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Just Phil

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Finance Bro but for Social Justice Orgs Practicing homosexual Baltimore / NYCπŸ“ πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ he/him

created June 13, 2023

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Congratulations!

2/9/2025, 3:28:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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my skircle

Autism, ADHD, and giftedness venn diagram
1/9/2025, 6:09:20 PM | 20 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tag yourselves

30/8/2025, 1:12:32 AM | 30 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Managing people is the worst. I should have followed my dream of becoming a squirrel trainer to the stars.

29/8/2025, 9:32:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Friday afternoon conversation politely explaining to a consultant that if they check off a task they need to have actually done it.

29/8/2025, 8:11:13 PM | 42 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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Congratulations! πŸŽ‰

29/8/2025, 5:50:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Just Phil (@philaiv.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, We made it!

29/8/2025, 12:20:22 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Get hammered at the Jose Cuervo Tequileria?

28/8/2025, 4:03:45 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Idk. It's just a feeling. Maybe because people seem to be quiet before the holiday weekend.

28/8/2025, 2:33:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It feels like Friday but sadly it is not 😒

28/8/2025, 1:32:44 PM | 23 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If you plan to peel them immediately you can use a Tupperware: youtu.be/RV9nz1qlY64?...

27/8/2025, 4:12:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I spent the last couple of days catching up on everything I've been procrastinating on and now I'm down to a couple tasks that I really don't want to do. Sad.

27/8/2025, 1:46:47 PM | 35 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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I imagine the only thing that accomplishes is pushing people to start looking for a new job

27/8/2025, 10:28:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is that a tap to pay logo? Did you have to tap to release the tray or to activate the seatback screen?

26/8/2025, 2:34:26 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Cornhub > Pornhub cornhub.website

25/8/2025, 12:55:17 AM | 29 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Why are mission impossible movies so complicated? Do your tricks, save the world, and be done.

24/8/2025, 12:40:00 AM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tons of bats are out tonight. Must be a good sign.

24/8/2025, 12:04:45 AM | 34 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yes... *hangs head in shame*

23/8/2025, 11:37:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I've only been shot twice! That's nothing.

23/8/2025, 11:23:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The security guard at the bread factory is wearing a bullet proof vest. Like gurl, simmer down.

23/8/2025, 10:56:25 PM | 57 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think we can all agree that the internet was better back when there was a barrier to entry and before corporations killed all of the websites and forums dedicated to specific niche topics.

22/8/2025, 7:39:01 PM | 38 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ugh. That's annoying.

21/8/2025, 10:59:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Just Phil (@philaiv.bsky.social) reply parent

Stopping due to a power outage?

21/8/2025, 10:48:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Medicinal Molly when?

21/8/2025, 4:59:22 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Just Phil (@philaiv.bsky.social) reply parent

So much information but it's missing the most important info: where to buy

21/8/2025, 4:58:09 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Reading the name I just realized that I know a gay whose parents named him James Dobson. I don't know if it was intentional but being from the rural south it probably was.

21/8/2025, 2:52:19 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I watch a decent amount of television and generally keep up with what others are watching yet I've never heard of The Summer I Turned Pretty. Seems to be an Amazon Prime show on its third season.

21/8/2025, 2:41:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A farmer's market with beer, brownies, and picnic tables is *chef's kiss*

20/8/2025, 5:03:31 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Unfortunately it use to be a regular thing at one of my previous orgs.

20/8/2025, 4:42:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If no one argues or cries during a finance meeting I consider that a win. (yes, it's a low bar but a bar nonetheless)

20/8/2025, 4:00:32 PM | 23 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think it was frozen shrimp and you deserve better. At the very least radioactive fresh shrimp.

19/8/2025, 9:29:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Radioactive shrimp from Walmart is being recalled. Sadly I'm only a little surprised.

19/8/2025, 9:05:34 PM | 57 7 | View on Bluesky | view

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Here's a list that gets updated from time to time: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

18/8/2025, 4:31:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dead Leviton Smart switch?

17/8/2025, 11:17:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"Comedy Central Movies with Breaks" Weird way to say commercials.

