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Chris B
@burchris.bsky.social
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Wrote a few horror movies with names like HALLOW'S END and CANNIBAL TABOO (if you've seen either all the way through, I commend you).

Pro-humanity, Anti-theist, Anti-centrist. I have a cat.

Enough already.
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Today, I let Snowball play with a toy that's been off limits to him till now—a pinky fuzzy mouse that my mom bought because she thought it was cute, that makes trilling and chirping noises when you press a button on its back—and he was SO content and affectionate afterwards, he melted into my desk.
Snowball—a brown-and-white Siamese cat with blue eyes—lies stretched out on a white desk in front of a computer monitor, his body relaxed and his head resting sideways on the surface. His front paws are extended toward the camera, showing their soft white fur, while his dark mask-like face markings and half-closed eyes give him a sleepy look. Behind him, the computer screen displays a macOS desktop and a paused video of three commentators from The Majority Report.
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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It's amazing, what I can fit into that little Altoids tin. I've got a great little multitool in there, and a bit attachment that turns it into a full-length screwdriver!
A silver SOG multitool lies open on a white surface, its various implements fanned out. The plier jaws are spread at the bottom, while multiple tools — including a knife blade, a file, a Phillips head driver, a serrated saw blade, and other fold-out attachments — extend from both handles. The metal is slightly worn, giving the tool a well-used look, and its shadow falls softly to one side. The same silver multitool is shown folded closed, with a Bosch-branded screwdriver bit extension inserted into the bit holder at the top. The black-and-red “BOSCH” label stands out against the white background. The multitool sits neatly with the handles aligned, making the bit attachment appear like a long, slender screwdriver emerging from its end.
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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I’ve been tearing the place apart to find a missing USB-C hub but instead, I found a thing that I have no recollection of ever owning: a compact pair of foldable scissors.

I have now added it to my Altoids-tin toolkit.
A close-up photo of a small pair of folding scissors made of shiny silver metal, lying on a white surface. The handles have large rounded loops, one with a small hole for attaching to a keychain. An open Altoids tin repurposed as a compact toolkit, sitting on a white surface. Inside are a multitool, a black-handled screwdriver with a removable bit, several loose screwdriver bits, and the same folding scissors from the first image. The tin shows scratches and wear, giving it a well-used appearance.
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Who's her little friend? Is that her character witness?
A WMUR-TV news thumbnail shows a close-up photo of a woman with blond hair glancing sideways at a creepy antique doll with cracked skin and dark, staring eyes. A blue news banner across the image reads, “Peabody, MA store owner agrees to plead guilty in Harvard Medical School morgue scandal.” Below, the video's title reads, "Massachusetts woman to plead guilty to selling stolen body parts from Harvard Medical School morgue."
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Look, we know that Derry PD have their hands full investigating this hit-and-run, but if they could spare one or two officers to look for the clown that's been murdering kids in the sewers, that would be much appreciated.
A WMUR9 news graphic map showing the intersection of Chester Road and North Shore Road near Beaver Lake in Derry, New Hampshire. The headline at the bottom reads, “Derry police investigating hit-and-run after officer struck by car while directing traffic,” with the “Right Now” and WMUR9 logos in the lower right corner.
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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He surrendered himself to custody this afternoon, insisting he was D.B. Cooper. The boys in forensics are running his prints to see if his story checks out.
Snowball, a brown-and-white Siamese cat, lounges comfortably on a beige carpet. He has squeezed himself in behind a metal shopping cart, his legs tucked underneath it. He looks like he's in jail. He looks up toward the camera, with wide blue eyes. Behind him is a stack of black milk crates.
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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A woman dressed as an Oompa Loompa from the ill-fated “Willy Wonka Experience” in Glasgow stands behind a table with beakers, tubes, and candy props meant to resemble a laboratory setup. She wears a green wig, white gloves, and a brown costume with striped trim, looking visibly unamused amid a haze of theatrical fog.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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The extra in the wheelchair wants us to know that her character is having a worse day than every other patient in the hospital.
Scene from the 1970s TV series Emergency! showing two paramedics in blue uniforms—Officers DeSoto and Gage—walking down a busy hospital hallway while talking. Behind them, a nurse in white pushes an older woman in a wheelchair who appears fatigued or in pain. The actress playing the woman in the wheelchair is overacting the heck out of her character's distress, holding her head in her hand and making an over-the-top expression of her misery. Other medical staff and patients move about in the background, and the MeTV logo is visible in the corner of the frame.
November 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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I did not know that Gene Kelly originated the Pee-wee Herman character.
A young Gene Kelly in a gray suit and polka-dotted bow tie looks directly into the camera with a calm, confident expression. The warm, cinematic lighting emphasizes his classic 1940s movie-star appearance. The lower-left corner features the TCM logo and the text “Mad About Musicals.”
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Repost with an iconic fictional band:
The musical group Kaptain Kool & the Kongs poses in their flamboyant 1970s costumes from Sid and Marty Krofft’s Saturday morning TV show The Krofft Supershow. The five performers—Flatbush, Nashville, Turkey, Superchick, and Kaptain Kool—stand in front of a wooden backdrop, each wearing brightly colored disco-inspired outfits — sequins, capes, platform boots, and wigs in shades of purple, blue, gold, red, and black — exuding the over-the-top glam style typical of Krofft productions.
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Gratuitous Larry Storch spotted on tonight's "Emergency!" episode.
A close-up of character actor Larry Storch, playing a cook in a greasy diner on an episode of the 1970s drama "Emergency!" He's lit from the side and his face appears shiny with sweat. He has dark hair brushed forward and wears a light-colored collared shirt with faint stripes. His expression is tense, mid-sentence, as if arguing or making an urgent point. A window with dark blinds and a green frame is visible behind him. The MeTV logo appears in the lower right corner.
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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The Ghost of Joe Flaherty watches over a sleeping Snowball.
Snowball, a brown-and-white cat with blue eyes, is stretched out and fast asleep on a white desk. Behind him, a gigantic computer monitor shows an SCTV sketch about a telethon hosted by Joe Flaherty as his Sammy Maudlin character, in a sparkly jacket and bow tie speaking into a microphone. Snowball’s body is relaxed, one paw extended forward, as if completely unbothered by the noise or activity on the screen.
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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One down...
Kim Davis, the bigoted loser municipal clerk who tried to tank marriage equality in the U.S., holding a microphone and raising an angry finger at a press conference or some such. The stringy-haired, wild-eyed bus driver on "South Park" who reminds me of Kim Davis. A small bird nests in her uncombed hair.
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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I can't believe it's been 26 years since an explosion at the nuclear waste dump on the Moon's dark side launched the Moon out of its orbit and propelled it into the cosmos, forever stranding the crew of Moonbase Alpha in the unreachable depths of space.

I miss having a moon!
Group shot from the 1970s science-fiction TV series Space: 1999. A dozen members of Moonbase Alpha stand together in their signature retro-futuristic uniforms: beige tunics and pants with wide utility belts and colored sleeve panels. They pose inside a clean, modular control room lined with equipment panels and storage bays. The composition suggests a formal crew portrait.
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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If you want to give your child a head start on what to wear next Halloween, I've got a guaranteed winner.

What kid isn't gonna love the chance to dress up as their favorite celebrity, be that Ed Wynn, Danny Thomas, Jimmy Durante, or Jack Carson?
A vintage paper mask kit labeled “4 TV Comic Masks,” with a red-and-white display envelope in the background. Four large, cartoon-style face masks based on Ed Wynn, Danny Thomas,Jack Carson, and Jimmy Durante are laid out on a white surface or against the product's upright red-and-white box. Each mask has exaggerated features: one has round glasses and a striped cap, another has a wide grin and slick hair, another has heavy-lidded eyes, and the fourth has a balding head and drooping eyelids. The masks are printed in warm tones with a glossy finish and include detachable cardboard noses meant to be affixed to the masks. The packaging announces that the masks represent “four wacky TV stars” and suggests using them for comedy skits or pretend TV shows.
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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What is this face?
Snowball, a brown-and-white Siamese cat with blue eyes, sits upright on a white desk, looking judgmental and adorable, with his ears angled outward, his head slightly cocked, and his blue eyes half-lidded. He sits in front of a huge computer monitor showing a mostly-blue desktop screen.
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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ME: "Okay, Snowball, let's go for your walk."

SNOWBALL: "We could do that. Or—and hear me out here—you could take me outside and I could sit for an uncomfortably long time next to a giant dog turd."
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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"I will never, ever pay for a full-sized billboard. That's the Larry H. Parker guarantee!"
A large roadside billboard stands high on a tall, rust-colored support pole. The actual advertisement — a bright yellow ad for the law offices of Larry H. Parker, with bold text and a cartoon-style portrait — only covers part of the billboard’s full frame, leaving the rest of the structure exposed and empty, showing dark metal panels and framework. Below it, a leafy green tree reaches up toward the sign, and nearby buildings include an auto shop with signage reading “Complete Auto Care.” The sky is clear and bright blue.
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Up the airy mountain, down the rushy glen, we daren’t go a-hunting, for fear of little men...
Snowball, a brown-and-white cat with blue eyes, sits outside on a multicolored stone walkway while wearing a black harness and leash. He’s paused near the corner of a brick wall, looking slightly downward as if considering his next move. The background is misty, with a lawn, parked cars, cul-de-sac, and trees softened by fog.
November 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Where do ransacking homeless encampments, targeting trans people, cozying up to Nazis on a podcast, playing dumb about the genocide lobby, and encouraging people to carry on Charlie Kirk's "work" fall on the leadership scale?
A Bluesky post from Weegie, @onefussyone.bsky.social. It reads, "Governor Gavin Newsom will attend the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, which the Trump Administration has decided not to send representation to. This is leadership." Dated November 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM.
November 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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"... parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme..."
Thumbnail for a religious show on YouTube. On the right, a bespectacled clergyman in a black clerical suit gestures upward with one finger while speaking into a vintage-style silver microphone. On the left, glowing yellow text against a dark background reads, “Are You Blinded By Cities Of Sin?”
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Tad Stormy is on the scene!
Massachusetts weatherman Brian Lapis, a smiling man wearing glasses and a dark suit jacket, stands in front of a blue gradient background. He has short dark hair and is looking directly at the camera with a friendly, if confused expression. A cartoonish black mustache and goatee have been drawn on his face.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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I was emptying out my basket and just kind of tossing my warm laundry in a corner, when I happened to look over and see this.
Snowball, a brown-and-white cat with bright blue eyes, is curled up in a pile of soft, rumpled laundry on a beige carpeted floor. He’s nestled partly under a black shirt, with other clothes scattered around him. He looks up toward the camera, clearly comfortable in the bed he's made for himself.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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I would have expected something more like this:
A scene from Mystery Science Theater 3000. On the left is Crow T. Robot’s bare skull frame without his usual gold beak and head plating, giving him a skeletal, hollow-eyed look. On the right is Tom Servo, with his red body and clear dome head, resting one hand on the desk. The two bots are in the Satellite of Love’s control room, surrounded by colorful buttons, tubes, and spaceship doodads. The moment references the episode where the crew watches The Screaming Skull, and Crow dramatically removes his own “face” in reaction to the film.
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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So do we call her "Sir" Posh Spice now?
A news video still from France 24 shows a well-dressed man in a gray suit standing on a lawn—presumably David Beckham—in front of a large stone building. He holds up an open presentation case containing a medal. Overlaid text reads, “UNITED KINGDOM — Beckham knighted by King Charles.”
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM