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Not even a smug snake with a crown and two staffs complete with two extra, smaller snakes. May be a smug woman without crowns or staffs, lacking even small snakes. Have dogs and opinions, which seems less cool.

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charliefraggle.bsky.social @charliefraggle.bsky.social · Jan 15

This poem came to mind again today so I’ll share it with you all: Izumi Shikibu ‘Why did you vanish into the empty sky?’

Why did you vanish
into the empty sky?
Even the fragile snow,
when it falls,
falls in this world.

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charliefraggle.bsky.social @charliefraggle.bsky.social · 12h

My bald husband has been getting nonstop hair care adverts. It’s like his YouTube is taunting him

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 1d

The NoKings Protest numbered in the millions across the US.

By way of comparison the most generous estimates of the largest Tea Party protest day (April 15th 2009) put it at 320,000 nationwide.

The largest gathering that day was maybe 15,000 in Atlanta, Georgia.

NYC today had over 100,000.

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Cezary Jan Strusiewicz @ostrichson.bsky.social · 18h

I have no idea why this, which doesn't even crack the Top 15 weirdest things that Trump did, but this... this kind of broke me. Maybe b/c it hits you over the head with the realization that all the norms are broken. Nothing is too low or too stupid for this administration. A government of 12yos.

Bugs, Beleaguered Babysitter of the Booger Brothers @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 18h

okay but like it *is* insane that the literal president/whoever is running his socials posted an ai generated video of him flying a plane and carpet bombing people protesting him with shit, right? like

like what the fuck are we even doing here

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charliefraggle.bsky.social @charliefraggle.bsky.social · 13h

I’m sure it’s taxes and not the rise of mobile phone based gambling apps

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 17h

Absolutely none of this makes sense. The experience of her refugee parents taught her to be anti-immigrant? The post-war order was built on the assumption of human niceness?

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

Katie Lam tries to explain to the Sunday Times how her grandparents experience under Nazism informs her view that the postwar institutions forged after the horrors of war, dictatorship & the holicaust won't now work in our times - because "they assume everyone would want to be nice to each other"

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 15h

I do like that cringe resist winemums have turned out to be democracy's strongest soldiers.

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 15h

I mean, this isn’t why Charles is King, is it? Pretty sure this isn’t why Charles is King

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charliefraggle.bsky.social @charliefraggle.bsky.social · 1d

I kind of just half heard a podcast about it so tbh nor was I…

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 2d

honestly I'll call this forgivable given the explanation seems to be "grant morrison doesn't have a smartphone and hasn't read anything about AI and automatically assumed it was a daemon he should befriend"

Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 2d

Grant Morrison is seemingly dropping the use of AI in their newsletter following a backlash to comments on the subject in a Reddit AMA.

Grant Morrison disavows AI after Reddit AMA discussion

The writer said they will reconsider using AI in their Xanaduum newsletter after a comment in a Reddit AMA sparked a widespread backlash.

www.comicsbeat.com

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charliefraggle.bsky.social @charliefraggle.bsky.social · 1d

You say that but didn’t Gilgamesh sort of marry his chicken boyfriend or at least his chicken boyfriend died so he had to go find immortality?

charliefraggle.bsky.social @charliefraggle.bsky.social · 1d

What website? Sounds very fun

charliefraggle.bsky.social @charliefraggle.bsky.social · 1d

I am 45 years old and the most depressing thjng I have learned about life is all the bullshit stuff like regular sleep schedules, daily exercise, restricting alcohol, not getting fat and spf are all fucking true. Oh and the worse one - meaningful things require regular practice in small increments…

charliefraggle.bsky.social @charliefraggle.bsky.social · 1d

The main idea was ‘what if all clubs were like the one in the matrix’

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 2d

definitely become a little more small c conservative with regard to culture (like art and shit, not stuff like abortion) in that I think if everyone is trying to be transgressive and bohemian you just end up with a sort of muddled mess of "Bold" slop. good disruptive art needs a straight man

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charliefraggle.bsky.social @charliefraggle.bsky.social · 1d

He’s done something heinous recently that the royals can’t forgive him for. probably has a date with a black woman, because raping 16 years olds got the machine going full bore to protect him…

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charliefraggle.bsky.social @charliefraggle.bsky.social · 1d

He’s done something heinous recently that the royals can’t forgive him for. probably has a date with a black woman, because raping 16 years olds got the machine going full bore to protect him…

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Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 2d

I’m going insane, how can you write a letter “I’m giving up my titles” and then head it “statement from Prince Andrew”

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2d

even if nothing goes sideways, leave your dog at home, your dog doesn’t want to be around tens of thousands of people

JC died ten years ago this very night @conductress.bsky.social · 2d

Oh dear, I just heard someone on the radio say they're going to a No Kings event tomorrow and bringing their dog.

Please, don't bring your dog. Please. I don't care how good your dog is, please don't bring it just in case something goes sideways.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2d

my minor conspiracy theory is that one of the reasons the right is flocking to AI is in order to discredit the very real photo evidence about Trump and Epstein

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charliefraggle.bsky.social @charliefraggle.bsky.social · 1d

I think Malaysians and Thai people have the scariest zombie adjacent myths. The black magic fetuses are particularly grim…

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

honestly would love to know where this idea that general strikes are the only effective/valid form of protest comes from. seems to have spread online in the last year or so (noticeably nobody was arguing that you shouldn't go to Gaza protests because they weren't general strikes)

𝕁, Accused Boyfriend of Antifa @checkwithscience.com · 1d

I need whoever is spreading this shit to shut the fuck up and quit doing the work of the enemy

You

also do you have thoughts on a plan for tomorrow

I'm not sure if I will want to go tomorrow

I have people arguing against it

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I have people arguing against it

who and why?? lol

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Cuz it's not tied to a general strike

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Cuz it's not tied to a general strike

ok I need to make sure the following is as emphasized as possible:

that is fed shit

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Hahahaha

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𝕁, Accused Boyfriend of Antifa @checkwithscience.com · 1d

I need whoever is spreading this shit to shut the fuck up and quit doing the work of the enemy

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 1d

this is a fascinating read for Expertise Enjoyers

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

The full interview with our mysterious movie-making submarine expert, if you're curious:

media.defense.gov

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JayAllTheEms @jayalltheems.bsky.social · 1d

James Cameron: I want to mess around with submersibles; I will make a movie about the Titanic.

lawyer: I want to hang out with James Cameron; I will ask him for expert testimony on submersibles.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

And shows also just how little headspace they are giving policing, given the other policy challenge of “voters clearly want more action on petty crime than police believe is worth the marginal £”.

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