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Marisa Kabas's avatar Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social
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this is the point in the summer where time starts speed running and labor day is tomorrow

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Brosephine Wires's avatar Brosephine Wires @joparkerbear.bsky.social
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Just wait until the first school shooting that has kids barricaded in classrooms, unable to text their parents because their phones are in their lockers — or at home.

Virginia governor issues executive order that will limit or ban cell phone use - CNN

apple.news/ApjVQFNvYRCe...

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Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆's avatar Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆 @ratherodd.bsky.social
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I'm always giving stuff away that I don't want or need anymore. When I was a kid/teen I was very poor and I got a lot of hand-me-downs from friends, especially electronics when they upgraded. I try to do always do the same now that I'm stable. Just gave my old computer to a co-worker.

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Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆's avatar Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆 @ratherodd.bsky.social
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Making people vote on it, and take an official stance, has value. They can't be vague or campaign on both sides. They can't promise they'll do something about it soon, after they are reelected of course.

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Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆's avatar Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆 @ratherodd.bsky.social
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They are definitely not the same. And the prompt is bad movies that you like. I understand that it's bad and not an accurate reflection of the comic. I still like the campy sci-fi violence.

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Andrea Grimes's avatar Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.bsky.social
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The 19th's coverage of the GOP's abortion platform is literally the only accurate news coverage I have seen in a mainstream publication in the last 24 hours

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Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆's avatar Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆 @ratherodd.bsky.social
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She made it back to Venus?

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Unofficial Guardian (World) Bot's avatar Unofficial Guardian (World) Bot @guardian-world-rss.bsky.social
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More than 20% of Australians aged 18 to 45 have committed sexual violence in adulthood, report shows

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Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆's avatar Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆 @ratherodd.bsky.social
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Judge Dredd. Both of them.

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Bill Corbett 's avatar Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social
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I think the @nytimes.com is just too old to be covering politics now. Its ability to handle the rigor and complexity of modern campaigns is obviously not there anymore. Put it out to pasture so younger newspapers can do the job.

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swirlOsquirrel's avatar swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social
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Repeating for those in the back who don’t understand how things work: Ballots are under state control. If you remove Biden from the ticket, Republicans will sue in at least 20 states, to block your new nominee from inclusion on the ballot. They will create chaos & take it to the Supreme Court.

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Unofficial Guardian (World) Bot's avatar Unofficial Guardian (World) Bot @guardian-world-rss.bsky.social
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Slashed painting owned by Stephen Fry’s mother tells chilling story of fleeing Nazis

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Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆's avatar Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆 @ratherodd.bsky.social
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I used to get these a lot and have a terrible home remedy. Dip a q-tip in rubbing alcohol. Press the q-tip to the sore for a few seconds. This hurts as much as you think it does, but will sort of numb the area going forward and the sore heals usually in 24 hours rather than several days.

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Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆's avatar Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆 @ratherodd.bsky.social
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This is a big reason why I never got into the Mystery genre. Always with the lazy "twist" at the end revealing some key piece of information that was never so much as hinted at in the story. It was part of the problem with Glass Onion. But that movie was so over the top it didn't bother as much.

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Chris Geidner's avatar Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social
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The people of the UK and France showing us that there is a path forward is exactly what we needed to see right now.

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Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆's avatar Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆 @ratherodd.bsky.social
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There's several different kinds of Italian red sauces too. If you mean marinara just say that. If you have a real problem in your location you can do marinara (red) if you must. But at least try to get people to learn the right word.

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Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆's avatar Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆 @ratherodd.bsky.social
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Nah, job interviews and doctor's office visits are worse.

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Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆's avatar Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆 @ratherodd.bsky.social
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The problem with a lot of fandom is that the fans didn't grow up. Don't want their media to reflect current ideals and audiences. They stay the same and get mad when the media changes with the times.

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NPR's avatar NPR @npr.org
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BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

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Orpheus Condescending 's avatar Orpheus Condescending @maryscottoconnor.com
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Haven't seen anyone mark it, & it merits marking.

Last night NFL Vikings rookie & comeback story of the decade Khyree Jackson was killed, with two of his friends, by a (presumed) drunk driver.

He CLAWED his way to 4th round draft pick from grocery clerk. It's TRAGIC.

www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

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Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆's avatar Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆 @ratherodd.bsky.social
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Sounds like it depends on what the person considers sexual or a relationship. People used to have spicy long distance relations over letters. And still do. I think sexual and relationship has always encompassed more than the narrow idea of a heterosexual relationship with p in v sex.

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Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆's avatar Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆 @ratherodd.bsky.social
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I would like to see the diagnostic tools and numbers you used to reach that conclusion. Also I would like it noted in my chart that you, as a medical professional and in your professional capacity are stating that I cannot catch Covid from you or your staff at this time. You know, for the lawyers.

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Katie Mack's avatar Katie Mack @astrokatie.com
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Went to a clinic today for a routine medical thing and was once again amazed by the number of people who are happy to hang out and just freely breathe in all the air juice inside the germ emporium

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Alex Falcone's avatar Alex Falcone @alexfalcone.bsky.social
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Security guards are basically emotional support animals, right? Maybe you’re helping, maybe you’re not, but we all know you just got that vest off Amazon.

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Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆's avatar Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆 @ratherodd.bsky.social
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And they are vegetarians who are just doing it for the pure joy of it.

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Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆's avatar Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆 @ratherodd.bsky.social
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We can all compare his score with Trump and RFK Jr.

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Zack Bornstein's avatar Zack Bornstein @zackbornstein.bsky.social
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At the end of the day, we are all Americans. Sure, we have differences on policy. One side wants to give everyone healthcare and good wages. The other wants to create a white Christian ethnostate where the president can legally assassinate anyone at will. But we are not enemies.

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Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆's avatar Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆 @ratherodd.bsky.social
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Just want to confirm it's not really a joke per se.

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Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆's avatar Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆 @ratherodd.bsky.social
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You try to be nice, because we understand. But we really can just shoot the shit with random people for 10-20 minutes on a support call. There are 200 other lonely people waiting in the queue.

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Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆's avatar Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆 @ratherodd.bsky.social
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I used to do phone support for a bank. Every 4th, when social security came in, we'd get bombarded with calls from the elderly claim they just wanted to check their balances... but then they would go on about their kids or grandkids. Everyone hated it because we have handle times to meet.

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The Scamperbeasts's avatar The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social
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Today in "Sugar knows she's not allowed on the table AND YET"

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Phil Plait's avatar Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social
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My oh my do I hope November goes the same way. Congrats to the UK!

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow's avatar Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social
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"I already fed you, you cannot fool me with your lying cat ways." -- a thing I just said out loud.

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John Scalzi's avatar John Scalzi @scalzi.com
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Update: it was fine. Not great, but good enough and the second best of the series although that's not saying a huge amount.

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Sela of the Disastral Clocktower's avatar Sela of the Disastral Clocktower @sela.bsky.social
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if you make a big announcement about being a mask-required event and then you don't follow through it's actually worse than doing nothing people who need others to mask will show up because you said that it's worse than doing nothing b/c you've actively recruited the vulnerable to an unsafe place

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Phil Plait's avatar Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social
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C'mon, baby bears. Now is not the time to stand down.

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Dance: 10⁻¹, Looks: 3's avatar Dance: 10⁻¹, Looks: 3 @andrew3000.bsky.social
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Sun's out, buns ... in.

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Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆's avatar Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆 @ratherodd.bsky.social
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Just in time for a great Halloween tableau.

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Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆's avatar Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆 @ratherodd.bsky.social
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Everyone knows European Robins would never get their wings dirty.

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Chuck Wendig's avatar Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social
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some have replied to this with BIRD SLANDER about the European Robin, saying they're territorial, will kill other birds, and that sometimes they threaten people with tiny switchblades if people don't post positive European Robin propaganda on various social media sites, and these are LIES help

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Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆's avatar Rather Odd Pursuits 🦆 @ratherodd.bsky.social
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America is going to recreate this on the small scale all over the country tomorrow.

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Phil Plait's avatar Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social
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China recently performed a locked-down static fire on a rocket, and there was one problem: the rocket wasn't locked down. It shot up, fell down, and exploded.

Orbital Index has the story, and links to spectacular (and terrifying) video.

orbitalindex.com/archive/2024...

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Katie Mack's avatar Katie Mack @astrokatie.com
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Keeping Trump out of the White House isn’t the only thing that needs doing and it isn’t enough to solve all problems facing the country & world but if it isn’t done then all those problems get exponentially worse in ways I don’t even know how to express and it scares me when people pretend otherwise

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