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Aaron Kablackheart @kablackquois.bsky.social · 2h

So there WILL be a season 2? Because 1 was amazing

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Aaron Kablackheart @kablackquois.bsky.social · 2h

Hell yeah

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Aaron Kablackheart @kablackquois.bsky.social · 2h

One Wattle After Another: The Wilford Brimley Story

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Aaron Kablackheart @kablackquois.bsky.social · 5h

@dinamamousa.bsky.social

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Aaron Kablackheart @kablackquois.bsky.social · 9h

Yup

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Aaron Kablackheart @kablackquois.bsky.social · 11h

Cmon. Seriously?

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12h

We roll our shoulders and stretch our backs because it feels relaxing, refreshing and maybe even rejuvenating. But why is that?

In healthy adults, the stretch leads to a quick drop in blood pressure, researchers have found.

The surprising body change that happens when you roll your shoulders

Turns out a shoulder roll can drop your blood pressure, which may be the reason for the pleasurable sensation.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 20h

every ruling out of chicago is like, "federal judge rules ICE agents cannot desecrate graves; must not deploy nuclear weapons against journalists and faith leaders."

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 17h

The thing about young republicans is they grow up into old republicans

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 17h

One of many alarmed reports from the 1963 Young Republicans convention where John Birchers seemed to be in ascendancy.

Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, July 7, 1963
'MOB RULE' TACTICS CITED
YGOP Convention
Shocked Ex-Leader
By MERCER CROSS
Minneapolls Tribune Staff Writer
Leonard Nadasdy said Sat-
rushes at the podium to take
urday he is "still in a state
the gavel away from me."
of shock"
because
of the
"There
Young Repub-
the floor!" Were fistfights on
lican
Nation-
At one point the national
al Federation
anthem had to be played to
convention
in
make the delegates sit down.
San Francisco,
and police were summoned to
Calif.
keep order.
"The whole
Radicals distributed scurri-
thing has been
lous printed matter attacking
very
disillu-
Nadasdy.
sioning. for
McDevitt's hotel room was
me,"
said the
immediate
Nadasdy•
broken into
and campaign
past president of the 500,000-
literature, two typewriters
member federation.
and some
briefcases: were
elected. to suc-
ceed Nadasdy for the two -years was Donald Lu;
Washington, D.C.,
who campaigned as
porter of Sen. Barry Goldwa-er R-Ariz., for president. beleated was Charles.Me Devitt, 30, Boise, Idaho, who took no stand on a GOP presidential candidate. McDevitt had the unantmous support of the 15-member Minnesota
McDevitt had the edge go: ing into the YGOP conven-tion, said Nadasdy,
32,
General Mills public rélations san who lives in Plymouth.
But, he said, Lukens' supporters
"used the old Communist technique of causing a lot of dissension and a lot of furor, at which they were eminently successful."
THEIR PURPOSE, said Na-
dasdy,
"was to completely
ensnarl the convention and confuse everyone.
All this
was accompanied by scream-oing and hollering."'
At the center of the confu-
sion
were members of the John Birch Society and the radical right, Nadasdy said.
Two years ago the Minnesotan was elected chairman as a member of the Young Republicans'
moderate fac-
tion. As convention chairman this year, he said:
Right-wing delegates shouted at him to "go back to Russia."
"They made a couple of
• "Tve never seen such violence at a Young Republican affair," s…

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Aaron Kablackheart @kablackquois.bsky.social · 15h

If we’re being honest, it’s pretty unfair that I can’t both sleep and binge streaming nonsense at the same time

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Aaron Kablackheart @kablackquois.bsky.social · 19h

Me too! Thanks!!

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Aaron Kablackheart @kablackquois.bsky.social · 19h

Took the last two days off while my brother was in town and my kid was on break. Good company, good meals, saw some sights. Fully expecting to run into a buzzsaw when I clock in tomorrow. This job can’t end soon enough.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

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Aaron Kablackheart @kablackquois.bsky.social · 21h

Holy shit! That’s terrifying

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Aaron Kablackheart @kablackquois.bsky.social · 21h

The doc on him is well worth watching. He also had no description of the monster to work from

filmstories.co.uk/features/the...

The Thing | The story behind Drew Struzan's iconic poster

Artist Drew Struzan created an iconic poster for John Carpenter’s The Thing. Incredibly, it was conceived and painted in a matter of hours…

https://filmstories.co.uk/features/the-thing-the-story-behind-drew-struzans-iconic-poster/#:~:text=Artist%20Drew%20Struzan%20created%20an,in%20a%20matter%20of%20hours…

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 23h

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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Aaron Kablackheart @kablackquois.bsky.social · 22h

Now all you need are endless breadsticks

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Aaron Kablackheart @kablackquois.bsky.social · 22h

In case you weren’t aware, Drew got the brief on a Tuesday and had the art ready Wednesday morning

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Aaron Kablackheart @kablackquois.bsky.social · 22h

One of my favorite things about Atlanta is stuff like this is buried all over a huge bustling metropolis.

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Aaron Kablackheart @kablackquois.bsky.social · 22h

Damn, man, what’s it gonna take to get this pot I’m watching to boil???

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

Both sides of a conflict are calling each other evil and corrupt, rendering me, a humble journalist, helpless to discern the truth. Best I can do is let you know that both sides are in fact saying those things. Hope this helps