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Toph
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Philly guy. He/Him. Opinions my own. Bad jokes definitely my own.
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Text on a background image of NJ Rep McIver speaking into a microphone. “The Washington post Democracy Dies in Darkness "She was indicted because she was doing her job of conducting oversight into ICE facilities, something that there is an express statutory authority for her to do. And the Trump administration doesn't want that," said Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias, who founded the digital news platform Democracy Docket and has been one of McIver's most vocal defenders. "They're going to keep targeting people who hold them accountable," McIver said. "That is exactly what's happening to people like me, Comey, AG James — and many others to come."”
November 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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I love this place too!!!
At grounds for sculpture in NJ. A sculpture of three people laying in the r grass with a picnic. Two men and a woman, the woman has no clothes on, and sits with poise her hand on her chin.
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Providing a different perspective. Upside down screenshot of original post. “Lyz @lyz.bsky.social • 3h The number of liberal white guys absolutely spiraling out when you say "hey having a Nazi tattoo is bad" is also pretty bad”
November 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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I love my garden this time of year.
A photo of a variety of plants. Their leaves are light and dark green, some long and skinny some short and round. A burst of deep red to golden orange leaves in the center. In the background the yard extends to a vine covered brick wall.
October 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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This is the way.
A photo of a computer monitor showing the ending of the video game Hero’s Quest, by Sierra Games. At the top it says “So You’ve Become A Hero! [score 517 of 500]” The scene shows the hero standing in the courtyard of the castle surrounded by all the characters from the game, as well as some of the developers as Easter Eggs.
October 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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An old fashioned newspaper ink drawing. A woman sits in a fancy chair pointing a revolver at a man kneeling in front of her. The revolver is firing a cloud with the word “NO!” She is smiling, he looks astonished.
October 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Kids media these days are crazy. Not like when I was a kid and the giant bird, his imaginary friend, and a dead four thousand year old Egyptian child answered a riddle from a god in a museum.
A screenshot of the movie “Don’t Eat the Pictures”, a Sesame Street movie from 1983. Big Bird, Snuffleupagus, and an Egyptian child stand before a stone wall. Above them is a massive disembodied glowing head of a Pharoh/god.
October 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
Cookie Monster from Sesame Street at a museum in front of a sign that reads “please don’t eat the pictures”
October 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Great cover! And in that storyline Hulk gets cured but changes himself back out of jealousy!
A CGC 9.4 graded copy of Incredible Hulk 141, showing Doc Samson fighting the Hulk, twisting his arm and pushing the Hulk down.
October 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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A screenshot of a Simpsons episode showing a gravestone reading “Dr. Marvin Monroe”. A statue of a therapist’s couch is above the stone.
October 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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They always look ready to listen.
Two small poodle dogs standing on an upholstered chair. The older brown and gray one looks expectantly past the camera, the young orange one stares directly into the lens.
October 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Lonely island’s song throw it on the ground. Text says throw it on the ground. A man makes an angry face.
October 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Both the art museum and Gritty looked far better than the Mush Push!
A bust of Gritty made from scrapple.
October 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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New avatar picture just dropped.
A bust sculpture of Gritty made from scrapple.
October 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Guilty as charged. I'd eat that. I did eat this.
A sushi restaurant counter with a large platter of sushi and maki next to an iced dish with a dozen pieces of sashimi artfully displayed.
October 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Before GoT premiered HBO was doing publicity at 30th street station where you could get your photo in the iron throne. Remains one of my top favorite photos of my brothers and me.
A man (me) sits on the iron throne from the tv show game of thrones. One man whispers in his ear while another sits back sternly and suspiciously glaring at them. At the bottom is promotional text from HBO, “Game of Thrones You win or you die Series premiere Sunday, April 17, 9pm Only on HBO”
October 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Excellent explanation.

Don’t abandon your core values, see what part you actually play and work hard to live true to yourself.
It might sound pessimistic to see, as Coates does, the likelihood of many losses looming ahead, even as we fight for wins. But if you consider the long history of the problem at hand, it releases you from bright-kid syndrome, from the illusion that you yourself are going to have every answer or fix the world. You understand that to do so is impossible. You are—at most—going to be one piece of that solution in a chain of many people that begins before you were born and continues after you die.
October 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Can recommend.
Me, a man with a red beard and glasses wearing a dress shirt and slacks, holding a blue muppet with red hair. Both of us are leaning to one side with our mouths open.
October 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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I love Philly.
A prop skeleton sitting on a bench in front of a brick home. The skeleton is wearing a white T-shirt that reads “Alec Bone”. The skeleton is wearing a wig of curly blond hair, and a red Phillies cap. There are lots of flowers and a pumpkin near the bench.
October 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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This is the moment.
A screen grab of the video from the original post. A Phillies fan being interviewed after a post season win. The screen shot shows him emphasizing “the fightins!” by widening his eyes and tilting his head towards the interviewer. A Philadelphia sports fan classic, he’s excited and proud, but also possibly one wrong word from throwing down.
October 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Matthew McConaughey from the film the Dallas Buyers club. He is sickly, sitting in a hospital exam bed as a doctor talks to him.
October 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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This is my favorite picture of my son. Happy Fall everyone.
A young boy with a round head and straight blonde hair stands on his tip toes and puts his head into a pile of bright orange pumpkins to look inside. His head looks like another pumpkin.
October 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Goblins! They can be devious, funny, dangerous, and mean. You can do a silly voice and make a new best friend of the party. They sometimes TPK a group of level one adventurers. I love a good goblin encounter. Kobolds and orcs are similarly tied for second place.
Illustration of three goblins from dungeons and dragons. A shaman, a battle axe wielding fighter and a scout with spears. They’re leaping and advancing into combat.
September 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Just remember, it’s official!
A screenshot of the cnn website. “White House: Trump's tweets are "official statements' By Elizabeth Landers, CNN • 2 min read Published 4:37 PM EDT, Tue June 6, 2017” Below the headline is a video of Sean spicer standing at the podium.
September 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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My daughter loved watching the bus go by our house when she was a toddler. We stood on the corner and waved to the driver. We went to the Septa store and bought her this stuffy which she loved for many years!
A toddler girl with purple glasses in a red stroller holding a stuffy of a septa bus. A stuffy of a septa bus held in the foreground inside my house.
September 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM