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Michael Seth Prell (aka Monday) @lolmonday.bsky.social · 1m

a cartoon character named spongebob is smiling and holding a shovel in his hand

Alt: meme gif of SpongeBob SquarePants giddy in anticipation

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Michael Seth Prell (aka Monday) @lolmonday.bsky.social · 4h

Wow that must have been quite the show! Their new album dropped a few weeks ago, have you checked it out yet?

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Michael Seth Prell (aka Monday) @lolmonday.bsky.social · 5h

"they were misinformed" is easy to grok too, because we all are subject to the same media ecosystem—which consistently told everyone we were in a recession for 4 years straight, that grocery prices had never been higher every single day, and that the President was senile—over and over, everywhere!

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ceej @ceej.online · 5h

someone with a billion dollars no longer experiences the world as 99% of humanity would recognize it, and so any “analysis” or critique of society they offer is fatally, irrevocably flawed. dracula complaining about the price of groceries

ceej @ceej.online · 7h

the disastrous refusal of the self-styled silicon valley technokings to keep anyone in their lives capable of questioning their increasingly incomprehensible politics has lead to a crisis of thinking so severe that a fifty-eight year old man believes something is important because he knows about it

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 10h

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 6h

Housing & clean energy are popular. Full stop.

Democrats should be aggressively promoting more of both of these things. Making housing & clean energy more abundant & affordable — & overturning Democratic orthodoxies that make them more expensive for people — is a winning agenda.

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Michael Seth Prell (aka Monday) @lolmonday.bsky.social · 6h

Omgeeeee tell me everything

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Michael Seth Prell (aka Monday) @lolmonday.bsky.social · 23h

And another great Tiny Desk concert, too: youtu.be/AzUHNjKMeV4?...

Wet Leg: Tiny Desk Concert

YouTube video by NPR Music

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Michael Seth Prell (aka Monday) @lolmonday.bsky.social · 23h

Latest music obsession after seeing them at ACL last weekend. This band maxed out their charisma stats, the rhythm section is tight af, and they rock hard IRL. youtu.be/zIEZdq_25bs?...

Wet Leg - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

YouTube video by KEXP

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Michael Seth Prell (aka Monday) @lolmonday.bsky.social · 1d

How do you define "overbuilding"? (I'm guessing it has to do blocking out light based on your re-skeet but I don't want to assume.)

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Michael Seth Prell (aka Monday) @lolmonday.bsky.social · 1d

What's the issue here?

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Michael Seth Prell (aka Monday) @lolmonday.bsky.social · 2d

These dudes are definitely in The Christmas Adventurers Club.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Michael Seth Prell (aka Monday) @lolmonday.bsky.social · 2d

Y'all rock. Thanks so much for pushing for a California that's affordable for everyone.

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Michael Seth Prell (aka Monday) @lolmonday.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats! Can't wait to see what kind of impact this makes over the next half decade.

What is CA YIMBY's priority for the next CA Lege session?

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Michael Seth Prell (aka Monday) @lolmonday.bsky.social · 2d

OMG would love them to steal some IMAX screens back for both of those. They replaced OBAA at the only real IMAX screen here in Austin with... Tron :/

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Michael Seth Prell (aka Monday) @lolmonday.bsky.social · 2d

I've been texting friends to urge them to see OBAA while it's still in theaters because they are going to regret missing it if they don't.

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Michael Seth Prell (aka Monday) @lolmonday.bsky.social · 3d

In these frightening times, may we all be Sensei for our communities

Michael Seth Prell (aka Monday) @lolmonday.bsky.social · 3d

Still thinking about One Battle After Another. It still has an emotional and visceral grip on me, like no film in a good long while. Both utterly of this moment, right now, and transcending it.