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Stop Trying to Make Fetch Happen Meme Origin & History

ptom @ptom.net · 21h

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How Regina George's Mean Girls line became a Reddit image macro used to mock Google+, Internet Explorer and other unwanted products between 2012 and 2014.

ptom @ptom.net · 29/09/2026

Oh, and that doesn't consider the deductible. And we hit our out-of-pocket max (for the year) ages ago. The final figure for the year is going to be ridiculous.

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vanala.bsky.social @vanala.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Universal Health Care should be the main talking point of the Dems, it really is aggravating that we don't have it yet. Screw the big insurance corporations for stealing our money to deny services. Get Big Money Out of OUR Government.

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ptom @ptom.net · 29/09/2026

I'm self-employed, and have to pay for my family's insurance out of pocket. We have multiple complicated conditions and medications to deal with. I'm out $4,000/mo just in premiums and medication, before any visits or procedures. I'm on this treadmill until I die.

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ptom @ptom.net · 28/09/2026

More "paid protestors". "People can't possibly hate us for real, there must by some external factor" is such a weird form of self-delusion.

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026

talent is a lie

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“You really don’t have to walk with me, Doug.” “Nah, it’s fine. We’re early and I never get to do this.”

A hawk, wings behind its back, strides alongside a frog.

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Secret Panel HERE 🐻 patreon.com/mrlovenstein/posts/on-whim-143945864

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ptom @ptom.net · 24/09/2026

Muse's various avatars remind me of something... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partner...

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Partners in Crime (Doctor Who) - Wikipedia

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ptom @ptom.net · 24/09/2026

Their tamagotchAI keychain is a desperate entry in the "solution looking for problems" category, trying to make AI usage a lifestyle behavior. Every use case they trotted out was bizarrely niche or simplistically banal, and didn't approach relevance or relatability.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is my new favorite thing.

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ptom @ptom.net · 22/09/2026

That sculpting work is exquisite.

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ptom @ptom.net · 22/09/2026

Surprisingly little; just a slight invitation to fill it up with pieces of themselves, attached to a minimum necessary scaffolding. Anywhere they fear, or long, to find things they fear, or long about themselves. Everything else is set dressing.

ptom @ptom.net · 22/09/2026

I recently had a spinal procedure during which the local anesthetic failed. I find the comparison apt.

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ptom @ptom.net · 21/09/2026

Lichen subscribe.

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ptom @ptom.net · 21/09/2026

I was picturing that more as Stephen Miller's role, but this works too.

"Won't someone *please* think of [my] [bank account]!?" Pearl-clutching inner-circle members can't handle the idea of consequences beyond those of their own choosing.

My first encounter with @stephencollins.bsky.social work. Instant follow.

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This looks fantastic!

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Their artistic traditions must have been incredibly prolific to start doing "production runs" of art pieces, or to adorn more common items with intricate work. The quality of form, line, color (number and selection), and level of detail are on par with any traditional (non-digital) artist today.

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The composition and artistic techniques in this look so incredibly modern I went and looked it up, and it's amazing: there are multiple surviving plates using this same, but not identical pose, and the thinking is its a scribe painting/writing in a codex (of which very few survive).

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I had to verify this, because it seems mustache-twirlingly over the top. It's real, and it's unfathomable. Also, really stupid: you don't want your sniper roost advertised in advance, let alone concentrated in a single location.

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You've Illustrated my sentiment perfectly: you're not being helped, despite hopeful sentiments. Had the call to action been aimed just at you, it *would* have been presumptuous, but it's a broadcast for all sides. And yes, people can be terrible. Help people anyway.

Anyway | Paradoxical Commandments

The Paradoxical Commandments by Kent M. Keith have touched the hearts of millions around the world. They have been put on walls, refrigerator doors, featured in speeches and articles, preached from pu...

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That's just math. It's like shopping at Sam's Club (high turnover, low common denominator) vs Costco (extensive experience, high common bar for performance). The difference in quality and speed is astounding. Happy teams make good stuff. Good stuff makes happy customers. Make teams happy.

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Yes… "boot."

My spine's warranty expired at 40. It spontaneously ruptured 1 mo 1 day before my 41st birthday. I relate to this entirely too much. Also, LOL. You should totally follow @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social.

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Genuine lolsnort.

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The very best film adaptation.

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I say this not to be contrarian or cynical, but I have learned that so many hopeful sentiments are rooted in survivorship bias, and do not reflect the reality of those whom society fails. No, I say this for urgency, and encouragement: those that are able, look after one another. Be the one to help.

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I am so grateful for political cartoonists during this time.

Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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Cartoon by Nick Anderson

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The performative toxic virility fixations is disturbing. Absolutely insistent and their bizarre concept of "real men", without regard for the hard-won history and understanding of modern warfare calls for. These are disgraceful, unserious people who undermine the competence of others at every turn.

Dinosaur Comics! @qwantz.com · 18/09/2026

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when you think about it, writers are really mean to people who, on top of everything else, don't even EXIST yet www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...

T-Rex: Sherlock Holmes, who was the world's greatest detective but complete rubbish at baking, sighed.

T-Rex: His latest cake was, once again, complete rubbish!

T-Rex: He was BEYOND frustrated. He'd TRIED using his detective skills to deduce why his cakes sucked so bad, but even so, they only ever told him why THIS cake sucked (he accidentally used a cup of baking soda instead of a teaspoon) and not why the NEXT cake would suck.
Dromiceiomimus: They always sucked for a completely new reason?
T-Rex: They ALWAYS sucked for a completely NEW reason!!

Utahraptor: Surely at some point he'd run out of new ways to ruin cakes?
T-Rex: You'd think!

T-Rex: "But sadly there are SO MANY WAYS to ruin a cake," Sherlock sighed, as he put his batter into the oven on the top rack instead of the centre one, which would, 40 minutes later, burn the cake's top while leaving the bottom underdone.
Utahraptor: Sherlock, no!!
T-Rex: He can't hear you! He's fictional!!

T-Rex: And he's having the WORST DAY of his FICTIONAL LIFE - and to make matters EVEN WORSE, the WHOLE WORLD is going to hear about it, because I'm writing it down and publishing it all!!
Off panel: Nooooooo

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ptom @ptom.net · 17/09/2026

Yeah, the beast-to-scamper ratio is a little lopsided with that one. :/

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ptom @ptom.net · 17/09/2026

The value of the service also really depends on the age of the crab, since even adults usually molt on average once a year, and just leave all the barnacles behind.