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Haunter Elenbaas (do we do the "scary october name" thing here?) @hunterje.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah I'm a Seattleite but admittedly at most an M's well-wisher and occasional bandwagoner (I just don't have the attention span to keep up with regular season baseball generally), but I am a die hard fan of M's fans

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Haunter Elenbaas (do we do the "scary october name" thing here?) @hunterje.bsky.social · 10h

Wow what a game

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Haunter Elenbaas (do we do the "scary october name" thing here?) @hunterje.bsky.social · 12h

If anyone wins, if they just keep the score even it could go forever

Haunter Elenbaas (do we do the "scary october name" thing here?) @hunterje.bsky.social · 17h

I feel like it's OK here because their self-awareness is kind of the bit? Like at least for me that way sets it apart from the "no subtext allowed modern audiences can't be trusted to read between the lines" thing

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Haunter Elenbaas (do we do the "scary october name" thing here?) @hunterje.bsky.social · 18h

"'Tis!" replied Aunt Helga...

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 9d

what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 1d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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Haunter Elenbaas (do we do the "scary october name" thing here?) @hunterje.bsky.social · 19h

If you'd asked me ten minutes ago if I'd seen Pete's Dragon I'd have said "yes of course" but seeing this makes me doubt it, unless I hard suppressed or lost attention span for this number every time?

Haunter Elenbaas (do we do the "scary october name" thing here?) @hunterje.bsky.social · 19h

Especially because I'll always charitably re-read it two or three times trying to make it fit so not only is it wrong it made me work to be sure it was wrong

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Haunter Elenbaas (do we do the "scary october name" thing here?) @hunterje.bsky.social · 19h

So glad I'm not alone in feeling physical pain when someone does a lyric joke that doesn't scan (and not scanning is not the joke)

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Haunter Elenbaas (do we do the "scary october name" thing here?) @hunterje.bsky.social · 20h

"On Hydrogeology in Popular Music," by Seamus E. Defervaas

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · Oct 1

there are like 5 crises that are all accelerating at once in America now, but a fun game to play is to pick one and say the other four are just the media's way of distracting us from the one you picked

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Haunter Elenbaas (do we do the "scary october name" thing here?) @hunterje.bsky.social · 1d

One is the loneliest number that you'll ever Stu...

Haunter Elenbaas (do we do the "scary october name" thing here?) @hunterje.bsky.social · 1d

My high school GF was super in to Maison Ikkoku, I remember being sort of dragged in to reading it and then it actually being really good and nuanced and interesting, I should revisit some time

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Haunter Elenbaas (do we do the "scary october name" thing here?) @hunterje.bsky.social · 1d

(Technically the beef and dairy motif would be "head" not "heart" but was close enough to trigger the association)

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Haunter Elenbaas (do we do the "scary october name" thing here?) @hunterje.bsky.social · 1d

I listen to too much @beefanddairy.bsky.social, was expecting Pulaski's next words to be "...and anus"

Star Trek the Next Generation still, Dr. Pulaski is on screen and the captions read "Heart, lungs, liver..."

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 1d

I'm glad these slimy comedians are getting ripped to shreds, but can we hold ALL of the actors who have said "yes" to new harry potter trash to the same standards please

Vulture @vulture.com · 1d

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

www.vulture.com

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Haunter Elenbaas (do we do the "scary october name" thing here?) @hunterje.bsky.social · 1d

The noises are like ASMR but for nostalgia

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 2d

of the moral conundrums you will be presented with, as an adult, "stop buying these specific children's toys" is like. the easiest possible

Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 2d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Haunter Elenbaas (do we do the "scary october name" thing here?) @hunterje.bsky.social · 2d

I hear he also went to a taping of America's Funniest Home Videos and didn't stand for the theme song, it's like the words "America, America, this is you" don't mean anything anymore...

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Haunter Elenbaas (do we do the "scary october name" thing here?) @hunterje.bsky.social · 2d

Also stands alone in short clips without needing to hold scrollers-by's attention through a setup

Haunter Elenbaas (do we do the "scary october name" thing here?) @hunterje.bsky.social · 2d

A big part is you can clip crowdwork and post it online without burning written material

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Haunter Elenbaas (do we do the "scary october name" thing here?) @hunterje.bsky.social · 2d

Part of me worries I'm a fair-weather poser for only caring about baseball if the home team gets to the playoffs but in my defense there is TOO MUCH regular season baseball to keep up with

(Still go #Mariners)

Haunter Elenbaas (do we do the "scary october name" thing here?) @hunterje.bsky.social · 2d

It's the Uber/ABnB "disruptive" business model once again, ignore the laws when you're too small and new and exciting for anyone to care and then once everyone thinks they need you say "well you can't just start enforcing laws against us now, our business model doesn't work if they apply to us"

Haunter Elenbaas (do we do the "scary october name" thing here?) @hunterje.bsky.social · 3d

The music queue will be on point and we'll all come away from it convinced this moment was actually of deep cosmic importance and the pivotal moment of sports in the 21st century

Haunter Elenbaas (do we do the "scary october name" thing here?) @hunterje.bsky.social · 3d

Even better

Clip from an article "Raleigh was certainly impressed, gifting the fan an autographed bat that reads "Thanks for cheering us on & catching 61!":

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