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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 7d

happy sunday, remember that you are completely expendable to your employer and that when you die they will forget you ever existed within weeks and easily replace you

Work really hard and one day this can be you (followed by graffiti of a headstone that says “RIP worked really hard” on it

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Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 10h

When I was homeless in 2019, the Salvation Army shelter refused to give me a bed (even though they were available), because I was on immunosuppressant meds and they didn’t want to be responsible or liable if I got more sick or died on premises. They’d rather I die on the street.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 5d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Hamiltwan @hamiltwan.bsky.social · 15h

Can you imagine the poor ghost who is trying to write in blood on the walls but there are 11 Presbyterians in the room ignoring it while they argue if they can proceed with a simple plurality or if they need a full majority.

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 17h

Listen sometimes the situation simply requires a Catholic

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i love that 17th century jewish poltergeist story where the family living in the haunted house calls a catholic priest for help before they contact a rabbi, because yeah, i think that would be my call too; id be like, oh? a demon in my house speaking latin and drawing inverted crosses on my wall in sulfuric bile? then without even questioning my faith i'd call up the catholic church and be like yo father, one of your boys loose come get him

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Sage Divinorum 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 1d

go the fuck outside. find a goth club. go there on a kink / queer night. go even if you think “you won’t fit in” (cheat code: just wear black).

be friendly. give yourself time. repeat as necessary. you will make exceptional friends.

life is for the living. do it scared.

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moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 7h

I am tired of this chest funk

moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 7h

I am lurgy, destroyer of plans

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

For Halloween, I'm dressing up as going to a social function where the one person you know disappears and you don't know who to talk to and there are no dogs or cats around to pet and all the conversations you overhear seem inscrutable.

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sea shanty stan account ⛵️ @anarchoshanties.bsky.social · 9h

Konrad von Carstein, with a speech bubble drawn to imply he is speaking the quoted skeet

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moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 7h

Proving I'm not a robot in texts by being unable to be normal in a conversation

moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 7h

Social awkwardness as a meatspace captcha system

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 10h

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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The Screens of Pete and Pete @peteandpete.bsky.social · 7h

The Adventures of Pete & Pete - Season 2, Episode 6: Halloweenie

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moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 7h

I could do some of these, I bet

waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 11h

Job occupations, from an 1881 census. Every one of these sounds like something a sorely provoked Captain Haddock would should at someone in times of heavy stress.

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Nicole Jones-Dion @praxiscope.bsky.social · 17h

Aspiring TV Writers - FOX Writers Incubator is now open for submissions!

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moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 11h

In time with Reaganite conservativism shoving the 70s back into a closet - I like it

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Eduardo Valdés-Hevia 👁️ @valdevia.art · 22h

Spontaneous Carcinometamorphosis, commonly known as Mancini's disease after the famed boxer-turned-crustacean Bruno Mancini, is a disease that will slowly turn skeleton to exoskeleton, hands to claws, lungs to gills, until a human being finds itself where all the roads of evolution lead: crab.

A textbook anatomical drawing of a human with a large crab claw for an arm. Some of the organs inside appear to be that of a crab's.

A black-and-white photo of a patient in a hospital, being held by two nurses. The man's arms are now crab claws, and his skin is turning into an exoskeleton. His eyes are now at the end of stalks.

A textbook showing three black-and-white pictures of a person's arm turning into a crab claw. The three stages read "Presymptomatic patient", with a regular man's arm, "Exoskeletalization", where the arms turns hard and segmented and the fingers start fusing, and "late stage transformation", where the arm is fully crab-like.

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 16h

No money in the red kettles. Mutual aid instead.
(And no, I'm not taking questions about this.)

kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 18h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 14h

Multi billionaire conducts months of historical and theological research into the Antichrist. Discovers, shockingly, that one thing the Antichrist would definitely do is tax billionaires. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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He believes the Armageddon will be ushered in by an antichrist-type figure who cultivates a fear of existential threats such as climate change, Al and nuclear war to amass inordinate power. The idea is this figure will convince people to do everything they can to avoid something like a third world war, including accepting a one-world order charged with protecting everyone from the apocalypse that implements a complete restriction of technological progress. In his mind, this is already happening. Thiel said that international financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in tax havens, are one sign the antichrist may be amassing power and hastening Armageddon, saying: "It's become quite difficult to hide one's money."

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moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 11h

LRS: I want a full on liberation theology moment in the US to drown out the tradcath/mormon influencers

is that too much to ask?

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 14h

found exactly the one use of “evil recoils in the presence of Christ” I am willing to sign off on, HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

Father Larry did not come here to fuck around

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 20h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 12h

But that may be the Hills Have Eyes remake rewatch talking

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moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 12h

I dislike the pop culture theorizing about slashers as moralizing - showing the audience T&A while punishing characters for enjoying T&A - because I think, if there is a moral trend, it's people higher up the social food chain fucking others over and then having it bite them in the ass

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moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 12h

'Water enhancer' drops and cold infusion tea bags for me - I'll forget a bottle of plain water, no matter how convenient I make it.

Just a tiny bit of flavor, not full Kool-Aid - and I don't even particularly like the tea bags - reminds me to keep drinking for some reason.

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moktoberfest @mokie.bsky.social · 12h

CLASSIC

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