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t. kendal mintcake @mintcaketime.bsky.social · 5h

out of fucking control

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t. kendal mintcake @mintcaketime.bsky.social · 5h

sure nbd, we’ll just open the show with aces high>2 minutes to midnight>the trooper

Rockette Morton @rockettemorton.bsky.social · 5h

I saw Iron Maiden’s World Slavery Tour at the Beaumont Civic Center in February 1985……WASP was the opener.

Later that year, 40 Years Ago TODAY, Iron Maiden released:

Live After Death 🤘

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t. kendal mintcake @mintcaketime.bsky.social · 5h

that’s right

t. kendal mintcake @mintcaketime.bsky.social · 5h

fear of the Pastels is anoraknophobia

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t. kendal mintcake @mintcaketime.bsky.social · 5h

apple bobbom jeems

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t. kendal mintcake @mintcaketime.bsky.social · 7h

an alligator, a true star

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t. kendal mintcake @mintcaketime.bsky.social · 8h

right now some kid is hearing chicken grease for the first time and it’s fucking up their whole shit

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t. kendal mintcake @mintcaketime.bsky.social · 15h

she’s a friend of friends and seems like a real one top to bottom

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t. kendal mintcake @mintcaketime.bsky.social · 1d

yes!!

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t. kendal mintcake @mintcaketime.bsky.social · 1d

this is the ideal headless guitar shape. science has proven this over and over

a couple of steinberger GPs. “the perfect guitar” -mintcake

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t. kendal mintcake @mintcaketime.bsky.social · 1d

stop making headless guitars shaped like this. this shape is covered how about trying something new ya dorks

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t. kendal mintcake @mintcaketime.bsky.social · 1d

that’s why i’m voting coop in 2025

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t. kendal mintcake @mintcaketime.bsky.social · 1d

lol it is

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t. kendal mintcake @mintcaketime.bsky.social · 1d

dude is not perfect and i don’t want
to be besties with any politician anywhere. but i think it’s okay to be confident about a vote every so often. i hope you do this nyc

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t. kendal mintcake @mintcaketime.bsky.social · 1d

heart of the matter from erin:

The ad serves as a masterclass for Democrats on how to talk about transgender people with empathy and conviction. Many of Mamdani's own supporters may not know the history he highlights, and so it serves the purpose to educate his supporters in how to humanely talk about transgender people. Through this framing, he grounds his stance in moral clarity rather than political expedience—a rare trait in modern campaigns. For voters on the fence, the ad demonstrates that his support for transgender rights isn't a focus-grouped calculation; it's a reflection of his core values.
In doing so, Mamdani not only strengthens trust among progressives but also draws in those who may have felt ambivalent, offering them something increasingly scarce in politics today: authenticity.

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t. kendal mintcake @mintcaketime.bsky.social · 1d

ad got me right in my fuckin’ throat. fuck

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. As some Democrats have run from transgender rights, Zohran Mamdani is showing what so many others have lacked: courage to lead with his values over pandering to focus groups.

The ad is one of the best things I've seen from a politician on transgender people.

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