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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 9h

I’m always in awe of anyone “back then” who could keep their voice in this good of shape at age 60 in a time when you started smoking at around age 11.

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 9h

Oh yes here we go, it’s rabbit hole time. youtu.be/9pqS_4Ulb0k?...

Albert King • The Sky Is Crying • 1980 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]

YouTube video by ReelinInTheYears66

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 9h

Oh god bless, today sucked shit but this popped up on my suggestion feed and made things better youtu.be/-Otvhv4bmGw?...

Buddy Guy and Big Mama Thornton • “Ball And Chain” • 1970 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]

YouTube video by ReelinInTheYears66

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 10h

This Is Spinal Tap truly never ages

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 11h

I know “you can indict a ham sandwich” except this DOJ keeps failing to get indictments and on some level I keep thinking that she/Comey etc are being indicted precisely bc the prosecution has nothing and these people have the law knowledge and discovery to embarrass them over it

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 11h

Drake sitting there reading about how good the judge thought the song was and how everyone really enjoyed it

The song contains lyrics explicitly accusing Drake of being a pedophile, set to a catchy beat and propulsive
bassline. "Not Like Us" went on to become a cultural sensation.

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 11h

If Albert Serra’s The Death of Louis XIV had come out this year it would have cleared $100 million

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump: "I also did a cognitive exam. Which is always very risky because if I didn't do well, you'd be the first to be blaring it and I had a perfect score. And one of the doctors said he's almost never seen a perfect score. I had a perfect score. That made me well good ... not the easiest test."

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 11h

Incredible levels of making up things going on every day now

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 16h

the background on zohran's colbert appearance is jaw-droppingly disgusting

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 14h

The "somebody showed me a TikTok" era of American government is going pretty much exactly how you'd expect.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 13h

He was so depleted even last year and for the last 2-3 months he has straight up sounded like my grandfather did in the final stage of his Alzheimer’s. Just the same sentences and phrases said over and over in slower and slower ways, eyes always bobbing around everywhere but at who he’s speaking to

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 13h

We all love to say “it’s happening soon” but that’s what we all said even the first time, but the increasingly frantic behavior of his goons around his locked-groove repetitions and constant notes to “say your catchphrase, sir” has an air of “liquidating everything as the Soviets advance” flavor

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 13h

Oh so we’re at like, the Vistula-Oder Offensive of this timeline huh. The Walter Reade report on Trump must have come back as just the game board of Operation.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 14h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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TrickyC (he/him) @trickyc66.bsky.social · 15h

***BIG ANNOUNCEMENT***

Due to governmental pressure, I am stepping down as CFO of the ANTIFA organization.

For transparency, I am releasing the COMPLETE financial transaction history of the organization for the last 10 years. The most recent 6 months are below.

Thank you for your support!

a sheet labeled may june July aug sept oct and everything is just plus 20 dollars minus 20 dollars.

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 14h

Going out to my car to play the horn like a concerto

Popverse @popversesays.bsky.social · 14h

Big big DC Vertigo news from #NYCC2025: "In April 2026, Swamp Thing 1989, issues 1-4, will publish unpublished issues from Rick Veitch... that featured where Swamp Thing went back in time to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ."

More here: www.thepopverse.com/comics-nycc-...

DC is unveiling the Vertigo relaunch's first wave of ongoing comics at NYCC 2025 - follow along live

Follow along live for DC Comics' DC Vertigo - We're Back panel at NYCC 2025!

www.thepopverse.com

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 14h

Honestly, The Fog more to see new writing on it than a preference between movies (The Thing is obviously s-tier)

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 14h

$100?!

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 14h

“Assassin’s Creed but against Klansmen” would fuel 20 whey-faced ragebaiters and thousands of giddy Twitch streamers who’d help you shift units by the truck, absolute moron shit

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 15h

“Ubisoft canceled absolute money press of a concept due to concerns over enduring up to but no more than two weeks of YouTube thumbnail rage faces”

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Slant @slantmagazine.com · 15h

Abel Ferrara’s first great film, MS. 45, receives a definitive home-video release from Arrow Video. Available October 28 on 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/2a9rpdxe

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 17h

describe your Bluesky account with a single image

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 17h

This is so disgusting and unpleasant to even consider that you are almost certainly correct.

Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 17h

I realize he’s operating on diminished equipment but I wonder what the endgame is for him. Usually you assume they’re setting up a no-show lobbying or executive job for themselves but no one is going to hire Jorts Lurch when he announces he’s not running for reelection.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

FOX: Do you think Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?

FETTERMAN: If this sticks. I think the whole point of having a Nobel Peace Prize is for ending wars and promoting peace. And if he brings the Ukrainian war to its end, I will be the Democrat leading the committee for his Nobel Prize Peace.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 18h

i am so sick of the presumption (delusion?) that corporations and our government will suddenly be compassionate to the working class and provide UBI when AI takes your job. it is a fantasy.

Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 2d

The artificial intelligence and robotics being developed by multi-billionaires will allow corporate America to wipe out tens of millions of decent-paying jobs, cut labor costs and boost profits.

What happens to working class people who can’t find jobs because they don’t exist?

AI Could Wipe Out the Working Class | Sen. Bernie Sanders

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 18h

Listening to Louis Lortie’s fantastic versions of Saint-Säens’ piano concerti for the composer’s birthday open.spotify.com/album/2r5j4P...

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4

open.spotify.com

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