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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 5h

"Hey Siri, what are the current Polymarket odds that a (former) paper millionaire soybean farmer self-immolates before 12/31/2026?"

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 7h

if you never get a taste for the money they're paying you, they won't be able to pay you for anything you don't want to do

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 7h

"stroke that makes you good"

This seems like the plot of The Christmas Carol.

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 7h

AI reading the Herculaneum scrolls. Not a thing we're hearing about so much lately.

The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 7h

"Not me though. I'm built different."

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 8h

The greatest dissertation in the history of Stanford, locked after 5 advisors killed themselves.

SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 8h

wouldn't it be cool to know your own minimum length description? you could quine yourself

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Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 11h

It's cool that this series features all four kinds of mustache a white guy can have. From left to right: gravel cyclist, cop, Field Marshal Haig, Bruno Kirby

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 10h

Contenders include the symbolic marriage of Queequeg and Ishmael sharing a bed at the Spouter's Inn, and Bulkington being too hot to live.

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 10h

The quoted chapter where Ishmael experiences blissed-out sensual ego death while squeezing sperm with the lads isn't even the gayest bit! Magnificent.

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 11h

Do they already have a major US presence outside of my bubble, or is this ad blitz their beachhead in the states?

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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 11h

Everyone is talking about butt plug shirt guy, but don’t sleep on the super jacked dude behind him

A goomba from the Super Mario Brothers movie

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 12h

No weird postseason narratives for Cal Raleigh!

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 12h

BIG DUMPER! / CUL GÉANT!

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 13h

Ty France pinch hit and get hit by a pitch, for old time's sake.

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 13h

Fuck / Pardon my French

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 14h

Great reminder/excuse to listen to Old & In the Way

(jerry is on the 'jo)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrqG...

Old & In The Way - Midnight Moonlight (1973)

YouTube video by Josh R.

www.youtube.com

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 16h

When I heard about Killdozer my reaction started as "what the fuck" and then I saw Granby in the news chiron and switched to "ah, well, that makes sense. Good luck, dipshit."

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 16h

Yes and/but the snag is that he was pissed at Granby, CO specifically. That town is somewhat notorious for using paperwork to fuck over folks outside the club. More of an "everyone's the bad guy" situation.

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

I bet it feels amazing to have your Strava cycling segment record obliterated by Barry Bonds.

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

whatever I thought the number was, it wasn't this big, Jesus christ

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

People think big stereos are for blasting, like, heavy metal music. But they're actually for freaking yourself out with weird modern choral music.

Aw yeah, that's right, it's a Partita for 8 Voices kind of afternoon.

Caroline Shaw: Partita for 8 Voices - YouTube

youtube.com

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

Octarine is not, as RFK jr's complexion makes upsettingly clear, the color of magic after all.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 1d

my big low-hanging fruit is healthcare REITs, which primarily exist as a way to extract enormous profits from "nonprofit" hospitals

Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 1d

Your single best "we could remove this with very little damage to the system as it is almost completely vestigal and it would see meaningful cost decreases" are PBMs.

But very few people even know PBMs exist, and they like to keep it that way.

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

David Liss's (very good) A Conspiracy of Paper, which puts a jewish boxer-turned-investigator onto the trail of the South Sea Bubble.

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