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Allen Rein

@allenarrr.bsky.social

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Singer/songwriter, corporate ops, contributor to McSweeneys. Also @trumpsties. (he/him)

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Allen Rein @allenarrr.bsky.social · Jun 10

It was the what-the-fuck of times, it was the what-in-the-actual-fuck of times.

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Allen Rein @allenarrr.bsky.social · 1d

Wanna feel good for a minute? I am sitting in some of the worst traffic I can remember, and every single vehicle is heading to the same place: to drop items off at our community’s food drive. Hundreds of cars, bumper to bumper; people waving, smiling, crying.

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Allen Rein @allenarrr.bsky.social · 3d

Just north in Evanston.

Allen Rein @allenarrr.bsky.social · 3d

Angry beyond words and trying to figure out where to go to be of the most help. But, yeah, I'm ok.

Allen Rein @allenarrr.bsky.social · 3d

Helicopters in the sky; all of our neighborhood schools on lockdown; community members texting, posting, taking to the streets to help.

Welcome to ICE America.

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Allen Rein @allenarrr.bsky.social · 4d

Surprised to learn that my Halloween costume, Sexy Nuclear Test, is wildly topical.

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Allen Rein @allenarrr.bsky.social · 10d

The online advertising algorithms are frighteningly smart - right up until you make a purchase. It’s like, “Look, I bought the tambourine. I’m the last person on earth who needs to keep seeing tambourine ads. Get your shit together.”

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Allen Rein @allenarrr.bsky.social · 19d

The two scariest episodes of The Twilight Zone are the one with the monster on the airplane wing and the one where I start agreeing with Marjorie Taylor Greene.

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Allen Rein @allenarrr.bsky.social · 28d

The most dangerous part of Chicago is the Executive Branch of the US Government.

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Allen Rein @allenarrr.bsky.social · Sep 27

Just played “twat” in a Scrabble game against my mother, so now I’m going to have to fake my own death.

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RM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · Sep 23

Getting through these troubled times by referring to any and all animals as "colleagues".

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Allen Rein @allenarrr.bsky.social · Sep 23

Tylenol: "Keep our medicine's name out of your damned mouth!"

Trump: "Ack-ed-o-moph-ac-eeed-what?"

Tylenol: "LOL never mind."

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Shade 5 @shade5.bsky.social · Sep 20

*my funeral

son: I guess we're going to need our own phone plan

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Allen Rein @allenarrr.bsky.social · Sep 22

My father was an infectious disease physician, an educator, and a lover of science and medicine. I miss him every day, but I’m glad he doesn’t have to watch what this administration is doing. It would absolutely devastate him.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · Sep 22

Perhaps in the spirit of renewal that comes with the new year tonight I'm allowing myself a sliver of belief that the current regime is badly overplaying its hand.

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Allen Rein @allenarrr.bsky.social · Sep 18

Caving truth to power.

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · Sep 10

I want everyone, even those who I despise, to have healthcare. I want everyone, even republicans, to be able to afford food and housing. I want everyone, even those on the right who actively work to build the opposite, to live in a place that is safe from violence.

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Allen Rein @allenarrr.bsky.social · Sep 10

You can totally hear him saying it, right? “HereweGO!”

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Allen Rein @allenarrr.bsky.social · Sep 10

The only time I want to hear a President say, "Here we go!" is when Barack Obama and I are riding Space Mountain together and approaching the first hill.