Potionseller

Potionseller

@potionseller.bsky.social

Into gaming, housing and transit, cybersecurity, and aviation.(He/Him)

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Free Ph.D idea. Examination of porn size categories (I.E. chubby, BBW, big ass, big tits) and how changes in what videos get put into each category reflect changing beauty norms.

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There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.

I feel like having limits at all is stupid tbh.

State leaders across the U.S. are signing off on extending bar and restaurant hours during the World Cup. They want to help businesses and improve fan experiences, particularly for those who may have been priced out of tickets.

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Ken Paxton just gave an Epstein-style deal to a pedophile. Paxton released Adam Hoffman — an admitted child rapist — back on our streets after Paxton’s rich lawyer friend got involved. The Epstein Class has no place in Texas. Ken Paxton has no place in the US Senate.

I suppose a major question would be which countries are experiencing the vibecession. I haven't seen much talk about it outside a US context but I don't know if that is because it doesn't happen elsewhere or because this is an American centric website.

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social

Starting VERY abruptly in 2021, however, this no longer worked! Suddenly you needed a model like this: Sentiment=inflation+wages+unemployment+(VIBES, MAYBE?) It was as if a new term got welded into the model. This isn’t supposed to happen!

This is true but also it's not going to magically change. People always will connect poverty with crime so if you want to make an impact in their heads you need to reduce poverty and homelessness.

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Does "Detroit" include the metro? I grew up in Metro Detroit and lived around Ann Arbor and everybody I knew loved Detroit.

Tim Carmody@tcarmody.bsky.social

What US state hates its own biggest city the most? I am biased because I grew up there, but I don't think anybody beats Detroit vs. the rest of Michigan

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generally think that if your response to "this is loser shit" is "are you triggered?!?!?" then you're just demonstrating the truth of "this is loser shit"

Main thing I'm learning here is I am not culturally millennial.

the babahuck@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social

had a debate last night about the definitive millennial song. some contenders: mgmt’s “kids,” yeah yeah yeah’s “maps,” kanye’s “all of the lights,” arcade fire’s “wake up,” postal service’s “such great heights,” animal collective’s “my girls,” lcd soundsystem’s “all my friends,” stroke’s “last nite”

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It is absolutely essential that #waleg do this in the next session so we can actually enact the Second Reconstruction that we need, if we have a Democratic President come 2029. So why aren’t any legislators advocating for it?

"We have a moral obligation to understand the world if we are going to act upon it." This really succinctly puts why I feel so strongly about telling the truth about all things as much as possible.

Matt Darling@besttrousers.bsky.social

Right - and this isn't something that you can treat as being separate from morality. We have a moral obligation to understand the world if we are going to act upon it.

Just watched a bald eagle steal a rotisserie chicken from a bunch of crows in a strip mall parking lot, and then watched the crows chase him into the distance. Never leaving this place.

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Replying to @jamellebouie.net

pragmatism in service of principle is probably a better approach than toothless moderation for its own sake

Will Stancil on being harassed by right wing weirdos.

Snitty 🎃@clofsnitville.bsky.social

I don't really have any discourse for tonight except to say that the list of accounts the Leeeeeeroy Jenkins would-be assassin reposted and liked got shared by the fucking Free Beacon, opening up the possibility of right-wing harassment.

I want to start a restaurant called Dippin' Dave's. Where everything is some form of dip or sauce and foods to dip into them.

Take a break from the discourse and quote this with a business you would want to start if you could afford to lose money on it

Maybe don't go to Nazi rallies if you don't want to be affiliated.

Clara Jeffery@clarajeffery.bsky.social

People here are being really shitty, including at fellow journalists who've been traumatized, and you will regret those posts. Or should. Also this does not help your political cause, whatever that might be.

I started following @scalzi.com on here before I read any of his books and thought he was delightful. I just blasted through the first part of Old Man's War and it's amusing to be able to see his persona reflected back in the writing. Really enthralling read so far.

I've been very fortunate that my rational brain overrides my feeling brain in most cases. I LOVE being drunk and could do it all the time if my rational brain were not capable of being like "Nah mate that ain't it." In some sense I feel like I am already an alcoholic who just hasn't found out.

This is more or less a written warning that Vance will be excommunicated if he continues.

Christopher Hale@christopherjhale.bsky.social

BREAKING: The U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine just issued a formal statement defending Pope Leo XIV's teaching authority on just war doctrine — less than twelve hours after JD Vance told a Turning Point USA crowd the pope should “be careful” talking theology. This is a serious escalation.

If you ever walk into a long standing restaurant and wonder "How the hell is this place still open?" It's probably because the food is bomb so they don't need to care about anything else.

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Why would you say the rapes didn't matter?

ClairelyDeranged@aharmlesspie.bsky.social

HE said the rapes didn't matter. I am responding to that statement, which does not have an acceptable context in this reality in my opinion, no matter how many people insult me for that totally reasonable belief.

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Donald Trump must be removed from office for threatening war crimes and genocide. Speaker Johnson: bring the House back into session. Invoking the 25th Amendment and impeachment must be on the table, but Congress should also move on a War Powers resolution to stop Trump.