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Ami Berger

@amiberger.bsky.social

Writer, editor, wordy person | what fresh hell is this?

created July 24, 2023

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only if it's deep-fried, which it absolutely is

1/9/2025, 8:24:11 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Goodnight, loon Goodnight, all those waiting for The News to come soon Goodnight, "proof" of life Goodnight, garbage wife Goodnight, weird hand bruises Goodnight, red hat losers Goodnight, nobody Goodnight, cow And goodnight to the internet whispering "let it be now"

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1/9/2025, 3:22:10 AM | 496 95 | View on Bluesky | view

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Four Seasons Total That Story About Helping The Woman On The Side Of The Highway Before The Accident Is Complete Bullshit

31/8/2025, 10:02:49 PM | 115 6 | View on Bluesky | view

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HOW SMOL KITTEH’S MEOWSHAKE IS BETTER THAN YOURS

30/8/2025, 11:42:30 PM | 25 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The only proof of life I will accept is a picture of him holding up a printout of every post from last night hoping for his demise

30/8/2025, 7:57:17 PM | 89 9 | View on Bluesky | view

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that photo is proof of something but I’m not sure it’s “life”

30/8/2025, 2:59:02 PM | 89 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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CAN’T STOP WON’T STOP

30/8/2025, 2:14:46 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I MEAN LOOK WE REALLY TRIED

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30/8/2025, 1:50:41 PM | 106 6 | View on Bluesky | view

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Maybe the real treasure was the friends we made while we were hoping he was dead

30/8/2025, 1:09:02 PM | 199 15 | View on Bluesky | view

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30/8/2025, 4:04:44 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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we'll know it's happened when we see the orange smoke

30/8/2025, 3:48:13 AM | 231 23 | View on Bluesky | view

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MAMA KITTEH THISCLOSE TO SENDING THEM TO SWIM PARTY ANYWAY

29/8/2025, 10:35:31 PM | 27 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bring back LiveJournal and yahoo chat rooms

29/8/2025, 5:19:22 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is literally the ONLY good thing about the internet

29/8/2025, 4:05:57 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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*sob*

29/8/2025, 3:55:44 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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not great bob

29/8/2025, 3:55:25 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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in retrospect, the internet may have been a mistake

29/8/2025, 3:47:37 PM | 228 13 | View on Bluesky | view

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“These kids were literally praying”

27/8/2025, 4:11:54 PM | 30 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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💔

27/8/2025, 4:01:43 PM | 35 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trump’s gonna ask Putin to marry him to get the news cycle back

26/8/2025, 6:38:50 PM | 40 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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WHY SMOL KITTEH NOT AT BURNING MAN THIS YEAR

26/8/2025, 5:23:26 PM | 24 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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so fucking wild to think about how absolutely obsessed the media was with Joe Biden’s mental and physical health and now that Trump’s body and mind are literally rotting away like an old banana in front of our very eyes the entire Fourth Estate is like HAS GAVIN NEWSOM GONE TOO FAR or whatever

25/8/2025, 5:30:19 PM | 113 15 | View on Bluesky | view

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@quinncy.bsky.social at least they warned me?

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25/8/2025, 3:18:07 PM | 40 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A woman ran up to me and screamed WHAT HAPPENED and I screamed THEY CALLED PA FOR BIDEN and she screamed OH THANK GOD and ran in the opposite direction, pulling out her phone. It was like we had won a war. This is a post about when he finally dies. /end

24/8/2025, 11:17:56 PM | 132 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’ll never forget the day in Nov. 2020 that PA finally got called. I was walking the dog and listening to the news and suddenly everyone on the street stopped, stared at each other, and then broke out into cheers. Cars starting honking their horns. 1/2

24/8/2025, 11:17:40 PM | 129 8 | View on Bluesky | view

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five stars would never stop screaming

24/8/2025, 9:30:04 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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nothing explains a GenX woman better than reading Flowers in the Attic when she was eleven

24/8/2025, 9:29:38 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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wait do we have to wait until we read it to scream

24/8/2025, 9:09:07 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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the fuck your feelings crowd has a lot of feelings about restaurant logos, apparently

22/8/2025, 2:05:52 AM | 1099 117 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Quinn Cummings (@quinncy.bsky.social) reposted

@amiberger.bsky.social

21/8/2025, 12:21:02 PM | 23 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Kevin better not walk past any open windows on his way to the copier

21/8/2025, 12:59:25 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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hey babe what’s wrong you haven’t even touched your possibly radioactive shrimp

19/8/2025, 5:44:53 PM | 50 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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It looks like one of those fake gold mall kiosks threw up

19/8/2025, 2:09:42 AM | 37 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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TRUMP: [is unhinged, insane] NEWSOM: [parodies unhinged insanity] REPUBLICANS: Gavin Newsom is insanely unhinged!!1! NEW YORK TIMES [probably] What do these three independent voters eating pizza at a Casey's outside Des Moines think about Gavin Newsom's unhinged insanity?

