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Giant nerd. I will like your selfies and reblog your pets. Jacobite Pretender for Tumblr clout. DNI if Jim Sensenbrenner I use a pronoun labler and would like if you did too: https://bsky.app/profile/pronounpicker.ripperoni.com

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Gosh if only someone had loudly warned about how an entire popular "left" influencer scene was a pipeline to the far right.

I'm sure if that person had existed she definitely would not have faced a year of misogynistic harassment and ridicule from much of the rest of the online left.

06.03.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 307 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Losing the Plot: The β€œLeftists” Who Turn Right What do we make of former friends who fell down the rabbit hole of the Right?

Hi! Do you think Tucker Carlson β€œhas a point”? Do think Platner platforming Holocaust deniers isn’t really a big deal? Do you think the β€œEpstein class” is short for β€œgood w/ $$”? Well, my pal @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social and I wrote an article just for you! inthesetimes.com/article/form...

06.03.2026 01:50 πŸ‘ 398 πŸ” 134 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 13

Permit me to nerd out about recent Spider-Man casting/filming a minute - Wouldn't it be cool if Sadie Sink was playing Firestar as Parkers hot mutant roommate instead of the other potential redheads? An updated "Amazing Friends" with she and Iceman would rule.

06.03.2026 11:10 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Does he have to dress like a chef all the time everywhere he goes, like the Mandalorian of gastronomy

06.03.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 1206 πŸ” 134 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 7

What a terrible day to have eyes to read - let's yell at 2023 Marisa

05.03.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAlexander was only defeated once, the Cynic philosophers said, and that was by Hephaistion’s thighs,” writes historian Robin Lane Fox

06.03.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Heated Rivalry’ Creator Is Making a Decidedly Gay Netflix Show About Alexander the Great A second season of the gay hockey show will have to wait until 2027.

Oh this is gonna piss off some dudes with white marble busts as their profile pictures. Good.

www.them.us/story/alexan...

06.03.2026 12:19 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

She set herself on fire as a result of the affair.

06.03.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months."

β€” Donald Rumsfeld on the Iraq War (7 Feb 2003).

05.03.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 1800 πŸ” 661 πŸ’¬ 85 πŸ“Œ 72

1967 - Dystopian Sci-fi novel, Don’t Create The Torment Nexus published

1974 - Cult classic BBC mini series

1997 - BBC remake

2002 - Hollywood movie, upbeat ending added

2019 - Nexcon - A Torment Company IPO’s, $324 Billion market cap

2026 - Polymarket bets on who will be tormented next

06.03.2026 08:41 πŸ‘ 1582 πŸ” 451 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 7
Autistic woman tell lies of necessity but not recreationally

Image of young woman tenting fingers together as if plotting

Autistic woman tell lies of necessity but not recreationally Image of young woman tenting fingers together as if plotting

β€œWhile I’m now physically able to lie, it’s not a fun hobby for me like it is for some people. It’s a last resort after avoiding, apologising and curling up into a little ball until the person I have to lie to walks away in disgust.”

Full article on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/150984...

06.03.2026 13:10 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Iranian local governments imposing fines on northern separatists for civil disruption. Don't they know it's bad luck to bill a mocking Kurd?

06.03.2026 13:13 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

However! In 2000, there was a very popular series of books about going to war in the middle East as a way to start the End Times.

06.03.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When @emceekayvee.bsky.social and I are asked to entertain, we deliver

06.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
What clock? A picture of multiple bollards in front of Big Ben in London.

What clock? A picture of multiple bollards in front of Big Ben in London.

What clock?
#WorldBollardAssociation

06.03.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 287 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2

I for one am not comfortable with the fact that a large segment of our news media thinks their primary role in society is to get their favorite politicians elected, especially when their instincts are this fucking dogshit

05.03.2026 19:27 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

TOAD WILL NOW DANCE, AND HE WILL BE WONDERFUL.

06.03.2026 08:37 πŸ‘ 257 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 10

This will be a test re: whether the U.S. population knows who to be mad at.

06.03.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 455 πŸ” 80 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a military uniform says are we the baddies . Alt: a man in a Nazi uniform says are we the baddies.

And literally this 10 year old meme.

06.03.2026 16:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

recession indicators flashing red, a dumb republican president dragging us into a manufactured war in the middle east, britney spears dui, justin timberlake lawsuit about his dui

boy 2006 sure is fun

06.03.2026 14:14 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I once remanded a dog for general naughtiness, & a little girl asked her father β€œdaddy, why did he call the dog β€œyoung man!”?”

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Maybe you're too cool to be involved with model boats, but that probably means you've never seen a Russian submarine being chased by an angry Moorhen:)

06.03.2026 14:25 πŸ‘ 116 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 3

Unfortunately, β€œYo brother, legal team confirmed we can’t work with minors rn” is an instant classic

06.03.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 6602 πŸ” 1546 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 29
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Autistic woman worried her mugs have realised she has a favourite An autistic woman is facing an ethical dilemma over her preference for drinking out of one particular mug, it has been revealed. Lottie Fitzgerald, 35, from Southsea, has developed a strong…

Lottie Fitzgerald, 35, from Southsea, has developed a strong attachment to a blue studio pottery mug she was given last Christmas. She reports that she is beginning to feel intensely anxious about the effect on other mugs that she owns.

06.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5

I tried googling, and "EVS" got me ads for electric cars. Can you help me figure out who we're talking about?

06.03.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hypothesis: The quickest way to alter Trump's behavior might be to start betting lines on the prediction sites for when he falls under 20%.

06.03.2026 14:47 πŸ‘ 252 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
Outdoor fruit stand with huge pyramid of oranges and tall round banana display.

Outdoor fruit stand with huge pyramid of oranges and tall round banana display.

they’re just begging for a car chase

06.03.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 1607 πŸ” 273 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 23

Bluesky is where all the coolest 50-somethings hang out and refer to the youngest posters (age 38) as kids

06.03.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 82 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 9
Mace Windu in the Jedi Council chamber

Mace Windu in the Jedi Council chamber

"You are on this council. But we will not certify you as a forklift operator."

06.03.2026 14:52 πŸ‘ 301 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 0

Naval sailor or merchant mariner?

06.03.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0