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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 19h

I'm going to invest in a timer-embedded pill cap that counts down 24 hours from the last time it was opened, so I can stop going, "Did I take my allergy meds?" every single night.

[Edit: And by "invest in" I mean I'm going to purchase one, I'm not a guy from Shark Tank.]

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Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 1d

And to be clear, there is definitely a place for, market for, demand for, bleak emotional fiction that explores those themes, for sure, and I've 'enjoyed' (if you can call it that) such literature. But yeah, the Star Wars mashup joke is apt, because, reasons.

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Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 1d

"The Fate In Our Star Wars."

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Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 1d

No spoilers, but I absolutely cannot with shows where a very important badass character just dies because of some random accident. Sure, I know that happens in real life, but THAT'S NOT WHY I CONSUME FICTION.

I don't turn to escapist literature to be reminded that "shit happens," thankyouverymuch.

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Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 1d

I don't mind these as much. The ones that make my eye twitch are when I see something saying, "Tomorrow is the Harvest Blood Crescent Wax Honeycomb Moon, which only comes around every 237 months." And then you find out it's a post from six months ago inexplicably making the rounds.

Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 1d

Also, not following the news right now is like not wanting updates on a knife-wielding rabid goose spotted wandering your neighborhood.

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Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 1d

Humble Bundle ad: "The Star Wars novels that go beyond the films."
So, literally any and all Star Wars novels. (Even the novelizations of the movies go beyond the films.)

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Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 1d

"Hey - Just reading Red Darkling, good stuff! Anyway, glad I'm here in Vatican City instead of Chicago, I mean, at least here nobody gets me with pepper, y'know? Anyway, stay frosty, my child. Laters! - Leonard Part 14"

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Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 1d

When I was a kid we didn't have smartphones, tablets or whatever else to keep us occupied.
We used to just sit in a dark, smoky kitchen, dipping oatmeal cookies into a Dixie Cup™ of warm Diet Rite™ while our aunt listed the relatives who'd gotten cataracts, bronchitis or a bypass since last visit.

[Pictured: an approximate re-creation of my great aunt's kitchen. Replace the fruit bowl with a giant ceramic ashtray.]

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Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 2d

Trump wants to be seen as powerful, and to be fair, he is. But also, B.O. can be powerful. A hangover can be powerful. So what.

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Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 2d

I'm like if Jim Henson and Marvin* had a baby.

(* - Marvin the Android, or Messy Marvin from the 80's Hershey's syrup commercials, your pick.)

Narwhalrus @narwahlrus.bsky.social · 2d

I’m like if Weird Al and Bill Nye had a baby

supernatural siren @porcelainsiren.bsky.social · 2d

i'm like if lana del rey and ani difranco had a baby

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Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 3d

2 parts Shake n' Bake, 1 part Pop Rocks.

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Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 3d

Words to live by.

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Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 3d

It's only Chicken Parmigiana if it comes from Parma, Italy, otherwise it's just sparkling chicken.

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Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 3d

Concert-goers in 1995:
"Half a day's pay for front row seats? Forget that!"

Concert-goers in 2025:
"Half a day's pay for nosebleed seats? Sweet!"

Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 4d

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Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 4d

(* - From my generation, I mean. I don't assume the current generation still knows who Robin Hood is.)

Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 4d

[random observation]
American kids*: "It's ROBIN Hood!"
UK kids: "It's Robin HOOD!"

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Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 4d

Watching Andor season two [mild spoiler warning], and it's just crazy how the Emperor keeps accusing various peaceful cities -- I mean planets -- of being hotbeds of increased criminality that warrant a military presence. I mean, whoever heard of such a thing, am I right?

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 4d

It has begun. No flesh shall be spared. Also, I’m in Milwaukee, Hammond and Flint this week! Go to pattonoswalt.com for tix!

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Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 4d

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6d

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

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Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 7d

I hope social media sites don't roll over and unlock the built-in protections/privacy these sites ostensibly offer. A lot of FB accounts are not publicly dossier-able, unless Mark does something Zuckery.

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Krud™ (as formerly seen on the site formerly known as Tw*tt*r.) @krudmonger.bsky.social · 7d

I'm here because it seems like the least problematic social media platform at the moment. Though to be fair I haven't actually checked out the resurrected MySpace.

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