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Kids are gone for dinner. It's a Saturday, so I'm not going to eat just a sandwich.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The GOP money cannon can't hit as hard as the diesel price nuke already has.

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Send this to every university President in the country.

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optiMSTie @optimstie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Folks, we're terribly sorry to announce that there was a LinkedIn spill that broke containment and leeched into Bluesky. While the spill is being handled, we ask that you refrain from discussions about synergy, hustle, paradigm shifts, and praise for grind culture. Thank you for your cooperation.

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ceej @ceej.online · 25/09/2026

Be serious. Bert and Ernie are not “in love.” Maybe they used to be, once

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026

Yes, I am personally responsible for the Alf Hog curse that now lingers intractably and eternally over this website. You’re welcome. little-flying-robots.ghost.io/how-i-accide...

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How I Accidentally Ruined Bluesky With Pictures of Sexy Alf

I haven't had this much fun on the Internet in years

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

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Watching Labyrinth with my weasels and for an evening all is well.

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If genAI kills us it'll be accidental dumb shit like this and that's fucking obnoxious.

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@hazelmonforton.com I didn't realize where you worked and bought Remnant 1 and 2 yesterday on sale and now that I know you work at Gunfire I'm going to break protocol and actually play the games I most recently purchased.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've actually been trying to be polite about genAI and I'm contemplating switching tack and going full Sarah Connor instead.

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Any job that won't hire me because I drink coffee at the interview is a job I don't want.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I think Trump should make the arch twice as tall and put in life-size freizes of him fucking the American taxpayer at the gas station.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Solving sinus pressure the old fashioned way.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

No one alive has seen a president choose to walk into the teeth of American greed. A THREAD. PLUS: Ask me anything.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026

Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.

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Historian Jen @historianjenfl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Andy Beshear has an entire chapter in his new book about backing the LGBTQ community and it's worth a read. He talks about how the anti-trans ads were tested in KY during his election and how vetoing anti-trans legislation didn't hurt his reelection campaign.

However the anti-trans ads had less to do with Kentucky and more to do with the fact that we were in an election. Terry Schilling, the head of the APP, decided to test the ads in our election to determine whether or not the issue could win votes for the Republican Party. Earlier in the summer of 2019, Scholling had partnered with a behavioral science firm to try to find a wedge issue that resonated with suburban voters. That's right. The anti-trans ads did not come out of some firmly held conviction but was a purely political stance. Their research landed on trans athletes, specifically trans women, competing in women's sports. They tested their theory in the 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial general election. Although I won, APP considered their test successful, because their research showed the ads delivered thirteen thousand votes for Trump Lite, which made the race tighter than anticipated.

You might hask how, in this political climate, I was reelected after vetoing the anti-trans bill. Because people respect authentic faith. The day I vetoed it, I explained my why. I said I believe all children are children of God and that I don't want people picking on these kids. I then countered their anti-trans ads with commercials talking about good jobs, healthcare, roads and bridges, public education, and

public safety. The result? The biggest win of my career. So don't tell me the Democratic Party should stop fighting for the rights of all people. Just explain your authentic why, and then get back to focusing on issues that touch all our lives on a daily basis.

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David Hull 胡大衛 @hushuo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the sort of thing where I would walk into a conversation and hear just this sentence without context.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

you know what season it is motherfuckers

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There’s a whole cadre right wing professors, mostly middle aged, mostly men, mostly white, who went to university in the 80s and 90s. They want their nostalgic vision of academia back and thought partnering with the fascists might get them there. DEI gone too far. Also fat paychecks. Etc.

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HMML @visithmml.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So not to ask actual meaningful questions on a short text social media site, but. How the fuck does one figure out who they are outside of the handful of identities that define and shape your every waking out? And yes this is a therapy question more than a Bluesky question but also here we are.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

1. In American politics, the simplest explanation is probably the best. Why are some Republicans suddenly and conspicuously breaking from Donald Trump? Not just any Republicans, but ruby-red Republicans, in ruby-red states, in the span of days? The answer is probably diesel.

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American Medieval Podcast @americanmedieval.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

...the tone shift in Ashley Hinson's ads says to me something in the polling made an impact...

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Hello! Humpday means a new episode! @profgabriele.com and @tlecaque.bsky.social and @lollardfish.bsky.social talk the Bayeux Tapestry and the end of grim dark medieval vibes (among other things). Enjoy! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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September Medieval News with David M. Perry & Thomas Lecaque

Podcast Episode · American Medieval · September 23 · 1h 6m

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026

Pete Hegseth runs the Department of Defense like he's a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare character trying to emulate a Taylor Sheridan sequel.

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2 things, in ascending order of importance: 1) Polls are Possibility but they don't vote; don't stop working. 2) El-Sayed has Massive support in a mid-west rust-belt state while vocally supporting transgender kids & adults/directly Dismissing claims that trans people are "dangerous." Learn from that

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

..........skin on chicken thighs in a Dutch oven...

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Anti-AI folks are mostly really angry at the way genAI boosters have ignored that their product has compromised so many of the strides made in accessibility by damaging online courses. Also, you seem confused about what I'm doing, and that may be because you don't have any idea what it is I do.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Giving my first exam in years on Thursday in my Colonial/Revolutionary History class. In class writing assignment, bringing bluebooks for them, where they will analyze a primary source for the entire class period.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Oh Bluesky, you really have become old Twitter. Someone just posted a picture of my own face as an attack against me.

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"But what about" please fuck off, I will block you.

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The 1930s called, they'd like appeasement back.

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I'm French. I will vote for bad people to stop fascists. But I will be mad as all hell doing it and I won't contribute a single fucking dime. And I will criticize them every god damn step of the way with the lone exception of the polling place itself, and then only because it is illegal.

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