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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 1h

i think the SF part is underrated because the only exposure to american governance they have is a city with very unique problems. and also one with a history of cultism that goes back much longer than people imagine

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The Wicker Dan (1973) @danlehner.bsky.social · 1h

rewatched “Monsters, Inc.” with the kid and it’s a great movie but there’s a scene where a toddler just falls asleep instantly in a bed and I’ve never been angrier in my life

Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 2h

See also: using “females” lmao

Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 2h

It’s so weird that he signs his posts now because he was a frequent tweeter of unsigned tweets wasn’t he?

Makes me think this is just a thing that will happen as part of aging the way I’ve started using way more emojis in texts after entering the age accelerator

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h

This has real -- I intended to dm "Pam" -- energy.

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Candy Corn Woman 🌽 @womancorn.bsky.social · 1d

Suppose you accidentally walked in on a bunch of lizard people with their human disguises half off.

How would you go about telling anyone about this without being dismissed as either joking or insane?

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2h

With the government closed and official data collection on hold, economists are scrambling to find any clues on the economy.

They’re looking at paychecks, restaurant reservations, Broadway show bookings and even Statue of Liberty visitor numbers.

The government isn’t releasing economic data. Private firms are stepping in.

The government shutdown has prompted private firms to release their own economic data, filling a gap left by the absence of official figures.

www.washingtonpost.com

Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 3h

(Sympathetically)

Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 4h

I may have googled both their names plus Chronic and been confidently informed by AI that both of them wrote Ross’s Lyme book

Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 4h

At this point if someone tells me they are an opinion writer I just assume they have a chronic illness

Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 4h

Gdi I did it again!!!! Other way round. Rod has mono, Ross has Lyme, Bob’s your uncle

Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 4h

Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 4h

Ahhh I’m a jerk I confused Rod Dreher and Ross Douthat. Rod has Chronic Lyme, Ross has Chronic Mononucleosis. I have yet to come up with a handy mnemonic device to remember that

Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 4h

Oh right! Dreher is chronic mononucleosis

Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 4h

(But also he might just literally be an addict which is also a sympathetic thing and a real disease even tho JP is himself a jerk and a menace)

Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 4h

Idk I get Douthat and Dreher confused consistently lol.

Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 4h

(I do think the post I quoted is a little frustratingly uncharitable btw the article says Mikhaila says the mold exposure was from cleaning out a relatives home, and also mold problems can be unrelated to normal housekeeping)

Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 4h

Anyway I halfway expect RFK Jr to start demanding subsidies for Steak n Shake Delivery because Some People Are Allergic To Literally Everything Else in a way

Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 4h

I don’t think JP’s issues (which have been pinned to multiple different supposed triggers by Mikhaila over the years) are necessarily the result of him living in a dirty house, idk. But that and Rod Dreher’s Chronic Lyme make for weird horseshoes

Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 4h

It’s really interesting when prominent right wing men develop and are open about the sort of possibly-psychosomatic-not-falsifiable chronic conditions that people usually associate (mockingly) with left wing women

Joshua "The Crypt" Keep(er) @jekeep.bsky.social · 6h

The far-right mouthpiece who told young men to clean up their place while in front of his very clearly messy home, now has contracted an illness from all the mold in his home.

If you wrote such a fascist character in a story it would be deemed a silly caricature.

Jordan Peterson diagnosed with chronic condition after exposure to mold

Peterson's daughter said her father has a "genetic predisposition that causes the immune system to have an inability to identify and detoxify mold."

www.newsweek.com

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krispykola @krispykola.bsky.social · 11h

If this is funny, which it is...

Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 4h

Periodic reminder that comedy is a consuming fire and no one who has ever made you laugh can probably be trusted (except me)

Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 4h

a man in a suit is standing in a room with the words `` fat guy in a little coat '' .

Alt: Chris Farley “little coat” scene - a man in a suit is standing in a room with the words `` fat guy in a little coat '' .

media.tenor.com

Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 5h

This is correct

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Batwingdings @batwingdings.bsky.social · 12h

I hate that "If this is so - which it is" is so funny, I'm sorry

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 13h

“The Biden FBI”

Who was President on January 6?

Donald J. Trump * © @reaDonaldTrump • 1m
THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT

Anna @annadistracted.bsky.social · 18h

America Sucks Less 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

clambake.bsky.social @clambake.bsky.social · 1d

America sucks but it's also good