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Reader, nerd, gardener, derby retiree, Kneecap fan
she/her
Trans rights=human rights
Here because of socialized medicine. Masking saves lives
TERFS, nazis & sealions automatically blocked
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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I have been given the shiny and very real War Stopper Award by
USA Pickleball because I have stopped so many dozens of wars and whatnot. I am honored that my war stopping has been noticed by the foremost pickleball organization in the world.
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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@davejorgenson.bsky.social is betting on himself. The journalist — who launched The Washington Post's TikTok, amassing nearly 2 million followers by making news funny and accessible — has launched his own social-first media company with the goal of making news more palatable for audiences.
December 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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“I trust my immune system. I don’t need a vaccine.”

Ok, I trust mine to protect me too. Which is why I trained it extensively on what the virus looks like so it can handle it.

Boxers don’t enter the ring without a plan. It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out.
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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I've been thinking more about Sarah Hurwitz's vile comments and I think what a lot of people are missing is that her "wall of dead babies" comments are based on the assumption that serious people will *prospectively* accept mass murdered children are simply a fact of life.
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
christmas card photo
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Writer: "I finished the piece about the German farmer that came out as gay and started a farm for non-mating rams. Normally they get put down but he takes them in and raises money for LGBT charities with their wool."

Editor: *cracks knuckles*
"Gay, sheep, charity, wool. Got JUST the headline."
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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There need to be social consequences for enacting anti-evidence policies that kill kids.

One of Danielle Smith’s staffers just called me over (??) at an event wanting to say hi.

Once I realized who she was, immediately questioned her about trans rights.
November 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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All glory to the Hypnopope
He said "Amen" straight into the drop

Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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This Is Just To Say

I have thwarted
the LLM
that was in
your algorithm

with which
you were probably
planning
world domination

Forgive me
it was delicious
so banal
and so stupid
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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to the graduating class of 2025 🎓
May 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This fellow overcame his low beginnings of under a dumpster behind a suburban mall, single mom, too many siblings and turned into a well respected dog trainer/puppy uncle and overall Very Fine Lad, Medium Haired Tuxedo Edition.
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling Stone. As a result, the majority of VIBE employees were laid off. If you have the means to give, this team could use the support! www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...
Donate to Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs, organized by Mya Abraham
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling S… Mya Abraham needs your support for Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs
www.gofundme.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A good day for mushroom sighting!

Splitgill Mushroom (Schizophyllum commune)
Purple Jellydisc (Ascocoryne sarcoides)
Crystal Brain Fungus (Myxarium nucleatum)
Common Bird's Nest Fungus (Crucibulum laeve)

🍄 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday #Mushrooms
November 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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hey that’s me! i support the 2026 budget because i love money and i hate vancouver and i hate this city! wealthy ppl plz dm me for my email im now taking e-transfers to speak up more against the welfare of the people and to advocate for better tax rates for rich ppl
193: software engineer. Very good at cutting costs. I know efficiency when I see it. I’m a supporter of this because I don’t care about the speakers. I support because I love money. Police have always prioritized my needs. Now that I have your attention (!!) this budget is not optimizing.
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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Cyclothymia sounds like a mystical place in a Greek epic
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Hi Bluesky 👋

Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP

It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history

I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Can anyone help with id? A fungus parasitizing another fungus. PNW. Hardwood log. The parasitized fungus is Lumpy Bracket (Trametes gibbosa). Other fungus growing on it is dry and hard to the touch, so not a slime mold?
#mycology #fungi #mushrooms
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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My old pal Pete Coviello — one of the best writers and thinkers I've ever known — wrote the piece of the moment

lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college:
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
November 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Best time of year. The dogs get bored waiting for me to take eleventy jillion photos of all the mushrooms, slimes and lichens that suddenly appear.
#fungifriday
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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Pierrot, by Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1718-19, 📸 by @andyharnik
November 7, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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AND HE WAS LIKE, BUT NOT MY FACE, RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE WELL IT'S A FACE, SO
New version of Girl Yelling In Guy's Ear at Concert Dropped:
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women

🧵
November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM