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Spooky Waffles @zazzyzazz.bsky.social · 7h

Straight up channeling Joseph Campbell I tell you what dang old heroes journey man

Spooky Waffles @zazzyzazz.bsky.social · 7h

It was the best of times it was the Plorn of times

Wil Cornish @wilcornish.bsky.social · 20h

I hate gay Halloween what do you mean you’ve come as Charles Dickens’ listless son Plorn

Spooky Waffles @zazzyzazz.bsky.social · 7h

Kinda crazy that graham crackers and corn flakes were both designed to stop you from being horny. Which inventor you think wins in a fistfight?

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Spooky Waffles @zazzyzazz.bsky.social · 7h

Call me Dr. THUNDERRRRRR

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Spooky Waffles @zazzyzazz.bsky.social · 7h

Trying to corner the entire secondary market of magic the gathering cards isn’t ridiculous? Eighteen hundred copies of a bulk common isn’t ridiculous? I gotta step my game up

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Spooky Waffles @zazzyzazz.bsky.social · 8h

I buy every single magic card available for purchase then I buy the purveyors of said collectible trading cards to print more to suit my needs.

Apologies to any Universes Beyond haters out there, but we’re immediately buying the rights to print Murder, She Wrote & Columbo cards.

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Spooky Waffles @zazzyzazz.bsky.social · 8h

I feel like Leo would make some guys like that too if he had the same tools

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Spooky Waffles @zazzyzazz.bsky.social · 8h

Circled back around and made it racist again by substituting “white” for “native born citizen”

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 13h

I’d been thinking for a while that it seems like a startling number of rappers have died in their mid-40s to mid-50s from natural causes but it didn’t really feel like an epidemic until I saw this list. 😦

Deaths of Hip-Hop Artists Reveal the Alarming State of Black Men’s Health

Neo-soul singer D'Angelo joins growing list of Gen X Black male performers who are dying relatively young.

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Spooky Waffles @zazzyzazz.bsky.social · 16h

Time to be extremely feral about roundball rock for eight months. POSTING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES

Howard Beck @howardbeck.bsky.social · 16h

I'm curious -- coming up on a year since many of us migrated -- how fellow denizens of #NBASky feel about this. I don't miss the other place. Feel like I'm getting plenty of NBA chatter and feedback here. (Though, admittedly, I do wish more of my media peers would post regularly.)

Andrew Tobolowsky @andytobo.bsky.social · 16h

I AM really struggling with how little NBA talk there is on here and I'm tired of pretending I'm not. Ratio me, it's a badge of honor.

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Spooky Waffles @zazzyzazz.bsky.social · 16h

Fuck it, follow all!

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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 17h

D'Angelo speaking out about the physical and emotional burden of maintaining a nearly unobtainable physique and sexy image as a Black male artist should be taught in labor studies. It absolutely impacted how I analyze pop culture.

GQ Profile Of D'Angelo Explores The Perils Of Being Sexy

Visit the post for more.

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Spooky Waffles @zazzyzazz.bsky.social · 18h

No, he broke the record back in 2022 and hasn’t stopped. At the time he was averaging 1 make a wish visit every 8 days. Large man, charitable soul

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h

i don’t do this often but some good folks are dealing with some serious medical bills and could use your support if you have a few dollars to spare. thank you!

Donate to Help a Beautiful Little Girl After a Traumatic Dog Attack, organized by Alfred McGuire

Help a Beautiful Little Girl Heal After a Traumatic Dog Attac… Alfred McGuire needs your support for Help a Beautiful Little Girl After a Traumatic Dog Attack

www.gofundme.com

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Spooky Waffles @zazzyzazz.bsky.social · 1d

He was a war hero! A spaghetti war hero!

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

Miss Major has passed away. We've lost an icon for the ages. Rest in power.

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Miss Major with long wavy gray hair sits outdoors in a chair, wearing a brightly colored geometric-patterned dress. She looks thoughtful and serene, with her hands resting in her lap. Trees and plants surround her in the background, giving the scene a peaceful setting. The image appears as a social media post with text and engagement icons below.

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Malice Walker @humblecore.bsky.social · 1d

Disability history too (as well as the overlap) but that’s equally unlikely since, like queer and trans folks, disabled people are also not considered “real” people with extant pasts

lilli @toomanymouths.bsky.social · 1d

reading theory and knowing queer history is important because it will keep you from relitigating the most rancid discourse the 1970s had to offer really, really badly

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Spooky Waffles @zazzyzazz.bsky.social · 1d

Found one!

Turing Police @turing_police
If you notice my posts are lame and unfunny and not happening as often, it means im doing pretty well.
If you see that im tweeting a lot and theyre mostly actually funny it means that im laying down in the freeway

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s(pace) j(unk) @sprayadhesive.bsky.social · 1d

WELL the times are tough and my work is unpaid, so if you want to help me out i would really appreciate it. for $5 or more, i will send you a handmade original piece of art. thank you i love you

ca: $prayadhesive

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Dan the Gnome @brewergnome.bsky.social · 2d

This is happening right now, to a friend of mine in Chicago. This is a peaceful area, with no previous unrest or crime problem. Just people trying to live their lives. My heart hurts. They're having conversations no family should have to have.