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CessPoolBoy

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Here to watch and occasionally post a brain thought if it's clever enough. Everything Chicago. I have a band called Minor Seas that makes dream pop mixed with lounge rock https://minorseas.bandcamp.com/

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CessPoolBoy @cesspoolboy.bsky.social · 2h

82 Bulls games a year with Stacey King

CessPoolBoy @cesspoolboy.bsky.social · 10h

yeah, the Master as a follow up to There Will Be Blood was a lot to ask for from a mainstream audience. (and Battle is his most accessible movie since Boogie Nights)

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DG from FW @dgfromfw.bsky.social · 11h

If Michelle Obama had ever said this the entirety of the GOP’s heads would have exploded simultaneously.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

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CessPoolBoy @cesspoolboy.bsky.social · 11h

finally

CessPoolBoy @cesspoolboy.bsky.social · 1d

Go Cubs Go

CessPoolBoy @cesspoolboy.bsky.social · 1d

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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CessPoolBoy @cesspoolboy.bsky.social · 2d

who's starting?

CessPoolBoy @cesspoolboy.bsky.social · 2d

he's not Mexican

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CessPoolBoy @cesspoolboy.bsky.social · 2d

Bad Bunny should cover Proud to be an American

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CessPoolBoy @cesspoolboy.bsky.social · 2d

the joy of not seeing Lavine here is immediately soured by seeing the name Giddey

CessPoolBoy @cesspoolboy.bsky.social · 2d

i don't get why NPR is playing nice with this admin, go full on Leftist. And for that matter why can't Rob Reiner, Larry David et al run something that does the same thing CPB did?

CessPoolBoy @cesspoolboy.bsky.social · 2d

Charlie Hunnam and Seth Rogan did their best work on Undeclared.

CessPoolBoy @cesspoolboy.bsky.social · 4d

Why do you care so much about potentially bad stuff happening?

CessPoolBoy @cesspoolboy.bsky.social · 4d

Says dude who can't play the piano.

Ed @ed3d.net · 5d

I try to mostly follow people on LinkedIn who are unafraid to shitpost on main

I removed all the chairs from my house. Yes, all of them.

Standing desks are for beginners. I don't sit anymore. Not at meals. Not during calls. Not ever.

Why? Because sitting is a dopamine sink. Your glutes go dormant. Blood pools. Your brain gets 23% less oxygen (I measured it). Standing keeps you in a state of "productive discomfort."

Discomfort = alertness. Alertness = pattern recognition. Pattern recognition = product-market fit.

I eat dinner standing over the sink. I take Zooms pacing back and forth like a caged lion. My calves are basically a pre-seed round for my cardiovascular system.

Studies show that 89% of Fortune 500 CEOs do their best thinking while in motion. Churchill held walking meetings. Zuckerberg did walking 1-on-1s. I haven't sat in 6 months and my sprint velocity is up 340%.

Every chair you own is a commitment to mediocrity. Every cushion is a compromise with your future self.

"But what about rest?" Rest is what you do after the exit. Right now, I have deals to close and a burn rate to justify.

My living room? Empty. Just space to pace. My dining room? A war room with whiteboards on every wall—no table.

Sitting is the new smoking. Standing is the new sitting. Pacing is the new standing.

I'm not uncomfortable. I'm optimized.

Don't let Big Furniture gaslight you.

CessPoolBoy @cesspoolboy.bsky.social · 4d

what about charisma?

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 5d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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CessPoolBoy @cesspoolboy.bsky.social · 6d

Britney Spears autography is pretty funny

CessPoolBoy @cesspoolboy.bsky.social · 6d

i feel like this is pretty disingenuous. Blue Dog Dems didn't believe in many basic liberal values. Ben Nelson killed a real approach to healthcare. Many of Obama's accomplishments were in spite of Dem opposition. Don't blame the progressive left for Trump having an easy go of it.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 6d

Most American Jews are antisemitic, according to right wing gentiles who are constantly employing anti semitic dogwhistles www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds
Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.

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CessPoolBoy @cesspoolboy.bsky.social · 7d

Where’s Duckworth?

CessPoolBoy @cesspoolboy.bsky.social · 8d

That’s a Waffle, not plural

CessPoolBoy @cesspoolboy.bsky.social · 9d

Teen Woll

CessPoolBoy @cesspoolboy.bsky.social · 9d

Jazz has more to apologize for than Jazz musicians are willing to admit.

CessPoolBoy @cesspoolboy.bsky.social · 9d

Carter Page! Tbh think he got a raw deal.