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Leo Mairena

@leotheironrock.bsky.social

Why am I posting up Powerman 5000 songs in 2025? God, I'm pathetic

open.spotify.com/track/7FC2X5...

Earth Vs. Me

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November 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM

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Ian Potter

@ianzpotter.bsky.social

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

It's an artistic representation of a circulatory system walking through a kitchen, as drawn by Dave Gibbons and written about by Alan Moore.
It happens a lot 'round here.

November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM

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The Onion

@theonion.com

Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About

WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...

theonion.com

November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM

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Marisa Kabas

@marisakabas.bsky.social

I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:

I'm sorry, I know this is not your problem, but I just felt like screaming into a void seeing that now Dems may cave and end the shutdown without getting anything they were supposedly fighting for. We've been put through hell for weeks, constantly having our ability to simply feed ourselves dangled in front of our faces, our survival used as a bargaining chip, told it was for a reason. Our suffering would prevent even more suffering and that it would be temporary and worth it to save healthcare for millions. And now it's all for nothing. They stood for nothing. They caused suffering for no reason. They'll cause even more suffering for no reason.

It wasn't 40 million people starving that made them cave. They were willing to put up with that. But the threat of holiday traveling being disrupted seems to be the thing to push them to give in. They have failed everyone. I'm so angry.

November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM

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Eli Valley

@elivalley.bsky.social

The grifters sent this *this morning*

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An update for Democrats nationwide
please don't skip this 1-minute read.
This week, Democrats in every corner of the country won or
overperformed up and down the ballot, with high voter turnout
across the map.
If one thing is crystal clear this week, it's that voters are sick and tired of
Trump and his allies' billionaire-first agenda and are ready for the tides
to turn.
In New Jersey, Virginia, Pennsylvania, California, Georgia, and in local
races nationwide, Americans sent a message to Trump this week:
We're fed up with your attacks on our democracy, our economy, and our
communities. We're fighting back. And we're winning.
At the DNC, we've spent the last year organizing in every single state
across the country, hosting town halls where Republicans refuse to, and
investing in state Democratic parties to ensure that they have the
resources to do this important work across their states.
But
getting started
the work doesn't stop here
- in fact, our fight is only
If continuing the momentum we built this year is important
to you, we're asking you to consider donating_$7, or
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November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM

Leo Mairena

@leotheironrock.bsky.social

At least my fellow fans are booing louder for him than the on-field production.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump getting booed at the Commanders game

November 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM

Leo Mairena

@leotheironrock.bsky.social

Cause thats just what I feel like watching now; the dipshit president on my screen as well as my team losing

November 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM

Leo Mairena

@leotheironrock.bsky.social

Commandies in their injury riddled state shouldn't anger me this much. Why do I care about my sports teams this much? I don't even gamble!

November 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM

Leo Mairena

@leotheironrock.bsky.social

The Lions are gonna MOIDAHLIZE us today, I can feel it. Not even wearing a jersey since I had to work a brunch shift today.

November 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM

Leo Mairena

@leotheironrock.bsky.social

Watching "Yojimbo" for the first time and I had NO idea how awful the gamblers are portrayed; this shit rules. Fuck gambling.

November 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM

Leo Mairena

@leotheironrock.bsky.social

Auditioned today for a stage reading. The character's last name is Nash, so playing this for good luck.

youtu.be/wMbiRml4pBA?...

Street Fighter Alpha 2 OST Charlie Nash Theme

YouTube video by Dan Dojo

youtu.be

November 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM

Leo Mairena

@leotheironrock.bsky.social

The Catholic Church should allow using Alka-Seltzer as a communion wafer; for some more wayward practitioners on a Sunday morning

November 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM

Leo Mairena

@leotheironrock.bsky.social

Damn, Grace Jones. I was not familiar with your sleezy 80's night rock. Hook this shit to my veins!

youtu.be/Tc1IphRx1pk?...

Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper

YouTube video by GraceJonesVEVO

youtu.be

November 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM

Leo Mairena

@leotheironrock.bsky.social

5:45pm and it looks and feels like 11pm outside

November 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM

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Micah

@rincewind.run

this guy fucking sucked and rosalind franklin should have gotten all of the credit he did

good riddance

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d

Watson was a racist who, "near the end of his life, faced condemnation and professional censure for offensive remarks, including saying Black people are less intelligent than white people"

James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97

Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died. He was 97.

apnews.com

November 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM

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Shepherd

@neolithicsheep.bsky.social

I think with one trillion dollars I would just start buying land and giving it back to Native people. It would be working towards righting historical injustice, and at the same time would irritate the shit out of all the worst people.

Callie Dot Dot Dot (Dinovember Era) @calliedot.bsky.social · 3d

If you spent one million a day it would take over 2700 years to spend a trillion dollars

November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM

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escapedexplorer.bsky.social

@escapedexplorer.bsky.social

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 4d

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc