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@sponica.bsky.social

A "would like to live in a democracy voter", LEGO builder

created November 12, 2024

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If Biden went missing, Fox News would have coverage non stop and print up a bunch of milk labels.

2/9/2025, 12:22:49 AM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I grew up in a middle of nowhere town, leaving felt like liberation. My sister still lives there and my husband always wonders what people do there. Uh drink and cook meth?

1/9/2025, 9:23:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I believe tillerson called him a fucking moron.

31/8/2025, 11:45:49 PM | 34 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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The state police press release is more realistic? www.nhsp.dos.nh.gov/news-and-med...

31/8/2025, 10:06:53 PM | 31 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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I live in NH, this is even bonkers by NH standards. But they also classified car accidents as motor vehicle records, so you can't even pull the police report in a lot of places.

31/8/2025, 9:43:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If the prices on stuffed animals at Disney world right now are any indicator of the impact of tariffs, Christmas is going to be stupid expensive.

31/8/2025, 9:40:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oooo what tech? You buy fun computers!

31/8/2025, 7:04:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

Probably. Practically every playbill in the 1990s and later had an actor with Law and Order in their credits. Dick Wolf once joked if they didn't have it, it's because they were new to the city or weren't very good.

31/8/2025, 6:55:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

If the opposite works, because Elvis is totally doing all those Vegas weddings, I don't see why this wouldn't work

31/8/2025, 6:11:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

If I didn't need my steel hamster wheel of death, I would gladly get rid of it. The suburb has to be one of the worst American inventions. Yes you can have your own grass, but you'll need a car to get everywhere and spend your Saturday in a car buying food and stuff 😵‍💫

30/8/2025, 6:42:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This moment in time

30/8/2025, 1:03:05 AM | 47 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My moment in time

30/8/2025, 1:02:32 AM | 32 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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People really don't understand that they can just hit the follow button 🤦‍♀️.

29/8/2025, 7:23:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

That's a weird assortment of states.

29/8/2025, 1:22:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm pretty sure it was also in the headline of the morning shots in @thebulwark.com the other day.

29/8/2025, 1:09:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Isn't that like project insight from the marvel movies?

28/8/2025, 10:29:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

Uhhhh JD, you might want to check with the last guy who had your job working for your boss 🫠

28/8/2025, 7:56:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

It's been a long time since catechism but I remember something about God giving us free will to use in addition to prayer? But maybe I'm just making that up

28/8/2025, 6:34:04 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But they can put debris in the gulf of Mexico

28/8/2025, 5:58:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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On the other side of this, immigration judges won't be executive branch employees.

28/8/2025, 11:21:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

Does he even know what the mitochondria is?

27/8/2025, 11:40:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He hates firing people (despite his persona). Didn't he make John Kelly do the dirty work most of the time?

27/8/2025, 11:28:29 PM | 15 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My plan has always been no limits on unskilled visas. You want to come here and do the terrible work that is necessary and nobody wants, have at it. Bring your family. Stay here for a few years, stay out of trouble, congratulations you're now all legal permanent residents.

27/8/2025, 10:13:08 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm beginning to think that not having cable during the Obama administration saved Fox News from cooking my brain.

27/8/2025, 9:29:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I certainly love the optics of the nations capital looking like an occupied city. I can't imagine the people who live there are thrilled

27/8/2025, 8:04:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's been a while since I went to Union station, but unless an earthquake happened, I don't see how this is possible.

27/8/2025, 3:42:09 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If you tried to explain a New England Republican to someone under 30, they would look at you funny.

27/8/2025, 12:11:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

Wait I was promised no more wars. WASN'T I? 🤦‍♀️

26/8/2025, 6:38:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

When I signed up for HuluTV I had to call and get my location on my living room TV fixed. For some reason Hulu thought that TV was in Western Massachusetts and I couldn't get my southern NH/Boston stations.

26/8/2025, 10:48:57 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Coming back from vacation these days is a hard crash into reality... Like what happened since I was last online over a week ago could fill three textbooks

26/8/2025, 1:23:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I will vote for whichever candidate promises to hunt these goons down until the end of time.

