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David Blackman @blackmad.bsky.social · 19h

“Most people get about five minutes of happiness a day … if they’re lucky” lives rent free in my head

I’m consistently confused how this throwaway snl skit is more impactful than dozens of well regarded CBT / IFS books!!!

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David Blackman @blackmad.bsky.social · 3d

stupid cat, get out of there, you are not our fifteen day old daughter!

A black and white cat sitting in a baby bed

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David Blackman @blackmad.bsky.social · 14d

When I first saw this I genuinely thought it was an early Don Hertzfeldt sketch

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David Blackman @blackmad.bsky.social · 19d

trying to figure out why that incredibly casual sentence make me laughcry

David Blackman @blackmad.bsky.social · 23d

good rec! I will do what I always do and forward it along to everyone I know in London even though I don’t live there. Saw the piece in nyc, Andrew is a friend of a friend. Felt like it would have been easy to fall into cliche but his presence really carried it.

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David Blackman @blackmad.bsky.social · 24d

I fear I missed some Discourse

David Blackman @blackmad.bsky.social · Sep 25

How do we get this in Europe? Lab111 would
be the obvious Amsterdam spot

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · Sep 22

The first time Trump made the national news was 1973 when Richard Nixon's, (Richard Nixon's), justice department said he and his dad violated fair housing by having managers write C for colored on rental apps, so they would know not to rent to blacks or Latinos.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 22

The Trump administration is limiting enforcement of fair housing laws, dismissing them as ideologically driven and DEI in disguise, according to interviews and internal documents reviewed by The New York Times.

Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws

Interviews and internal documents show that signature civil rights protections in housing are being dismissed as ideologically driven and D.E.I. in disguise.

nyti.ms

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · Sep 19

Still cannot get over how utterly unnecessary any of this was. Selecting death, disorder, and decline. For nothing.

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · Sep 18

a post from Alex Blechman

God: In my book I invented the GOLDEN CALF as a cautionary tale

Evangelicals: At long last, we have created the GOLDEN CALF from the classic novel THE BIBLE

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David Blackman @blackmad.bsky.social · Sep 9

This skeet is going to live rent free in my head for a very long time

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · Sep 7

A thing about being on antidepressants in the current political climate is that it's very hard to tell how depressed is an appropriate amount of depressed to feel.

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Monster C. Camacho 🧌💀🎃👻 @mc2x.bsky.social · Sep 5

My irrational NYC safety fears:
- contracting a terrible disease from mystery liquid in a subway station dripping on my head
- contracting a terrible disease from pigeon droppings landing on my head
- contracting a terrible disease from stepping in a stagnant puddle

Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · Sep 5

Been thinking a bit about the right wing view of NYC as dangerous and realized I have my own totally irrational safety fears. 1) people doing pull ups on scaffolding. Stop doing that! I walk under scaffolding faster because i don’t trust it

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David Blackman @blackmad.bsky.social · Sep 5

What the fuck are we doing here?

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Sep 5

"Among those detained were South Korean employees on business travel....

"The raid could raise concerns for South Korean companies that are sending personnel to the US and hiring locally."

It comes weeks after Hyundai pledged $26 billion in US investments.

Gift link ⬇️

www.wsj.com/us-news/u-s-...

Hundreds Arrested in Immigration Raid at Hyundai Site in Georgia

South Korea said it had expressed concerns to the U.S. about the raid and that it was trying to secure the release of its citizens.

www.wsj.com

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David Blackman @blackmad.bsky.social · Aug 29

Bizarrely it was this introductory paragraph that got me - holy shit, a person who knows and cares about the thing they do and sees it connected to a rich historical tradition without being a retvrn ideologue.

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David Blackman @blackmad.bsky.social · Aug 19

Picked up this book after seeing this tweet. It’s going to turn me into the joker. I feel like I’m having a break with reality. This feels like an Iannucci farce.

David Blackman @blackmad.bsky.social · Aug 8

The longer I look at this the more joy it’s bringing me.

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David Blackman @blackmad.bsky.social · Aug 8

Omg of all the hoods in queens, my home town of “Rego Pane” made it!!!!!

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Jul 27

RIP Tom Lehrer

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...

On another occasion he famously offered another explanation: “Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.”

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David Blackman @blackmad.bsky.social · Jul 25

Why am I sobbing so hard watching this video (fwiw I also lose it every time i watch that Tim Walz video at the farmers market asking consent to touch the service dog)