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Gary B

@gplusb.bsky.social

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California native in the Bay Area. 🏳️‍🌈

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Gary B @gplusb.bsky.social · May 20

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Gary B @gplusb.bsky.social · 4h

Can you record something and post it to your substack?

Gary B @gplusb.bsky.social · 4h

“and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad”

@kweencassie2.bsky.social @scottjshapiro.bsky.social

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Martin Janello @martinjanello.bsky.social • 4h
How academic philosophy works: Everybody reading pretty much any original text thinks
"WTF?!!". So they hook up with acknowledged authorities telling them what it means. Then they get a degree and job reciting these authorities and deducing some petty little details from them.

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Cassie 🎃 kween, expert opinion giver, supergenius @kweencassie.bsky.social · 11h

"Seriously, you little prick, what's the big deal with being checked on? Don't you think you're being a bit ridiculous?" said Frog.

Toad paused his video game.

"I'm an independent boy and I don't need to be checked on!"

"Yeah, well, 'independent boy,' you're still in yesterday's undies."

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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Gary B @gplusb.bsky.social · 6h

With Mannarino filling?

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Gary B @gplusb.bsky.social · 7h

All “leftists” talked non-stop about Liz Cheney?

Gary B @gplusb.bsky.social · 7h

Byl Holte Cake?

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Gary B @gplusb.bsky.social · 7h

I like whichever one comes with Fritos.

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Gary B @gplusb.bsky.social · 7h

Cashew cheese?

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Gary B @gplusb.bsky.social · 7h

a man in a suit and tie is wearing a cowboy hat and saying pew ! pew ! pew ! .

Alt: a man in a suit and tie is wearing a cowboy hat and saying pew ! pew ! pew ! .

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Gary B @gplusb.bsky.social · 7h

Who doesn’t love that?

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Gary B @gplusb.bsky.social · 11h

I really think you need the rabbit that I’ve been threatening to send you for the past few years. 🐰

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Gary B @gplusb.bsky.social · 13h

If the kills you, make sure your family has your feet preserved in a jar and sends them to Bob.

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Gary B @gplusb.bsky.social · 14h

Hey @methynostra.bsky.social and Pete the Vegan, here’s something we can all laugh at!

Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 1d

What’s wrong with vegan sausages?

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jazzrat2000 AKA Bonsai anonymous @jazzrat2000.bsky.social · 1d

Here is help:
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US Suicide Prevention Lifeline: (800) 273-8255
LGBT US Hotline: (888) 843-4564
Trans Lifeline: (877) 565-8860
US Runaway Safeline: (800-786-2929)
US Domestic Violence Hotline: (800) 799-7233
PLEASE REPOST, THANKS!!!

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G-Barb @wilycyotee.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta love Portland!!!
#OperationInflation
#maddow

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Gary B @gplusb.bsky.social · 1d

Do you think someone wrote Don Junior’s intro for him, or did he use Chat-GPT?

Gary B @gplusb.bsky.social · 1d

Sharon Stone is 67.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Mockler: Did he ask Garland to go after someone? Trump sent a dm to Pam Bondi. This is unprecedented.

Downey: Garland, who sent the parental rights memo

Mockler: Biden, asked him to do that when?

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Gary B @gplusb.bsky.social · 1d

You can also generate a video!

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Gary B @gplusb.bsky.social · 1d

This AI slop was generated by Perplexity Pro!
@kweencassie.bsky.social

A cute cartoon raccoon wearing a scarf rides a blue Vespa scooter in front of the Colosseum in Rome, with a bright, cheerful sky in the background.

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Gary B @gplusb.bsky.social · 1d

Check out the excellent Alt text that Perplexity AI created for this photo of Nicky!

A close-up photo of a tabby cat with golden eyes, white whiskers, and a pink nose, lying comfortably on a colorful blanket decorated with bone patterns. The cat has a white chest and front paws, and is gazing attentively toward the camera with its head slightly tilted. The background includes a room with bookshelves and a partially open door.

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Gary B @gplusb.bsky.social · 1d

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It also generates AI slop, like as the raccoon image and raccoon video, also below.

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Gary B @gplusb.bsky.social · 1d

I bet most of them are already on board. JD doesn’t want to become President until on or after 1/21/27, so he can be elected President twice. However, if Democrats take back one or both houses of Congress, Trump will be pushed out in Nov/Dec 2026, to ensure JD’s VP pick gets confirmed.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2d

This really fucking sucks!!! I’m not even paid to be here by an outlet, so doing this is just fucking me personally!

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