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Given the disgraceful treatment of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa by President Trump in the WH, it is only appropriate that we take 3 mins to listen to an excerpt of Pres Ramaphosa’s recent remarks to his Natl Assembly explaining the country’s Black Economic Empowerment Program. Brilliant.

submitted 18 hours ago • 21 comments

Ok, ok!! Pope Leo has scheduled a mass at Rate Field (Comiskey Park) via video feed. When? 2:30 Chicago time, on June 14th Nothing else happening on that date, right? 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

submitted 10 hours ago • 10 comments

I went no one showed up….

submitted 11 hours ago • 2 comments

I'm gonna be screaming so loud and so much.

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

Theology Fucks

submitted 11 hours ago • 2 comments

By any reasonable definition, southern Gaza is now a concentration camp. Or, as the New York Times would call it, “an Israeli-backed Aid Distribution Site”.

submitted 1 day ago • 30 comments

"Here we are once again confronted by a central truth about the people who lead these anti-trans campaigns in sports, which is that although they are first and foremost hateful bigots, they are also huge fucking losers."

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been saying this for like 3 years now, the core constituency of the "manosphere" is not Gen Z or teenage boys, it is 35-55 year old dudes who wish they were still teenage boys

submitted 14 hours ago • 229 comments

So smol...so fluffy... wasn't expecting to get another cat after losing Pip in January but the cat distribution system had other plans.

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PLEASE ASSURE ME THIS IS A NORMAL THING!! #XFiles #MysterySubstance

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

Aaaaand I think we're done here #TACO

submitted 15 hours ago • 344 comments

Are you a teacher or headteacher in a Church of England school, needing time to rest, read, reflect and recharge? The APR offers bursaries for teachers to go on retreat. Please do tell your local C of E school about this! Find out more on promotingretreats.org/bursary #retreat #teachers

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🚨BREAKING🚨 #Squirrel finds Ear of Corn!

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Hey DC folks, come drink with energy nerds! (Also, all the folks that have responded in this thread, email me! david at volts dot wtf

submitted 14 hours ago • 3 comments

IDGAF how anyone frames this. Had it not been for those protests Musk would be--if nothing else--escalating his spending globally.

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

There's no place for gender ambiguity in Shakespeare!

submitted 14 hours ago • 48 comments

Mary Tyler Moore accidentally nailed a perfect trick shot in The Dick Van Dyke Show (1962)—on the FIRST take. It was supposed to be done by a pro, but she shocked everyone and pulled it off herself. Absolute legend. 🎱✨ #ClassicTV #FunFacts

submitted 180 days ago • 240 comments

This is a one-night event but is viewable on a livestream (or for two weeks after the performance) and is a fundraiser for a UK trans charity.

submitted 15 hours ago • 13 comments

What a difference two weeks makes.

submitted 14 hours ago • 3 comments

Had a really fun convo with some friends the other day about what we might call Gateway Authors. These are writers that you might not care for anymore— and probably would not go for if you read them for the first time today— but that were important to revealing the possibilities of fiction to you

submitted 20 hours ago • 98 comments

Really interesting piece.

submitted 19 hours ago • 1 comment

Cc @celestepewter.bsky.social per situations involving #cats coming to the door...

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

We finally caught Farnsworth, a local feral who’s in rough shape. Coordinating with Alleycats & Aristocats to get him the medical attention he so desperately needs Then we will see if he can be rehabilitated for adoption or if he will remain forever a spicy feral cat #BlueSkyCats

submitted 15 hours ago • 9 comments

Wonderful, loving, old, orange tabby #cats are the best. Romulus Calvin and Remus Hobbes #Iggyboo #Caturday #vibes #CatsOfBluesky Ps. Stay for the #AltText

submitted 15 hours ago • 1 comment

An invitation to pause for 1 minute and consider the birds in the spring rain. sound up Ps. There's a #hummingbird ♡

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

garbage access reporting that parrots Musk's claims, offers zero serious challenges or context, and genuinely can't be bothered to make a single reference to his rich history of fraud, empty promises, bigotry, or authoritarianism

submitted 17 hours ago • 14 comments

15 paragraphs into this article there is one brief mention of the fact that Musk way exaggerated his successes in DC. The response to his work is referred to as "fierce institutional resistance." At no point are the practical consequences for real people's real lives mentioned.

submitted 17 hours ago • 15 comments

Clocks reference to Themistocles and notes another harbinger of doom.

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

Miss Rachel isn’t on Bluesky, but her posts about Gaza should be. I wish this wasn’t so unusual to see from people with big platforms.

submitted 17 hours ago • 34 comments

as a medievalist, the idea that AQUINAS influenced the declaration of independence is so profoundly fucking stupid also calling these people "heavyweights" in an official US communication is just the worst

submitted 17 hours ago • 4 comments

Will there be a moment in time when human beings suddenly realize the orcas had been trying to warn us? Even if the orcas have been trying to communicate, "Unite against frivolous vestiges of billionaire, kyriarchal decadence!" #GidgieAdventure2025 #trumpfelon

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Will there be a moment in time when human beings suddenly realize the orcas had been trying to warn us? Even if the orcas have been trying to communicate, "Unite against frivolous vestiges of billionaire, kyriarchal decadence!" #GidgieAdventure2025 #trumpfelon

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

the bullying doesn't stop. rubio - no doubt prodded by musk & zuck - goes nuclear on european efforts to address social media's impact on society. europe can really only have one answer: make our day.

submitted 17 hours ago • 6 comments

Good Morning Skyverse I has teh #coffee

submitted 19 hours ago • 1 comment

Not gonna lie, this really got me good. Thank you, Arne. 😭😭😭 Arne Slot pulls out of LMA awards dinner after Liverpool parade incident www.theguardian.com/football/202...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Seriously disturbing observation: suddenly it seems an incoming weather system eludes the forecast AND as it happens in real time, the radar cannot keep pace, even weirder, the future radar makes it disappear. HOW TF ARE WE NOT FREAKING TF OUT, LIKE GTAFO???

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment