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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social

The number of followbackers responding positively to this thread despite the fact that I slag them, specifically, and harshly, in it is proof you don't have to be nice to people on social media for it to all work out fine.

sep 1, 2025, 3:48 pm • 92 2

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social

Also, it's so funny that this guy says he wants more normies here while posting and sharing content that's almost exclusively about politics. You want more normies here, start telling and sharing jokes. Start talking about movies and music and sports and gardening and baking and books.

sep 1, 2025, 7:48 pm • 42 0 • view
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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social

I have to say, I do feel Bluesky is a little short on jokes. That's primarily what I miss about the old Twitter.

sep 1, 2025, 8:06 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social

Thing is, I'm guessing Twitter wouldn't be laughs-a-plenty right now if Musk hadn't turned it into Nazitown, either. It's not the sites, it's the general vibe of the world.

sep 1, 2025, 8:09 pm • 11 1 • view
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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social

True. The day of the inauguration, I posted Life During Wartime and suggested this would be the soundtrack for the next few years. This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0DpBnUznd0

sep 1, 2025, 8:17 pm • 5 0 • view
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Crabby Phatty with Cheese @crabby-phatty.bsky.social

Gosh it sure was easier to make jokes before there was literal fascism.

sep 2, 2025, 5:39 am • 1 0 • view
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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social

That said, I've been around people who worked for Human Rights Watch in Chile during the Pinochet years and paid the price and war photographers who had just covered the Shatila massacre and boy, did they have jokes. Dark jokes, but good ones.

sep 2, 2025, 10:35 am • 0 0 • view
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bcwbcw.bsky.social @bcwbcw.bsky.social

queue life of brian www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPO...

sep 2, 2025, 2:08 pm • 0 0 • view
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Belinda ♿️ @ninjapoodles.bsky.social

And only follows 2 accounts while complaining about engagement, which seems so weird to me

sep 2, 2025, 9:02 pm • 0 0 • view
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Walter IV @walteriv.bsky.social

This Ball character isn’t factoring the wave of activity from Brazilians who came over last fall and then returned to twitter. www.bbc.com/news/article...

sep 1, 2025, 3:53 pm • 5 0 • view