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@peptopotemkin.bsky.social

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Unexpected. Sorry, but I don't DM. Paddle faster, I hear banjo music. Still godless.

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Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · Jan 12

If anyone is wondering what my avatar says, this is it...

It's a circle made up of the words "circular reasoning works because..." It circles back on itself. Get it?

Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 6h

I remember an entire novel taking place over the course of a ride down an escalator.

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Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 7h

Are you trying to wake my cat?

Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 7h

America's frogs want the Epstein files released.

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Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 21h

a red button with the words i 'm sorry on it

ALT: a red button with the words i 'm sorry on it

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Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 22h

I found it ludicrous that anyone would believe that it was ever a possibility.

Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 22h

The song lyric that just entered my head:

The power lines have floaters so the airplanes don't get snagged

Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 22h

#NotTheOnion

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Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 22h

Wordle 1,574 5/6

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Easy bogie putt, but still not a good hole for me.

Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 1d

Know why you can't circumcise a Republican?

Because there ain't no end to them pricks.

Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 1d

PSA: Kiss of the Spider-woman is NOT part of the MCU, probably because Sony owns the rights.

Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 1d

Rick Moranis is one of the reasons I left organized religion. SCTV would come on at 1AM, right after SNL. I slept in on Sundays. I had my priorities.

english.elpais.com/culture/2025...

Rick Moranis, the actor who left Hollywood to raise his children: ‘I took a break, which turned into a longer break’

The star of classics like ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’ has been away from the screen for over 30 years, but a sequel to ‘Spaceballs’ will bring him back in 2027

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Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 1d

She's almost there.

Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 1d

*uninformed take:

Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 1d

My totally uniformed take: The stock is being propped up by oligarchs afraid that the masses will be emboldened by a Tesla failure.

Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 1d

Miranda Devine is an idiot. She'll get a cabinet post for this.

Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 1d

Ladies and gentlemen, the role model for white American Christians...

Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 1d

Ladies and gentlemen, the Founding Father of Antifa...

Portrait of (then) President Dwight David Eisenhower. May, 1959.

Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 1d

If that were true Trump would be yelling out on Twitter how he, and he alone, is saving women and children.

Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 1d

To which i say, "You're not a passenger train -- no need to announce your departure."

Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 1d

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My birdie putt was so out there that I thought it was the answer. No such luck. Another day, another par.

Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 1d

Very.

Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 2d

Well... good for you!

Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 2d

Can you not be content with just being blessed to be a lesbian?

Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 2d

This tracks.

Spanish Inquisition @peptopotemkin.bsky.social · 2d

You ask a lot from those guys.