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maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 37m

it’s hilarious that the end of john lithgow’s career is going to be him being a pale pathetic fucking imitation of richard harris. can think of no better end to a snivelling yank with delusions of grandeur

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 2h

hey that’s my recipe

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 2h

reminds me of the whirlwind of corruption in New Jersey state politics that started with Torricelli

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 2h

“that person is nice to ME” is Enabler 101

Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 2h

"Everybody's a jealous hater of my friend's success. And the only evidence I'm going to provide is a made up anecdote."

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 2h

I’m genuinely going to miss the Eric Adams show

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 2h

even if you care to indulge this brain dead take, the liberal POV is never “we will fight for trans rights after we win the next election” but “we can never fight for trans rights ever because we are worried about every election until the end of time.”

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 2h

GERMANY 1934:

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 3h

I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 3h

my oldest started college last month and even though we only live a few miles away from there she was surprised when she met someone from the South Jersey boonies and discovered how different they sound compared to everyone else in the state

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 3h

he is an Eagles fan

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BK @whitesox.bsky.social · 3h

The only thing we know about Mike Trout outside of him having an inner circle hall of fame decade is “he likes weather”

Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 5h

lebron might go down as the least interesting public figure of our lives. i can't tell if he's intentionally uninteresting or if it just comes naturally, but man that guy is boring.

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 4h

this is the ultimate problem with this sort of thing, if you know an area well you can break regions into subregions indefinitely

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 4h

I bought new alarms recently and within months all but one had malfunctioned

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 5h

yes. and there are parts of northeastern New York that are far more like Canada or New England than what I’d call “upstate”

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 13h

Saw him do standup earlier this year and it was great

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 13h

the worst thing about that stupid whistle is it puts the entire jingle into my head, at least non-locals don’t have to suffer that.

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 13h

It amuses me to no end that many non-New Yorkers are unaware that obnoxious whistle sound is part of a local company’s ad jingle and believe it’s something the Yankees invented independently to annoyingly play after strikeouts

David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 13h

Yankees fans eyes rolling completely back and turning black, heads tilting backwards at an impossible angle, and their jaws opening and opening horribly like a shark's as they all emit the PC Richard Whistle Sound as one.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 13h

Yankees fans eyes rolling completely back and turning black, heads tilting backwards at an impossible angle, and their jaws opening and opening horribly like a shark's as they all emit the PC Richard Whistle Sound as one.

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 14h

You: maybe I’ll just eat later.

ALYSON HANNIGAN, BURSTING THROUGH THE CEILING: celebrities unexpectedly crashing into your home is an important reminder to make sure your homeowner’s policy is as comprehensive as possible

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 14h

It’s surely a product of the immediacy of social media but it’s amazing that so many people act like a football game is over or a baseball game is over by the second quarter or fourth inning

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 14h

2025 is periodically reading some incredibly random non-sequitur shit like this and then periodically checking the back of my head for an open wound

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 14h

is this part of a weird series of nonsensical articles Stereogum is running. “Tom Selleck explains why you should spend extra on the pepper jelly that they don’t sell at Trader Joe’s anymore.”

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 15h

Julia Roberts explains we should listen to the Smiths even if Morrissey's problematic

Julia Roberts Explains We Should Listen To The Smiths Even If Morrissey’s Problematic

Morrissey and the Smiths come up in After The Hunt, director Luca Guadagnino’s new movie starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Chloë Sevigny. As Time’s review ex...

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 14h

Me: …I think I’ll make some soup

Julia Roberts, busting through the walls of my home: LISTEN UP

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 15h

Julia Roberts explains we should listen to the Smiths even if Morrissey's problematic

Julia Roberts Explains We Should Listen To The Smiths Even If Morrissey’s Problematic

Morrissey and the Smiths come up in After The Hunt, director Luca Guadagnino’s new movie starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Chloë Sevigny. As Time’s review ex...

www.stereogum.com

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