Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
"Alright guys, for this one just grab any controller from the prop bucket, lay down in front of the modem, and look like you're watching your parents get a divorce."
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
"Alright guys, for this one just grab any controller from the prop bucket, lay down in front of the modem, and look like you're watching your parents get a divorce."
NPR (@npr.org) reposted
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
Strong Bad (@strongbadnofoolin.bsky.social) reposted
Todayborday, I'd like to wish alla y'alls a Mario Paint Labor Day!
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm still struggling to figure out what was "woke" about the Cracker Barrel change. I'm pretty sure none of these people bitching could say why either. All I can say is it must be sad to have a life so bland that a franchise restaurant changing its decorations is a life or death emergency for you.
foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) (@foxyoreos.bsky.social) reposted
This is scary as hell, but for news coverage? This is a GIFT. "You can be banned for *buying* Game of Thrones." Send emails to journalists and news sites and communities you're a part of and talk about the dangers here. People are going to care about this a lot more when it's not just creators.
Simon HB (@norock.bsky.social) reposted
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social)
I heard Piotr Szczerek can't reach the end of a two inch ruler when completely erect.
Rodger Sherman (@rodger.bsky.social) reposted
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
Arnie Niekamp (@arnieniekamp.bsky.social) reposted
Little known fact: the elderly man in the old Cracker Barrel logo was bisexual.
Paul F. Tompkins (@pftompkins.bsky.social) reposted
Yes. But before we get to the primary process we should be thinking about who we don’t want to *end up* with. The way you end up with someone rather than choose is having “mean posts” stick in peoples minds and not “hates homeless people, doesn’t care about trans people”
The Onion (@theonion.com) reposted
This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Freshman Weak
Dan O’Sullivan (@osullyville.bsky.social) reposted
Guys, I have a special & unusual request today. My cousin Sean is a union bus driver here in Los Angeles who was just FIRED in retaliation for saying he would not let masked ICE agents onto his bus to abduct riders. The fight is on to get his job back, you can help: actionnetwork.org/letters/send...
Erin Reed (@erininthemorning.com) reposted
I know a lot of mainline dems read my work, so for those of you skeptical of my argument because of my role as a trans journalist, know that I _endorsed_ Harris for president. The critiques I levy against Newsom are very particular to him and he poses a unique danger that I cannot stay silent on.
Jae (@greatjae.bsky.social) reposted
If you seek revenge, dig two graves, the bombs in the first will let you access the boss chamber and you’ll need the piece of heart so you can tank their phase 2
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social)
Everyone is in favor of recycling and employing flesh and blood people instead of automation but when I, a humble necromancer, do it suddenly it's a "sin against nature" and people are campaigning against me with torches. Grow up.
Sheryl Weikal, still wishing ill on JK Rowling (@leftistlawyer.com) reposted
A landlord turned off Tenant Client's family's heat upon learning Client was an immigrant. Landlord hired three different law firms to argue this was legal, then fired each one after they couldn't get our case dismissed. This week, landlord settled for enough that Client will buy a house.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social)
Good ol' Taz from Resident Evil. I was nine years old, just got my PS1 for Christmas and picked up RE from Blockbuster because I was thinking it'd be like the zombie shooters at the arcades or on SNES. I was so very very wrong... Second this asshole turned around for the first time I was scared.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
One only needs to look at the Yellowstone Miracle to see how important wolves are to the ecosystem. A few ranchers losing cows that they are fully compensated by the government for is well WELL worth the cost.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes. And for some reason I stayed friends with them for nearly 20 years. Not only were their problems more serious no matter what the problems were never ending. Eventually I realized I was just being used as an emotional sponge.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social)
I think one of the hardest but most critical things that anyone interacting with a younger generation than theirs needs to learn is that it's FINE if they don't know shit you know. They're not stupid because they only just found out about a band from your youth or an older method of doing something.
GT (@granitetide.bsky.social) reposted
we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light
Paul F. Tompkins (@pftompkins.bsky.social) reposted
If you truly think tweets are going to bring down fascism I’ve got a Lincoln to Project you
Paul F. Tompkins (@pftompkins.bsky.social) reposted
You’re telling me this guy is not a more desirable guy to promote than Gavin Newsom
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
Food Fight if only for the horribly janky Christopher Lloyd robot
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
I watched a woman get robbed in bored daylight but didn't intervene. The mugger looked like me. My coworkers laughed and said she deserved it. Tonight we're supposed to stand in front of a town meeting with our masks on. I wonder its like for people to smile when I enter a room.
