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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 19h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Emily J. Edwards (but witchy) @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 14h

i feel like i need to share this oldie but a goodie today

A tumblr post that reads "WHo would have believed that the perfect wikipedia photo caption could have been improved upon?" Two identical images are then side by side. The first caption is "Piper Kerr, a member of the Scottis National Antarctix Expedition, plays the bagpipes for an indifferent penguin, March 1904". The Caption for the image on the left reads, "Piper Kerr (right), a member of the Scottis National Antarctix Expedition, plays the bagpipes for an indifferent penguin, March 1904"

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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 12h

books should have an anti-acknowledgements section where the author talks shit about all the people who fucked them over while they were trying to write the thing. not bc I personally want to write one but bc I love gossip

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 9h

In a rare moment I’m going to give it to a mainstream news outlet for a legit headline.

A screenshot of the web showing an nbc universal headline which reads Masked ICE agents struggling to find violent criminals in spite of terrorizing cities like Chicago

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Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 10h

More humorous picture books should win important awards.

(This is not self serving, I really think humor is important)

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 10h

Samesies

Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 17h

one vertebra down, 32 to go!

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 18h

WaPo joins NYT, CNN, The Atlantic, Guardian and others, according to @ScottNover, in announcing it won't sign the Pentagon's controversial new press policy.

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Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 17h

My god. The cuteness.

A darling orange cat sleep soundly with his head curled under and his tongue hanging out in total relaxation on a bed in front of a long-haired Doberman, who sleeps soundly. Close-up of both.

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Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 18h

Right? I invoiced them months ago and nothing.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 23h

You gotta give ‘em hop.

A tweet from the Anonymous account says, “Make sure the dude in the frog costume in Portland knows he's an icon.” The image is a stylized poster of a frog wearing a stars-and-stripes scarf with the word “HOP” below, in the style of the Obama “HOPE” poster.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

THESE are the promises I want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 1d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

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Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 1d

Someone should counsel these at protests and raise money for non fascist things.

Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 1d

Brothers

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Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 2d

So handsome.

A bright green grasshopper, climbs on a wall, very close up to the camera with bushes and a red Volkswagen beetle in the background

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Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 2d

Such a good observation

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Schatz: They’re stopping wind and solar because this guy has some very strange ideas about the energy mix. And it’s consistent with the rest of his political and economic philosophy — if there’s less of everything, it gives him more authority to dole out favors

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Schatz: They’re stopping wind and solar because this guy has some very strange ideas about the energy mix. And it’s consistent with the rest of his political and economic philosophy — if there’s less of everything, it gives him more authority to dole out favors

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Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 2d

There’s one near us in Berkeley. The kid they schlep around looks so embarrassed

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 2d

No one does dialogue better.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

The hush money payoff to Stormy Daniels cost more than house Leticia James bought for her grand niece.

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Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 2d

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 2d

I seem to have interrupted something on this #caturday

An orange and black cat intertwined on a bed.

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Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 3d

Kudos to my Pilates class neighbor… The lone man, and fairly fit- who managed to groan and pant throughout a very mild class like he was running a marathon or changing a duvet cover.

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