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In 1990, Coca-Cola ran a "MagiCan" contest where winning cans were filled with spring-loaded cash or a certificate. To make those cans feel normal, there was a sealed area containing chlorinated water and “a foul-smelling substance” to discourage consumption.

Day 13: "Clever! Clever! CLEVER!!"
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Going a bit more niche again, this time with Corvax from the 1986 movie Muzzy in Gondoland 👾 Had this on VHS since forever...and while it's also an English-speaking course, little ol' me was more interested in learning the ways of the goblin even back then🤷‍♂️

ah yes. a hamlet on la grande jatte

Nintendo has to get better at helping disabled players enjoy their games. they have a track record of not doing that

Last week, a woman in my long COVID group needed help to keep her electric on. We weren't able to get it, and to turn it back on, she needs $125. She works from home and is missing out on work right now.

Her Cash app: $ChristyStowell

My Venmo: AmandaKFinley
My PayPal: akh33d@gmail.com

KOSA is now in red alert priority.

Please contact your representatives, dem and gop alike, and demand they oppose KOSA!

We need to turn out in numbers against this!

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Day 12: There can only be one scarecrow around these here parts. 🍉
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Gravity Falls is another one that had so many cool picks...Decided to go for something slightly creepier so I settled on the Summerween Trickster from the 2012 episode "Summerween" 🎃
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#Inktober #gravityfalls

Yesterday's No Kings protests were apparently the largest since the first Earth Day in 1970

The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside

Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23

They constantly let America down

If you were at the No Kings events, please wear a mask for the next few days.

Covid is not over.

You can infect others before you feel symptomatic.

People are losing their healthcare. They’re losing their food assistance. They’re losing housing.

We need to protect each other.

COVID has killed more Americans than HIV. But if we ever thought about that seriously, we would stop everything to prevent the continued spread of the virus and the constant reinfection of the population.

Zohran Mamdani makes videos educating people about a trans activist and Donald Trump posts an AI video of himself shitting diarrhea all over American citizens.

The news media is trying to stop the former and help the latter.

It is deeply immoral that cashiers in the US are not allowed to sit.

A screenshot from Tumblr by gay-mo That says " The child babysit sometimes is 5 years old. Last time went to take care of him noticed he has this awesome painting of the moon in his bedroom. He told me his mothers friend painted it. After he told me the artists name he then explained to me "She used to be a boy but she didn't feel good so now she just takes medicine and it helps her to be a girl. She feels better" It's literally that easy to explain it to kids. "

Convo I had with a coworker's little kid when I was pre-HRT.

Her: "Are you a boy or a girl?"
Me: "a girl"
Her: "why do you look like a boy?
Me: "just happens sometimes"
Her: "oh 🤔 ok! Oooh a doggy"
Chid runs off the play with the dog, who is way more interesting than me.

doodle of corbeau from pokemon sitting on his arbok.

That new guy #pokemonlza #pokemonlegendsza #corbeau

comrades separated by arbitary lines drawn in the sand... mr. gorbachev, *bring down this wall*

Carving up some weekend fun🤘🔪💥🎃🖤🧡

Performative action is what got the Feds to finally admit AIDS was real, and the stories of that era moved the Overton window enough for Obergfell.

(Hopefully we move the window faster this time)

Performance is media-philic, and humans need to see things several times to fix it in their brains.

The Obama Hope poster, but it's a frog and it says "Hop"

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

People outside Alaska need to realize:
Typhoon Halong in Western Alaska has caused perhaps the first, big interregional climate change driven displacement in North America. We need sustained attention/resources on recovery to keep Halong victims from suffering as their worlds are turned upside down.

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Moshi Monsters fanart in the big 25?

#moshimonsters #drstrangeglove

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?

anyway that’s why these events are important

folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him

Nye: We are here to tell our lawmakers that what's going on in our government is
wrong. They must stop the abuses of this petulant president and his circle of sycophants. No thrones, no crowns, no king

STOP QRT DUNKING ON BIGOTS

For the love of all that is sacred, please don't interact with any hateful people you manage to come across on this site
Block, report and move on
We don't need this place to be X 2.0

“I already had COVID-19, so I”.... the options for “can’t have it again, can’t pass it to others, don’t need to get tested, don’t need to wear a mask, and don’t need to be vaccinated” are crossed out. the only choice left is “can become infected again and should continue taking steps to protect myself and others"

Even if you’ve had COVID-19 in the past or have been vaccinated, it is still possible to become infected, experience serious illness, and infect others! Stay up to date on vaccines, wear masks, get tested, and stay home if you’re not feeling well to help reduce risks for yourself and others.

So block the official government accounts and don't do any trolling or harassment of those accounts, it's exactly what they are hoping you'll do. Remember that the people who own and operate this place are NOT your friends in fact they fucking hate you, so keep your shit tight.

I don't have a Ring camera & avoid doors that have them. twice we were doorstepped by community police officers "offering" us a "free" Ring through a London Met/Amazon partnership. The 2nd time we said no, they said they wouldn't investigate any crimes at our property if we didn't take one.

There seems to be a concerted, coordinated effort from the White House and various governmental agencies to join Bluesky en masse prior to the "No Kings" protest and flood the zone.

A reminder that the Trump admin is monitoring social media platforms to find excuses to revoke visas: