This is where we are in Britain, where we have somehow contrived to make “being a hateful roaring bastard at work” an inalienable, legally enforceable human right, for very specific types of crank reactionary.
November 8, 2026 at 10:28 AM
This is where we are in Britain, where we have somehow contrived to make “being a hateful roaring bastard at work” an inalienable, legally enforceable human right, for very specific types of crank reactionary.
right! it’s all just a ploy to push her towards dante. contrived writing sucks.
November 7, 2026 at 3:28 PM
right! it’s all just a ploy to push her towards dante. contrived writing sucks.
And then, not letting respectability politics and contrived pearl-clutching keep us from fighting back ferociously against those who have committed moral wrongs. bsky.app/profile/iwri...
it's not that Dems and leftists need to be assholes, or dirtbags. It's that we have to end the bogus and self-defeating worship of civility.
Uncivil people don't deserve civility. When someone advocates for politics of bigotry, cruelty and murder the proper response is to fuck them up.
Uncivil people don't deserve civility. When someone advocates for politics of bigotry, cruelty and murder the proper response is to fuck them up.
November 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
And then, not letting respectability politics and contrived pearl-clutching keep us from fighting back ferociously against those who have committed moral wrongs. bsky.app/profile/iwri...
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November 4, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Trump's moves are going into be even more absurdly contrived as the end nears.
November 8, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Trump's moves are going into be even more absurdly contrived as the end nears.
Moonlighting was cheesy and contrived, but there's an entire episode written in iambic pentameter and it's genuinely a work of genius.
#NotTOTP
#NotTOTP
November 7, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Moonlighting was cheesy and contrived, but there's an entire episode written in iambic pentameter and it's genuinely a work of genius.
#NotTOTP
#NotTOTP
Hard to imagine why a bunch of mostly white people finding contrived reasons to remove the first black Speaker in history might not go down well in the Democratic party.
November 6, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Hard to imagine why a bunch of mostly white people finding contrived reasons to remove the first black Speaker in history might not go down well in the Democratic party.
Talk about a contrived ending of a match... 🤔
Fergie got on the phone, I guess.
Fergie got on the phone, I guess.
November 8, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Talk about a contrived ending of a match... 🤔
Fergie got on the phone, I guess.
Fergie got on the phone, I guess.
“Ahaaaa! By scoring 4 goals past my team you trigger my trap card and I assemble some mad, contrived bullshit!”
November 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
“Ahaaaa! By scoring 4 goals past my team you trigger my trap card and I assemble some mad, contrived bullshit!”
Contrived was not the right word.
November 5, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Contrived was not the right word.
What I don’t want to see is one kind of reader pitted against another, because there is room for getting your freak on and thinking deeply about gender roles and new relationship energy and increasingly contrived ways of only having one bed.
November 5, 2026 at 11:03 PM
What I don’t want to see is one kind of reader pitted against another, because there is room for getting your freak on and thinking deeply about gender roles and new relationship energy and increasingly contrived ways of only having one bed.
is caitlin known for cookies in any way? it’s all very contrived
November 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
is caitlin known for cookies in any way? it’s all very contrived
Definitely! Spends a lot of time trying to look as though he spends none. Everything about Johnson is contrived and a lie.
November 8, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Definitely! Spends a lot of time trying to look as though he spends none. Everything about Johnson is contrived and a lie.
Ok, det at han plutselig mangler journalen sin er veldig contrived...
November 5, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Ok, det at han plutselig mangler journalen sin er veldig contrived...
Shit is so contrived.
November 3, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Shit is so contrived.
Contrived atmosphere = shite.
November 5, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Contrived atmosphere = shite.
Although in this very contrived hypothetical I’d just skip the butter
November 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Although in this very contrived hypothetical I’d just skip the butter
No such thing as 'far left' in American politics. The term is an epithet contrived by right wing propaganda, parroted by centrists, who all too frequently operate directly from the authoritarian playbook.
November 8, 2026 at 7:31 PM
No such thing as 'far left' in American politics. The term is an epithet contrived by right wing propaganda, parroted by centrists, who all too frequently operate directly from the authoritarian playbook.
I love it when the women do well.
However, this time they did FUCKING AWESOME!
Kept it to effective brawling and weapons. Nothing too contrived. Perfect.
#AEWDynamite
#Blood&Guts
However, this time they did FUCKING AWESOME!
Kept it to effective brawling and weapons. Nothing too contrived. Perfect.
#AEWDynamite
#Blood&Guts
November 5, 2026 at 2:03 AM
I love it when the women do well.
However, this time they did FUCKING AWESOME!
Kept it to effective brawling and weapons. Nothing too contrived. Perfect.
#AEWDynamite
#Blood&Guts
However, this time they did FUCKING AWESOME!
Kept it to effective brawling and weapons. Nothing too contrived. Perfect.
#AEWDynamite
#Blood&Guts
IDK obviously it is being exploited as a contrived extension of trans panic
November 5, 2026 at 8:24 PM
IDK obviously it is being exploited as a contrived extension of trans panic
Nandy connecting rememberance with Erasmus is contrived and a bit weird, but it doesn't justify the RW press's confected outrage
#bbclaurak
#bbclaurak
November 8, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Nandy connecting rememberance with Erasmus is contrived and a bit weird, but it doesn't justify the RW press's confected outrage
#bbclaurak
#bbclaurak
i love those super contrived scenarios where you have to do something unethical like misgender a transwoman in order to save the day. it always cracks me up bc of how stupid they are
November 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
i love those super contrived scenarios where you have to do something unethical like misgender a transwoman in order to save the day. it always cracks me up bc of how stupid they are
And that this movie is a really long contrived campbells soup ad
November 4, 2026 at 3:50 PM
And that this movie is a really long contrived campbells soup ad
#auspol this BS damages all of us, the country, the future.
It's a contrived oppositional disorder. It's stupid and cruel.
It's a contrived oppositional disorder. It's stupid and cruel.
"In Australia, these relationships have been examined through research on corporate influence over climate policy, conservative political networks and the connections between fossil capital and neoliberal advocacy."
@jeremywalker.bsky.social
@jeremywalker.bsky.social
Vested interests fuelling regional hostility to renewables
Across regional Australia, renewable energy developments have become sites of increasingly contentious political debate, with vested interests often playing a less than constructive role.
johnmenadue.com
November 4, 2026 at 10:41 AM
#auspol this BS damages all of us, the country, the future.
It's a contrived oppositional disorder. It's stupid and cruel.
It's a contrived oppositional disorder. It's stupid and cruel.
Gonna make those fighting on the announcer table bits even more contrived.
November 6, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Gonna make those fighting on the announcer table bits even more contrived.