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Joel DeWitte @lolmonade.bsky.social · 21h

No kings. Not now, not ever.

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Erin 🇺🇦✌🏻🐸 🏳️‍🌈 🐘 🥃 @nyc-viper.bsky.social · 1d

If helping the poor is too extreme and goes against your religious ideology, you should probably get some therapy to figure out why you’re such a raging piece of human garbage.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe"

Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken. How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."

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Joel DeWitte @lolmonade.bsky.social · 1d

Edutainment at its finest.

Joel DeWitte @lolmonade.bsky.social · 1d

Worth it for True Colors alone.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 1d

Humble Games Bundle: Life is Strange ($22 for True Colors Deluxe + Remastered Collection) buff.ly/lXbIfj8 #ad

Joel DeWitte @lolmonade.bsky.social · 2d

To a nail (me) everything is a hammer (tariffs), but supply chain folks are doing all we can to contain costs, and that includes bulking up on order quantities to freeze product at current prices.

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Joel DeWitte @lolmonade.bsky.social · 2d

Produce ≠ Sales.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 2d

Bloomberg: Nintendo aiming to produce as many as 25 million Switch 2 units by end of March 2026 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 2d

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Joel DeWitte @lolmonade.bsky.social · 2d

The 2000s were awash with indie movies about finding yourself, and Garden State had some of the best music. My intro to The Shins.

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The Shins - Garden State scene

YouTube video by Geeeeeeeertje

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Joel DeWitte @lolmonade.bsky.social · 2d

When I first watched Happy Gilmore, I never realized how much I’d appreciate Lynyrd Skynyrd beyond Freebird.

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Happy Gilmore (final) - Tuesday's Gone (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

YouTube video by Ger von Videos

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Joel DeWitte @lolmonade.bsky.social · 2d

Shaun of the Dead. What a great movie, what a fantastic use of Queen.

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Shaun of the Dead: Don't Stop Me Now

YouTube video by megaflex

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Joel DeWitte @lolmonade.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t care about Despicable Me 2, but my kids loved this song.

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Despicable Me 2 | Happy Lyric Video by Pharrell Williams | Illumination

YouTube video by Illumination

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Joel DeWitte @lolmonade.bsky.social · 2d

I didn’t see the Rocky movies til college, but @dewdrop1227.bsky.social loves Survivor, so it is in our regular rotation.

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Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger (Official HD Video)

YouTube video by SurvivorVEVO

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Joel DeWitte @lolmonade.bsky.social · 2d

We watch The Breakfast Club every year, and this song lives rent free in my head.

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The Breakfast Club • Don't You (Forget About Me) • Simple Minds

YouTube video by HD Film Tributes

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Joel DeWitte @lolmonade.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t care for Twilight, but who doesn’t love a good Death Cab for Cutie song?

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Death Cab For Cutie "Meet Me On The Equinox"

YouTube video by SND

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Joel DeWitte @lolmonade.bsky.social · 3d

Music league is doing a second round of songs from movie soundtracks, so here’s a few that I passed on.

First one is technically Hello Dolly, but my first intro to it was Wall-E, @dewdrop1227.bsky.social & i’s favorite Pixar movie.

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WALL-E watching "Hello, Dolly!" at PVHS

YouTube video by Kamryn Garant

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Joel DeWitte @lolmonade.bsky.social · 3d

I played WOW in college, which is where I started using the handle “lolmonade”. I chose “ZombieCharltonHeston” shortly after he died. My last character was “lolocaust”, which was callous at best.

I’m embarrassed how thoughtless I was and for now how long.

Politico @politico.com · 5d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 3d

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Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 3d

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Joel DeWitte @lolmonade.bsky.social · 4d

Absolum knows what’s up.

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Joel DeWitte @lolmonade.bsky.social · 4d

Dogshit game, but it’s the best that 8 year old me with an Amiga had available.

a video game with a score of 0028500

ALT: a video game with a score of 0028500

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Willem Hilhorst @whilhorst.bsky.social · 5d

I checked out @blippo.plus for Nintendo Switch. This FMV-game had me tuning in to watch some of the most captivating 'television' I've seen in quite some time.
An ode to the art of performance and I loved it a lot.
My review for @nintendonwr.bsky.social 👇
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Blippo+ (Switch) Review

YouTube video by Nintendo World Report TV

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Joel DeWitte @lolmonade.bsky.social · 5d

The only glaring omission in the movies is lack of Tom Bombadil, but even then, he’s like a side mission in the books.

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startmenu @startmenu.bsky.social · 6d

Steam Next Fest is back with a wealth of new game demos for players to try, so Super GG Radio’s @oronalex.bsky.social has returned to startmenu with a roundup of some of what's on offer this fall.

Super GG Radio's Highlights From Steam Next Fest - Fall 2025 — startmenu

Steam Next Fest is back with a wealth of new game demos for players to try, so Super GG Radio’s Alex Orona has returned to startmenu with a roundup of some of what's on offer this fall.

www.startmenu.co.uk

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Joel DeWitte @lolmonade.bsky.social · 5d

Lord of the Rings movies are worlds better than the books.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 6d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Joel DeWitte @lolmonade.bsky.social · 6d

Lookin like a Windows 95 desktop background out here.

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