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laurentheisen.bsky.social
it was really important to me that I find my way back to the Times Square Planet Hollywood after it reopened. here's how it went: defector.com/seeking-clos...
Seeking Closure At Planet Hollywood, Where My Life Once Exploded | Defector
Nostalgia is the only reason why there’s a new Planet Hollywood in Times Square. But my nostalgia is different from everybody else’s. While the caretakers of this functionally dead brand are trying to...
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August 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Taylor Swift turned me straight: defector.com/taylor-swift...
Taylor Swift Turned Me Straight | Defector
I finally get Midnights. I don’t just mean, “Oh, I thought this album was whatever when I first heard it, and now I really love it,” though I do mean that a little bit. I mean I get it get it. Like, I...
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August 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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brandyjensen.bsky.social
I find the dildo thing pretty appalling so I wrote a bit about why
Why A Bunch Of Real Dicks Keep Throwing Fake Ones | Defector
Every misogynist joke poses a question to its female audience: Can you laugh along? Will you be chill or are you going to make a big deal out of this? Are you going to be a bitch about it? Arriving in...
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August 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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fridaytea.com
Nearly 60% of the way to clearing our early covid cafe survival debt! Once this is off our shoulders we'll be breaking even again, not wasting a substantial chunk of our revenues on expensive debt fees. We're already in much less danger of having to close the brick & mortar!

square.link/u/La2AFWmg
A progress bar showing $34,626.69 of $60k raised with 47 days remaining
July 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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laurentheisen.bsky.social
came clean about getting ejected from a basketball game in 3rd grade defector.com/bill-laimbee...
Bill Laimbeer Made Me A Youth Basketball Maniac | Defector
The VHS/DVD championship season recap is a lost art in the era of Youtube, but I’m old enough to remember when it was the only game in town. I’d see ads for them in the immediate aftermath of a title ...
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July 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Bill Laimbeer made me a youth basketball maniac: defector.com/bill-laimbee...
Bill Laimbeer Made Me A Youth Basketball Maniac | Defector
The VHS/DVD championship season recap is a lost art in the era of Youtube, but I’m old enough to remember when it was the only game in town. I’d see ads for them in the immediate aftermath of a title…
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July 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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morgfair.bsky.social
Oh, Honey! America has functioned for 249 years with every president having co-equal branches of government checking their power. It was set up that way on purpose by the Founding Fathers. You really skipped civics class, didn't you?
July 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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darrigomelanie.bsky.social
📦 Prime Day Reminders:

Amazon is anti-union

Amazon Essentials are based on data from their sellers

Amazon manipulates prices for Prime Day

When Amazon pays less than a living wage, taxpayers are forced to subsidize their employees

Skip #PrimeDay
Prime Day is a scam
Amazon Prime Day is a four-day sale promoted by the mega-retailer as a rare opportunity to secure "deep discounts" on a variety of consumer items.
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July 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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defector.com
They don't make closers like Bobby Jenks anymore. defector.com/bobby-jenks-...
Bobby Jenks Made The Most Of A Short Time | Defector
Bring in the big fella, manager Ozzie Guillen pantomimed on his way to the mound in Game 1 of the 2005 World Series, because the big fella was a phenomenon. It was a miracle he’d even made the show;…
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July 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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chetom.bsky.social
you are worthy 🧡🐸

#frogart
cute tiny round frog with a mushroom hat looking at himself in the mirror art by chetom
May 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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chetom.bsky.social
salty or sweet?? 🍿🐸✨ #frogart
a tiny cute frog toad holding candy and popcorn dressed in a circus themed jumpsuit
June 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
koz5000.bsky.social
Mandatory reading. And if you don't already, follow Claire too. All of her posts are this good
June 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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fridaytea.com
One of our teahearts is facing an unfair Etsy shop freeze, so we’re hosting her Pride goodies on the tea shop site! You can do your tea and queer accessory shopping together! Kelly will ship directly; all of her items include her shipping costs in the price.

🍵🏳️‍🌈

www.fridaytea.com/collections/...
Merdragon's Attic Pride Collection
Merdragon's Attic is the art shop of Kelly Green, a fat disabled queer artist who makes handcrafted, one-of-a-kind hair accessories, crowns, and jewelry for Pride, nerdy fun, and fashion. She can be f...
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June 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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thatnerdchick.bsky.social
Hey, you 🤓
Want to give back to the 🏳️‍🌈LGBTQIA+🏳️‍⚧️ community?

Consider purchasing the Limited Edition Howl's Castle from our new Studio Ghibli collection to support the Lambert House, here in Seattle!

They get the money,

you get the loot.

🖤 Punk Rock 🤘

thatnerdchick.com/studio-ghibl...
June 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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dianamoskovitz.bsky.social
A blog about my new cats? A blog about my new cats! With a gift link!!

Come for the words, stay for the extra cat photos.
Meet Chuck And Purrle, The Newest Members Of The Defector Pet Family | Defector
My life has always included cats. Even before owning a cat, I played with all the cats at the pet store inside the local mall and relentlessly begged my parents for one, who finally gave in somewhere ...
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May 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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wholesomememe.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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geneha.com
Uline's owners are the 2nd biggest political donors to Trump, so found a non-MAGA alt rec'd on Reddi: EcoEnclose. For shipping boxes for original comic art, so I got EXACTLY the size I wanted. It's half the price once you add in shipping to my house from Uline. EcoEnc $120.32 vs Uline $238.38.
EcoEnclose order summary: “Order Summary 50 Items 100% Recycled Box - OPF 32ECT C - CUSTOM 50 x 100% Recycled Box - OPF 32ECT C - CUSTOM Details Box Strength: 32C (25 lbs) Box Style: OPF Length(in): 17.500 Width(in): 12.000 Height(in): 1.000 Service Speed: Standard (3 - 6 business days) FSC® Recycled Shipping Weight 11 oz Subtotal $99.86 Shipping $20.46 Tax $0.00 Total (USD) $120.32” Uline Order Summary # of Shipments: 1 # of Items: 1 Subtotal: $186.00 Tax: $20.00 More Information Shipping: $32.38 Estimated Total: $238.38 2024 WTTW Chicago Public TV article on Illinois' biggest Republican political donors: “…Trump’s Top Donors With a combined $10 million donation to the Make America Great Again Super PAC, billionaires Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein are the second-biggest backers of Trump’s reelection bid — though their contribution has been dwarfed by the $75 million kicked in by banking heir Timothy Mellon. The Uihleins, Lake Forest residents and owners of the shipping products company Uline, are longtime conservative political donors. Uline, which was once headquartered in Illinois, moved in 2010 to Wisconsin — also home to Schlitz Brewing, to which Richard Uihlein is an heir. The Uihleins have long been active in Illinois politics. They supported former Gov. Bruce Rauner in his successful 2014 election bid. In 2018, they backed his unsuccessful challenger in the Republican gubernatorial primary, then-state Rep. Jeanne Ives. They’ve also supported U.S. Rep. Mary Miller (R-Springfield), who drew widespread condemnation for approvingly quoting Adolf Hitler in a 2021 speech; failed Illinois gubernatorial and congressional candidate Darren Bailey; and U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Peoria).”
May 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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albertburneko.bsky.social
here's hoping i do not have to write a third one of these in 2025: defector.com/for-bea
For Bea | Defector
I was still reeling in the aftermath of our dog Chop’s sudden and horrible heart-failure death, stunned and breathless with grief, feeling very much the way you do after taking a hard blow to the head...
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May 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
koz5000.bsky.social
@todgoldberg.bsky.social please bring this man to residency
May 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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tacobellquarterly.org
we open on 420 this weekend and we're going to make a literary magazine. And it's going to be fun and we're going to live forever and be successful and achieve all our dreams obviously. tacobellquarterly.org/tbq8-call-br...
TBQ8 Call: Bring Us Your Stacks of Pages
My kids make books all the time for fun. Both of them want to be writers and artists when they grow up. I feel like this is my fault. I’ve made it look too fun. They bring me their stacks of pages,…
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April 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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tajjaisen.bsky.social
If you need a little respite, @orionmagazine.bsky.social is having its coolest virtual event maybe ever on April 16, feat. @lutimestwo.bsky.social, @sabs.bsky.social, and @amyray.bsky.social (of Indigo Girls fame)! Register here, it's gonna be a fun time: orionmagazine.org/event-worksh...
Orion, Radiolab, and Lambda Literary Present Queer Planet: A Celebration of Biodiversity - Orion Magazine
Join Orion magazine, Radiolab, and Lambda Literary to celebrate the launch of Orion’s spring 2025 issue, Queer Planet: A Celebration of Biodiversity.
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April 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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wettribe.bsky.social
The Gulf of Mexico dead zone is primarily caused by excess nutrient pollution from human activities throughout the Mississippi River watershed, stimulating the overgrowth of algae and depleting oxygen until it cannot support life. #InternationalDayofActionforRivers
March 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
koz5000.bsky.social
@todgoldberg.bsky.social are there any open slots for a creative nonfiction guest at residency
March 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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defector.com
"Sometimes I'll see a, let's say, conventionally adorable animal that makes me forget all these weirdos, at least for a moment, and think: Whoa. Now there's a cutie patootie." defector.com/the-hummingb...
The Hummingbirds Brought Me Around | Defector
LAS VEGAS — For as long as I can remember, I have felt drawn to creatures often described as uncharismatic: deep-sea fish; an ugly bunch of bugs; maggots with faces on their butts; any creature with “...
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March 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
koz5000.bsky.social
@talkhoops.bsky.social just saw signs for a John Wick experience in Vegas, seems like news you can use johnwickexperience.com
John Wick Experience – Las Vegas Attraction
This is no ordinary visit—it’s your initiation into the dangerous and captivating world of John Wick. Only at AREA15.
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March 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM