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Toby Gillman

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created January 21, 2025

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“This is how I have to sit when Scalzi is using that useless damn light box.”

3/9/2025, 12:36:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trump will give him anything rather than pay his bills.

2/9/2025, 8:08:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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TBF, this was great advice for about 24 hours.

2/9/2025, 2:29:09 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I mean, Craig’s DB5 has GATLING GUNS.

2/9/2025, 2:24:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m prepared.

1/9/2025, 5:27:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Never Say Never Again is better than any Roger Moore Bond film.

1/9/2025, 3:14:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I have some cesium-137 ointment you can borrow.

31/8/2025, 6:51:53 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He looks like somebody has made too many copies of Jared Harris.

31/8/2025, 6:43:03 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As the official spokesperson of the Online Left, may I please invite you to go fuck yourself, arsehole.

31/8/2025, 2:09:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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*visits Gaza* “Well, at least you don’t have Trump here!”

31/8/2025, 2:08:16 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yes, but unfortunately everyone’s mental and physical health improves.

30/8/2025, 1:50:36 AM | 49 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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I suppose Marco Rubio has baseline competence, at by the fairly low standards of previous appointees, but he’s such a spineless little bitch that any competence he has is completely irrelevant.

29/8/2025, 5:50:25 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Do you think he meant midichlorians?

28/8/2025, 2:10:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I have good news! We are sending the Palestinians to the camps this time! I regret to inform you that you are now Palestinian.

28/8/2025, 2:07:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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MORE SUPERMARKETS owned by new world and food stuffs

27/8/2025, 5:58:57 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I remember the days where we would hang the kids’ pictures on the fridge with a hammer and nails.

26/8/2025, 8:16:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I don’t know any of my butler’s names, I just call him Wilson, because that’s what we called the butler when we were children.

25/8/2025, 8:35:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is unfair. What if these people are actually salivating over the “weak” babies that are also likely to die?

25/8/2025, 7:31:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is a common misconception. Many believe that managing the economy well means increasing income and welfare across the general population. In fact, good economic management puts your money in my pocket.

24/8/2025, 11:23:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Am posting this here because it remains the single most perfect interaction in social media history.

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24/8/2025, 11:00:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Did they put the “former” in bold text?

24/8/2025, 2:51:22 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I hate how the right is trying to bring back the R-word, but we should call these people fucking pussies more often.

24/8/2025, 2:18:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We’ve stopped government spending on homes, and for some weird reason the construction industry is in recession.

24/8/2025, 2:14:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“POINT 4: The Antichrist, when it comes, will not have soulless, empty eyes that do not in the slightest match up with its fake, lopsided grin. DEFINITELY NOT.”

23/8/2025, 3:23:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think you’re just underestimating Trump’s clear dedication to the proper handling of classified materials.

23/8/2025, 1:25:17 AM | 9 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bonnie: I’ve never even seen Clyde NEAR a bank.

22/8/2025, 9:37:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Isn’t that what the elections are for?

21/8/2025, 10:48:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Well, they had to wait until Trump invented the concept of a wall first.

21/8/2025, 10:41:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In other news, the ground at the foot of this cliff I’ve fallen from is nice and level.

20/8/2025, 8:43:59 AM | 6 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Reserve Bank is slashing the OCR because of all the insane growth that’s happening at the moment, yup.

20/8/2025, 8:42:49 AM | 11 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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20/8/2025, 1:34:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Should be fine. What the odds that the remains of a sick horse should turn up in an old meat packing plant?

20/8/2025, 1:18:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Will the rest of her body follow along later?

19/8/2025, 11:52:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Probably a wise move for Zelenskyy to offer him $7m for a signed hat or some shit.

19/8/2025, 6:04:46 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I notice that he wisely got rid of the clock with the funny hands that you can’t tell the time from.

19/8/2025, 6:03:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just saw another photo of this guy where he has a pathetic wisp of a goatee, and he breaks his own record for “punchable face”. Incredible stuff.

19/8/2025, 1:46:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If you have four days of charge, but lose 25% over time…you’re fine. But if your battery only just lasts the day and you lose 25%-congrats! It’s time to buy a new phone!

19/8/2025, 1:41:43 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ya gotta hand it to the Republicans, they’re pushing out all the limits on the definition of “punchable”.

19/8/2025, 1:36:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Genuine question-is there potential OSH-risk in allowing people to hunt on your farm block?

19/8/2025, 1:31:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“But only old people remember NBC.” “Who do you think still watches fucking TV?”

18/8/2025, 9:59:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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18/8/2025, 2:24:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Most of these assholes voted for W as well.

18/8/2025, 2:22:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sometimes we all go out on the piss- -Downtown

17/8/2025, 10:49:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“We’ve tried slashing health, education and infrastructure spending and we’re all out of ideas”.

17/8/2025, 7:23:52 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Toby Gillman (@tobygillman.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh, I could take a guess which country they live in.

17/8/2025, 4:38:53 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Toby Gillman (@tobygillman.bsky.social) reply parent

Personally I thinking likening your opponents to terrorists much more egregious than calling them moral cowards, but I’m not Gerry Brownlee (thanks Christ for small mercies).

17/8/2025, 2:35:10 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It turns out, we don’t have to wait at all. Simon Court accused the opposition of promoting “Hamas propaganda” in THAT SAME DEBATE, and was not censured.

17/8/2025, 2:25:32 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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TBF, it is a very, very, very secret weapon.

17/8/2025, 12:55:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nice save.

14/8/2025, 10:30:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That’s so sweet! How many murders have you done together?

