Profile banner
Profile picture

ACME Sales Rep.

@acmesalesrep.bsky.social

Nice guy. Tries hard. Loves the game.

created June 22, 2023

338 followers 107 following 5,005 posts

view profile on Bluesky

Posts

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Also, there was a bomb threat against Michigan's Lt. Gov.

12/9/2025, 2:57:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Two Democratic lawmakers and their spouses were assassinated in Minnesota six weeks ago. Did you even acknowledge that?

12/9/2025, 2:37:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Tactical Dockers.

11/9/2025, 10:20:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

It requires a subscription, but I've enjoyed Apple Fitness+ – they have instructors of different ages and body types, a variety of flows, and their videos always include alternative moves for those with mobility issues.

11/9/2025, 8:19:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m just gonna leave this here, and they’re fucking great: mckellarconfectionery.ca

11/9/2025, 8:13:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Would.

11/9/2025, 8:12:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

No, he’s remembered for being (among other things) antisemitic.

11/9/2025, 2:35:48 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

He was a YouTuber. What is Cox talking about?

11/9/2025, 12:39:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Where was this concern when Melissa Hortman, John Hoffman, and their spouses were assassinated? It’s a wave of exclusively right-wing political violence. Call it what it is.

11/9/2025, 11:15:18 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

A right-wing terrorist assassinated two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses barely a month ago.

11/9/2025, 11:13:15 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m surprised Elsevier hasn’t already gotten involved.

10/9/2025, 11:21:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

I think it’s books, not journals or periodicals (which is why I was kind of hoping the review paper was in there – that was a one-off publication IIRC).

10/9/2025, 10:04:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

They apparently swiped 20 papers on which I was at least a co-author (though not the review article I co-wrote with two of my colleagues, oddly).

10/9/2025, 9:15:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

What the fuck is wrong with you?

10/9/2025, 3:09:01 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

He’s running the same campaign, though, one based on an inflated sense of ego and churlish resentment of Mamdani's popularity.

10/9/2025, 2:59:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

It is broadly recommended, though. Just not by the FDA.

10/9/2025, 12:25:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

He should ask his dad and uncle OH WAIT

9/9/2025, 10:11:46 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe you need to be forklift-certified.

9/9/2025, 8:32:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Wasn’t that a coal mine? These people are insane.

9/9/2025, 6:28:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social)

Homicide: Life on the Street

9/9/2025, 3:21:42 AM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

I know they have an art gallery, because I accidentally deflated an installation during my only visit to the city.

9/9/2025, 1:24:40 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

America were absolute kings of songs you could’ve sworn were by someone else. Horse With No Name? Best Neil Young song not by Neil Young. Ventura Highway? CS&N. You Can Do Magic? Santana. Just an amazing run.

9/9/2025, 1:13:40 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

One of the greatest George Harrison songs not, in fact, by George Harrison.

9/9/2025, 12:14:12 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Weird Mike strikes again.

8/9/2025, 9:11:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah, actually, they do. You’re only describing fascists.

8/9/2025, 6:52:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Dude was a staple of the southern Ontario bar scene when I was in high school/university. Pretty sure he, Kim Mitchell, and Blue Rodeo play the Kee in Bala every summer for years.

8/9/2025, 2:57:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Support transgender kids or resign.

8/9/2025, 1:11:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

I just did a quick count and I think you can get from 1871 to present day in nine players with at least one season's overlap at each step:

8/9/2025, 12:35:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

8/9/2025, 2:58:33 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Or it’s a different story.

8/9/2025, 2:57:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social)

Not a shirt I expected to get recognized at Costco, to be honest.

A grey t-shirt with “Kawartha Dairy Est. 1937 Bobcaygeon Ontario” in white around a picture of an ice cream cone and two cows.
8/9/2025, 2:48:53 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

8/9/2025, 2:16:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Arizona Knicks. There’s a Dallas Suns out there somewhere.

7/9/2025, 10:55:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social)

Fuck yeah, Costco.

The remote control for a Flexsteel reclining chair, sitting on the jorts-clad leg of the poster, sitting on said Flexsteel reclining chair.
7/9/2025, 9:24:21 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Actively and aggressively.

7/9/2025, 5:50:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

I missed most of the game, but Chiles was having fun out there in OT.

7/9/2025, 4:24:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Hey, it works for Microsoft with their whole ecosystem of meaningless “certifications.”

7/9/2025, 4:19:50 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

You don't need LLM tools to compete effectively in the modern knowledge-based job market. You need an ability to think critically.

7/9/2025, 4:18:24 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

You forgot “despite being charged with no crimes”.

7/9/2025, 4:03:03 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

I miss watching a complex, progressive defense adjust and shut down opponents in the third quarter.

7/9/2025, 3:38:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Still not as disturbing as Ryan Day's.

7/9/2025, 3:37:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

I put this question to my wife and told her it was a former WCW champion. When I told her who it was I got the biggest “ah, fuck me…NO, FUCK YOU” look I’ve ever gotten.

7/9/2025, 3:36:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social)

[Australian punter klaxon sounds]

7/9/2025, 12:37:39 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Safety is his responsibility as the head of the agency. If he’s not willing to accept that responsibility he should resign.

7/9/2025, 12:30:40 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Not to mention privatization.

7/9/2025, 12:29:43 AM | 44 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social)

Really wish our local ABC affiliate would get back on DirecTV so I could watch both games in one app (or, heaven forbid, on the set-top box).

6/9/2025, 11:54:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Someone made a quick run to Meijer.

6/9/2025, 8:04:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

They aren't, though. That should be the story.

6/9/2025, 2:06:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Building bad stuff is bad and should be rejected.

6/9/2025, 1:58:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Washington did not create it. Congress did.

6/9/2025, 3:46:53 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm more confused by the idea that corporations, which are not people and have no First Amendment rights, should be allowed to buy elections in the name of “free speech.” _That_ is nuts.

6/9/2025, 3:19:20 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

The right has already claimed it. It’s abundance for them, not for anyone else. That’s why it's a _bad_ idea that doesn’t deserve our support. Wanting to build bad stuff is bad, Ryan.

6/9/2025, 3:09:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

He’s not getting dogpiled, though. He’s just writing stupid shit and people are responding to it.

6/9/2025, 3:06:51 AM | 15 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Potato and Jello.

6/9/2025, 2:01:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social)

Forget that. I want the Frederick Douglass/Thomas Jefferson movie.

6/9/2025, 1:45:55 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social)

Watching old videos on Apple Music. Mike Score's hair walked so that Keith Flint's could run.

6/9/2025, 1:40:22 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Slotkin has been such an embarrassment.

6/9/2025, 12:03:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

The Manhattan Project was set up to defeat Germany, not Russia, and AI is snake oil. Stop embarrassing us with this nonsense.

6/9/2025, 12:02:27 AM | 31 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Norway has a population similar to Toronto's in a country half the size of Ontario. It’s a reasonable comparison in terms of population density and distribution.

5/9/2025, 7:45:02 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Robotaxis are not a sign of progress.

5/9/2025, 2:44:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

I might have to pin this skeet:

5/9/2025, 2:43:50 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Among other things, this is an argument for universal public health care so that people can leave jobs without losing their insurance.

5/9/2025, 2:41:17 PM | 18 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Have you looked at Norway?

5/9/2025, 2:39:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

This is where you have to look to proceed in the direction of the arrow I’ve circled. The street with no stop is the one to the left.

image
4/9/2025, 9:52:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

How there aren’t crashes there every day is beyond me. If you’re entering from the north you can’t even see the street with the right of way without creeping ahead and looking back over your shoulder.

4/9/2025, 9:49:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

There is a five-way intersection near here where four of the streets are at 90° to one another and have stop signs but the one at 45° to the rest doesn’t. No, really.

4/9/2025, 9:17:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

I read this as “he couldn’t get hired based on merit.”

4/9/2025, 9:04:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Lay off the phony culture-war BS. Nobody else cares about this nonsense.

