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Erin (Demogorgon Era) @erinsopran.bsky.social · 8m

The cognitive load of dealing with the hallucination machine telling you to add the 30 lemons it never mentioned before

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poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 12m

a very spooky tutorial

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Erin (Demogorgon Era) @erinsopran.bsky.social · 10m

Outsourcing the basic critical thinking of choosing the result that looks relevant and reliable to the hallucination machine

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geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · Apr 29

anyway: look

a fluffy white and gray tabby cat curled up on her back with paws reached up and curled, looking at the person holding the camera

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Erin (Demogorgon Era) @erinsopran.bsky.social · 13m

I mean were they SHOE prints? Wait I'm remembering the paw slippers from Animal Crossing

Erin (Demogorgon Era) @erinsopran.bsky.social · 15m

Small fluffy dog in lower right

Erin (Demogorgon Era) @erinsopran.bsky.social · 4h

Lol sometimes I just have to say something

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Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 9h

As unofficial town sorcerer, I'm sending out a very mild charm that will make you feel extra cozy for a while.

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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 13h

And Remember: spreading fascist bullshit around to dunk on it is still spreading fascist bullshit around.

A comic book panel in which Batman is breaking a shotgun in half. The shotgun is labeled "quote dunks," and Batman is saying "THIS is the weapon of the ENEMY. We do not NEED it. We will not USE it."

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 10h

Remember when i said we're living in the scariest parts of a Gibson novel thanks to a bunch of dudes who misunderstand Gibson's novels?

Well now I want to discuss the verified govt accounts spewing rightwing propaganda— possibly via a bot-run troll farm— & why you should block them for your safety.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 13h

Here’s a block list:

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Erin (Demogorgon Era) @erinsopran.bsky.social · 10h

Dislike

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 13h

this, who like a block hath denied my access to thee.

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WildGorillaMan @wildgorillaman.bsky.social · Nov 24

There is power in disdain

Weird art of a frog riding a snail

Text:

Block hard, block often
LET GOD READ THEIR SHIT

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Erin (Demogorgon Era) @erinsopran.bsky.social · 10h

If you click Subscribe you get the option to mute or block all.

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Erin (Demogorgon Era) @erinsopran.bsky.social · 10h

If you don't want that, you can click the accounts you want to block and do them individually

Erin (Demogorgon Era) @erinsopran.bsky.social · 10h

Yes, I believe that's how they work

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 13h

Here’s a block list:

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Erin (Demogorgon Era) @erinsopran.bsky.social · 10h

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Here's a handy block list if you don't want any interaction with us gov accounts and other creeps and weirdos

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Erin (Demogorgon Era) @erinsopran.bsky.social · 13h

I'm choosing to go with this because yeah, rural areas often have fewer actual house cats. (My experience is that authority figures are weirdly hostile about cats; it's really distressing.) I hope that wasn't the case here.

Regardless, I'm so glad people were able to step up in the way they have.

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Erin (Demogorgon Era) @erinsopran.bsky.social · 13h

I remember this discourse from Occupy, 2016, 2020... It was silly then but I feel like it's MUCH sillier now.

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Erin (Demogorgon Era) @erinsopran.bsky.social · 15h

It's a huge failure of thinking at all about how people live. How anyone failed to realize people would be arriving with beloved companion animals and wouldn't want to just be like "yeah sure murder it I guess"

I'm scared to ask but are they helping cats at all too?

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Erin (Demogorgon Era) @erinsopran.bsky.social · 15h

Also it's free REIN.

Like a horse's reins. That's what's free. I totally get why you think it's REIGN. It even makes a kind of sense! Most of us are not familiar with reins in 2025! Nevertheless.

It's also definitely for sure absolutely not free RAIN.

Again, I know nobody cares.

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Erin (Demogorgon Era) @erinsopran.bsky.social · 15h

Oh NO 🥺🥺🥺

Erin (Demogorgon Era) @erinsopran.bsky.social · 15h

I'm the only one who cares but

If it's a bunch of creatures, typically aggressive, it's a HORDE

If it's a bunch of stuff, typically inanimate, it's a HOARD

One dragon? HOARD
Many dragons? HORDE

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 21h

This is fantastic & never occurred to me. I think I'll start doing it too!

Something like

"I noticed that you use Uline products. Unfortunately, their money goes to support anti-democratic extremism. I hope you'll consider using other vendors; here are some options: refuseuline.com Sincerely, etc"

ylookup.bsky.social @ylookup.bsky.social · 21h

When I see a retailer using Uline cardboard, I send a customer response email.

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