14/8/2025, 10:18:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Toby Gillman (@tobygillman.bsky.social) reply parent

“Fan of history” with this crowd normally translates as “likes to collect iron crosses and first editions of Mein Kampf”

13/8/2025, 12:27:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is both funny and 100% what she should do, I hope she sees this.

12/8/2025, 11:38:22 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Devoting yourself to good, honest work is a well-proven path to reform. Say, what was Ghislaine’s job again?

12/8/2025, 9:23:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Honestly, this sounds like TWO problems that need fixing.

12/8/2025, 11:50:12 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“But even the stars are a FUCKING MESS in a place like this”

11/8/2025, 7:26:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So are you gonna speed limit ambulances Michael, you monster?

11/8/2025, 4:39:07 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Jim Bolger: would.

9/8/2025, 1:25:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I feel this image would be a lot more entertaining with a few dozen more “don’ts”.

7/8/2025, 5:24:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This goes hard tho-I’ll allow it.

5/8/2025, 12:35:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Russel Norman (@russelnorman.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

The conversation did remind me of this interaction with a previous National Party leader:

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3/8/2025, 6:46:45 AM | 41 8 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Toby Gillman (@tobygillman.bsky.social) reply parent

Yup

3/8/2025, 9:14:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If you plan to be cruel to children, I don’t see why you should be rewarded for doing the bare minimum.

3/8/2025, 7:38:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Legion also seems relatively invisible, and is a bit too messy to rank amongst the greatest, but it is truly nothing like anything else on TV.

2/8/2025, 12:18:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But also, The Americans seemed to go a bit under the radar as well. I assume we’re talking about long-running series here, otherwise I would add The Singing Detective and Watchmen.

2/8/2025, 12:17:38 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It always comes up too late in these threads, so Justified. Great characters, great antagonists, great dialogue, and every episode made me laugh out loud at least once.

2/8/2025, 12:15:26 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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At least Muldoon had an ethos.

1/8/2025, 6:21:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Honestly though, if I had to take a guess, I would have said the original “Running Man”

1/8/2025, 6:13:29 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Update, courtesy of RNZ: “Ashley Allen said he had been inspired by the film Blade Runner”. I did not know this. I should have known this.

1/8/2025, 2:24:10 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In the IDF’s defence, there is no evidence that they are eating Palestinians.

30/7/2025, 4:14:43 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You arrive in a deserted dystopian hellscape briefly lit by one sparking fluorescent tube. Congratulations. You have found the food court.

29/7/2025, 5:04:40 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So dramatic! I mean, take a breath Sunset!

29/7/2025, 3:02:39 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wait, you mean EVERY genocide is bad? huh.

28/7/2025, 1:24:19 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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28/7/2025, 10:42:07 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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28/7/2025, 6:48:18 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nerds. You mean we’re nerds, right? (it is a great story)

27/7/2025, 10:39:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Also too, Romeo was also a teenager, and not, to use a random example, a 50+ year old real estate millionaire/reality star.

27/7/2025, 10:36:52 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Does Giovanni Capriglione work there?

27/7/2025, 7:17:12 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That squirrel is living in the middle of Metropolis. Whose crops do you think it’s destroying?

24/7/2025, 9:46:13 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m too tired to click through, any possibility that the entire article is just the word “NO” in a 60 point font?

24/7/2025, 1:08:39 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Final two picks closer to home:

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23/7/2025, 12:55:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Come on Pilgrim and Surfer Rosa both came out while I was 16. Gotta go with Sufer Rosa.

23/7/2025, 11:55:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I see your Green and raise you a Document.

23/7/2025, 11:52:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m not one to judge how anyone celebrates their birthday, but this has got to stop.

23/7/2025, 11:06:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Please, call me Frank.

23/7/2025, 10:08:04 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Go on to print four volumes like this and you will have a metric omnibus.

22/7/2025, 8:28:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think a lot of pols could get away with saying “frickin” in public. It’s the fact that we all know he would use “frickin” if he was at a pub with his mates (and it’s hard to imagine that too).

22/7/2025, 3:40:07 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Although I do need to find a good sweet scone recipe. I want to make something like the date and orange scones from Seabreeze cafe in Westmere. Sweet scones and cheese scones are just two different beasts.

21/7/2025, 11:04:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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With homemade plum jam…mmmmm

21/7/2025, 10:56:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Call me a monster, but I’m happy to put jam and cream right on to those cheesy fuckers.

21/7/2025, 8:06:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And let’s face it, a plain scone is fairly pointless when the vastly superior cheese scone exists.

21/7/2025, 11:57:35 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There does seem to be one major difference, and that is the dough in the American version is formed like a puff pastry. You can see the lamination in Jamelle’s photo. Looks impressive, but the (admittedly commercial) versions I have tried have been too dry compared to a good NZ scone.

21/7/2025, 11:56:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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For added confusion, wait til you see the “gravy” they pour over them.

21/7/2025, 4:57:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That’s unfair to those in Trump’s orbit who are NOT batshit, merely amoral, cowardly pieces of human garbage.

21/7/2025, 4:55:20 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Also too, baking powder has cream of tartar in it. What good would adding cream of tartar by itself do?

21/7/2025, 1:05:15 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Pity there wasn’t photoshop then, you really needed to add David Byrne to the Heathers poster.

21/7/2025, 12:52:10 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Too soon?

18/7/2025, 11:53:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That’s why you should take your wicker man everywhere, you never know when you’re gonna need it.

18/7/2025, 10:01:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nope. Nope nope nope nope.

18/7/2025, 9:38:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This like Escher-level recursive shit

18/7/2025, 12:31:00 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You mean Trump denied it? AND he threatened to sue? Surely this is unprecedented and he must be innocent!

18/7/2025, 8:20:46 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view