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🌮 All you need is love. West Texan. Data Scientist. Byzantine & Late Antique History. I’m the Golden Retriever boyfriend. He/Him “The Gospel takes away forever our right to discriminate between the deserving and the undeserving poor.” —Dorothy Day

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Chris… but like… spooky? I guess? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 1d

The death penalty is always wrong in any circumstance whatsoever, and it always has been.

We humans are not responsible enough to dole out a punishment that can’t be taken back or apologized for. We should never have that responsibility. Nor should we ever have.

Joe Arridy was a mentally disabled 23-year-old who was falsely accused of r*pe and m*rder of a 15-year-old schoolgirl in Colorado. He was put to death in 1939, but was officially pardoned in 2011, since evidence proved he was coerced into confession.

Arridy was known for spending his time on death row playing with a toy train, given to him by the prison warden. For his last meal, he requested ice cream.

When questioned about his impending execution he showed "blank bewilderment" and it was clear that he didn't realize the meaning of the gas chamber, telling the warden "No, no, Joe won't die." He even saved some of his ice cream for after the execution.

Chris… but like… spooky? I guess? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 5h

This is correct.

Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 14h

Dolly Parton called a press conference to clarify formally that no weapon formed against her will prosper

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Jason @jxsxpx.bsky.social · 8h

I’m sorry Veggie Tales, I was not familiar with your game

Crimson Mayhem @crimsonmayhem.bsky.social · 4d

A message from Phil Vischer, the creator of VeggieTales.

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Chris… but like… spooky? I guess? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 6h

Someone on FB said “Audiophiles will spend 3k on a sound system just to listen to Tom Waits mumble a song recorded on a potato” and I feel *incredibly* attacked rn 😆

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 12h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

An image of Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, twirling on an alpine meadow in a long Austrian skirt, next to an image of Christopher Plummer as Georg Von Trapp in the same movie, tearing a Nazi flag in half.

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 9h

Like for real. The plot of Spirited Away is about a kidnapped child forced into a life of indentured servitude in realm of gods after her mother and father are magically forced into becoming pigs by a witch. Meanwhile, Princess Mononoke exists.

Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 1d

Whenever someone uses Ghibli or Miyazaki as a synonym for "quaint, charming, unthreatening" I'm always like "bro did we watch the same movies?"

Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 1d

every ai bro who has reduced miyazaki to empty gentle aesthetic should no exaggeration get the judas cradle bc this man's markmaking & passion about telling WAR STORIES

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Chris… but like… spooky? I guess? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 9h

I WONDER

KidzBoptotenlieder @theodramatist.com · 9h

Goose meme with text of “Who were the Antifascists fighting in Weimar Germany?”

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Chris… but like… spooky? I guess? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 9h

😆

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Random Mummy @randommuser.bsky.social · 9h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Rick and Ilsa from Casablanca

Humphrey Bogart as Rick looks debonair and pensive in a white jacket and black bow tie.

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa contentedly leans on Bogie.

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Chris… but like… spooky? I guess? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 9h

wait no waaayyyyy 🙄

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

I’m shocked.

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Mr. Pauly Mac 🇨🇦 @mrpaulymac.bsky.social · 9h

The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa

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Jason @jxsxpx.bsky.social · 9h

It is Not Good™️ but has a very weird, very 70s sorta charm. Like it’s trying to be a feminist deconstruction of a sexy vampiress exploitation movie but it’s landed in some weird neutral zone instead.

Chris… but like… spooky? I guess? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 9h

This movie is so damn weird. 😆

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Chris… but like… spooky? I guess? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 9h

I think it was reaching pretty high— but it didn’t quiiiittteee get there!

Chris… but like… spooky? I guess? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 9h

Wasn’t thinking the peak of the action was a chase scene in a bikini through the DTLA bus station ending on Olvera Street, but that’s the magic of cinema for ya!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

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Chris… but like… spooky? I guess? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 9h

This movie is so damn weird. 😆

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Chris… but like… spooky? I guess? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 9h

The dream sequences where topless/plain ol’ naked people are running in slo-mo in the desert towards each other or making out in said brass bed is a nice touch. Somewhat Jodorowski-esque.

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Chris… but like… spooky? I guess? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 9h

We are now finding bodies in hot pants— I suppose it was only a matter of time…

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Chris… but like… spooky? I guess? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 10h

AAAAAAAA I LOVE IT

Dragon @dragonroar87.bsky.social · 10h

never give me access to photoshop ever again.

Seven, Picard, Raffi, and Elnor from Star Trek: Picard have all been edited into the cover of Weezer's Blue Album.

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Chris… but like… spooky? I guess? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 10h

Why indeed?

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11h

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 12h

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Chris… but like… spooky? I guess? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 10h

Nothing says “I want to sunbathe in a bikini made from a tablecloth” like… an abandoned mining town in the desert? Which I reached by dune buggy for some reason?