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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 1d

Shane Bowen as the Giants leave Colorado

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 4d

Does Andrew Cuomo have any policies or a platform he's campaigning on outside of "I'm Andrew Cuomo and I'm Not Zohran"?

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 5d

He looks like this Far Side character grown up.

The Far Side cartoon depicting a student at Midvale School for the Gifted trying to open a door labeled “pull” by pushing as hard as he can.

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 6d

"Black Messiah" was the last piece of music I bought on iTunes.

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 6d

Speechless...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEph...

D'Angelo, The Vanguard - Really Love (Live on SNL)

YouTube video by DAngeloVEVO

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 7d

She fits right in.

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 8d

Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 8d

Watching the animation on One Punch Man Season Three

a man in a suit and tie is crying in a dark room and says `` look at how they did my boy '' .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is crying in a dark room and says `` look at how they did my boy '' .

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 12d

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 13d

I wonder how much money consulting firms made coming up with new DEI-proof names for organizations (which they probably used ChatGPT for anyway).

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 17d

Take that. Take that.

sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 17d

Are fans going to start giving Taylor Swift the Mary J. Blige treatment where they wish sadness and heartbreak upon her life in exchange for the music they like?

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 20d

I just want one elected Democratic official to stand in front of the microphones and hammer home the point, "President Trump and the GOP think you are stupid. They think you will believe anything they tell you. The question you need to ask is 'Are they right?'"

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 20d

Hegseth seems like he identified with Frank Mackey from 'Magnolia' but never finished the movie because he hates Aimee Mann.

a man is giving a peace sign in front of a sign that says honey has now live

ALT: a man is giving a peace sign in front of a sign that says honey has now live

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 22d

Coates' on Ezra's Charlie Kirk Op-Ed: "But was silence not an option?"

Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 22d

This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...

Opinion | Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 22d

I guffawed at "But was silence not an option?"

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 24d

*enters password*
*click box to prove you are a human*
*click all the boxes containing a traffic light*
*click all the boxes containing a fire hydrant*
*click all the boxes containing a bicycle*

Wrong username and/or password.

a man is sitting at a desk in front of a computer monitor while a woman stands behind him .

ALT: a man is sitting at a desk in front of a computer monitor while a woman stands behind him .

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 26d

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 26d

When they said the bullets had Anti ICE on them, I assumed that it was something like "F*ck ICE" not *literally* Anti-ICE.

Sure, Jan...

A screenshot of a tweet from Kash Patel showing bullets from the Dallas ICE shooting

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 29d

How he should have been the next day.

Kyle MacLachlan in a wheelchair from 'Desperate Housewives'

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 29d

It's a testament to the camaraderie of the Kansas City Chiefs that no one has choked out Jawaan Taylor on the sideline in the past two years.

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · 29d

Is this the single worst day for FG units in the NFL?

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · Sep 21

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

EL-P @el-p.bsky.social · Sep 20

name a flick other than requiem for a dream that you will never watch again not because you think its trash but more because you just cant put yourself through it again

sean. @melanism.bsky.social · Sep 18

The first time I heard FUBAR

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sean. @melanism.bsky.social · Sep 18

Jimmy Fallon's opening monologue

a cartoon character says " and i for one welcome our new insect overlords " on a television screen

ALT: a cartoon character says " and i for one welcome our new insect overlords " on a television screen

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