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Georgia was skating to MORTAL KOMBAT at the Olympics exhibition gala

21.02.2026 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 13243    πŸ” 4489    πŸ’¬ 135    πŸ“Œ 738

Y’all (white people) like to do this thing where y’all (white people) try to tell Black people how to feel and control the way we react when there are very public displays of harm or mistreatment towards us, and I don’t like that shit. I don't like that shit at all.

22.02.2026 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 245    πŸ” 109    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Figure skating is the best sport because no other sport schedules a "just fuck around" segment into its competition.

21.02.2026 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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*Taylor Sheridan pulling a slot machine arm*
"Ok, we got... Kurt Russell... as a... Fire Chief in... Paducah, Kentucky"
Paramount Exec: Sure whatever, here's $40,000,000.
All of our parents: Prairie of Flames is the best show on TV

20.02.2026 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2904    πŸ” 493    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 51
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Clarifying and answering some of your questions about #grok doxxing me. Thank you @noelleperdue.bsky.social and @404media.co for reporting this story. Stay safe, my friends, and FUCK GROK πŸ’š

20.02.2026 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1723    πŸ” 445    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 37

AOC can run a genuine anti-elitist campaign on multiple fronts while all Vance has is empty posturing. So many wealthy and powerful people will be deeply invested in stopping her if she does it, including ostensible democrats.

20.02.2026 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 19: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Image was captured using a remote camera positioned above the field of play.) Megan Keller #5 of Team United States scores the game winning goal in overtime against Claire Thompson #42 and Ann-Renee Desbiens #35 of Team Canada to win the gold medal during the Women's Gold Medal match between the United States and Canada on day 13 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena on February 19, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 19: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Image was captured using a remote camera positioned above the field of play.) Megan Keller #5 of Team United States scores the game winning goal in overtime against Claire Thompson #42 and Ann-Renee Desbiens #35 of Team Canada to win the gold medal during the Women's Gold Medal match between the United States and Canada on day 13 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena on February 19, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

put it in the Louvre

19.02.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4032    πŸ” 1046    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 107
Figure skater Alysa Liu holding up her 2026 Olympics gold medal grimacing and exposing her teeth.

Figure skater Alysa Liu holding up her 2026 Olympics gold medal grimacing and exposing her teeth.

Oakland rap legend Mac Dre popping his chain and collar simultaneously while grimacing and showing his teeth (colloquially known as a "thizz face").

Oakland rap legend Mac Dre popping his chain and collar simultaneously while grimacing and showing his teeth (colloquially known as a "thizz face").

Alysa Liu. A proud product of Oakland.

19.02.2026 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3583    πŸ” 527    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 42
A photo taken through the window of a restaurant of Mayor Mamdani eating and talking with a friend.

A photo taken through the window of a restaurant of Mayor Mamdani eating and talking with a friend.

Iftar, Day 2

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Congrats to BART rider and Oakland legend Alysa Liu on winning a gold medal at the Olympics and making the Bay Area proud!

19.02.2026 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 7580    πŸ” 1072    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 134
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Pressure makes gold πŸ₯‡

Tara Lipinski, the youngest individual gold medalist in Winter Olympic history, knows that well.

Lipinski expressed her admiration for Alysa Liu's free skate performance.

20.02.2026 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 183    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5

How the fuck did we get here?

20.02.2026 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british

19.02.2026 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 24946    πŸ” 5181    πŸ’¬ 450    πŸ“Œ 147
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In a free democracy, the government does not get to suppress political beliefs with a blacklist.

Any politician who supports laws that punish free speech cannot be trusted to protect yours.

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Hi everyone, I earned my PhD from the Department of Child Study and Human Development. My studies, research, and professional work focus on how positive media use among children and young people… |... Hi everyone, I earned my PhD from the Department of Child Study and Human Development. My studies, research, and professional work focus on how positive media use among children and young people ca...

DOCTOR RΓΌmeysa Γ–ztΓΌrk has earned her PhD!!

19.02.2026 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 11783    πŸ” 1541    πŸ’¬ 122    πŸ“Œ 130
a ink drawing of a man tackling another man swinging a sword by grabbing him around the waist and putting his face in his crotch

a ink drawing of a man tackling another man swinging a sword by grabbing him around the waist and putting his face in his crotch

Heated Rivalry (2025)

19.02.2026 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5517    πŸ” 577    πŸ’¬ 249    πŸ“Œ 77

The UK arresting Andrew.

South Korea tossing their wannabe dictator in jail for life.

John Roberts better be getting a really nice Edible Arrangement from the White House.

19.02.2026 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 22702    πŸ” 3997    πŸ’¬ 536    πŸ“Œ 153
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The White Queen of the Hellfire Ring

17.02.2026 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 852    πŸ” 155    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 1

But then they use bots to poorly go through resumes

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The cover of the graphic novel, a colored illustration by Daun Han depicting King in the foreground, Luz and Harpy Eda behind him, and the other cast of characters framing them including Willow, Hunter, Gus, Papa Titan, the Collector, and Amity.

The cover of the graphic novel, a colored illustration by Daun Han depicting King in the foreground, Luz and Harpy Eda behind him, and the other cast of characters framing them including Willow, Hunter, Gus, Papa Titan, the Collector, and Amity.

We've been looking forward to sharing this news for a long time. We're making a graphic novel!

The Owl House: The Long-Lived King
Written by me and the amazing @mikkicrisostomo.bsky.social

Illustrated by the incomparable @dindu99.bsky.social

We're so excited to tell a brand new story.

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TIL the German obsession with Indigenous Americans bled into German-American, pre-WWII organizations, who... used them as mascots.

For Aryan supremacy.

(Desc. here is inaccurate, this is not a recruitment poster, it's a magazine cover.)

12.02.2026 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Together,
We are America
On a football (pretend the football is a word balloon)

Together, We are America On a football (pretend the football is a word balloon)

Thanks to Bad Bunny I was able to use this football as a punctuation lesson for my comma deficient Gen Alpha comics writing students 🀣

12.02.2026 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Relooted Review: A Thrilling Heist Game Turns Crime Into Justice Hear me out, what if it doesn’t belong in a museum?

Relooted Is A Big Black Middle Finger To History Controlled By White People:

11.02.2026 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 807    πŸ” 268    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 29

"Despite the fantastical Afrofuturistic setting... every artifact I stole currently exists in the real world...

I hated the feeling that this fantasy of stealing back the bones of venerated ancestors would be the closest thing to justice that my extended cultural family would ever get"

11.02.2026 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 220    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A friend of mine brought up number 2 and yeah they prob didn't like his Carnie ass outside of Trump.

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I was wondering this the other day and you are absolutely right.

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SUPERGIRL’S FAMILY VACATION drops May 5th from DC Comics and we’re offering retailers signed bookplates with limited edition art by Sarah Leuver! The time to PRE-ORDER is NOW.

11.02.2026 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
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"Wuthering Heights" (2026) Review: A Vapid Reimagined Classic Made For TikTok Clips Emerald Fennell's latest, "Wuthering Heights,"Β trades in gothic storytelling for pastel dreams and a pedestrian affair.

I hate "Wuthering Heights" - and it baffles me because there are elements of it that could have been amazing IF Fennell had just made her own story and detached it from a classic.

Stop comparing it to Romeo+Juliet, this one refuses to go all-in on anything, and that makes it dull.

My review:

12.02.2026 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

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