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Playing old Nintendo games on Twitch (twitch.tv/BBQdotgov) & YT (https://www.youtube.com/@BBQdotgov). Aspiring to be Surgeon General of barbeque. Not government affiliated (yet).

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BBQdotgov @bbqdotgov.bsky.social · 12m

Look this is why we traded for Salome Barojas

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 2h

Every single year.
Every single year, scientists discover that dogs are better for us than we ever knew before and and I don’t think we’re ever going to stop discovering how awesome dogs are for human beings

The Independent @the-independent.com · 2h

Research suggests that dogs might have a deeper and more biologically complex effect on humans than scientists previously believed

The health benefits of owning a dog, according to science

www.independent.co.uk

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BBQdotgov @bbqdotgov.bsky.social · 1h

Milt Wilcox

BBQdotgov @bbqdotgov.bsky.social · 1h

WOW how is that not a foul ball?????

BBQdotgov @bbqdotgov.bsky.social · 2h

Yes

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 2h

baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other

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BBQdotgov @bbqdotgov.bsky.social · 2h

Was gonna stream tonight but this baseball game is nuts

BBQdotgov @bbqdotgov.bsky.social · 2h

It is the funniest possible outcome

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Superhero Girl @crackedmirror.bsky.social · 2h

I want a Mariners/Brewers WS so bad.

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BBQdotgov @bbqdotgov.bsky.social · 10h

Viral gigolo marketing

SiriusXM channel display from someone’s car:

SiriusXM
Dave Holland Sex
Pass It On
67 Real Jazz

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 17h

Might feel like an inversion of the Civil War, but less than you might think. The federal government was thoroughly in the hands of the Slave Power in the 1850s. States resisted the Fugitive Slave Act; Dred Scott was SCOTUS. Secession happened b/c they wouldn't accept losing that control in 1860.

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 17h

Republican Governors Eagerly Join Trump’s Military Campaign Against Blue Cities
theintercept.com/2025/10/09/r...

Republican Governors Eagerly Join Trump’s Military Campaign Against Blue Cities

An Intercept analysis finds nearly every Republican governor has deployed National Guard members to aid Trump’s domestic military agenda.

theintercept.com

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BBQdotgov @bbqdotgov.bsky.social · 1d

Skydiving

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 1d

Putting this on my vision board for how I want to age.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · Sep 4

happy football season, quick reminder that sportsbooks win about 3% of your money on straight football bets, but almost 20% on parlays and same-game parlays.

which is why they have all the ads for those and not regular bets

(info via NJ Dept. of Gaming Enforcement monthly report, July 2025)

YTD win rates
football: 3.4%
basketball: 3.7%
baseball: 4.8%
other: 6.8%
parlay: 19.6%

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 2d

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 2d

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

The most fundamental political debate of our time: You are integrated into and have responsibility for our complex, imperfect society vs. Nuh-uh.

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damned soul-o-man @dansolomon.com · 3d

i’ve wondered whether the traditional tactic of peaceful resistance to shock the conscience of observers who see nonviolence met with force is still possible in a media environment where only novelty can get the attention of the people you need to be shocked, and portland seems to have an answer

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 3d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 3d

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 3d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.