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Bozoid

@bozoid.bsky.social
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Curmudgeon. Engineer. Occasional pilot and sailor. Former child.

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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 17h
There are many ways to destroy a university. Texas Tech, Texas A&M + the University of Texas have each taken a different approach…But the result will be the same: substandard education, substandard research + graduates who are less prepared for their future… + more prepared to obey without question.
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All The Things You’re Not Allowed To Say In Texas
The state now controls what professors can teach.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
El-Sayed’s response to Kennedy:
El-Sayed: “That’s rich coming from someone who wears his bed sheets out at night.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Markwayne Mullin indicates taxpayers will not be reimbursed for Trump's propaganda ads: "Any time we can do a public service announcement and brag about America, I'm all about it ... I commend the opportunity of President Trump to give us the opportunity to brag about America"
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A letter from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, and a member of the Senate Finance Committee:
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 15h
Newsom rejecting the billionaire wealth tax is one thing. Supporting the billionaires' poison pill alternative which would ban taxes on assets permanently, end any chance to fix stepped-up basis, & could be used by an enterprising lawyer to invalidate vehicle fee or other tax changes is another.
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Newsom Backs Measure That Could Invalidate Billionaire Tax
The California governor opposes the proposed levy on ultrawealthy that goes before voters on Nov. 3.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15h
In an administration of ignorant morons, Markwayne somehow manages to stand out.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 15h
Getting politicians to at least stop sending people to X right now is crucial. Because not only are they sending people into the hot box of the biggest GOP Super PAC, but they're also feeding Elon crucial data that can be used to target voters better.
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404 Media @404media.co · 08/10/2026
Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."
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'It Is Done. Hail Satan:' City Immediately Regrets New Religious Liberty Law That Allows Prayer at City Council Meeting
Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
Q: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
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NPR @npr.org · 09/10/2026
If you're using the U.S. Postal Service to return a ballot close to Election Day, officials recommend getting it postmarked at a post office to avoid getting caught up in mail processing changes. n.pr/4AXBftW
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Why mailing a ballot close to Election Day may get it rejected for a late postmark
If you're using the U.S. Postal Service to return a ballot close to Election Day, officials recommend getting it postmarked at a post office to avoid getting caught up in mail processing changes.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
An amazingly stark example of how the US economy has broken: Zaslav clears nearly a *billion* dollars amid a CEO tenure where he made basically anything he touched worse, harmed multiple prestigious brands, led huge layoffs—but delivered a corrupt merger for shareholders. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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David Zaslav Gets $606 Million Payout From Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
David Zaslav will receive $606 million as he leaves Warner Bros. Discovery, after the company's merger with David Ellison's Paramount was completed.
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CNN @cnn.com · 09/10/2026
Just two days before launching an effort to slash red tape for commercial space transportation, President Trump last month purchased up to $5 million of bonds issued by SpaceX, a major federal contractor run by Elon Musk, according to ethics filings made public on Thursday. cnn.it/4rRrZU0
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 04/10/2026
NEW: This week we reported how USPS has slowed down mail pickup/delivery times, boosting risks that ballots could reach election offices too late to be counted. USPS also shrunk the period for "extraordinary measures" to ensure timely election mail delivery from 15 days before election day to 10.
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This week at Democracy Docket: Trump’s citizenship lists could be in effect for the midterm
We’re waiting for a federal court to rule on a third prong of Trump’s voter suppression scheme — one you might not have heard much about.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026
For years, Project 2025 architect Russell Vought has set out to erode our system of checks and balances of power and to concentrate power in the hands of one person: President Trump. Now he’s quietly making it all happen. 🔊 Listen to this episode: propub.li/3TzIyaA
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” - Russell Vought, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🎶🎶 Hot town, punching Hello Kitty So adorable-even bleeds real pretty Head’s big but her body’s itty-bitty Should I punch her more? Gonna ask the committee Staggering ‘round, kitty Walkin half dead Walkin into traffic-squashed like a flatbread… 🎶🎶🎶
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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ah, this may be it: 1989 Teamsters were put under federal oversight bc they’d been mobbed up forever. Ever since they’ve looked to Repubs to help them end the consent decree. Nothing was more important to them I looked, & sure enough, DOJ just ended federal oversight teamster.org/2026/09/u-s-...
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U.S. District Court Grants End to 37-Year Federal Monitorship of Teamsters Union
(WASHINGTON) – After nearly four decades, the U.S. government has officially ended federal monitorship of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, followin
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
DeSantis exercises ‘unprecedented’ power to label groups ‘domestic terrorists’ Read for free: floridatrib.org/2026/09/29/d...
DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet voted to advance the terrorist designations Tuesday, approving the proposal in just over 30 seconds and with no discussion, under a new state law that has alarmed free speech defenders, student advocates and people of faith. 

The legislation represents another expansion of Florida’s state security apparatus under DeSantis, who has opened pop-up immigration detention centers, re-established the Florida State Guard – of which he is the commander in chief – and created an investigative unit to probe alleged election crimes. The remarkable expansion of police powers has also funneled hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to state vendors, including Republican political donors.

There was no public comment allowed at Tuesday’s meeting in the bowels of the state Capitol building, and when an attorney representing one of the groups ensnared by the designation stood up to try to speak on behalf of her client, the governor took no notice.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You're gonna need a bigger chart
Chart showing the daily sea surface temperature for the Nino region of the Pacific, with a red line for 2026 shooting off above every other year in record-setting territory, with the latest spot right at the top of the chart
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New from @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social: Noted plagiarist turned far-right podcaster Benny Johnson is being sued for defamation by protesters he described as violent criminals and terrorists in a series of videos he made while accompanying Kristi Noem & Greg Bovino www.ms.now/news/benny-j...
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MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson sued for defamation over ICE ride-along videos calling protesters ‘terrorists’
Johnson accompanied top DHS officials last year to an ICE protest, where he pointed out “left-wing terrorists” for his millions of followers across social media.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We’re not going down without a fight
A bunch of people protesting in front of the Academy of natural sciences
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
SANDERS: Trump claims we pay lowest prices in the world for prescription drugs. Wow! Is he telling the truth? OVERTON: There has been immense progress- S: Do we pay lowest prices like POTUS said? You just told us you're gonna stand up to him O: We have seen- S: Is it true? O: *more dissembling*
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: a horseshoe crab watches as a variety of prehistoric creatures swim towards an ethereal light. An ammonite calls back to the crab, “come on, horseshoe crab! We’re all evolving!” Panel 2: the horseshoe crab stays in position and replies, “nahh that’s crazy” Panel 3: the horseshoe crab is superimposed in front of a future premonition: a rather miserable-looking human slouched in the glow of a desktop computer. The horshoe crab swims away and says, “good luck tho”
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 24/09/2026
SHAME: REPUBLICANS HELD AN EXCLUSIVE CLOSED-DOOR HEARING ABOUT CUTTING SOCIAL SECURITY FOR BILLIONAIRE HARLAN CROW ❌🚨
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
Murphy: "On April 30 -- a Thursday -- Reynolds makes an $8m donation. On Saturday, they have lunch w/POTUS & tell him they want a change in rules for flavored vapes. The president calls FDA commissioner & HHS sec, & on Tuesday new guidance is issued paving way to the sale of flavored vapes ... "
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Bozoid @bozoid.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Blind loyalty FTW.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
MURRAY: The Trump admin falsely labeled birth control as abortion. Do you agree that an IUD is an abortifacient? OVERTON: If confirmed, I'll be fully briefed M: That's not an answer. The prospect of an FDA commissioner who doesn't know that birth control isn't an abortion is deeply alarming O: 😊
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Wayno® @wayno.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Subaquatic Dispute @danpirarobizarro.bsky.social @comicskingdom.bsky.social
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Love & Hisses @mizrobyn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Throw Back Thursday: from 2024, the Hopalong Gang was the very first litter to climb into my desk. I called it "an infestation of kittens" - and you'll see baby Maple (then Dillydally) in there!
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 17/09/2026
Social Security is on the ballot. Ken Paxton is surrounded by people who support privatizing Social Security, James Talarico supports scrapping the cap over $400k. Make a plan to vote for the candidate you trust to protect & expand your earned Social Security benefits. @jamestalarico.bsky.social
A graphic with photos of Texas Senate candidates James Talarico and Ken Paxton. The text says, The Senators elected this November will LITERALLY decide the future of Social Security. In 2032, either seniors will get screwed, or millionaires and billionaires will pay their fair share into Social Security. WHO DO YOU TRUST TO MAKE THAT CHOICE?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
You think this regime can't get any more cartoonishly evil, but then it finds a way. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c...
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Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection
An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
Trump: "If we lose $50 billion a year with a country, and we say 'we're not going to trade with you anymore,' we don't lose $50 billion a year. It's very simple. Right?"
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Time for some positive news …
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/09/2026
During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed FBI agents will be deployed to the polls this fall, saying he "will not shy away from that effort." Let it be known: this administration will do everything in its power to dissuade voters from showing up in November.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
Booker to Patel: "Like a thug, you're using your agency to go after reporters in a chill to one of the most sacrosanct ideals of the US. They can pass you all the notes they want, but the truth is clear. Right now you are stonewalling this committee for asking simple questions of accountability."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
Booker eviscerates Patel: "He's like an 18 year old kid who wants to join a fraternity that he could never be a member of, doing keg stands and chugging with friends. He's an embarrassment. He is a disgrace. This is a mockery and a sham. What's bad are the people enabling him."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
Casten is visibly struggling with Bessent's insulting non-responses to his questions about which US persons are benefitted from Venezuela's pillaged resources
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
Hirono asks Kash Patel about his trip to take a VIP snorkeling tour around the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor. Patel responds petulantly by bringing up Comey.
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Woodrow Peel 🆗🆒 @woodyluvscoffee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I’m in Dallas at the RNC convention. The diversity of blonde middle aged women is incredible. There's blonde curtained collarbone cuts, blonde teased bangs, blonde shaggy shoulder grazing cuts, blonde soft waves, and an amazing array of bobs. Everyone is welcome. It's a coalition, a true movement.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
HOLY SHIT - Tapper plays Johnson footage of GOP candidate Brandon Herrera describing moms as "cum trophies," mentions he called Nazi machine guns "the original ghetto blasters," & asks Johnson how he can support him. Mike says "he has run a very effective campaign ... that was his persona online"
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 13/09/2026
That’s a taxpayer funded X account.
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Thank you, President Trump!
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No hurricanes have formed in the North Atlantic
Ocean so far this year....
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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
truthout.org/articles/lou... If ICE has its way, as soon as the end of September, it aims to place immigrant women (including those who are pregnant), infants, and children, on top of this toxic site in a 528-bed facility, to be housed in a former military barracks….
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Louisiana Residents Are Resisting Plans to Build ICE Jail on Contaminated Site
Organizers are hard at work to convince officials to roll back an agreement with a private prison operator.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
As Pablo Serdán points out, “controlled” AI may be as dangerous as “rogue” AI. We must not let the debate over the latter dissolve accountability or distract from the dangers of AI that does exactly what its tech billionaire owners want it to do, giving them unprecedented power over all of us. 1/
Pablo Serdán * @pablos... 2h X
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1/10 The idea that artificial intelligence could kill us all has returned to the center of the discussion these days, after Dario Amodei called to slow down its development and Sam Altman backed the proposal. The latest news gave me the urge to share some reflections to stay alert and, at the same time, not swallow the hype.
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2/10 For much of the 20th century, the great reflections on the human fate came from philosophers, scientists, or heavyweight politicians. From Sartre's humanism to Einstein and Russell's warnings about the nuclear threat, by way of Churchill and his ideas on the world order.Pablo Serdán * @pablos... 2h X
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1/10 The idea that artificial intelligence could kill us all has returned to the center of the discussion these days, after Dario Amodei called to slow down its development and Sam Altman backed the proposal. The latest news gave me the urge to share some reflections to stay alert and, at the same time, not swallow the hype.
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2/10 For much of the 20th century, the great reflections on the human fate came from philosophers, scientists, or heavyweight politicians. From Sartre's humanism to Einstein and Russell's warnings about the nuclear threat, by way of Churchill and his ideas on the world order.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“It’s probably the worst of what we’ve seen,” said Saher Selod, director of research at the non-partisan Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)... “We’re certainly seeing in 2025 and 2026, ahead of these midterms, really very Islamophobic ads – more so than what we saw after 9/11.”
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‘It’s just straight bigotry’: wave of Islamophobic rhetoric looms over US midterm elections
As Muslims win historic victories, experts describe rise in anti-Islamic sentiment that rivals post-9/11 climate
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Thank you, Mr. Trump! —A Grateful China
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Attention Philadelphia! We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public. Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck! RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2
A dinosaur on a white background with the text SAve the academy of Natural sciences museum rally Tuesday Sept 8 10am in front of the academy 1900 ben Franklin Parkway. "Tell Drexel University "Keep the museum open!" with the logos for Philly Science Action, Skype a Scientist, and Green Philly
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
After Trump gutted the IRS workforce — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires — the agency's annual audit revenue plunged by 35%. Trump's attacks on the IRS were never about "efficiency." They were about making it easier for the wealthy and powerful to skirt what they owe.
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Shithole! Country!
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CDC Forced to Pause Rabies Testing Thanks to RFK Jr.
Mass layoffs, hiring freezes, and resignations thanks to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda have shut down the crucial testing program.
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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 04/09/2026
An incredible image, and overall winner of this year's Australian Geographic Nature Photography award. Using a DJI Mavic 3 Pro (drone), Matt Deakin captured an extremely rare moment - seeing a critically endangered Sawfish in the wild and passing by a Turtle, off the Pilbara coast in WA.
Aerial image of a Sawfish as it swims below and past a turtle
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Bozoid @bozoid.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If there were an Olympic "Lack of Self-Reflection" event, this cunt would take the gold medal.
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