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@bertil.bsky.social

created July 25, 2023

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I know both well if you have questions.

2/9/2025, 7:44:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Because that’s the first “news“ they’ve had since rumors around his health. There’s been nothing but a flag waving for an hour and a half on that stream, though…

2/9/2025, 6:36:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I don’t know if going from “habibi” to “my brother” means that they f— up, but that feels like weaponize kindness. It’s like an old Southern Lady “Oh Dee-eer”: I don’t think you can use those without the written approval of at least a three-star general.

1/9/2025, 11:47:50 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

Are we allowed to quote the rule book?!

1/9/2025, 4:42:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

Are you sure Putin wasn’t expecting they needed to record evidence involving furniture?

1/9/2025, 7:22:19 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

All I’m saying is that’s weirdly suspicious and he sounds very defensive on that particular thing…

31/8/2025, 5:19:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If only there were signs…

31/8/2025, 5:15:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m not saying Obama doesn’t deserve two, but there are a few people who credibly accused Trump of raping them when they were underage and if you really want to signal something about Epstein…

31/8/2025, 11:57:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yeah, you want a different candidate to do the mud wrestling.

31/8/2025, 11:56:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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31/8/2025, 11:54:40 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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ICE is about to say those were vigilantes and they have no relationship with them in 3, 2…

31/8/2025, 11:52:35 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

At least one of those should be heart-shaped.

31/8/2025, 11:47:23 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

Is that a prerequisite?

31/8/2025, 11:44:33 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

We went from “How did he catch this?” to “How did the worm survive this?” really fast. We are getting to a consensus that the worm was actually the lone, starved survivor of a much larger group.

31/8/2025, 11:43:56 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That election season is going to be fun! Getting the WWE involved was such a great idea!

31/8/2025, 11:40:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That’s where the @nytpitchbot.bsky.social went!

31/8/2025, 11:39:13 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Articles of impeachment when?

31/8/2025, 11:37:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

Not trying to start a heated debate here but shouldn’t the nachos be on top?

31/8/2025, 11:36:30 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

Wait. Are they saying vaccines are black?!

31/8/2025, 11:33:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is it painfully obvious that the Doctor is the bad guy, or will that movie be used, against all sense or reason, as a reference point by far too many biotech companies?

31/8/2025, 11:27:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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AND HE WOULD BE RIGHT!

31/8/2025, 11:25:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They let in a felon…

30/8/2025, 11:50:45 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m not sure any of them knew that, except Carter.

30/8/2025, 11:48:23 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He’d argue (in chapter 3) against siege and expensive operations but recommends psychological warfare, so I think destroying inky when it’s back and running would teach Russian that their efforts are vain, they should leave the ruins be—that could have the multiplicative effect intended.

30/8/2025, 11:41:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s the problem that people don’t understand: they see tests, lies and think they can be useful, negotiate, or be obsequious enough. But it’s all a loyalty test, and it rapidly becomes the ultimate test to self-sacrifice. Nothing can protect you.

30/8/2025, 11:16:11 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Did the Russian delegate just look at her phone when being accused of war crimes?!

30/8/2025, 8:59:53 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

How do US Presidents get held accountable, exactly? Is there a particular procedure? Have you asked your elected officials? They might know.

30/8/2025, 8:35:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I like Paul Allen, but… Pete ISwearIfAutoCorrectMessesUpHisNameAgain… Mayor Pete had the necessary “I’m read the 175-page incident report” energy that we need for that position (and the Energy one).

30/8/2025, 8:28:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m not saying you _have_ to use a military solution, but I’m saying that a lot of those are overseas…

30/8/2025, 8:27:01 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

Honestly, 11 feels like a lot. Not throwing anyone in the proverbial pit just yet, but it’s a weird flex is all I’m saying.

30/8/2025, 8:24:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Actually, leak that to the press. Not Newsom, but “a Democratic senior political leader” and “a terrorist sponsor state.” Leave suggestions it might be different people, but make sure Fox News covers it. Then mention it’s Trump.

30/8/2025, 8:22:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Demand the physics one because you are physically beautiful!

30/8/2025, 8:20:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“One of youse is about enough…” feels appropriate.

30/8/2025, 8:20:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That only tells us that there’s no way he’s around there.

