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Cpagalirang ⊙⊝⊜

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K-Pop (mostly BTS) -- Politics (mostly Canada) -- Etc. I usually don't need my K-Pop biases to care about problems outside of Asia, but it seems sometimes I do. Follow or not accordingly. Age: floppy disks and cassette tapes Prone to bad punctuation

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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justine⁷ •ᴗ• @seokjinzero.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
😭😭😭
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Karyn @dayofkaryn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BTS as It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over: NJ: I think of all the time I spent deciding. Imagine what I missed. My whole life. SJ: I pretended everything would be okay because it seemed impossible to always be saying goodbye.
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Cpagalirang ⊙⊝⊜ @cpagali.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm finally catching up and going down an Angine de Poitrine rabbit hole. I think Yoongi might appreciate them.
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super tuna enjoyer @definitionofily.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BTS as Energy Drinks
Bts ot7 backstageWall of energy drinks in a gas station store fridge
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zjo @zjofierose.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
in honor of today’s misadventures (i’m fine), BTS as Reasons I’ve Ended Up In The ER: SJ: partner took a chunk out of their finger cutting vegetables YG: hit by car 💀 HS: sports injury (dance) NJ: panic attack JM: scarlet fever TH: sports injury (softball) JK: sports injury (acrobatics)
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pay⁷🍊⭐ @paylimitation.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here's my "BTS as" contribution Aspects of the tame impala concert i went to recently: Jimin: pausing the show to get help to someone in the crowd Namjoon: sweating through his shirt Jk: fantastic lasers Yoongi: asking us if we're ready
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Jenknitstoomuch @jenknitstoomuch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Well, here’s my contribution to the BTS as threads we’ve had this week. Hope you like it! BTS as characters from the original Twin Peaks NJ: Sheriff Harry S Truman - tall, pretty eyes, all business on the outside but super open to new ideas, interested and willing. Has a few secrets.
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audge⁷ -- an armpit sommelier @btsaudge.borasky.com · 26/09/2026
bts as teachers at your high school 🎒🏫✏️ seokjin: the speech and debate teacher that everyone wants to hate but can't help but love (it's the dad jokes) yoongi: the government teacher who may or may not (but definitely does) convince the students to protest injustices on a quarterly basis
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✬◦𝔉𝔬𝔯𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔲𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔦◦✬ @foreveruandi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BTS as cocktails because I'm thirsty 🍹🍸🥃🥂
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Namjoon’s Honey Thighs ⁷ @mygchopsticks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BTS as water park employees (info good as of mid 1990s):
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₊⋆ 𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕟 ☾⋆⁺₊⋆ @lagothropy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
made brownies. didn’t go too crazy, just had one ;)
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Cpagalirang ⊙⊝⊜ @cpagali.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Loving this latest flurry of "BTS as..." posts. Have decided to try my hand at something related to a job I had decades ago, when meetings were still held in person. So here goes: BTS as volunteer academic selection committee members for a federal government research funding agency.
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Odeeodeeo⁷ @odeeodeeo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
BTS as Crossing Guards: SJ: Team leader NJ: Wonders - can he somehow cross squirrels? YG: Is his shift over yet? JH: Pop locks kids across the street JM: Traffic jam - Everyone wants to stop & flirt! TH: Gives piggy back rides to lil ones JK: Stops all bike & scooter riders - checks the brands
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your lesbian dad got a 🖕🏻 from Taehyung @sowoozoojoon.borasky.com · 26/09/2026
BTS as out of context things about my coworker, The Carpenter: NJ: "I'm dyslexic but I know numbers." SJ: liquor connoisseur YG: refurbished his pool table drunk HS: plaid shirts are his "fancy" shirts JM: calls his daughter baby duck TH: bouncer @ a strip club in HS JK: pansexual
My coworker, The Carpenter, standing behind a Christmas tree making peace signs
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Cpagalirang ⊙⊝⊜ @cpagali.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In Canada, in most cases, if you show up at a polling station and your name's not the voters list, a poll worker will record the piece of ID you've brought, give you a ballot, and let you vote. Afterwards someone will figure out whether your vote counts or not. Does it work like this in the US?
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emotional SWAMP GOBLIN💫 @jksgmeveryone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🧵 BTS as art auction house jobs (it would be chaos /pos)
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aeryn⁷ @feraljk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
hs: “wow mama’s car cost more than all of your student loans” jm: while beating up air on the trampoline, very solemnly, “i’m training.” th: “aeryn can you just go watch bluey or something” jk: me and middle playing a game of war for 2.5 hours straight only making sound effects with zero words
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Marta Moon ⁷ 💜 @martamoon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BTS as Hotel workers (small sea side hotel edition)
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adrian⁷🌙 @smeraldojmn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
this entire moment has healing properties 😭
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ms_cia @mscia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ahem. Corporate bitch clocking in. Dusting off my BTS as CEOs and who I would and wouldn't work for presentation from four years ago. Let's get it: 🧵
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Michelle 🍁🍂🍁 @meeshellz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BTS at a winery let’s get this bread:
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justine⁷ •ᴗ• @seokjinzero.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🧵Hopping on the BTS-employed-in-ARMY's-day-job train, here's what the members are like as ID Governance and Access Management specialists at a leading telecom company— from their TL's perspective. 😂
BTS in matching suits posing for the camera with pretty smiles.
