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Inside the Furry War Playing Out on Bluesky
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Riley Nork
Aug 22, 2025
“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real, too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” —Stephen King (noted Bluesky user)
It’s a ritual that plays out every time one is unfortunate enough to type “bsky.app” in their web browser and press “Enter.”
After scrolling through a few posts from Keith Olbermann or Kara Swisher or Don Lemon or some such other X castaway about why JD Vance’s manspreading in the Oval Office is a tacit endorsement of Christian nationalism, the cursed image fox-trots into your retinas like an uninvited dinner guest, leaving you confused, horrified, on the brink of an Oedipal eye gouging.
What in God’s name, you whisper aloud to yourself in terror.
…is that anthropomorphic tiger…
…wearing a diaper?
Bluesky Is Trapped in a Doom Loop
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