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burn the oligarchy (taylor’s version) @krisalyssa.bsky.social · 7h

We were at Pandafest KC this afternoon and while it was unseasonably hot for October, the street food was good (not pictured: grilled whole squid!), and I found this cute pair of origami crane earrings!

A closeup selfie of a woman who, while she doesn’t look the way she wants, has developed the grace to accept that how she actually looks is pretty good, and honestly is worthy of love and acceptance regardless of how she looks, zoomed in on an earring in the form of an origami crane. There’s another earring like it in the other ear, but she couldn’t get them both in frame while zoomed in, so you’ll just need to take her word for it.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11h

statler and waldorf but it’s al-sayed and ossoff heckling republicans

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽

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The Onion @theonion.com · 17h

Cold, Distant Boyfriend Finally Opens Up About How Horny He Is theonion.com/cold-distant-boyfriend…

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 22h

Hello new followers! I've removed the paywall from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you probably won't... tomcox.substack.com/p/the-villag...

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The Village Message Board

My debut novel Villager is the psychedelic story of almost two centuries of life in a moorland village, linked together by art (a painting and a lost folk LP, particularly), ghosts and social history.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 22h

Fungal Misadventure: a short short story I wrote, which I've decided to tell here in the form a thread, using eleven photos I've taken of excellent fungi on my walks, and one I took of quite a fancy chicken...

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 19h

"Before teaching young men how to run the world, teach them what to do when the world is one room, one woman, one terrible thing happening, and nobody wants to be the first man to ruin the evening." buff.ly/z7yWbR2

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An Open Letter to Cornell University from the Mother of a Prospective Male Student

“Seven former Cornell students are accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually assaulting another Cornell student who says she was incapacitated. Messages alleged...

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Overheard train chat between two tough-looking youths: Youth one: “I got déjà vu, man. I saw this dog and felt like I’d seen it before.” Youth two: “That’s not déjà vu. You just saw a dog twice.”

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Isn’t it amazing the way life can seem too short, and intrinsically magical, yet at the same time feel like a long, uphill road, potholed with fuckwits?

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

P.S. To anyone reading this note and getting ideas: please be advised that you can’t steal ‘Potholed With Fuckwits’ as an album title. I’m recording it as we speak, in a ruined barn in a remote part of Wales with two old buskers I found passed out in a hedge as I was cycling there.

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burn the oligarchy (taylor’s version) @krisalyssa.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I looked at side 1 hoping to see Lambrini Girls. I was not disappointed.

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burn the oligarchy (taylor’s version) @krisalyssa.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Screw that. I’m here for the Jerry, if for no other reason than to feel better about my own posts.

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Sugar naps while the teddy bear stands watch

Sugar all curled up while the bear looks off into the distance

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 09/10/2026

Killing people doesn't unkill other people. It just causes even more dead people. In fact once you realize that, you end up being opposed to *gestures generally at everything going on right now*.

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Michelle, a good witch @hiyinx.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I've always wondered if Robert the Bruce had a friend called Bruce the Robert and if they'd be annoyed by each other's existence

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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.

Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Pen and watercolor

Cowboys again. This time one of our boys has lost his boots. Standing in a field of long grass the cowboy points towards the ground and shouts back to his colleague, “Lil bone people got muh boots.” This makes no sense to the other cowboy who sits atop his horse away from the action. He responds, “Lil wut?” Sure enough in the foreground we see a squad of little bone people scampering through the grass with the stolen cowboy boots. They’re thrilled. How the bone people got the boots off the cowboy is unclear.

Artist’s note: I tend to draw drawings from the same perspective (straight on) most of the time. This idea came about when I was goofin around trying to draw a character from a lower angle. I like that the story unfolds with the foreground, mid-ground, and background all working together. There’s a draft of this one included in the Spooky Pants book. Coming out next week!

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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/10/2026

40-Year-Old Not Active Enough To Realize Body Falling Apart theonion.com/40-year-old-not-active…

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 08/10/2026

Taco time.

Taco de arrachera con cebollitas “crispy”

Tacos de picaña con tortilla de harina, queso, frijoles and taco de hongos al ajillo

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Attenuated Presence 🔭 @attenuated.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Spice comes in two varieties: tasty and performative. Heat that makes things taste good, I'm willing to push my limits a bit. But heat for heat's sake? What's the point?

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Amber @risettemd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

How fucking hard is it to say "trans women in women's sports" instead of "men in women's sports" for dipshit coward Democrats?

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Amber @risettemd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Ngl I'm beginning to realize that the reason I thought Democrats were spineless losers back in the 2000s is because they were/are.

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Michelle, a good witch @hiyinx.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Texting the 2016 version of me to let myself know that I'm still here

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

it sorta feels like turntables should be called turnrecords?

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burn the oligarchy (taylor’s version) @krisalyssa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Check the chimney. Make sure they didn’t leave a little Victorian boy in it.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 08/10/2026

Cornell Tries Going By Different Name theonion.com/cornell-tries-going-by…

Cornell Tries Going By Different Name
‘Welcome To Tompkins University,’ Reads New Sign Outside Beleaguered Ivy

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burn the oligarchy (taylor’s version) @krisalyssa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Graphics in Kerbal Space Program have gotten pretty good. 😛

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

YOU GUYYYYYSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!! THAT BLUE THING IS WHERE WE LIVE!!!!!

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

has anyone seen the kool-aid man since?

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burn the oligarchy (taylor’s version) @krisalyssa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I think this function comes with recent versions of iOS, and doesn’t feed the AI machine.

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burn the oligarchy (taylor’s version) @krisalyssa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Even if you believe in the idea of a “proportional response”, and I’m not sure I do, can we at least agree that killing 20 Palestinian *children* for each Israeli killed on 7 October is bad?

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Amber @risettemd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Holding Out For a Gyro

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 08/10/2026

Teach him physics. Literature. Engineering. Teach him whatever impossible thing he decides he wants to know. There are just a few things I’d prefer he not unlearn. That “stop” is a complete sentence. That silence isn’t permission. That friendship isn’t immunity. buff.ly/z7yWbR2

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An Open Letter to Cornell University from the Mother of a Prospective Male Student

“Seven former Cornell students are accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually assaulting another Cornell student who says she was incapacitated. Messages alleged...

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A Black-capped Chickadee with some pops of Fall color.

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burn the oligarchy (taylor’s version) @krisalyssa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Now if I can just get @jcsalterego.bsky.social to follow me, I’ll know that I have truly accomplished nothing.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 07/10/2026

Time to show that dough who's boss

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Amber @risettemd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I think it's important to point out that with a case fatality rate of 1 in 1,000, there's likely been at least 5,000 cases of measles in Pennsylvania. Which means the vast majority have been unreported and unrecorded.

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Amber @risettemd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Fish want me Men fear me

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