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Christopher Wood @justchriswood.bsky.social · 7m

Sweeney Todd is a classic. I’d also recommend the original cast recording of “Little Shop of Horrors.”

Christopher Wood @justchriswood.bsky.social · 35m

And it’s only the music-only channels. You know, the thing that made MTV unique.

Christopher Wood @justchriswood.bsky.social · 19h

The Mariners are going to have an uphill battle, but it isn’t over until the final out of the 9th inning in the 4th win. Best of luck, and let’s have a good series.

And if anything, let’s enjoy the fact that we don’t have to think about the Red Sox or the Yankees for a few months.

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Christopher Wood @justchriswood.bsky.social · 23h

I don’t know about you, but “Trump is Dying” videos are my new YouTube comfort watch. I throw on a nice blanket, a cold beverage, and bask in the knowledge that we’ll be rid of him someday.

Christopher Wood @justchriswood.bsky.social · 1d

God, Cuomo sucks at this.

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Christopher Wood @justchriswood.bsky.social · 1d

100% improvement over the last game.

Christopher Wood @justchriswood.bsky.social · 1d

Sabres lose 1-3.
Leafs lose 3-6.

a man in a suit is crying in the rain

Alt: a man in a suit is crying in the rain

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Christopher Wood @justchriswood.bsky.social · 1d

As noted in interviews, it’s lovely to see the goalposts move to “Communist” because “Socialist” (in addition to being accurate) is no longer the dirty word it used to be.

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Christopher Wood @justchriswood.bsky.social · 2d

I appreciate his performance in “American Psycho” when he gets axe-murdered by Christian Bale.

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Christopher Wood @justchriswood.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder what rock bottom border crossings would look like. It could theoretically hit zero, but practically, how low could it go?

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Christopher Wood @justchriswood.bsky.social · 2d

Kid Rock doing his very best… I dunno… Jeff Foxworthy / Richard Petty cosplay?

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Christopher Wood @justchriswood.bsky.social · 2d

Unfortunately, this is the only solution I can think of, too. Apple TVs are expensive, but they won’t advertise anything to you other than Apple TV+.

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Christopher Wood @justchriswood.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not advocating that Trump get the Nobel Peace Prize, not now, not ever. I was saying if you *could* award a Nobel Prize to someone who was dead (which I think is the case, but I don’t know for sure), we make an exception so he can’t win.

Explaining jokes makes them funnier.

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Christopher Wood @justchriswood.bsky.social · 3d

This opinion piece from the Guardian is spot on: someone should step up and enter the 2028 race for the Democrats right now. They’ll be seen as a leader, they’ll naturally garner a lot of attention, and it will force the GOP to play defense.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Who will run against Trump in 2028? Please step forward now – don’t wait | David Kirp

A leading Democrat, backed by substantial funding, should enter the 2028 presidential race right now

www.theguardian.com

Christopher Wood @justchriswood.bsky.social · 3d

Can you win a Nobel Prize posthumously? If so, I recommend we make an exception.

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 3d

White House staff should just make and show him an AI-generated video where he wins, fly him to Duluth and tell him it’s Oslo, and dare the New York Times to say anything more than “Experts disagree about whether Mr Trump was awarded the Nobel Prize”.

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Christopher Wood @justchriswood.bsky.social · 3d

Had the thought this morning: when you hear Trump speak, doesn’t he sound a lot like Mel Brooks in the “2000-Year-Old Man” sketch?

Christopher Wood @justchriswood.bsky.social · 3d

The Buffalo Sabres are about to do the most Buffalo Sabres thing possible and be shut out at their home opener.

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Christopher Wood @justchriswood.bsky.social · 4d

‘The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa’

A screenshot of Jester from “The Mighty Nein” (a blue-skinned tiefling woman with horns) uncomfortably close to the camera.

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Christopher Wood @justchriswood.bsky.social · 4d

I’m a New Yorker, and I’m rooting for the Jays to go all the way.

Christopher Wood @justchriswood.bsky.social · 4d

I’m a dead man.

A selfie of a near middle-aged man in a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey and a Toronto Blue Jays hat.

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 4d

I wish you could meet my girlfriend
My girlfriend who is in antifa
She couldn't be cuter
She might be the shooter
My girlfriend who is in antifa

She likes to smash up things
She's very excited
To tangle with fascists
She'll soon be indicted

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 4d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7d

There’s an essay to be written about how maga patriotism is just shitty fandom. Anyone who follows sports knows fans like this, it’s always the ref’s fault, the other team doesn’t exist, there’s some plot/player/coach holding the team back otherwise they’d always win easy bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7d

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