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Finnegans Ache

@finnegansache.bsky.social

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Creative hyphenate in Brooklyn who reads too many books and sifts through discount store items to find new sounds to record. Decent backgammon player. Friend to weirdos. Haters and MAGA types will be blocked.

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Finnegans Ache @finnegansache.bsky.social · Aug 5

My latest audio drama, "Libromendel," has been officially released! I wrote a behind-the-scenes essay on why I made this and what went into it.

www.edrants.com/libromendel-...

“Libromendel” — A Modern Day Retelling of Stefan Zweig - Reluctant Habits

This is the story of how a 1929 Stefan Zweig story became a vital inspiration for an epic audio drama depicting the cost of removing people from American life. (You can listen to the audio drama at th...

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Finnegans Ache @finnegansache.bsky.social · 9h

The Peter Weir-Harrison Ford dynamic is beautifully real and so deeply underrated and underappreciated. God, I fucking love THE MOSQUITO COAST and WITNESS.

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The Mosquito Coast (1986) - Hardware Store Scene - 1080p HD

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, so embarrassing.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Mr. Secretary, the president is on the phone. He sounds very angry and he keeps calling you Lil Marco.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1d

“Hurry up, Lurch — I have to get to my cognitive exam. I was up all night studying.”

“I’m not Lurch, Dad. I’m Eric.”

“How’s your mother, Eric?”

“She’s dead.”

“You should have told me. I could have stuck her in the weeds — I can use the tax deduction.”

“You did that already.”

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enrich12 @enrich12.bsky.social · 2d

Can someone please ask President Thin Skin exactly what part of ANTI-FASCISM that he doesn't like?

It's ANTI-fascism, for fux sakes. #antifa

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Finnegans Ache @finnegansache.bsky.social · 1d

The only way I can remember "cute" in German is by associating it with the scrotum. But hey the method works!

Finnegans Ache @finnegansache.bsky.social · 1d

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Finnegans Ache @finnegansache.bsky.social · 1d

Well it's the usual "I'm not that important even though I want you to see me as important" Maron thing. Complete with awkward relationship breakup metaphors and a manipulative pop song denouenent. Anyway, don't say you weren't warned. 🤣🤣

Finnegans Ache @finnegansache.bsky.social · 2d

Well I'll give Maron's penultimate WTF podcast this. No podcast until now has ever caused me to roll my eyes so frequently that I openly wondered if my head had been welded overnight onto a pinball machine.

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Finnegans Ache @finnegansache.bsky.social · 2d

Alright, this old Maron interview with Spike Lee is actually pretty hilarious. Lee is blitzed on something and shouting into the mic (poor Brendan, mixing this) but having a fun time. Then you have Marc trying to speak NYC Black to ingratiate himself. And the whole thing is a very funny mess.

Finnegans Ache @finnegansache.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, the rumors are true. I am one of 21 winners for this year's Macadoodledoo Foundation Fellowship. I will be given $8, no strings attached, to spend anyway I like.

Finnegans Ache @finnegansache.bsky.social · 2d

"Weekend after weekend, giant, labor-intensive social-hall lasagnas -- Wisconsin lasagnas, with dead racoon somewhere in the recipe, like the Delafield American Legion only more garlic and oregano possibly..."

I'm really enjoying SHADOW TICKET. Pynchon is still a very fun goofball at 88.

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Sam Blum @samblum.bsky.social · 2d

oh my fucking god

Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 2d

When investigators recovered the phone of the man suspected of starting the Palisades fire they found an image of a burning city he generated on ChatGPT www.latimes.com/california/s...

Uber driver accused of intentionally starting fire that destroyed Pacific Palisades

Authorities will announce an arrest in connection with the devastating Palisades fire, law enforcement sources said, and are expected to announce a cause of the blaze.

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Finnegans Ache @finnegansache.bsky.social · 3d

If you hated Bill Burr for going to Riyadh, you'll hate him even more after his latest remarks. I can't believe I used to like this guy. This asshole is now an unapologetically selfish blood money-taking fascist prick.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

Finnegans Ache @finnegansache.bsky.social · 3d

Goddammit. Every major ideological or philosophical concern of our present horrifying age leads back to Karl Popper, doesn't it?

This is my roundabout way of suggesting that you read THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES very carefully. It's amazing to watch him hit Plato, Marx, and Hegel so hard.

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Finnegans Ache @finnegansache.bsky.social · 3d

How long will it take for them to open up a comedy club in Austin?

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 3d

If Republicans don’t pass our bill to reopen the government and extend ACA tax credits, millions of families will see their health care costs soar.

Here's just one example of a MD couple who would see their costs nearly TRIPLE — a health catastrophe and another Trump betrayal:

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Finnegans Ache @finnegansache.bsky.social · 3d

First they came for the frogs
And I said nothing because I didn't have a frog costume
Then they came for the chickens
And I asked myself how many animal costumes I should buy at the Spirit Halloween Store to join the resistance

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 4d

She called out world leaders for sitting by and watching a live-streamed genocide without taking action.

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Finnegans Ache @finnegansache.bsky.social · 3d

Cannibalism got Armie Hammer canceled. Now it's a flex?

Finnegans Ache @finnegansache.bsky.social · 3d

An unexpected legislative remedy to the loudness wars? Cc: @ianshepherd.bsky.social

www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

California Passes Law Banning Loud Commercials On Streaming Services

Starting July 1 of next year, Netflix and Co. will need to keep the audio levels consistent from movie and TV shows to advertisements.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Bensmummy33🤕 @bensmom33.bsky.social · 4d

Like this 84 year old woman?
www.kgw.com/article/news...

86-year-old woman who lives near Portland ICE facility says she was pepper sprayed by feds

Johanna King, 86, lives in senior housing near the ICE building. She said some family members were chiding federal officers, then all started coughing and choking.

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Finnegans Ache @finnegansache.bsky.social · 4d

She's being doing this since summer. Doesn't mitigate her as a threat. MTG is interested in political longevity AFTER the GOP implodes.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

MTG BREAKS RANKS: “When the tax credits expire this year my own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE”

Marge posts she is open to working out a healthcare deal for “Americans only.”

Reality setting in as Dems hammer away!

Finnegans Ache @finnegansache.bsky.social · 4d

This absolute failure to corroborate the answers would be an embarrassment and a fireable offense at any other news org. I guess Tapper knows where a few bodies are buried. Because this negligence is inexcusable.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 4d

Jake Tapper did a whole interview with Trump by text message? Which means he can't actually confirm it was him. And now everyone's asking even more than before very reasonable questions about the wannabe dictator's health.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The CNN anchor did not explain how he verified that it was the president — not any of his aides — who authored the written responses to his questions.

He also did not explain whether he’d made any effort to speak with the president by phone, something that has become commonplace for reporters covering the second Trump administration because Trump has maintained use of his personal mobile phone since returning to the presidency and frequently uses it to contact reporters directly.

The president’s purported text message exchange with Tapper was also unusual because Trump is not known to be a frequent user of his phone’s text message capacity.

He also famously eschews email and other written forms of communication and during his first term he openly complained when attorneys working for his administration took notes during meetings.

Trump’s unconventional use of text-based communications to purportedly respond to Tapper comes as questions continue to swirl about the state of his health