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kyle t.

@kylethiessen.bsky.social

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Author of the unwritten memoir "How to Squander Your Potential in 40 Short Years" and its follow up "Wait No Make That 47"

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kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · Jun 7

Tech companies and apps touting AI as a selling point is like a waiter committing your order to memory: all it does is make everyone at the table nervous and the only one who's impressed is the fucking waiter

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kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · 4d

I don't know who this "Birdie Horne" is but she sounds very talented and attractive and like she knows a lot about being a crossing guard

Eden Robins @edenrobins.bsky.social · 4d

🛑It's COVER REVEAL TIME!!!!🛑

Check out this beaut by secret identity @birdiehorne.bsky.social! Thanks to William Morrow and Amanda Hudson for capturing Mo at her absolute Mo-iest. Coming your way 6/9/26, and available for pre-order now! www.harpercollins.com/products/don...

A book cover for the forthcoming comedy murder mystery Don't Cross Mo Ellery, by Birdie Horne.

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kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · Sep 5

Oh dang I thought that was a dream

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kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · Sep 5

Pics or it didn't happen

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kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · Sep 1

The Rock-afire Explosion. Don't pretend you didn't know their name, Sean.

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kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · Aug 16

Mwell actually George Miller only directed the second Babe - Pig in the City - which absolutely feels like a Mad Max movie

a man in a suit and tie is covering his nose with his finger .

Alt: A fucking pedant

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kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · Aug 16

Ah yes I also miss Blues Traveler's John Popper

kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · Jul 21

I was previously unaware that Hunter Biden is exactly how I need to start every day

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · Jul 21

Hunter Biden has a point. And a quite colorful one.

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kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · Jul 18

I wasn't watching it before! I will now double down on my efforts

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Eden Robins @edenrobins.bsky.social · Jun 18

Cannot tell you how unbelievable it feels to be on this shortlist, and in holy cow such amazing company!!!

Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · Jun 18

We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

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kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · Jun 14

You've just reminded me that my NYT games subscription is set to expire on Thursday. Things are really looking up

kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · Jun 14

If you never give up the dream, and are pure of heart, it can happen for you too

Wordle 1,456 1/6*

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kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · Jun 14

Alternatively: fuck this

kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · May 24

If your caption is "I'm going to let this image speak for itself" then you have failed to do so

(Don't forget alt text btw)

kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · May 20

Time to get a fake ID

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FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say

The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness

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kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · May 19

There's something about "action star Bob Odenkirk" that dramatically elevates it for me.

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A ★★★★ review of Nobody (2021)

First watch: This is no John Wick Second watch: This is not trying to be John Wick Third watch: John Wick is trying to be this

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kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · May 17

Samuel L Jackson's rallying monologue is sublime

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Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · Apr 29

Hi 👋 I work in the ICU and often help patients find comfort in their final, dying moments and this is some king shit right here and I say he's innocent

dirt squirrel @dirtsquirrel.bsky.social · Apr 29

if your sick wife is like three hours from death, busting her free to smoke meth and get railed to slayer one last time is fuckin awesome and sweet and you can't convince me otherwise

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kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · Apr 28

Ex Machina was fine. I was monumentally unmoved. I do like Dredd and 28 Days Later but he didn't direct those

kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · Apr 28

Another astute thread by Sean, who I regularly lament does not live near me, because I'd be buying him a drink every time he posted something great, and he would be fucking wasted all the time

Sean Kelly @storyslug.bsky.social · Apr 28

The GOP has spent the last 50 years gradually building a system where protest is harder than it's ever been -- and a system where it's culturally disrespected at a level that's hard to comprehend.

For starters, if most Americans take time off to protest nowadays they'll lose their home.

John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · Apr 28

I'm beginning to realize that too many Americans are simply too lazy to stop fascism.

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kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · Apr 27

Vaya con dios

kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · Apr 27

Wisdom right here

Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · Apr 27

Cynicism is and will always be cowardice masquerading as wisdom

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · Apr 27

Hey doomers in my mentions: Cut it out. Declaring nothing matters and we are inevitably doomed is a form of obeying in advance.

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kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · Apr 21

I hadn't heard of Little Monsters until this afternoon when it was recommended to me. I also recommend

kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · Apr 21

This happens in 28 Days Later, though they are not "undead" zombies but rather living humans infected with a virus. So. Are they even zombies? Today we will be talking about

kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · Apr 21

In the game The Last of Us, the zombie virus is airborne in addition to bites. Areas with low ventilation pose the risk of spores, and so masking is required. They did away with the spores aspect in the HBO adaptation, which I was sad about.

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kyle t. @kylethiessen.bsky.social · Apr 21

What *does* occur in almost every zombie (and vampire) flick: Discussion of "Well we know xxx can hurt them, that's their weakness" and, later, "That's not your brother (mother, best friend, accountant, etc) anymore!" and consequent argument prior to slaying of said ex-person

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