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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 2h

one thing that’s kind of fucked up is that when a movie star dies, a bunch of streaming services have their “in memoriam” playlists up within a couple hours. I feel like maybe you should wait a day.

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jon rosenburger @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 15h

They're spinning this as a marketing fail but I think the real story is just that people are stupid as fucking rocks now fortune.com/2025/10/10/p...

Lay's drastically rebrands after disturbing finding: 42% of consumers didn't know their chips were made out of potatoes | Fortune

New bags—matte-ified and designed to look like wood planks (like a potato crate)—will hold the chips with revamped ingredient lists.

fortune.com

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 6h

basketball season starts next month

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 14h

Contrast all of this decimation of the CDC & unraveling of vax recommendations with the fact that Trump got a covid shot and a flu shot yesterday. The message is clear: they dont care if *we* die, but they sure as fuck wanna make sure they dont

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 17h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Spice 💕 @spicedyde.bsky.social · 1d

🐶: “Very spooky! A corpse is a dead body.”

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

I remember watching the documentary about him trying to make his don quixote movie, which was so good, and then years later, he finally made the movie and it was a total wet fart

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

fallen off: terry gilliam, big time

Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 1d

throwing this prompt from Twitter in here. what examples you got?

tweet by @Caol_MacCormaic that reads, uncs of film twitter: what are some movies that are canonical now but were basically unknown when we were coming up? like Come and See or Possession. inversely: what are some movies or filmmakers that seem to have fallen off? (Takashi Miike comes to mind)

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

I guess everyone in CREW died at the end of 2024

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

another law that only applies to democrats

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

everyone in trump’s cabinet has massively overestimated how much people want to see or hear them

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

like, i’m at the airport, i’m in line doing the bullshit security theater we’ve been doing for 25 years, and now I also gotta watch a loop of botox himmler whine about how useless she is

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

what is this supposed to accomplish besides pissing me off more

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 1d

irresistible new elder millennial bait just dropped

ATIM Instant Messenger @atim.app · 1d

Sneak peek at a new client for Bluesky that is nearly ready for a beta release. atim.app

A classic 90s-style chat window between two users, Peggy and Joan, discussing getting a drink after work.

A classic 90s-style instant messenger friends window showing users, chats, and timelines.

A snapshot of a user's timeline feed in a 90s style window.

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

the war on christmas has begun

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 1d

*TRUMP TO IMPOSE 100% ADDITIONAL TARIFF ON CHINESE GOODS

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

another friday where I feel like i’ve been put through the ringer, but we persevere. hampden ghost tour tonight.

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

this is how rupert murdoch lost his 3rd wife btw

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 1d

This is a really good idea because Idaho is consistently voted “state least likely to see an Arab guy and assume they’re being Red Dawned”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

me to my closet full of windbreakers:

a red sign that says " alert condition red "

ALT: a red sign that says " alert condition red "

media.tenor.com

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

the temps are in the 60’s, and the harbor is no longer fluorescent green and sulfuric

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

we’re calling it falltimore, folks. more and more people are saying it.

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

the one weird trick was to join the neighborhood association

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

there’s one in baltimore

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

I was told it was nigh impossible to get a tour of the inside of the domino sugar factory, but I have done it

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zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 1d

Ro Khanna:

✔️endorsed the concept of DOGE
✔️endorsed AOC's primary opponent in the same year he endorsed her
✔️made this video with a known antisemite who claims Jewish people are responsible for 9/11

Silicon Valley Democrats ... man, I don't know

Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 2d

I don't take a dime from any PAC or lobbyist, including AIPAC.

I am proud to be one of the handful of Democrats standing up against Big Money.

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

is gritty still even a thing or what

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