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David

David

@crookedknight.bsky.social

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Words, both recreationally and professionally. Video games/comics/giant robots nerd, with a side of yelling about sports. Largely boring.

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David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 44m

Yeah, I think "normal Dem ran against Collins in 2020 and got fucking smoked in a Biden+9 state" did a lot of the weeding-out

David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 1h

I keep having to revise my expectations downward for how hard the political media will work to find literally anything on a current or aspiring politician without a rival candidate handing it to them on a silver platter, which is really depressing as a working journalist

David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 1h

"How can Cuomo be so ignorant about a quintessential New York City Weirdo when he's running for mayor of New York City" is a question that kinda answers itself

David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 2h

He learned a valuable life lesson (always commit to the bit)

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haunted jorbo 👻 @bookenj.bsky.social · 3h

i was rooting for him, but we have to uphold “no nazi shit” as the absolute minimum bar for entry into the democratic party

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Lunaria Celestine @lunariacelestine.bsky.social · 3h

Absolutely no thoughts happening in there.

Screenshot from the videogame Fantasy Maiden Wars.
"Oh, this is a house? No wonder it's not tasty."

David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 3h

I'd also accept "shutdown middle reliever despite objectively terrible mechanics"

David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 3h

Life hack!

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 3h

everything else apart, if you're too dumb to get your nazi tattoo covered up before you run for Senate, you're too stupid to be in public office

Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 3h

If people affiliated with the campaign have to fall back on stuff like this in October in the year prior to the election, you're toast, pack it in.

David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 3h

Graham Platner, the Maine senate candidate who's apparently going for the world Milkshake Duck record

David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 4h

Graham Platner went completely unvetted, part whatever-we're-up-to

David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 4h

Returning to the World Series for the first time in exactly 33 years, such a special moment for them

David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 14h

Forward progress while running backward

David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 15h

Dammit, Hardison!

David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 17h

Society if a majority of voters had object permanence

Generic future utopia with flying cars and clear skies

David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 18h

You say that, but it's helped my mood tremendously

David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 21h

Simpsons meme: Hans Moleman in a phone booth, saying "I need the most ham-handed political metaphor you have."

A crane tearing out the facade of the White House's East Wing, from the linked news article.

Moleman again:
"No, that's too ham-handed."

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Emmy™️ @babkastreisand.bsky.social · 1d

I have an idea of what to do about Patullo

Emmy™️ @babkastreisand.bsky.social · 3d

Phanatic needs to unhinge his jaw and eat an opposing player every HR

Dave @700levelveteran.gobirds.online · 3d

The real reason the Phillies lost in the playoffs is because they didn’t have one of those gimmicky HR rituals

David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 1d

The "who was president in 2020" of geopolitics

David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 1d

It's a parody of the concept of satire

David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 1d

He just likes the word "trade," right? That's what this is?

David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 1d

Ben Simmons catching strays

David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 1d

BIIIIIRDS

David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 2d

Police have three suspects: Lupin, Lupin, and Lupin

Maurice Leblanc's gentleman thief Arsene Lupin

Assane Diop, from the Netflix show Lupin

Lupin the Third, from anime

David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 2d

Of course, the only question is which one

Maurice Leblanc's gentleman thief Arsene Lupin

Assane Diop, main character of the Netflix show Lupin

Lupin The Third, from anime