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Somebody that you used to know. Geek of all kinds. Hang with me for dumb thoughts, hockey, football, NASCAR, gaming, music, movies... Yeah I'm not that important. :D
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Tilly's Trans Tuesdays episode 113: Tabletop roleplaying games offer everyone a chance to become someone else, just for a little while. And for trans folks, that can lead to some of our earliest experimentation with gender. @zoewithasword.bsky.social returns to discuss!

He doesn't understand that he's being mocked. He's too dumb to realize when he's being ridiculed. We are so cooked.

THE WEENIE 500!!!

So whose the worse playoff team....Toronto Maple Leafs or Dallas Cowboys?

“Can’t 86 him? 25th him.” — Founding Fathers, probably.

So I'm a bottle of cheap wine down, not drunk, maybe tipsy, and I'm in my thoughts. I used to hang out with rock stars and wrestlers, ripping lines, bouncing off ropes, boozing the night away....and while I know that lifestyle is/was short lived, I never saw myself sitting at home on a Saturday/1

Feuds are usually both sides.... She doesn't even acknowledge him. She wins. He's a bitch.

Never forget what they took from us

Starting "South of Midnight" finally. The animation on this is super interesting. Already loving the Creole accents and lore and I cant wait to get into the music.

GUESS WHAT, #MILhockey⁉️ Our @visitmilwaukee.bsky.social Warm-Up Jersey Auction is LIVE! Bid on your favorite Admirals' 2024-25 warm-up jersey for your chance to call it your own! Auction closes this Wednesday, 5/21 at 7:45pm! 🔗: bit.ly/3ZizRko

As part of this week's cover package on the @belcourttheatre.bsky.social celebrating 100 years, I spoke to Belcourt archivist and historian Teddy Minton about cataloging a century of history at the local institution.

Here they go.

Welp. Im officially suspended from Twitter. Guess ill try to use this more often.

The same people having a temper tantrum over DEI just confirmed the least qualified Secretary of Defense in US history because Trump liked him on TV.

So, I wrote a big steaming load of jokes for this @RIFFTRAX special that just came out today, riffing on the weird/classic/horrid/wonderful Marvel TV shows of the 70's. It's a cheeseball riot, featuring Spider-Man, the Hulk, Dr. Strange, Captain America and more!

Certainly all the people who were up in arms about Biden not visiting North Carolina immediately will criticize the president’s “fuck you not my problem” attitude to disasters now

Coin operated boy.

🔔 MONDAY at the Capitol — a student-led rally 👇🏽

INBOX: Our friends @tnequality.bsky.social highlight some of the bills Tennessee Republicans have planned for their slate of hate this session 👇🏽🏳️‍🌈

Poison Ivy is among the (comprehensively incredible) GLAAD Media Award nominees for best comic book--for the third year in a row. Proud of the entire Ivy League-- @marciotakara.bsky.social, @anireal.bsky.social, @garbagedracula.bsky.social, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Arif Prianto, Brian Level, best team

Expose all lawmakers. Expose sexual assault. Expose corruption. Expose the government.

Wow — Speaker Sexton now requiring tickets for ALL access to the gallery at the TN House, claiming it “ensures access for all”🤔 Expelling legislators… filling a roped off rotunda with troopers… keeping us out of pressers… requiring tickets… Watch Authoritarianism work.

INBOX: “Every child deserves to live free of gun violence.” Statements from Covenant Mom Sarah Neumann & Rep. Shaundelle Brooks, whose son was killed in the Waffle House shooting, on today’s Antioch school shooting.

‘MAGA GRANNY’: "Accepting a pardon would only insult the Capitol police, rule of law and, of course, our nation…I pleaded guilty because I was guilty, and accepting a pardon also would serve to contribute to their gaslighting and false narrative." www.bbc.com/news/article...

The antidote for despair is action ❤️ * Dial (202) 224-3121 * Enter zip code * Leave voicemail * Say “My name is ___, I’m a constituent in [town]. (If clinician/scientist, say so) “The NIH freeze harms research and patients and must be lifted immediately.” Be brief. Staffers tally all calls. Go! ✅

Listening to alternative rock CDs is an act of countercultural defiance

Punk was never a phase, mom. Rise Against. Black Flag. Dead Kennedys, Rage Against The Machine, Henry Rollins. Bad Religion. NOFX. Add them to your playlists. Xennial Punk Kids....our time has returned.

How many senators have shown up drunk isn't the drunk you think it is. Name names. Shame them. Boot them out of office. Fuck, why is this so fucking hard.