4/9/2025, 12:33:31 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social)

Curriculum night at the high school tonight. I’d forgotten that the kid’s English teacher has a sign with a quote from Woody Hayes in his room. White on green. With a modern-era Spartan logo.

4/9/2025, 1:29:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

You mean, potentially undermining Mamdani by aiding Cuomo. Cause and effect matter.

4/9/2025, 12:59:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Umm…

3/9/2025, 9:47:35 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Why does the subhead feature his claims instead of facts?

3/9/2025, 5:22:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

I could not help but notice how opposition to vaccine mandates took off after the first reports of how non-white communities were disproportionately affected by Covid.

3/9/2025, 5:21:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

As of this morning, an electric Meyers Manx:

3/9/2025, 4:34:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social)

My sister-in-law got a cameo from Kevin McDonald of The Kids In The Hall for my brother’s birthday and I’m really hoping he did it in character as Sir Simon Milligan.

3/9/2025, 4:31:32 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Somebody on here suggested buying up a bunch of defunct small papers for their domains then hiring a couple of reporters for each to cover local stories and high school sports with the odd “Here’s how the GOP is screwing us” story thrown in to counter disinformation but I can’t find the skeet.

3/9/2025, 4:29:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

I knew someone when we were grad students who went on to found a quantum computing company, and 25 years later I’m still not sure it isn’t snake oil.

3/9/2025, 4:16:58 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Glengarry Glen Gary

3/9/2025, 4:11:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

I reported and blocked that account as soon as I saw the whole “REPOST IF YOU AGREE” thing.

3/9/2025, 2:31:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

My mom is 80 and let's just say we're glad she's decided to move into a retirement home in town even if it does mean having to sell the family property.

3/9/2025, 1:00:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

You're journalists. You're supposed to report what actually happened, not one person's claims.

3/9/2025, 12:36:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

You mean, a Republican who is literally funding the anti-redistricting effort in California. Be honest with your readers.

3/9/2025, 12:35:27 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

MLSE could never have been this imaginative.

3/9/2025, 12:34:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

How has NPR not already done this?

3/9/2025, 12:32:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Did you see the 6’ tall metal Kirk Cousins sign?

3/9/2025, 12:53:38 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

I’ve got Cannonball by The Breeders, which is kind of disorienting tbh.

3/9/2025, 12:17:16 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s gotten terrible.

3/9/2025, 12:02:17 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

He was sharper and more coherent than his opponent, something y'all never acknowledged in your rush to drive him out of the race.

2/9/2025, 10:21:42 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s the entire text of it, dude.

2/9/2025, 10:19:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

I think the bigger problem is people coming here from other sites and thinking they’re owed deference because they had a lot of followers there. If you run into assholes all day etc.

2/9/2025, 10:17:14 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Says the guy who wants to find “common ground” with him.

2/9/2025, 8:44:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Ask them to pronounce “buttock.”

2/9/2025, 7:11:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Jake Tapper should never be able to enjoy a meal in peace again.

2/9/2025, 6:51:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Are the “DNC politics” in the room with you now, Glenn? You seem to see them everywhere.

2/9/2025, 6:48:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Culver’s does, but that probably doesn’t help you.

2/9/2025, 5:10:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

SONNY DYKES WAS VERY NASTY TO BILL. VERY NASTY.

2/9/2025, 1:09:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

Building more highways does not reduce gridlock. Stop treating talking points as fact.

2/9/2025, 1:06:36 PM | 9 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

It was by far the most fun I ever had on stage.

2/9/2025, 1:05:01 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

True story: I spent an entire summer playing Orin, Bernstein, Snip, Luce & Everyone Else in a semi-pro summer stock company. They wasted an opportunity not having Martin do all the roles.

2/9/2025, 12:54:35 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ACME Sales Rep. (@acmesalesrep.bsky.social) reply parent

[clears throat] [engages Johnny Bravo voice] WHEN I WAS YOUNGER JUST A BAD LITTLE KID

2/9/2025, 12:45:32 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view