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Whit EM

@whittyrem.bsky.social

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“Madam Facilitator” I like cooking, travel, history, ridiculously large brooches, old buildings, romance novels, baseball, and cats (she/her) Go Phils

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Whit EM @whittyrem.bsky.social · Jan 31

I should’ve put 🧵 on this but forgot so let’s try this again

In 2017 I decided to make taking a square of TP from Salisbury cathedral a family tradition

On the left is a square of toilet paper that looks like a folded piece of wax paper. Government property is written on one half. On the other half Salisbury cathedral circa 1976 is written in my grandfather’s handwriting. It’s sitting atop a letter he wrote to me

On the right a square of toilet paper is sitting atop a guide book from Salisbury cathedral. On it I have written Salisbury cathedral circa 2017 in purple pen

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 1h

I have never liked a politician so much that I would get on the internet to negotiate how much Nazi tattoo is a acceptable amount of Nazi tattoo.

It's none! None Nazi tattoo!

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 1h

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, except it's The Shredder and Krang from the 90s cartoon show on a road trip to get back to New York after some battle with the Turtles went wrong.

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 6h

One of the things that I’ve been forced to face and take the loss on is that all of the people who critiqued Bernie for his dismissive stances on identity politics were largely correct. This is a very bad response from a guy who should know better.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 7h

Bernie about Platner,

“In all due respect, all right, what I'm worried about, 50,000 Americans may die unnecessarily? And you're worried about a tattoo?"

When I asked about his comments about sexual assault, he said "Have you served four tours of duty?" I said "I have not."

Bernie: "Ok"

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Whit EM @whittyrem.bsky.social · 2h

Love this so much

Whit EM @whittyrem.bsky.social · 2h

oh hell yeah that’s the stuff

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 7h

aaaaaaaand it turns out the answer to "how TF did some guys with a ladder steal the French crown jewels" is "cuts to arts funding mean the Louvre is massively understaffed"

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Whit EM @whittyrem.bsky.social · 2h

I have several now irl friends I made in one of the secret FB made so that we didn’t get mobbed by his fans

Whit EM @whittyrem.bsky.social · 2h

Seshat has not left my side all day and apparently she’s decided I need a bath

Whit EM @whittyrem.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah if you’re gonna try to make the move left after that I better see some evidence of some serious, serious work you put into getting there. And even then I’m questioning you.

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Whit EM @whittyrem.bsky.social · 3h

Worked for them through 2018!!!!

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 4h

On top of everything the fuck else, a crucial task of the insurgent wing of the Democratic Party right now is to make it the anti-Nazi party in US politics.

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Whit EM @whittyrem.bsky.social · 4h

Kebechet came downstairs and realized that my husband is not actually home and she’s…displeased

A tabby cat looking at me with what is definitely a sneer

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 4h

No real leftist would so despise the working class that they'd imagine you can't find working class people by the dozens who never flirted with Naziism.

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Whit EM @whittyrem.bsky.social · 4h

Reconsidering the Death Star clip from Clerks in light of the contractors demolishing the east wing

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Whit EM @whittyrem.bsky.social · 4h

I am shooketh

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 8h

BTW, it really does appear that Tori Amos created the first known pumpkin spice latte.

(Not a joke!)

That's notable! She doesn't call it a "pumpkin spice latte" specifically, but it's all so close. Piecing the quote together with what we know about pumpkin pie spice and how it was used, I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. The skeptic in me thinks this can't possibly be true, but the researcher in me actually feels fairly confident in saying this: it sure looks like Tori Amos created the first known pumpkin spice latte.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 6h

“Do we think he wanted to be a real Nazi? “

Doesn’t matter to me… You throwing up the flag you in the set

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Whit EM @whittyrem.bsky.social · 6h

Today in no one pays attention to the lyrics a friend’s wedding photographer posted pics and the song on the post is cherry wine

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 8h

im fine with nazi tattoos being disqualifying. im just not really afraid of losing any worthwhile babies with that bathwater

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 9h

Platner's tattoo is literally the specific piece of Nazi iconography from the "Are we the baddies?" sketch.

Mitchell and Webb: "Are we the baddies?"

YouTube video by CrystalRoseCreations

www.youtube.com

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Whit EM @whittyrem.bsky.social · 10h

I have been in bed all day with a killer migraine and Sehsat is stuck to me like glue like this is the greatest day of her life

A gray cat standing on hip sort of looking in the direction of the camera as she swings around for another head butt

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 13h

“I was a fool then but I’m not now”

GROWTH

Technical appreciator @whatahellofawaytodad.com · 13h

Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.

STEREOGUM: People my age, we talk about how we were lucky that we didn’t have social media growing up, and there’s no record of all the dumb shit we said and did. You didn’t have social media, but everything you said and did in those years is on record, and you’ve got to live with it now. That’s tough.

VIOLENT J: And the amount of gay Juggalos out there is really surprising. I think about them doing their research and getting the old records, getting excited about it, and getting their hearts broke or something, you know? I tell my daughter, “For the rest of your life, when your friends ask why your dad said that, say it’s because your dad was a fool. Don’t defend me. Say I was a fool then, but I’m not now.” There’s no excuse. I was going with the flow, and that’s the very thing we preach against — being a sheep. And that’s what I was doing.

https://www.stereogum.com/2083804/icp-interview-juggalos/interviews/weve-got-a-file-on-you/

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 1d

I'm tired. We're all tired. This isn't hard to understand. You can't inflate prices of basic necessities like food and housing to ridiculous highs while keeping wages at poverty levels, then act surprised when luxury goods/services and large purchases become unattainable or payments unaffordable.

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Whit EM @whittyrem.bsky.social · 1d

💜

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Phillies Tailgate @philstailgate.bsky.social · 1d

Buddy Kennedy, 2025 World Series Champion.

Phillies Tailgate @philstailgate.bsky.social · 23d

Buddy Kennedy could get a ring this year if the Phillies, Blue Jays or Dodgers win the World Series.

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DFAntastic @phillytradesman.bsky.social · 1d

[thru teeth gritted so hard they’re cracking]

I’m happy for Jeff Hoffman.

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