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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · May 15

the power of friendship is helping me defeat the egg

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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 12h

today in "predicted by 30 Rock"

Edie Falco on 30 Rock:
I MISSED THE VOTE ON A BILL TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL WHALE TORTURE.

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 18h

congrats Rusty. hope you're enjoying retirement!

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 18h

but he was looking really washed as an nfl coach too

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 18h

a lot of people seem to think that as long as you don't have some diagnosable form of dementia, you're going to be just as sharp as you were at 30. it doesn't work that way. and I'm surprised so many think it does since we almost all know a few older people.

m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 18h

as much as anything the predictably disastrous belichick hiring reflects the same rampant denialism about the effects of aging as the biden and trump presidencies

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 18h

that dialogue is actually really corny but she sells it

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 18h

an abortion michael

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 19h

absolute legend

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 19h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 22h

quietly packing away my "chapel bill" hoodie with my "doherty's disciples" t-shirt

m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 1d

it's called northwestern but it's in the middle of the fucking country. what's that about?

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 1d

bold take on sport peppers but fortunately I don't think there are many chronic posters in Chicago

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 1d

it's always impossible to tell which political reporters are the actual sex abusers because they all talk like serial rapists

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 1d

like are you kidding me with this shit? I've seen you people at bars and restaurants. you all talk like sociopathic pirates. are you kidding me with this shit?

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 1d

every political reporter knows that the jay jones text are on the tame end of how politicians talk in private, not to mention tamer than how trump and his associates talk in public

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 1d

yeah a Fox Nation billboard ruined the otherwise beautiful Roku City skyline for me

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Spike Friedman @spikefriedman.bsky.social · 1d

My reaction to literally everything happening (public health edition)

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 1d

assumed until today that Mike Lombardi was like a Vince Lombardi fail grandnephew but turns out he's overflowing with unearned arrogance and he's just some guy

m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 1d

if creed turns down the tpusa halftime show I'm declaring a moratorium on making fun of creed

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 1d

smart TVs have made this so much worse. so many of these free streaming right wing news channels and many are heavily advertised on the home screen.

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 1d

does anyone else remember when she thought that everyone was still on covid lockdown around christmas 2021

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 1d

"four roughly two-hour lectures"???

George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d

I couldn't believe this but it's true, Thiel can't decide whether the antichrist is Greta or Big Yud. Positively reeling.

(Washington Post) -- Tech billionaire Peter Thiel recently warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of technology or artificial intelligence are "legionnaires of the Antichrist" in private lectures on Christianity that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future, according to recordings reviewed by The Washington Post.
In the four, roughly two-hour lectures, which began last month and culminated Monday at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Thiel laid out his religious views to a sold-out audience told to keep the contents "off-the-record," according to an event listing. He argued that those who propose limits on technology development not only hinder business but threaten to usher in the destruction of the United States and an era of global totalitarian rule, according to the recordings.
"In the 17th, 18th century, the Antichrist would have been a Dr. Strangelove, a scientist who did all this sort of evil crazy science," Thiel said in his Sept. 15 opening talk, according to the recordings. "In the 21st century, the Antichrist is a Luddite who wants to stop all science. It's someone like Greta or Eliezer," he said, referring to Thunberg and Eliezer Yudkowsky, a prominent critic of the tech industry's approach to AI.

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 1d

flanagan is possibly the most clueless person in journalism

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

Caitlin Flanagan
@CaitlinPacific
I’ve missed hearing Woody Allen’s voice - I’d been so rattled this week and there he was, his full self.

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@bariweiss
⁩ is the perfect interviewer. She seemed almost like a daughter to him - in a way she is. We all are.

Order Life with Baum!

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 1d

Taylor Swift counts down Travis Kelce's favorite Claire Denis films

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 1d

this is the classic power move of a manager who works about an hour a day but wants to create the impression they are working from sunrise to sunset

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 2d

Grandma lost her wig again!

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2d

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