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Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 1h

Chuck Guevara, leader of America's communist revolution. That guy. Good luck with that.

Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 2h

Is there a country out there that *isn't* on their "Ayahuasca retreat with their 24 year old yoga instructor" level of midlife crisis?

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Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 14h

He has exactly the correct amount of special sauce in his brain pan

Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 15h

I have it dated to when CBS hired Mick Mulvaney. Their justification was that the country was going to become more conservative, but that turned out to be a statement of intent.

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The Lincolnshire Poster @desiderratum.bsky.social · 15h

Netanyahu wouldn't have accepted this deal from Biden, but some commentators don't seem to realize that this makes Biden's deference to him all the more damning. He was obviously in the tank for Trump! So why didn't Biden play hardball?

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Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 17h

Zinnia plays really well with the Warp mechanic from EOE - make yourself a pair of Exalted Sunborns for now and save the rest for later

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Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 17h

You know what deck is being assembled on my desk right now? Zinnia from Bloomburrow lol

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Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 17h

I like Ninja Turtles and I'm literally in the middle of a Magic game right now but I'm just thinking "...what are we doing here, man"

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Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 21h

Does the J stand for Jehoshaphat

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Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 21h

Always read Jeb but especially read this one

muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 23h

As Democrats contemplate a 2026 or 2028 run and wonder what message will most motivate voters, they need to understand that the minimum opening bid is vengeance.

Justice for All - Truthdig

To restore the rule of law, Democrats must enforce the constitution with brass knuckles like there’s nothing to lose. Because there isn’t.

www.truthdig.com

Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 1d

Is this a John C. Reilly character?

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Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 1d

Batman story pitch: villains hire Mad Hatter to hypnotize the entire GCPD into doing crimes to make it easier for them to do crimes without getting caught

Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 1d

I just saw this video and that's *precisely* the vibe. If you don't know that what you're doing is impossible, how could anything possibly stop you? bsky.app/profile/rodg...

Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 1d

Cam Skattebo had one of the greatest high school highlights of all time in the California state championship game (he had 393 yards and 3 TDs and they won)

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Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 1d

I assume that's at least part of the reasoning behind the Saudi sovereign wealth fund becoming part owners of EA

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Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 1d

At least when Kathy Hochul does it the result is usually pretty cool

Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 1d

I bet a postmortem of The Initiative and Perfect Dark would have a very similar "trying to fly the plane before we build it" theme to it

Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Chicken Explains Dot Ghost Dot IO

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Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 1d

It was often said of Frank Sinatra that once he sang a song, it became *his* song ("New York, New York" was originally a Liza Minelli tune, for example).

Now imagine you're 70 years old and you do that to Trent Reznor.

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Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder what happened to that single-player campaign. Was it just "this studio never came together so we gave 100 contractors $20, six months, and a large pizza to figure it out" or

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Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 1d

"Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?" but for the 21st century

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Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 1d

I can't believe we have these two and The Drizz

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Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Francis was arguably the most successful politician of the 21st century

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Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 1d

I assume that's how the timing of these cases is decided: they wait until you're done and then they announce the results

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Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 1d

I really appreciate references that contain enough information to save me from having to look them up

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Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 2d

Liberty or one of those fake conservative universities will confer an honorary doctorate on him and he'll be giving his Secret Service detail cancer diagnoses on the ride home

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