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mel thomas @pagemelt.bsky.social · 19h

99% of memoirs should have been or remained essays. like what do you mean you're a 29-year-old brooklyn transplant and you wrote 70k words about your life. you better have been a war correspondent before you picked up that podcast mic. you better have been raised in a fundamentalist cult

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 1d

“Lakefront,
more phantom cramps.
Absent waves. Slip

knots, boats lisp against rope
as they sing that old song, the one
that starts with should.”

From “Boon Lake” by Hazelyn Aroian in ISSUE 27!

Hazelyn Aroian "Boon Lake" — THE SHORE

POETRY

www.theshorepoetry.org

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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 2d

"So, after all this time… I forgive you, Bioshock Infinite."

@unabridgedgamer.bsky.social explores Bioshock Infinite's strange interpretation of Christianity:

Forgiving, and Forgetting, Bioshock - Unwinnable

If there is one constructive lesson that can be learned from Bioshock Infinite, it’s the crucial, fundamental need for forgiveness.

unwinnable.com

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 2d

I know there’s been a lot of news lately but uh, has any Transportation Secretary in the history of the US ever had this many airplane disasters and airport shutdowns in nine months..?

Forbes @forbes.com · 3d

As air traffic controllers face a second missed paycheck next week, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sounds the alarm that the system is nearing its breaking point.

Travelers Could Face ‘Mass Chaos’ If Shutdown Lasts Another Week, Transportation Secretary Says

As air traffic controllers face a second missed paycheck next week, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sounds the alarm that the system is nearing its breaking point.

www.forbes.com

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patrick @partnardy.bsky.social · 4d

the essence of being a marxist is reading the financial press in the morning and muttering stuff to yourself like "bold moves from Brussels.. will Washington stand for it? The situation is serious indeed.." on the way to your very normal and boring employment or education

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Victor Von Doomscroll @redderbeanpaste.bsky.social · 6d

Tom and Daisy from the great gatsby literally try to convince Nick of eugenics during dinner

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JB Kalf @enchilada89.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you Lord Almighty for the new Vinegar Syndrome shop that opened in Pittsburgh's South Side, literally a 15 minute walk from my place

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beautiful women updates @aoife.bsky.social · 9d

i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times

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

on the subject of term limits and the constitution, we don't talk enough about how insane it is that FDR was president four times and every time he won like 400+ electoral votes

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docvember @docseuss.bsky.social · 11d

One time I tried to buy oranges, like, regular ass oranges, and I couldn't. They didn't qualify for SNAP. You know what did? Take and bake pizza

Ash Parrish @adashtra.bsky.social · 11d

I'll never forget being a manager at rite aid and one of the cashiers complaining about ppl buying junk food with EBT. So I put a bunch of junk food and healthy food (such as a rite aid would have) and asked her to ring it up to see which cost more.
She shut up forever after.
Yes, she was.

Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 11d

It annoys me when people say “they’re on SNAP but their hair and nails are done and they’ve got tattoos”. It’s extremely normal to do your own hair and buy press on nails, and tattoos literally last forever. What do tattoos someone got 10 years ago have to do with them needing to eat now

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JB Kalf @enchilada89.bsky.social · 15d

Genuinely wondering if people would be ok with the $80 price point for games if they shared their games with friends -- Me and my bf at least try each other's games so the $80 feels more like a $40 investment if anything

JB Kalf @enchilada89.bsky.social · 17d

Just started pokemon violet, first actual pokemon game (ik Arceus doesn't count), Will reserve thoughts until I'm a healthy way in

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grateful gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 17d

this comes after the Alamo tried to add a bust of an enslaved man named Joe to its new museum and trustees rejected it, relegating it to a smaller part of the museum about the role of slavery in the alamo's history. www.expressnews.com/news/texas/a...

Alamo Trust surrenders, apologizes for "Indigenous Peoples" day post

It's the first controversy to surface in 18 months over an Alamo visitor center and museum.

www.expressnews.com

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Joe @tokujoe.bsky.social · 19d

If your job is looking at screen all day, I think it's beneficial to have at least one hobby that is not looking at screen.

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nobodythghts.bsky.social @nobodythghts.bsky.social · 20d

Oh, yeah. We forgot.
nobodythoughts.com/issue-5/

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JB Kalf @enchilada89.bsky.social · 21d

No food stamps in PA for November until the government shutdown stops

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Carnegie Mellon University Press @cmupress.bsky.social · 22d

We're pleased to announce the creation of two new CMUP poetry prizes, made possible by the generosity of @teppercmu.bsky.social professor Sridhar R. Tayur!

Learn more: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

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JB Kalf @enchilada89.bsky.social · 22d

Doing a second playthrough after a few months and I'm just breezing right through the ruins to the flahgra fight, It feels so good knowing not only where to go but what are the capabilities of certain power ups, and the pacing THE PACING, MY GODD

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JB Kalf @enchilada89.bsky.social · 22d

It's illegal how amazing Metroid Prime is, Think I found a new comfort game

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 23d

In the 1870s, the German biologist Max Schultze, lying on his deathbed, observed that he was leaving a world where “all the important questions . . . had now been settled.” All of them, that is, “except the eel question.”

Where Do Eels Come From?

There is much to be learned from how little we know about them.

nyer.cm

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JB Kalf @enchilada89.bsky.social · 23d

Hey, hey hey.. Kill yourself

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JB Kalf @enchilada89.bsky.social · 24d

There's 30 other people (digitally) ahead of me waiting to check out Vineland from the local library, but the newest Pynchon is just sitting on the shelf lmao

JB Kalf @enchilada89.bsky.social · 24d

One battle after another has some pikmin-ass music (complimentary)

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 29d

it is not polite to say so but no discussion of the state of the games industry/press can really avoid the reality that the audience is just. really really bad.

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