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🎃 Pumpkin Spice Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 12m

Petty work travel complaint: I used to fly a lot of Boston-Nashville which was almost always among the first gates at both airports and now with all the Boston-Detroit I am constantly at the ass end of both airports’ terminals. What did I do to deserve this.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 3h

I think two things are true:

1. young republicans were always terrible and racist

2. young republicans become openly hitler-loving groypers is in fact a new and alarming development that is worth paying attention to

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 41m

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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🎃 Pumpkin Spice Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 30m

Free speech advocates who want the “marketplace of ideas” love to forget that I can vote with my time&energy wallet and simply decline to hang out with people whose ideas I think suck. I might even leave a bad review by saying, out loud, “hey, you suck.” This is how it should work.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 36m

you have the right to not hang out with assholes. you deserve not to hang out with assholes. you are under 0 obligation to socially interact with assholes in your free time.

it is truly terrible that our culture tricked so many people into thinking that they’re obliged to be friends with assholes!

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 42m

we have spent the last decade witnessing a national epidemic of “it should be illegal to not hang out with me just because I’m a mean asshole” behavior

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 36m

you have the right to not hang out with assholes. you deserve not to hang out with assholes. you are under 0 obligation to socially interact with assholes in your free time.

it is truly terrible that our culture tricked so many people into thinking that they’re obliged to be friends with assholes!

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 42m

we have spent the last decade witnessing a national epidemic of “it should be illegal to not hang out with me just because I’m a mean asshole” behavior

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 8h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 1d

"We rode bikes without helmets, and our cranial injuries made us stronger. We weren’t delicate little brainiacs, and we didn’t get trophies just for participating in spelling bees—especially those of us whose bike-accident-related brain damage left us unable to spell our own names."

We Never Wore Seat Belts When We Were Kids and We Survived—Except for Those of Us Who Can’t Contradict This Post Because They’re Dead

Kids today! They’re always toting their Hydro Flasks and bottles of Vitamin Water around like they’re going to die of dehydration. Give me a break....

buff.ly

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area woman @explodingpiano.bsky.social · 7h

we are the daughters of the hamburgers you could not help

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🎃 Pumpkin Spice Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 1h

can confirm

Ben Carlson @bencarlson007.bsky.social · 12h

Middle aged guy think piece:

There is no such thing as monoculture anymore

Every kid across America right now:

Six sevennnn!

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Ben Carlson @bencarlson007.bsky.social · 12h

Middle aged guy think piece:

There is no such thing as monoculture anymore

Every kid across America right now:

Six sevennnn!

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 2h

we are all out of Fs to give. all Jeffs must hereby release one F back to the community, for redistribution. thank you to all our Jefs

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 7h

A large social crisis of the past decade or so has been caused by people conflating "My speech should be free of legal attempts to restrict it" with "My speech should bear no social consequences."

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 8h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

defector.com

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🎃 Pumpkin Spice Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 12h

Yeah but not you

WBUR @wbur.org · 13h

Rep. Moulton is challenging incumbent Sen. Ed Markey, saying it's time for a new generation of leadership in the Democratic party.

Congressman Seth Moulton announces run for U.S. Senate

Moulton is challenging incumbent Sen. Ed Markey, saying it's time for a new generation of leadership in the Democratic party.

www.wbur.org

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 13h

So we send Ed back and get Moulton out of the House, then?

WBUR @wbur.org · 13h

Rep. Moulton is challenging incumbent Sen. Ed Markey, saying it's time for a new generation of leadership in the Democratic party.

Congressman Seth Moulton announces run for U.S. Senate

Moulton is challenging incumbent Sen. Ed Markey, saying it's time for a new generation of leadership in the Democratic party.

www.wbur.org

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Al the Archer | Bluesky Babe @wastingyourgum.bsky.social · 1d

"Champers?"
Rhys Darby and Steve Wrigley celebrating Rhys's final gig of the year in Portland
#TheLegendReturns
🎦 Rhysie's tiktok

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Justin du Coeur @jducoeur.bsky.social · 1d

Bloody awful. More context: www.erininthemorning.com/p/fenway-hea...

Spread the word, especially to anyone you know who uses Fenway Health -- we need customers speaking up.

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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 22h

Boston looks forward to welcoming the world to our beautiful city, the cradle of liberty and city of champions.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 22h

PS: Boston is safe, is good fun, and has an excellent mayor.

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 22h

Setting aside the complete ridiculousness of this statement, those of us in Massachusetts are honor-bound to note that the World Cup games are actually going to be played in Foxboro.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

"Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."

Can't call them fascists?

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. In a major capitulation to Trump, Fenway Health, a center ostensibly dedicated to LGBTQ+ healthcare, has ended its trans care program under 19.

It could have fought for its patients. It chose instead to roll over.

Community members are devastated.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Fenway Health Restricts Treatment for Patients Under 19 In Capitulation To Trump

“This is a fundamental betrayal to the core mission of Fenway and the patients they serve.”

www.erininthemorning.com

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Melon Wheels 🔥😈🎃 @mysterymary.bsky.social · 1d

I just got a package that contains the best late night impulse purchase that I completely forgot about ever

The official Dolly Parton lodge cast iron pan in “Jolene please don’t take my pan” size

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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 1d

Here is the official NOAA SWPC verbiage. They have issued a G2 watch for the multiple CMEs that are predicted to impact Earth in the coming days.

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🎃 Pumpkin Spice Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 1d

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 1d

No, this isn't funny. This is serious. Please get your dog to a vet immediately. Worry about cleaning the rug layer.

Try to remember all of the things that your dog has eaten in the past 12 hours, as this info can help your furry friend's medical team get to a diagnosis more quickly.

Good luck!

Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 1d

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