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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · 13h

Just saw a cat food advertisement featuring Garfield. Famously he doesn't eat that. This is an example of how late capitalism flattens all artistic expression into a meaningless spectacle to sell commodities. I feel sick

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · 13d

I've got another show coming up

unitedtheatre.org/shows/sea-te...

Improv Night featuring: Incognito and The Rumor Cauldron of Sea Tea Comedy Theater

INCOGNITO are the top-secret, eyes-only team that uses stealth technology to turn your suggestions into classified improv debriefings of funny stuff. Their code names are April, Eric, Mary, Jeff, Cole...

unitedtheatre.org

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · 14d

Posting this here for any of my followers who happen to be from the Southern New England region: my team and I are doing a comedy show in Westerly Rhode Island on October 11.

unitedtheatre.org/shows/improv...

Improv Night featuring: Incognito and The Rumor Cauldron of Sea Tea Comedy Theater

INCOGNITO are the top-secret, eyes-only team that uses stealth technology to turn your suggestions into classified improv debriefings of funny stuff. Their code names are April, Eric, Mary, Jeff, Cole...

unitedtheatre.org

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · 19d

I'm worried my friends might be developing a parasocial relationship towards me. How do I explain to them that the persona they hang out with is simply a character that I'm playing who happens to have the same name as myself, and they've never actually met me?

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · Sep 12

Shame on all the people exploiting Charlie Kirk's death to push agendas that he was deeply opposed to, like polite disagreement and anti-violence. If you truly respected his legacy you'd carry on his work: being callous and indifferent about someone being shot at a school.

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · Sep 10

Here's a drawing I made today. I call it "Two Birds."

A muscular shirtless man looks at a bird, thinking "I could probably beat that bird in a fight." Meanwhile another bird thinks "WORMS."

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · Aug 3

Just saw two pigeons fighting over a food scrap with their beaks. But from a distance it looked like they were passionately kissing.

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · Jul 29

For any of my Connecticut followers, you can come see the debut of my new improv comedy team in Hartford on Saturday, August 9.

www.eventbrite.com/e/improv-com...

www.eventbrite.com

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · Jul 9

Just found out that the Nostalgia Critic is giving a panel at the same convention as I am, so I'm going to start referring to him as "My colleague Doug."

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · Jun 19

Zohran Mamdami is going to make Unsleeping City real

The Wicker Dan (1973) @danlehner.bsky.social · Jun 19

so I have a lot of complicated thoughts about the specific issue at hand, but I have to point out that’s not what “magical realism” is

The Atlantic:

The Magic Realism of Zohran Mamdani
The socialist New York mayoral candidate's proposals don't hold up to serious scrutiny. Will that matter?
By Michael Powell

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · Jun 15

What I witnessed today, both in person and online, solidified my belief that using negative polarization to radicalize "normies" towards positions that were previously outside the accepted range of polite politics is not a tactic that only the right has access to. Which is encouraging.

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @grayathena.bsky.social · Jun 11

I always thought 9/11 had something to do with it

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · Jun 8

Hey, I totally support your protest, but don't you think this photo is bad optics? I'm just concerned about the optics. I think folks seeing this photo will hurt the optics of the movement I definitely support. That's why I find any photo that I think has bad optics and share it as much as possible.

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · Jun 8

Just saw two pigeons fight over someone's spilled Cheetos despite that there's clearly enough for both of them to fill up many times over. This really says a lot about society.

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · Jun 5

Thank you for the suggestion, Girlboss Obelisk. I'll do that.

A stone pillar with the word "Gaslight" on it

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · Jun 5

The guys who make the "I bought this before Elon went crazy" stickers must be excited to double their potential market.

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · Jun 4

I remember right after the election thinking that the only silver lining was that Trump always knifes the people who help him get into power, so at least I would get to watch Elon Musk get his life ruined

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · Jun 4

It's funny how people talk about American Psycho as the ultimate dudebro movie. But you watch it and it's actually a campy romp about a business man who has the internal monologue of the average woman in her 20s.

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · May 30

The imperial core shivers in fear at the might of Revolutionary Connecticutism.

www.wfsb.com/2025/05/30/h...

Homeland Security puts Connecticut on list of jurisdictions that ‘undermine the rule of law’

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security put Connecticut on a list of jurisdictions it claims are obstructing immigration laws.

www.wfsb.com

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · May 22

Sorry, no good post ideas today.

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · May 14

True

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · May 14

I don't know how many of my followers here are local to Connecticut. But if you are, you should come watch me (and also some people who aren't me) do stand-up comedy tomorrow night in Hartford.

It will, presumably, be a fun time.
www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-c...

Stand Up Comedy Class Show

Check out this showcase of stand-up comedy students hosted by Kate Dresty with special guests Rob Santos, Sergio Bernal, and Josh Rodriguez!

www.eventbrite.com

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · May 13

132 days into my New Years Resolution to learn digital painting (from the starting point of zero artistic ability).

Sharing today's attempt at a portrait because I kind of like how it turned out.

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · May 12

It's incredibly frustrating to have a simple task in front of me, that I want to complete, and simply be unable to bring myself to work on it.

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April or "That's A Lot of Oranges" @alotoforanges.bsky.social · Apr 21

Launching the Hunter Biden For Pope 2025 super PAC and sending targeted ads to the Vatican.

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