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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 2h

One of the biggest theater-wide laughs I've ever been part of the "One of them is knocking someone the fuck out!" scene

David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 3h

The thing about Bari Weiss is "the powerful actually enjoy being mocked because it means they're important" does not apply to her. She is a thin skinned whiner who might actually see your mockery and can't even "not mad/actually laughing" it because it ruins her day, so keep it up

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Lagerwhat @lagerwhat.bsky.social · 3h

Bruno Sammartino.

Did Columbus sell out Madison Square Garden well over a hundred times?

No. I rest my case.

Bruno Sammartino posing with his arms crossed. He's shirtless, wearing green trunks, and a red and gold title belt around his waist

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 20h

one of the all time Bummer moments in my life was that sour patch kids were among the last foods I ate before I got sick one time, so they've never been the same

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 1d

Related: I understand the sentiment, but "we are the granddaughters of the witches you didn't burn" was always insane to me because 1. Witches who do magic aren't real, and 2. If your ancestor lived near witch trials, odds are they were participating in them

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 1d

It's the time of year I see shirts saying "Salem 1962: They Missed One" and I am once reminding people that the takeaway of the Salem Witch Trials is "a few dozen devout Christians were falsely accused and murdered in a moral panic," not "witches are real and this was cool"

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Hot Blooded Tough Guy Rusty Shackles @rustyshackles.bsky.social · 1d

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 1d

Diane Keaton's "it wasn't a miscarriage, it was an abortion" is one of the truly standout moments in a film series featuring some of the best performances in cinema history. Lots of people will rightfully remember Annie Hall or the final shot of the first Godfather. I remember that

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 3d

I hate how he's doing these town halls across the country as if he wasn't Musk's best friend

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 3d

Jenna would make Liz write jokes for her, Liz would write a bunch of feminist material because she’s mad at Jenna and then try to pull it at the last minute because she’s worried for Jenna’s safety. Jenna would ham it up so hard that the Saudis would love it as parody of shrill American women

Suss-- 🥌 @suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 3d

which 30 rock character was most likely to headline the riyadh comedy festival, tracy or jenna

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 3d

And I know this isn't about Taylor but it isn't not about her either

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 3d

Goes hand in hand with something else I saw overlooked this cycle: you cannot come up with a remotely honest album review 3 hours after an album drops

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Psychotic Kitten @kittenpsychotique.bsky.social · 3d

It’s offered to Tracy, who declines (in the sense he has mysteriously disappeared to Las Begas, the Bollywood Las Vegas). Jenna gleefully takes his place, mistaking it for a USO tour, where she performs her self written 30-minute one woman show

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 3d

tracy refuses to commit to any of the rules about what comedians can’t say at the festival so they send jenna instead, who is immediately removed from the stage because the first words of her act are ‘my vagina is’

Suss-- 🥌 @suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 3d

which 30 rock character was most likely to headline the riyadh comedy festival, tracy or jenna

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 3d

Bonus points for the Caps doing it in front of the Bruins: Boston had Halak on the roster at the time, so it doubled as exorcizing a demon of their past

David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 3d

Bratt staying put working too

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 3d

it's always good when a judge breaks out italics for emphasis, right

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 3d

Anyone who was paying attention during Gamergate recognizes these tactics.

“Oh *we’re* against doxxing, of course, but that person who got doxxed totally deserved it, and yeah, sure we’ve been calling for them to be fired and their lives ruined, but *we* didn’t personally do it.”

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4d

This pretty much captures the contradictions of the politics of Kirk and Turning Point: Of course we oppose doxxing and violence, but we will absolutely use inflammatory language, false claims, and enemies list that fuels threats and intimidation.

Several days after publishing the petition calling for Dr. Bray’s dismissal from Rutgers, the Turning Point USA chapter added an update saying that it did not support harassment or the doxxing of him or anyone else.

“I think that all death threats and doxxing are unjustified and not how political disputes should be resolved in civilized society,” Ava Kwan, a Turning Point USA chapter member, said in an email on Wednesday.
But she defended the broader point of the petition, saying, “I think Dr. Antifa, who believes in violence as a political tool, should be fired, of course. Taxpayer money should not fund the salaries of terrorists.”

For years, Turning Point USA has maintained a watch-list of hundreds of professors whom the group accuses of advancing leftist propaganda in the classroom. Dr. Bray is on the list.

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 3d

@clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 3d

"person appeals their sentence and gets a worse roll of the dice" is one of the funniest things that happens in the judicial system and I wish more people knew about it

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 3d

It is amazing how Drake and everyone in his orbit will not stop getting embarrassed, and similarly amazing that the only person to come out as Team Drake since was Jagmeet Singh after he lost his own seat in parliament

Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 3d

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 3d

I have to fight back against my urge to bring up Akira Yoshida because I'm glad he's saying the right thing and that deserves acknowledgement

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 3d

In the leadup to the Civil War, the southern states pushed all their chips into the idea of King Cotton - that the UK's reliance on cotton would force their hand to intervene on behalf of slave states.

Instead, the UK just got their cotton from India and Egypt.

Anyway, the moral of the story is...

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David L. Pumpkins @leboism.bsky.social · 3d

In the past few days, ABC11 and WRAL have run multiple stories about how soybean farmers in NC are facing trouble. I'm not naming names, you can look them up yourself, but every farmer mentioned is a registered Republican who voted in the most recent GOP Primary.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8d

SOYBEAN FARMER SOUNDS OFF: Trump’s trade war is crushing farmers. Now Trump is giving $20B to Argentina—the same country taking much of America’s soybean market.

Soybeans are the no. 1 cash crop in Tennessee.

Via @pulsereportnow on IG

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