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cassidy
@cdg.bsky.social
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dj, singer-songwriter, queer variety show person, arts and culture writer, home cook, often online 🧐 (they)
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cassidy @cdg.bsky.social · Nov 19
I don’t think I ever announced it on here but my indie rock band Boy Howdy! finally put out our debut EP after 5 years of existence :) boyhowdyband.bandcamp.com/album/howdy
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joshlowe.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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cuteosphere.bsky.social
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
cdg.bsky.social
Lmao
dollarpbr.gay 🎄trash🎄 (holly and jolly) @dollarpbr.gay · 1d
if you’re anti-“baby it’s cold outside” you need to grow up and accept some people are into cnc
December 2, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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gorl.gay
earlier,,
frankie, my tabby cat, stretched out on bed in a sun patch. this POV is from in front of her, where her arms are stretched forward.
December 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
cdg.bsky.social
Always a classic
December 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
the things i want to say violate the terms of service here.
tinavasquez.bsky.social Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 20h
These are screenshots from an actual DHS press release that just went out offering "self-deportation" as a "gift" to "illegal aliens" this holiday season.

This administration is truly repugnant.
December 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
cdg.bsky.social
Uhhhhhhhhhh
jesbattis.bsky.social Jes Battis @jesbattis.bsky.social · 3d
At this point, our intro comp/first-year English course has been so heavily revised, it no longer includes a novel, or "extended reading" of any kind, no "specialized" or "historical" reading, mostly in-class assignments, no research essay...and we are still seeing a 40-50% rate of AI misconduct.
December 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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golikehellmachine.com
she went to state legislators, TPUSA and conservative media outlets within a few hours of getting her grade, if you can’t identify the bad faith that can be seen from space, you need to get your eyes checked
caitlinmoriah.bsky.social dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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jackmirkinson.bsky.social
a real tell in all of this is that the trans instructor wasn't alone in trashing this essay! a whole other person also said they agreed completely that it sucked. but as far as i can tell only the trans person is getting punished. www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...
Samantha, I am the other instructor for this course, and I have also taken the time to read your paper. I concur with on the grade you received. This paper should not be considered as a completion of the assignment.
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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shenanigansen.bsky.social
Panel 1: Shen is looking very closely at a leaf with a ladybug on it. He is happily saying "Oh if only I was a little ladybug." Panel 2: Shen looking up at the sky, his hands clasped in front of him, both the background and his seemingly pearlescent eyes full of sparkles at light. He blushes and says "How whimsical life would be! How free of care!" Panel 3: Closeup on the ladybug from the side, as it thinks "If I don't eat like 50 aphids and have sex right now I'm gonna kill myself."
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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kingadahipsters.bsky.social
carl weathers from arrested development. the “baby, you got a stew goin” scene.
November 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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happytoast.co.uk
More of this please
Bong Joon Ho's statement on ai in the creative industry needing to be destroted
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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requiemarm.bsky.social
turning this mfer into a crepe
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
cdg.bsky.social
Tubi started showing a mobile game ad on my television… that’s none of the TV’s business! stop it!
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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antlervel.vet
I have decided life will get better. I reserve my right to change my mind about that at some point. But that’s what I’ve decided
November 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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cait.bsky.social
i cannot believe i caught him stretching out his toesies under the tree
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."

Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Number of SNAP recipients Amazon 2,456 Walmart 2,318 Uber 1,799 DoorDash 1,462 Tempus Unlimited 1,425 Stop & Shop 989 Mass General Brigham 956 Dollar Tree 952 Albertsons Companies, Inc. 896 Bayada Home Health 887
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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veryimportant.lawyer
when a cAnCeLLeD performer ReËNtERs the cULtURe,
Mocking SpongeBob
November 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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nasboat.org
etsy truly has everything
a bumper sticker that says "Keep Honking! I just put Steely Dan on the subwoofer"
November 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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pilotv.bsky.social
also bookshop dot org has free shipping today and we still have a small handful of books on our wishlist for people who are incarcerated in NYC! would love to fulfill all the requests: bookshop.org/wishlists/7a...
Fall Wishlist for Rikers
Bookshop.org Custom Registry
bookshop.org
November 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
cdg.bsky.social
I’ve started writing a lot of deals content lately for a much smaller outlet than this and I don’t think either of these would be newsworthy (also “street price” is baffling, never heard that in my life)
hels.bsky.social Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 3d
Irrationally angry that Wirecutter’s “best Black Friday deals” roundup includes insulting shit like $5 off a $30 Tupperware set and $5 off $43 plain glass vases. Fuck you.
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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kattenbarge.bsky.social
It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
cdg.bsky.social
!!!
rincewind.run Micah @rincewind.run · 4d
good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong

this story delights me every year
azfamily.com Arizona's Family 3TV & CBS 5 @azfamily.com · 4d
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
November 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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bodegacats.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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aplante.com
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
screenshot of a tumblr post from user “wildmansters” The thing that really boils my potatoes about Al in general is that I have been a creative professional for over a decade now and the devil has ALWAYS been in the details. Big and small, I've had single-person businesses rip me to shreds over how their colors turned out on newsprint, and have worked with huge companies with THICK brand guidelines with every detail of their brand identity laid out and enforced with an iron fist. But I guess all of that stuff doesn't matter anymore? Who gives a fuck if this Al generated baby has six fingers, that mom-and-pop shop is still going to use it. That rug from Temu says Happy Thanksgivirg? Oh well haha it's just a silly funny thing now (nevermind that you never would have given a B-grade item from a craft show the same consideration). I don't actually care that the Al Coca-cola ad has a truck that changes size every scene, but I can't help but think about how, if it had been some poor underpaid artist, they would have been laughed out of the building. I don't really know how to put it in a succint way but it just feels all the more obvious how much more grace and flexibility has always been possible but never offered.
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM