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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 15h

Also, this gem of a webcomic www.shaenon.com/monsterofthe... is fun to browse.

Monster of the Week - Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot

www.shaenon.com

Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 15h

You could probably do an enjoyable rewatch with just the monster-of-the-week episodes. The grand conspiracy episodes were always the most boring. With a few exceptions.

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 16h

Anyways, go ahead and mute or block folks who don't "spark joy" Why yell at someone who obviously doesn't care when you could be scrolling @bodegacats.bsky.social

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 16h

Didn't Sally Jenkins give Bluesky the fits a couple months ago? She does wrong takes, that's her whole bit?

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 17h

The boy and his gato

A brown haired young man snuggling his tortoise shell cat who has a little black paw on his arm.

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 17h

Fuck, was that Johnny Mnemonic? I saw that in the theater cuz I was obsessed with Keanu and completely forgot the plot, other than cyberpunk something something.

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 17h

And cold damn vampires is a very socialist tune. youtu.be/0LMCmmSvSHo?...
Damn cold vampires
Been keeping me awake
Trying to build an empire
Of things that they can take

Cold Damn Vampires

YouTube video by Zach Bryan - Topic

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 17h

He seems a good guy, very talented songwriter, and obviously values his artistic autonomy over pleasing any particular group or person.

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 17h

Aw, thank you gork

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 18h

Bleh, that place is gross, plus Bluesky offers much better features like Gork, who sometimes says "yeh" if asked nicely. Is that accurate, @gork.it ?

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 18h

It's always a good day to become an opportunavore, where you gradually change your diet to what is the most affordable, convenient and delicious. If you can greatly reduce beef and pork, the planet and your wallet will thank you.

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 19h

www.newsweek.com/beef-prices-...

Beef prices soar to all-time high

"There is not much relief in sight as long as supplies are tight and consumers keep buying," one expert told Newsweek.

www.newsweek.com

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 19h

The entire dynamic of it's just another Tuesday for Sensei next to panicked stoner Leo, just beautiful.

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 19h

My favorite bit in #OBAA is Leo in a panic, apologizing to Sensei for bringing on the army and Benicio del Toro gives him an expression that says "You ain't the first white nonsense nor will you the last" and then comforts our panicking white leftist by saying "We've been doing this for 100 years"

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 20h

Palantir makes you crazy, I learned that from a Fool of a Took!

Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 20h

Our future is being shaped to a terrifying degree by people who have just … completely lost their marbles…

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 20h

Wouldn't wish chronic fatigue or long COVID on anyone except for the entirety of the Trump admin.

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 20h

It sounds like some sort of post viral chronic illness if his immune system is all jacked, in which case, mold can fuck you up. But this is the same daughter that sent him to a Russian gulag to get off benzo addiction so take with a grain of salt.

Joshua "The Crypt" Keep(er) @jekeep.bsky.social · 23h

The far-right mouthpiece who told young men to clean up their place while in front of his very clearly messy home, now has contracted an illness from all the mold in his home.

If you wrote such a fascist character in a story it would be deemed a silly caricature.

Jordan Peterson diagnosed with chronic condition after exposure to mold

Peterson's daughter said her father has a "genetic predisposition that causes the immune system to have an inability to identify and detoxify mold."

www.newsweek.com

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Bless you, kind sir.

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Not really. MAGA folks worry about "crime" which is most just racism

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Oh honey, this whole train is about to leap the tracks, buckle up.

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

K. Sure. I suppose the fine American people shall be putting that heart through a stress test very soon.

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

reut.rs

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

It's STEVE WINWOOD O'CLOCK
If you see a chance, take it!

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Xmas Adventure League, Jesus Christ they were creepy fuckers.

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Saw One Battle After Another, and yeah, it's good. It's about how to parent a teen in this fucked up world. But it's also about how white supremacy makes a person lose their goddamn mind.

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Oct. 17, official #NoKings warmup. Stand up for fact based reality, Stand up for Science! #ScienceSky #MedSky

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 1d

#GetOutTheVought‼️ Trump and Vought are decimating the federal workforce. This isn't just a shutdown stunt, this is in line with Project 2025's goal of cutting our government by 1 million workers.

STAND WITH SCIENCE!
✊Rally to TAKE BACK SCIENCE 10/17 @ 3pm ET
200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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