30/8/2025, 8:17:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“FREE FROM YOUR HUGS GOVERNMENT”?

30/8/2025, 5:12:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No spelling mistakes? I know a few people who would see that as a big plus on a dating app.

30/8/2025, 5:09:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m curious how often people tell him “I know. That’s the plot of Idiocracy.”

30/8/2025, 4:29:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The joke is that it’s the account above because no one cares about Eric, except Eric himself.

30/8/2025, 2:57:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’ve found Eric pseudonymous BlueSky account.

30/8/2025, 1:33:29 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

Can we ask Walz how candid that interaction was?

30/8/2025, 1:31:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

Fun story: a confederate engineer did experiment with early helicopters, with two large helixes, a coal-powered engine and enough steam-punk energy to power a whole alternative history franchise.

30/8/2025, 12:54:23 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

The silence of so many veterans is astounding.

30/8/2025, 12:51:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No one has time to bat an eye because the bullets are so fast, they cut the nerves to the orbital muscles before innocent bystanders can bat an eyelid.

30/8/2025, 12:50:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I don’t know if that would be convenient but it solves the bathroom debate.

30/8/2025, 9:39:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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30/8/2025, 9:26:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Joe will probably assume it’s to celebrate and unironically show up, and start reporting that the protest got leaked because there’s covert surveillance.

30/8/2025, 9:18:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Suddenly, getting the National Guard in DC to do some bullshit jobs and make them hate him feels prescient.

30/8/2025, 9:15:17 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No one has started a poll to pick a gas station…

30/8/2025, 9:12:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I just realize that Norway was sitting on a goldmine and never acted on it…

30/8/2025, 8:40:43 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fox News couldn’t stop talking about the mass shooter more. I guess that’s what counts as Swan Lake in the US? That’s grim. Newsmax isn’t particularly focused.

30/8/2025, 8:31:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You say that as if most dairy cows had bird flu… www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/sit...

30/8/2025, 8:03:29 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Very little chance on the German thing: in spite of zero effort, I still can make sense of a word of that thing. I doubt I’d catch on if it was mandatory.

30/8/2025, 1:48:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Photogenic ones to be precise.

29/8/2025, 11:50:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Might be medical. Or he could be flying to Ukraine?

29/8/2025, 11:37:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Are you doing the Sorkin West Wing/The Newsroom thing were we imagine living with competent people in power to feel better about ourselves?

29/8/2025, 11:35:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Live your life so that containment specialists at the CDC don’t fantasize about putting rare pathogens in your drink.

29/8/2025, 11:27:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Isn’t JD Vance not even his real name, somehow?

29/8/2025, 11:22:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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For anyone curious about what you need to do to get banned: Afghanistan, Russia, North Korea, Equatorial Guinea and Myanmar are all welcome for the General Assembly.

29/8/2025, 11:21:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I wanted to celebrate the happy couple with a reference to the best come back ever: www.reddit.com/r/YouBelongW...

29/8/2025, 11:16:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They recently claimed that they also invented the Web. It’s a thing they do, since “Columbus was the first person to discover America and the people living there.” Give them three months, and they won’t stop talking about how they invented borscht.

29/8/2025, 11:12:25 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m wondering about how many ways that’s illegal. Just a count.

29/8/2025, 11:07:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There isn’t a dry sofa in the White House…

29/8/2025, 10:57:34 PM | 55 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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Abolish the 14th amendment?

29/8/2025, 10:54:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Do you think “it costs an arm an a leg” is a metaphor?

29/8/2025, 10:53:37 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No, it’s Derek.

29/8/2025, 10:52:32 PM | 46 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

So Vibes Guy doesn’t work 996?! Sorry… Doesn’t *vibe* 996?

29/8/2025, 4:31:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Whatever you have, you should not be allowed to drive in that state. Definitely not pick movies for others, at least.

29/8/2025, 4:30:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It depends a bit of how much Gatorade they recommend using …

29/8/2025, 10:12:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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For organ harvesting or… ?

29/8/2025, 6:32:57 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m not sure economists want input from a guy who doesn’t understand that tariff will raise prices.

29/8/2025, 6:04:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That’s rich from a guy unwilling to give Alaska and Hawaii to Russia to sign a peace deal.

