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merr🥭 @chiffonades.bsky.social · 22m

they were building a wawa in walking distance of my parent's house and then they moved before it opened and i think about that constantly...

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Big Dyke Energy (GFM in pinned) @azurebitch.bsky.social · 5h

People keep saying "let's go, lesbians" but we need to also remember: let's rest, lesbians

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 4h

"women don't like the vehicle" is going to be lodged in my brain's neocortex for the rest of my natural life www.wired.com/story/owning...

Q: And are you married?
A: I was married, but I’m not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle.

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Jordan @slclunk.com · 5h

Media is awesome because it can show an organization trying to get rid a guy who is underwater with state Democrats by 50 points, undermines any Democratic policy, and is just completely off-putting to anyone who has to spend five minutes around him; and they phrase it as “seeding discord”

Axios @axios.com · 8h

SCOOP: Top Democrats in Pennsylvania are maneuvering to run against Sen. John Fetterman in a 2028 primary, threatening to tear the party apart in the biggest battleground state in the nation.

Scoop: Dems plot Fetterman ouster

www.axios.com

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merr🥭 @chiffonades.bsky.social · 6h

y*utube gave me that kars for kids ad the other day and it's been pissing me off now it's stuck in my head

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ハト @dovepopopo.bsky.social · 1d

父さんと！

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えのき @enokikino.bsky.social · 1d

マギルゥ

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merr🥭 @chiffonades.bsky.social · 19h

it’s been months since it happened so every day i’m reminded of my folly…

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merr🥭 @chiffonades.bsky.social · 19h

not this week but i have a scar on my thigh from when i ran into the edge of a plastic ruler and then another scar directly above it from when i put a hydrocolloid bandaid on the original wound and the edge of it made me itch so hard that i scratched a second wound

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merr🥭 @chiffonades.bsky.social · 20h

only now realizing i have monochrome and rainbow rugs in my office

very empty office room with two desks. one desk with a monitor and an office chair on a black and grey striped rug. another desk on a rainbow gradient rug. there are a few cardboard moving boxes in the room

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merr🥭 @chiffonades.bsky.social · 20h

packing up my house is weird man i haven’t done this since 2020 and i had way less stuff then

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merr🥭 @chiffonades.bsky.social · 21h

smells like gas leak outside which is fun

merr🥭 @chiffonades.bsky.social · 21h

i like to think about if both these cons happened on the same week and you showed up to the wrong place

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merr🥭 @chiffonades.bsky.social · 22h

war crimes con or weeb con choose your story

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merr🥭 @chiffonades.bsky.social · 22h

passing by the AUSA convention at the DC convention center…thinking about the superior A(nime)USA that used to be in DC till they moved to virginia

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Romeo Kokriatski @vagrantjourno.bsky.social · 1d

Ben Gvir personally oversaw the torture of Greta Thunberg, as reported by Aftonbladet.

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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merr🥭 @chiffonades.bsky.social · 1d

emailing with this guy is making me feel unhinged like man you can lead a data science major to proper email communication, but you can't make them actually send emails that have accurate information

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merr🥭 @chiffonades.bsky.social · 1d

OR SO HELP ME

Reply that says "Hello, I would be available 10-11:30 am Pacific time"

original email being replied to says Just wanted to confirm that the timeslot available on Monday, October 20th is 1:00 – 2:30 PM Eastern (10:00 – 11:30 AM Pacific). Are you only available starting at 2:30 PM ET/11:30 AM PT? If so I will need to go back and check calendar availabilities for staff.

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merr🥭 @chiffonades.bsky.social · 1d

are we back lol

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merr🥭 @chiffonades.bsky.social · 1d

oh did the site break

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll say it…that’s too much

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

OpenAI has pledged to spend $1 trillion in the next five years.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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merr🥭 @chiffonades.bsky.social · 1d

honestly I think I would have to quit

Ask a Manager @askamanager.org · 1d

my office is obsessed with Taylor Swift

A reader writes: I am part of a small team in a global corporation. My team works closely with other teams in the department, and we often have weekly or biweekly catch-ups to update each other on projects. My colleagues are mostly nice and pleasant to work with. There’s only one problem: everyone is obsessed […] The post my office is obsessed with Taylor Swift appeared first on Ask a Manager.

www.askamanager.org

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 1d

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

Here are the little darlings they’ve created. Horrifying.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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merr🥭 @chiffonades.bsky.social · 1d

also i subtly changed my icon to raqio points at gay people in honor of the new anime