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Michael Apgar

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1/3 Willow Rosenberg. 1/3 David Fisher. 1/3 Liz Lemon. (He/Him) Please enjoy the silly little TV/Film charts and graphs I make over @ https://bsky.app/profile/popculturecharts.bsky.social

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Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · Sep 4

I think one thing we need more of over here is more silly fun accounts.

Relatedly, please enjoy and follow my new account where I take data about TV shows and movies and make charts and graphs.

Film And TV Graphs @popculturecharts.bsky.social · Sep 4

Bones Cases by Cause of Death

Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 1d

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Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t let the frogwater that’s boiling us alive let you skip over this: we murdered another country’s citizens in cold blood, and when their leader objected, we called him a drug dealer and cut off aid to his country. That’s freakish.

Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 2d

Petro objected to the US bombing a Columbian fishing vessel that had the emergency beacon on because they were broken down, that we subsequently bombed. One Columbian fisherman survived the attack.

This is the official US response to Petro's comments.

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Boo-is @louisevans.bsky.social · 2d

We bombed a fishing boat in distress.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

UPDATE: COLOMBIA’s President says 🇺🇸 government (Trump) “committed murder” and bombed a fisherman with no ties to drugs

“The boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure”

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Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 2d

I think Luke having a crush on a woman, meeting Leia, realizing they weren't into each other, and just becoming friends with her is a very helpful thing for young boys to see early on.

Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 2d

I fought fascism today, so I am letting myself have Postmates as a treat.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3d

So dangerous that they must be blown into small pieces rather than arrested … unless they are actually captured in which case they may go home with a warning. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

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Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 3d

I will admit when the Epstein Files first became a talking point, I was like, 'we already know he's a pedo and his followers don't care, what could possibly be in there that'll matter.'

But like at this point... something is clearly in there that they think will matter.

Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 3d

Genuinely comical how much Evangelical Right Wing Christians would hate Jesus if they met him.

Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 4d

Everyone who voted to confirm this idiot should be deeply shamed forever. And never trusted to make an important decision in their lives.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

RFK Jr: "Today the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone of a 65 year old man. Our girls are hitting puberty 6 years early ... our parents aren't having children."

Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 4d

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McKenzie Funk @mckenziefunk.com · 5d

The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org

Screenshot of the article by Nicole Foy of ProPublica:
"When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents in the Los Angeles area to take race into consideration during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned.

“If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States,” Kavanaugh wrote, “they promptly let the individual go.”

But that is far from the reality many citizens have experienced. Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. One of those women had already had the door of her home blown off while Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem watched.

About two dozen Americans have said they were held for more than a day without being able to phone lawyers or loved ones."

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Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 5d

I feel like it's less that we're frogs who got slow-boiled and more like we're frogs who got thrown directly into boiling water, and some of the frogs were like 'let's get out of this boiling water,' and the rest were like 'nah.'