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Michael Apgar

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1/3 Willow Rosenberg. 1/3 David Fisher. 1/3 Liz Lemon. (He/Him) Please enjoy the silly little TV/Film charts and graphs I make over @ https://bsky.app/profile/popculturecharts.bsky.social

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Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · Sep 4

I think one thing we need more of over here is more silly fun accounts.

Relatedly, please enjoy and follow my new account where I take data about TV shows and movies and make charts and graphs.

Film And TV Graphs @popculturecharts.bsky.social · Sep 4

Bones Cases by Cause of Death

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Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 12h

I was a teenager when social media was invented.

Within a year, you'd hear 'don't post pictures of you drinking on Facebook because it'll hurt job prospects'

And somehow we've looped to, 'Just because someone's positing nazi shit doesn't mean they shouldn't be in the senate.'

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Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 12h

IDK, call me crazy, but I think the presumption that all young men will inevitably spend their days shitposting awful things online may be linked to the "male loneliness epidemic."

Like maybe retreating to anonymity because you can't handle situations that expect empathy is part of the problem.

Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 13h

Also whatever exorbitant price tag they put on this Whitehouse ballroom please know there is absolutely gonna be some money laundering baked in there.

Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 13h

Did they think no one would notice?

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

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Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 15h

I promise you it is possible to find an economic populist who doesn't have nazi tattoos.

Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 2d

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Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t let the frogwater that’s boiling us alive let you skip over this: we murdered another country’s citizens in cold blood, and when their leader objected, we called him a drug dealer and cut off aid to his country. That’s freakish.

Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 2d

Petro objected to the US bombing a Columbian fishing vessel that had the emergency beacon on because they were broken down, that we subsequently bombed. One Columbian fisherman survived the attack.

This is the official US response to Petro's comments.

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Boo-is @louisevans.bsky.social · 2d

We bombed a fishing boat in distress.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

UPDATE: COLOMBIA’s President says 🇺🇸 government (Trump) “committed murder” and bombed a fisherman with no ties to drugs

“The boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure”

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Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 2d

I think Luke having a crush on a woman, meeting Leia, realizing they weren't into each other, and just becoming friends with her is a very helpful thing for young boys to see early on.

Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 3d

I fought fascism today, so I am letting myself have Postmates as a treat.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3d

So dangerous that they must be blown into small pieces rather than arrested … unless they are actually captured in which case they may go home with a warning. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

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Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 4d

I will admit when the Epstein Files first became a talking point, I was like, 'we already know he's a pedo and his followers don't care, what could possibly be in there that'll matter.'

But like at this point... something is clearly in there that they think will matter.

Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 4d

Genuinely comical how much Evangelical Right Wing Christians would hate Jesus if they met him.

Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 4d

Everyone who voted to confirm this idiot should be deeply shamed forever. And never trusted to make an important decision in their lives.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

RFK Jr: "Today the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone of a 65 year old man. Our girls are hitting puberty 6 years early ... our parents aren't having children."

Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 5d

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McKenzie Funk @mckenziefunk.com · 5d

The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org

Screenshot of the article by Nicole Foy of ProPublica:
"When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents in the Los Angeles area to take race into consideration during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned.

“If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States,” Kavanaugh wrote, “they promptly let the individual go.”

But that is far from the reality many citizens have experienced. Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. One of those women had already had the door of her home blown off while Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem watched.

About two dozen Americans have said they were held for more than a day without being able to phone lawyers or loved ones."

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Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 6d

I feel like it's less that we're frogs who got slow-boiled and more like we're frogs who got thrown directly into boiling water, and some of the frogs were like 'let's get out of this boiling water,' and the rest were like 'nah.'

Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 6d

Not a single person from the 2020 Dem Primary should run again. If you didn't have the juice to beat Biden, you don't have the juice.

Get out of the way.

Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 7d

I should clarify this is sung to the tune of Moon River

Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 7d

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Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 7d

Sometimes I accidentally type "me" instead of "my," and then when I proofread, it sounds like my characters are mischievous leprechauns.

Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 7d

The main thing I learned as an adult is that not enough people saw and understood "Marge vs The Monorail" as children

Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 7d

It is literally the only use case where they can find a pathway to profit.

404 Media @404media.co · 7d

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X Tuesday that ChatGPT is officially getting into the fuckable chatbots game, with “erotica for verified adults” rolling out in December.

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ChatGPT’s Hail Mary: Chatbots You Can Fuck

As recent reports show OpenAI bleeding cash, and on the heels of accusations that ChatGPT caused teens and adults alike to harm themselves and others, CEO Sam Altman announced that you can soon fuck t...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Michael Apgar @mapgar.bsky.social · 7d

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