Carter Kalchik
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This was a fun time! I got to 25 pieces of lore and that feels good. Take a look to get to know me a little bit and find out exactly how many times I’ve turned yellow! (Hint, it’s more than 1…)
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over 1 year ago
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Lord Businessman II
about 9 hours ago
A very large and material part of my job is navigating the changes in rules the Supreme Court promulgates and the idea they don't make policy is facially risible
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Generic ballot will peak for Dems in month or so and then tighten over the summer and everyone’s gonna wig and then it will open up again after Labor Day and everyone will be so fucking surprised that Dems take the House and Senate in November.
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I made a 40 minute video about the F-slur in MM Romance for you:
youtu.be/f55FjzkNkfU?...
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Shrapnel: Ambient Homophobia and the F-Slur in MM Romance
YouTube video by Tongue in Cheek
https://youtu.be/f55FjzkNkfU?si=jo5PYrnL4GcNBhWa
12 days ago
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Barnes & Noble doing a "double stamps" weekend over Independent Bookstore day is real loser shit
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elias isquith
14 days ago
[slapping the top of a giant crate labeled SHAKESPEARE] you’re not gonna believe how many stabbing you get in this puppy. it’s a hell of a deal, per-stab.
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Kids making the Metro announcements during Autism acceptance month 🥹
21 days ago
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Robert Smith
28 days ago
Hall of fame FT correction
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CRJ is the Dostoevsky of pop music, as many have said
29 days ago
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Shuffle knows what’s going on
30 days ago
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If you’re an “author” who obviously uses AI for marketing and you follow me, you’re going on the list:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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about 1 month ago
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Fuck, space is so cool
about 1 month ago
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Hot sauce politics
about 1 month ago
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“Tap to pay”: you do what it says, perfectly understandable “Contactless”: you literally have to contact the thing, what is wrong with you
about 1 month ago
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Spencer Ackerman
about 1 month ago
I’ve been a journalist for 27 years. I’ve reported major stories about mass surveillance, torture, war, the military-industrial complex, police black sites, etc. But this is the most important story I’ve ever had the horror/honor to work on. For it is a story about the current phase of a genocide.
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The Ghosts of Al-Shifa Hospital
Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical supplies—and treat new casualties of war.
https://www.wired.com/story/gaza-war-al-shifa-hospital-ghosts/?_sp=1e499853-f44d-4fcc-a9e8-77e4f7cd72f2.1774614176999
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Real normal day on
Twitter.com
about 1 month ago
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Zoomer Antimillenarian
about 1 month ago
"antisemitism-shaped" works as a term. It really does capture how conspiracy theories almost inevitably assume a form isomorphic to antisemitism, and from there sooner or later turn into pure antisemitism.
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lorem ipsum 🇧🇷🇺🇸
about 1 month ago
My body is a temple. It’s an ancient, crumbling ruin, haunted by ghosts of the past.
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In the distant future, the bards will sing of how the gods punished the imperial capital with intense heat and bitter cold for the insolence of the mad king.
about 1 month ago
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Going to my local coffee shop owned by a woman named Kathy, hoping no one recognizes that I softly hum Kate Bush “Wuthering Heights” every time I come.
about 2 months ago
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Will Stancil
about 2 months ago
Again, I know this isn’t a popular view, but turning AIPAC into this lurking bogeyman, treating it as the core villain of politics, the hidden hand behind all our woes, flies uncomfortably close to some far darker stuff. The amount we’re talking about it.. just doesn’t make a ton of sense to me.
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"3.1" below normal" how fucking dare you D.C. Winter, why are you like this??? CC
@capitalweather.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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Every evil dude in the Trump admin looks like they had a list of names in high school that would have gotten them sent to the counselors office.
about 2 months ago
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Don[ny]ovan
about 2 months ago
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Absolutely wild chart from
@data.ft.com
on the impact of sports betting legalization and credit scores.
about 2 months ago
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Better at messaging than Democrats: the Lays potato chip company.
about 2 months ago
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JD (by way of Blacksky)
about 2 months ago
I’m watching this on repeat.
#OscarsonBlacksky
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Andrew Lawrence
about 2 months ago
republicans are in charge of everything and they are getting everything theyve ever wanted and doing everything theyve ever wanted and the world is on fire and the global world order is collapsing. is there a correlation? who can say
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Five-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist
about 2 months ago
Very on-brand for Gingrich to seek out a new, younger canal the moment the current canal starts having health problems
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This is what insane people thought Israel was trying to do to create an alternative to the Suez Canal. Being an insane person himself, Newt is into it…
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about 2 months ago
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About to walk to the local taco place to pick up dinner with no wallet on me, something all Republicans are now committed to making illegal.
about 2 months ago
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Matt Stoller’s current slow burn meltdown on Twitter is a wild thing to behold. He’s like a half step away from the squirrel.
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about 2 months ago
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Incredibly, somehow Plattner is still the better candidate.
about 2 months ago
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Dan of the Year
about 2 months ago
Everything about this picture is how I pictured trump's second term
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Fun game: try to guess what the session music in Queer as Folk on streaming was supposed to be originally. Is that… Madonna? Or possibly Cyndi Lauper?
about 2 months ago
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ellie lockhart (she/they)
about 2 months ago
I think something that people on both sides of the “AI bad” vs “AI good” discussion at least should acknowledge is that some of the people on the “AI bad” side are there specifically because they would hate any change in society, including this one This doesn’t invalidate antisocial, but it matters
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The number of times I’ve had to explain the impact emotions and communication have on tech decisions…
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about 2 months ago
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Because they’re moving forward with a Babylon 5 reboot??? 🙏
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about 2 months ago
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Absolutely pathetic behavior, loser shit
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about 2 months ago
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You use the 🤤 emoji for thirst traps. I use it for movies that are under 100 minutes. We aren’t the same.
about 2 months ago
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Aaron Rupar
about 2 months ago
Ossoff: "The WH put out a video depicting this war as a video game. When service members are returning in flag-draped coffins, & even more have lost limbs or suffered brain injuries or are fighting for their lives, this WH treats war like a game. It's a disgrace. And it speaks to a moral rot."
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Oh lord. I couldn’t tell where the hell Lady Gaga “Applause” was blasting from in the lobby of my work… it was my pocket. It was me. đź«
about 2 months ago
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@coopercodes.bsky.social
explain yourself
about 2 months ago
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David Roberts
about 2 months ago
Quick addendum on this: the one part of the left that truly understood power was ... unions. Union organizers were never under the illusion that they could sweet-talk concessions from bosses with the right framing. They dealt in power. That's why the right killed them.
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The thing that’s great about X-Files is everything. Everything is great about X-Files.
about 2 months ago
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Emily Nussbaum
about 2 months ago
Most accurate portrait of modern culture currently available
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It’s always worth fighting back. Also, the fucking banners Trump has on government buildings makes the district look like it’s Wolfenstein The New Order or something.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...
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Trump Administration Abandons Efforts to Impose Orders on Law Firms
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/us/politics/trump-executive-orders-law-firms.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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