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I put pineapple on pizza and ketchup on hot dogs and there ain't nothin' you chumps can do about it. Colorado guy living in Northern California. Dog pics and occasional opinions about the Denver Nuggets a specialty. He/Him

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 1h

As a comic book reader who was taught heroes often dress up as animals, I feel very validated by the Frog Guy in Portland

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Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 1h

Honorable mentions to Speed, Bogus Journey, Much Ado and even his unfairly maligned performance in Dracula.

Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 1h

Tough one, Keanu's done some bangers.

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Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 2h

It's like when Wile E. Coyote puts up a sign that says "Bird Seed."

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Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 3h

Two hours into Q2Q and I have yet to do a single thing. Theater is fun!

Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 3h

You guys coffee is so good

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David Cooper @davidbcooper.bsky.social · 10h

Rosie the Ribbiter

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Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 8h

Bernstein and Sondheim both disliked I Feel Pretty and felt it spoiled the flow of the show, but the producers wanted an up-tempo, peppy number to open Act II.

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Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 9h

I love that the linchpin of his point on Watchmen is based on an almost exact misremembering of Ozymandias and Dr Manhattan's final conversation.
"I did the right thing, didn't I? It all worked out in the end."
"In the end? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends."

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 12h

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

The antihero Ozymandias, the antichrist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution – eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work.

Thiel later finds biblical meaning in the manga One Piece, discussing how he believes it represents a future where an antichrist-like one-world government has repressed science. He believes that the hero, Monkey D Luffy, represents a Christlike figure.

In One Piece, you are set in a fantasy world, again sort of an alternate earth, but it’s 800 years into the reign of this one-world state. Which, as the story unfolds, gradually gets darker and darker. You sort of realize, in my interpretation, who runs the world and it’s something like the antichrist. There’s Luffy, a pirate who wears a red straw hat, sort of like Christ’s crown of thorns. And then towards the end of the story, transforms into a figure who resembles Christ in Revelation.

Thiel, along with a researcher and writer at Thiel Capital, explored these ideas at greater length in an essay for the religious journal First Things earlier this month.

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Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 21h

There would definitely be something a bit poetic about a Mariners/Brewers (aka the former Seattle Pilots) World Series. And a Series where either team would be winning their first title would be a delight after last year's "can't they *both* lose?" LA/NY matchup.

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Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 23h

"None popcorn for Ludo? But...but... Ludo like popcorn!"

A large tan and white dog standing in front of a couch, staring at a bowl of popcorn.

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Dan Schkade @danschkade.bsky.social · 1d

Pitch: A movie star whose moves always bomb, just pure box office poison, who studios use as a sort of franchise hitman to tank any tentpole movie for tax purposes. ENTOURAGE meets THE PRODUCERS. And make sure you rack up the budget on this thing because I've got the perfect guy to play the lead

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Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 1d

Listen, I love the original Tron beyond reason, but this is entirely 100% true. I love Tron and I have absolutely no interest in Ares, not least because I remember all too well being actually excited about Tron: Legacy 15 years ago.

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 1d

I'm perplexed at watching pundits in the trades struggling to explain Tron Ares' disappointing opening.

Was it covid? Do people just not like science fiction? etc. etc.

The main reason is pretty obvious: Tron isn't a popular franchise. Nobody's interested in nostalgia for a failed 1980s project.

Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 1d

When the wrong star of Annie Hall dies.

Josh Mankiewicz @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social · 1d

In person, she was a gem. RIP 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.

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Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 1d

Unsolicited dickie pic

A white dickie with a ruffled collar and a black string tie.

Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 1d

An apple cider donut, made to order fresh from the fryer. I only had a single bite (the kid ate most of it), but that was enough.

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Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 1d

Yup. That's my general metric for who to root for when my team is out (which, as a Rockies fan, is basically every year): which team has never been, never won, or gone the longest without winning. I can even root for Cleveland to break their drought now that they've ditched the racist name.

Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 1d

Though if the Jays win, it would almost certainly set off Ol' Fuckface about Canada winning "our" sport and another round of mouth-shitting about Canada becoming our 51st state and whatnot.

Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 1d

I've adopted the Mariners as my team for this postseason, so I'm happy to see them win, too. Though honestly I'd be perfectly happy with either remaining AL team winning the World Series.

Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 1d

Mariners and Tigers outlasted me last night, delighted to wake up to the good news.

(The good news is that they weren't still playing when I woke up.)

Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 1d

Nice to know who I'm voting for already.

leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 1d

i’m running for president in 2028, this is my platform:

- no more spam texts and calls
- smaller cars with weaker headlights
- imprison every person in ice and the trump administration on a remote island for a thousand years

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Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 2d

Egg bagel with cream cheese and lox.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your bagel order and I will tell you *based on NYC cultural expectations* if you have won or lost your election for political office in NYC.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 2d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 2d

FROGS TOGETHER STRONG

Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 2d

Lessons from Portland. www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Portland's Dancing Protesters Are Showing Us How to Stand Up to Trump

The president wants us to be afraid. These activists are clowning him instead.

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Holy Priceless Collection @etruscansnood.bsky.social · 2d

"FROGS TOGETHER STRONG" is delighting me to no end.

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