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Link Must Be Reinstated @kellysmcgonigal.bsky.social · 1h

Also, her reactions seemed to have no connection to what was happening at any given time?

Link Must Be Reinstated @kellysmcgonigal.bsky.social · 2h

So we’re watching Cheers on PlutoTV, and I have a question: why was Kirstie Alley nominated for Emmys for her performance (and actually won once)? She was…not a good actress? She really hammed it up.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2h

imagine laying off a politics reporter based in portland oregon in the year 2025

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 3h

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.

My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

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Link Must Be Reinstated @kellysmcgonigal.bsky.social · 2h

So we’re watching Cheers on PlutoTV, and I have a question: why was Kirstie Alley nominated for Emmys for her performance (and actually won once)? She was…not a good actress? She really hammed it up.

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🎃sh McGonigal @ashmcgonigal.com · 1d

Doc showing off her very flexible ears

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Micah @rincewind.run · 5h

like basically everyone who works in software I embody this tweet and do not under any circumstances want to talk to my computer

Tweet from @PPathole

Tech enthusiasts: My entire house is smart.

Tech workers: The only piece of technology in my house is a printer and I keep a gun next to it so I can shoot it if it makes a noise I don’t recognize.

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Link Must Be Reinstated @kellysmcgonigal.bsky.social · 21h

In case you were wondering, Kim Kardashian has disrupted the merkin market

Gary B @gplusb.bsky.social · 23h

Why would anyone have real pubes, now that Kim Kardashian has come out with thongs with faux pubes on them?

skims.com/products/fau...

Screenshot of a products page from Skims
Text “Faux Hair Micro String Thong, $32.”
Photo: A women’s thong with fake curly brown hair in the front.

Screenshot of a products page from Skims
Text “Faux Hair Micro String Thong, $32.”
Photo: A women’s thong with fake straight red hair in the front.

Link Must Be Reinstated @kellysmcgonigal.bsky.social · 22h

Like, French manicures I get. It creates the illusion of the nail being longer.

TOENAILS AREN’T SUPPOSED TO BE LONG. Why would anyone want to make them look long? Idgi

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Link Must Be Reinstated @kellysmcgonigal.bsky.social · 22h

While we’re at it, do people still do those French pedicures and if so, why?

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

Three panel cartoon by Wawa wiwa comics

An octopus, a shark and a jellyfish are talking to each other

Octopus: I once saw a human and peed myself

Shark: a human saw and peed himself

Jellyfish: a human touched me once and his friend peed on him

Octopus: dude…

Shark: what?

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♿🏳️‍⚧️ Need Dental Funds ASAP! @wylder.bsky.social · 1d

Received $100!

A few folks matching (even partially) could get in us to get this abscess treated today!
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🎃sh McGonigal @ashmcgonigal.com · 1d

Garfield and Foes

Sam G. Howard @samghoward.riliberator.com · Apr 29

Learned last night that we’re getting a Netflix miniseries on the Garfield assassination with Michael Shannon as Garfield and Nick Offerman as Chester A. Arthur, and how are we not all talking about this? www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...

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Link Must Be Reinstated @kellysmcgonigal.bsky.social · 1d

No I don’t, you chucklefucks, I want Norma Jean to be able to rest in peace without a bunch of technoghouls turning her corpse into a marionette.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 3d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Link Must Be Reinstated @kellysmcgonigal.bsky.social · 1d

People will just say any old thing, huh? “They called Mitt Romney Hitler, trust me, I am a historian.” No the fuck they didn’t, you literally pulled that out of your rectum.

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🎃sh McGonigal @ashmcgonigal.com · 1d

Next month they'll announce that you'll be able to sext with your favorite historical figure. Then you'll be able to get Abe Lincoln to ASMR at you, and after that obviously comes the omniscient godlike AGI.

The Verge @theverge.com · 2d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 2d

The use of AI to marionette a woman whose tortured existence was spent trying to carve her own life and identity out of the space men forced her into is both damningly macabre and a surprisingly perfect encapsulation of the problems with this ghoulish use of technology.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 3d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Link Must Be Reinstated @kellysmcgonigal.bsky.social · 1d

I guess but like…by the time I moved to this address, I hadn’t gone by that name in 7 years!

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Link Must Be Reinstated @kellysmcgonigal.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a grocery store that’s having a grand opening. I don’t believe I ever even set foot in one of their locations when I went by that name. I’m baffled as to how they got it—we have rewards cards for them under our current government names.

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Link Must Be Reinstated @kellysmcgonigal.bsky.social · 1d

wtf I just got a promo mailer addressed to…a name I haven’t gone by in twenty fucking years? And there is absolutely no reason that name would be tied to this address?? It is a literal dead name—my dead ex-husband’s surname. I’m pissed and unnerved by this.

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 2d

This could explain the entire manosphere

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 2d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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♿🏳️‍⚧️ Need Dental Funds ASAP! @wylder.bsky.social · 2d

Begging moots and followers to have the 'I should help with what I can while folks are alive' Eureka-moment BEFORE I die of an inflamed abscess.
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Two-Buck Chuck @twobuckchuck.bsky.social · 10d

Justice for @amateurcrastinator.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

As another Jewish woman in the industry, I can clear this up: It's due to her being an asshole.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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The Phantom Mensch @suzwoehrle.bsky.social · Feb 2

Crisis lines that do not call police:

• Blackline: 800-604-5841 (BI&POC, LGBTQ)

• Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860 (US)

• Wildflower Alliance Peer Support:
888-407-4515

• StrongHearts Native Helpline:
844-762-8483 (Indigenous People)

• Thrive: 313-662-8209 (Trans-led)

• LGBT Help: 888-843-4564

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Link Must Be Reinstated @kellysmcgonigal.bsky.social · 2d

I read a book about vacuums. It sucked.

💀spoOOoookika💀 @the17thqueen.bsky.social · 2d

I read a book on Antarctic ice samples, but it was a real bore.

Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 2d

I read a book about hurricanes. Really blew me away.

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