19/8/2025, 1:37:19 AM | 98 10 | View on Bluesky | view

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torn between admiration for the well-timed murdereyes and also WELL GREAT I GUESS I JUST WON'T BE SLEEPING ANYMORE

18/8/2025, 7:22:27 PM | 32 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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this cat was clearly the dalai lama in a previous life WHERE IS MY BUTTER AND HEATING PAD

18/8/2025, 7:20:21 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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the ailurophobe in me: EEK the PR/comms flak in me: WE NEED ANOTHER MEDIA TRAINING SESH APPARENTLY

18/8/2025, 7:17:54 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Amanda Litman (@amandalitman.bsky.social) reposted

Yes this is my schtick but also this is broadly speaking a byproduct of minimal generational turnover: Politics is comparable to music in that your brain gets stuck on the hits/vibes of the era you came of age.

18/8/2025, 3:27:35 PM | 116 20 | View on Bluesky | view

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when you dig out your old Corel Draw files from 1995 for your new logo

18/8/2025, 2:36:54 PM | 50 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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*sigh*

18/8/2025, 1:54:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hakeem Jeffries is living in a completely different timeline as the rest of us

18/8/2025, 1:41:25 PM | 61 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Remember a million years ago when Trump was impeached for trying to pressure Zelenskyy into making shit up about Joe Biden good times

18/8/2025, 12:40:24 PM | 94 13 | View on Bluesky | view

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THANK YOU CHICKEN JOCKEY

18/8/2025, 1:54:39 AM | 111 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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the John Bolton cameo at the end is what makes it art

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18/8/2025, 1:29:19 AM | 83 6 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is NOT real as far as I can tell—it’s not on their current X feed—but the fact that I had to go check to make sure tells you all you need to know.

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17/8/2025, 10:01:37 PM | 61 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Forever and ever amen

17/8/2025, 9:32:43 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I usually say OH DEAR with a “yikes” face

17/8/2025, 6:37:11 PM | 31 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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At last, Covfefe has found their Twin Flame

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17/8/2025, 1:44:08 PM | 81 7 | View on Bluesky | view

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big divorced dad trying to hook up at the PTO happy hour energy here

17/8/2025, 1:58:43 AM | 36 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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this is the most I’ve ever identified with a cat

16/8/2025, 7:29:03 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Quinn Cummings (@quinncy.bsky.social) reposted

@amiberger.bsky.social What if you’re afraid but also relate?

16/8/2025, 5:52:05 PM | 104 10 | View on Bluesky | view

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WHY SMOL KITTEH NOT HIDING IN BACK BEDROOM WITH DOGGO

16/8/2025, 6:37:20 PM | 21 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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tfw when your entire psychological makeup is basically an open book

16/8/2025, 6:36:22 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I can't

16/8/2025, 2:55:35 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Here's your lord and savior, GOP. Nice work.

16/8/2025, 2:51:48 PM | 63 8 | View on Bluesky | view

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DIEDRICH

16/8/2025, 2:50:40 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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that's because Trump cares a great deal about keeping his own secrets safe and not a whit about keeping the nation's secrets safe

16/8/2025, 2:23:37 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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and also entirely believable

16/8/2025, 2:19:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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fair

16/8/2025, 2:19:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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At this point they should just put all our secrets in a google doc and share the link in an email using reply all

16/8/2025, 2:11:56 PM | 96 16 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jill Twiss (@jilltwiss.bsky.social) reposted

*as the Earth explodes* THIS IS JUST A DISTRACTTTIIIIIIIIIOOOOOOONNNNNNN.

16/8/2025, 2:05:33 AM | 96 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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He's been a Russian asset for at least thirty years. Today is like Old Home Week.

15/8/2025, 8:55:16 PM | 209 33 | View on Bluesky | view

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@amiberger.bsky.social What if Gumbus is trying to save you from embarrassment?

