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Alex Firer @alexfirer.bsky.social · 1m

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 1h

Ok fine it’s longer than 6 words but this is the greatest short story ever written.

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · Sep 24

guy who joins bluesky in July 2026: hey everyone, going to be spending more time here ever since the Hell Site required users to manually type the 14 Words every time they post! and i was tired of turning on my camera to do the you know... german hand

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 31m

RFK jr (in voice like a garbage disposal): teen girls pussies don’t get as moist as they did even in 2023. Most teen boys are ashamed of their dick size, you pull up to a high school and tell them to whip it out and they shy away like a wild horse

Nyt headline: new way forward for US healthcare?

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Alex Firer @alexfirer.bsky.social · 1h

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Alex Firer @alexfirer.bsky.social · 1h

They were in New York, if I knew how to ship em to me without breaking them I would in a heartbeat.

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Alex Firer @alexfirer.bsky.social · 1h

Good night, sweet prince.

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 4h

Jonathan Greenblatt tweet, with an embedded photo of some of the Young Republicans Nazi chat messages:
What was reported in
@politico
is offensive and very concerning. But I’m also glad that many leaders, including
@EliseStefanik
and
@RepMikeLawler
, spoke out strongly and swiftly against these hateful statements. This is what leadership looks like – and is how decency and morality can be modeled. https://politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146

https://x.com/JGreenblattADL/status/1978813751978611129

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Alex Firer @alexfirer.bsky.social · 2h

This was LAST YEAR!?!?! Time sucks ass.

Scared Bootecki (but really Jared Rutecki) 🎃 @jaredrutecki.bsky.social · 2h

Chicago Rat Hole: There's a 98.67% likelihood that the sidewalk impression — which became a viral sensation in 2024 — is that of a squirrel. (via @pjdubs.bsky.social) #science

Chicago ‘Rat Hole’ Debunked. Scientists Say Viral Sensation Was ‘Windy City Sidewalk Squirrel’

The case of mistaken identity was revealed in a scientific paper published Wednesday in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.

news.wttw.com

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Alex Firer @alexfirer.bsky.social · 2h

Nothing personal Johnny, books are just too big!!!! And I got too many! I'm too big a fan!

Alex Firer @alexfirer.bsky.social · 2h

Anyway, if anyone wants a physical copy of a Doughboys book, I got em. If anyone wants the Rick and Morty Vol 5 Compendium with the complete Space Shake Saga I got that too. If you want to buy my Johnny Ryan comics I'm getting rid of, maybe I got those too.

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Alex Firer @alexfirer.bsky.social · 2h

Proud to have one the shortest looking names on here. Not the shortest. But ONE of the shortest.

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Brian Michael Bendis @brianmbendis.bsky.social · 18h

Suuuuuper excited to be returning for the next @pattonoswalt.bsky.social @blumjordan.bsky.social comic creator block party!! last year we had the best time! This one has everything @david-mack.bsky.social @kellysue.bsky.social @allredmd.bsky.social @yayforzig.bsky.social @gerryduggan.bsky.social

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Alex Firer @alexfirer.bsky.social · 3h

A good joke is one I have to google 30 times and then be kind of bummed they made it.

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muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 4h

[running after glenn beck with printouts of all the glenn beck is good now pieces from a few years ago] But, sir! Sir!

Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 8h

Glenn Beck says that after he aired a show on Antifa, FBI agents acting on the behest of Kash Patel came to get tips. Here's who the segment targeted, largely through strained connections and guilt by association: www.mediamatters.org/glenn-beck/g...

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Eric Klinenberg @ericklinenberg.bsky.social · 5h

For those of you keeping score, 18-22 year-old students calling for an end to slaughter in Gaza are so racist they need to be expelled or deported, but 24-35 year-olds celebrating Hitler, rape, and, um, racism are just kids being kids so chill.

Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.

JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’

Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 4h

I guess the phrase "...kidnapping them" was triggering.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 5h

Senator Mitch McConnell just suffered a fall in Washington.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

“Kids”

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Micah @rincewind.run · 4h

as always it's very telling who gets to be a kid just making mistakes (25-35 year old Republican operatives praising Hitler) and who is a full fledged adult who must face the lifelong consequences of their decisions (Black teenagers, college students protesting genocide)

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

“Kids”

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Gianni Palumbo @giannilmao.bsky.social · 8h

THE DOUGHBOYS AND CBCC CROSSOVER!!!
ARE YOU KIDDING?!?! THIS IS AMAZINGGG

Comic Book Couples Counseling @cbccpodcast.bsky.social · 8h

🍔New Episode🥄

It's the podcast crossover no one was expecting - the @doughboys.bsky.social join us to discuss their transformation into comic book characters & what they’ve learned about themselves while spending years talking about food:
www.comicbookcouplescounseling.com/post/doughbo...

Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell, illustrated by Roger Langridge, look over New York City.

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Comic Book Couples Counseling @cbccpodcast.bsky.social · 8h

🍔New Episode🥄

It's the podcast crossover no one was expecting - the @doughboys.bsky.social join us to discuss their transformation into comic book characters & what they’ve learned about themselves while spending years talking about food:
www.comicbookcouplescounseling.com/post/doughbo...

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Comic Book Couples Counseling @cbccpodcast.bsky.social · 19h

In a year of surprise episodes, this one might be the most surprising. #NowEditing So excited for you all to listen.

Comic Book Couples Counseling @cbccpodcast.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow on CBCC... @doughboys.bsky.social!

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Alex Firer @alexfirer.bsky.social · 17h

I rt all diarrhea based content.

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Christof Bogacs @christofbogacs.bsky.social · 17h

Sure, time might not be real but this diarrhoea certainly is.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 21h

Feels quaint, almost cliché, to say this about a Trump action, but just for the record:

This is all illegal, the President can't simply disregard the laws passed and agencies created by Congress, and both Vought & Trump would be impeached if the Constitution or the rule of law mattered to the GOP.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

reut.rs

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