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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 1m

Post-nups are just smart, and she saw what happened to Tiffany.

a woman holding a cupcake with the words good for her above her

Alt: Lucille Bluth holding a cupcake instead of a martini because we live in hell, with the caption good for her above her. .

media.tenor.com

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glutenpositive.bsky.social @glutenpositive.bsky.social · 33m

I want to see them fighting over the stair car.

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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 4m

Maybe he uses voice to text and/or Marco Rubio like his dad

Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 6m

The 2020 racial unrest under Joe Biden was unforgivable, as was the fact that he closed the schools.

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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 8m

by Brian Grazer

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 1h

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 12m

if you're a shepherd, and you lose one sheep, you're going to rejoice when the lost one comes back. in nearly all circumstances. it doesn't mean you don't care for the rest of your flock, as much as it sucks for them.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 40m

I did a quick video on how the frog 🐸 is becoming a new resistance symbol

www.instagram.com/bydrewharwell/
www.tiktok.com/@drewharwell

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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 28m

Some sort of Exorcist situation sounds about right.

He added: "No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ."
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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 28m

People always whining about persecution of and discrimination against Christians persecute and discriminate against Christians.

Every accusation is a confession.

They even turned away Father Dowling, so you just know they’re hiding something.

James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 1h

From Kevin Clarke at America: "Eucharistic procession turned back by feds at Broadview ICE detention facility"
www.americamagazine.org/dispatches/2...

Eucharistic procession turned back by feds at Broadview ICE detention facility

Jesuits and other Catholic and Christian clergy were turned back by ICE when they tried to bring the Eucharist to detained immigrants in Broadview, Ill.

www.americamagazine.org

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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 53m

Literal religious discrimination against Christians, on top of its inhumanity

James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 1h

From Kevin Clarke at America: "Eucharistic procession turned back by feds at Broadview ICE detention facility"
www.americamagazine.org/dispatches/2...

Eucharistic procession turned back by feds at Broadview ICE detention facility

Jesuits and other Catholic and Christian clergy were turned back by ICE when they tried to bring the Eucharist to detained immigrants in Broadview, Ill.

www.americamagazine.org

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 56m

Signal boosting for Team NC!

B J. Witkin @itsjustbeej.bsky.social · 1h

@kbspangler.com A rescue group my friend volunteers with needs help transporting a dog from Durham to Greensboro Saturday early morning. Do you happen to know anyone who might be up for it? I’m trying to make my schedule work for it but it’s not going well.

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Luigi de Guzman @ouij.bsky.social · 11h

The fact that protests now feature people who don’t normally have to worry about what might happen to them in an adverse encounter with security forces is a HUGE DEAL.

It means that the “real” victims don’t have to suffer alone. It means that some people care about something more than themselves

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 6h

this is the way

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10h

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

www.10news.com

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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 6h

I feel like we're not getting the full story about how this all started as a counterintelligence operation, either.

And once again, I beg my fellow Americans to care about The New Yorker reporting on trump himself laundering money for the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. In Azerbaijan.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.

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Drew Hilton @evilrbt.bsky.social · Jun 8

Textbook rich white privilege. Knew Trump wouldn’t harm him, only cut his taxes, and fuck everyone else.

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Will Ralston (they/he) @someotherwill.bsky.social · Jun 9

So according to the 73 year old, he could not in good conscience vote for the 60 year old woman because she replaced a man who was too old (82) on the ticket so instead he voted for the 78 year old. I take it Glazer isn't the kind of producer who deals with numbers for a living.

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🦄)))🕊️🎗️✡️🐇 #VoteYesOnCAProp50 @melisandra01.bsky.social · 8h

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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 6h

the guy who made human skin lamps wasn't gruesome enough

Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 2d

apparently the new Netflix show Monster: The Ed Gein Story invented an "autogynephilia" backstory for their serial killer (because of course they did!). so time to re-up my collection of writings on this pseudoscientific zombie theory...
juliaserano.medium.com/autogynephil...

Autogynephilia, Junk Science, and Pseudoscience

plus links to my academic articles, online essays, and explainers on the topic

juliaserano.medium.com

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Jon Sternfeld @jonsternfeld.bsky.social · Jun 8

This is ridiculous. To treat a ‘24 Trump vote as “centrist.” Fuck this guy and his movies. I don’t see Ron Howard’s stuff anymore but until he disavows I won’t ever again.

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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 6h

healthcare is a great issue to fight for

reminder: anyone can become disabled

Kristen Immoor @kristenimmoor.bsky.social · 18h

Enjoyed the New Yorker interview with Tim Curry, a free-wheeling conversation in which there were several sensitive questions about his paralyzing stroke. But oh my goodness, why was there no follow-up at all to this staggering answer? www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Screenshot of text from the interview:

You’ve always been an incredibly physical performer: your strut during “Sweet Transvestite” in “Rocky Horror,” or the way you run around unfurling the mystery at the end of “Clue.” Do you still feel that in your body? Does that live somewhere in you still?

I think it does, but it’s angry. My mobility is angry to get out. But it’s not happened yet. I do a certain amount of physical therapy. I did a whole bunch of it at Cedars-Sinai, and I got very close, I think, to walking. That was tantalizing. For insurance reasons, I had to withdraw. And I have a visiting physical therapist now, but I can only really do exercises from my bed, which is pretty pathetic. It’s not going to get me walking, I don’t believe.

[I have underlined the sentence "For insurance reasons, I had to withdraw."]

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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 6h

that's impressive. and the guy's 40!

Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 7h

🇸🇮 Pogacar 'beaten' by amateur: 🌈 World champion finishes second in his own ‘Pogi Challenge’

📰 domestiquecycling.com/en/news/poga...

📸 Cor Vos

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CL (says protect trans kids and adults) @clc1905.bsky.social · 23h

Text says, "This is not the time to be dismayed, this is punk rock time. This is what Joe Strummer trained you for for."

The quote is from Henry Rollins and the picture is in black and white and features Joe Strummer flipping off the camera.

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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 7h

“Environmental and functional medical experts say…”

I’mma stop you right there. And I don’t even want to know why they’re talking about genetics.

And you’ve eaten nothing but meat for 8 years? Of course you feel like shit. Get a blood test for celiac disease and vitamin deficiencies, dumbass.

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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 7h

Likes Nickelback.

Trades records with Jello Biafra.

Peter Hanes @peterjhanes.bsky.social · 1d

Food for thought

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