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winter @lavishtae.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BTS if they worked at a museum (inspired by @koyasgarden.myatproto.social & @tangerinepockets.bsky.social) *coming from someone who's worked and been a part of the culture field for almost a decade:
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super tuna enjoyer @definitionofily.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Inspired by this, BTS as aspects of my three year old nephew
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Karyn @dayofkaryn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BTS as aspects of my 6 year old nephew: JM: Ranks his friends by how well they listen to the teacher NJ: Hopes that when he’s 7 he will be able to have all the books in the world SJ: Spends a lot of his day coming up with puns then repeating them until someone laughs
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spooky dre⁷🎃✨ @njkthsjmy97.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
for borasky’s consideration, here’s bts as casino employees:
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Classic Slot Machine Game: Luck 777
Alt: Classic Slot Machine Game: Luck 777, the 3 rollers spin and each land on 7 which means the players hit the jackpot amount
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super tuna enjoyer @definitionofily.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BTS as administrative assistants of different kinds/locations
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Namjoon’s Honey Thighs ⁷ @mygchopsticks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I need to prep class, but I’m loving these “BTS as…” threads. Here is BTS as people in my university building:
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super tuna enjoyer @definitionofily.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BTS as historical haunt wine tour actors
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Sleepy @sleepydrabbles.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BTS as types of homeschoolers you meet at homeschooling co-ops and events (specifically the teens because it gets freaking hilarious at that age) (Very vibes-only and based on personal experience lol)
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Lynn @ bts101.info 🌸💜🌟 @strongpower7th1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Based on my current job, BTS members as software hotline support workers:
Still frame from Run BTS episode 133 where they have to search up a bunch of stuff on computers. JK, Tae, Jimin, Namjoon, Jin, Hoseok sit at desks with laptops in front of them; Suga is missing due to shoulder surgery. JK has a comically large keyboard he is using as a punishment.
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Cpagalirang ⊙⊝⊜ @cpagali.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Another sign that I'm getting old. I know this song. Every word and note. I can't remember when I learned to sing it or why. I have 2 or 3 guesses but no concrete memory. From other similar experiences, I suspect the memories will come to me randomly a few days from now. Brains are weird.
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Karyn @dayofkaryn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
BTS by if they can fix you: TH: No, but you will have many new, sexier problems SJ: Explains problems are actually opportunities JK: Absolutely not NJ: Gives a sincere, fruitless effort HS: Yes but his schedule is packed YG: Guides you into self-actualization JM: Yes, just give him total control
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Niko J @nikojln2016.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Late summer beauty, featuring the Michaelmas daisy, either Eurybia × herveyi or a similar Symphyotrichum / aster species. Generally and commonly called aster flowers of course. 🌱🌸 📍Chelsea, London SW3
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Cpagalirang ⊙⊝⊜ @cpagali.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Have instituted a new house rule. He or she who leaves their weed in the barn unsecured shall clean up the resultant cat vomit.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There has been more energy in the US to disrupt or cancel an Ed Sheeran concert than the multiple visits Netanyahu has made to the US.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 19/09/2026
Rubén Salazar was renowned for his hard-hitting journalism about the Mexican-American community. While reporting on 1970’s National Chicano Moratorium Against the Vietnam War, he was killed when a Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy launched a tear gas projectile into the crowd and struck him in the head.
Black and white photo of Ruben Salazar in a shirt and tie, with the words "Latine Heritage Month" above him. Below him it says "Photography Credit: Los Angeles Times." A quote reads: "'They don't want the press to rock the boat. And I think the press's obligation is to rock the boat." – Ruben Salazar. Trailblazing journalist, killed by law enforcement while covering the Chicano Moratorium." ACLU logo. Vibrant and colorful background and border.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Huge turnout at the Kennedy Center tonight! 💚✊ Thank you!
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Cpagalirang ⊙⊝⊜ @cpagali.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
One of the cats on my long list, Chimchim, showed up in the barn! At feeding time! February was the last time he showed up at feeding time, so this is exciting. I've enjoyed just chilling with the fixed feline friends, but I'm ready to get out the trap again if the time is right.
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Cpagalirang ⊙⊝⊜ @cpagali.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This will leave either completely baffled or rolling on the floor.
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Anti-Fascist Translator Monkey @translatormonkey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
From last year. A good history lesson.
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Angel[a] Pappas @disnazzio.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
There’s a million things but one of the things is the massive amount of PUBLIC funding of stadiums just for some genocide-enjoying oligarch to turn around and say who is allowed to perform in “his” stadium based on whether he is mad at them for disliking genocide.
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Cpagalirang ⊙⊝⊜ @cpagali.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Question based on absolutely no knowledge of the Korean military or health care systems: Will Hoshi be able to choose his surgeon?
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Cpagalirang ⊙⊝⊜ @cpagali.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This makes me very happy.
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Cpagalirang ⊙⊝⊜ @cpagali.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Why am I suddenly looking for Taejin fic?
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Biru Kelabu⁷ ㉧㉣㉣ @birukelabu0821.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Pre-debut rapline performing Paldogangsan.
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