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Posts by Ben

maybe your news website is dying because every 3 millimeters of scrolling leads to a new video ad or "sign up for our newsletter!" pop-up modal I have to X out of and then the new ads that auto-load fuck up the text and now I have to scroll half a page to read the paragraph I was just on fuck you

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A reminder that fascist Mussolini invaded Abyssinia partly to divert from domestic economic troubles at home.

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@thecontinent.org on the killing of protesters in #Tanzania "There used to be a real brake on behaviour like this – leaders knew that certain lines, if crossed, would
trigger aid cuts or diplomatic isolation. Now, ..., that restraint has vanished. What we saw ... is ... the product of that vacuum."

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The Year in News Matters escalated and escalated, and we tried our hardest to breathe through the smoke of everything burning around us.

The year in news: Matters escalated and escalated, and we tried our hardest to breathe through the smoke of everything burning around us.

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What?

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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Yet I’m always in the Discover tab

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I hate twitter. But on side, maybe because I selected a particular article or followed a particular person but my feed is too US

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Bumblebees #sleeping on/in #flowers at this time of year!
What the feck is that all about?
Lots of people asking us so here’s a quick (long)🙄 thread explaining what’s going on.

Please #repost/#share so more are more informed.
Thanks good people.
#bees
#nature
#biodiversity
#worldbeesanctuary
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The veterinarian in Iran is being so adorably gentle with this grouchy cat.

He’s saying, “will you give me permission to listen to your heart?”

And then he jokingly curses the stethoscope after the cat rejects it.

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"Will you marry me?" Is a marriage proposal.
"Will, You, Mary, Me" is a foursome proposal.
"Will, you marry me" is a time traveler spoiling the future.
"Will you, Mary me" is a cavewoman trying to make Will, who has amnesia, remember who he is. #writingcommunity

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Why though?

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"Bonetrousle"

Undertale (2015)

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Dear Bluesky...

I am not American. Not everything and everywhere in the world is America.

Thanks.

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I had not heard of this documentary until now, but based on this Guardian review of it, it seems incredibly important.

A system at 200% capacity and 1/3 its official staffing levels is a system destined to be brutal, but Alabama clearly goes above and beyond.

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Okay folks it’s hot out there so we need to talk about #bees and #water.

Please #repost and #share for impact.
Thanks!

BEES NEED WATER!
BEES GET STUCK IN AND DIE IN WATER!
Here’s what you need to know!

Given that they can collect water, their nectar based diet and their ability to generate…
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Weeks later in still laughing

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Some farmers have a policy not to grow any crop that the government can dictate market policy and pricing.

Also, there are loaded commodity ships that sail in international waters waiting for any country to open up favourable trade window opportunities. #bartalk

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Good morning #Bookksky and the #writingcommunity

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I really take don’t like Twitter. It’s a cesspit of hopelessness

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I take it back.

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Deep down my hate extends to the people that voted for Ruto. The blood is on their hands too, regret be dammed. You’d think getting charged for crimes against humanity would be enough to discredit someone completely

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Fortune Cookie Logic For Sunday

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Sometimes you have look at it like it’s something. Something is always better than nothing because it offers the opportunity to change tact

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#booksky

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You’re not an expat, you’re an immigrant!

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*dark place

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Poster from the movie Melancholia

I love the way this movie portrays depression without bringing up flashbacks or taking you back to a seek place; if you’ve visited the said dark place

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