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whitney pastorek

@whittlz.bsky.social

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Executive Producer, City Cast Nashville / nashville.citycast.fm / Wally’s mom / former: WCK, EW / my analysis is largely correct / anger is a gift

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whitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 56m

“It will cause traffic to back up onto Ellington northbound at rush hour and Douglas west at all times and when a train is stuck across Douglas there will be no way to get out of there”

Mark my words

whitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 1h

BOOOOOOO
BOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 3h

this is a prime opportunity for democrats to explicitly tell their voters "they say you're a terrorist, but youre just a patriotic american who is trying to get by in this world."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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whitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 1h

This is … not good for learning things

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 4h

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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Gary Delaney Comedian @garydelaney.bsky.social · 6h

A story in three parts

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ripcinema @ripcinema.bsky.social · 1d

nothing chatgpt has done is as impressive as akinator, the mind-reading internet genie from 2007

Akinator, the mind reading genie

Akinator can read your mind and tell you what character you are thinking of, as if by magic. Think of a real or fictional character, answer few questions, and Akinator will try to guess who it is. Wil...

en.akinator.com

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 10h

www.wired.com/story/owning...

How do you feel about becoming a political lightning rod?

People occasionally just flip [me] off or whatever, but nobody's come up to me and tried to make a statement about anything. Personally, it's kind of dumb. It's just a vehicle. So it's ironic that it would even become a political statement, but nonetheless it is. [Editor’s note: Taylor was arrested and convicted of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. He was later pardoned by President Trump.]

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whitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 9h

Oh wowowowowowow

whitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 19h

Beat Bobby Flay In A Castle, WITH YOUR MIND

whitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 19h

If it was Food Network stars she’d be all in

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whitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 19h

My poor mother is forced to watch this show every year when I’m home in January and she feels your pain

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whitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 19h

Ah fuck

whitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 19h

Poor guy, he’s 9 years old and an Astros fan, it’s all he’s ever known

whitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 19h

I just watched about 30 seconds of playoff baseball and my dog was like Oh hell no, not this again

He is now in the other room

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whitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 20h

Just saw a recruitment commercial for Army with no women recruits in it at all

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whitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 21h

Absolutely gorg and why I’ve loved your mag my entire life 😻

whitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 21h

See, this is nice. This is nice baseball tweeting. I hope the rest of the fanbase will take notes. 🥰

dorjepadma @heartastrology.bsky.social · 21h

Now that the Mariners are looking like they could win everything for the first time in my entire life, I can kind of see the appeal of baseball.

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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 1d

From the people who brought you, “Hey, we just invented the bus!” comes “Hey, we just invented PR!”

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

this is the dumbest shit i have ever read

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Valair Shabilla @valair.bsky.social · 1d

Nashville SC original Taylor Washington announces his retirement after eight seasons with the club.

Washington is the only remaining Nashville SC player from their USL squad.

#EveryoneN