Ed Sweeney (d.b.a. Knobby Burton)
@knobbyburton.bsky.social
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I might randomly post song lyrics with no warning when I'm in the mood.
I might randomly post song lyrics with no warning when I'm in the mood.
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having the Count sing "I Saw Three Ships" is so inspired
We’ll probably never again see such a casual, celebratory, & memorable gathering of Jim Henson’s family of characters as is found in 1987’s A MUPPET FAMILY CHRISTMAS…
December 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
having the Count sing "I Saw Three Ships" is so inspired
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44 years ago today
The Beastie Boys as support for the Bad Brains at Max's Kansas City, New York, December 11, 1981.
Photo by Sophie Bramly.
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #beastieboys #badbrains #maxskansascity #history #punkrockhistory
The Beastie Boys as support for the Bad Brains at Max's Kansas City, New York, December 11, 1981.
Photo by Sophie Bramly.
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #beastieboys #badbrains #maxskansascity #history #punkrockhistory
December 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
44 years ago today
The Beastie Boys as support for the Bad Brains at Max's Kansas City, New York, December 11, 1981.
Photo by Sophie Bramly.
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #beastieboys #badbrains #maxskansascity #history #punkrockhistory
The Beastie Boys as support for the Bad Brains at Max's Kansas City, New York, December 11, 1981.
Photo by Sophie Bramly.
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #beastieboys #badbrains #maxskansascity #history #punkrockhistory
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it's not a coincidence that this is how republicans talk about elections now, maga is not patriotism it's toxic America fandom bsky.app/profile/chri...
Everything else aside, the idea that this is a model for many men of *masculinity* is so wild. This? This is "manly"? This is how people think it's cool to act?
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Dave Portnoy Demands NFL Investigate Pete Carroll & Raiders For Rigging
YouTube video by Clasher Sports
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December 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
it's not a coincidence that this is how republicans talk about elections now, maga is not patriotism it's toxic America fandom bsky.app/profile/chri...
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People want the planes to fly on time and not crash due to overworked air traffic controllers, and these guys are like "you know what they need: pull up bars at the gate."
Just comically stupid people.
Just comically stupid people.
December 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
People want the planes to fly on time and not crash due to overworked air traffic controllers, and these guys are like "you know what they need: pull up bars at the gate."
Just comically stupid people.
Just comically stupid people.
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The idea that something might even be a little bit difficult never occurs to them
December 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The idea that something might even be a little bit difficult never occurs to them
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Bringing an actual pull-up bar to the airport press conference to demonstrate your pull-up form on TV without being 1000% sure you can do a bunch of really cool pull-ups first is the perfect demonstration of the Trump administration's approach to literally everything
December 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Bringing an actual pull-up bar to the airport press conference to demonstrate your pull-up form on TV without being 1000% sure you can do a bunch of really cool pull-ups first is the perfect demonstration of the Trump administration's approach to literally everything
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BREAKING NEWS THERE IS A CAT AT THE BAR
December 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
BREAKING NEWS THERE IS A CAT AT THE BAR
Gronk at half time sharing my lament over the loss of the Snow Game.
Oh, nice! Snow game in Buffalo at 1:00. Enjoy it while you can. We may not have any in 10 years time with every team building new dome stadiums.
December 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Gronk at half time sharing my lament over the loss of the Snow Game.
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Looking great, everyone.
December 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Looking great, everyone.
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then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
Oh, nice! Snow game in Buffalo at 1:00. Enjoy it while you can. We may not have any in 10 years time with every team building new dome stadiums.
December 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Oh, nice! Snow game in Buffalo at 1:00. Enjoy it while you can. We may not have any in 10 years time with every team building new dome stadiums.
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If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there.
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
December 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there.
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
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I don’t think night people get enough credit for adapting to a world run by day people
December 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I don’t think night people get enough credit for adapting to a world run by day people
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It's for their audience of mutant goblins who over time have learned that anything not made specifically for them can still be enjoyed by deliberately defiling it
I don't really know what the administration hopes to gain by picking fights with the most well-liked pop artists in the United States. You're just generating backlash for no discernible reason outside of owning the libs.
Sabrina Carpenter ratioed the White House after it used her song in an ICE video.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
December 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
It's for their audience of mutant goblins who over time have learned that anything not made specifically for them can still be enjoyed by deliberately defiling it
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it is impossible to overstate the extent to which this country is now being run by people you would leave a party rather than talk to for five minutes
they hate music, they hate art, they hate artists, they hate pop, they hate the video games they play, they hate the movies they watch, like, they're just all the worst fucking people you've ever met, none of them believe in anything
December 6, 2025 at 4:45 AM
it is impossible to overstate the extent to which this country is now being run by people you would leave a party rather than talk to for five minutes
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expanding the court is the moderate position
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
expanding the court is the moderate position
Around lunch time earlier today I spotted this guy out the window. He picked up the roadkill with one talon from the roadside and hopped to this safe spot in the other. He then enjoyed a leisurely lunch for about an hour. Unfortunately, it was one of the rabbits that lives around my house.
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Around lunch time earlier today I spotted this guy out the window. He picked up the roadkill with one talon from the roadside and hopped to this safe spot in the other. He then enjoyed a leisurely lunch for about an hour. Unfortunately, it was one of the rabbits that lives around my house.
Just walked into the room with the litter box and turned on the light. One of my cats was in it peeing and I said out loud, "Oh, sorry Tala" then shut the light off and walked out.
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Just walked into the room with the litter box and turned on the light. One of my cats was in it peeing and I said out loud, "Oh, sorry Tala" then shut the light off and walked out.
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there's no place i've never visited before that i'm more into based just on vibes than minneapolis
December 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
there's no place i've never visited before that i'm more into based just on vibes than minneapolis
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This has been my whole freaking life. Every time Republicans take power people are like goddamit this is awful, they get voted out, then two years later people are like hmmm Republicans again
Cosmically funny that, the American public has had less than a year of uncut republican governance, and they’ve decided that they absolutely hate this shit, spit it out
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This has been my whole freaking life. Every time Republicans take power people are like goddamit this is awful, they get voted out, then two years later people are like hmmm Republicans again
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Living On a Prayer playing at Gillette. Your girl loves you but thinks you’re a piece of shit. I’m sorry but that’s my culture right there and I just think it’s beautiful.
December 2, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Living On a Prayer playing at Gillette. Your girl loves you but thinks you’re a piece of shit. I’m sorry but that’s my culture right there and I just think it’s beautiful.
As a Pats fan, Aikman subtly ripping on Bill Belichick for his shitty drafting over his last 5 years in New England is giving me life.
December 2, 2025 at 3:52 AM
As a Pats fan, Aikman subtly ripping on Bill Belichick for his shitty drafting over his last 5 years in New England is giving me life.
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Also they're just sick. They're killing people and whether you think it's justified or not (obviously it's not) that should mean something. Instead they're running around laughing like an axe murderer in some terrible horror movie. Completely broken people
There is absolutely no bottom. They will kill and murder and steal and break the law and laugh at every rule and institution until they are stopped. They think they are all-powerful and all conventional rules of morality and legality do not apply to them.
December 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Also they're just sick. They're killing people and whether you think it's justified or not (obviously it's not) that should mean something. Instead they're running around laughing like an axe murderer in some terrible horror movie. Completely broken people
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It really is precisely the inverse of how much work you actually are doing
The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 AM
It really is precisely the inverse of how much work you actually are doing