Karl Runser
@therunser.bsky.social
Lutheran pastor; cat person; etc. etc.
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This is the song with the record of most willing listens by me: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57g...
Alice's Restaurant - Original 1967 Recording
YouTube video by Stiletto
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This is the song with the record of most willing listens by me: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57g...
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“Let us eat one last cookie, and then we will stop.”
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“Let us eat one last cookie, and then we will stop.”
I just want one single national news organization to frame its stories with human decency at the center.
Just one.
This ain’t it, @npr.org
Just one.
This ain’t it, @npr.org
President Trump brought grievances to the Thanksgiving pardoning ceremony on Tuesday. He joked about sending the turkeys to a prison in El Salvador, and claimed that last year's turkey pardons were invalid. n.pr/48nUsYx
Trump spares turkeys — but not his political opponents — at annual pardoning ceremony
President Trump brought grievances to the Thanksgiving pardoning ceremony on Tuesday. He joked about sending the turkeys to a prison in El Salvador, and claimed that last year's turkey pardons were invalid.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I just want one single national news organization to frame its stories with human decency at the center.
Just one.
This ain’t it, @npr.org
Just one.
This ain’t it, @npr.org
Drop whatever you're doing and read this right away. It's delightful and highlarious.
It's almost Thanksgiving, so I decided to do a silly post on food and my adolescent obsession with cereal--not eating it; making it. substack.com/home/post/p-...
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Yes!
And marvelous reading here too!
I wrote about one of my favorite Peanuts comic strips of all time—and a whole bunch of other ones—and why this one might be the richest single expression of Charles Schulz’s interests and imaginative world.
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Yes!
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If you've never read H. Rider Haggard's novel, or even if you have, the Modern Library edition, which I edited with my own deft hand and which features an introduction by Margaret Atwood, is, IISSM, a delight.
She by H. Rider Haggard: 9780375759055 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A runaway bestseller on its publication in 1887, H. Rider Haggard’s She is a Victorian thrill ride of a novel, featuring a lost African kingdom ruled by a mysterious, implacable queen; ferocious...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
If you've never read H. Rider Haggard's novel, or even if you have, the Modern Library edition, which I edited with my own deft hand and which features an introduction by Margaret Atwood, is, IISSM, a delight.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
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We wanted to understand how regular Americans feel about the Trump administration. So we talked to three Russia-funded content farmers at a tea house in Islamabad.
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We wanted to understand how regular Americans feel about the Trump administration. So we talked to three Russia-funded content farmers at a tea house in Islamabad.
“I wandered lonely, as a clod,
Picking up old rags and bottles,
When suddenly I chanced upon
A host of axolotls”
— Mad Magazine
Picking up old rags and bottles,
When suddenly I chanced upon
A host of axolotls”
— Mad Magazine
A lot of axolotls: the amphibian-themed banknote Mexicans don’t want to spend
Nearly 13m people are hoarding millions of dollars’ worth of the stylish 50 peso note, featuring Mexico’s cutest critter
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Nearly 13m people are hoarding millions of dollars’ worth of the stylish 50 peso note, featuring Mexico’s cutest critter
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
A lot of axolotls: the amphibian-themed banknote Mexicans don’t want to spend
Nearly 13m people are hoarding millions of dollars’ worth of the stylish 50 peso note, featuring Mexico’s cutest critter
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“I wandered lonely, as a clod,
Picking up old rags and bottles,
When suddenly I chanced upon
A host of axolotls”
— Mad Magazine
Picking up old rags and bottles,
When suddenly I chanced upon
A host of axolotls”
— Mad Magazine
Where in the hell is “Moonstruck”??
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Where in the hell is “Moonstruck”??
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A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
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I really appreciate everyone’s thoughtful and deep answers on this thread.
I’m going to add something lighter to the mix—this stellar recipe for tandoori turkey. Will never go back.
nishkitchen.com/tandoori-tur...
I’m going to add something lighter to the mix—this stellar recipe for tandoori turkey. Will never go back.
nishkitchen.com/tandoori-tur...
November 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I really appreciate everyone’s thoughtful and deep answers on this thread.
I’m going to add something lighter to the mix—this stellar recipe for tandoori turkey. Will never go back.
nishkitchen.com/tandoori-tur...
I’m going to add something lighter to the mix—this stellar recipe for tandoori turkey. Will never go back.
nishkitchen.com/tandoori-tur...
Thanksgiving dinner is at dinner time, or a tiny bit earlier. No early afternoon dinner! Makes cooking less stressful, and the meal just is better.,
Actually in the spirit of this conversation, what’s a decision you made about a past Thanksgiving holiday that really paid off? I think people often feel trapped by their lives. Sharing our experiences can liberate us from that sense of claustrophobia.
On the most recent episode of VIBE CHECK, we answer listener questions about Thanksgiving, most importantly “do you go celebrate with the family members you don’t even like?”
November 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Thanksgiving dinner is at dinner time, or a tiny bit earlier. No early afternoon dinner! Makes cooking less stressful, and the meal just is better.,
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Jesus to his disciples:
Idk why a bunch of libs started following me but I’m an anarchist and you will not have a good time here.
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Jesus to his disciples:
*snort*
Gosh, thanks, I was wondering what atheists think of religion
To many atheists (or agnostics), all the religions seem equally unlikely, unverifiable, and unnecessary. (And, well, in a word, wacky.)
November 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
*snort*
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Now that MTG is feeling all soft, and free, and easy, it might be a good time to ask her why before even being sworn-in she was one of the 10 members of the House who met with Trump in December 2020 to discuss “Stop the Steal” plans, and the details of the convo….
www.axios.com/2022/07/12/h...
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November 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Now that MTG is feeling all soft, and free, and easy, it might be a good time to ask her why before even being sworn-in she was one of the 10 members of the House who met with Trump in December 2020 to discuss “Stop the Steal” plans, and the details of the convo….
www.axios.com/2022/07/12/h...
www.axios.com/2022/07/12/h...
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movie posters featuring the muppets: thread
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
movie posters featuring the muppets: thread
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"and what the fuck is Lizza doing sitting on this while RFK takes a buzz saw to American health so he can sell substack subscriptions"
This part in particular.
This part in particular.
November 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
"and what the fuck is Lizza doing sitting on this while RFK takes a buzz saw to American health so he can sell substack subscriptions"
This part in particular.
This part in particular.
Yep —
November 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Yep —
Two questions after reading Lizza Part II:
Why the hell did he sit on that story for so long?? Seems like it was newsworthy (if just one part of a deeply unwell man’s story) since RFK is a member of the president’s cabinet.
And what’s with the paywall?? Is this Lizza’s only source of income?
Why the hell did he sit on that story for so long?? Seems like it was newsworthy (if just one part of a deeply unwell man’s story) since RFK is a member of the president’s cabinet.
And what’s with the paywall?? Is this Lizza’s only source of income?
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Two questions after reading Lizza Part II:
Why the hell did he sit on that story for so long?? Seems like it was newsworthy (if just one part of a deeply unwell man’s story) since RFK is a member of the president’s cabinet.
And what’s with the paywall?? Is this Lizza’s only source of income?
Why the hell did he sit on that story for so long?? Seems like it was newsworthy (if just one part of a deeply unwell man’s story) since RFK is a member of the president’s cabinet.
And what’s with the paywall?? Is this Lizza’s only source of income?
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