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Defiant Crab @shep.ca · 12h

We like to meme our cats; a substantial amount of our texts are now like this

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La La La Llorona @marisasandlin.bsky.social · 1d

Agatha, who has been described as having a “pleasing roundness.”

Agatha: beautiful, imperious, disdainful. Photo by my spouse

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Matthew Highton @matthighton.bsky.social · 2d

You know what, it’s one of those days, have Cookie Monster kaiju again.

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Defiant Crab @shep.ca · 2d

Shocktober continues at the Bad Kitty Ranch!

Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast (Official Video)

Defiant Crab @shep.ca · 2d

I have as many days left on the job as the final digit of this most sinister and unholy of numbers, glimpsed by Iron Maiden:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=WxnN...

YouTube video by Iron Maiden

Deep End - Suck 1989 [Toronto, Canada Melodic Punk Rock]

Defiant Crab @shep.ca · 3d

He woke up snacky

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Defiant Crab @shep.ca · 3d

Bonus! I have as many days left on the job as the number of digits to get through to you, per this obscure ‘80s melodic punk outfit from Toronto; I used to own and love this cassette!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=CLUR...

YouTube video by MrMattsPunkRips

YouTube video by Nostalgia 77 - Topic

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La La La Llorona @marisasandlin.bsky.social · 4d

Look at what a smoke show the dude in the Gill Man costume was:

Ricou Browning, the actor in the costume for the Creature From The Black Lagoon

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Defiant Crab @shep.ca · 4d

I have as many days left on the job as the number of the nation whose army could not hold me back, later moving to Wichita to do farm labour:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=mcGP...

Seven Nation Army

Herman's Hermits "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" on The Ed Sullivan Show

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Defiant Crab @shep.ca · 5d

I have as many days left on the job as the number of the ‘Enery that got married to the widder next door:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=GisC...

YouTube video by The Ed Sullivan Show

Defiant Crab @shep.ca · 5d

Our rescue sisters (who are also best friends).

Two sister tortoiseshell cats looking out the window

The Clovers - Love Potion Number Nine

Defiant Crab @shep.ca · 5d

I have as many days left on the job as the number of the love potion proffered by Madam Ruth, that gold-toothed mystic:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=h8KD...

YouTube video by Oldies Zone

Defiant Crab @shep.ca · 6d

LL Cool BPw/PW

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 8d

and scene

a tweet by Dana Gould @danagould that says:

Thinking about Rush Limbaugh and how, now that he's dead, you never, ever hear about him. No one mentions anything he did.
Because what he did had no value.
It contributed nothing worthwhile to the culture. Nothing of lasting value.
He just made anger. Every day.
Rising, blooming & fading like a fart.
Then he died & was instantly replaced by a fleet of little replicas, farting fake fury five days a week.
Creating nothing of interest or artistic value to anyone.
Seriously, what an awful way to make a living.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 7d

History repeats.

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Defiant Crab @shep.ca · 7d

Ladies love your bulky package with protruding wires

The Halloween Mixtape for 2025: Swingin’ at the Séance - Popdose

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La La La Llorona @marisasandlin.bsky.social · 7d

Make with the listening as my pal Jack Fear is the bestest at Halloween playlists! All others are boring.

rael gost pictuers @jackfeerick.bsky.social · 7d

ICYMI: My annual Halloween mixtape is now live at Popdose, free to stream or download! 72 minutes of spine-tinglers and monster jams from artists beloved and obscure -- just the thing to liven up a long drive or a lazy afternoon around the house!

Greetings of the spooky season, my children of the night! ‘Tis I, Jack Fear — Popdose’s own crypt-keeper — inviting you once more to have...

popdose.com

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Defiant Crab @shep.ca · 8d

I saw Silent Rage at a sleepover as a wee lad and it scared the wet blueberries out of me. Still does today, but the Chuck Norris, White Wine and Light Jazz Lovemaking montage is its own kind of horror

Defiant Crab @shep.ca · 8d

I hope this isn’t because I talked about how many Puppet Master films there are

Defiant Crab @shep.ca · 9d

I think Radio Radio’s Belmundo Regal is one of the most consistent albums of all time and is delivered in a hybrid French-English patois called “chiac” that exists only in the Maritimes.

Defiant Crab @shep.ca · 9d

From Canada: The Burning Hell, Rush, Damien Robataille (French), Ben Caplan, Charlotte Cornfield, Kid Koala, Nemahsis.

Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 10d

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

harpers.org/archive/1941...

harpers.org

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Defiant Crab @shep.ca · 10d

This is how Marisa and I are starting the month… Smile 2 is basically “More
Smile” and I saw it without seeing the first and had no problem keeping up.