2

Cheekface was right. Fuck all the transphobes.

foldmorepaper @foldmorepaper.com · Jan 30

fuck all the transphobes
cheekface.bandcamp.com/track/pledge...

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real willa rose @realwillarose.bsky.social · Feb 2

The overwhelming urge to buzz your undercut after spending two full years trying to grow out your undercut.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · Feb 1

“We must end gender ideology,” say the people who believe that heterosexuality should be enforced with state violence and that women should have the legal status of permanent children.

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real willa rose @realwillarose.bsky.social · Jan 31

Woohoo!

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