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@neilforreal.bsky.social

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Tennis, cycling, music, history, Toronto. 🎾🎸🚴‍♂️ Pickleball gives you warts. (I'm kidding.) Nazis get punched. (I'm not kidding.) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️⚤, sit down next to me. "If you're after gettin' the honey, then you don't go killin' all the bees." ~Joe Strummer

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · Feb 28

Long after history has buried sniveling cowards like Donald Trump and JD Vance, we will honour the strength, character, and fighting spirit of President Volodymyr Zelensky, the true Leader of the Free World. Long live Ukraine. #SlavaUkraini 💙💛🇺🇦

President Volodymyr Zelensky, leader of Ukraine.

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 36m

Blue Jays fans across Canada, be like Alex Trebek: respect your neighbours, tolerate their ludicrous excesses, and never forget where you come from.

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 1h

ICE now desecrating cemeteries, which is on brand for this vanguard of American degradation.

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 1h

It's getting harder and harder to pretend Trumpstein doesn't have dementia and isn't getting worse by the day.

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 1h

Good to see the police actually taking issue with these lawless goons.

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 1h

Yes. Montreal bagels are far better.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 6h

All of the Israelis held by Hamas are called “hostages,” including the IDF soliders.

All the Palestinians released, though, are “prisoners,” including the many victims of Israel’s widespread arbitrary detention - meaning they are legally innocent, detained without charge or conviction.

Disgusting.

CBC headline reads: All living Israeli hostages freed, nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners released

Trump in Egypt for world leaders' meeting following an address to Israel's parliament

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 4h

I Fought the Law, by the Clash, covering the Bobby Fuller Four. youtu.be/AL8chWFuM-s?...

The Clash - I Fought the Law (Official Video)

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 4h

I just thought it was a funny story.

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 4h

Geezus. Are you *trying* to make us cry? 🥹🥺😢😭

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 4h

I can't remember where I heard it but I absolutely loved it. I think of it every time I hear about an actor being a bit too goofy. 😄

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 5h

I decided when I left Twitter (and Facebook and Instagram) that I simply wasn't going to give any more of my time to people who I'd ignore in real life. MAGA, trolls, performative goofs, "well, actually" pedants -- one strike and you're out. (And fwiw, tennis people are almost always charming. 🥰)

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 7h

Nice try, shit-for-brains.

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, no one carries more moral authority on the topic of stable borders than Russia.

a man wearing glasses says come on seriously on a netflix advertisement

Alt: Benedict Cumberbatch says "come on, seriously?"

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 10h

I gotta be honest, I didn't even know they were a thing. But if his dad could date Barbra Streisand, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the apple didn't fall far from the tree. 😄

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 10h

They and we are supposed to pretend he's not a mental wreck. How long are we all going to admire the Emporer's New Clothes?

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 10h

October's my favourite month. I suffer in the swelter, but rock a sweater. 🍂🍁

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 10h

I feel like I might be tinkering with the fundamental mysteries of the universe.

a close up of a man 's face with blue eyes

Alt: Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer.

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 10h

What am I doing this Thanksgiving Day? Going to play tennis, of course. I'm thankful to still be mobile enough -- and antisocial enough -- to play singles. Here's a little October tennis court porn for those who indulge. #HappyThanksgiving

Neil hitting the court in October with leaves turning yellow, orange, and red.

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 11h

His brain is a blob of gelatinous goo.

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 11h

Trump's neediness is so awkward and pathetic. It's as cringe-inducing a spectacle as we've ever seen.

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 11h

I always suspected you guys had a language we lesser-evolved life forms couldn't decipher. I'll rely on you and Amy to explain it to me like I'm cluless and rated "G". 🤗😄

a woman in a floral dress is standing in a room and smiling .

Alt: Blanche faints in A Streetcar Named Desire.

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 11h

a cartoon gnome from snow white and the seven dwarfs is standing in a dark room and saying `` stop '' .

Alt: One of the dwarfs from Snow White is embarrassed and says "Stop..." .

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 11h

Ah. Well, by now it's probably becoming clear I'm embarrassingly divorced from popular culture. I get my Taylors and Katys mixed up, not to mention my Nickis, Cardis, and Dojas. 😄

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 12h

Bullies are so brave when they can count on their gang to cover their ass. But when they're on their own they cower and whine and shriek about being a victim.

Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 12h

Have to admit, I'm not familiar with the Katy Perry ouevre. But your post was a needle scratched across the album. 😄

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