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EL-P @el-p.bsky.social · 6h

nyc loves zohran

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✨brit✨ @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 7h

you know it’s good weed when you’re about to microwave a third bag of popcorn about it

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grateful gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 9h

listen we may have lost our family business, made our kids miserable, had to live in a barn with goats and lost $50,000 to a local Russian slumlord, but at least we dont have to see gay people in public

Another family, the Hares, also moved from Abilene, Texas, to Russia to shield their three sons from what they say are harmful elements of American culture.

“It was the promise of a country that would not promote the LGBT agenda. We liked the fact that LGBT is basically outlawed here in official ways,” Leo Hare, 62, told NBC News via a video call from the family’s new home in Ivanovo, Russia.

Russia has strict laws against the “promotion of nontraditional sexual relationships,” which have in practice banned public displays of LGBTQ identity, including wearing or posting the rainbow flag on social media.

They say their initial plan to rent an apartment in Moscow fell through just as they boarded the plane from Texas, and the family spent a bitterly cold winter caring for chickens, horses and rabbits on a farm 70 miles south of Moscow in exchange for free board. At one point, they even had to bring the goats and their newborns inside their cabin to keep the animals from dying.
Leo Hare thought their troubles were over when their landlord's son offered a generous interest rate for investing their $50,000 nest egg in what he described as a car import business. But they only saw one payment before he stopped sending them money and refused to return their money, Leo Hare said.
The couple went to the police and the local court to file complaints about their lost money and with their concerns that they had been swindled, but say they have received no help from law enforcement officials. NBC News contacted Domodedovo police for comment but did not receive a reply.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 6d

if you weren't able to get in on a personal Adonis yesterday you can still help! very kind friend of Adonis TallFroGuy compiled them all into this incredible piece of art, which will be live for a month with all proceeds going directly to charity!

link: www.inprnt.com/gallery/tall...

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Proton @proton.me · 2d

Last chance to turn it off.

On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.

To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

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Jordan @slclunk.com · 13h

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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 2d

Allow me to summarize:
1. 5 IDF soldiers caught sexually molesting a Palestinian prisoner.
2. IDF files charges.
3. IDF AG faces enormous pressure from government to drop charges. Mob storms base where it happened.
4. IDF AG leaks video documenting the molestation.
5. IDF AG pushed out (continued)

IDF's legal chief resigns over suspected involvement in Gaza detainee abuse video leak

In a Statement Friday Morning, Defense Minister Israel Katz Cited the 'Severity of the Suspicions' Against Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi in the Sde Teiman Affair, Saying She Won't Be Reinstated. Sh...

www.haaretz.com

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 1d

Go fuck yourself

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 18h

This performer at Trump’s Great Gatsby party should clear up any suspicions about whether or not he’s in the Epstein Files.

Photo of a a scantily dressed young woman in a martini glass chair who was a featured performer at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago “Great Gatsby party.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 21h

LAPD on horses charge at and beat guests standing in line to the Short Stop in Echo Park. @shoton35mm.bsky.social

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BenRad @benrad.bsky.social · 18h

It's unbelievablely corny and I quietly sat in the corner while everyone went batshit about it

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doc shartman @docshartman.bsky.social · 1d

my cat when hes finally done licking his butthole

Jill Krajewski @jillkrajewski.bsky.social · 1d

HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE

ernie clement with the most photogenic slide home, leg kicking, arm outstretched, and smiling

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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 19h

“defund the police was a bad slogan”

Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 1d

Cops going aggro on Sunset near Echo Park in LA after the Dodgers Win. Shooting people with less lethals from point blank range, horses running people and press down. Literally minutes before, fireworks in the street

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BenRad @benrad.bsky.social · 18h

And none of these sickos have ever seen an EBT card

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BenRad @benrad.bsky.social · 18h

The Gipper is smiling down hell

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Blackface that exists without any actual human behind the makeup is a special kind of dystopian phenomenon

Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash

Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.

futurism.com

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BenRad @benrad.bsky.social · 18h

It's like the 80s are back

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Tiricohairline @trejames.bsky.social · 1d

Only one other cheer dad showed up to the event today. Support ya daughters man. Them babies need to see you.

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Emily @emilyonhere.gay · 1d

only a tech guy could miss the point this much

Paul Frazee:

"Torment Nexus" comes from this tweet and is often used now to describe the kind of negative experiences you can have with social networks, like getting dogpiled or harassed or being pushed into conflict

(links to tweet by Alex Blechman):

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

stop interviewing these demons. i don't give a shit what this loser thinks

Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 1d

Is this your Slay Kween

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Only the Right can get away with this. It's worth sitting with why this is. Lots of blame to go around.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)

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BenRad @benrad.bsky.social · 1d

Watching my new 4k of Lone Star this morning and holy shit what a great and still relevant movie

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BenRad @benrad.bsky.social · 1d

Get some, Good Boy

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Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 1d

It’s incredible that having to wear a bit of cloth over your nose and mouth and not being able to go to TGIFriday’s for 6 weeks drove a not insignificant percentage of the electorate completely insane

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