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September is Deaf Awareness month. There are approximately 11 million deaf / hard of hearing residents in the US. I'm a hearing individual, but I am an advocate for learning #AmericanSignLanguage - ASL. I'll be posting more art & resources this month. Hope you enjoy. 🖖🏻🤟🏻 youtu.be/tkMg8g8vVUo?...
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I'm torn... Would a Ferrengi prefer a Klingon CPA, or would they always worry about an "honor killing" if the books were off? On the other hand, would a Klingon look at the tax code as a battle of wits, trying to justify exemptions and maximize profit margins to "win"?
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"Those who create false ledgers have no honor..."
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Why are the writers so on the nose all the time?
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Why is every MAGA Goofball an insufferable, easily duped, willfully obtuse, clueless goon for a lifetime sociopathic grifting con man piece of human garbage?
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Fixed.
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He just spilled a whole pot of gazpacho.
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One of our greatest character actors. RIP.
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Yup. I get "Planet of Hats", especially in the TV SCI FI tradition Trek comes from. But after decades it gets boring and doesn't ring true to anyone's lived reality.
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Never ending battle... Sucks, but that's the job.
Trump could die today but MAGA will still be here. The fight to save our Republic doesn’t end until maga is destroyed.
every time they curse our names it makes us stronger
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"Not that Bluesky is important, but I do choose to talk about it all the time, to the extent that I've coined an -ism about it, so, you know, just normal people things."
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Give Klingons non-warrior jobs on Trek. The ENTERPRISE episode about the Klingon lawyer is a... Okayish example of what I'm talking about. Or DS9's singing chef.
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Any chance to share this.
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A Pre-Shitpost if you will.
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Being sent to Thunderdome is the least penalty you should endure for sharing instant diarrhea on a plate with the rest of us.
Not gonna belabor this too much, but it’s important to understand that Newsom’s public messaging sucks for *two* reasons: it serves as an advertisement for Trump by aping his tone and content, and it also reminds us that Newsom has no principles other than seeking power & attention. This is failure.
The dawn of doomscrolling.
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All of the election fraud lies and conspiracy theories have softened the ground underneath our election process, enabling the Trump regime’s next steps… to use those lies to justify changing the rules of elections to (further) tilt them in their favor.
100% this. Unfortunately, that circle also fits fully inside another circle of people immune to feeling shame about their hypocrisy.
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Plus... Ever have a "Ridge Job"? It's... It's life changing.
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I'm sure they're both giving lovers under all that.
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So... A snuff film?
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Imma be that guy... Still would.
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This is how you know this is a parody... Worf sent Alexander to live there. He doesn't give a shit what's happening in Russia.
Mother, What is going on in Russia? I am hearing terrible things. Worf
Lindsey Graham paying for incredibly sycophantic ads during South Carolina football games checks out in every way
Rudy Giuliani just set a world record in the field of Statement That Invites More Questions Than It Answers.
Rudy Giuliani absolutely did not try to shortchange a sex worker and then was pursued by her colleagues, don’t you dare suggest such a thing
Spent the day driving around Manchester, New Hampshire, a city for 80-something New Yorkers in deep debt apparently. I was driving alone, something I’m known to do. I saw a woman fleeing domestic violence. I “rendered aid,” vaguely. Minutes or maybe an hour later I was walloped by a Mack truck.
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Rudy:
Good short thread on the kinds of relief experienced by victims when an abuser dies versus experiencing consequences. As jolly as it's been on Bluesky lately, I want the prison ending. I want consequences. I want the next generation of would-be fascists to realize there's a bat under the counter.
rip to everyone whos become delusional after talking to chatgpt but im built different. like actually different. according to chatgpt im some kind of god. the one who decides
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Even ten years back I would cast Keanu as a new Billy Jack, but... Brother man's age is showing. Thus... Put Keanu behind the camera. Give him a nice but reasonable budget and keep The Progressive messaging of the original films. Recreating this scene is a must:
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#Keanu #OneTinSoldier Just hear me out... Keanu Reeves DIRECTS a 21st Century remake/reboot/reimagining of BILLY JACK. I'm super cereal.
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(*Insert Hubris of the gods meme here *)
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youtu.be/kjGnvst6AmA?...
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This could easily be material for a documentation tracing how media and Hollywood drop the ball consistently when confronted with the corruption surrounding law enforcement. Also... Why did we remake WALKING TALL at all? When am I gonna get Keanu in a BILLY JACK remake?
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"Now, would you all please subscribe to my writing on the platform I share with literal Neo-Nazis...?" I have to stop the eye rolling every time. Again... REALLY BIG BSKY names among the author/journalist set. 2/
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I get it, everyone has to pay bills and yeah, the actual news organizations of scale seem terribly compromised. Still... There's people here whose postings seem to boil down to "Everyone else but ME is morally compromised by decades of going along with things that spread Fascism..." 1/
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A... ... ... ... A Cow that's really into Warhammer?
Rule of thumb: anyone with "politically homeless" in their bio not only has a political home, but a twelve-storey political home with a magnificent entrance hall, carpeting throughout, 24-hour porterage, and an enormous sign on the roof, saying "This Is My Political Home"
hanging out with a friend for their birthday. they invited us over to watch a true American classic: The Lost Boys. she decorated specifically for the movie. đź–¤ Gonna order Chinese food and had i been thinking I would have brought root beer and double-stuffed oreos.
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Your friend is incredibly cool.
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@mancarryingthing.bsky.social
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I don't think this is a true story, regardless.
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youtu.be/cfelhimPS1I?...
“President Homelander” - @radiofreetom.bsky.social
For what it’s worth
To be clear: THERE ARE NO REPORTS ABOUT THIS Zero Just a rando BlueSky account saying it. Please 🙏🏻 think before sharing these kinds of posts as if it’s legitimate news but absent ANY sourcing Maybe it seems like low stakes (it’s “only” pop culture) but it’s just a good habit to want sourcing!!
