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Bene Jesserit

@benejesserit.bsky.social

Wannabe space witch. My favorite things are cats, science fiction, horror and baked goods. I own too many books. She/her.

created June 12, 2023

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THE DREAM

3/9/2025, 1:26:46 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How do I spinning bird kick on this

3/9/2025, 1:19:54 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Jordon showing up to the next game in a sick ass cape.

2/9/2025, 3:25:11 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yup!

2/9/2025, 2:51:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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To quote great North Carolinian Ben Folds: šŸŽµ If there’s a God, he’s laughing at us and our football team~

2/9/2025, 12:41:49 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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UNC hiring Belichik has real monkey’s paw vibes, right? They wanted a good football program and all they got was good off-field drama.

2/9/2025, 12:17:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bless.

2/9/2025, 11:47:20 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I love Ari Aster and I’m glad I finally watched Eddington, but that was rough. Definitely his scariest film, right???

2/9/2025, 12:22:55 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1/9/2025, 10:45:05 PM | 237 36 | View on Bluesky | view

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Incredible.

1/9/2025, 11:41:57 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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happy labor day

john mulaney: the creepiest days are when you don't hear from the horse at all.
1/9/2025, 3:09:48 PM | 5028 821 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m not 41, you’re 41.

1/9/2025, 12:54:48 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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šŸ¤žšŸ¤žšŸ¤ž

1/9/2025, 2:00:09 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Stupid science bitch couldn’t even make I more smarter!

1/9/2025, 12:48:56 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Stan Kelly (@kartoonistkelly.bsky.social) reposted

Fixed it.

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1/9/2025, 12:25:12 AM | 2042 336 | View on Bluesky | view

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That’s my teen son and I just want him to be happy.

1/9/2025, 12:11:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s not a single image; it’s a whole goddamn movement. I’m not even sure when or where it started.

31/8/2025, 11:05:45 PM | 9 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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And here we thought he was a capitalist.

31/8/2025, 8:53:24 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The sexy Watto meme is proof that gen AI is dumb. First, it’s inherently funnier that a real artists took the time to draw sexy Watto. Second, gen AI could never come up with anything so haunting or execute it in such unhinged ways.

31/8/2025, 6:35:26 PM | 793 229 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oooh, that makes sense. And is actually worth lowering the flag.

30/8/2025, 3:52:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s a death cult.

30/8/2025, 3:46:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Drove by a country club with their flag at half mast and got my hopes up again.

30/8/2025, 3:40:53 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Vision board.

Death from Mike Flanagan’s Fall of the House of Usher The gang from It’s Always Sunny carrying Shelly Kelly’s corpse up a cliff to dump it in the sea Hit TV show Coffin Flops from I Think You Should Leave Skinned guy from Hellraiser II with ā€œI AM IN HELL HELP MEā€
30/8/2025, 1:08:13 PM | 16 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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At the senseless age of 79.

30/8/2025, 1:04:18 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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they say we all float down here, and we float very strongly, and a lot of people are saying we float at levels that have never been seen before

30/8/2025, 11:28:51 AM | 551 49 | View on Bluesky | view

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Using conspiracy theories for good. I love it.

30/8/2025, 12:37:37 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

30/8/2025, 12:13:55 PM | 521 99 | View on Bluesky | view

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Digital illustration done in a rough comic ink style. A possum mother trundled along with four possum babies on her back. Each possum is speaking a string of connected speech balloons reading ā€˜maybe it will happen today’.
21/4/2025, 2:46:03 PM | 1348 311 | View on Bluesky | view

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Foundation did a little avant-gard performance this week and I love it. Love to see sci-fi getting weird with it.

30/8/2025, 12:20:13 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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29/8/2025, 11:44:56 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Can we talk about this little guy? Because I love this little guy so much.

Chiquitita the baby Mantisian from Dandadan. He is perfect and I would die for him.
29/8/2025, 2:51:42 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dandadan season 2, episode 9.

The cop from IASIP talking about how John Thundergun hangs dong.
28/8/2025, 11:51:13 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That freaked me out so much when I was a kid.

28/8/2025, 8:41:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He’s like the only guy actually making interesting stuff with superheroes right now. He manages to get some real personality in there, not just whatever the corporate overlords want.

28/8/2025, 1:47:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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*nerd voice* My mitochondria!!!!

28/8/2025, 1:37:47 PM | 9 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Busting out the second it sees a new host.

28/8/2025, 2:25:44 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just watch that brain activity spike.