17/8/2025, 4:53:11 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Alaskan King bed because why stop at a third

17/8/2025, 3:09:09 AM | 36 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Adorable!

16/8/2025, 11:22:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Texting my real-estate agent: "I've never said this before but I'm pulling out"

16/8/2025, 11:17:35 PM | 55 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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All of a sudden my house smells like ketchup. Can't be a good sign.

15/8/2025, 8:14:45 PM | 26 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I couldn't agree more. Just another thing that Capitalism seems to have ruined.

15/8/2025, 2:29:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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All this talk about people going back to the bird app so I scrolled through twitter for the first time in months and personally I don't see a good enough reason to go back. Seems like it's still mostly Nazis, Narcissists, and people desperate for attention.

15/8/2025, 1:54:45 PM | 20 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Even Sara Ramirez is no doubt eager to forget.

14/8/2025, 1:59:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Award winning!

13/8/2025, 11:24:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I love BWI but I wish it had more direct flights that aren't SW & Spirit

13/8/2025, 11:23:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yes but it's never the same when done after the fact.

13/8/2025, 7:52:53 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Once again I forgot to add salt to my meal prep brown rice. 🀦 Thank goodness I cook it with salted butter and mix it with beans that are salted.

13/8/2025, 3:15:45 PM | 22 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you πŸ₯°

13/8/2025, 12:54:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Absurd that beach towns will allow billboards dragged by boats and planes to advertise alcohol and online gambling to beachgoers but are adamantly against windmills that will be barely visible at their peak of visibility.

11/8/2025, 2:16:51 PM | 101 14 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yep

9/8/2025, 9:58:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's so weird that Delaware doesn't have sales tax. I'm not used to it.

9/8/2025, 9:37:53 PM | 32 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Explains a lot! πŸ˜‰

8/8/2025, 2:25:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Large! But we need a picture of you holding a banana to be sure.

8/8/2025, 2:21:16 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Where did you grow up? If you don't mind me asking.

8/8/2025, 2:19:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh no, too dangerous! I didn't go further than the Staten Island Terminal in lower Manhattan πŸ˜‰

7/8/2025, 9:09:03 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Why vacation when I can go to Little Italy, Chinatown, etc πŸ˜‰

7/8/2025, 9:07:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Maybe lol

7/8/2025, 4:12:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Furthest I've been: N: Harlem E: JFK S: Staten Island Ferry Terminal W: Port Authority I'm well traveled πŸ˜‰

7/8/2025, 4:09:05 PM | 23 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That's what I get for doing alt text! πŸ˜‚

6/8/2025, 5:02:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My National Underwear Day thirst trap was flagged as sexually suggestive by Bluesky's moderation, even though a lot of other similar photos weren't. I'll happily accept it as a compliment.

6/8/2025, 12:04:14 PM | 46 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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National underwear day?

In underwear
6/8/2025, 1:41:08 AM | 171 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yes, the cook, Keisha, kept going out there to check on the situation lol

6/8/2025, 12:07:05 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Someone in beer club at my local pub is registered as Flamin Jizz

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6/8/2025, 12:06:11 AM | 31 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I didn't go out there and ask but I'm confident

5/8/2025, 11:25:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Of course lmao

5/8/2025, 11:25:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fender bender outside the local pub and both guys jumped out and started fighting. Ambulance just showed up so clearly someone got their ass beat. People are a mess.

5/8/2025, 11:23:18 PM | 23 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I've always said that staff should get to veto a coworker if a high percentage vote to do so. I'm thinking 2/3 majority and the coworker must leave.

5/8/2025, 9:09:14 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Are you doing marathon month? If so, half, full, or ultra?

4/8/2025, 9:52:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I hope the Baha Men eventually figured out who let the dogs out.

3/8/2025, 1:20:54 PM | 29 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Have you been to Provincetown?

1/8/2025, 11:45:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Going to Rehoboth for the first time next week (Wednesday-Monday) and haven't planned anything other than the hotel. What do people do all day? Hangout at Poodle Beach?

1/8/2025, 12:48:24 PM | 21 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yeah, it's ridiculous that they're practically free from FDA oversight and regulations.

