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Rory @roryreckons.bsky.social · 1d

The subreddit for this content is one of my favourites.

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Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 12h

It’s almost as if the Nobel committee is shitty at their job.

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12h

Nobel Peace Prize recipient María Corina Machado appeared on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast.

She touted the oil reserves in Venezuela (the largest in the world) and vowed to privatize the oil industry to enable American corporations to exploit and profit from the country’s resources if she gains power.

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zoya the destroyer @sophiahelix.bsky.social · 14h

overheard at the nursing station: “We went from October 1st to October 14th in just 8 minutes, in two hours it’s going to be Christmas bro”

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Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 14h

I used to think the villains on Captain Planet were over the top. If anything, they were underselling the real culprits.

The Don Cheadle version was really cathartic for this.

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Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 14h

At least my beloved Opti Noots is OK for now. I was reading this article with a sense of dread...

(The Gold Standard Optimum Nutrition powder in vanilla ice cream flavor is surprisingly palatable.)

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Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 16h

If you don't like scenes with Kirk, Spock, and McCoy sitting around a campfire, then you hate fun and why are you watching Star Trek in the first place

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Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 18h

Specifically Orrin Hatch, who carved out all those special exemptions for supplements and enshrined them into law to boost the Utah economy.

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CalyxWorks @calyxworks.com · 1d

It literally just occurred to me that my #Godzilla drawing turned out to be a Portlander in an inflatable costume.

😍 🦖🔥🧊

#meltICE #Portland

Sticker of baby Godzilla blasting an ICE cube on the back of a Portland Street sign

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Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 18h

When I was in college, the Young Republican magazine published a cover showing a caricature of the gunman (who'd just killed seven people on campus and paralyzed another) shooting a pumpkin.

These people have ALWAYS been trash underneath. Tell me again why we need a strong Republican party?

MWLogic17🦋💙✨ @mwlogic17.bsky.social · 18h

Oopsie 🫣

“Leaders of Young Republican groups throughout the country worried what would happen if their Telegram chat ever got leaked, but they kept typing anyway.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 1d

I’ve always loved the scene with George walking into the fashion office. After leaves, they ask, “Is he an Early Clue to the New Direction?”

I drop that in conversation sometimes and nobody catches it. I guess they didn’t watch it repeatedly in college.

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Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 1d

And now... A message from the leader of the Frog Resistance:

youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso?...

A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

youtu.be

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Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 1d

Please stop reading my thoughts like this!

Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 1d

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 1d

Oh crap I forgot one!

"Kiss On My List" off of "Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates" by The Bird and the Bee

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpr...

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Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 1d

YouTube knows what I like, and that's an 8-minute long #XenobladeChronicles disco battle theme with a flute and wocka-chicka guitar.

I never had any fight last until the choir pops in, which is a pity. Just elevates this to a whole new level.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdqG...

Time to Fight! (Bionis' Shoulder) - Xenoblade Chronicles: Future Connected OST [05]

YouTube video by J.O.E. VGM

www.youtube.com

Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 1d

Stacy's Dad is also spectacular.

"Hello hungry, I'm Dad."

youtu.be/WANlg297AHU?...

Sub-Radio - Stacy's Dad (Full Video)

YouTube video by Sub-Radio

youtu.be

Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 1d

Also the follow-up video addressing some of the dumb shit Americans left in the comments to the first one is well worth your time.

To the one dude who despised having any rights at all: I wish I had a dollar for every time a tech bro told me in the 90s they were too smart to need a union.

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Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 1d

REM’s cover of Superman, which closes out Life’s Rich Pageant

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 1d

Without saying Hurt, fav Cover Song?

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Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 1d

This is a fascinating essay on the lies Americans tell themselves (and inculcate into every schoolkid every year of their education) and what happens when you actually experience something different.

Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 1d

I have been thinking about this a LOT lately, and have many things to say about it. Maybe I'll write a complete essay. But for now, this video is well, well worth your time.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Qv...

How I View the US After 13 Years Living in Europe

YouTube video by Evan Edinger

www.youtube.com

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Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 1d

One of the hardest times I have ever laughed at anything was Bill's demonic "HURR HURR HURR" as the Ice Cream Bunny. I thought I was going to pass out.

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Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 1d

I love these books so much. If you've not read it before, you are in for a TREAT.

Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Dive back into #theelflands this #spookyseason!

@pennyvixen.bsky.social /Katherine Addison completed her CEMETERIES OF AMALO trilogy following Thara Celehar earlier this year with THE TOMB OF DRAGONS. Now is the perfect time to return to this well loved universe and meet friends old and new!

Against black patterned fabric, four flatlaid UK paperbacks of THE GOBLIN EMPEROR, THE WITNESS FOR THE DEAD, THE GRIEF OF STONES, and THE TOMB OF DRAGONS with a silver crown in the middle.

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Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 1d

When Milo Januz grows, you grow. He has to keep an eye on quality!

Mr. Cait @chas.bsky.social · 1d

On Lt Columbo Day never let us forget the episode where Columbo explains to a fitness guru how Mrs Columbo is thick, that he likes her thick, and how he will do anything within his power to keep her thick

Screenshot from Columbo where Peter falk explains to Robert Conrad he likes his wife thick

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Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 2d

OMG I eagerly await new snacks going through the PER system. You guys opened a whole new world for me when you rated the Take 5 bar.

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Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 2d

Portland, you make me proud to live here.

Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social · 2d

Portland’s Emergency World Naked Bike Ride arrives at ICE

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Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 2d

Finally a film brave enough to ask: is corn grass? (But they do NOT answer yes or no.)

An all-time classic @rifftrax.com short

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC4z...

RIFFTRAX - IS CORN GRASS?

YouTube video by RiffTrax

www.youtube.com

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Doug Hanke @dougmakingstuff.com · 2d

I needed to see this little brown creeper scooting up and down a tree today. Perhaps you do, too!

SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 2d

Deep breath checkpoint! If you're doomscrolling, unclench your jaw and take a few deep breaths as you enjoy this Brown Creeper creepin'

Shoddy camerawork and urban park audio, but the bird is too cute not to share

#birds

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