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calamity jim

@calamityjim.bsky.social

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fan of writers, medium-sized dogs, small children, bread, islands, stars, popcorn, candy corn, and sleep. hitchhiked over here from balloon juice. not a fan of willful ignorance, malice, or black licorice.

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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 4h

am I the only one who remembers how John Lennon got trashed for saying the same thing?

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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 5h

sunk cost is real.

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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸🐝🦄 @resistrebelrevolt.net · Aug 31

In Soviet Union they used to tell a joke about a man who buys the newspaper every AM, looks at the front page, curses, & throws it away.

"Why do you keep doing that?," the seller asks.

"I’m looking for an obituary."

"But those aren't on the front page!"

..."Oh, the one I’m looking for will be."

A photo of Trump golfing with the grim reaper as his caddie.

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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 5h

ffs.

calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 5h

I like thinking about how nervous trump must be when he starts getting to those hard questions, like where they read you some words and then a few minutes later ask if you remember them.

I picture him getting all sweaty and determined. I got this! I can do this!

He really finds it difficult.

calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 5h

Well, nobody expected a pitcher who can strike out 10 guys and hit three home runs in the same game, one of them all the way out of the park.

I mean, should you get to make a rule for just one guy? Cause that feels calvin-ball-ish af.

calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 6h

fans getting their money's worth tonight.

calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 6h

they stopped selling beer after the 7th inning, hours ago.

these people are all sobered up by now. 😵‍💫

calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 6h

mariner fan here; we've seen this movie already.

calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 8h

what a goddamn game.

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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 8h

3 months ago:

"Almost all Americans say they have at least heard of cryptocurrency; just 5% say they haven't. But barely a third, 35%, say they know something about it, while 60% say they have heard of it but don’t know much about it."

news.gallup.com/poll/692777/...

Cryptocurrency Still Has Limited Main Street Appeal

While almost all Americans have heard of cryptocurrency, just 14% report owning it, although the rate is much higher among certain subgroups.

news.gallup.com

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 11h

And I would like to challenge this person to get a real job

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12h

Gaines: I want to challenge AOC to a debate.

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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 9h

He was focused on his feet, so he didn't take in the room and notice where he'd be going.

Didn't want to fall on his face coming down two steps. Just a matter of time before we get that video.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h

Trump being guided through a room by the Japanese PM

calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 10h

Worth your time, and then some.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h

"The fear of nuclear annihilation always came from the latent terror that we would accidentally destroy it all. That brinkmanship and escalation would inevitably tip us over into the 'everyone loses' portion of game theory."

Kathryn Bigelow brings back the nuclear panic movie.

Plus: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ Gets the Big-Screen Treatment

www.thebulwark.com

calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 10h

Excellent film. Ignore the people complaining about the structure/ending; both are perfect vehicles for making the point.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12h

Scott Bessent is worth half a billion dollars and owns multiple properties around the world. This is one he owns in Charleston, SC:

Photo of a three story pink antebellum house

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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 16h

Yes. I remember how exciting it was to think about a world where finding a publisher wasn't akin to winning the damn lottery.

There has to be some sort of middle path here.

calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 17h

I think some smart journalist ought to just get him cooking on the specs for the ballroom. He's very proud of it, I hear, and likes to get into the details.

We'd have lots of video of him grinning about how nice the carpet is to juxtapose with clips of pissed off voters in grocery stores.

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Brian Rosenworcel @brianrosenworcel.bsky.social · 1d

Joe Rogan is confusing measles with chicken pox

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Gallego: "How can I negotiate? The president is in Asia for 5 days. Johnson is basically keeping the House out until January to protect pedophiles. So who am I negotiating with right now?"

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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 18h

Jake has been going around saying that he doesn't care how much he gets slagged for writing about Biden's decline.

What he doesn't get is that people hate him for rushing to get that book done lickety split, just as we were trying to comprehend exactly how bad trump 2 was going to be.

Cash in!

calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 18h

What's weird is that our doctors tell us old people to have what they call a "Medicare Wellness Exam" every year, because that's how often insurance will cover it.

The dementia "test" is part of it. So why IS he taking it so often?

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calamity jim @calamityjim.bsky.social · 18h

Look at Rubio, who knows how shamefully stupid this is. Do you think he has to practice holding that neutral expression?

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump: AOC is low IQ. If you give her an IQ test, have her pass like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. Those are very hard…

The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96.

12 days of work in over 3 months.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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