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Paul Reck
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Irish born, Australian introduced. Trying to enjoy running. Trying.

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davechen.bsky.social
I interviewed the winner of WINGS OF VOICE on Nathan Fielder's THE REHEARSAL. We talked about what contestants were really told about WINGS, whether people knew what the deal was, and how winning the "competition" changed her life. www.decodingtv.com/p/an-intervi...
An Interview with the Winner of 'Wings of Voice' on Nathan Fielder's 'The Rehearsal' (feat. Isabella Henao)
David speaks with Isabella Henao about untangling Nathan Fielder's web of intrigue.
www.decodingtv.com
August 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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eliothiggins.bsky.social
🧵 This is a perfect example of how disordered discourse reshapes democratic politics, not by policy failure, but by the performative targeting of identity. Let’s unpack what’s happening.
junlper.beer onion person @junlper.beer · May 22
one of the most insane normalized aspects of our political climate is politicians going after their own constituents in the name of anti-wokeness. what are we doing here
May 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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devincf.bsky.social
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March 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Time to rethink that trip to the US
February 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Each paragraph brings some new detail to make me snort my coffee from my nose.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
US woman caught with golden gun in luggage at Sydney airport jailed for a year
Liliana Goodson travelled to Australia to attend clown school with the gold-plated pistol, worth about $3,000, in her luggage
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:03 AM
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If you see this, post a vampire
November 27, 2024 at 7:24 AM
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leahmcelrath.bsky.social
Anyway…

Here’s a visualization of all the curse words being used on Bluesky in real time.

Each word is a cute fluffy little profane cloud.

It’s oddly soothing.

H/t @bagpuss.org
#SwearSky
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SwearSky
Bluesky profanity, as it happens
swearsky.bagpuss.org
November 22, 2024 at 12:23 AM
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haydendonnell.bsky.social
As always I recommend supporting our beautiful dying media industry by clicking on the article but this has reminded of something John Campbell said about objectivity in the "good old days" a few years ago
John Campbell arguing that newsrooms of old gave the pretense of objectivity while excluding many voices and reflecting only one, primarily white, male, point of view
November 18, 2024 at 8:13 PM
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frizfrizzle.bsky.social
And here's my assistant, Little Parker Booowles!
King Charles and Camilla sat on big red thrones, ala Greg Davies and Alex Horne on Taskmaster
November 17, 2024 at 10:04 AM
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keithedwards.bsky.social
Do you know how dark Twitter has to be for *STEPHEN KING* to say it’s too dark
November 15, 2024 at 1:22 AM
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swordsjew.bsky.social
i went out atop my shield, flaming arrows adorned the funeral boat
J.K. Rowling @swordsjew •1h Just want to say TERFs were the real Dementors all along. Sorry for being such a hateful weirdo, we all make mistakes, trans rights forever @ 311 せ4,118 25.7K Ill 736K .. 企 J.K. Rowling @@swordsjew •1h Also, the goblins were antisemitic stereotypes, sorry for that. "Alohomora" to a new worldview! Also, Grindelwald was a bottom 9 17 381 く 5,830 ill 133K L J.K. Rowling & @swordsjew •1h Terry Pratchett is superior to me in every way. Did I mention I uncritically support trans rights now and forever? @ 13 476 5,376 Ill 116K 企 J.K. Rowling @swordsjew •1h Read another book!!!!!!!!!! One that doesn't feature a race of grateful slaves ideally 1) 313 4,438 j.K. Rowling@@swordsjew.1h Happy #TransDayOfVisbility to my comrades here in the UK and across the water, womanhood is an inclusive and capacious category and I want everyone to see themselves as they wish to be! I say "expelliarmus" to hatemongers!
November 15, 2024 at 4:34 AM
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nytguildtech.bsky.social
After an unprecedented Election Week ULP strike, we returned to work today and have called off the NYT Games and Cooking boycotts.

#SolidarityStreak #BreakMyStreak #UnionStrong #UnionMadeNYC #Strike #Union #Unions #Tech #Labor #CollectiveBargaining #Contract #NewsGuild #CWA #Solidarity
November 12, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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crampell.bsky.social
I’m sure others have already observed this but it’s hilarious that an efficiency commission requires two co-chairs
November 13, 2024 at 2:37 AM
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The trump team, staffed by trolls unable to overcome their personal grievances, or exhibit even a modicum of international decorum.
A screenshot of a twitter post where a senior Trump advisor has responded to a message of congratulations to the President Elect by the Australian Ambassador to the USA with a gif of an hourglass.
November 12, 2024 at 11:13 PM
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medcrisis.bsky.social
How I almost went to Jamaica to take magic mushrooms youtu.be/UMes5md5-eE?...
November 12, 2024 at 7:15 AM
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annaleen.bsky.social
As an internet old who has watched countless social platforms, chat systems, and BBSes (!) rise and fall, I'm flummoxed by the current hot take that "nothing has or will come along to replace what Twitter once was." Um, hello? Social networks are always ephemeral, online and off. Join a new one!
November 11, 2024 at 2:30 AM
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aoc.bsky.social
Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.

We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
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manmademoon.bsky.social
I’m not fully here yet, as i have a promise to keep at the other place, but I’ll try to dabble, and eventually this will be my new home.
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Mr. Blue Sky
YouTube video by Electric Light Orchestra - Topic
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November 11, 2024 at 6:54 PM
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devincf.bsky.social
Has the election left you feeling hopeless about people? PLANET OF THE APES agrees with you.

The Timely Misanthropy of PLANET OF THE APES

www.patreon.com/posts/timely...
November 11, 2024 at 7:12 AM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
Thank goodness Rudy can count on his compassionate, loyal and supportive friend Donald Trump
tusk81.bsky.social Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · Nov 11
“Rudy Giuliani has alleged that he doesn’t have enough money to feed himself after a federal judge ordered him to start paying the $148 million judgment he faces for defaming Georgia poll workers in the wake of the 2020 election.” www.thedailybeast.com/rudy-giulian...
Rudy Giuliani Says He’s Too Broke to Buy Food Amid Defamation Suit Struggle
The Trump ally begged for donations to help pay off the $148 million judgment from his election worker defamation suit.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 11, 2024 at 4:11 AM
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Musk in the final stages of turning twitter into truth dot social
November 10, 2024 at 2:06 AM
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theferocity.bsky.social
This is one of the most disturbing paragraphs I’ve read in months, and I’m currently researching the history of enslavement in 18th century New England.
"It feels like with this election this year, we're heading into an era that we really haven't seen, maybe only once or twice in the company's history, where the value proposition of the private sector for both our state partners and our federal partners are going to be not only strong today, but even stronger as we go in the next couple of years," Damon Hininger, CEO of CoreCivic, formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America, said on that company's own earnings call. Hininger noted he'd been with the company over 32 years. "We do think that there's going to be increased need for detention capacity," he added later.
November 8, 2024 at 11:06 PM