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Some guy across the courtyard has been belting Noah Kahan's Stick Season out his window every day for a week
You want a fake Internet priest, I'll give u a fake Internet priest
You want a fake Internet priest, I'll give u a fake Internet priest
well I just did a shot of Johnnie Walker black with my 90 year old landlord and then he quoted about 15 lines from THE QUIET MAN how's your day
Any theories as to why there is a man wearing jeans to my yoga class NB this is not the first time
the weenie "let's go br*nd*n" shit looks so piddly and stupid when you compare it to the flag flying outside a certain middle eastern restaurant if you want to say it just say it, no need to censor lmao
tfw IT says they're "sunsetting your phone" are they taking it out back and having it shot
Just leaving the gym where I had a horrible flashback experience: flashing colored lights, Party by DMX was playing, and everybody was sweating. Prom 2.0
In one of the craziest stories I've ever covered: a former University of Iowa hospital employee had been using another man's identity for most of his life. The other man was arrested for identity fraud and committed to a mental hospital a few years ago thegazette.com/crime-courts/f…
NEWS ALERT: deadline for all jokes about the earthquake in New York is 12pm ET
I AM FINE
"Do not be amazed! You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him." - Mark 16:6
New Jersey Struck By Quake; New Yorkers Hardest Hit
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“post-nasal drip” implies the existence of pre-nasal drip
before you quote tweet, notice if the OP has a blue check, and then decide if they are perhaps riling you up on purpose. you can still engage! but please do not be surprised to find out someone was being provocative or disingenuous on the internet.
TOMORROW IS TUESDAY AND MY CATS GET HERE THURSDAY AHHHHHHHHH
Shared the big long explainer today for the Facebook friends who’ve missed the brutal updates you’ve all seen here in real time… Asking for help is something I struggle with, and/but it’s so moving to see people show up. Like I must have done something good 🥹😭
Almost 8 years later exactly 😭😭😭
@lapittenger AI priest was laicized and you're making jokes?! Hmm!
I will support people who do fitness/lift, people who enter/return to the Church. These are good things. Twitter can and should build people up. Also, please clap, I've been eating one fruit everyday. Not even starbursts but real fruit!
Cancer is terrible. I wish it on no one. But I’m learning (slowly) that, instead of fighting against all the ways cancer sucks—chemo, side-effects, etc—it is better to lean into the idea that these provide an opportunity for asceticism that can, by grace, transform.
you wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me but it’s just a photo of the drama class hallway where cast lists went up in high school
baby is arriving tomorrow, please please pray for us! I'm excited and scared and exhausted and overwhelmed!
@HannahGraceLong @lapittenger I came looking for you HG
@TheGrantHartley @lapittenger wrote a play, who's paying her for the movie rights
I thought a lot about polynomials today
well I just did a shot of Johnnie Walker black with my 90 year old landlord and then he quoted about 15 lines from THE QUIET MAN how's your day
It's anti-woman to be anti-children
Trump attorney Todd Blanche argued that Trump wasn't violating the gag order because he was merely "responding to salacious repeated attacks by these witnesses." Merchan replied: "I don't recall that there's an exception if he's being attacked."
Watched abbot elementary with my parents and my mom said Ava seems like she’d be in Eric Adams’ circle