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Danny

@mardigroan.bsky.social

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My writing's been found on food shopping lists & mini golf scores My Bluesky tweets: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:aiszm5s7rajxmnj5t35tm4qh/feed/aaadebecxn2si

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Danny @mardigroan.bsky.social · 7d

The assistant to Dr. Frankenstein didn't fully understand mentally or morally what they were up to in making the monster. But sometimes Igor-ance is bliss.

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Jenny Doesn’t Know @jennydoesntknow.bsky.social · 25m

I’m so good at doing nothing. I wish I could get paid for it.

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Notorious P.I.G. (Your Halloween Hogmother) 🐽 @anotoriouspig.bsky.social · Dec 11

Aragorn: you have my sword

Legolas: and my bow

Gimli: and my axe

Me: and my cat

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Addled Pixie @addledpixie.bsky.social · Dec 3

I slide a briefcase across the table to my children. “Kids, this will be your inheritance one day.” I ceremoniously slide the locks and lift the lid, a golden light escapes and eagerly they peer inside to see my Garbage Pail Kids cards. “You’re welcome,” I beam.

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Forrest Plump @nahyoudoit.bsky.social · 1d

Kiss me. I taste like embarrassment and root beer.

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Salty MacTavish @saltymactavish.bsky.social · 1h

If you see an old guy in a flat cap headed to the woods while carrying an axe, a pick, and a shovel, he’s either going to make charcoal or settle a score. Either way, doff your cap

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Danny @mardigroan.bsky.social · 1h

Listen, if you have to explain your joke, I am sorry that it's not something else that we have in common.

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Half-Allan, Half-Mott, All Monster @houseofglib.bsky.social · 1h

They hate it when we call them weird but then they do shit like insisting a cringey one-hit wonder who is only popular with people with objectively terrible taste has broader appeal than one of the biggest superstars in music today.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1h

Hats off to one of the most craven dolts ever to do it. variety.com/2025/music/n...

House Speaker Johnson Calls Bad Bunny at Super Bowl ‘a Terrible Decision,’ Says It Should’ve Been Someone With ‘a Broader Audience’ — Like Lee Greenwood

House Speaker Mike Johnson says it is 'a terrible decision' to book Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl, saying Lee Greenwood would have been a better pick.

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𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚎 𝚁𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 @unfitz.bsky.social · 2h

My ancestors were good Danes.

No, they were GREAT Danes.

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Algonquin K Farquhar II @buddhatree.bsky.social · 1h

Describe your Bluesky account in one image

A still shot from the TV series Get Smart: Maxwell Smart holding up two fingers to the Chief, "Missed it by that much"

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𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚎 𝚁𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 @unfitz.bsky.social · Nov 30

Is that a banana in your pocket or have you finally quit shoplifting from the produce section?

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 1h

If someone told you a year ago this would be a headline in 2025, you wouldn't have believed them.

Authoritarianism has taken over our country.

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Rob Cee @therobcee.bsky.social · 1h

And the winner for "Best Thing To Do With Hatches" is-

*opens envelope*

BATTEN THEM DOWN!

*cut to heartbroken "batten them up" in the crowd*

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Danny @mardigroan.bsky.social · 1h

When Maureen McCormick puts her hair in an updo is it all braidy?

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Charlie Alzamora @chalza.bsky.social · 1h

Brady Bunch alumnus Eve Plumb loves all kinds of tea with the exception of matcha, matcha, matcha.

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aka Elynnbarstar @elynnbarstar.bsky.social · Aug 21

If the ATM still gives me money, I still have money.

That's how it works right?

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yolanda7712.bsky.social @yolanda7712.bsky.social · 15h

My fear exactly.

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Retacof @retacof.bsky.social · 7d

Turns out a Fox News correspondent is not qualified to lead the Pentagon.

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Retacof @retacof.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t think we dance enough.

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Danny @mardigroan.bsky.social · 2h

Oh, you mean fall as in autumn, not as in "of civilization."

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Paul @grommit56.bsky.social · 4d

Life is short. Take the cannoli.

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lalalyds @lalalyds.bsky.social · 4h

Moshing to the aol dial-up sound

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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kattsdogma.bsky.social @kattsdogma.bsky.social · 2h

i have a post about the guy who directed Chimp Crazy but it’s not very Goode .

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Danny @mardigroan.bsky.social · 2h

Don't belly ache about your belly ache.