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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 1h

Billionaires exist to demonstrate the concept of non-transferable skills.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 21h

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 14h

The #Canucks losing makes a nice distraction from the #Jays getting hammered.

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 18h

Some people have no respect for Canadian Thanksgiving. Looking at you, Seattle. #Jays

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 1d

Wrong, Stevie Wonder. Superstition IS the way.

Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 1d

I have a weird superstition that lead-off homers are bad luck. We shall see. #Jays #ALCS

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 1d

I have a weird superstition that lead-off homers are bad luck. We shall see. #Jays #ALCS

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 1d

If God is good, why are there Republicans?

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 1d

Available in Spanish on SAP but you better not.

Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 2d

Sushi Roll let me down badly. I am still paying that off.

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 2d

This is Thanksgiving weekend in Canada.
Canadians celebrate Christmas in March. Canadian Easter marks the return from a 3-1 deficit in the 1972 Summit Series.

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 2d

The three stars of this game are Thatcher Demko. #Canucks

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 2d

So you're responsible.

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 2d

Trump went for a Covid shot and then set the CDC on fire.

If that ain’t that asshole in a nutshell.

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 2d

Headline choices:

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 2d

I did not know that Diane Keaton's many accomplishments included directing an episode of "Twin Peaks." variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Diane Keaton, Oscar-Winning ‘Annie Hall’ Star, Dies at 79

Diane Keaton, who starred in "Annie Hall," has died. She was 79.

variety.com

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 3d

Again: Being a good Republican in 2025 means proving that every day, in every way, you are striving to be the worst human being you can possibly be.

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 3d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 3d

NOT FAIR.

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 3d

Do Vancouver #Jays fans get a hall pass on the tourism boycott? #ALCS

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 3d

TO THE 15TH

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 3d

They are going to have to start gradually moving this game east--next inning in, say Montana--if they want to get to Toronto on time for Sunday. #ALDA

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 3d

Lord, I hope the eventual winners carry this offensive momentum into the #Jays series.

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 3d

Remember that movie Eight Million Ways to Die? The Mariners and Tigers are about half-through the list. #ALDS

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 3d

Can someone make a little stuffed version of the Nobel Peace Prize? Just to help him go sleepy-bye?

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 3d

Too bad this #ALDS game isn't being played in Portland. The flames would really add an extra element. #Mariners #Tigers

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 3d

Live feed from Portland:

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 3d

"It's all bunnies... bad bunnies..... some frogs and dinosaurs, nobody's ever seen anything like it...;

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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