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A spherical mass of uniform shape and density.

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Some people think critically about the inherent fascist leanings of American culture, some folks don’t, you know? Folks that don’t are going to miss signals until they finally pile up and become insanely obvious. That seemed to happen for the maga-kiddos around S3, somehow.

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Iron Spike's avatar Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social
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One of my fave YT channels is RetroReport. It does what practically no one else does: goes back and reviews media hot topics, particularly exaggerations and untruths.

Every Gen-Xer alive is probably familiar with the “crack baby,” and the dire predictions of their futures.

youtu.be/dYvOzlBsRIE?...

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If you’re doing this in your post, don’t bother creating alt text.

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And He Joked Again's avatar And He Joked Again @andyjokedagain.bsky.social
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Sorry, I'm busy writing a joke for Bluesky that no one will like

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6 out of 9 Supreme Court Justices wouldn’t pass my jobs automated HR training.

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(Okay but IMO, Scott is so underrated. And so is Bruce! Dave is hilarious but he might get the most recognition.)

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This is what every social media post reads like after the age of 40

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If we’re talking sheer power, you have to remember that each one of the kids have an ability that cancels out another kid’s ability. In case one of them turns evil.

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Gabe Ortíz's avatar Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social
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From the new Cyndi Lauper documentary 🏳️‍🌈

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just remembered when jerry garcia died, some djs at whpk made a bunch of flyers and posted them around chicago saying "if you miss jerry call this number and leave a message about what he meant to you" but put steve albini's phone number on it. one of the all time great pranks.

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Ian Boudreau's avatar Ian Boudreau @iboudreau.bsky.social
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It's fun how old comedians will show up and start complaining about how everything's too woke now to make comedy and then the next week you find out it's because they just made something that sucks ass

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executive editor, barbell quarterly's avatar executive editor, barbell quarterly @swolecialism.bsky.social
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i gotta admit that i do find it sort of interesting that chatGPT or whatever can be, like, 40% accurate at summarizing a news article. it is interesting! it would also be interesting if a horse would do arithmetic correctly 40% of the time, but that doesn't mean I'd give the horse a bookkeeping job

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Alex de Campi's avatar Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social
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cicadas: they’re just like you and me

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Pavel's avatar Pavel @spavel.bsky.social
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The short blade with a narrow point is ideal for jamming between armor plates and implies that the squirrel's primary enemies are other heavily armored squirrels

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Prisonculture's avatar Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social
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Absolutely correct. I said this very thing in my talk about public libraries last week. And I agree 100% that if public libraries lose their "publicness" they won't get them back in my lifetime or in my niblings' lifetimes.

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Lord Businessman II 's avatar Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social
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I appreciate listing the number of calls they had to put in to get that many results because it speaks at once to the immense logistical problem that is sinking polling and it suggests exactly how unrepresentative the people answering the phone are

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The TV show Community lasted one season longer than the Confederacy.

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David Brauer's avatar David Brauer @dbrauer.bsky.social
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Democrats Against A Minimum Wage

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Micah's avatar Micah @rincewind.run
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I’m so tired of this shit if there’s one positive thing the internet has taught us it’s how many talented people are out there just waiting for a chance maybe instead of working with assholes, even talented ones, we can give them that chance instead

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I’ve traveled off-and-on for most of my career and I don’t think I’ve ever been asked that question in earnest.

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I don’t have the experience you do - maybe you’re seeing this more in your metro than mine. But I can still appreciate your frustration.

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But seriously though, I miss my lively city too. Maybe there’s another way to look at this. I’m thinking about the models of service we require for a small business to be successful. Can we increase work flexibility for food providers, and increase variety? Does it have to be the way it was before?

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I agree that dead cities are sad, but somehow I don’t think this is the main contributing factor.

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I get annoyed when I can’t eat places I want to try. But listen - if someone can run a business like this and make a living, we should probably celebrate it.

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If there’s one thing we learned from the Cybertruck, it’s that Elon is very good at choosing the appropriate steel for a given job.

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working in the area of math that led to this tech has been so fucking wild because there's just no way you can trick yourself into believing a lot of linear algebra is going to add up to consciousness unless you have been marinating in the bad brain juices for decades now

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Preeti Chhibber's avatar Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social
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apropos of some things, libraries are the best, librarians are the best, borrow as many books as you want from the library, fund libraries, thank you

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🏳️‍⚧️ The Josie Zone's avatar 🏳️‍⚧️ The Josie Zone @josie.zone
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In 1994, Alan Moore wrote a brief song about being Godzilla, and Arthur Adams illustrated it It's wonderful

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michael lutz's avatar michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social
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THE CYBERTRUCK'S RUSTED TO SHIT PLATING FALLS AWAY FROM ITS PVC CHASSIS TO REVEAL AN OLD MAN IN SOCK GARTERS FURIOUSLY PEDALING A RECUMBENT BICYCLE WITHIN

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Amanda Smith's avatar Amanda Smith @amandasmith.bsky.social
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Just as a reminder, all you need is a squirt gun with salt water to draw a penis on a cybertruck

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For better or worse, Twitter became a critical part of infrastructure for both the government and press. Then, without any accountability or plan, it was sold to a child maniac.

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This is what you got if you clicked that Missing Child Alert you were just fed in WA/Seattle. Seems like a problem. Let me know if I can blame Elon.

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