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𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐱✨ @goddessxher.bsky.social · 6m

If half of the country only reads at a 5th grade level & a majority of different versions of the bible clock in between 7th to 12th grade reading level…then that means….my lawd 😩😭😭😭

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Saint D'Khari @saintdkhari.bsky.social · 35m

Ima stop smokin and drinkin but not today

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The Magical Merchant @thetillshow.blacksky.app · 29m

The thing with white people (generally) when it comes to bigotry and racism is that when shit gets real, they look to minimize their own consequences first.

Know why that is terrible? Because that, whether they know it or not, is an admission of complicity.

Pay what you owe.

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Raphael Deleghetto ✨🤴🏾✨ @blaqabstract.blacksky.app · 21m

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Hell-Raea-ser 🦋✨🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @raea.meangirls.online · 3h

remote work is like birth control or UBI atp where there’s overwhelming research consensus they improve quality of life for people they apply to, yet access is impeded or blocked by the ruling class because the thought of marginalized ppl having rich full lives makes steam come out their ears

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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Dr. Frisky Whisky McThicky, Ball Knower @professorpash.bsky.social · 20m

He putting out comedy but he spittin truth. What I keep tellin y’all?! Folk cain’t read (figuratively and literally)! Literacy is down! Also… anti-intellectualism is killing us.

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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 35m

schmitt and pager are paid to pretend to be credulous morons, but yeah, "i'd prefer not to be explaining myself in front of The Hague someday" is as good a reason as any to call it quits

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 46m

i mean, i don't think it's a mystery NYT

The military commander overseeing the Pentagon’s escalating attacks against boats in the Caribbean Sea that the Trump administration says are smuggling drugs is stepping down, two U.S. officials said on Thursday.

The officer, Adm. Alvin Holsey, is leaving his job as head of the U.S. Southern Command, which oversees all operations in Central and South America, even as the Pentagon has rapidly built up some 10,000 forces in the region in what it says is a major counterdrug and counterterrorism mission.

It was unclear why Admiral Holsey is leaving now, less than a year into his tenure, and in the midst of the biggest operation in his 37-year career.

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Backroad Bill🌴 @primelikedeion.blacksky.app · 13m

Being referred to as swole when I still see slim when looking in the mirror is hilarious lol. Perfection is relative I guess🤷🏾‍♂️

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Xavier D’Leau @xavierdleau.com · 4h

yep. i'll take it a step further.

a lot of y'alls meemaw's cant cook and you're just used to it.

Bougie Man La Flare @ad-renaissance.blacksky.app · 4h

The majority of "like grandma used to make" recipes suck

a midsummer nightmare @unhingedcatboi.bsky.social · Nov 18

12. what's your most unpopular opinion?

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Backroad Bill🌴 @primelikedeion.blacksky.app · 2h

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Spooky beige 🧌 @rellmidnight.bsky.social · 4h

Women with hip dips 😮‍💨🔥🔥❤️‍🔥

a man with long hair is sitting in front of a laptop computer

ALT: a man with long hair is sitting in front of a laptop computer

media.tenor.com

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1d

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."