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John Hansen (suburbanerd) @suburbanerd.bsky.social · 1h

I would like to thank genetics for ensuring my 17 year old got their height from their mum’s side instead of mine because they are now a full head taller than me.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 20h

Dolly Parton Shares Video Confirming Sister A Shit-Stirring Bitch https://theonion.com/dolly-parton-shares-video-confirming-sister-a-shit-stirring-bitch/

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Micah @rincewind.run · 22h

Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms

“If you had enough money, you could hardly commit crimes at all. You just perpetrated amusing little peccadilloes.”

Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

Discworld QOTD, from The Wee Free Men

Tiffany was on the whole quite a truthful person, but it seemed to her that there were times when things didn’t divide easily into ‘true’ and ‘false’, but instead could be ‘things that people needed to know at the moment’ and ‘things that they didn’t need to know at the moment’.

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khai ☕🍷🐈‍⬛ @sumtimw0ng.bsky.social · 18h

Opalite x Friends is making me laugh

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John Hansen (suburbanerd) @suburbanerd.bsky.social · 1d

Haven't seen this season yet but it always seems like you can smell him through the TV.

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dawnymock @dawnymock.bsky.social · 1d

:)

dawnymock cartoon of mom with daughter, daughter asks what that on her arm, mom says smallpox vaccine scar, daughter says why don’t I have one & mom replies Because it worked.

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John Hansen (suburbanerd) @suburbanerd.bsky.social · 1d

Baseball has been very very good to me.

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John Hansen (suburbanerd) @suburbanerd.bsky.social · 1d

3 more outs

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Michael Iantorno 🍂🕹️ @michaeliantorno.com · 1d

This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

A photograph of Alejandro Kirk, a stocky player for the Blue Jays, running the bases

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 1d

Everye seasoun of *Slow Horses* thei slowe the horses downe even more. Eventuallye you will not be able to see the horses move at all. The horses will seem eternallye still, yet motion will rest wythin them lyke the oak within the acorn.

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John Hansen (suburbanerd) @suburbanerd.bsky.social · 1d

He did it. The announcer said Shitler instead of Schlittler.

He immediately corrected himself.

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John Hansen (suburbanerd) @suburbanerd.bsky.social · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Teyana Taylor, a visibly pregnant Black woman stands in a field firing an assault rifle in a still from the film One Battle After Another

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John Hansen (suburbanerd) @suburbanerd.bsky.social · 1d

Trent Grishom has a magnificent moustache.

John Hansen (suburbanerd) @suburbanerd.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, that was a pretty sweet catch. #ALDS

John Hansen (suburbanerd) @suburbanerd.bsky.social · 1d

Just bringing this back as Tron: Ares is opening tomorrow.

“New Tron movie looks pretty co – aw, shit is Jared Leto in this?”

New Tron movie looks pretty co - aw, shit is Jared Leto in this?

Saint John, New Brunswick - Initial excitement over the latest entry in Disney’s sci-fi Tron franchise was ruined when it was discovered it also stars Jared Leto. During a recent family movie night, a...

thebeaverton.com

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John Hansen (suburbanerd) @suburbanerd.bsky.social · 1d

If you haven’t read this yet, now is a good time.

Medias 🇨🇦 @mediasca.skyfleet.blue · 1d

Canadian author Omar El Akkad's debut nonfiction work shortlisted for U.S. National Book Award

Canadian author Omar El Akkad's debut nonfiction work shortlisted for U.S. National Book Award | CBC Books

Akkad's One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is on the nonfiction shortlist for the U.S.-based award. The annual literary award program celebrates and honours authors for books published in the United States roughly during the award year.

www.cbc.ca

John Hansen (suburbanerd) @suburbanerd.bsky.social · 2d

People who prefer keyboard shortcuts to the mouse are like people who can drive a manual transmission.

I will not be taking questions.

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John Hansen (suburbanerd) @suburbanerd.bsky.social · 2d

Guess we’re all praying for Dolly now.

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

variety.com

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John Hansen (suburbanerd) @suburbanerd.bsky.social · 2d

Random things about me:

1) I hosted a hip hop show on the campus radio station. On air name was Chilly Most which had a very stupid origin.
2) I appeared on a talk show with Seamus O’Reagan and Ben Mulroney
3) Was a columnist for an alt weekly.
4) I think I could live in Scotland.

Julie (unprofessional) @juliebalt.bsky.social · 2d

Random things about me:

1. I used to be a personal chef, and before that, a chemist

2. It's possible I might be an EU citizen.

3. I went to a tiny school. There were 23 people in my graduating class, and that was a larger one.

4. I had a Manx cat when I was a child.

Pot Shop Boo @potshopboy.bsky.social · 2d

Random things about me:

1. I used to play woodwind, brass, and string instruments
2. I was a producer for the number one morning radio show in the country
3. I was a play by play commentator for an independent pro wrestling TV show in Dayton, Ohio

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John Hansen (suburbanerd) @suburbanerd.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, Carole Pope mentioned it in her memoir.

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John Hansen (suburbanerd) @suburbanerd.bsky.social · 2d

Before there was Peaches, there was Rough Trade.

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John Hansen (suburbanerd) @suburbanerd.bsky.social · 2d

Forty+ years later, Rough Trade’s Avoid Freud still rocks.

Fun celebrity fact: Lead singer Carole Pope was in a relationship with SCTV’s Andrea Martin.

Lie Back, Let Me Do Everything

open.spotify.com

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John Hansen (suburbanerd) @suburbanerd.bsky.social · 3d

I’m glad I work from home because otherwise I’d be known at the office as the guy with a picture of Hitler on his desk.

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John Hansen (suburbanerd) @suburbanerd.bsky.social · 3d

My desktop calendar is themed around obscure English words with a bit of related text. So today, an obscure word for “pantsless” is accompanied by a bit about lederhosen. To illustrate this, I feel like they could have chosen literally anyone other than the one in the photo.

A desktop calendar with a small picture of Adolf Hitler in lederhosen.

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John Hansen (suburbanerd) @suburbanerd.bsky.social · 3d

NDP leadership getting a head start on shooting themselves in the dick later on.

Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 3d

YVES ENGLER HASNT EVEN APPLIED TO RUN FOR NDP LEADERSHIP???????????

And he’s been accepting donations while implying he applied but hasn’t been approved yet???

Omg 🤦‍♀️

Article here: www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

TORONTO STAR article except reads:

“"It has recently come to my attention that Mr. Yves Engler has been sharing with the media that he has not yet been approved ... to stand as an official leadership candidate. I would like to clarify that we are not in receipt of an application from Mr. Engler, and as such he has no current standing within the leadership contest," chief electoral officer Éric Hébert-Daly said.”

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