marypowlus.bsky.social
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The funny thing about a certain type of angry conspiracy guy is that they’re literally being confronted with an elite paedophile ring and a tyrannical government at the same time right now, and because it isn't being done by the people they wanted it to be done by they’re all being pussies about it
January 31, 2026 at 9:20 AM
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A one-day slowdown is irritating. A one-month slump is terrifying.

With support for abolishing ICE growing and a bipartisan backlash prompting Trump to at least feign a more conciliatory approach in Minnesota, this is the moment to exert pressure. bit.ly/4aoo0an
January 30, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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January 13, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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January 21, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Q: What do you call a book club that's been stuck on the same book for years?

A: Church.
January 10, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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December 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Annual reminder:

Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.

Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
December 14, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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My friend @arnieniekamp.bsky.social has a cool limited series podcast about Christmas songs that I think you’d enjoy if you’re looking for some holiday cheer! art19.com/shows/no-ski...
No Skip Christmas
Building the perfect Christmas playlist episode by episode. Musicians, comedians and podcasters recommend songs and Arnie Niekamp (Hello from the Magic Tavern, Jackbox Games) decides if they're added ...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Many in this thread rightly cite "Jurisprudence Fetishist Gets Off On Technicality" -- a perfectly constructed joke -- but my favorite, after all these years, is still "Man In Headlock Just Wanted To Party." A tragicomedy in seven words; "For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn"-level economy of phrasing.
What is the quintessential Onion headline? The strong contender that just randomly popped in my mind is "Hank Williams Jr. Honored by Institute For Football Preparedness"
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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There are no old whippersnappers.
December 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Facebook served this up to me… purporting to be from WH Auden’s review of “Lord of the Rings.”
October 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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I can't remember the details, and can't find them now, for my favorite Robert Redford anecdote, but: When Indecent Proposal was being discussed, someone asked a film critic if she would sleep with Robert Redford for $1 million, and she replied, "Yes, but where would I get the money?"
September 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I remain convinced that a certain fictional evil clown has a counterpart named Poundfoolish, even if no one is yet telling that story.
September 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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I’ve been saying it since 2016, but I still think SNL would kill if they did a skit where Putin sings George Michael’s “Father Figure” to Trump. “Put your tiny hand in mine” indeed.
August 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
August 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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I’m becoming increasingly convinced that the internet as a useful medium and tool is over. Any worthwhile future is going to have to be constructed outside of it. It’s not for people anymore.
August 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
July 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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I am what I am so that when I am no longer, I will have been what I was.
June 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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This is an important and overlooked dynamic. A lot of what the Administration says and promises to do is based on lies. And to quote Craig Mazin’s “Chernobyl,” “every lie creates a debt to the truth.” Eventually that debt has to be paid.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/u...
Once Champions of Fringe Causes, Now in a ‘Trap of Their Own Making’
www.nytimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This is for the kids who die,
Black and white,
For kids will die certainly.
The old and rich will live on awhile,
As always,
Eating blood and gold,
Letting kids die.

~ from Langston Hughes' poem "Kids Who Die"
June 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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That’s it.
We're in the debate club and they're at theater camp. We can't argue them out of their performance.
May 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Bluesky is collegial and interesting, the way Twitter used to be. Bonus: most people can spell.
April 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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These books have, in recent years, through the efforts of obsessive editors and fans alike, found themselves justifiably rescued from oblivion, Rhian Sasseen writes.

See the full list: theatln.tc/oOmyETuB
March 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM