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As Sparks Fly Upwards
@fitzjohn.bsky.social
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Failed writer, failing better. MDANT, so there's that.
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Well, according to Dershowitz, his certainly will.
"That's Shry-VELL. And it's Richard."
I'm no psychologist, but it's always appeared to me that if you've really bought in, mentally escaping a cult is hellishly difficult. Which suggests to me that the MTGs, the Pauls, and the Massies who are now turning on him were going along to get on all along.
Nimble little buggers, aren't they?
Too salty, but keep 'em coming anyway.
#WhenTaken #617 (05.11.2025)

I scored 824/1000🏅

1️⃣📍1.8K km - 🗓️4 yrs - 🥈151/200
2️⃣📍13.4 km - 🗓️19 yrs - 🥈157/200
3️⃣📍997 km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥈169/200
4️⃣📍20.8 km - 🗓️20 yrs - 🥈154/200
5️⃣📍2.5 km - 🗓️6 yrs - 🥇193/200
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I'll bet there isn't an intact bottle of ketchup in the White House.
Big debating point is whether Mamdani has driven them all insane, or whether they were insane to start with.
More like the Pentagram press corps.
For 'reform' read 'fumigation'.
We appear to be seeing a resurgence of the Know Nothing Party.
#WhenTaken #616 (04.11.2025)

I scored 806/1000🏅

1️⃣📍1.9K km - 🗓️7 yrs - 🥈144/200
2️⃣📍953 km - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥈166/200
3️⃣📍5.6 km - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥇200/200
4️⃣📍1.2 km - 🗓️30 yrs - 🥉115/200
5️⃣📍550 km - 🗓️3 yrs - 🥇181/200
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As has been noted, 3 was a gimme. And my time error on 4 is depressing.
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Anybody remember 4-6-0? That fucking worked.
Anybody remember 4-6-0? That fucking worked.
In Italy, he'd be hanging by his fucking heels by now.
That's a fucking lie, because he hangs on Trump's every word in case the Great Pumpkin spills Mikey's secret.
When this shit gets turned into an American Horror Story, this little fuckweasel should be played by Michael Emerson.
Is this the place to point out that 'careen' is a beautiful word with a rather specific definition, and that it's not the same one that applies to 'career'?
At the risk of sounding doctrinaire and inflexible, no, it is fucking not.
That name has to be an anagram.