26/8/2025, 12:56:32 AM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

He was just delivering a sandwich to the chest, we've all done that

15/8/2025, 2:34:18 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I see those are words but lordy they don't convey the message

14/8/2025, 12:18:16 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

We had a police siege in my suburban town (I think the guy threatened his family and ended up killing himself). Out of "respect" there was just the one press release. I lived in Brooklyn while in grad school, I never saw anything so bonkers.

14/8/2025, 10:53:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

I think I saw elsewhere that he was detained by CBP. On the other side of this, we really need to change their jurisdictional boundaries.

13/8/2025, 11:48:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But if we call them communists, what can they call Zohran? /Sarcasm

13/8/2025, 7:27:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

I remember meeting this homeless guy who was arrested for theft of services. He had patched in a camp light to a street light or something? It was something beyond stupid because his only real "crime" was being unsheltered.

13/8/2025, 6:38:03 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

there's "crime" everywhere because there are people everywhere but it's not like people are getting mugged multiple times daily at the national mall. Which is what Fox News makes you think

13/8/2025, 4:47:17 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

Rebellions are built on hope.

13/8/2025, 2:48:14 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

Are they hoping we don't notice a bunch of unemployed neighbors and jobless college grads?

13/8/2025, 1:19:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

I don't think anyone should have to but I'm super crazy that way.

12/8/2025, 11:58:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

I think the code he cited limits him to 48 hours, after then it's worth making a stink.

12/8/2025, 11:34:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But it has to be better than reconstruction (we should be blowing stuff up on surrender at Appomattox day).

12/8/2025, 11:27:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

Sane women everywhere: I don't care who uses what bathroom JUST DON'T LEAVE PEE ON THE SEAT!

12/8/2025, 9:10:47 PM | 19 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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This looks like a spam text.

12/8/2025, 8:52:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Isn't that what basically ends up to the people in wall-e?

12/8/2025, 8:52:10 PM | 59 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

He totally crash landed on that farm as a baby and never had papers!

12/8/2025, 7:35:03 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

I live in a town of 25k that has a bunch of hotels, obviously they are drug magnets so the police need tanks. Because people think this town still only has 8k people in it.... Because it's still 1970.

12/8/2025, 6:55:06 PM | 20 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

Or new England...

12/8/2025, 6:25:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm pretty sure youths drive ATVs in the suburbs, but those ones are white so I guess it's ok 🤷‍♀️

12/8/2025, 6:25:08 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Eat pavement?

12/8/2025, 4:31:48 PM | 66 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

Also they do that all the time in the suburbs? Or in the woods of the suburbs... It's annoying but not terrifying

12/8/2025, 4:30:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

We're going to have to survive on anecdata 🫠

12/8/2025, 3:56:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

Can't have him seeing the unwashed masses while going from his golden palace to his golden golf course

12/8/2025, 1:17:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe she's the smart one, can't be charged with war crimes on the other side if you're just state TV

12/8/2025, 12:45:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I imagine domestic violence rates would drop by a ton (am I stereotyping, perhaps)

12/8/2025, 12:11:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The president is currently treating the capital of the country like an occupied city. I'll deal with whatever excesses are on the left.

12/8/2025, 12:10:36 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Unfortunately CBP can operate so many miles from the ocean... We really need to fix their jurisdiction on the other side of this

12/8/2025, 10:13:59 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm pretty sure anything fried is unhealthy 🤦‍♀️. The cardiologists are going to be busy when all is said and done.

12/8/2025, 12:51:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Did they move Ukraine?

11/8/2025, 3:48:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I wonder if there was background on Alaska on Fox News or something like that 😂

11/8/2025, 3:26:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

Next up he'll rant about that idiot Seward and how he has to go fix his mistakes or something.

11/8/2025, 3:23:27 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

So many bad jokes to be made here. So many....

11/8/2025, 3:19:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Did we give Alaska back?

11/8/2025, 2:57:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

10/8/2025, 10:33:35 PM | 12497 9983 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

I think the MDs/PhDs can find places to land, it's the rest of the research infrastructure. Study coordinators, regulatory coordinators (me), project managers. At least I'm not in grants management 😬

10/8/2025, 6:00:07 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

I was told research jobs would always be there (spoiler, without federal funding, there is *no* research). I love being mid career and stuck in a field that might not exist in a few years

10/8/2025, 5:48:34 PM | 20 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

If coed sports are dangerous why is every beer league team I ever played on co-ed? Getting a soccer ball in the head hurts no matter who kicks it. It's BS to say they are concerned about women's safety in sports...

