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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So grateful for this thread. Just lost him on Sunday at age 13. Looking through all our photos anyway and this one always makes me laugh.
A fluffy doodle caught in the act. Standing on the dining room table in middle of night. Christmas tree in background.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
De Niro: When that coward, that fucking piece of shit Donald Trump tries to take our voice and power away. What do we tell him? Your fucking hands off our vote
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oh that’s a follow
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sounds like I’m lying but got to meet Mykel and Carli also. They helped me convince the bouncers to let me hang til brother emerged.
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Saw this tour actually. At The Rave in Milwaukee. Incredible energy. Amazing show. Got to meet the band (s) cause my lil brother had snuck backstage and was hanging with Nerf Herder.
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Saw this (in theatres) with my girlfriend (now wife, of 25 yrs last week). Ride with that soundtrack and flick anywhere. This is like 101x good luck to you both you’ve brought upon yourselves with this choice. Love it. Thx for sharing.
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is everything
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Some people really miss the ritual. Or can’t consume alcohol anymore but wish they could. Big world. There’s room. I like Heineken 0.0 quite a bit.
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Oh shit add to cart
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Muja!!!!!!!
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Omg that’s incredible
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
That’s just RJ being RJ. Next level sarcastic
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Congrats!! They look awesome
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
All incredibly fair points. Been here almost 14 yrs and from the narrow POV of everything being relative tho? I love the weather actually. It’s 2/3 plant growing zones warmer than where I grew up in north central Wisconsin.
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Am now
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Ugh. So sorry to hear
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
They had them at the Chancery on Downer. Summer of … 1994 Good times.
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
👀
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
… AND helps if I walk around afterward.
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Having some success with alginates like reflux gourmet. Take before consuming. Nothing is bulletproof but if I prepare I can get away with a slice. Good luck.
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Deeply sorry. Not the point of the thread I know. But as a kid always connected the themes of He-Man and Remington Steele. Not identical but slightly slower horn parts of RS (to me) basically are the He-Man theme and I love it.
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Same!! But home hard config as well.
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
THISTLEHAIR!!!!! lol bravo.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Crockett: Listen, Donald Trump is a piece of shit—we know that. But in a functioning democracy, he still wouldn’t be able to get away with this. He’s been able to get away with it because Republicans are complicit and—most importantly—the Supreme Court is complicit.
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Drey @kristalllkula.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
me when I get home from work
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
That’s a follow
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Invaluable
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ændra. @aendra.com · 11/05/2025
This is excellent
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Dan 🦇🌫️🧛 @danximenes.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This and
A series of tumblrs post by user 'skaldish':
"Still bothered by the US cultural idea that men can only be non-romantically intimate with one another in war-like or competitive circumstances.
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I'm pretty quiet about the fact I'm a transman usually, but holy shitl need to tell you about the culture shock I'm going through because it's blindsiding me.
There's a huge sense of social isolation that comes with being perceived as male, because now people are subconsciously treating me as a potential predator. All strangers, no matter their gender, keep their guard up around me.
It made me realize that there is no inherent camaraderie in male socialization as there is in female socialization-unless, of course, it's in very specific environments. And the fact I don't amnbiently experience this mutual kinship in basic exchanges anymore is an insanely lonely feeling.
You know how badly this would have fucked my mind up if I had grown up with this?

It is 4:30am and I'm mourning the loss of a privilege I didn't even know I had.
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Anyway, I'm going to figure out how to navigate this. Don't know how yet, but I'm gonna."Quote Repost of user 'azaloset' by 'Skaldish':
"If you figure it out, can you share your insights? This is a fundamental as to why im in the closet"
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"Absolutely, because it's an extremely sticky issue.

Frankly, this is something I would've never understood without living the experience.
It's now blatantly clear to me that most cis men probably experience chronic emotional malnutrition. They're deprived of social connection just enough for it to seriously fuck with their psyches, but not enough for them to realize that it's happening and what's causing it.
It's like they're starving, but don't know this because they've always been served 3 meals...except those meals have never been big enough.
This deprivation comes from all sides of aisle, by the way.
In the case of women: When I'm out in public and interact with women, all of them come off as incredibly aloof, cold, and mirthless. I have never experienced this before even though I know exactly what this composure is—the armor that keeps away creepy-ass men.
As someone who used to wear it myself, I know this armor is 100% impersonal. Nobody likes wearing it, and I can say with absolute certainty that women would dump the armor in favor of unconditional companionship with men if doing this didn't run the risk of actual assault. (Trust me when I say women aren't just being needlessly guarded.)

