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Michael McKean @mjmckean.bsky.social · 14d

Great stuff. Thanks

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Michael McKean @mjmckean.bsky.social · 14d

Beautiful

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Michael McKean @mjmckean.bsky.social · 15d

Missed it, heard it was excellent. The Missus saw Jitney, loved it.

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Michael McKean @mjmckean.bsky.social · 23d

Great season here at Oregon Shakespeare Festival: fine Julius Caesar, beautiful Quixote Nuevo, Shane (!), which is phenomenal and Lisa Peterson’s brilliant As You Like It. Get ye to Ashland before 10/26!

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Michael McKean @mjmckean.bsky.social · 26d

Why does The Horst Wessel Song keep running through my head this past week?

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Michael McKean @mjmckean.bsky.social · Sep 11

We heard afterwards it got glitchy in some theaters. Apologies

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Michael McKean @mjmckean.bsky.social · Sep 7

@jsmithcameron.bsky.social Happy birthday, ma’am!

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Michael McKean @mjmckean.bsky.social · Sep 6

In just a few days, you can see SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES on various large screens around the world. I’d recommend it, if only for the greatness. And the loudness. Plus Junior Mints.

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Britton Herring @britton-herring.bsky.social · Sep 1

This photo was taken of miners at the end of their shift during the Gilded Age before they were unionized.

This Labor Day remember the blood, sweat, and tears that those before us paid to give the working class the basic rights we enjoy today.

#UnionStrong #HappyLaborDay #NoGodsNoMasters

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · Aug 31

Great playing golf with Jon gruden says Trump on truth social

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Riggsveda @riggsveda.bsky.social · Aug 30

It’s long past time you all stopped using “Congress” when you mean “Republicans”. Not a single Democrat voted for this hot mess of an appointment. This endless grind to maintain a non-partisan tone, despite the partisanship of our fascist reality, is willfully blind, & a betrayal of your country.

Steve Inskeep @steveinskeep.bsky.social · Aug 30

It’s not just that Congress allowed the CDC crisis. Key lawmakers, on your payroll, allowed it despite statements showing they believe RFK’s views on vaccines are wrong.

RFK can say he is doing what he believes; the lawmakers can’t.

open.substack.com/pub/steveins...

Will Congress start doing its taxpayer-funded job?

Amid the turmoil over vaccines and RFK, a flicker of independence.

open.substack.com

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Michael McKean @mjmckean.bsky.social · Aug 26

Don’t miss The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

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Michael McKean @mjmckean.bsky.social · Aug 26

Tom Courtney on TCM all day. You can search in vain for a false moment.

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Michael McKean @mjmckean.bsky.social · Aug 24

The Word of the Day: unconditional.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 24

JD Vance: "This is how wars ultimately get settled. If you go back to World War 2, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."

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Michael McKean @mjmckean.bsky.social · Aug 24

So apparently the vowels are the triggering parts of the triggering words. Ok.

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Michael McKean @mjmckean.bsky.social · Aug 18

Like what you like shall be the whole of the law. Experiment in T, Wine & Roses still very watchable and the first 2 Sellers pics pretty great.

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Michael McKean @mjmckean.bsky.social · Aug 18

Yeah, we did. Still do.

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Michael McKean @mjmckean.bsky.social · Aug 17

London’s lovin’ it!

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Paul Myers @pulmyears.bsky.social · Aug 16

"A thoughtful, thorough, and entertaining portrait of one of the funniest people ever. Myers captures the humanity of one of the greats!" -MARC MARON on John Candy: A Life In Comedy
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