28/8/2025, 1:36:33 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not yet! Never been a DC person but I love Gunn.

28/8/2025, 12:36:47 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I live near a big university and I can tell that the students are back mostly because they’re in the liquor store.

27/8/2025, 11:01:50 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Alien Earth eyeball guy is absolute nightmare fuel. I’m fascinated and I love it and I want to smash it with a hammer.

27/8/2025, 2:03:13 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Mike Flanagan is a goddamn wizard.

27/8/2025, 1:57:33 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I have such a hard time ranking these things because I loved The Monkey and The Life of Chuck but I’m worried it’s recency bias???? Man, I dunno’. He’s been around forever and it’s kinda’ hard to quantify when you have Shawshank but also Creepshow. Apples to oranges.

27/8/2025, 1:55:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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27/8/2025, 12:27:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They asked Hwi if she could love a worm and she said yes.

27/8/2025, 12:08:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Now how do we get them to do Heretics and Chapterhouse? I want some sick Honored Matres illustrations.

27/8/2025, 12:07:55 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh my fucking God Emperor. Folio Society has a fancy edition of God Emperor of Dune coming in Oct. They heard our cries. We have been blessed.

Illustration of God Emperor Leto II Atreides from Folio Society’s upcoming God Emperor of Dune release.
27/8/2025, 12:02:30 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Everybody gets a Jordon Hudson!

26/8/2025, 12:14:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Do the titular Dead Astronauts count???

The cover of the novel Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer
26/8/2025, 12:11:42 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Watching the Peacemaker season premiere and I’m fully convinced that James Gunn is a wizard. How is he doing this within the big studio system?!

25/8/2025, 12:23:49 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ancient evil lurking in a seemingly wholesome small town might be TOO on the nose.

24/8/2025, 4:41:14 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I like how the Minotaur is just a cute li'l guy here.

24/8/2025, 1:20:49 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That’ll have to be for the next visit.

24/8/2025, 1:25:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Best character in Airplane, hands down.

Stephen Stucker as Johnny in Airplane.
24/8/2025, 1:19:03 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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AND YET

24/8/2025, 12:14:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My dad just literally said that you couldn’t make movies like this anymore and I love him but

24/8/2025, 12:10:50 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Spending the weekend with my dad. Last night, we watched the first Naked Gun and now we’re watching Airplane. Peak dad time.

24/8/2025, 12:07:38 AM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He’s doing a Death Becomes Her.

23/8/2025, 1:47:44 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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UPDATE. He says you should never go in ancient places because that’s where the mummies are. This kid is surviving the horror movie.

22/8/2025, 1:30:21 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not even sure how he knows about Frankensteins, tbh.

22/8/2025, 2:00:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Actual quote from my nephew, who will be 5 in Nov.

Text that reads: ā€œFirst I’m afraid of Frankensteins and I’m afraid of mummies, and out of control dinosaurs, ummm and scary robots, ummm cupcakes that are out of control that I can’t eat, and I’m afraid of dogs, and I’m afraid of dogs and their cages also, umm and I’m also afraid of one more thing: aliens coming to earthā€
22/8/2025, 12:34:05 AM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They matched each other’s freak.

Danny DeVito and Carol Kane in the most recent ep of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
22/8/2025, 12:02:42 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Might I recommend A Masterpiece in Disarray for my fellow Lynch Dune enjoyers??? I’m almost done and I’ve had such a blast reading it. Pictured here with my son.

The book A Masterpiece in Disarray, next to my very handsome feline son.
21/8/2025, 1:55:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just bought the new Charlie Jane Anders novel at my local indie bookstore, and two employees were gushing about how much they love Charlie Jane, too. Indie bookstores are a light in the darkness. šŸ’–šŸ’–šŸ’–

20/8/2025, 5:45:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The second I saw Gaga kill a guy with pyrokinesis, I knew I’d love her forever.

19/8/2025, 7:51:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I LOVE this one.

19/8/2025, 7:50:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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God grant me the confidence of someone who marks every email as urgent.

19/8/2025, 7:28:50 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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North Carolinian here! Maybe I’m in my liberal bubble and it’s definitely anecdotal, but I haven’t talked to a single person who’s worried about Cooper’s support for the trans community. If anything, we’re all psyched about the possibility of a NC senator who isn’t awful.

19/8/2025, 6:52:28 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I GUESS. But also the land bridge and stuff! People are so incurious and it blows my mind.

