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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · Nov 14

RULES FOR BLUESKY

Welcome friends! Here are some differences from the BirdSite that I hope you'll respect.

1. We do not quote dunk. Quote dunking is a miserable thing to do. It spreads terrible crap to your friends feeds and generates rage clicks. I unfollow people who quote dunk.

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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 12h

Twas ever thus

Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 12h

*puts finger to ear* One moment folks—oh! I'm getting word it's the A line and, what's that? Yes! they're dragging him to JFK and putting him on a plane to Florida!

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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 1d

I remember someone on twitter saying that dishwasher video about the dish washing powder was wrong lol

I was right about dishwasher pods, and now I can prove it

YouTube video by Technology Connections

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🐦‍⬛🏴🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸Dan won't shut up about trans rights & Palestine @verboseminimalist.gay · 1d

Guy who is more famous for being openly racist than for his 1 good season as a relief pitcher in the 90s really leaning into what got him here

Stacey Gotsulias 🦃 🍁 @stacegotsbaseball.com · 1d

This guy

An X post from John Rocker:

Taxis will be replaced by camels.
Women will be forced to cover themselves head to toe.
NYPD will be replaced with religious police.
All hot dog stands will be replaced with goat meat stands.
THIS IS WHAT YOU VOTED FOR.

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dagneo 🥐 Kumoricon J1 ☁️ @dagneo.art · 1d

Pilot had a massive ad spread in a jp newspaper with "make AI jealous" and "write what AI can't touch" written on it

Anyway I think everyone should own a Pilot kakuno pen

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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 1d

To be fair, in 1957, fully 15% of the US communist party membership were feds, and the current administration does seem to be trying to bring back the glory days of COINTELPRO

So there might be some significant overlap in that Venn Diagram lol

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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 1d

This in every state

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.

Follow AP for live updates.

Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power

One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.

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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 1d

It was made with bad AI too

Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 1d

That's uh, pretty weak

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Sage Divinorum 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 1d

TRANS RIGHTS ARE A WINNING POLITICAL ISSUE

Every single centrist claiming we must all compromise our bodily autonomy for their personal comfort is a traitor to American democracy & rational human decency.

They have no place in a modern Democratic Party, toss them out. Total liberation for all.

esti @estibass.com · Jun 25

Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.

Zohran standing amidst a crowd in winter clothing

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

Buncha supposed politics experts are going to spend the next week looking at a young charismatic candidate with an optimistic message like it’s some cryptic formula for cold fusion

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 1d

rebrand to the full phrase, "anti-fascist"

bryson dechambaudrillard @foundyourball.bsky.social · 1d

my politics moving forward: reclaim antifa and run on it as a platform

Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 2d

This is incredibly important:

we must frame tonight as a resounding victory — an electoral landslide, a mandate from the universe itself

and as a repudiation of MAGA, of Trump, and of vichy democrats

we must be relentless, we must not shut up

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 2d

Incredibly funny to watch the right wing going Oh so just because I love money and hate poor people I'm a bad Christian according to "the pope"???

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

One last time: Every time I post it he goes up five more points.

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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 2d

I live in a city of 15,000 in a red state (NH) and we have free buses. They don't go everywhere but it's a government/business collaboration that gets SO many people to with that it basically props up the local economy and that's worth it to people

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 2d

His legacy of evil will far outlast him, unless we actively end it.

Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 2d

So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 2d

Say want you will about Dick Cheney.

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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 2d

Looks like they finally got his bunk ready in the lowest circle

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 2d

Dick Cheney, one of the most polarizing vice presidents in US history, has died. bloom.bg/4oqCbR4

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 3d

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 3d

truly classic

Sagittarius A* @sagastar.bsky.social · 15d

a familiar phenomena

80% of americans think americans should work in manufacturing
20% think they should

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 3d

Personal threats to revoke the visas of negotiators' family members resulted in what this article called a 'major victory' for Trump

Media's pretense of evenhandedness conceals a refusal to report plain thuggery. Shameful on so many levels

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 3d

European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO.

This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.

US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules

Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.

www.politico.eu

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Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 4d

When you see Mamdani looking all normal doing normal person things—petting bodega cats, riding public transport—you realize just how bizarre and estranged our average candidate for public office is. Rich martians in flesh suits

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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 4d

issuing a reiteration on a previous skeet of mine

Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 5d

this just in: watching game 7 of the world series is stressful af

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Paul Nadeau @pauljnadeau.bsky.social · 4d

I need a cigarette and I don't smoke and I'm not a fan of either of these teams

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