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Calamitous Ortbo

@greylightning.bsky.social

Balboa dancer, software engine, home cook. Views are my own.

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New York City: a muslim socialist is going to become our mayor

Dick Cheney: over my dead body

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Tony Montana saying fuck Chuck Schumer and fuck the fucking Cuomo Brothers

Tony Montana saying fuck Chuck Schumer and fuck the fucking Cuomo Brothers

05.11.2025 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It Is Cruel to Deny Food Assistance to Those Who Truly Deserve It: Corporations β€œWalmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of beneficiaries of federal aid programs like Medicaid and food stamps, according to a study by...

"How would less fortunate corporations like Walmart, McDonald’s, and Amazon get by without SNAP and other programs to subsidize their sub-poverty level wages that leave many of their workers reliant on benefits?"

03.11.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 381    πŸ” 130    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5
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Extremely important pupdate from the NYC dog costume competition.

27.10.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 827    πŸ” 233    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 18
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Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.

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Scuffs in floor tile that look like a face saying β€œmrarrr.”

Scuffs in floor tile that look like a face saying β€œmrarrr.”

Mrarrrr

21.10.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On the -1 day of Christmas…

21.10.2025 03:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Base 23?

21.10.2025 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A sign on a glass door advertising β€œFOOT SHOES”

A sign on a glass door advertising β€œFOOT SHOES”

they also carry a wide selection of hand gloves, leg pants, and head hats

20.10.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 406    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 4
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Need…

I will not explain why. You see it lol

19.10.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 229    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 59

How dare you trick me with your charisma, Sam.

17.10.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a very good Jack McCoy subtweet

17.10.2025 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rex Manning Day Empire Records GIF Alt: Rex Manning Day Empire Records GIF - Marc says β€œWe mustn’t dwell. No, not today. We can’t! Not on Rex Manning Day”
03.10.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I do!

03.10.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For basically all my friends:

26.09.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧡)

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Seeds

09.09.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Holocartography

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Honestly thought I was reading the Onion

08.09.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

These are people who thought Walter White was the hero

06.09.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And desktops take up more space on your lap

05.09.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ndlovu Youth Choir - Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Music Video) isiZulu version
YouTube video by Ndlovu Youth Choir Ndlovu Youth Choir - Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Music Video) isiZulu version

Bohemian Rhapsody in Zulu! youtu.be/gbljPQbxtTQ?...

01.09.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s me, your library holds. We’re here

29.08.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So….what is your new superpower?

14.08.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today we learned Andrew Cuomo is directly coordinating with Donald Trump, even as this President sends masked agents to rip our neighbors off the streets and guts the social services so many New Yorkers rely on.

It’s disqualifying and a betrayal of our city.

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It’s starting

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Urgent: Donate Now to Sudan Everyone in Sudan is hungry. Each day is a desperate search for food. People often go the entire day and night without eating. Parents go hungry so their children can eat. The need can feel overwhelmi...

I have a personal rule that whenever I feel angried up about discourse that I should post a link that enables people to help rather than bitch online and I have fallen away from that but

WCK helps feed Gaza: donate.wck.org/give/499865/...

WFP helps feed Sudan: donate.wfpusa.org/page/Countri...

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photograph of a round cake covered in chocolate crunchies with ice cream cone horns, eyes, a wide pink smile, little arms and a belly indicating a friendly little monster guy

photograph of a round cake covered in chocolate crunchies with ice cream cone horns, eyes, a wide pink smile, little arms and a belly indicating a friendly little monster guy

photograph of the actual cake through a carvel box, the guy looks fuuuuucked upppppp. he looks surprised and disgusted

photograph of the actual cake through a carvel box, the guy looks fuuuuucked upppppp. he looks surprised and disgusted

it's my daughter's birthday and I ordered her a monster cake from Carvel and this is the picture on the website and this is the picture of it in real life. please note: this is not a complaint. if this had been the picture on the website i would have paid more

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Herr Goebbels Angered By Anti-Nazi Wit

Comedians Banned For Humorous Remarks on Leaders

--The Montreal Star, 4 Feb 1939

Herr Goebbels Angered By Anti-Nazi Wit Comedians Banned For Humorous Remarks on Leaders --The Montreal Star, 4 Feb 1939

1939

26.07.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6827    πŸ” 2509    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 98

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