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Mark died 10 years ago this very night @markpaglia.bsky.social · 2h

Well, that's what I get for wishing on a monkey's paw for a Senate candidate younger than the average life expectancy.

WBUR @wbur.org · 4h

Rep. Moulton is challenging incumbent Sen. Ed Markey, saying it's time for a new generation of leadership in the Democratic party.

Congressman Seth Moulton announces run for U.S. Senate

Moulton is challenging incumbent Sen. Ed Markey, saying it's time for a new generation of leadership in the Democratic party.

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Mark died 10 years ago this very night @markpaglia.bsky.social · 2h

Now there's a Venn diagram I'd like to see.

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Mark died 10 years ago this very night @markpaglia.bsky.social · 12h

Hell yeah. The only acceptable use of "hell yea" is to crassly vote yes for a parliamentary motion.

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Mark died 10 years ago this very night @markpaglia.bsky.social · 12h

Yoda Stories on the Game Boy Color. Truly horrific controls, but finishing the game gets you a cutscene of Luke meeting Indiana Jones, whose resemblance to Han Solo is commented upon.

lex luddy (ichiban appreciator) @lexluddy.xyz · 15h

What's the worst game you finished/rolled credits on?

(games media folks, it can't be something you were assigned to review; this has to be something you subjected yourself to of your own free will)

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Mark died 10 years ago this very night @markpaglia.bsky.social · 12h

They only just added the ability to remove titles from the "Continue reading" list, a feature whose absence irritated me for so long.

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Framling (🏳️‍⚧️btw) @framling.made-up-website.computer · 22h

Me: Freedon Nadd, didn't he train what's his name, Exar Kun?

My brain, which cannot remember actual shit I need to know: Yeah, but like, as a ghost though

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Mark died 10 years ago this very night @markpaglia.bsky.social · 14h

It may feel like you can't take any action because each one is contingent upon another, but change happens by many tiny steps, even if they feel too small to make a difference.

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Mark died 10 years ago this very night @markpaglia.bsky.social · 14h

Slop from someone who never figured out the "as I was going to St Ives" riddle.

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Mark died 10 years ago this very night @markpaglia.bsky.social · 14h

The Philip Glass score to "Candyman" is so absurdly good.

Mark died 10 years ago this very night @markpaglia.bsky.social · 17h

Fun fact: after leaving the White House, Coolidge had a syndicated newspaper column, which, in keeping with his famed taciturnity, was always quite brief.

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Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.social · 1d

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Mark died 10 years ago this very night @markpaglia.bsky.social · 1d

"Ahem, actually, 'Senator' comes from the Latin root for 'old man,' so our elected officials should be elderly and, since it's also from the same root word, senile."

Mark died 10 years ago this very night @markpaglia.bsky.social · 1d

It is extremely on-brand for the Dems to go, "Oh, you've got a 72-year-old running for Senate? Well, WE'VE got a 77-year-old running for Senate. Check and mate."

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Mark died 10 years ago this very night @markpaglia.bsky.social · 1d

Great, how long until we have true-crime podcasts that consist of reading chatgpt scripts about crimes that didn't actually happen?

Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 1d

The scary thing about the AI rollout is that I am now seeing YouTubers awkwardly-yet-confidently reading Google's AI summary as the Voice of God the same as they used to with Wikipedia.

Sigh.

Mark died 10 years ago this very night @markpaglia.bsky.social · 1d

I do love that Charles used to say he'd use a different regnal name because kings named Charles haven't been terribly popular historically, and then he just gave up and kept his name.

pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 1d

Now I’m not saying regicide is the solution, but it’s clear that so far the reign of King Charles has been an absolute disaster

Mark died 10 years ago this very night @markpaglia.bsky.social · 1d

We need more Bashful Benny. He deserves his own comic strip.

NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 1d

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
October 14,1948

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER
P1- NANCY SEES BENNY HIDING BEHIND A TREE
NANCY: HELLO, BASHFUL BENNY STILL HIDING BEHIND TREES, EH ?

P2-NANCY: YOU SPEND YOUR WHOLE LIFE BEHIND TREES --- IT MUST BE VERY BORING

P3- NANCY: COME ON --- LET'S GO TO THE MOVIES--IT'LL BE A CHANGE
FOR YOU

P4- WHEN NANCY AND BENNY GET SEATED IN THE MOVIE THEATRE, THERE IS A LARGE SUPPORT COLUMN BETWEEN THEM

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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 3d

This photo of Robert Bloch is the most writer photo to have ever writer photo’d. It is Pure Writer Photo.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

I think you should be able to put on your resumé that you know the names of all the space marines from Aliens. Maybe your business needs to know about Wierzbowski.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1d

Christopher Columbus himself was a monster, but Columbus Day was instituted in 1892 to combat rising anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic bigotry after the lynching of eleven Italian-Americans. The same revanchists defending Columbus Day as "part of our US heritage" in 2025 would have opposed it in 1892.

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Mark died 10 years ago this very night @markpaglia.bsky.social · 1d

Just read the first issue of The Author Immortal, and it is the latest entry in my sporadic series "Comics You Should Read Because They Rule."

Frank J. Barbiere 🔜 NYCC AA J-14 @fjbarb.bsky.social · Jul 18

The Author Immortal.
A new ongoing series from me & @morganbeem.bsky.social starting this October at @imagecomics.com. Logo by @sievish.bsky.social and some fantastic variants from @yukoart.bsky.social & Jorge Corona.

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Mark died 10 years ago this very night @markpaglia.bsky.social · 1d

Captain Hook and his pirates are what Peter and the Lost Boys would be if they grew up.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Mark died 10 years ago this very night @markpaglia.bsky.social · 1d

Just when I thought the man couldn't be any hotter...

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

gene kelly is antifa

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Mark died 10 years ago this very night @markpaglia.bsky.social · 2d

"Hostage" implies an expectation that they might be released.

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Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 2d

This skeet is gonna just keep aging like the finest wine:

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 2d

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

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