31/7/2025, 3:56:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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At least they were delicious

31/7/2025, 3:39:38 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just learned that a lot of the creatine gummies on Amazon were tested and found to be missing creatine. Checked the ones I've bought and not only are they no longer for sale but the listing has been wiped away like it never existed. I've essentially been eating candy for months.

31/7/2025, 3:35:03 PM | 28 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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All great areas!

31/7/2025, 2:06:16 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Canton, we're moving ~300 feet lol. I love the neighborhood because we're on the Fells Point side, walkable to all of Canton, Highlandtown, Fell's Point, Harbor East, etc

31/7/2025, 1:21:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We're normally great somewhat sane people!

30/7/2025, 11:17:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's so good! More people need to watch it so that we get another season.

30/7/2025, 11:34:01 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm a strong believer in a couple core ideas: Be nice to people while assuming best intentions (at least until you have definitive proof to prove otherwise) and Don't shit where you sleep.

30/7/2025, 11:29:17 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Which is great and I do the same but some people don't have that privilege. LLM/AI can be great tools for people with hidden disabilities or even those that who don't speak a language natively.

30/7/2025, 11:20:13 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Scolding someone for using a LLM (AI) without knowing their circumstances can result in unintentional ableism so while I do agree that AI is being overused by most people, it's not appropriate to scold strangers for using it.

30/7/2025, 11:10:06 AM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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She also asked us who put up the fake street signs in the alley and tried to claim they're sexual when they're actually about grilling (I know because they were put up by a neighbor before his July 4th BBQ that he did in the Alley).

Fake street signs on a telephone pole that say:
28/7/2025, 4:01:16 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A crazy woman just moved in behind us so putting in an offer on a new house over the weekend was perfect timing. She claims she is lawyer, that Verizon is involved with child sexual abuse, and that she is working with the city to ban AC units because of the noise & heat pollution. πŸ™„

28/7/2025, 3:57:19 PM | 29 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Handsome birthday boy!

25/7/2025, 2:42:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It would be a shame if the barrels were faulty. No doubt would be caused by their corporate raiding of businesses.

25/7/2025, 2:27:09 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Train from NYC to Niagara Falls must be full because the line to get down to the platform is wrapped around Moynihan. The days of people going there on their honeymoon must be long gone and people going over the falls in a barrel is definitely long gone. Both use to be incredibly popular.

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25/7/2025, 2:12:34 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My Uber driver ripped the smelliest fart 😭

24/7/2025, 7:05:19 PM | 15 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hotel mirror lighting ain't too bad

Selfie taken using a hotel mirror
23/7/2025, 6:12:07 PM | 120 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not having a finalized run of show 7 hours before an event would stress me out. I don't know how show runners can't seem to ever lock it down until the very last minute.

23/7/2025, 3:38:25 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sounds like you have a new mission!

23/7/2025, 12:48:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There are a lot of hot guys at Baltimore Penn Station this morning. Why pickup men on the internet when you can get you a man who trains, from the source? πŸš†πŸš…

23/7/2025, 11:42:38 AM | 42 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My $4 tip is more than this Uber driver's next ride will pay. I hope it's an incredibly easy and short ride.

23/7/2025, 11:19:36 AM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The toof is broke but it's not urgent so I have some time before it has to be taken care of.

22/7/2025, 2:53:49 PM | 15 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just work. How about you?

22/7/2025, 1:05:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm good but my toof probably not so much lol

22/7/2025, 12:59:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Please keep toof #8 in your prayers. I'm heading to an endodontist to find out if it has a hairline crack and will require work.

22/7/2025, 12:39:52 PM | 31 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It has definitely seen better days.

20/7/2025, 12:26:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Neighbors named our alley Meat Street πŸ˜‚

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20/7/2025, 12:06:50 PM | 62 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I've never had pear ice cream and it sounds like I need to try it.

19/7/2025, 12:37:25 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What flavors?

19/7/2025, 12:19:56 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Now is your chance to scam them with Fuzzerhop Coin

18/7/2025, 3:50:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view