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Dave Provost

@daveprovo.st

He/Him. Leftist veterinary librarian. From Boston, now in Raleigh.

created July 7, 2023

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But could he play basketball?

29/8/2025, 8:07:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“Whomst be Robert the Bruce?”

29/8/2025, 1:46:57 AM | 6 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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No matter how many times I see it, the spin on the catch still looks like a video game glitch.

28/8/2025, 1:20:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Here comes the pizza!

28/8/2025, 12:10:35 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Miss him, just want him back, etc

28/8/2025, 4:26:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title. Tom Clancy's Goodnight Moon

28/8/2025, 3:19:12 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That’s what I said!!!

27/8/2025, 2:38:37 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s both art and science if you ask me

27/8/2025, 2:22:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Abrogate

27/8/2025, 1:36:39 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s ableist to complain about AI, obvs

26/8/2025, 8:16:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wowowowowowowow

26/8/2025, 7:02:29 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This has legs as a TikTok sound for sure

26/8/2025, 6:51:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And better he learn about you from The Skinwalker, tbh

26/8/2025, 2:30:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was literally about to post that Curbes Lurb got robbed. Well done

26/8/2025, 2:24:36 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I would rather they wheel over the stairs and just let us stand around on the runway for 45 minutes before we can go inside

25/8/2025, 11:23:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There hasn’t been a dappled country road in Medford for, I’m gonna say, 250 years.

24/8/2025, 5:37:24 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Haha, same

22/8/2025, 10:30:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with the extension of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings: they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth. Henry Beston, The Outermost House
22/8/2025, 8:22:55 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture amy brown (@amybrown.xyz) reposted

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.
22/8/2025, 2:20:40 PM | 18591 8454 | View on Bluesky | view

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It has a real Windows 95 aesthetic, but it’s surprisingly sophisticated, especially when it comes to email management.

22/8/2025, 2:12:16 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I don’t want to bungle or bobble the Fingal dopple

22/8/2025, 9:53:46 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Okomotive (@okomotive.ch) reposted

Herdling is OUT NOW! We’re stoked to finally invite you on this journey 🐐🦬🐏⛰️ Get the game now on Steam, Epic Game Store, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S or Game Pass, links below! We’ll give away 5 Steam keys among everyone who reposts this 🎉🎉🎉

21/8/2025, 1:11:28 PM | 750 531 | View on Bluesky | view

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My sources are telling me that he is, in fact, allowed to have several coffee and has not received any for several weeks. Teach the controversy!

21/8/2025, 1:10:32 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I had my daughter in my lap in her bed because she felt sick. Seconds later, everything was covered in puke

21/8/2025, 1:22:24 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just need to add a repechage for the best Round 1 losers as a second Round 2 play-in and it might be perfect

20/8/2025, 2:48:44 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My daughter works at a kpop shop in Durham and it was MOBBED all weekend

18/8/2025, 9:33:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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😻😻😻

17/8/2025, 2:35:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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QT this post with someone you wish was still alive

16/8/2025, 1:52:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s not Memen T. O’Morty?

16/8/2025, 1:42:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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ooooof

15/8/2025, 7:31:18 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I really hate this attitude towards house cleaners and other service workers. Believe it or not, they are actual people who understand things like “paying someone else to do a job you don’t want to do” and “taking a shit”

15/8/2025, 1:34:06 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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14/8/2025, 2:23:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think that’s a pretty good analogy! One big concern I have is the way it appears to encode/exacerbate our human biases. This is to be expected given it is trained on our biases, but at a time when removing our biases is so important, this seems to be a step backwards.

13/8/2025, 12:56:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m terrified at the types of changes that could be made to PubMed here in the US.

13/8/2025, 10:02:38 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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OK, I figured it out. Cartoon is 1947, song is 1917, so my pick for a current version has Bugs singing “I Got 5 On It”

12/8/2025, 11:15:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I wonder how old that song was when the cartoon came out. Like if they made that cartoon today, what song would he sing?

12/8/2025, 11:09:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If they are walking towards you? And just after they pass you they burst into laughter? Just jump into the sewer my friend.