17/8/2025, 1:00:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Did he also miss ā€œI can see Russia from my house?ā€

17/8/2025, 12:51:55 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Got out of Weapons and immediately started looking for an Aunt Gladys wig for Halloween.

16/8/2025, 10:16:11 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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SO GOOD. I also like Bayta’s little pink jacket.

16/8/2025, 4:27:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What have they done to us?

Two assholes shaking hands Tim Robinson in the Darmine Doggy Door sketch from I Think You Should Leave
16/8/2025, 2:02:21 PM | 10 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Side note: it feels like the costume department is having SO MUCH FUN this season. Brother Day’s looks alone are incredible.

15/8/2025, 11:28:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Magnifico Giganticus is just space NoHo Hank.

Magnifico Giganticus from Foundation NoHo Hank from Barry
15/8/2025, 11:25:03 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Finally started reading A Masterpiece in Disarray, about the making of Lynch's Dune. So far, my favorite bit of trivia is that Rob Lowe passed on playing Paul because he thought he'd become a worm in future movies. Now I can't stop thinking about God Emperor Chris Traeger.

15/8/2025, 2:30:34 PM | 8 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Can’t wait for some dumpy cop to claim that a sandwich is a deadly weapon.

15/8/2025, 1:37:12 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’d be happy to see Zendaya! And also noodles.

15/8/2025, 12:55:46 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nothing, tbh. I just don’t get it.

14/8/2025, 11:26:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And also can he not

14/8/2025, 10:52:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Why is Fred Armisen

14/8/2025, 10:28:33 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Relevant to my interests!!!

14/8/2025, 5:00:43 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Been reading Stephen King’s Hearts in Atlantis, and I can’t stop thinking about how the Can-Toi/Low Men are basically MAGA. They’re cruel, dumb, weird-looking and extremely tacky. And if that isn’t MAGA, I dunno’ what is.

13/8/2025, 12:59:19 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He is STANCED UP

12/8/2025, 12:25:39 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m never gonna’ have the guts to throw a sandwich at law enforcement, but it’s good to know that I could outrun them.

12/8/2025, 12:22:28 AM | 19 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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There’s an F45 gym on U Street. I’ve been there and I bet this guy has, too.

12/8/2025, 12:05:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SKINNER: We’re closing down the X-files again. MULDER: Because I’m too close to truth! SKINNER: No, a DOGE guy named ā€œBig Ballsā€ got pounded into hamburger by a pack of rowdy teens, so the president is turning you into a traffic cop.

11/8/2025, 12:49:42 PM | 1882 412 | View on Bluesky | view

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Freaky Tales is very fun, especially if you want the catharsis of a bunch of bigots getting their shit wrecked. And also Pedro Pascal is there!

11/8/2025, 1:12:02 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Girl, SAME.

10/8/2025, 11:22:19 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Isn’t that just Daniel Radcliffe? He seems cool.

10/8/2025, 4:08:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I always think of that scene in Bad Santa where a kid keeps saying he wants a ā€œfraggle stick car,ā€ and Billy Bob is like I have idea what the fuck that is

10/8/2025, 4:03:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Rewatching The Monkey, and I think young Hal is just white boy Okarun?

Young Hal in the movie The Monkey Okarun from Dandadan
10/8/2025, 12:00:42 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It is WILDLY embarrassing that the first millennial to get close to the presidency is fucking JD Vance. A black mark on my generation.

9/8/2025, 1:10:21 AM | 10 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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Guys, I really cannot express how hot Lee Pace is as Brother Day. Like he’s basically an entitled nepo baby stoner this season, but WOULD.

9/8/2025, 12:01:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I see what you did there.

8/8/2025, 12:56:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Waiting for Seiko Ayase to drop her skincare routine.

8/8/2025, 1:06:09 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He looks like the uncanny valley but real life. Bad deepfake. Sleep paralysis demon. Janky waxworks figure. Etc.

7/8/2025, 12:48:18 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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For those of you who haven’t been blessed by this video

5/8/2025, 10:53:10 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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šŸŽµ I ain’t never seen a big boy get on the roof

Trump on the White House roof for some reason idk
5/8/2025, 10:47:34 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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ā€œIt’s such a pleasure to meet you! I love your little hat!ā€

5/8/2025, 1:10:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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At the dinner table, my 4-year-old nephew exclaimed that he swam all the way across the pool without help, and also he ā€œtook the biggest poop you’ve ever seen.ā€ Great job, kid.

4/8/2025, 11:29:55 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view