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Andy Broughton

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Academic worker. Parent. Suddenly a cat dad.

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They tried to do this in the first administration, and nearly succeeded.

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I love that we’re eternally trapped in a boomer doom loop.

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We laugh as if we stoners don’t aspire to this regularly.

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while i appreciate a good weed number i think 710 might be a stretch. we have to be careful with how many numbers we give to weed

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Chicago at dawn under a hurricane's remnants.

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bumpin that (x8)'s avatar bumpin that (x8) @usspcrichardandson.bsky.social
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i am a socialist because i believe in democracy and the people who are most powerful under capitalism will choose capitalism over democracy every time

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A perfectly 2008 thing I just remembered: there was briefly a bar in Bucktown named Chinaski’s that had all-you-can-eat bacon night once per week.

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Worth pausing for a minute to think about how badly you’d need to fuck up to make MN a close call. The MN GOP is running Royce Fucking White against Klobuchar. Most of its legislators act like they’ve been arrested by mall security at least once. And yet . . .

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The worst outcome for the Democratic Party at this point is not sticking with Biden, nor switching to Harris. It's dragging out this debate for three months. Time is a factor and no decision they make can do as much damage as indecision.

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The only man known to have participated in both the newsman fight in Anchorman (2004) and the U.S. Capitol attack (2021) has formally pleaded guilty in connection with the latter. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

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just so everybody knows what's happening here, this is Jack Posobiec—who spent the past week as a featured guest on InfoWars—speaking to the MAGA group of the wife of a Supreme Court justice

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ex-Lethality Jane's avatar ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social
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I'll give the dog-eating rapist with brain worms this: "I won't take sides on 9/11" is the funniest campaign position

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Tbh, a kid’s imagination is probably the best approximation of this one.

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Shit, I forgot to put Swans, Can’t Find My Way Home on the first few lines. Or The Langley Schools Music Project, Desperado. Or if we’re stretching the boundaries of famous songs, The Speaking Canaries’ cover of Van Halen’s Secrets.

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Bauhaus, Ziggy Stardust Dump, Erotic City Soul Asylum, Barstool Blues New Pornographers, Your Daddy Don’t Know Pussy Galore, Rocks Off Charles Bradley, Changes Bobby Bare, Jr., What Difference Does It Make? I could be here all night

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an entire movement of wicked people who celebrate wickedness

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Just have to drive 927 miles back to Chicago, and then I can sleep in my own bed.

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I can’t speak to the west coast, never lived there. But the east coast mind simply cannot comprehend the amount of fireworks you can buy in Wisconsin for like $5.

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for me the Biden conversation is entirely about whether he can win in November. i’m not worried about whether he can actually do the job because i don’t think it’s a real job.

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we’re in danger

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cagey ratfish 🐟🐈‍⬛🎨🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar cagey ratfish 🐟🐈‍⬛🎨🏳️‍⚧️ @cageyratfish.bsky.social
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Reminder that if you have trouble sleeping & you love baseball, there's Sleep Baseball! Fake but meticulously plotted and funny small-town ball games narrated by a calm-voiced announcer and with very silly ads, with a crackly old AM radio sound

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Mrs. Dalloway said that she would watch Dirty Work (1998) herself.

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Dolphin Pilot 's avatar Dolphin Pilot @theamitie.bsky.social
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OPPENHEIMER: -about the boring invention of the atomic bomb -Weepy scientist feels bad -no monsters SHIN GODZILLA: -parable about the dangers of atomic weapons and bureaucracy -has a badass giant lizard monster who breathes fire and shoots lasers -came out 7yrs ago and is available on streaming

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How many synonyms for “unpleasant” can one find?

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Happy 100th(!) Birthday to EVA MARIE SAINT! The Oscar-winning actress visited us in 2010, for a screening of NORTH BY NORTHWEST followed by a conversation with Robert Osborne. She'll be back on our big screen this August, for our first-ever 🎞️70MM🎞️ screenings of NORTH BY NORTHWEST!

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Stoned enough to appreciate this fucking John Cena cameo.

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Double Nickels on the Dime and Zen Arcade were released 40 years ago today. Another top 10 moment in American culture.

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Honestly, a top 10 moment in American pop culture.

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K. Chen's avatar K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social
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This should be hyperbole, but they really are defining the word "pornography" to mean "being other than heteronormative in public"

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It’s the best. Solo concerts and movies are also wonderful at times.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) 's avatar Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social
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Hey so…we are in the middle of a far right coup and the far right is telling you they are going to continue and if we try to stop them they will resort to open violence.This is cartoonish and people need to push these fascist now. Not tomorrow not next week we need massive protests and direct action

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May or may not be relying a bit too heavily on the Wordle bot for affirmation.

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