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Mike Muth

@mikemuth.bsky.social

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Retired and enjoying the never-ending Saturday. Looking after 8 (sometimes more) feral/community cats plus my housecats.

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Mike Muth @mikemuth.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Mike Muth @mikemuth.bsky.social · 14h

It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.
- Honoré de Balzac

Mike Muth @mikemuth.bsky.social · 14h

Marshall's qualification for office is that he was an anti-abortion doctor in deep-red western Kansas. I blame the Tea Party for this dogs breakfast of a politician.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15h

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Mike Muth @mikemuth.bsky.social · 14h

So, the Nobel Peace Price went to a woman in Venezuela. I have no quibbles with that, it looks like she richly deserved it.
However, I suspect that sales of ketchup to the WH will be trending up...

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Mike Muth @mikemuth.bsky.social · 15h

When someone asks if I'm seeing anyone, I automatically assume they're talking about a psychiatrist.

Mike Muth @mikemuth.bsky.social · 15h

This is odd (and stupid).
I'm getting "drive-by" replies. I post or reply, then one or more people attack something I didn't say and block me before I even see their reply.
I only find out when someone replies to them, usually agreeing that what I didn't say was pretty bad.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Mike Muth @mikemuth.bsky.social · 1d

Lunchtime at Mom's diner.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

these people are actually out of their fucking minds and im so sick of being told we need to pretend otherwise

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

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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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Mike Muth @mikemuth.bsky.social · 1d

Kids putting their teeth under the pillows is the most occultist shit in the world. Yes, child, put the discarded bone under your pillow. If you are lucky the tiny demon will come and make her purchase. Sell your bones for riches, my child, you youth will be spent soon.
- Dana Schwartz

Mike Muth @mikemuth.bsky.social · 1d

This is the vibe I'm getting from the GOP these days.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdri...

Tomorrow Belongs to Me - Greater Nazi Reich (The man in the high castle)

YouTube video by Rampant Lion

www.youtube.com

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Mike Muth @mikemuth.bsky.social · 1d

How many grammar Nazis does it take to change a light bulb? Too.

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Mike Muth @mikemuth.bsky.social · 1d

My wife got stung by a bee on the forehead, she's at the ER now, her face all swollen and bruised, She almost died.
Lucky I was close enough to hit the bee with my shovel!