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Drew Curtis @drewcurtis.bsky.social · 18h

I deny all wrongdoing

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Rally the troops we Fark at dawn

Drew Curtis @drewcurtis.bsky.social · 1d

Get back in let’s go

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Drew Curtis @drewcurtis.bsky.social · 1d

Get back in let’s go

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 1d

Every one of these headlines is a damned masterpiece

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Know something that’s never down due to AWS? A gosh dang newspaper.

The newest edition of The Onion featuring the headline Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled Don and Jeff: Time Pedophiles

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 1d

This is absolutely correct

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater

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Drew Curtis @drewcurtis.bsky.social · 1d

Hell yeah man that’s a classic. Well done!

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1d

Nice to see that @fark.com / @drewcurtis.bsky.social appreciate my headline here... www.fark.com/comments/138...

Techdirt: This here is a proper headline

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Drew Curtis @drewcurtis.bsky.social · 1d

I deny all wrongdoing

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Odd News @oddnewsnetwork.bsky.social · 3d

LIJIANG, China — A theme park has apologized after several of its “family-friendly” sculptures were described by horrified visitors as “something Guillermo del Toro would delete from his nightmares for being too much.” Read more below...

#China #grotesque #NIGHTMARE #scary #themepark #OddNews

Theme Park Apologizes After “Human Centipede” Sculpture Horrifies Visitors

Turns out some fairy tales really do end in the digestive tract.

oddnews.com

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Drew Curtis @drewcurtis.bsky.social · 4d

I deny all wrongdoing

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 4d

Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!

The Majority AI View - Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

anildash.com

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Odd News @oddnewsnetwork.bsky.social · 4d

Roger Davis, a San Diego entrepreneur of undisclosed industry and very disclosed political opinions, says his problems with women began when he bought a Tesla Cybertruck. Read more below...

#cybertruck #marriage #relationship #tesla #women #OddNews

Human Red Flag Claims That His Cybertruck Is Repulsive to Women

Sure, that’s the problem.

oddnews.com

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Drew Curtis @drewcurtis.bsky.social · 10d

Hey no Sinners spoilers please ;)

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11d

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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Drew Curtis @drewcurtis.bsky.social · 10d

Or late onset THC

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Drew Curtis @drewcurtis.bsky.social · 11d

He also now weighs 175lbs, is 6ft 7in, and can run a mile in under four minutes

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11d

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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Drew Curtis @drewcurtis.bsky.social · 11d

He’s reached Get Off My Lawn stage

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Drew Curtis @drewcurtis.bsky.social · 11d

a cartoon character in a clothing store with the word kissy on the bottom

ALT: a cartoon character in a clothing store with the word kissy on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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Odd News @oddnewsnetwork.bsky.social · 12d

StudioCanal says the sketch tarnished a “symbol of British decency.” Which is rich, considering the last time Britain protected Peruvian exports, it involved the Falklands. Read more below...

#paddington #lawsuit #PaddingtonBear #parody #PrinceHarry #spittingimage #StudioCanal #OddNews

StudioCanal Sues Spitting Image Over Cocaine Bear Parody

Says the sketch tarnished a “symbol of British decency.” Which is rich, considering the last time Britain protected Peruvian exports, it involved the Falklands.

oddnews.com

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Odd News @oddnewsnetwork.bsky.social · 12d

In what Sheriff Grady Judd described as “an incident that makes even Florida blush,” 51-year-old Walter Frymire was arrested after deputies discovered he had attempted to smuggle a thermos into the Polk County Jail the old-fashioned way: by becoming the container. Read more below...

#floridaman

Florida Man Caught With Thermos in “Exit Ramp”

The thermos reportedly applied for therapy and a restraining order.

oddnews.com

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Drew Curtis @drewcurtis.bsky.social · 12d

Can't improve on the original headline

Trump to visit Walter Reed for ‘routine yearly checkup’ for second time in six months

President Donald Trump went for another yearly check-up in April

www.independent.co.uk

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Drew Curtis @drewcurtis.bsky.social · 13d

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Drew Curtis @drewcurtis.bsky.social · Jul 17

Fark, Newgrounds, I-Mockery and Something Awful walk into a web ring.

Leave with All Your Base, RedVsBlue, and Homestar Runner

Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · Jul 17

Also, if you were a fan of online humor sites in the year 2000 you will love this piece, which also features @fark.com’s @drewcurtis.bsky.social and I-Mockery’s Roger Barr.

They were part of a constellation of ground-up sites that became famous, together.

www.fastcompany.com/91356472/new...

How Newgrounds accidentally became one of online culture’s defining sites

Most personal websites that started in 1995 disappeared from the digital realm long ago. Not Newgrounds, a proto-YouTube that gradually found its calling.

www.fastcompany.com

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Drew Curtis @drewcurtis.bsky.social · 15d

This week's idiot ball

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Drew Curtis @drewcurtis.bsky.social · 15d

any minute now

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