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Scalawag Jack, Pirate Ghost (or Ghost Pirate?)

@scalawagjack.bsky.social

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Father, husband, writer, artist, ally, engineer, historian, retired FedGov, and unrepentant Southern Scalawag. Enjoys: animation, TTRPG, SciFi, Fantasy, art. Despises: disrespectful, entitled gits. Talk nerdy to me.

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Scalawag Jack, Pirate Ghost (or Ghost Pirate?) @scalawagjack.bsky.social · Jun 26

What is a "Scalawag?" The "traitorous" southern whites who supported the Union and Civil Rights. Tens of thousands of southerners fought for the Union and most supported Civil Rights afterwards.

Jack is a proud Scalawag wed to a Carpetbagger.

Hurrah, boys, hurrah!

www.history.com/articles/car...

Carpetbaggers & Scalawags - Definition, South, Reconstruction | HISTORY

Carpetbaggers and scalawags were the terms for northerners who took advantage of post-Civil War upheaval and southern...

www.history.com

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Scalawag Jack, Pirate Ghost (or Ghost Pirate?) @scalawagjack.bsky.social · 3h

Bugs Bunny holds a sign saying "Shitposting Season."

Scalawag Jack, Pirate Ghost (or Ghost Pirate?) @scalawagjack.bsky.social · 4h

Wait, 30 minutes COOKING for Gagh?!?!

EPIC FAIL.

Everyone knows Gagh is best when served live.

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Scalawag Jack, Pirate Ghost (or Ghost Pirate?) @scalawagjack.bsky.social · 4h

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Scalawag Jack, Pirate Ghost (or Ghost Pirate?) @scalawagjack.bsky.social · 4h

CONTENT WARNING: brutal footage of the mayhem and suffering wrought by the Battle of Portland.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 7h

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

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Scalawag Jack, Pirate Ghost (or Ghost Pirate?) @scalawagjack.bsky.social · 4h

Wow, truly the journalists we need right now, NGL!

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Johnny Queer @queerboy66.bsky.social · 5h

I miss REAL journalists

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Scalawag Jack, Pirate Ghost (or Ghost Pirate?) @scalawagjack.bsky.social · 5h

Share someone who looks stylish in overalls.

Husk the sphynx-like demon wears black overalls and a top hat.

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VimesoftheWatch @vimesofthewatch.bsky.social · 5h

I miss REAL journalists

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Lizzylizumab @lizzylizumab.bsky.social · 7h

I miss REAL journalists

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Scalawag Jack, Pirate Ghost (or Ghost Pirate?) @scalawagjack.bsky.social · 5h

I miss REAL journalists

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Scalawag Jack, Pirate Ghost (or Ghost Pirate?) @scalawagjack.bsky.social · 6h

U Down with RGE?

Yeah, you know me.

RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 6h

muppetized works of art: thread

Big Bird in Vincent van Gogh’s series called Sunflowers.

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Scalawag Jack, Pirate Ghost (or Ghost Pirate?) @scalawagjack.bsky.social · 7h

DM'ed as requested. My condolences! 🤣

Scalawag Jack, Pirate Ghost (or Ghost Pirate?) @scalawagjack.bsky.social · 7h

Give me a few minutes, and don't say I didn't warn you.

Scalawag Jack, Pirate Ghost (or Ghost Pirate?) @scalawagjack.bsky.social · 7h

Sadly, that's the "clean" verse. 😂

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Scalawag Jack, Pirate Ghost (or Ghost Pirate?) @scalawagjack.bsky.social · 7h

♫ Oh, my one-skin lies over my two-skin,
My two-skin lies over my three...
My three-skin lies over my foreskin,
Oh, pull back my foreskin for me! ♫

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Scalawag Jack, Pirate Ghost (or Ghost Pirate?) @scalawagjack.bsky.social · 9h

When you order a Sub but get a Dom.

Humor For Resistance @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 10h

@einniM_
Somehow they allowed this. This made it through advertising and marketing. SOMEONE ALLOWED THIS.

[on a sign with a pic of a sub: OTHER SUBS CALL IT "SIR".]

Scalawag Jack, Pirate Ghost (or Ghost Pirate?) @scalawagjack.bsky.social · 9h

It is a good day to fry...thin slices of potato.

Earl Grey: 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 @earlgreymemes.club · 1d

curated meme by unknown author in three panels, comparing the various iterations of Klingon design; first is Kor from TOS with no forehead ridges, next to a yellow bag of Lays classic potato chips; second is Worf with his typical TNG era forehead ridges, next to a blue bag of Ruffles potato chips ("Ruffles have rrridges!"); third is L'Rell from Discovery with the more blocky hairless Klingon update, next to a red bag of pyramid shaped Doritos 3D Crunch (chili cheese nacho flavor)

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Scalawag Jack, Pirate Ghost (or Ghost Pirate?) @scalawagjack.bsky.social · 10h

Goosky for slime mold.

Icarus 👻 Dumpsterfire @pluperfectidiot.bsky.social · 11h

Ulurusky for Australians

Devi 🧙‍♀️✨ @deviwestside.bsky.social · 11h

Moosky for cows

Scalawag Jack, Pirate Ghost (or Ghost Pirate?) @scalawagjack.bsky.social · 10h

Still waiting for the ghost of Patrick Swayze to hold me from behind and give the the Heimlich before I become a ghost too...

Count Coachula Returns @coachmark25.bsky.social · 10h

Still waiting for the ghost of Patrick Swayze to hold me from behind so I can get these shoelaces untied.

Forrest Plump @nahyoudoit.bsky.social · 11h

Still waiting for the ghost of Patrick Swayze to hold me from behind so I can open a jar of pickles

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Scalawag Jack, Pirate Ghost (or Ghost Pirate?) @scalawagjack.bsky.social · 10h

Mëtäl Kïtty 🎸😾🤘

Humanity and Kindness @humanityposts.bsky.social · 10h

Raise your hand if you would go to this concert 🤚

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Matato'a Varua 🗿🗿🗿 @matatoa.bsky.social · 13h

The Rapanui were and are an ingenious and resourceful people. They accomplished so much, yet their population was never more than 3,500 until recent times.

Sus Scrofa @susscrofa.bsky.social · 15h

Jared Diamond’s hypothesis that the Rapa Nui felled too many trees to transport the huge moai was wrong.

They not only lived in a very sustainable way, but they used an ingenious method instead!

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...