David_j_roth (@davidjroth.bsky.social) reposted
I love to show up every day for my job, which is standing around holding the front of my tactical vest and getting told to choke to death by thousands of passers-by while 11 of my coworkers handcuff a roofer on his way to work. Every night I drive 80 minutes home, thinking about nothing at all.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
Bowen has been one of my favorite additions to the cast in a long time. I think he's gonna go down as one of the greats in the shows history
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
Pure Ded speaks to me on a religious level
Irish (@nakedirish.com) reposted reply parent
This, actually works. For me at least.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social)
I think I was 14, maybe 15, when I first played Final Fantasy XI but I still have this sign in music so deeply ingrained in my brain. It had the kind of energy I thought that the future would hold. Wish I lived in the future I thought was coming and not the one we got. youtu.be/n6mxRUKehtE?...
Shubbabang (@shubbabang.bsky.social) reposted
This month's pin up was a Selkie! :) Full + Uncensored: www.patreon.com/posts/selkie...
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
Since you're gonna report headlines I'm gonna repost my reply. "Using chatgpt all on its own is awful. Its lazy, intellectually dishonest, and outright destructive to the environment. But using it for your RELATIONSHIP? Buy a sex toy and lock yourself away, you're not fit got human relationships."
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social)
Have you remembered to eat or shop locally recently? It sounds cliche but one of the best thing you can do to help your community is keep your money there. The local hole in the wall might cost a little more but that money is better served there than going to a CEO's back pocket.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
On the plus side that means you could always milk that craziness for comics!
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
My guess is college manchild. Just those words alone imply hours worth of stories!
Garleon (@garleonart.bsky.social) reposted
A new comic with a bit of a different style than usual: POMPfessional Investigator (1/4) #comicart #DigitalArt #comic #art #ClipStudioPaint
Stung to death by dump bees (@birdrespecter.bsky.social) reposted
Proof they stole training data from me personally
Ryan Rds. (@rdstonowhere.bsky.social) reposted
But why 😭💦
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
Best I could manage at the time was "bruh..." because seriously who the hell SAYS that when looking for a hookup???
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
Stranger who wanted me to send him nudes and hook up with him using the argument "please, my sister just died today. This will help me grieve."
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
"Bad lightning, no originality, and frankly underwhelming. Instant disqualification and barred from all future competition."
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
"I know it's supposed to be innocent until proven guilty but their vibes are off and I'm a really good judge of character so..."
NPR (@npr.org) reposted
In a rural Vermont county, spotty cellphone coverage is the norm. But a local tinkerer is using old technology to help his community stay connected free of charge.
Soren Spicknall (@sorenspicknall.bsky.social) reposted
Mark Cuban getting ratiod by a complete rando
himham (@himham.bsky.social) reposted
We didn't abolish slavery. Full stop. Neoslavery, Jim Crow, chain gangs, sundown towns, convict leasing, "prison industry". All just slavery by another name.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
Hey, it's your pizza, love what you love!
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
Meanwhile my mom was the total opposite. Couldn't have a pizza without exactly what she wanted on it, no more no less. I was always the one compromising for friends too. Didn't have a pizza exactly the way I liked it until I was 19.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
"2/10 dick pic. Incredibly derivative and predictable. Didn't even put any googly eyes on it."
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
Love when the alleged "good" billionaires show their true colors and self serving nature.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
Every accusation from them is a confession.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
Why does that phone have the Phantom Thieves Metaverse app?
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
The article feels like it glazes over, or ignores, many of the groups and demographics that paved the way to the current rise in interest but im glad it brings more attention to it. Tabletops like d&d are great means of community gathering and creative expression for absolutely anyone of any age.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
"An accountant? I thought you might be like... a hang glider instructor or a bird keeper or-" "And assumptions like that are why we have HR departments."
Paul F. Tompkins (@pftompkins.bsky.social) reposted
INCREDIBLE
RocketGirl🚀Erin (@moonshoterin.bsky.social) reposted
Hey kids, did you know if you pick this up from the cooler and change your mind about buying it, leaving it randomly in the store, it won't go back to the shelf for sale. It's a part of food safety we should all observe. Don't pickup strange warm dairy products, especially if it that coffemate shit
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
Using chatgpt all on its own is awful. Its lazy, intellectually dishonest, and outright destructive to the environment. But using it for your RELATIONSHIP? Buy a sex toy and lock yourself away, you're not fit got human relationships.
