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anna ✨ @bold.bsky.social · 11h

reading about media twitter discourse in nymag makes me feel so removed from everything

bluesky is not without its issues but it’s frustrating how many people still cling to that place (i get it but)

anna ✨ @bold.bsky.social · 12h

that being said the article for milkshake duck is chefkiss.jpg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milksha...

anna ✨ @bold.bsky.social · 12h

nothing humbling like sending someone the wikipedia article of a meme

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 20h

I wrote about trans visibility in a time of rising transphobia for @theverge.com www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

How trans visibility became a trap

People who have documented their lives online are discovering the dark side of digital permanence.

www.theverge.com

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anna ✨ @bold.bsky.social · 3d

role model had charli xcx as sally on snl which is delightful!!

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anna ✨ @bold.bsky.social · 4d

megan 2.0 is another happy death day 2 (fantastic genre twisting sequel)

anna ✨ @bold.bsky.social · 5d

the freshly repaved dean street is the worst street in brooklyn, it’s like riding a bike over a bowl of spaghetti

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 5d

happy 20th birthday to the internets

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 5d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Lord Dover @lorddover.com · 5d

If only someone could have predicted that OSA would be a disaster

ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says

The platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.

www.bbc.co.uk

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 6d

"This website is free" No. This website comes at a terrible cost

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anna ✨ @bold.bsky.social · 6d

i followed too many news accounts and now i can always tell the top of the hours because everyone's scheduled posts go off at once

anna ✨ @bold.bsky.social · 6d

this rules actually

This NYC-based cannabis supplier will now send you weed via carrier pigeon

Weed delivery takes flight—literally

www.timeout.com

anna ✨ @bold.bsky.social · 7d

i no longer have access to a #random slack channel so time for more posting on bluesky I guess

anna ✨ @bold.bsky.social · 11d

well at least the new dodie album is great

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amy brown (spooky edition) @amybrown.xyz · 11d

last thing I'll say about this but it's very funny to say this to a userbase that's largely grown this website through referrals and word of mouth. I have paid you in free marketing

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 11d

Are you paying us? Where?

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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 13d

I've spent too much time on OpenAI's invite-only Sora social media app since it came out yesterday and IT'S REALLY WEIRD. @techcrunch.com
techcrunch.com/2025/10/01/o...

OpenAI's new social app is filled with terrifying Sam Altman deepfakes | TechCrunch

OpenAI's Sora app makes it too easy for people to create misleading AI content.

techcrunch.com

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anna ✨ @bold.bsky.social · 14d

haven’t shopped amazon in a long while (i need to buy something i can’t get elsewhere) but it’s incredible how obviously AI generated everything is now and that they changed their ux to look like temu/aliexpress

anna ✨ @bold.bsky.social · 14d

does everyone know about the german trend of eating pudding with a fork that’s happening now

* trend: something on tiktok

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 15d

[shaking my head at the global economy] more like gloomberg, amirite

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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 17d

Every song should have a spooky theremin part

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anna ✨ @bold.bsky.social · 18d

people who write google reviews like this are the highlight of society

“Repulsive and Horrifying”, “Hell on earth”, “Human rights violation.” These are terms I would NOT use to describe the men’s public restrooms at Cedar Point campgrounds.

There’s no shortage of wonderful things I could say about Cedar Point, but THIS REVIEW WILL FOCUS ON THE MEN’S BATHROOMS, as they were unequivocally the highlight of our trip!

-An impressive legacy: There’s an info plaque explaining that the Cedar Point men’s bathrooms were actually designed by the same guy who designed the award winning Marriott Bonvoy bathrooms. And it shows! Don’t let the humble exterior fool you-once inside, you find yourself in a sparkling palace of grandeur - the PINNACLE of luxury!

- Smart Showers: To shower, simply fashion a complex system of levers, pulleys and wheels to activate the water sensor. The showers are conveniently bluetooth enabled and accept Bitcoin!

- Welcome to the ELECTRO-DOME: There are charging outlets on all the walls. None of them work at all but it adds sort of a fun “cyberpunk” decorative element!

- Customer service: They have a 24/7 concierge at the sink who will give you a complimentary spritz of cologne, a mint, and a steaming hot-oil wrist and ankle massage. He doesn’t take no for an answer! He lives in a hollowed out space behind the sinks i think.

-A flourishing ecosystem: If you’re like me and totally geek out learning about the local wildlife, you’ll appreciate the abundance of new and freakish insect species that will crawl up your legs while you piss. There are LEGIONS more insects INSIDE the men’s bathrooms than there are OUTSIDE in the woods, which for many, is a perk!

According to the gals in our group, their restrooms are nothing like the men’s!? they said it was “very gross” and “pretty much what you’d expect for a campsite public restroom”. I really felt bad for them, so I am docking (1) star.

We will be returning!

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Spookshop (Aja Romano) @bookshop.bsky.social · 18d

I decided it would be a good idea to compile all my reporting on this topic in one place, so that other people wanting to get a glimpse into this mindset / mentality have a good starting point. You can find that list here. www.linkedin.com/pulse/intern...

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anna ✨ @bold.bsky.social · 20d

a year to the day vindication of chappell roan dropping out of all things go and truly what a performance

anna ✨ @bold.bsky.social · 20d

i was at chappell roan and sitting in front of us were five 6 year olds at their first concert and it was so cute i’m dying!!!

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