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Barb
@spicedrum.bsky.social
· Feb 7
Biden should have let his dog bite more people.
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how all youtube ads sound to me
December 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
how all youtube ads sound to me
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We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps:
- It’s ‘voilà,’ not ‘wallah!’
- It’s ‘a lot,’ not ‘alot.’
- It’s ‘further ado,’ not ‘farther adieu.’
- It’s ‘flesh out,’ not ‘flush out.’
- It’s ‘sneak peek,’ not ‘sneak peak.’
No worries if not!!!
- It’s ‘voilà,’ not ‘wallah!’
- It’s ‘a lot,’ not ‘alot.’
- It’s ‘further ado,’ not ‘farther adieu.’
- It’s ‘flesh out,’ not ‘flush out.’
- It’s ‘sneak peek,’ not ‘sneak peak.’
No worries if not!!!
December 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps:
- It’s ‘voilà,’ not ‘wallah!’
- It’s ‘a lot,’ not ‘alot.’
- It’s ‘further ado,’ not ‘farther adieu.’
- It’s ‘flesh out,’ not ‘flush out.’
- It’s ‘sneak peek,’ not ‘sneak peak.’
No worries if not!!!
- It’s ‘voilà,’ not ‘wallah!’
- It’s ‘a lot,’ not ‘alot.’
- It’s ‘further ado,’ not ‘farther adieu.’
- It’s ‘flesh out,’ not ‘flush out.’
- It’s ‘sneak peek,’ not ‘sneak peak.’
No worries if not!!!
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Five dollars extra, I’m told.
No, you have to write ideas on napkins or your notes app or whatever’s handy, but keep those notes as infuriatingly vague as possible. Then later, spend half an hour trying to discern what “unicorn pussy” meant.
January 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Five dollars extra, I’m told.
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Happy Public Domain Day! (with a simultaneous boo to the AI that is making so many things, including this celebration, worse) web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Happy Public Domain Day! (with a simultaneous boo to the AI that is making so many things, including this celebration, worse) web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
January 1,1941
January 1,1941
January 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
January 1,1941
January 1,1941
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January 1, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Going into 2026, the fact that there is a difference between a coatigan and a shacket - and I know how to tell them apart - is what bothers me.
January 1, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Going into 2026, the fact that there is a difference between a coatigan and a shacket - and I know how to tell them apart - is what bothers me.
Happy new year, West Coasties!
January 1, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Happy new year, West Coasties!
I hope 2026 brings us all what we want.
January 1, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I hope 2026 brings us all what we want.
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PROTIP: if you don’t want to stay up till midnight, choose a different country to celebrate New Year’s. It was just New Year’s in Greece, in an hour and a half it will be New Year’s in London. Watch the fireworks on YouTube, do a toast from bed an go to sleep early!
December 31, 2025 at 10:37 PM
PROTIP: if you don’t want to stay up till midnight, choose a different country to celebrate New Year’s. It was just New Year’s in Greece, in an hour and a half it will be New Year’s in London. Watch the fireworks on YouTube, do a toast from bed an go to sleep early!
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Honestly, the Sleepy Time Tea bear is nailing New Year’s Eve.
December 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Honestly, the Sleepy Time Tea bear is nailing New Year’s Eve.
Put on my sweater pants* and am gonna go see if I can finish reading book 158 before the ball drops.
Woooo I lead an exciting life.
Woooo I lead an exciting life.
Read 155 books between my two lists. May read a couple more by year's end if something catches my fancy.
December 31, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Put on my sweater pants* and am gonna go see if I can finish reading book 158 before the ball drops.
Woooo I lead an exciting life.
Woooo I lead an exciting life.
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women are forced to be considerate all the time when it doesn't personally benefit them, I will not be taking arguments
December 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
women are forced to be considerate all the time when it doesn't personally benefit them, I will not be taking arguments
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to me, the masking issue was very clarifying
this was the first time in some men's lives (yes, I said men) they were *required* to take a measure of care in a way they *didn't believe* personally benefited them
we forced them to be considerate and it broke them
this was the first time in some men's lives (yes, I said men) they were *required* to take a measure of care in a way they *didn't believe* personally benefited them
we forced them to be considerate and it broke them
The reason this Harvard history professor decided he was done with one of the best and most privileged jobs in the world was, in his own words, because he was forced to lecture in a mask during peak Covid.
I’m not making this up.
I’m not making this up.
December 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
to me, the masking issue was very clarifying
this was the first time in some men's lives (yes, I said men) they were *required* to take a measure of care in a way they *didn't believe* personally benefited them
we forced them to be considerate and it broke them
this was the first time in some men's lives (yes, I said men) they were *required* to take a measure of care in a way they *didn't believe* personally benefited them
we forced them to be considerate and it broke them
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it brings me no pleasure to say this, but gen alpha will make the same mistake as millennials. they will abandon high rise trousers and adopt skinny, low rise pants, deeming the first to be too "old" and the second "young." then their children will rightly mock them.
December 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
it brings me no pleasure to say this, but gen alpha will make the same mistake as millennials. they will abandon high rise trousers and adopt skinny, low rise pants, deeming the first to be too "old" and the second "young." then their children will rightly mock them.
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Because of the music playlist I worked up for Kingkiller the algorithm still kicks me some great stuff.
youtube.com/watch?v=A0Dk...
youtube.com/watch?v=A0Dk...
Te Maurea Whiritoi | Whakaeke | 2025 | Pōtaea
YouTube video by Te Maurea Whiritoi
youtube.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Because of the music playlist I worked up for Kingkiller the algorithm still kicks me some great stuff.
youtube.com/watch?v=A0Dk...
youtube.com/watch?v=A0Dk...
This is who is taking over administration of our company's shit insurance plan in 2026
wheeee
(It's probably why they switched to them)
wheeee
(It's probably why they switched to them)
Internal documents and former company executives revealed how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This is who is taking over administration of our company's shit insurance plan in 2026
wheeee
(It's probably why they switched to them)
wheeee
(It's probably why they switched to them)
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Internal documents and former company executives revealed how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Internal documents and former company executives revealed how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
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what chaos is even better and they're a lot less weird about women lol youtu.be/ebwOloyIwGs?...
(also they have two (2) interviews with Jacob Tierney!)
(also they have two (2) interviews with Jacob Tierney!)
December 31, 2025 at 4:35 AM
what chaos is even better and they're a lot less weird about women lol youtu.be/ebwOloyIwGs?...
(also they have two (2) interviews with Jacob Tierney!)
(also they have two (2) interviews with Jacob Tierney!)
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i too have begun watching the straight man hockey podcasts discuss heated rivalry. this is the forum of athens to me
December 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
i too have begun watching the straight man hockey podcasts discuss heated rivalry. this is the forum of athens to me
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The worst thing about this teaser for #AvengersDoomsday is that it reminded me that THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER is a movie that exists, and that it was a complete waste of Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, and Christian Bale.
Avengers: Doomsday | Only in Theaters December 18, 2026
YouTube video by Marvel Entertainment
youtu.be
December 31, 2025 at 4:24 AM
The worst thing about this teaser for #AvengersDoomsday is that it reminded me that THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER is a movie that exists, and that it was a complete waste of Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, and Christian Bale.
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So my daughter and some of her friends have been developing a version of Love Island set in the Star Wars universe. They're artists, so this has basically been a prompt for them to design characters. Some based on SW aliens and some original.
December 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
So my daughter and some of her friends have been developing a version of Love Island set in the Star Wars universe. They're artists, so this has basically been a prompt for them to design characters. Some based on SW aliens and some original.
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