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half-aspirational @ohtazer.goblinmo.de · 1m

yeah i feel ya. i think... if someone were to get the sense that i'm bragging i guess i don't have a good defense against that myself because it genuinely is an expression of what i consider good fortune to know such skilled and prolific people which i think is why i felt compelled to express this 😅

half-aspirational @ohtazer.goblinmo.de · 3m

omg dice rolling ashtray is fuckin clutch

The Ken in Yellow @kenlowery.bsky.social · 1d

NO-TELL MOTEL is so back.

The Employee Bundle is BACK in stock, and now includes the Door Hanger for when you wanna tell people to slink away or slink inside.

Keychains, door hangers, "Dice Trays" still available a la carte. Matchbooks with every order.

Check in: bannerless.games/shop

The No-Tell Motel door hanger. On one side Stella the cover model says "Shhh...." and the other side says "Please clean! It looks like someone died in here!"

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half-aspirational @ohtazer.goblinmo.de · 5m

this woman shall some day be RICH in an abundance of waiters 💅😌

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 2h

"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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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 1h

yeah 15-20 years ago they didn't have group chats so they didn't write stuff like that down, they'd just say it out loud to eachother at parties, usually without a paper trail

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 19h

For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.

That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

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half-aspirational @ohtazer.goblinmo.de · 16m

we're going game master anthony mode

Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 43m

Bluesky crashed from everyone joining lol. We're getting everyone on here

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 1h

Another good way to think of this moment is that the American secret police are increasingly comfortable black bagging American citizens on camera and in broad daylight with no basis of detention. The mere act of criticism, no matter how petty and silly, is its own justification for brutality.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 2h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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half-aspirational @ohtazer.goblinmo.de · 18m

thank u for having us

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1h

some colleagues have suggested to me that shame is irrelevant because the people on the "other side" don't know or care what "we" (on whatever "this side") think of them. I have...not gotten that impression

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 2h

"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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🦇👻 Boo Li Khaw 👻🎃 @juleshortstuff.bsky.social · 12h

I’ve been working for 15 years as an animator and I can tell you without a doubt, the best fix I ever found for imposter syndrome is living a full life where your days and worth don’t hinge on whether or not you were a good animator today.

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 38m

Yes! YES!!

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half-aspirational @ohtazer.goblinmo.de · 21m

sorry 😅 but also glad to hear treatment went well and that he's feeling better and hungry lol

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half-aspirational @ohtazer.goblinmo.de · 22m

meme edit
they feed us poison
[figure of bronchiolitis effects]
so we buy their "cures"
[oxygen molecule]
while they suppress our medicine
[variety of dry pasta]

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half-aspirational @ohtazer.goblinmo.de · 56m

lol these were two of my favorite GCs 🥲 star trek gc is literally why my life is as good as it is now. like genuinely direct line a to b, almost every good thing i enjoy came from meeting up with some of them in 2019 lol

Jennifer 🎃 @jenyetagain.bsky.social · 2h

am i the only one who used group chats to share pictures of bugs and posts about cryptids? some of you were clearly hurt by dms in a way that wasn't just an awkward dm slide.

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half-aspirational @ohtazer.goblinmo.de · 1h

i see the redbubble but do you ever sell the original illustrations, or anything like screen or lino prints? i would (once i am eventually gainfully employed again lol) personally love to pay a fair price for hand crafted prints than a few bucks for a print-on-demand but ik fulfillment is annoying!

half-aspirational @ohtazer.goblinmo.de · 1h

this is about owning the card fr fr you can definitely believe me on that 100%

BigJB21 on Oct 16, 2012 posts:
"god i wish that were me"
as a comment under a porn vid

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Jax o'Lantern, Spooky Pumpkin Doll 🎃 @rufflejax.bsky.social · 3h

I actually wrote a resource for TTRPG designers that is essentially an explanation of the far right emotional landscape I grew up in -- it's meant for creative writers but I think it works as its own thing too!

rufflejax.itch.io/how-to-write...

How To Write A Fascist In 14 Easy Steps! by Jacqueline Bryk

A manifesto for #TTRPGManifestoJam

rufflejax.itch.io

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 5h

A Mi’kmaw Elder, sober for 30 years, was tasered twice by two members of the RCMP for refusing to give a breathalyzer:

"Mi’kmaw is Sylliboy’s first language. He said he asked the RCMP for a translator numerous times. "

Mi'kmaw Elder says he was tasered after refusing breathalyzer

A Mi'kmaw Elder says he was tasered outside his home in Eskasoni by the RCMP after refusing to take a breathalyzer.

www.aptnnews.ca

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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 5h

After years of knowing that the Star Trek Deep Space 9 trading card of Odo losing his virginity exists, I finally made the bad decision to purchase a copy.

Now I have this thing!

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don't hug me I'm porksweats @porksweats.bsky.social · 2h

some people are destined to make movies, especially when your name is james camera on

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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 2d

Bill Ding
Cut Bank, MT

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half-aspirational @ohtazer.goblinmo.de · 2h

i have napped in this seat so many times

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

#4 👍

Zohran sitting in the corner seat on a subway.

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 2h

It's actually like an integral part of the social media experience that you should get to have your little private chats with your own friends and not necessarily the public at large. Bluesky's gotta let it happen

christina @formeresq.bsky.social · 2h

And private accounts

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3h

A Bronx family lived without utilities for over 6 weeks after they were shut off without explanation.

The landlord, despite receiving severe violation notices, didn't fix the problem.

HPD couldn’t turn the utilities back on, so it issued the family a vacate order.

These Bronx Tenants Lived Six Weeks Without Water and Power. The City’s Fix? A Vacate Order

The plight of the Ramos family reveals the weaknesses in the City's system to protect tenants from unlivable conditions—and from being put out on the street.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 18h

Have you ever been so fucking delighted by a username/icon set that it made you follow a total stranger

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16h

"The United States struck another small boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela, killing six people...It’s the fifth deadly strike in the Caribbean"

again, merely political consequences for wanton murder aren't enough.

apnews.com/article/trum...

US kills 6 people in strike on boat accused of carrying drugs near Venezuela, Trump says

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has struck another boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.

apnews.com

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