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Gustaue Flavorofhumanfleshbert @cataribartok.bsky.social · 7h

My dream is to make a serious, grim, prophetic, gritty science fiction movie in the vein of “Children Of Men” but then have it end in a big pie fight.

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Gustaue Flavorofhumanfleshbert @cataribartok.bsky.social · 7h

These days you’d have Dame Judi Dench asking WHERE IS THE BEEF and that’s not right

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Gustaue Flavorofhumanfleshbert @cataribartok.bsky.social · 10h

Yes I'm relieved you don't hate me, but being "naughty by nature" is simply not an excuse. I'm sorry Treach, there is no room in my heart for naughty essentialism.

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Gustaue Flavorofhumanfleshbert @cataribartok.bsky.social · 10h

but the federal government has designated us a terrorist froginization

Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 3d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 15h

a fake quote being attributed to zohran mamdani is igniting the pro-palestine left.

he never said arresting netanyahu would make him a trumpian fascist. that phrase was posted by an account known for using extreme rhetoric to accuse mamdani of effectively saying that as a result of him softening.

image circulating claiming to attribute a fake quote to mamdani. text reads:
dec. 2024: “as mayor of nyc i would arrest benjamin netanyahu”
sept. 2025: “arresting netanyahu would make me a trumpian fascist.” - this second quote has in big letters over it the words “fake quote.”

post from the originator of the phrase. text reads:

@zei squirrel
here you have it side by side. Zohran in December 2024, when he was running in the primary, pledging that he will definitely arrest Netanyahu. Then fast forward to Zohran in September 2025, after he won the primary, and suddenly arresting Netanyahu makes you a Trumpian fascist:

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Gustaue Flavorofhumanfleshbert @cataribartok.bsky.social · 15h

Theoretically led to reality tv overall, which brought us The Apprentice, which played a major (decisive?) role in making Trump known and seem like a “smart businessman” to a major slice of American society.

Dart Adams @dartadams.bsky.social · 15h

The success of the Bunim/Murray reality shows led to “Cribs”, “MTV Diary”, “Made”, “My Sweet 16”, “Pimp My Ride”, “Teen Mom”, “Jackass”, “Rob & Big”, “Making The Video”, “Making The Band”, etc.

KMJeezy @kmjeezy.bsky.social · 15h

The Real World debut, looking back now, was really where they started to fall off.

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Gustaue Flavorofhumanfleshbert @cataribartok.bsky.social · 19h

Many people place the flaw in our current timeline to when Prince died, but I think it's actually rooted about 45 years earlier. Namely, when the flute was considered no longer welcome in heavy music.

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Athanaca @athanaca.bsky.social · 16d

A plumpy tawny owl and the moon🌙

#illustration #art #artwork #bird #animalart #birdart #originalart #owl #tawnyowl #birdwatching #digitalart

Decorative illustration of Tawny owl and the night sky

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Gustaue Flavorofhumanfleshbert @cataribartok.bsky.social · 1d

Jeet Heer has the voice of a dungeon master who surprises you with the implacable but rule-abiding sadism he showers on your character

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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 1d

Courtesy of colleagues at Penn

A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s 1754 engraving in the Pennsylvania Gazette, published in Philadelphia, in an effort to foster cooperation among the various colonies against the tyrant king of Britain, with the American colonies replaced by the nine universities selected for special collaboration opportunities

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Kat Stuart @luckykatstuart.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone in Boston an immigration lawyer or know one who can help this woman? Her husband is detained at Logan over a dismissed misdemeanor from 2017. He’s a legal resident of the US. She just asked for help an hour ago.

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Gustaue Flavorofhumanfleshbert @cataribartok.bsky.social · 1d

My parents had a pair of lesbian friends when I was 5ish, around 1977. They just explained that sometimes women loved men, and sometimes women loved women, and Louise and Jane loved each other. Never let em tell you that working class people can't handle telling their kids about queerness!

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grahams' completely normal radio programme @programme.bsky.social · 1d

In place of the COMPLETELY NORMAL RADIO PROGRAMME on Monday, I've lent my time slot to @ledwell.bsky.social who will bring their special Indigenous People's Day episode of DECOLONIZE YOUR PLAYLIST to your ears at 8pm over at @uncertain.fm

An ad for the radio show mentioned in the main post, featuring two photos of indigenous groups performing live.

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Gustaue Flavorofhumanfleshbert @cataribartok.bsky.social · 1d

I think it's Kirk Hammett, the nice guy in Metallica

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Gustaue Flavorofhumanfleshbert @cataribartok.bsky.social · 1d

we had a real fun one at a Major University naming everything after cheeses until some sadsack norm was in charge and decided we were naming everything after characters from The Lion King

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Gustaue Flavorofhumanfleshbert @cataribartok.bsky.social · 1d

I remember the days of giving servers cute names and yes it was very very fun but eventually VMs come along and you can only keep your head above water if you go with "[datacenter]-[function]-[number]"

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Gustaue Flavorofhumanfleshbert @cataribartok.bsky.social · 1d

that thing needs to wipe

Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.bsky.social · 12d

If you buy enough apples, the farmer gives you access to the sexy ones

An apple with a perfect ass that will make you act up

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Gustaue Flavorofhumanfleshbert @cataribartok.bsky.social · 1d

decades' growth of if/elsif

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 4d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 2d

What's important here is that it's the ICE raids that are capturing their attention.

This is why the reliance on focus groups and polls and the inevitable claim that voters only care about "kitchen table" issues misses the mark.

paulwaldman.substack.com/p/why-trump-...

Why Trump Lost the Podcast Bros

It's cool to support the Rebellion. It's not cool to support the Empire.

paulwaldman.substack.com

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Gustaue Flavorofhumanfleshbert @cataribartok.bsky.social · 2d

Frankenstein's Monster's Monster's Doctor

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 2d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Gustaue Flavorofhumanfleshbert @cataribartok.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhil the Congregationalists are like "I don't remember hiring this guy. Whattabout you, Abel?"

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Gustaue Flavorofhumanfleshbert @cataribartok.bsky.social · 2d

If I had to arrange, like...a white elephant sale with an ice cream social? Then yeah, call in the Episcopalians.

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Gustaue Flavorofhumanfleshbert @cataribartok.bsky.social · 2d

right tool for the right problem, ya know?

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Gustaue Flavorofhumanfleshbert @cataribartok.bsky.social · 2d

There’s a reason all those occult horror movies are about Catholics and not like…Presbyterians.

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