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Discontinued FoOoOods! 👻🎃 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Tabasco Diamond Reserve (2018-2018): A special edition, incredibly small-batch hot sauce, released to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Tabasco brand. It came in a champagne-style bottle with gold foil and a fancy gold box, retailing for $35 for a 6oz bottle. What made this sauce so unique? A 🧵

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This is one of the best things I've read in a while about the psychology of car supremacy, and how those of us who even *question* it are viewed as heretics. Thanks to @pflax1.bsky.social for sending this my way.

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We Don’t Have a Culture of Convenience in North America. We Have a CULT of Convenience.

And you can tell the difference by what happens when you question it.

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august @auggu.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

chilling big or bigly chilling?

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august @auggu.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I’ve lived long enough to see myself become the villain (moved from historic cap hill apartment to SFH in lakewood/columbia city)

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august @auggu.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

fired up about this again. whyyyy are we allowing clothing manufacturers to list any fiber before the word "blend" instead of the one that makes up the majority of the fabric? a 98% poly, 2% cotton shirt should not be called a "cotton blend"

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Happy Strait of Hormuz Opening Anchored for Simplicity Day to those who celebrate.

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Billiam @billh.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Legendary wiki entry under Personal Life. RIP.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

It's been fascinating to follow AI industry's journey from "it's smarter than your experts!" to "at least it's cheaper than a human" to "your annual token budget ran out in March"

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Lauren 🎃'Neal @laurenoneal.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Everything else aside, I think it's incredibly insulting to give a graduation speech about "the parts that you could never accomplish." You're supposed to be inspiring these kids to do great things, not telling them they're useless without your product.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 15/05/2026

Today’s premium newsletter is part 1 of my "What If...We're In An AI Bubble?" series, covering the scenarios that could burst the bubble - starting with token-based billing's destruction of most AI products, and the slow collapse of data center construction. www.wheresyoured.at/premium-what...

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Premium: What If...We're In An AI Bubble? (Part 1)

Every day I read some sort of wrongheaded extrapolation about the future of AI — that today’s models are somehow indicative of AGI creating a “permanent underclass” of people that stops people from bu...

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august @auggu.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

if ur gonna wear a clip on bow at least have the integrity to put your hair half up. let me at least TRY to suspend my disbelief, maybe just maybe that's a real fucking ribbon holding your hair up. but just clipping it in the back, alone, for no reason? you are disrespecting the CONTEXT OF THE BOW!

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kat @katbamkapow.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

heard a guy say "you have to access it through the portal" and i was momentarily struck by how sad it is that what he said is so boring :( "accessing it via the portal" should be wonderful. we deserve that at least. it should be cool to access it via the portal and instead it sucks shit

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Killz Froggs @phillustrations.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

A reminder to boycott Sticker Mule! Their leader is a proud supporter of the 🍊 regime. Pass it on. #stickers #printers #graphicdesign

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onion person @junlper.beer · 11/05/2026

the tech world has genuinely not grappled with how many people despise them and what they make

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Pellechs @pellechs.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

This hit me so hard this week.

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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

SCL doesn’t ask the public if we want safe transmission lines. SPU doesn’t ask the public if we want safe watermains. Boeing Field doesn’t ask the public if we want a safe runway. WSDOT doesn’t ask the public if we want safe bridges. Why does SDOT put safe streets up for debate?

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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

your post was classified as a serious boo boo, adding four goofs to your account, which elevates your permanent record to a gold bungle. we're putting you in the no no zone for a week

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maybe: annie rauwerda @annierau.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

"openai.com" was once the personal homepage of a guy named glenn (2001), and "tiktok.com" was the quaint shared homepage of a couple as their relationship progressed from dating to married with a baby (2000). THREAD!!!

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WinRAR Earle @tommchenry.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

people who aren’t from here always talk shit about giardiniera like, “uh NYC has relish, too, GO KNICKS BABY” and “isn’t that just vegetable plant sweepings fermented in oil?” and “if it’s so good, how come it doesn’t have a green M&M sex-food mascot?” well, sit the fuck down, people in group #3

picture of a sexy lady giardiniera mascot on a bag of chips I ate which, btw, just tasted like normal-ass chips

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Opting out of eating Oreos will mean you get left behind in the new Oreo Economy (claims CEO of Oreo)

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Nurbsy @nurbsy.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Calling especially rich chocolate milk “loud”

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

How come they keep spelling “open” wrong? Does that street look closed to you? Only if you’re a car… and presumably that’s the real problem. #UrbanTruth

Picture of street filled with people when cars are prohibited, with a prominent sign saying “road closed.”

Via Urban Truth Collecrive

(Also, it’s a street, not a road)

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old uncle BATface @catfacejoe.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

WHATS UP YOU WET MOTHERFUCKERS

black and white drawing of an underwater scene. a large bird sticking it's head into the water, surrounded by shocked fish

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august @auggu.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

personally I enjoy biking in Seattle even in a drizzle and can’t afford to move to Kyoto so

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Really like old photos Spanish Harlem for summer style inspiration. Lightweight tailoring, open shirts, camp collars, one-piece collars, high waisted pants, etc. If you go into certain immigrant communities in the US, you'll still see older men dress this way. I like the look.

A photo of a group of men sitting down at a table outside to play a game of dominos. Some of the men are wearing suits and ties; other men are wearing high-waisted trousers with open collar shirts. Many are wearing traditional felted and straw hats.

A group of young boys standing outside. They are wearing striped t-shirts, lightweight jackets, retro-knits, and dark pants.

A young man sitting outside while wearing a camp collar, short sleeve shirt and dark pants.

Two photo of a man talking to young boys he's mentoring. He's wearing a camp collar, short sleeve shirt and dark pants.

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

"I don’t care how nice you are out of your car, how caring, how altruistic, how thoughtful; when you do this, when you creep towards a vulnerable road user–especially young children–you’re being an asshole" 👏👏👏

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The Onion @theonion.com · 08/04/2026

Once-Adventurous Salmon Can’t Believe She Ended Up Moving Back To Birthplace, Having A Bunch Of Kids theonion.com/once-adventurous-salmo…

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Mons @dennismons.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Sir, a second bird is at the feeder

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regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

what people sound like when they say i asked claude

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thank you black mold. thats a wonderful idea black mold

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Thread of non-English Wikipedia articles about slang/idioms!!! Here's “Ketchupeffekt” from Swedish Wikipedia. They're all autotranslated to English in my browser

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Denver is too damn high 🚲 @yodelinghippie.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Meanwhile bike fuel prices have not changed at Costco.

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 14/03/2026

June and I had an idea for a bumper sticker and now it exists in real life

a Volvo xc 40 with the bumper sticker "I bought this before Elon killed himself"

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KD Casey — Read Breakout Year Today! @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

welcome to bluesky, here is your copy of the communist manifesto and a complete world baseball classic schedule for some reason

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august @auggu.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

boba tea shops HATE this one trick: drinking 75% of your drink on the walk home and then refilling the cup with oat milk

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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

As a public service, I thought I'd offer a little constructive criticism of the most popular styles of bike racks, since it appears that the entities that manufacture and install these racks are clueless about the needs of actual bike riders.

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Zander🚈🔰 @kohiwonomu.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

if you read nothing else from rodger sherman in your entire life please read these paragraphs from the end of his newsletter, possibly the most important paragraphs anyone has ever written about Team USA

Throughout these Olympics, people asked me why I was cheering for Team USA at this bleak moment in American history. I get it! Our government is a nightmare, causing endless harm internationally and at home. Abroad, they’re picking needless fights with our closest allies — remember what I said about Donald Trump reposting AI-generated videos of himself punching imaginary Canadians in the face? And domestically, they’re building camps for immigrants, and sending masked goons to brutalize and occasionally murder our neighbors in our streets.

So yeah. It felt weird being patriotic during these Olympics. Many Team USA athletes said so themselves.

But America is so much bigger than Donald Trump and his evil government.

The flag that flies when an American athlete wins a gold medal isn’t Donald Trump’s flag. It’s ours. The anthem that plays isn’t Donald Trump’s song. It’s ours. If we refuse to celebrate what’s great about our country because of the people trying to ruin it, they’ve already succeeded.

There’s a reason Trump and his administration didn’t celebrate most of Team USA’s wins. (Except the men’s hockey team. I wonder why...) The bigots in charge of our country like to claim that our diversity makes us weaker. Every two years, Team USA proves otherwise at the Olympics. Americans of every race, every background, and every orientation show that they can work together to become the best in the world.

There’s a reason Trump and his administration didn’t celebrate most of Team USA’s wins. (Except the men’s hockey team. I wonder why...) The bigots in charge of our country like to claim that our diversity makes us weaker. Every two years, Team USA proves otherwise at the Olympics. Americans of every race, every background, and every orientation show that they can work together to become the best in the world.

This year’s Team USA featured all sorts of Americans this administration hates. While this administration tries to demonize immigrants and forcibly remove them from our country, nearly one-fifth of Team USA were immigrants or the children of immigrants, like naturalized citizen Kaillie Humphries and first-generation American Alysa Liu. While this administration cracks down on LGBTQ+ rights, Team USA had Hilary Knight getting engaged to Brittany Bowe before winning a gold medal. While this administration tries to reimagine America as a white ethnostate, Team USA had Black gold medalists like Elana Meyers Taylor and Laila Edwards. I could keep going.

Watching Team USA have their best Winter Olympics ever was a much-needed reminder of all the reasons we can’t give up on this whole America thing. The Trump administration is the worst of us. Team USA is the best of us. Why on earth would we let the worst thing about our country dampen our love for the best things about our country?

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Kaiden Cook @kcook2720.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

This is a heartbreaking failure in the WA LEG. It would have made it easier for those harmed by negligent drivers to seek a remedy. It passed the House just HOURS after Lili Moreno was killed by a driver in Capitol Hill. Too often, our laws protect dangerous drivers more than the people they kill.

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august @auggu.bsky.social · 21/02/2026