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R.W. Meadors @rwmeadors.bsky.social · 17h

Don’t forget that like six of those tracks will be remixes that nobody will enjoy.

R.W. Meadors @rwmeadors.bsky.social · 2d

I’m here for this. I do it too. People just bring them into the store where I work and act like it’s totally cool and normal, and it is definitely not.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 2d

A reminder for the nationalists out there

BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 2d

Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Callies Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things @calliedot.bsky.social · 5d

I do think it would be amazing if hundreds of protesters just showed up dressed like ICE. They’d be absolutely baffled, they’d have no way to tell who’s who. They’re all dressed in off-the-rack Cabelas clothes since they don’t seem to have a standard uniform so it’s easy.

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R.W. Meadors @rwmeadors.bsky.social · 5d

Jon Moxley! Same part of town even.

R.W. Meadors @rwmeadors.bsky.social · 5d

So annoying that my boy and the rest of the marching band keep getting interrupted by these other people trying to play football on the field. How rude.

R.W. Meadors @rwmeadors.bsky.social · 6d

I’ve been 41 for less than one whole day, and I gotta say, so far it’s not been great.

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 8d

I find it very difficult to breakdance under these conditions.

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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 10d

*photo of an attractive celebrity doing absolutely nothing*

“Look at this absolute master of mog-farming rizz-pissing! Has anyone EVER gaze-glazed harder than this glistening lustchungus???”

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R.W. Meadors @rwmeadors.bsky.social · 9d

Of all the one hit wonders, Come on Eileen is the wonder that hits most oncely.

R.W. Meadors @rwmeadors.bsky.social · 9d

🎵Ba na na na
Ba na na na
Hey hey hey
You’re fruit🎵

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 13d

a flow-chart with 2 islands. "Do I need AI?" that flows into a final island saying "No"

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 13d

No one ever suspects you have a mouth full of bees until it's too late...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16d

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

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JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 16d

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 18d

Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens.

Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.

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R.W. Meadors @rwmeadors.bsky.social · 19d

I have one kid, and he would ask for that meal all on his own!

R.W. Meadors @rwmeadors.bsky.social · 19d

They don’t make number 3 anymore, and wow that sounded a lot dirtier when I typed it out.

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R.W. Meadors @rwmeadors.bsky.social · 19d

LIVE was great back in the 90s. But I don’t really need that in my life in 2025.

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 20d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21d

Semi-regular reminder that a sane country would have already impeached and removed. But then again a sane country wouldn’t have elected a maniac criminal twice in the first place.

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R.W. Meadors @rwmeadors.bsky.social · 21d

Me and the kiddo need one of these! We’ve got all manner of tokens and counters and dice floating around in various little bags and it’s utter nonsense.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 21d

To Donald Trump, “doing his job” means censoring, deporting, and killing people so, no, I would not like Donald Trump to “do his job.”

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 22d

We know Donald Trump watches a lot of television, so I want to say this directly to Donald Trump:

Turn off the tv and do your job.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d

Trump's UN speech was his most embarrassing showing since the "DON'T TAKE TYLENOL" one

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