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\nA painting of a bird beside the text \"we are blessed to have so much different bullshit to choose from\"ALT\n
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\nA painting of a bird beside the text \"so glad I could witness this monumental fuckup\"ALT\n
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\nA painting of a bird beside the text \"so glad I could witness this monumental fuckup\"ALT\n
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\n\"AALT\n
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\n\"AALT\n
: effinbirds.com","summary":"","url":"https://effinbirds.com/post/824312703637209088","date_published":"2026-08-07T18:04:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Effin' Birds","url":"https://effinbirds.social/activitypub/birdfeed","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F176191.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"effinbirds"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-07 18:04","date_timestamp":1786125854,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@effinbirds/117060493824393633","https://www.threads.com/@effinbirds/post/DbyJAgoFFyL"]}},{"id":"95318574","content_html":"
\n\"AALT\n
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\n\"AALT\n
: effinbirds.com","summary":"","url":"https://effinbirds.com/post/824222056425177088","date_published":"2026-08-06T18:03:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Effin' Birds","url":"https://effinbirds.social/activitypub/birdfeed","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F176191.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"effinbirds"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-06 18:03","date_timestamp":1786039406,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@effinbirds/117054793221772324","https://www.threads.com/@effinbirds/post/DbvjGP6nLN7"]}},{"id":"95259113","content_html":"
\n\"AALT\n
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\n\"AALT\n
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\n\"AALT\n
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\n\"AALT\n
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\n\"AALT\n
: effinbirds.com","summary":"","url":"https://effinbirds.com/post/823950260671053824","date_published":"2026-08-03T18:03:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Effin' Birds","url":"https://effinbirds.social/activitypub/birdfeed","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F176191.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"effinbirds"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-03 18:03","date_timestamp":1785780201,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@effinbirds/117037618527458708","https://www.threads.com/@effinbirds/post/DbnvP71nIHD"]}},{"id":"95144688","content_html":"
\n\"AALT\n
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\nA painting of a bird beside the text \"if only someone could have foreseen these consequences\"ALT\n
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\nA painting of a bird beside the text \"if only someone could have foreseen these consequences\"ALT\n
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\nA painting of a bird beside the text \"this is some candy-coated dogshit\"ALT\n
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\nA painting of a bird beside the text \"this is some candy-coated dogshit\"ALT\n
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\nA painting of a bird beside the text \"take a fuckin break\"ALT\n
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@jean Ha! Swear Trek is basically discontinued at this point. It’s expensive to run and generates no income, and is less popular than other things of mine that pay their own bills. If Twitter goes, so goes Swear Trek.

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