No clue why this was posted — or more importantly reshared — but imagine a (weirdly vague) deal like this happening and no major news outlet, including the Hollywood trades, is reporting on it Friends, be skeptical of posts w/o a link to the source! Screenshotting because I blocked the account
so I wouldn't characterise any of this as mindlessly wanting revenge, or being 'bloodthirsty' - it's about *doing what must be done for the survival of a free state* there's an emotional component, sure, people are angry, but it's not anything like what motivates the right
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Get your Axios together, dipshits.
Remember how if a kid choked on a little plastic toy they used to stop selling the toy
“This Week in Democracy – Week 32: 'Maybe We Like a Dictator,' Says Wannabe Dictator Donald Trump” Zeteo's project to document the ongoing, pressing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in Donald Trump's second term.
“If Democrats had a trace of killer instinct, Alexandrovich would be a household name… Instead, they are sleepwalking through the scandal of the summer.” Peter Rothpletz writes how Democrats are silent as Trump frees an alleged Israeli pedophile. Read more: zeteo.com/p/why-arent-...
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BlueSky on Trumpwatch 2025 last night. We should have this on the ready just in case our wishes come true. #Trump #DeadOrAlive?
Trump needs to post an unhinged, hateful all caps screed as proof of life
Crying laughing I slept through the best ones and I was up until 11 pm.
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Ah... If only they had kept her. She was gonna be a pal/love interest for La Forge and I guess budget issues? She could have been Barclay before Barclay AND saved Geordi's character from stories where he's a stalking creep.
i am personally in favor of anything that destabilizes the inner circle of the trump administration, up to and including open, rampant and irresponsible speculation about whether he is dying
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We wonder how we got here, but we spent the post Reconstruction era just putting up monuments to traitors and I am NOT surprised this is happening because of so.
Robert E. Lee killed more U.S. troops in battle than Adolph Hitler and Osama bin Laden combined
New Olurinatti production out now! youtu.be/FnACzwV7Mwc?...
There’s an enormous amount of stuff in this book I’d like to highlight, but start with: “What emerges as the most elementary insight is that, since we do not now have any ways of making computers wise, we ought not now to give computers tasks that demand wisdom.”
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And... When pop culture looks back there's still a very skewed view on what the 80's of Reagan's Second term looked and felt like. I think STRANGER THINGS nailed pre-'83 America it just did a lazy caricature for post-'83 USA.
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When most Americans, those alive for them, or born after, talk about or refer to "The 80's"what they mean is "Reagan's Second Term". From '80-'83 culturally, economically and technologically speaking things hadn't radically diverged.
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Question: Can anyone name a large, well known memorial to the victims of Spanish Flu? That thought occurred to me years ago during lockdown. I can't think of one in any large city I am familiar with.
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Good. Keep punishing liars I say.
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Geordi and Data's B plot being 00"going to the circus" is SO 1st season.
#StarTrekTNG "Warriors" Trapped on a hostile station, Lt. Yar and Worf defy the Prime Directive in an effort to liberate the station’s captives. Geordi and Data finish their chores early so they can go to the circus. Transporter chief: Shania Twain.
![A partial clipping from an old TV Guide reads as follows: Poitier) faces off with the maniacal Octo-Pope (Burgess Meredith) in this latest chapter of the 20,000 Leagues Cinematic Universe. 7 PM channel 13 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION(CC)—Science Fiction; 60 min. Trapped on a hostile station, Lt. Yar and Worf defy the Prime Directive in an effort to liberate the station’s captives. Geordi and Data finish their chores early so they can go to the circus. Transporter chief: Shania Twain. [SCI] MOVIE(CC)—Science Fiction; 2 hrs. “Operation: Hairband!” Christian Slater, Jaleel](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yulpnkidj3dkdip5ma3c3ssn/bafkreif5ul267alrx5east7nmpaldpy4rplnnd6b2se267f64j4ez4gsya@jpeg "Click to view full size")
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"You won't slip through my fingers this time, Octo-Pope..."
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youtu.be/YTA-BU5zONI?...
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Who was the scapegoat this time?
In commemoration of Ashli Babbitt, I will storm her funeral with a bunch of other conspiracy nut jobs and stupidly give my life trying to stop the proceedings.
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Those kids are gonna get wrecked.
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Javier really should play more aliens.
“A standing National Guard quick reaction force … available for rapid nationwide deployment” – Look: This is exactly what it sounds like, it’s exactly as dangerous as it sounds, and no one should waste another second listening to people committed to finding ways of obscuring that.
Still waiting for a mea culpa, by the way, from the lib "Glonzo hunters" who thought RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES was going to be their silver bullet meme
My grandmother used to say "It's better to light a candle than to curse the dark." Call me a fool. I believe a better world; a better nation is possible. To the day when our Empathy outweighs our Apathy.
Let’s recap: ~3 weeks ago, a gunman, who believed the COVID vaccines were killing people, shot up CDC. Since then… - Kennedy criticized the agency’s COVID response. - NIH director Bhattacharya attacked mRNA platform. - FDA restricted COVID vaccine access - Top scientists are ousted at CDC
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Jonathan is also here... With puns.
Once again, a failure to prove the Subways are unsafe.
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youtu.be/IAhvmBYQL1I?...
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youtu.be/ELMMs5iT7Vw?...
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We're all puppets of Big Dilithium.
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youtu.be/pg-YIzddeXY?... Wait a minute... A video about purchasing Dilithium... From someone with the screen name Kalakita68? ... ... ... Kalakita? KALKITE?! ... ... ... WE'RE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS PEOPLE.