28/8/2025, 10:45:38 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Did she: - rape children - our children in a cage - shot children with an automatic weapon until there’s only a pile of mush left? No? THEN WHAT THE FUCK HAS TO DO WITH MAGA?! Delete your account. Delete your shitty article. Delete your miserable newspaper. Stop making the internet a trashy place.

28/8/2025, 10:21:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

I don’t think you over reacted to leave them somewhere without WiFi, but please, please, don’t tell us where: there could be Republicans watching this app, and they shouldn’t be abused for something like that.

28/8/2025, 10:01:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I thought that that level of violence was what we left on Threads.

28/8/2025, 9:57:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nothing will be louder than veterans doing absolutely nothing about this.

28/8/2025, 1:40:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m not saying we should look up to Games of Thrones for remedy, but…

28/8/2025, 1:37:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You are not wrong, but, if memory serves, his office was on the border with France and his desk… Anyway, 4chan giving people brain damage by presenting the dumbest possible argument isn’t exactly new.

28/8/2025, 1:37:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The appropriate reaction would be to kick Russian diplomats out of the EU.

28/8/2025, 10:32:32 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is the person who was shot during the riot, forcing a barricade set there to protect the House of Representatives—not someone who died later.

28/8/2025, 10:29:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trying to imagine the level of paranoia and readiness involved to be the top CIA expert about Russia. That’s the baseline, plus having written hundred-page reports on how Trump, Gabbard and so many others are assets & them becoming your bosses… Getting sucker-punched like this must feel special.

28/8/2025, 10:26:18 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’ve heard the first one told a little differently. There’s a third: “What the loudest sound in the jungle? - Giraffe eating cherries.”

27/8/2025, 10:21:17 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The upside is that with so many people armed in the US, there will never be a tyrant because people will take up arms if anyone tries.

27/8/2025, 10:10:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s only for book authors? I was thinking that a few of my early and more insightful comments on social media would be relevant here…

27/8/2025, 6:56:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Taylor Swift fiancé is right, but I doubt an American football referee is the person behind that law. No need to yell.

27/8/2025, 6:54:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What do Japanese taxis smell like?

27/8/2025, 5:42:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We could if speed limits were enforced.

27/8/2025, 5:35:21 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Cars are killing people not using them.

27/8/2025, 5:05:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We love you, we love your work. We want to continue loving your work for a while; pace yourself.

27/8/2025, 4:53:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture bertil.bsky.social (@bertil.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you for your incredible work, but please don’t put that much pressure on yourself. One new set a week is incredible amount of work, that plus traveling, and the rest of your work on TV is a lot. Thinking we are owed it, and even 30 min delay requires an apology… That’s too much.

27/8/2025, 4:52:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Cars kill children everyday, maiming or poisoning them, and no one bats an eye.

27/8/2025, 4:40:50 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Anyone else noticed the two names have the same length of you black them out?

27/8/2025, 4:28:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wait. He knows the expression means… not smart, right?

27/8/2025, 4:10:34 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The fact we aren’t in Terminator is a bit sad. Having a robotic 20-something Schwarzenegger dealing with the current situation would be cathartic.

27/8/2025, 4:05:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ask people if they think he did. They might have doubts, but you can always point out after they deny that they never ask “which daughter”: he has two, and everyone knows which one he lusts after.

27/8/2025, 4:04:17 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Because the name of the restaurant is “Cracker” and everything is about racist tropes and their grievances to them.

27/8/2025, 4:02:18 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s usually someone who can count up to ten without getting confused by which hand he started with.

27/8/2025, 3:53:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m finding those oddly reassuring, because you can tell someone who knows what they are talking about had to simplify how things work a lot, and that person is presumably in charge, and is trying to get something done. I wished we heard from *them* instead, though.

27/8/2025, 3:50:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m assuming there’s an upcoming video montage of people with red caps littering incoming, to explain the reason why this is such a major emergency.

27/8/2025, 3:45:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You are not patronizing any now; they can’t send it to you.

27/8/2025, 3:39:42 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I would agree, but there’s a significant obstacle to that: au have seen Velocipastor. Sober. Or rather, with fewer than seven beers in. If you have the worst day, that might be a good thing to watch, but don’t make mistake I made.

26/8/2025, 10:21:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view