9/8/2025, 1:59:08 AM | 9 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is it too much to ask that the secretary of HHS pass 7th grade biology?

8/8/2025, 8:30:46 PM | 18 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

It's been a while since I took European History, but I'm not sure Dresden is a good thing 🤷‍♀️

8/8/2025, 12:39:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And they don't let you drink boxed wine in the office.... Usually

8/8/2025, 10:53:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Can we go back to when we all yelled at/shunned North Carolina for their bathroom bill? Like what happened in the past decade?

8/8/2025, 10:51:15 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Does he realize the confederates were the bad guys? 🤔

7/8/2025, 9:49:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sponica.bsky.social (@sponica.bsky.social) reply parent

Also update the judiciary act of 1869 while we're at it. We don't have 9 circuits anymore!

7/8/2025, 8:34:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Maybe drizz can release the Epstein files on his way out the door.

7/8/2025, 3:24:21 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's going to be bad when everything crashes, isn't it?

7/8/2025, 12:45:24 PM | 20 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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7/8/2025, 10:52:39 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'd be pretty pissed if I was sentenced to a minimum security prison which was upgraded to medium because some sex trafficker is getting special treatment.

7/8/2025, 12:45:01 AM | 21 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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He jammed out with Willie nelson and named his dog Lady Bird. Also HE'S A NICE PERSON WHO THINKS YOU SHOULD BE NICE TO PEOPLE. And I don't think he likes draft dodgers or obscene displays of wealth. I don't know why I'm so invested in this!

7/8/2025, 12:40:59 AM | 17 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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It also didn't end well for the Romanovs 😂🤦‍♀️😬

7/8/2025, 12:38:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We should totally believe the woman the US government charged with perjury 🙃

7/8/2025, 12:37:34 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It didn't end too well for the Romanovs 😬

6/8/2025, 10:34:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I thought we were taught in elementary school, we don't have to be friends with jerks.

6/8/2025, 7:30:52 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's apparently challenging to just hit the follow button?

6/8/2025, 7:26:00 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The kicker for me is always that they commissioned an autopsy to explain why people like me didn't vote for Romney... And then 4 years later went nah we won't listen to that.

6/8/2025, 1:49:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My brain hurts looking at those words.

6/8/2025, 1:42:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I've enjoyed it so far. I'm only 2 episodes in but it's comfortable, like that old pair of jeans that fits just right. Also "it's nice to be nice" might be my favorite line of dialogue ever.

6/8/2025, 1:52:47 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think you need to go legit and work for @theonion.com

5/8/2025, 10:08:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If you're poor enough to qualify for food stamps, I don't care if you buy Oreos. Being poor sucks and if Oreos bring your kid (or you) joy, I literally do not care. We had a farmer's market that used to double the value of food stamps, but they lost the federal grant.

5/8/2025, 6:59:38 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just what I want, a cyber truck shaped storage dish 😂

5/8/2025, 5:38:03 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lando should never have signed that deal with the empire. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THEY WOULD KEEP ALTERING IT

5/8/2025, 5:30:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If he really wanted to, he could just dig up the old pool. Conveniently, no more press briefings 🤷‍♀️

5/8/2025, 4:39:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm so confused I thought banks were conservatives best friends 🤦‍♀️

5/8/2025, 2:51:30 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My Democratic rep did one on Facebook because he's a chicken.

5/8/2025, 12:36:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A brown bear in charge of the army would eat the SecDef, so.... Might be an upgrade

5/8/2025, 12:29:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I don't think Hank Hill would have voted for Trump. He just wants to sell his propane and be nice to people.

4/8/2025, 9:09:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I went into that thread and oh boy, my brain hurts for you now 😵‍💫

4/8/2025, 5:37:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, guess I'll rant on X and sue people 😂

4/8/2025, 5:23:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We could just build more houses and apartments. Fix the supply side of the equation 😵‍💫.

4/8/2025, 4:50:26 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And I mean people, not "you"

4/8/2025, 2:49:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view