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Discontinued FOoOoOoOods! 🎃🍫👻🍬 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · May 1

People are clearly (and maybe sickly) intrigued by this incredibly tacky and dumb product and have been asking me for more details and history, so if you're morbidly curious, check this thread. I won't be repeating the flavor list, you can find that in the original post, but here's more info 🧵

Discontinued FOoOoOoOods! 🎃🍫👻🍬 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · Sep 11

Star-Spangled Ice Cream (2003-2009): A line of jingoistic-themed ice cream flavors, launched to "provide a conservative alternative" to Ben and Jerry's. Flavors included "I Hate the French Vanilla", "Iraqi Road", "Nutty Environmentalist" and "RushMallow".

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⚡Bubblegum Midlife Crisis⚡ @bunnycartoon.bsky.social · 7h

Brady is an essential part of @discotekmedia.bsky.social, if you have the means, please consider looking at his eBay page & helping him out! If not, pass links along to any folks you think would be interested in his wares!

Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · 18h

Hey friends. After having open heart surgery in Dec and another procedure in July, I've been left in 10k+ debt while recovering. During this, we were also laid off from Skullgirls. To try to help dig myself out, I have begun listing things on eBay: ebay.com/usr/mshinzan

a person is holding an empty wallet with a man in a suit inside of it .

ALT: a person is holding an empty wallet with a man in a suit inside of it .

media.tenor.com

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Evil Shiddpostha Gautama @ohshit.bsky.social · 1d

squid games u mean calamari damacy or whatever it’s called fuck it send post

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smirkingcat @smirkingcat.bsky.social · 23h

#catober2025 day 14 cat is beast tamer cat, with beast friend
猫強化月間14日目はビーストテイマーキャットとオトモダチ

Watercolour illustration of a tuxedo cat in a leather vest, apron, boots and gloves. They are pointing to where the green boar like beast friend should be charging towards.

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 1d

A pilot out in Nova Scotia seems to have had some fun yesterday.

www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

C-GZPT Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Flight status, tracking, and historical data for C-GZPT including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.

www.flightaware.com

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graskip @graskip.bsky.social · 1d

candle

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DAKU @fiopico.bsky.social · 2d

skipped a day because i wasnt feeling inspired, but im back now >:3

Day 13 - Letter and Umbrella
#umitoberRC #umitober #umineko

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Phineasferatu @phineas.bsky.social · 1d

A squirrel is standing inside and peeking over the top rim of a hollowed out pumpkin. The top of the pumpkin can be seen behind. The squirrel is wearing a slouchy black witch hat with orange stripes and holding a squirrel-sized chef knife. The knife is because the squirrel has carved the words ‘MAYBE IT WILL HAPPEN’ in the side of the pumpkin and in the ground in front the word ‘TODAY’ has been spelled with stringy orange pumpkin guts with seeds scattered all around.

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Rii Abrego @riibrego.bsky.social · 1d

mushroom path #art (wallpapers below!)

A drawing of two cats wandering through a mushroom forest

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piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · Aug 26

>kill a wild boar
>it drops 3 coins
Where do the coins come from?

Piggybank

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smirkingcat @smirkingcat.bsky.social · 2d

#catober2025 day 13 is healer cat aka pope cat
今日のおネコ様はヒーラーキャット

Watercolour illustration of a grey shaggy old cat dressed in white, blue and gold pope attire with a staff adorning a giant jewel on top.

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🦇Count Grantula: Dead and Loving It🦇 @grantthethief.bsky.social · 2d

Laios rushing an unspeakable dungeon horror:

Iron Chef Bot @ironchefbot.bsky.social · 3d

Frame #45350 from S01 -E17 - Jinhua Pork-627722

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Pokémon Gems @pokemongems.bsky.social · 2d

Screenshot of a doctor in the Pokémon anime getting injected with a needle

Screenshot of the pokemon anime showing pikachu looking worried that the doctor got injected with a needle with text saying “oh boy, that’s not good.”

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 2d

Before laser pointers we had to just point at the wall with a stick. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Black and white photo of a shorthaired tabby up on his hind legs with his forepaws braced against the outside of a brick building, seeming to sniff and investigate the tip of a small stick that a white person off camera is holding against the wall.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

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?
2? Questions
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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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 2d

Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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dr. kirk hamilton III, esq. @kirkofdoom.bsky.social · 4d

Saw this stump in Ghost of Yōtei and knew what I had to do.
@erikaishii.bsky.social

Screenshot from the game Ghost of Yōtei. Atsu (played by Erika Ishii) is crouching on a stump like a little bisexual gargoyle.

Screenshot from Game Changer with Erika Ishii crouching on a stump like a little bisexual gargoyle (as noted in the closed captions on screen)

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 3d

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.

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matte jones @pillowfort.bsky.social · 2d

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 2d

you ever think about that guy in hunter x hunter who used nen for making websites. cuz i do. i imagine the kind of hassle it must be to try to reconfigure your nen because flash got deprecated and HTML standards changed again. fucking around with nen infused javascript and getting mad at themselves

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smirkingcat @smirkingcat.bsky.social · 3d

#catober2025 day 12 is samurai cat
今日の猫さんは英語ではサムライキャットとわかりやすさ重視で書いてるんすけど、お侍というよりは座頭市オマージュの剣の達人ネコさん

Watercolour illustration of a white cat in a casual kimono, holding a hidden katana disguised in a walking stick.

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MarlequinnCos @marlequinncos.bsky.social · 3d

Today begins OCD Awareness Week, so I’d like to remind everyone that OCD is not something that is “quirky” or “charming”. It’s not simply eccentricities about perfectionism or cleanliness. It’s a real mental illness that can be terrifying and debilitating.

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Moa @moa810.bsky.social · 3d

🎨Completed Color Wheel Challenge 2025 with 57 characters! Thank you for your support and requests. It’s been so fun. Hopefully the next season will be next summer.
🍭色相環チャレンジ2025完走しました！　今年は総勢57名描きました。盛り沢山のリクエストをありがとうございました！　毎年おおよそ夏頃に開催しているので、来年もよろしくどうぞ。 #colorwheelchallenge #fanart #Hatoful

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 5d

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