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A shining example of a cautionary tale

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Smart is sexy

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Big “Frau Alito at home on the shore” vibes here

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Weirdo

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Every time his name is spoken or in print it should be “Former president, known racist, and convicted rapist Donald Trump”

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Not this one? www.theonion.com/historians-p...

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I’m a week or so behind here, but here are two of my favourites just popping their heads out

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In the Spring of 1864 Twain, while working as a beat reporter for the SF Morning Call, Twain witnessed the murder of a Chinese laborer by a mob that included cops. It radicalized him. He wrote it up, one of the first things he ever authored which he thought deserved to be called “literature”… 2/

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir)'s avatar Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone
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students being taught how to create barricades and other ways to disrupt active shooters and then using those techniques when attacked by the cops who wouldn't protect them from shooters when they were children is so poetic and so american

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David_j_roth's avatar David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social
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Obviously it's too difficult to get rid of them but maybe there could be dog runs for cops where cities could just let them kind of waddle and scowl and do their awkward gang-takedowns on each other until they're tuckered out.

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If his lawyers set up a “creedthoughts”- like word doc their jobs would be so much simpler

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Technically a paved driveway is off road, so they’re not necessarily wrong

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“The dingo ruined my resale value”

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There was an old guy fucking a gin and tonic how good could it have been?

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Parsley is pretty much a leafy green. I use it all the time. Great in tabbouleh and numerous other applications. Sage is the only answer here

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(Dr Nick voice) Doctorb

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… on your drive home

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Picturing bugs bunny and daffy Duck having a fire season flood season argument

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Bo Thompson's avatar Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social
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(1/) One thing I wish more people knew about the Belgian genocide of the Congo is how one woman who heard something incredible at a dinner party and took it seriously was singlehandedly more responsible for ending a genocide than anyone else I can name in history. Meet Alice Seeley Harris.

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Livin’ high on the hog

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PBS in Buffalo goes by the handle "Buffalo Toronto Public Media" so I think Canada has already infiltrated American public institutions

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stupid sexy furries

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I have had tinnitus for years. When it gets truly annoying I cover my ears with my palms so they are sealed then tap my fingers together behind my head. Relief is usually temporary but the buzzing does lessen for a time.

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Defamation 2 1/2 : The Smell of Cheetos

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I once met someone who was convinced their dog was both autistic and asexual. I was scared to ask how they had come to that conclusion. I did not think to ask if it was vaccine related.

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Merely sparkling insurgency

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I do not need to see this sweet potato when I logged on ☹️

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Justin Ling's avatar Justin Ling @justinling.bsky.social
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According to Russian media, the Moscow Polytechnic Institute has unveiled this "Tesla-killer" made-in-Russia electric vehicle, to be produced by Russian automaker Avtotor by 2025.

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Lol at the . 75 miles. Picturing him loosening his tie, securing the Velcro on his shoes, and zeroing his step counter, before he left.

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The Little Recorder Boy

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kilgore trout's avatar kilgore trout @kilgoretrout.bsky.social
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you: (just gave birth in a bed of straw, husband doesn’t know who the dad is, bunch of weird old dudes showed up to gift stinky cologne) well it can’t get worse me: (the little drummer boy) and-a one and-a two and-a one-two-three-four

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Luke LeBrun's avatar Luke LeBrun @llebrun.bsky.social
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Right-wing trolls are freaking out after learning they can get sued for calling people ‘groomers’ on the Internet. A new court decision is reinforcing that there is no public interest in speech that exposes vulnerable groups to hate.

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My top tier ape still here

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