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Chad Denton

@reluctantlychad.bsky.social

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Struggling writer, renegade historian, trash culture archaeologist. Check out my work: https://linktr.ee/drownedinink

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Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 22d

A new episode of the Medici Podcast! Ferdinando II had high hopes that marrying his introverted, overly devout son to a French princess would both loosen his son up and save the dynasty from extinction. Things wouldn’t turn out quite like he wanted.
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Episode 81: Love and Marriage

Ferdinando II had high hopes that marrying his introverted, overly devout son to a French princess would both loosen his son up and save the dynasty from extinction. Things wouldn’t turn out …

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Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 1m

I'm glad Keir Starmer is efficiently acting like a weird tyrant now instead of having people wait until a British Trump comes to power.

Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 4m

I was nervous walking my Pomeranian in a lightly populated path, much less having him around crowds. On the other hand I have no doubt he could take on a good squad of ICE agents or Proud Boys. The lil' monster knew to go for the ankles.

Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 8h

Don't give me false hope.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 22h

ultimately, zohran mamdani is a reminder that politicians can be younger than 80 years old

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Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 8h

Haha, saaaame!

Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 9h

"You have no eye for fashion!" "I HAVE NO EYE FOR FASHION?!?!?!?!"

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Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 9h

Frank and Estelle Costanza from SEINFELD talk to George with the caption, "Understand, we love you like a son, but even parents have limits."

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Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 10h

Tonight's movie is the Linda Blair classic...er, not that one, but HELL NIGHT!

Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 11h

Yeah, it was someone who'd never actually watched the show before. If they had it would be easier to put up with, ha.

Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 11h

I did mute someone just because they made a bitchy post about DOCTOR WHO simply existing.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

pretty funny how janet mills gets in the race because graham platner was doing TOO well and all this tepid boring nothing burger oppo research comes out like 2 days later, establishment dems are really scared of platner

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Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 1d

After watching FRANKENHOOKER I realized I never saw Frank Henenlotter's other early film BRAIN DAMAGE, so that's tonight's film!

Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 1d

By fucking Wal-Mart, no less :(.

Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 1d

Well there are the ones who are just sociopaths and bigots and the ones who are simply willfully and terminally ignorant, so I suppose to that extent I agree.

Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 1d

"So are you all going to do anything to make it easier to afford pregnancy, birth, and child-related health expenses?"
"No."
"Any laws on parental leave or sick days?"
"No."
"Anything to help working moms?"
"Lol no."

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Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 1d

I've been seeing one parked at my work place and it's honestly kind of shocking. Of course I've noticed there's a few weird, large discolorations on it.

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Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 1d

It genuinely looks like some media companies are less tolerant of distance work especially by writers than they were even in the 1970s.

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Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 1d

Given how bad Windows 11 is supposed to be I've been looking at alternatives and seeing Linux evangelists unironically saying things like "Linux isn't hard, you just need to read an intro book" or "You only need to practice for an hour a day for a month to get the basics!"

Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 1d

My first rule to looking up tech advice is that if someone uses words like "powerful" to describe how something does what should be a basic computer function I should disregard everything they say and also dedicate my life to destroying them and everything they love.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

Day 59 of trying to be hired by Andrew Cuomo

A meme portraying Andrew Cuomo as Garfield and Zohran Mamdani as Heathcliff and their respective worldviews, there is a tiny picture of pundit Jennifer Rubin who once responded to a picture Andrew Cuomo posted by saying “the girls are eating their spaghetti and meatballs”

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Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 1d

Please don't make me have to use Linux. Having to use time I could have spent on improving my French or Italian or working on my book on instead relearning basic tech bullshit might cause me to snap.

Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 1d

I might have to as well depending on if the AI is as intrusive as some are saying. So I'm bracing myself to seeing comments from nerds like "Linux isn't difficult, it's different!" as I spend hours trying to figure out how to download and install a program.

Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 1d

It was a joke, which again should have been obvious.

Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 1d

Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Barrett, and Kavanagh are all Catholic.

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Chad Denton @reluctantlychad.bsky.social · 1d

Which is the religion shared by the reactionary majority on the Supreme Court, hence my comment obviously.

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