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Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 3h

I was at the 2015 fall Talladega truck race

Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 13h

trying very hard not to spoil myself but I don’t think I’m strong enough!

Serebii.net @serebii.bsky.social · 14h

Serebii Update: We have also updated the list for the full Lumiose City Pokédex in our Available Pokémon page

It can be found @ www.serebii.net/legendsz-a/a...

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Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 15h

yeah. I saw the ad during the Cup race broadcast, which was less jarring for some reason to me, but this was more disturbing!

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Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 16h

Deeply disturbed by the “Join ICE” ad I heard on Spotify today while listening to the Trackside podcast

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Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 2d

VZ doesn’t leave without Tomahawks please

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 2d

⚡️Update: Zelensky, Trump confirm plans to meet in Washington this week.

President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed on Oct. 13 that he plans to meet his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, in Washington later this week, with Trump later confirming the meeting.

Zelensky, Trump confirm plans to meet in Washington this week

The meeting, scheduled for Oct. 17, will follow two phone calls between the two leaders regarding Ukraine's air defenses and long-range capabilities.

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Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 2d

his beef with Samuel Lincoln Seder is legendary

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Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 2d

is that the indie arrangement? I think they played it at one of the SPAC nights in 2024 and I loved it

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Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 3d

This is the year

Alex @newgayden.bsky.social · 3d

I love this for Denny

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Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 3d

it’s his last best chance.

abby (sports) @stabbyabby.bsky.social · 3d

I fear this might finally be Denny’s year

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 3d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 4d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 3d

GET ON THE BANDWAGON OR GET RUN OVER BY IT. 60 WINS, ROUND OF 4, SEE YOU IN PHOENIX!!!!!!!!!!!

a race car driver wearing sunglasses and a fedex shirt is waving his hand .

ALT: a race car driver wearing sunglasses and a fedex shirt is waving his hand .

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Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 4d

How do I watch the Bathurst 1000?

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Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 4d

say what you will about Fox, the critiques are valid, but at least IndyCar isn’t stuck on this garbage app

abby (sports) @stabbyabby.bsky.social · 4d

Begging the peacock app to get its shit together

Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 4d

Then they should simply run IndyCar at Road Atlanta

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 4d

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Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 5d

This game has me pondering life’s biggest questions. For example, has Marlins Man ever been seen at an actual Marlins game?

Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 5d

New Worldle is also up in eastern time zone

Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 5d

seriously man, my three cats are trying to sleep while I try to stay awake to see how this ends

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Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 5d

2029, after Cashman’s entirely made up 10 year minimum for managers. I can’t stop thinking about this question:
Are the Yanks closer to a World Series now or two days after the 2017 ALCS ended?

Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 5d

Americans could not live like this for even two days let alone over 3 years. Ukrainians deserve our support and admiration. And they deserve a dignified future of peace and self determination. Send them the fucking tomahawks already.

Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 5d

After 24 hours electricity is back we are so back I wanna cry this doesn’t feel real

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Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 5d

Bluesky liberals - heavily influenced by libertarians and right-wing Democrats - love to treat the economy as a distraction from Trump's attack on democracy.

Look how Mamdani ties them together. He gets it.

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Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 5d

Mazda MX-5 races are crazy! That was very run

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Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 6d

I’m unprepared for the New York Giants to be fun again. It’s been so long.

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Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 6d

a classic and timeless civil disobedience tactic!

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 6d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 6d

The Valkyrie roars!

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