15/8/2025, 12:47:16 AM | 75 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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APPARENTLY GUMBUS IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CARES ABOUT HOW SCARY THIS IS FOR ME

15/8/2025, 7:01:34 PM | 19 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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of all the things I don't care about today, I don't care about Lisa Murkowski's thoughts and feelings on Trump and Putin's Alaska meeting the most

15/8/2025, 7:00:52 PM | 105 8 | View on Bluesky | view

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god she really is the worst

14/8/2025, 7:41:02 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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not sure we should really be listening to Jillian Michaels on anything except how to develop body dysmorphia and eating disorders so

14/8/2025, 3:33:06 PM | 148 14 | View on Bluesky | view

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oh my god Imani my heart is RACING argggggggg so glad he's okay

14/8/2025, 1:52:36 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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NARRATOR: she, in fact, did

14/8/2025, 12:52:07 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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as we prepare for whatever nonsense is about to go down in Alaska, just a reminder that we STILL don't know what the fuck they talked about in Helsinki

14/8/2025, 12:00:26 PM | 589 156 | View on Bluesky | view

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MSP is a great mid-sized airport

13/8/2025, 7:44:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s the christofascism, stupid

13/8/2025, 12:09:00 PM | 109 15 | View on Bluesky | view

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The 2025 writers room really knocking it out of the park today

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12/8/2025, 9:17:34 PM | 93 24 | View on Bluesky | view

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ahhhhhhh the return of "heffa" to The Discourse is like a balm to my soul

11/8/2025, 3:10:56 PM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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11/8/2025, 2:37:23 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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just a reminder that not even two months ago there was an ACTUAL ASSASSIN WHO MURDERED ONE OF OUR LEGISLATORS AND HER HUSBAND on the loose in Minneapolis for hours with exactly zero (0) federal response tralalalalalalala

11/8/2025, 2:33:53 PM | 224 76 | View on Bluesky | view

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Kind of wild to think about where we’d be if we had just fucking arrested him after J6

11/8/2025, 11:44:18 AM | 125 14 | View on Bluesky | view

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did he hire the ghost of Rodney Dangerfield to run his socials?

9/8/2025, 12:31:34 AM | 18 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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you should, in fact, yuck on someone else’s yum if their yum is being a nazi

9/8/2025, 12:23:41 AM | 83 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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I lived in NE Ohio for a while (Lorain County) and the lake being north screwed me up SO BAD

8/8/2025, 8:40:27 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'll see your Boston and raise you Minnesota, land of ten fucking thousand lakes. I literally have no idea which end is up.

8/8/2025, 4:43:09 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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my fatal flaw is that I grew up in Chicago so my brain permanently registers any body of water I happen to be near as east this will, somehow, contribute to my eventual demise

8/8/2025, 4:15:40 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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(and h/t @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social for the rec)

8/8/2025, 3:39:56 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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the final scene of JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN has been living in my head rent-free for two full weeks now and I'm not mad about it

8/8/2025, 3:37:58 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@amiberger.bsky.social

8/8/2025, 1:23:50 AM | 65 11 | View on Bluesky | view

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The arc of this is nothing short of Shakespearean

8/8/2025, 1:32:57 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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ALTERNATIVE ENDING: there *were* women in the meeting but they just got interrupted/talked over/ignored

8/8/2025, 12:20:20 AM | 33 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Instagram location sharing: tell me there were zero (0) women in the meeting without telling me

7/8/2025, 11:51:54 PM | 71 8 | View on Bluesky | view

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FYI "Grievances will be aired" is how I am signing off on emails from now on

7/8/2025, 8:14:57 PM | 27 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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HOW SMOL KITTEH COSPLAY RHIANNA AT MET GALA

7/8/2025, 7:49:59 PM | 17 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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DO NOT TRY TO FOOL ME QUINN THESE ARE NOT CATS THEY ARE SEMI-SENTIENT SQUEAKY TOYS

7/8/2025, 7:48:43 PM | 37 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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ELIZABETH OH MY GOD EVERYTHING IS SO FUCKING STUPID

7/8/2025, 2:16:56 AM | 31 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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7/8/2025, 1:58:16 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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well shit the bed I was feeling pretty proud of "couch consigliere"

7/8/2025, 1:54:56 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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oh, to be a fly on the wall during Couch Consigliere's meeting tonight with the goon squad

7/8/2025, 1:51:00 AM | 47 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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🎶 poetry in motion 🎶

6/8/2025, 7:16:58 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger.bsky.social) reposted

BREAKING: Convicted sex trafficker who taught young girls how to blow old men says sole person on earth who can pardon her did nothing wrong.

6/8/2025, 6:33:59 PM | 9958 3097 | View on Bluesky | view

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although I suppose "keep them in jail" is more apropos here

6/8/2025, 7:03:03 PM | 24 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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ijs

6/8/2025, 7:02:08 PM | 17 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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woof. you okay?

6/8/2025, 3:51:13 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view