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Christina Holland @mortalwombat.info · 5h

I was looking through Revolutionary War flags and most of them are variants on the Betsy Ross flag and there's the Gadsden flag but I think this one's my favorite. He's WATCHING you

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 5h

What happened between 5:30 AM and 12:00 PM that required an article update?!

Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 7h

People knew how to write headlines, once upon a time.

Tell children today that, they won't believe you.

Newspaper website headline: "Blind bisexual goose named Thomas who spent six years in a love triangle with two swans and helped raise 68 babies dies at the ripe old age of 40."

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 5h

new theory of why everyone is so stupid just dropped

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 6h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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OxfordHacker @oxfordhacker.bsky.social · 11m

Presumably she wanted something exterminated

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 4h

Both sides of a conflict are calling each other evil and corrupt, rendering me, a humble journalist, helpless to discern the truth. Best I can do is let you know that both sides are in fact saying those things. Hope this helps

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piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · Aug 26

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OxfordHacker @oxfordhacker.bsky.social · 11h

Speak for yourself

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Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 1d

Look at the etiquette ppl are taught in Biz School. Punchiness, confidence, and persistent attention-grabbing are prioritized far above any sort of epistemic thoroughness, careful structuring of complex arguments, or polite but firm dissent.

The lingua franca of biz has been slop long before GPT3.

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 1d

The trouble of course is that if you go around saying "zero tolerance for naysayers", it doesn't save much because you still need a budget to distinguish them from "if-you-keep-taking-water-out-of-that-acquifer-you'll-get-sinkholes-sayers"

www.ft.com/content/d319...

UK planning to be speeded up with new powers for ministers

Government is adding amendments to infrastructure and housing bill to strengthen scope for more timely construction

www.ft.com

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OxfordHacker @oxfordhacker.bsky.social · 12h

bouba in the streets, kiki in the sheets

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · Oct 29

[walks into bookstore]
Me: do you have any books on turtles?
Worker: Hard back?
Me: Yeah, with little heads.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 1d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · Sep 26

Tumblr screenshot:

the-last-kenobi writes:

too many people prayed for the world to NOT
end in 2012 and god panicked and started
pulling out rough drafts. bonus years. side
quests and horror stories. he dug up his flop
era and started posting it for all to see. you
fangirled too hard and now earth is running
ten seasons past a perfectly written ending
using unlikable background characters and
resurrecting terrible plot lines. congratulations
you've supernatural'd the earth.

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Christina Holland @mortalwombat.info · 1d

Not just limited to purchases, also like, rate your customer service today, rate this movie, get 10% off if you leave feedback about what it was like to buy floss at the drugstore. This is why people tell you they didn't get the joke in your post and what you should have said, then expect a reward

Amos Posner @amosposner.bsky.social · 1d

I think businesses asking people to rate every single experience has furthered this damage. We shouldn't have this many opinions about this many things, and we certainly shouldn't expect other busy people to care if we do.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

few ideas have damaged the average psyche more than ‘the customer is always right.’ it should be a little bit humiliating, being a customer. you should walk into any service transaction knowing that the other person, and not you, is in control over whether you get your treats

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potion of @candlestick.bsky.social · 1d

installed the feed that lets me read every bluesky post in alphabetical order. lot of screaming thus far

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OxfordHacker @oxfordhacker.bsky.social · 12h

Immediately reminded of this: 'Expert in a Dying Field' by The Beths
youtu.be/-KACt6YhOyY

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Jeremy Hot Wheels @kateneely.bsky.social · 1d

my therapist: sometimes you simply have to experience an emotion instead of thinking about it
me, nodding sagely: and then it goes away
therapist: well not necessarily
me, shaking my head furiously: no, I don't like that

Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 1d

Me: I just don't understand why I can't just out-think my anxiety and emotions and simply react and respond in the most ideal way every single time and never feel bad
My therapist of eight years: *audibly loading gun*

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 23h

Look, I'll meet you at the corner of 29-5/8ths Avenue and 7-15/16ths Street. I don't see what's so hard about this.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 20h

This is amazing, headcanon 100% accepted (see comments for details)

Luke Seaber @thelong1930s.bsky.social · 1d

Lord Peter Wimsey is the narrative voice of The Waste Land.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Tron: SCARY @asterionhex.monster · 5d

Today is amazing youtu.be/cmO6QkJhuu4?...

Darude - Sandstorm (Electric Toothbrush Cover)

YouTube video by Device Orchestra

youtu.be

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 18h

When I explain this to friends overseas I say: “in order to do a stupid Brexit we had to have a stupidly government. So they threw every clever person out of the party.”

Do you remember when they TOOK THE WHIP FROM KEN CLARKE?

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 18h

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool on.ft.com/4qarx21 | opinion

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

on.ft.com

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Mewtype Ghost @mewtype.online · 2d

tumblr shitpost poll
do you think ms understands consent?
yes <1%
remind me in 3 days 99.2%

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 6d

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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