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Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 16h

Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.

Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.

This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.

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Gal Dente @slodwick.com · 17h

goo away, indeed

Gal Dente @slodwick.com · 1d

My feelings as a human in 2025:

A TikTok comment by user bradcraz which reads, “I am not smart enough to have this many people dumber than me.“

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Gal Dente @slodwick.com · 3d

I don't blame you! It's not even like the words are close, or might make sense when interchanged!

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Gal Dente @slodwick.com · 3d

Yes, this - I've never heard it used to describe a scarf, unless it owned by said grandmotherly person

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Gal Dente @slodwick.com · 3d

I did the responsible thing for lunch and forced myself to eat food I already had in my house, even though I didn't really want to. It was mostly quinoa and edamame, which I made myself eat even though I don't really like it. Now I'm just sitting here, full and unsatisfied and mad at past!me.

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Welcome to Night Vale @nightvaleradio.bsky.social · 4d

The world is not out to get you. That's paranoid thinking. There are, at most, three to fifteen people out to get you, working day and night on your downfall. Relax.

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Gal Dente @slodwick.com · 5d

Same! 🥰

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6d

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 8d

sherman, for the love of god!

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 8d

Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme

tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

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Arditi d Popolo @arditidpopolo.bsky.social · 14d

They are trying to kill Wikipedia.

Elon has made it his personal project.

I have a small recurring donation now set up - join me.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Oct 18

If you still need to share a link to a tweet, but don't want to send people to Musk's cesspool - replace "x" with "xcancel" in the tweet link.

For example x.com/dril/status/...

becomes xcancel.com/dril/status/...

People will still see the tweet, but without going to Twitter.

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Gal Dente @slodwick.com · 19d

It also felt like such an obvious money grab, just cutting every possible corner. Start with fewer contestants, make every challenge one day, and give finalists less than a week. Even refusing to reveal the elimination result until the next episode felt like a trick people to make people tune in.

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Gal Dente @slodwick.com · 20d

There is no war within the United States but the one Trump is making. I do not believe this regime will be happy until they can murder literally anyone in the streets. There are not words strong enough for my revulsion. #uspoli

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Gal Dente @slodwick.com · 21d

All I know is those assholes were shooting off fireworks last night at the nearby school and it scared my dog so… big sigh

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Gal Dente @slodwick.com · 21d

I haven’t looked it up, but I believe it’s the first football game of the season played at your home field?

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Gal Dente @slodwick.com · 21d

See? You’re a reading machine! (Also I suspect Liz has not taken into account all of the fic she may have read this year.)

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Gal Dente @slodwick.com · 21d

Thanks to this article on Book Riot, I feel fine about my reading. bookriot.com/how-many-boo...

A quote from an article by Chris Arnone at Book Riot: "Statistically, averages are useful, but are heavily skewed by outliers. The median is the mathametical breaking point for a statistical group, with roughly half of numbers sitting above or below it. The median for the 2016 study and the better indicator of the average reader in America is four. The average American reader reads four books each year. Feeling better about your TBR pile now, aren't you?"

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Gal Dente @slodwick.com · 21d

And the rest of the time you can probably blame the French (and I DO).

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Gal Dente @slodwick.com · 23d

genuinely, if it's important, leave a message and tell me what you want so I can call back and be prepared for whatever. otherwise, I don't have time for all that.

Gal Dente @slodwick.com · 23d

it's just one more example of folks who equate their personal preferences with moral stances, and it seems like such a weird hill to die on to me.

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Gal Dente @slodwick.com · 23d

dEfEcTiVe MoRaL cHaRaCtEr

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Gal Dente @slodwick.com · 24d

I get the same feeling when I hear a MAGA Republican refer to the "Democrat party" as I do when they refer to women as "females".

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 25d

Tikhleh shanah ve-killeloteha! Let the old year begone — with all its curses!

Let the New Year begin — with all its blessings.

Shana Tovah.

Office of NYC Comptroller Brad Lander @nyccomptroller.bsky.social · 25d

Wishing a happy and sweet new year to New Yorkers celebrating Rosh Hashanah.

L’Shana Tova! 🍎🍯

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