(cont.)Continuation of the post on the previous image:
"But I only have a complete understanding of this context because I've experienced female socialization. If I hadn't, I would've thought this coldness was a conspiracy against me devised by roughly half of the human population. Even now, with all that I know about navigating the world as a woman, I'm failing to convince my monkey-brain that this armor isn't social rejection.

And as for male socialization? Again, it seems taboo for a man to be platonically intimate with men for reasons I have yet to fully understand, but I think it boils down to a) the fact society teaches boys that it's not okay to be soft with each other, and b) garden-variety homophobia. Our media only shows men being intimate with one another when they're teamed up against a dire situation, and I'd bet real money it's a huge reason why men gravitate toward activities that simulate being teamed up against an opposing force.
But men are not machines of war. Yes, testosterone absolutely
gives you Dumb Bastard Brain, but that just makes you want to skateboard a wagon down a hill or duct-tape your friend to the wall, not kill someone.
The human species looks so much colder standing from this side.
I can see how men might convince themselves that their feelings of emotional desperation is personal weakness as opposed to a symptom they're all experiencing from White Imperialism. Because this human connection, this frith, is as essential for our wellbeing as water is.
So sick. How sick. I want to destroy this garbage.
#this is a certain perspective you gain from having crossed the gender barrier"
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Outstanding piece.
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Found a photo. Maybe these were from a different season or something?
Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young with what appears to be an extra stripe on one side of his uniform shorts.
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Maybe it’s only on the shorts? Hard to tell during live action. Could swear during the season it has also been on the jersey.
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Been that way all season near as I’ve seen. Driving me nuts. Realizing this might be my last chance at you seeing live.
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
@pablo.show Please find out why Trae Young’s white uniform has an extra red stripe down the left side! It’s not on his right hand side, nor on any other Hawk player’s uniform at all! … regardless of right or left. Stripe extends both on jersey side panel and down his shorts as well.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
so good
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Dear, Elon Best wishes from Wisconsin
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Killing PB Twix total unforced error. They’re reeling!
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
when I say you need to maintain a constant low level of violence towards the shit you hate in order to protect the things you love this is what I mean
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I think one of the ladies asked the Russian(s) how they weren’t “serving”. Presumably the invasion. So this is post 2021
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
the rain delay in the 10th inning of game 7 of the World Series in 2016. The Cubs were not supposed to win a World Series and we've been spinning off into hell ever since
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
You rule!
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
🙌🏼!❤️
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 23/02/2025
Dear Mr. Musk, What we found out is that each one of us is 1. a brain 2. and an athlete 3. and a basket case 4. a princess 5. and a criminal. Does that answer your question?
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Dave @sterling84.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
“All words are made-up”-Thor
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 28/12/2024
What are we DOING here? We're just meant to sit and act like this insane plagiarism and climate threat that requires more money than anything has ever cost is worth it? Are we meant to pretend that ChatGPT is worth this aimless, meaningless destruction of capital and our environment? For what?
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
“By the first week of August, Wayfarer and Mr. Baldoni had retained Ms. Nathan, who had worked with high-profile clients including Mr. Depp…”. Of course.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
New from me: “The way I see it “woke” combines the experience of having an awakening (“something or someone woke me up”) with the alertness that follows (“I can’t or won’t go back to sleep; I’m awake now.”) In that way, “woke” is an incredible concept, right?”
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I’ve been thinking about “woke.”
It was bound to happen eventually, I guess.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
The wealthy have intentionally destroyed class consciousness so that they can exploit the vast majority of people. If we’re going to fight back and ultimately win this class war, it’s time we got familiar with how our politics actually work. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-thorough...
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A Thoroughly Confused Country: An Introduction to Class Politics and a Way Forward
Americans suffer from a lack of class consciousness, which makes them easy prey for manipulation
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