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flanthippe @flanthippe.bsky.social · Sep 13

Barry Lyndon × 21 Savage
"a lot"

ed @macaulaybalkan.bsky.social · 4h

there are a lot of (correct) takes saying 'we need to bring back shame', but the thing is the community still shames people, it's just that those people are shameless defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

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ed @macaulaybalkan.bsky.social · 4h

i still chuckle when i think of the phrase 'the christmas adventurers club'

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Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social · 12h

Thought you’d want to look at this one: thereveal.film/interview-ke...

Interview: Kevin Tighe on ‘One Battle After Another’ and a great career on stage and screen

The great character actor talks about his return to the screen in 'One Battle After Another' and a half-century journey in the business.

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ed @macaulaybalkan.bsky.social · 6h

My favourite time of year - 16 three-hour nba season preview pods drop within two days of each other

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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 16h

Tell me your most unhinged opinion about the viability of the French state convicting a day labourer to five years for breaking a window to steal a loaf of bread to feed his sister’s seven starving children then adding on twelve more years for escape attempts and then he meets Monseigneur Bienvenu a

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ed @macaulaybalkan.bsky.social · 23h

can't wait till these people suffer* the consequences*

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Israel Warns Gaza Still Harboring Hundreds Of Doctors https://theonion.com/israel-warns-gaza-still-harboring-hundreds-of-doctors-1850964439/

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Steve Jones @stevejones20.bsky.social · 2d

the greatest moment in tic tac toe history

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ed @macaulaybalkan.bsky.social · 3d

Alright settle down raskolnikov

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 3d

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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ed @macaulaybalkan.bsky.social · 5d

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6d

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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Sara McH 🤧 recovery mode @saramchenry.bsky.social · Mar 30

LGBTQ

Lisan al GaiB: The QuisatzHaderach in rainbow colors

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Oh No He Didn't @ohnohedidnt24.bsky.social · 6d

OH NO. HE. DIDN'T!!!

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 6d

This isn’t just “Charlie Brown had hoes” levels of wrong it’s “Charlie Brown never had a dog” levels of wrong

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 6d

wtaf are you talking about

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ed @macaulaybalkan.bsky.social · 7d

lol. lmao

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7d

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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ed @macaulaybalkan.bsky.social · 8d

if dolly parton moves on i beg you all to honour her legacy by at least ~trying~ to be normal online

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ed @macaulaybalkan.bsky.social · 9d

half a million huh

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Pat Simons @patsimons.bsky.social · 10d

New poll shows majority of Australians support sanctioning Israel www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Over half of Australians support sanctions on Israel and its leaders for ongoing attacks on Gaza, poll shows

Survey finds 57% of respondents agreed government should impose similar sanctions on Israel as those against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine

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ed @macaulaybalkan.bsky.social · 10d

How has the guardian not established this by now. I thought you were journalists

Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 10d

Vote early/often.

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Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll

From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

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Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 10d

according to this poll, the political class - major party politicians, corporate media outlets, institutions like Creative Australia and the ABC when they yield to orchestrated pro-Israel campaigns - represent about 20% of the general population on Gaza.

Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 10d

NEW: Australians overwhelmingly recognise and oppose the genocide in Gaza and want the government to do more to stop it, according to a new poll released today.

www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian...