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as i live and breathe – 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣?
@mara-iara.bsky.social
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love to spin a yarn. nudging the odd thing into order. fighting sleep since my fontanelle closed. 🇳🇬
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My sibling in Christ: ain't no way
Screenshot of Peter Parker (Spider-Man: the Animated Series), pre-spider bite. He's brown haired, thickly bespectacled, wearing a cream-colored button-down, a belt, and jeans, with two books in one hand. Peter's approaching from the sidewalk, a blue classic body car behind him. The boy looks weedy as hell.
December 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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That cancelled TV show you'll never stop thinking about.
Green-blue toned promotional poster for the tragically cancelled Hulu show, "Light As A Feather". The "A" in "Feather" is represented by the alchemical symbol for air. Only got 2 seasons. The poster displays a bottom-up shot of the series' 5 main characters arranged in a circle, including protagonist McKenna (Liana Liberato) at bottom right. Do not pay attention to the ratings. Pay attention to my anguish and the delicious dread of foredained death and desperation that is this show.
November 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Walton Goggins, give me your phone immediately
Walmart ad featuring Walton Goggins (because I'd know that voice anywhere) dressed up as a slightly less-intense Grinch, leaning close to the camera as if it's a front door peephole/security camera. A snowy nighttime, Christmas light-festooned background is behind him. In the upper left, the ad caption: "POV: Walmart Black Friday Deals are knocking"
November 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Amber Mark knocked it out of the PARK

• Lyricism
• Vocals, stacking
• That fresh + firm sound quality – reminds me of how I felt hearing the 'thumps' in Ludwig Göransson's "Sinners" soundtrack
• Strings that stick to your ribs
Album cover of Amber Mark's latest album, "Pretty Idea". A portrait photo of the artist, a young Black woman, posed on the right side with her eyes closed before a slightly gradient-ed red background. Amber leans to the right, with loose black curls and subtly glamorous makeup, a thin gold hoop showing in her visible ear, and a thin red strip at her neck indicating the neckline of a dress or top.
October 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Screenshot of Lisa Simpson seated at the family dinner table, mouth open and looking shocked. An empty green plate and glass are in front of her. A glass cabinet of dinnerware sits behind her.
October 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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very this:
Internet famous meme involving outlandish homophobic screeds superimposed over a white dachshund named Whitney Chewston, often staring at the camera. In this iteration: "the pearly gates won't open for your kind"
September 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Welcome back, Drake Mallard and his badass girlfriend
August 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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The wild world of immanent connections vs The bleak brutalism of sequential storytelling
A delusional Charlie (Charlie Day, It's Always Sunny) holds a cigarette between two fingers while his other hand rests against a feverishly-constructed conspiracy board full of stolen mail, red string, and the name "Pepe Silvia". A brunet man in a striped red shirt and jeans holds another brunet man by his short hair, grinning as he forces him to bend at the waist while pulling the man's left arm behind him in a self-defense move.
August 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the One Ring.
Kusuriuri (the Medicine Seller) from the anime movie Ayakashi and spinoff series Mononoke. In this gif, he's snarling and glancing to and from camera. Appearance: blue eyes; red markings around his eyes and down his nose; muted violet paint on his upper lip that slightly turns up at the corners; a head scarf in the same muted violet, taupe hair, and blue bindings on the locks of hair at the side of his face.
August 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Quelle surprise 🙂‍↕️
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My unsurprising results from the very cute poomang "Season core test": Mara Core Mid-Autumn Core [my birthday season!] Remembers everything; Living worry doll; Sacrifices for others; Can't say no; Detailed perfectionist; Considers others' comfort; Shy but wants to lead; Touched by small things; Anxious without plans
August 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac, Star Wars) points his index finger as he is in the middle of some indignant response. His movement is so emphatic that his necklace is mid-swing.
August 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Online influencer Challan, standing in her kitchen with a dinner plate clasped under her forearms and against her stomach. She has curly blonde hair, black glasses, and wears a short black camo, boxer shorts, a yellow scrunchie on her wrist, and a comically stressed and expectant expression on her face.
August 4, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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The CW remade it, but network aesthetic kept them from the spirit and letter of "monster lover" law
A mostly grayscale promo photo of the CW's 2012 remake of the 80s show "Beauty and the Beast". Unlike the original Vincent, who looks straight-up leonine, this version (Jay Ryan) has a very aesthetic scar on his right cheekbone, golden eyes, and that's where the strangeness ends. Behind him is Catherine (Kristin Kreuk).
August 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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What an awful thing to say. One of the most insidious bits of the "near & dear" is the joke of which you are the eternal butt. Who doesn't love a soupçon of "you're so sensitive" /s

Even if I didn't share my partner's enthusiasm, I'd be happy that they were happy and a lover of knowledge
Ben Schwartz (Middleditch & Schwartz) looking incredulous in a burnt orange button-down and blue undershirt, foregrounding red curtains. A radial blur effect surrounds him, as if to suggest that shit is shaking up. Forgive me, I believe I'm experiencing a tension headache – I could not for love nor money define what "shaking up" is in this context
July 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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And it just takes one experience of scenario 2 to turn you against wage silence like
Pikachu raising pickaxe behind Misty/Kasumi
July 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Talent + following your interest is a winning combo
She's very "if you catch it, good for you; if you don't, God bless"

I mean, look at this range
Glenn Close in "Dangerous Liaisons", looking casually preoccupied as she's being laced into a stunning blue and gold corset by her maids. A collage of Glenn Close in 9 looks from "101 Dalmatians". The classic red, black, white, and animal print are ever-present, as is the runway aesthetic: opulent hats, coats, draping; neat tailoring and nipped waists; cigarette holders; and avant garde hairstyles. Glenn Close in "The Deliverance" – dressed and coiffed like a specific kind of white mom with a Black child. Glenn Close in a cameo role for "Guardians of the Galaxy", dressed in a teal coat with "scifi-appropriate" structured collar and lapels white collar, and what looks like a vented teal suit. She sports what looks like a futuristic and chic twisted take on a French roll. She called someone a prick in this movie.
July 1, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Por qué no los dos: the other Prime Directive
A Black woman with gorgeous makeup, including soft grayish-blue eyeshadow and black lashes, has her eyes closed as she holds up both hands with index fingers pointed up and tongue insouciantly peeking out of her mouth: The African Americanly clear sign of unprecedented good times.
June 30, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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February, staying very still like we can't see it:
A white dog lies with its eyes closed on a dirt strewn wood floor, surrounded by wood and wicker furniture. It is clearly pretending to be asleep, perhaps stunned by whatever mystery assailant scattered chair cushions and plant dirt all over the room.
June 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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You're about to elevate
School hallway levitation meme, hotepery edition
June 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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You can also turn it off, which is the first thing I did when DDG rolled this out.
DuckDuckGo Search Settings: Screenshot shows the "AI Features" tab. Under it are settings for "Chat" for AI models (turned "Off") and "Assist" for AI-assisted search result summaries (set to "Never")
May 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Screenshot of a brunette Ini Edo reclining on a bench, wearing a silver necklace and a dark tank top with the caption "(careless laughter)" near the bottom
May 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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[taps sign]
Original Tweet by @LilZeeno1: "there's a reason power rangers are no longer relevant" Quote tweet by @LickshotLippy: "Coz they killed all their opps. Has Spider Man even got the don that licked down his uncle??? How you got super powers but your uncle got touched, I'm a normal human and all my uncle's are fine"
May 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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you know what, hell yeah
The Snuggle Bear (Snuggle detergent), a small off-white animatronic text bear, sits in a large armchair and holds a white piece of fresh laundry, sniffing it with his eyes closed
May 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Pope Mochi V
The Pillsbury Doughboy stares at the camera, mouth slightly compressed. He wears his classic white Pillsbury chef's hat which, if you squint with sufficient whimsy, is kind of papal
May 9, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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🎶CUTASTOUT BLACKTHORN
Cartoon character Jimmy (Ed Edd n Eddy) dances in the middle of a messy room, dressed in a black singlet and baggy pastel striped trousers, swinging a white sweater above his head and dramatically pointing to the side.
April 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM