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ceej @ceej.online · 1d

someone with a billion dollars no longer experiences the world as 99% of humanity would recognize it, and so any “analysis” or critique of society they offer is fatally, irrevocably flawed. dracula complaining about the price of groceries

ceej @ceej.online · 1d

the disastrous refusal of the self-styled silicon valley technokings to keep anyone in their lives capable of questioning their increasingly incomprehensible politics has lead to a crisis of thinking so severe that a fifty-eight year old man believes something is important because he knows about it

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

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Chris Truex @ctruex.bsky.social · 1d

That is such a beautiful joke to me. The way it shows Lucille being wildly out of touch in two completely different ways.

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Chris Truex @ctruex.bsky.social · 2d

For some reason, lately I've been thinking about the episode of Arrested Development where Maeby throws away one banana for each dollar she takes from the register, so it "balances out"

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Chris Truex @ctruex.bsky.social · 2d

We need to get RFK jr on this STAT

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Chris Truex @ctruex.bsky.social · 4d

"Looks like a Rolex band"

*Is identical to 15$ watches I would buy at Wal Mart*

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Chris Truex @ctruex.bsky.social · 7d

I'm guessing they count any site using AI to adjust results for the user, and not specific deliberate use of an AI tool by the user

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 7d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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Chris Truex @ctruex.bsky.social · 8d

No lie, I'd absolutely be on board with snake protagonist. Untapped IP resource right there

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 10d

obligatory sturgeon mention content

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19d

Oh no I stayed up late enough to start seeing posts about Keir Starmer

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ceej @ceej.online · 26d

by the power vested in me by the holy order of the knights templar and the masonic temple I hereby designate MADD a terrorist organization

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 26d

linking arms with Bill Kristol and George W. Bush's campaign manager at the barricades and singing Bella Ciao loud enough that i have an aneurysm

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ceej @ceej.online · Jan 17

if you are at all skeptical of the idea that a person's "media environment" can meaningfully impact their basic understanding of reality consider I just heard someone reference a show called "Bob Hearts Abishola" that is apparently not only real, but also ran for five entire seasons on CBS

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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · Sep 13

its like 9/11 but just for a third of the country, all crying and screaming and everybody else is just looking at each other going the hell they doin lol

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Sep 12

“.. I can’t remember anyone ever telling me we can’t say anything critical about a civilian like this. He was not in our chain of command or anything,” the officer said.

@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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Chris Truex @ctruex.bsky.social · Sep 12

Those are the pumps that keep the complex cocktail of alchemical mixtures pumping through his veins to sustain him

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Vince Mancini @vincemancini.bsky.social · Sep 12

Bread AND circuses? In this economy?

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Vince Mancini @vincemancini.bsky.social · Sep 9

"hi, is this Israel? Yeah. Yeah, I heard, they compared the fingerprint and everything. I know. I KNOW. Anyway, do you think you could bomb a random country for me? Okay, great. Yeah, see you then. Okay bye."

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · Sep 7

These days, the football game of what’s more and more. In order to champion — when its competition of the ballgame — America is the time for together. And that’s which of the fans. The fans of what it’s most of all. Let’s what it again: the fans of when it’s more.

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Chris Truex @ctruex.bsky.social · Sep 5

a woman in a purple dress is holding a bracelet on her wrist .

ALT: a woman in a purple dress is holding a bracelet on her wrist .

media.tenor.com

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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · Sep 2

i met anubis in the realm of the underworld, big strong guy by the way, had a dog’s head, i’m not so sure about that. and he said to me, mr president, you’ve got the heaviest soul we’ve ever weighed down here. can you believe it? they’ve never seen a soul that heavy in all of duat

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Chris Truex @ctruex.bsky.social · Sep 1

Trump laying there like James Caan in "Misery"

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · Apr 22

Quitting twitter for bluesky

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ceej @ceej.online · Jan 1

We’re actually closer to 2100 than we are to 2024 because we experience linear time

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · Aug 28

what a fucking stupid time to be a person who cares about other people

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