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Banquo’s Toast
@bain.bsky.social
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“Always certain, occasionally correct.”

He/him. Writer. MFT trainee. Music obsessed. Photo dilettante. Jay Reatard aficionado.

Beware the poltroons. Fascist bootlicking is spreading fast. Fight it with all your might.
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a picture of frog pointing at toad with the caption “you shut your whore mouth,” responded Frog.
January 26, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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goddamn it ann. wtf
a photo of a loser named “ann” with a description below her name that reads, and i quote, “doesn’t know how to make guacamole”
December 31, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
image of david berman of the silver jews next to his triumphant and nearly perfect LP, american water.
December 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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shit’s gettin weird at mom’s house.
photo of mom’s baby kestrel (she’s a falconer) riding on the back of her long-suffering dog eeyore.
December 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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frog’s having none of toad’s shit today
frog and toad meme: a picture of frog, while standing behind toad who is sitting on his bed, “You shut your whore mouth.”
December 24, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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“my north star”
screenshot of acne commercial from the 1980s that, beyond betraying my advanced age, features a man with a zit on the end of his nose that is called “the north star”
December 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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sometimes playlists answer life’s most challenging questions
Screenshot of a playlist: Am I Born To Die by Nora Brown You Was Born To Die by Curley Weaver
December 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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racism is profitable
A Cinnabon Worker Was Fired for a Racist Slur. Her Supporters Have Raised $130,000.
December 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Coava from Portland OR 😋
Photo: Coffee bag of Coava “Meaza” from Ethiopia next to my trusty TechniVorm coffeemaker and bespoke coffee mug made by my awesome partner
December 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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be well @darthbluesky.bsky.social and sleep well. all the animals eagerly await your return in the spring.
photo: sandy the doag saying bye to darth
December 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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moonlight magic on carmel beach

#photography #photosky #beach #moonlight #carmel #california
a photo of carmel beach with point lobos on the horizon bathed in moonlight
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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a photo of the sign in my front window, which reads (and which i continue to tap): abolish ice nobody is illegal on stolen land
October 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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On #IndigenousPeoplesDay, I recommend one of the most important books of the 21st century, or of any time, about America.

Rarely can a novel change your brain like this. Tommy Orange is a living treasure.
A photo of the novel “There There” by Tommy Orange
October 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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the fire gets closer; the applause gets louder.
Lars Iyer, from the novel Wittgenstein Jr.: “There's a fire backstage, he says. The clown comes out to warn the audience. Laughter and applause. They think it's a joke! The clown repeats his warning. The fire grows hotter; the applause grows louder. That's how the world will end, Wittgenstein says: to general applause, from halfwits who think it's a joke.”
October 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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this is the most trenchant and timely piece i’ve read in years
Quote from Mike Masnick’s piece: It is also, to an immense extent, the disease of a generation-the generation that grew up online, that learned to mistake engagement for truth, that confused being heard with being right. This is as true of suburban millennials as it is of rural boomers. It is the disease of the algorithmically poisoned.
October 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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reminded me of this all-timer…
neighborhood “cat missing” poster with pictures of a clearly upset opossum. poster says: CAT FOUND!!! LIGHT TAN W/ BLACK md GREY - MALE - NO COLLAR - NOT VERY FRIENDLY, I THINK SHE MIGHT BE SCARED - NOT HOUSE BROKEN EITHER - FOUND ON 75TH - IF SHE'S YOURS, CALL DAN 784
October 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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if “strengths” means acting like a petulant poltroon manbaby
ny times headline: Kash Patel Plays the Familiar Role of Pugilist at a Senate Hearing The F.B.I. director has come under withering attack recently, but the proceedings fell into a familiar partisan groove that appeared to play to his strengths.
September 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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if u see this quote with the energy u bring to blue sky
photo of a drawing of two bunnies (bo and chase) with the caption “i heart bnunies!”
September 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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i met some new friends recently who seemed ok
new dog friend: penelope new dog friend: pia
September 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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sandy is a good girl

#dogsky
outtake of my dog sandy (shepherd/husky mix) from her senior photos
August 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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pete townsend/bill maher mashup as a stand-in for bob dylan. i hate AI
screenshot of extremely gross AI image of bob dylan looking like a mashup of bill maher and pete townsend from the who
August 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Successfully deflecting the base’s wrath, you say?
NY Times HEADLINE: How Trump Deflected His Base's Wrath Over Jeffrey Epstein, at Least for Now By tapping into other grievances, President Trump turned a fractious moment for his base into a unifying one. Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times
July 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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this is how you sanitize insanity
nytimes headline hallucinations: The Evolution of Trump's Views on Foreign Aid Online and in Person, Trump Offers a Window Into His Psyche
June 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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thousands of people at the #nokings in Monterey Ca today. small town, big #nokings vibes
June 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM