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MGSIII

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Sort-of lawyer. Dad to two excellent humans. Proponent of the Oxford Comma. Friends with someone you know. PNW. https://www.instagram.com/_mgs_iii

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MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks, Pad Thai. Words of wisdom.

Fortune cookie reading “We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails.”

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 12h

I feel sorry for America.

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 15h

I wish my nipples could speak.

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 17h

It would be a far better world if things like this happened more often.

the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 2d

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

Members of the force's sports squad, responsible
- among other tasks - for policing the 170 miles of tunnels, caves, galleries and catacombs that underlie large parts of Paris, stumbled on the complex while on a training exercise beneath the Palais de Chaillot, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.
After entering the network through a drain next to the Trocadero, the officers came across a tarpaulin marked: Building site, No access.
Behind that, a tunnel held a desk and a closed-circuit TV camera set to automatically record images of anyone passing. The mechanism also triggered a tape of dogs barking, "clearly designed to frighten people off," the spokesman said.
Further along, the tunnel opened into a vast 400 sq metre cave some 18m underground, "like an underground amphitheatre, with terraces cut into the rock and chairs".

There the police found a full-sized cinema screen, projection equipment, and tapes of a wide variety of films, including 1950s film noir classics and more recent thrillers. None of the films were banned or even offensive, the spokesman said.
A smaller cave next door had been turned into an informal restaurant and bar. "There were bottles of whisky and other spirits behind a bar, tables and chairs, a pressure-cooker for making couscous," the spokesman said.
"The whole thing ran off a professionally installed electricity system and there were at least three phone lines down there."
Three days later, when the police returned accompanied by experts from the French electricity board to see where the power was coming from, the phone and electricity lines had been cut and a note was lying in the middle of the floor: "Do not," it said, "try to find us."

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 19h

All the wrong people are hurting in America right now.

Well, except the Trump voters who are hurting as Trump reality hits them.

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 1d

I couldn’t get to the end of it.

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 1d

😅

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 1d

One would assume there are considerations beyond volume.

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sure the Boobel Teats Prize nomination committee will be in touch soon. I mean, in contact.

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 1d

Fair point. I made an assumption. 🤷‍♂️ Let’s just say it appeared to be benefiting humanity from my perspective.

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 1d

It’s good to see the two of you using your powers for good and not evil. With great power comes great responsibility.

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 1d

Just booked a room to attend the No Kings march in Seattle.

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 1d

It’s definitely okay to skip them, but there are also some wonderful books in there.

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 1d

Around here, the tiny farm community schools did combined events. I have a friend who was in a graduating class of 9, so they did events with other schools to make it possible.

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 1d

No prom? Why?

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 1d

Instant boner killer. It’s not often done with literary references, so congrats.

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 2d

I need these. MANY of these.

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 2d

Glad you went and are apparently having a stellar time!

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 2d

The United States of America no longer recognizes international rights. You can use a drone to kill him at your discretion.

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, your honor. I’m glad my sentencing report didn’t know all the facts.

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 2d

I’m hoping to get time off my sentence for good behavior.

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 2d

Premium music choice. 👏

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 2d

Just finished a really lovely and poignant book that I highly recommend. A story of loss and love and understanding later in life, told exclusively through one woman’s correspondence. Beautifully written. The Correspondent, Virginia Evans

Book cover - The Correspondent, Virginia Evans

MGSIII @mgsiii.bsky.social · 2d

Lazy rainy Sunday mornings to restore the soul.

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Alison Birch @irishali13.bsky.social · 4d

— Waking up in 2025

The world is a stage

but the play is badly cast.

~ Oscar Wilde