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Jon @jon9.bsky.social · 17h

Marillion - “The New Kings” (2016)

(i. Fuck Everyone and Run)
We are the new Kings
Sailing our seas of diamonds and gold
We are the new Kings
Seldom seen, elsewhere and unknown
We are the new Kings
Buying up London from Monaco
We do as we please
While you do as you're told
Fuck everyone and run
Fuck everyone and run
Tony, not Anthony ...suitably masked
Nassau Bahamas, Geneva,
Luxembourg ...no questions asked
Our world orbits yours and enjoys the view
From this height we don't see the slums and the bums on the street
Or the mums on the game
Fuck everyone and run
Fuck everyone and run
We're too big to fall
We're too big to fail

And when we do...
It's down to you
We're too big to fall
We're too big to fail
Too big

(ii. Russia's Locked Doors)
We are the new Kings
We had the keys to Old Russia's locked doors
We are the new Kings
Here on the corporation's top floor
If you cross us we'll buy you and you can retire
Your children set up for life
Think about it...
Greed is good..
We are the new Kings
We sold your council houses, not to you, but the banks
Up in the stratosphere - wielding the knife
While you said thanks
Oceans of money high in the clouds
But if you hang around
More often than not, it'll trickle down...

While the diggers of the diamonds we wear, labour underground for dear life
On your knees, peasant, and kiss this ring
You're working for the new king
We are the new kings
I'll tell you a tale
We're too big to fall
We're too big to fail

(iii. A Scary Sky)
We saw the crash on the news today
...oh boy
It changed our lives
But did it really happen?
Flyin' high in a scary sky Flyin' high in a scary sky
What's going on?
What's going on?
What's going on?
I don't know if I can believe the news
I don't know if I can believe the news
They can do anything these days
They can do anything with computers these days

(iv. Why is Nothing Ever True?)
Remember a time when you thought that you mattered,
Believed in the school song, die for your country - a country that cared for you
All in it together?
If it ever was more than a lie or some naive romantic notion
Well, it's all shattered now
It's all shattered now
Why is nothing ever true?
Why is nothing ever true?
Why is nothing ever true?
Well, do you remember a time when you thought you belonged to something more than you?
A country that cared for you
A national anthem you could sing without feeling used or ashamed
You poor sods have only yourselves to blame
On your knees, peasant
You're living for the New King
You're living for the New King
You're living for the New King.

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Jon @jon9.bsky.social · 13d

Looks like we’re transitioning from “we can’t report that Trump is lying because we can’t technically prove his intent is to deceive” to “we can’t report that Trump is lying because it’s not technically deception if he’s non compos mentis.”

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Jon @jon9.bsky.social · 16d

I’LL DO IT WHEN I WANT TO DO IT GEEZ

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Jon @jon9.bsky.social · 16d

My eye doctor’s office has texted me 5 times in the last 4 days about scheduling my annual exam in December. So I’m glad to learn that my mom has fully evolved into an administrative chatbot.

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Jon @jon9.bsky.social · 26d

If Kimmel gets raptured during his monologue tomorrow…

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Jon @jon9.bsky.social · 29d

I forgot what that movie was about

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Jon @jon9.bsky.social · 29d

Horse Whisperer

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Jon @jon9.bsky.social · Sep 16

My version of the kids’ 1-marshmallow-now-or-5-marshmallows-later test is when the bowls and napkins are over there but the giant tub of cheeseballs is right here.

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Jon @jon9.bsky.social · Sep 13

All instructions for lawn care best practices start with either “do this 4 months from now” or “you should’ve done this 6 weeks ago”.

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Jon @jon9.bsky.social · Aug 31

Watching “Alien” and “Aliens” for the first time in like 30 years, which really brings me back to the heyday of cathode-ray tubes.

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Jon @jon9.bsky.social · Aug 20

The supervillain origin story for AI was the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button getting ignored one too many times.

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Jon @jon9.bsky.social · Aug 18

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Jon @jon9.bsky.social · Aug 13

He’s coming to town

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Jon @jon9.bsky.social · Aug 13

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Jon @jon9.bsky.social · Aug 5

Kris’ nervous face is also his cute face. Emotions are hard.

Black lab with mouth open and tongue out looking at camera, nervous to be at the vet but not letting it show. I’m in the background, osmosis-ing the dog’s anxiety.

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Jon @jon9.bsky.social · Aug 5

The best birthday present for the cat: taking the dog to the vet.

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Jon @jon9.bsky.social · Aug 1

Firing the guy who said the employment numbers are bad is not a great way to improve the employment numbers.

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Jon @jon9.bsky.social · Jul 18

Well obviously Colbert now needs to reboot Mister Rogers’

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Jon @jon9.bsky.social · Jul 18

Picturing Colbert with a Letterman beard

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Jon @jon9.bsky.social · Jul 11

Must be Friday because I’m mentally preparing jokes to tell my therapist 👍

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Jon @jon9.bsky.social · Jul 7

My current floss dispenser is somehow broken so that the spool does not advance without taking the thing apart, in case the wikipedia page for “2025” needs a cover photo.