Paul F. Tompkins (@pftompkins.bsky.social) reposted
Newsom will not be able to win national office, no matter how many marginalized groups he throws under the bus. Cross him off the list now so it doesn’t come down to him as the presidential nominee. We can and should do better!
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social)
Found and fed a bunch of geese today on my walk. Best part of enjoying the unusually cool weather.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social)
There is something about a praying mantis that unsettles me. They're absolutely beautiful insects and very beneficial but I don't like the way I can see their heads turn to watch me.
KaybeeArts (@kaylinpak.bsky.social) reposted
Based chibi Kaylin says: #comic #comics #webcomic #comicartist
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
Story of my life
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
Well I can tell you what isn't gonna win them anything and it's continuing to concede to republican "compromise" because it has not once worked out in their, or the rest of the country's, favor.
jen (@jensynthpunk.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
have they considered opposing republicans
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
Obviously it's because you drew that uncensored 🅱️agina looking armpit. Downright explicit! (Kidding! Also who the hell thinks an armpit looks anything like...)
Grant Stewart (@grantstewart.bsky.social) reposted
wapo.st/3IRLZn6 No way should they have this behind a paywall, but here's a gift link. These numbers are still impossible to comprehend.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
Jesus hell... talk about a real mask off moment.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
Full support of this bill. The exotic pet trade is nothing more than animal abuse. Hopefully this will serve as a big step toward dismantling it piece by piece.
JoCat @ PAX WEST (@jocat.net) reposted reply parent
Donate here transgenderlawcenter.org/donate/
GRINN‼️ (@grinn3r.bsky.social) reposted
THEYRE AT IT AGAIN CALL YOUR REPS, WE HAVE ANOTHER BILL TO KILL time.com/7288539/kids...
Molly Knight (@mollyknight.bsky.social) reposted
Fenway concession workers on strike
Molly Knight (@mollyknight.bsky.social) reposted
Oh I forgot to post the baseball cards of the striking workers they were handing out. Genius.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
Bingus... please leave this relationship. You deserve more.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
That is absolutely stupid. Sorry to hear they're censoring you over the most trivial thing imaginable.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social)
Autocorrect just changed the word "be" into "vibe" in a post of mine and that might be the most incorrect change I've seen. Amazing how even spellcheckers have gotten worse now.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
As long as there's still a single Palestinian alive, their people haven't lost. We can't let the hopelessness allow us to believe it's too late to do something. Even a late action is going to vibe better than looking back and wishing the world had done *anything* instead of nothing.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm forced to wonder how much of this is because the labels are evidence that HRT is used by more than just trans individuals, and that hurts the current administration's goal of demonizing and erasing them. Heaven forbid the world know that gender affirming care is for everyone.
Nicole Chung (@nicolechung.bsky.social) reposted
Amy Sherald says the Smithsonian suggested removing a painting of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from her upcoming show at the National Portrait Gallery “to avoid provoking President Trump.” Sherald: “I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship”
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
I wish I could offer sympathy for the person I thought he was when I was a little kid, but learning how throughly he hurt the careers of his fellow wrestlers all for the sake of his own gain, plus his vile politics, makes it hard to hold any positive memories if the man he really was.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
Ha, love it! Cooler than I was 18 at least. ...and still cooler than I am now it we're being honest.
WeRateDogs (@weratedogs.com) reposted
This is Goose. He's here to perform his own rendition of "Piano Man" by Billy Joel. 13/10 please enjoy
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social)
Did we ever find out why Triangle Man had beef with Particle Man and Person Man?
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social)
You know, I don't think I've ever had a french toast stick that actually tastes like french toast.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social) reply parent
"What can the harvest hope for, if not the care of the reaper man?"
Coach Julio (@fitnessfoundry.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
If you’re struggling in any way, please bookmark or share. You never know who might need them. 🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ support: The Trevor Project 📞 1-866-488-7386 📲 Text “START” to 678-678 You are worth it. You are not alone.
NPR (@npr.org) reposted
Callers to 988 used to be able to press 3 to reach counselors specially trained to help LGBTQ+ young people. The service had been reaching 70,000 people a month.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social)
I love watching little kids run and they sling their arms wildly side to side in a frantic speed waddle. Its adorable.
Boccs (@boccs2099.bsky.social)
Does anyone actually *like* Shorts on youtube or does everybody else find them annoying and invasive every time you open the website like I do?
Hayes Brown (@hayesbrown.bsky.social) reposted
Y-you- you’re thinking about this all wrong, as if I had the Epstein files back in a safe. The Epstein files aren’t here — the Epstein files are in Joe’s house, and Mrs. Menklin’s house, and a hundred others