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David J. Loehr
@djl.bsky.social
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aka @dloehr on the bird site

Writer & performer, The Incomparable Radio Theater
Co-creator, Where or When?
Panelist, The Incomparable
Host, Afoot
Co-host, Magnum, podcast

Playwright, podcaster, father, cat bed, he/him

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"Is this your card?"
Image of two astronauts and their ship on the surface of Mars with the caption, "The year is 2035. The first astronauts have landed on Mars. They find a cave with a human skeleton and 4 words written on the wall. What are the words?"
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Per the Chief National Security Correspondent for Fox News, he was vetted and granted asylum by the Trump administration this past April.

Had nothing to do with Biden.
Screenshot of a long tweet by Jennifer Griffin of Fox News. "Jennifer Griffin @JenGriffinFNC ••• Alleged shooter Rahmanullah Lakanwal worked for the CIA in Afghanistan out of Kandahar base, according to CIA director John Ratcliffe. Multiple sources tell me he was vetted before working with the CIA by the NCTC (National Counterterrorism Center) and the CIA. I am told that Lakanwal was with the Task Force in Kandahar. During the Afghan withdrawal, the CIA airlifted with the help of the US military many Afghan allies who had worked with the US government and took special care of those who were badged and worked with the agency. They were taken to bases in Qatar and Europe and then onward to military bases in the US where further vetting was supposed to take place. Having a CIA ID would have put him in the "vetted" category. I am told there was nothing in his background when he arrived in the US on Sept 8, 2021 that suggested links to terrorism. He applied for asylum last year and reportedly received asylum in April under the Trump administration. 9:42 AM • 11/27/25"
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Plausible.
Movie poster for "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"
November 27, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Oh the humanity.
Cincinnati newsman Les Nessman reporting live from the Pinedale Shopping Mall as it is inexplicably bombed by live turkeys during the 1979 Thanksgiving season.
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Welcome to my secret lair on Skullcrusher Mountain,
I hope that you've enjoyed your stay so far,
I see you've met my assistant, Scarface...
Pope Leo looking as though he's singing soulfully into a microphone
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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No, that's not "big fact".

Fewer items in their meal this year, at lesser sizes and quality, for roughly the same price.

That's shrinkflation.
Screenshot from ABC News showing how Walmart manipulated the items in their Thanksgiving package compared to last year: fewer items, more generic store brand items, and fewer units. Shrinkflation.
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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For reference, this is the current Indiana map that Trump and Braun are determined to gerrymander further because it's not Republican enough.
The current congressional district map of Indiana. Nine districts, several of them red. The only blue ones are Marion County, so Indianapolis, and the Gary area by Chicago. Trump and Gov Braun are pissed because it's not Republican enough.
November 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Took this photo from my mailbox, looking at my neighbor's house.
Aurora borealis visible in southern Indiana
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Time for go to bed
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Realized I could resize...
Bread and Jam for Frances
November 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Bedtime for BONZO
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Bedtime for Frances
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Using the Zohran campaign sign image generator to pay homage to the Firesign Theatre with "Shoes for industry"
November 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Oh, LinkedIn, I'm never clicking on these suggestions.

Aside from the obvious reason, they're only offering $35-45 an hour yet expect you to work on site in NYC?

No wonder that show isn't funny.
Screenshot from a LinkedIn email touting a terrible job with terrible pay, "Freelance Comedy Writer, Gutfeld! Fox News Media • New York, NY (On-site) $35-$45 / hour"
November 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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A white glove with a glittering P, the calling card of Sir Charles Lytton, aka The Phantom, from the film The Pink Panther.
November 7, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Captain Plasma...no, that sounds like a space vampire which would be way cooler...oh, wait, no it wouldn't...
Title screen from the Buck Rogers episode "Space Vampire" The space vampire from the Buck Rogers episode, "Space Vampire." He is smiling and looks entirely too goofy.
November 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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This surprised me at the time.
Screenshot from when Bluesky celebrated 10 million users, showing that I was user #5,101
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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(flips end over end)
A panel from a Peanuts strip with Linus shouting "THAT'S IT!" causing Lucy to flop end over end.
October 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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This is the map that Governor Mike Braun wants to redrew to make more "fair" to Republicans.

There wasn't enough support in the overwhelmingly Republican statehouse to do it in regular session, so he's called a special session to try again.
Screenshot of the current congressional map of Indiana showing that the two tiny districts by Chicago and the small district around Indianapolis are blue, and the other 96% of the map is red. (Land mass doesn't vote, the other districts are less densely populated.)
October 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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According to Pew, the percentage of whites is around 63%. And the percentage going to native-born Americans is 87.8%.
Screenshot of Pew Research stats on SNAP benefits showing that the percentage going to white peopke is 62.7%, and that the percentage going to native born Americans is 87.8%.
October 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Strong Linus energy there.
A classic Peanuts strip where Linus has built an army of snowmen. He tells them, "I am your leader! If you will follow me, you will be invincible! There is nothing that can stop us! Nothing! NOTHING!" And the sun has melted all of his snowmen.
October 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Sure, Donald. #NoKings
Screenshot from when the White House account tweeted out a fake Time magazine cover featuring a painting of Trump with a crown and the caption "Long live the king".
October 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Looks like a couple of #NoKings events this morning.
Screenshot of a map from nokings.org showing where No Kings rallies and events are located. The entire map of the contiguous 48 states plus Hawaii is covered multiple times over and hidden from view. Alaska is only visible because it has a sparse population.
October 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Still from Casablanca, the scene with Captain Renault telling Rick Blaine "I'm shocked shocked to find that gambling is going on in here" seconds before being handed his winnings in Casablanca.
October 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Broken clock is right twice a day etc.
Tweet by Marjorie Taylor Greene: "On the government shutdown, here's what you're not being told. If Republican Senators wanted to pass the CR and reopen the government they could, by using the nuclear option to override the 60 vote rule and pass the CR with a simple majority vote. We have 53 R Senators." I wonder if they'd even have those 53 votes.
October 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM