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FIX YOUR HEART OR DIE Or don't be surprised when better people commemorate your empty, torn down boots. This is a federal health/ safety/ regulatory agency appreciation account. (Formerly @axlizzie on Twitter)

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Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · Nov 12

*queues up Billy Joel*
No more invites, Alf hog
Pictures of your cat or dog
Welcome newskies with hot tips
Block all Musk and Trumpster drips!

Toggle so you write alt text,
Toggle off to see less sex.
Share a pic of your new look,
Brag a bit and skeet your book!

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Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · Nov 10

You can make sure you don't forget by requiring alt text!

Go to Settings, Accessibility, and just toggle that reminder, and you're set!

Screenshot of Accessibility menu, showing the "Require alt text before posting" turned on.

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Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · 8h

Or the extent to which they felt there would never be consequences.

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Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · May 4

Yeah, in response to the AIDS Memorial Quilt, some shitheads at the University of Iowa put together the "Gerbil Quilt", which was displayed in the student union.

dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1991/di19...

A "quilt" put together to mock AIDS victims.

Caption reads: "This quilt, on display in the lower level of the Union, has caused controversy over the way it satirizes the AIDS quilt. The display is sponsored by the Campus Review."

PDF of the school paper article. Text reads:
"'Gerbils' quilt sparks controversy
Dean of Students Phillip Jones responds to the Campus Review's latest Union display.
Heather Chase Daily lowan
Controversy has again erupted in response to the most recent Cam-pus Review display in the Union.
A "Save the Gerbils Memorial Quilt," sponsored by the Reviere, is currently on display in the cases near the Union Station dining area. The presentation includes a quilt with images of "deceased" gerbils and a report on "gerbiling an alleged sexual practice among some homosexual men.
A response to Kim Painter's June 24 Daily Jowan editorial titled "KGAN: Sex, Lies and TV News" is also included in the display. The response, written by Review contributor David Mastio, is titled "Censored by the DI."
Because of the controversy generated by the display, an open letter from Phillip Jones, dean of students, was placed in a nearby display case on July 15.
The letter, titled "Sensitivity Towards Others," states in part, "The university is a forum for the free exchange of ideas. While some views are repugnant and
despicable to others in a univer sity community, as well as to visitors to campus, the right to express those views is protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution."
According to Jones, the UI has had a number of complaints about the gerbil display, some made by visitors to campus. Freshman orientation is cur-rently bringing many parents and new students to campus and into the Union.
"The (UI) has concerns about insensitive and degrading com ments. The (UI) also has an obligation to allow all forms of expression. But the university does not have to condone degrading statements," Jones said, and added the open letter endorsed
neither point of view on the issue. The UI Department of Dance sponsored a display case in opposition to the gerbil display and included pictures of the famous AIDS quilt display in Washing ton, D.C., and a written rebuttal.
A section of the rebuttal st…

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Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · 20h

Gonna print this as a magnet for my fridge.

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.so... 9h

MANY ARE UPSET THAT I THINK MY REELECTION IS LOCKED UP

Skeet being quoted by chuck tingle:
wlonevoice.bsky.social @lonevoi...

Why @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, @chucktingle.bsky.social et al won't is clear: they THINK their reelection is locked up. They know the Americans who care don't have another option. And the second level leadership in the party is doing what they did with Biden:

pretending nothing is wrong!

Reply to Chuck tingle:
Coffee III: Saison of th...

@unlox.bsky.social
Pounded In The Butt By The Imaginary Long Island Family I Use To Contemplate How Swing Voters React To Policy

October 14, 2025, 9:34 AM
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Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · 20h

Oh no. 😆

Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 1d

MANY ARE UPSET THAT I THINK MY REELECTION IS LOCKED UP

lonevoice.bsky.social @lonevoice.bsky.social · 1d

Why @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, @chucktingle.bsky.social et al won't is clear: they THINK their reelection is locked up. They know the Americans who care don't have another option. And the second level leadership in the party is doing what they did with Biden: pretending nothing is wrong!

Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · 22h

It was bad for the casino. Trump came out just fine.

Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · 23h

Probably they use pronouns. "SHE/her! SHE/her!"

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 1d

Read what you want to read and don't worry about what you "should" read. Your time is finite, books are awesome and there millions more than you can possibly read in a lifetime, there is no reason to self inflict literary suffering.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · 23h

Oh, I don't know. I think you could look at his administration as equivalent. Suckers support him thinking they'll come out ahead, but the only people who win are Trump and his cronies.

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Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · 1d

Does he think Buffalo Bill was a bison named Bill?

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Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · 1d

I think you mean "leftist terror POT."

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 4d

Can't take credit for the awesome Amphifa logo, but the one I designed is free to use!

Here's a png with no background. You can buy sticker paper everywhere and use a normal printer to print them out!

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Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · 2d

Blood and Donuts has a fun sound track.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2d

You can just share my video from me instead of sharing a screen recording of my video from a content farm account that isn’t on the scene btw.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 3d

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · 2d

Lol, this is the only time I've ever had that response. But it was delicious, so!

Plus probably low cal! 😃

Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · 2d

Lol, a friend of mine made really tasty hot and sour soup. A whole pot of it.

It was delicious, and also ran my digestive tract like it was the Indy 500.

I ate something like three bowls.

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St. Simeon the Pumpkin Spice Holy Fool @simeonthefool.bsky.social · 3d

Is this anything

Image of the bright yellow Gadsden Flag, but the coiled snake is removed and replaced with the inflatable frog suit from the Portland protests. The text now reads, "WOOO I'M NOT TREADING ON YOU"

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Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · 2d

If I had the chance, I'd ask the world to dance
And I'd be dancing with myself, oh oh oh oh!

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Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · 3d

Follow up: are there any wings left?

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nursegirl.bsky.social @nursegirl.bsky.social · 4d

They failed to mention he has the exceptional cankles of much younger elephant.

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Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, did you take the wings?

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Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · 3d

Against a backdrop of pink and blue clouds, a rainbow colored fist holds a purple glittery dildo.

The text reads: "Soliddickery 4ever!"

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 3d

if you’re not Catholic, let me real quick tell you about the breathtaking audacity of bringing the monstrance with him

a monstrance is a big bedazzled gold ornament with a round glass window in the middle where you put a consecrated wafer, usually the bigger ceremonial one and not the bite-size

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Peter @plawman.bsky.social · 3d

Had dinner tonight with a friend who’s a middle school teacher in the southwest. They told me schools now have trainings for when ICE agents sweep through schools to take children, and it’s worse than active shooter trainings, because it’s the government kidnapping children.

This is where we are.

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Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · 4d

This fucking timeline.

Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · 4d

Lol, a whole reverse Beverly hillbillies.

Brainmist @brainmist.bsky.social · 4d

I'm sure you know about 11th Hour, but did you know there was a fan-made 13th Doll?
www.the13thdoll.com

The 13th Doll: A Fan Game of The 7th Guest