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Tim Quackenbush

@timquackenbush.bsky.social

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Moving picture editor (OBX, The Runarounds), music enjoyer, bio writing despiser. (he/him) **personal account - my views don't reflect any of my employers past present or future or any of their multinational corporate conglomerates**

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Parker @jeffparker.bsky.social · 2h

I don't know what visual metaphor you need for the moment, but this should do it

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 3h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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oscar wilde women do 🇯🇲 @adrierising.bsky.social · 5h

the aws outage should be evidence that running half the internet on a single company's servers is a terrible idea but i fear nothing will change

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Tim Quackenbush @timquackenbush.bsky.social · 4h

Yes yes, that sounds great, sir. But did you want to purchase the extended geek squad warranty for the router or not?

Tim Quackenbush @timquackenbush.bsky.social · 7h

so much for the body positive tolerant left

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 18h

the NYT could never

person in a inflatable squirrel outfit holds up a cardboard sign reading "BILLIONAIRES CAN EAT DEEZ NUTS"

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 21h

they are so close to understanding the entire point of trade

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: The US is rolling back tariffs on “products that cannot be grown, mined, or naturally produced in the United States," per WSJ

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Tim Quackenbush @timquackenbush.bsky.social · 18h

just another self care sunday night. the sound of gentle rain through the window as I watch yet another reverb pedal [no talking] comparison video #guitarsky

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

When you are pure of heart no amount of earnestness is Cringe. When you are a malevolent little freak no amount of sarcasm is enough to make you cool

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 1d

Vibe shift in the culture towards earnestness

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

as far as just messaging goes that video is probably the most embarrassing thing any president has done on the world stage in my life

and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 2d

Do you think I’d explain my masterstroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I made the NYPD woke 35 minutes ago.

Zohran Mamdani looking uncharacteristically calculating

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 1d

cops tackling and marching off with a giant penis, Kristi Noem menacing a chicken she swears is antifa, feds pepper-spraying a frog

ridicule is an extremely effective protest tactic and foil for authoritarianism

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d

Well, you can finally cross “I’ve seen a handcuffed, inflatable penis” off your bucket list

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 1d

Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

I know it's a fool's errand to expect anything from the media but "President posts video of himself dumping diarrhea on America" is an important thing to call attention to for a dozen reasons

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Tim Quackenbush @timquackenbush.bsky.social · 1d

Death to Tyrants!!!! (We watched Disney's Robin Hood tonight)

Tim Quackenbush @timquackenbush.bsky.social · 1d

This this this

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

That's right

A sign that says THEY BLAME IMMIGRANTS AO YOU DON'T BLAME BILLIONAIRES

Also behind them to the left is a sign that says NO TROOPS IN OUR STREETS

Tim Quackenbush @timquackenbush.bsky.social · 1d

The epic handshake meme connection plumbers and Dexter with their usage of plastic sheeting for messy operations.

Tim Quackenbush @timquackenbush.bsky.social · 2d

Business is booming baby!

Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 10d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but