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scorchedmirth

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Existentialism? Don't even get me Sartred. Buffy fan. Spuffy fan. she/her, atheist, 🌈+🏳️‍⚧️ allied 💜BLACK LIVES MATTER💜 ACAB FUCK BILLIONAIRES

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scorchedmirth @scorchedmirth.bsky.social · Jan 3

When I have a task I have to do and I find myself putting it off, I get myself a treat - I call it a 'precentive' and it absolutely does not work.

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Damon Butler @damondaemon.bsky.social · Aug 31

If we have to become an authoritarian state, can we at least get eco-cities, bullet trains, and renewable energy?

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · Aug 24

I loved the movie OPPENHEIMER about the race to build that world-changing negotiation.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 24

JD Vance: "This is how wars ultimately get settled. If you go back to World War 2, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · Aug 24

bsky post from: new face in hell @shawnline.bsky.social
They built a huge, ugly thought-control tower right next to my house but actually love it so much
July 2, 2023 at 2:59 PM Everybody can reply

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SpellSword177 @spellsword177.bsky.social · Aug 20

Spike aka William the Bloody (James Marsters)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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👩‍🌾scareCru🌾 @carnitas.bsky.social · Aug 19

give me an acre of land & i’ll let you see my bare ankles

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · Aug 16

Explain it once more and it will become so funny

Elon Musk pretending he was at a party saying Overheard at a party, "If your gf is a 10, she's an asset"
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"Asset" here means "intelligence asset"
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Meant to say "if your gf is a 10, you're an asset" , as in intelligence agency asset
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Tusk Jenkins @tuskjenkins.bsky.social · Aug 16

They call this a Donkey Kong sunrise

Sunrise with levels of clouds you have to climb to save your lady

Donkey Kong screen with levels of girders you have to climb to save your lady

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · Aug 16

Like a well oiled machine

www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...

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alboo @captainacab.airbud.website · Aug 16

if you want to make actionable threats please make them in a reply so the lawyers have to read my jokes in court

-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ❆ ☃︎︎ ❆ @moxiest.art · Aug 15

we are once again begging you all to stop publicly making specific and actionable threats against government officials on bluesky dot app

Rianamator 🦇🎃👻 @riana.bsky.social · Aug 15

For at least the second time, a Bluesky user caught a federal criminal case - this time for threats against ICE and Tom Homan. There are screenshots if you want to see which user.

h/t @courtwatch.bsky.social storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · Aug 15

We can't talk about what's going on without talking about the deplorable state of law enforcement in this country and Democrats can't do that until they discard reflexive rhetoric like "Of course we have to respect the police." No we don't! Not when they act like this! And you should say it!

Simon Fondrie-Teitler @simon.overgrown.garden · Aug 14

US Park Police now doing traffic stops in DC, and charged at me with a baton for filming closer than they liked

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 14

never misses

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scorchedmirth @scorchedmirth.bsky.social · Aug 14

Slime molds exhibit intelligence, so not surprising. www.nature.com/articles/nat...

How brainless slime molds redefine intelligence - Nature

Single-celled amoebae can remember, make decisions and anticipate change, urging scientists to rethink intelligent behavior.

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onion person @junlper.beer · Aug 14

mold is starting to strategically target rightwingers

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · Aug 14

the thing about incarcerated trans people is that virtually no one will stand up for them & that’s fucking horrific because i literally cannot think of a worse place to be a trans person in america than prison.

if you’re cis you should read this.

trans people, keep on scrolling; you already know.

Trans people in Georgia prisons are being forced to detransition. Now they're suing.

A class action lawsuit representing nearly 300 incarcerated people says the state's refusal to allow gender-affirming care constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.

www.advocate.com

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · Aug 14

The news out of DC is consistently awful but it’s still kind of amusing to see all these tough guy members of Congress lining up in front of the cameras to say things like, “I can’t step outside the Rayburn Building when I’m here because if I hear rap music I’ll shit myself.”

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · Aug 14

same guy lmao

a wuss named Markwayne Mullin @SenMullin cosplayed as a tough guy when he hilariously blurped:
I will lead the breach. I will lay down cover fire. I will take the high ground. I'll expose myself to enemy fire to communicate. We must bring back integrity, focus, and put the Warfighter first inside DOD. I stand with @SecDef@PeteHegseth.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · Aug 14

“My dearest Wilhelmina, I write to you from the front, where news is grim.

The tyrant has issued a new executive order against ‘hoagies of mass destruction,’ and our sandwicheers find themselves low on supplies.

Thankfully, the Arby Irregulars have commenced ambushes to lessen the pressure.”

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · Aug 14

Fun Fact: When these people say "crime," they mean "the existence of black people in public spaces in society." "Crime" is the new "protecting women's sports."

Mediaite @mediaite.com · Aug 13

Maggie Haberman Says Pushing Back in Trump Risky for Dems: ‘There Is a Crime Problem Everywhere’

Maggie Haberman said Democrats risk seeming out of touch when they push back on President Donald Trump over his policing takeover. The post Maggie Haberman Says Pushing Back in Trump Risky for Dems: ‘There Is a Crime Problem Everywhere’ first appeared on Mediaite.

dlvr.it

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scorchedmirth @scorchedmirth.bsky.social · Aug 14

I agree completely.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · Aug 13

🧵 We've had a decade of marriage equality—and that may be all we get. Just like I warned about Roe for years, I'm warning you now: Obergefell is absolutely on the chopping block. The same "history and tradition" test that killed abortion rights? That's their blueprint for same-sex marriage.