12/8/2025, 5:23:39 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Oliver Darkshire (@deathbybadger.bsky.social) reposted

a university is not for generating profit, it provides cultural enrichment via weird little gremlin people who love visigoths or haikus, and very occasionally a scientist who figures out faster than light travel

12/8/2025, 9:54:07 AM | 1613 369 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Provost (@daveprovo.st) reply parent

I wish I hadn’t done life in Ironman mode. I could use a save scum every once in a while

12/8/2025, 1:59:36 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Provost (@daveprovo.st) reply parent

Oh man, I forgot about potatoes. My wife has a gluten sensitivity and there is wheat in everything. Coffee creamer is the latest crazy one I came across.

11/8/2025, 10:05:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Around here it feels like all the best restaurants open in the suburbs, since it’s too expensive to open them downtown.

11/8/2025, 9:07:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh that’s rough. I think I could more easily go gluten-free or vegan than I could give up tomatoes. And there must be so much casual cross contamination. My sympathies

11/8/2025, 8:58:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Provost (@daveprovo.st) reply parent

Hey, I’m only 48.

11/8/2025, 8:43:31 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Whenever a liberal Xer tries to tell me that they are amazed that our generation is so bad, I just ask them to remember who they went to high school with.

11/8/2025, 8:39:51 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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One of the worst parts about working in an academic library is that I don't really get to do much readers' advisory. We are getting a "Popular Reading" section this fall, so hopefully that will offer some opportunities!

11/8/2025, 3:24:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's gotta be in contention for best fight scene of all time, right?

11/8/2025, 3:10:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I mean, he still hit the home run. That gets him expletive middle name status forever in my book

10/8/2025, 6:56:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He’ll always be Aaron Fucking Boone to me

10/8/2025, 6:38:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I went to the Dublin Archaeology Museum last year and they had an amazing exhibit that included some bog mummies and it was really touching

10/8/2025, 6:36:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Very cool! I’m a former preservationist (now librarian) but I’ll definitely check this out

8/8/2025, 8:59:23 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They absolutely have not built GPS tracking into that rickety ass street sign.

8/8/2025, 8:57:44 PM | 33 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Give a Bich a Chonce

8/8/2025, 6:42:28 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You’re horny up the wrong tree. Don’t cry over horny milk. Every cloud has a horny lining.

8/8/2025, 12:35:24 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Provost (@daveprovo.st) reply parent

Absolutely A. You are B in this scenario.

7/8/2025, 5:08:17 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It genuinely sucked being a Patriots fan towards the end of the Brady era, because winning the SB didn’t feel like an accomplishment, it was just meeting expectations, and anything less was a crushing disappointment.

7/8/2025, 1:51:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Provost (@daveprovo.st) reply parent

In Italian, for good luck, you say "in bocca al lupo", which means "in the mouth of the wolf"... so in bocca al lupo, Cait! (the expected response is "crepi il lupo", which means "may the wolf die")

6/8/2025, 5:12:21 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Provost (@daveprovo.st) reply parent

I read something recently that talked about how the hypocrisy was *the point* — they are trying to demonstrate their power by highlighting how their words and actions are not bound by the concepts of fairness or equality

6/8/2025, 3:26:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Provost (@daveprovo.st) reply parent

I heard someone the other day (maybe you?) suggest that it is solely because he has a cool/memorable name

5/8/2025, 11:58:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Provost (@daveprovo.st) reply parent

Could you put the key literally on the knob that they would touch as they exit the shed? It’s got to be in the way somehow.

5/8/2025, 6:57:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Provost (@daveprovo.st) reply parent

For me the way to deal with something like this is to make it so they have to interact with. Like I put a door on our dryer that says “empty lint trap” and you have to lift the door before you turn the dryer on.

5/8/2025, 6:57:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Different art form, but I distinctly remember hearing Dave Matthews Band's What Would You Say for the first time while driving in the car and thinking this isn't exactly my thing, but these guys are going to be famous forever.

5/8/2025, 5:29:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Topher Florence (@topherflorence.bsky.social) reposted

thinking about the fact that mario owning a golden helicopter, a personal hideout, and being willing to imprison an ape indefinitely are some of the very first things we learn about him predating other character traits like "being a plumber" or "luigi"

a screen from donkey kong jr featuring donkey kong jr chasing after a yellow helicopter that is carrying donkey kong sr in a cage. the text reads: KEEP GOING TO MARIO'S HIDEOUT
1/8/2025, 2:08:53 PM | 1231 240 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Provost (@daveprovo.st) reply parent

Severance clears all of these, and I’ll add the first two seasons of For All Mankind as another contender

1/8/2025, 11:34:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dead To Me was so great!

1/8/2025, 11:33:16 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My wife has a plan to do something similar and then be put into a medically induced coma for several weeks

30/7/2025, 2:46:36 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Can't think of a name for it, but is "Mind the gap" an example?

30/7/2025, 1:58:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Finally! The tip of that juuuust got me, Odell.

30/7/2025, 1:45:28 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Her full name was Lorraine Florentine and she could also make a mean omelette.

30/7/2025, 12:03:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Age verification? My first browser was NCSA Mosaic.

30/7/2025, 3:40:46 AM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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"hose drinkers" as a pejorative for Gen X is so good

29/7/2025, 5:09:17 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wolfgang, a little black cat, yawning with his legs stretched out in front of him Marcelline, a sassy lil’ torbie looking eepy Marshall, a long-haired orange boy stretching wayyyyyyy out Michael, a black and white cat perched on my (not pictured) shoulder
29/7/2025, 3:08:33 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave Provost (@daveprovo.st) reply parent

You also have to pick one of three "rap" breaks to know by heart: "One Week", "Hook", or "Radio Song" (I'm "Hook")

28/7/2025, 6:41:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Luckily I work at a veterinary school, so random blood stains aren’t *that* unusual

28/7/2025, 6:25:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I make a mess of myself with a frequency that requires it. One time I had a minor medical procedure in the morning before work, and somehow bled through the bandage, meaning that I walked into the coffee shop with blood all over the back of my shirt.

28/7/2025, 4:22:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I have desk deodorant, toothbrush, razor and polo shirt, and each have saved me on more than one occasion

28/7/2025, 4:16:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Get those littles $10 of Uncrustables and Capri Sun on me.

a receipt for a $10 donation to the pastor's church
28/7/2025, 4:14:29 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In the funniest universe this ends with you getting a backyard chicken that neither of you want, but you both think the other person wants.

24/7/2025, 7:38:24 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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wait, what?

24/7/2025, 7:24:26 PM | 12 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Happy Birthday to my favorite Bsky kitties!

23/7/2025, 3:15:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Secret Base always makes me curious to try a prepackaged meal plan, but I’m never sure which one

22/7/2025, 4:32:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh, for sure it is! I think she was thinking more like building trades and whatnot (my stepfather was a carpenter).

22/7/2025, 4:14:59 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh absolutely Rax. My mother had a theory that in high school, everyone should be required to work one summer in retail, one summer doing manual labor, and one summer in food service.

22/7/2025, 3:29:07 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh, I have been watching the Slate....

22/7/2025, 3:24:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I had one in high school and it helped me land a hot girlfriend... who I have now been married to for 27 years, so I have to agree.

22/7/2025, 3:23:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Put an electric motor in this and they would sell 1,000,000

22/7/2025, 3:18:14 PM | 43 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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got some real breakfast ninjas in here

22/7/2025, 2:29:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Haha, that was my daughter’s favorite restaurant when we lived on the Cape

22/7/2025, 11:31:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I always think Channing Tatum’s name should be Tanning Chatum

22/7/2025, 10:44:39 AM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And you knew you were going to get good performances out of Moore and Bacon, and Meghann Fahy has been sneaky good for a while, but Milly Alcock was a revelation

21/7/2025, 10:50:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Exactly the same. I kept repeating “I am so impressed by this show!” I loved the way it absolutely refused to make anyone the villain.

21/7/2025, 10:46:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sirens was SO GOOD. I can’t remember the last time I saw a show with such real characters

21/7/2025, 10:43:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dave "Hendu" Henderson

21/7/2025, 7:39:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You mean like, a gate that they open to welcome all the new gamers to their supportive and egalitarian community of practice? I could see that.

21/7/2025, 12:26:46 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But gamers are usually so cool and chill online?

21/7/2025, 12:12:44 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Cook Out is massively overrated on account of it being the place where high schoolers hang out on a Friday night, so it gets a big nostalgia boost. A slaw dog with Cajun fries is the best they have to offer.

20/7/2025, 2:15:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The architecture is great, the interior design is disgusting

20/7/2025, 9:34:19 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“Mr. Penis was my father. Call me Weenis, please.”

20/7/2025, 9:20:55 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Liz Phair, Rock Me

19/7/2025, 6:35:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is where I post from

19/7/2025, 1:58:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The slumbering horde of defunct alt-weeklies is just waiting to be revived

18/7/2025, 9:01:21 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view