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dave wagner

@davewagner.bsky.social

two things make me happy and two things only: leftist policy and surly cats

created May 1, 2023

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Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

the passion!

31/8/2025, 8:37:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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31/8/2025, 6:28:35 PM | 114 12 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

everyone look at this freya fox

31/8/2025, 6:39:14 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

freya-esque. very short legs, very close to the ground

31/8/2025, 6:35:41 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

important and not a coincidence

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31/8/2025, 6:33:04 PM | 66 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reposted

Chancleta when it's raining for five minutes: (Werner herzog voice): "we all live in Silent Hill now. life is a fog of haunted mundane spaces, variegated with dread. progress, hope, even narratives themselves are dead and rotting."

An orange and white cat looks sad in a basket
27/8/2025, 10:18:21 PM | 745 61 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

not true

31/8/2025, 5:34:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reposted

freya making friends with the locals

30/8/2025, 4:10:55 PM | 763 36 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reposted

Freya is heartbroken, for no political party has ever offered to pay her to be an influencer. this is why we lose elections smdh

A gray cat lounges and looks vaguely sad
29/8/2025, 7:16:41 PM | 989 68 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reposted

i am once again asking for even a little ramen

An orange and white cat is looking respectfully
30/8/2025, 5:53:49 PM | 691 36 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

lol look how quickly this cat gives up her project upon seeing Sandal the behemoth approach

31/8/2025, 1:51:21 AM | 94 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dan solomon (@dansolomon.com) reposted reply parent

ultimately i think the central thesis of trumpism might be true nihilism, just the absolute disdain for the idea that anything matters at all beyond winning an argument in the eyes of your supporters. there is no such thing as competence. there is only loyalty and occasionally bad press. that’s it

30/8/2025, 11:58:55 PM | 1741 279 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

i always banned phones in my discussion classes and i cannot imagine not doing so

31/8/2025, 1:30:49 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

one time i ta'd a lecture where a kid was watching soccer during clips about the holocaust

31/8/2025, 1:24:14 AM | 24 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

wait are computer labs no longer a thing?

31/8/2025, 1:23:01 AM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

hey sandal solved the 3 body problem so fast that the aliens just turned tf around

31/8/2025, 12:42:58 AM | 22 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

boy do i

31/8/2025, 12:38:56 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli (@banditelli.org) reposted reply parent

Not my message but maybe I'll bring it.

31/8/2025, 12:34:06 AM | 129 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

note: i give the rights of this photo to anyone at a protest, in perpetuity

31/8/2025, 12:29:04 AM | 31 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

put this photo on it

An orange cat hates your boss
31/8/2025, 12:28:27 AM | 44 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

"sentient" is a really broad term

30/8/2025, 11:56:30 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture GONZO the ca'at (@gonzo.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

He is goingto perish he NEEDS NOODEL STATT! Poore poore Sandals poore flibflobs pobrecita Chancleta

30/8/2025, 9:17:30 PM | 144 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

are cow cats a class enemy? freya has theories

30/8/2025, 7:37:03 PM | 68 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social)

i am once again asking for even a little ramen

An orange and white cat is looking respectfully
30/8/2025, 5:53:49 PM | 691 36 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

"i have the high ground, cow cat, it's over"

30/8/2025, 4:48:29 PM | 86 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

he walked over there from across the room

30/8/2025, 4:33:56 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

Freya: "bro get a load of this lady lol"

30/8/2025, 4:20:54 PM | 69 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

freya: utterly unimpressed

30/8/2025, 4:13:04 PM | 44 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

love big brother Sandal coming over as back up. "hey, is there a problem here??"

30/8/2025, 4:12:05 PM | 112 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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freya making friends with the locals

30/8/2025, 4:10:55 PM | 763 36 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Devouring Mother (@ragnell.bsky.social) reposted

i asked catgpt and it said it wanted the crinkly plastic

30/8/2025, 3:01:49 PM | 73 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reposted

catGPT, why won't you answer my query

A gray cat clearly has no answers
29/8/2025, 8:31:01 PM | 2942 255 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture QUEE!stopher belmont (@ratmiddleman.bsky.social) reposted

just held my tablet up in the air for 5 minutes straight to show my wife this post

30/8/2025, 3:58:49 AM | 45 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture . (@lettie4u.bsky.social) reposted

catGPT be like no treats no answer 🤭

29/8/2025, 11:07:37 PM | 61 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

i love ratGPT

29/8/2025, 9:04:01 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Macho Man Randy Feltface (@bolt451.bsky.social) reposted

And for those on the move, the easier to carry ratGPT. Less judgemental Less screaming More pooping in your pocket Same amount of sleeping Now available in this handy to carry tube!

29/8/2025, 9:02:44 PM | 146 18 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Cheryl McNeilly (@cherylmcneillyphd.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

i thought catGPT was the next big thing but maybe we're not ready for it i just asked my unit a question and it looked at me in a way that I DID NOT LIKE and then jumped off my bed

29/8/2025, 9:00:00 PM | 97 10 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Tamara Keel (@tamslick.bsky.social) reposted

I would pay Freya in kibble and also little chunks of salmon from every salmon salad I make. She would be an A-list influencer.

29/8/2025, 8:54:49 PM | 80 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

every time i try to find the power button catGPT bites me

29/8/2025, 8:47:27 PM | 21 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

let's burn the whole thing down

29/8/2025, 8:46:11 PM | 47 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

also, catGPT wanders around yelling at random things when my wife goes to the gym, this is such a weird feature

29/8/2025, 8:42:00 PM | 147 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

"CatGPT, what do you think of this email i wrot-- oh no, why are you biting me"

29/8/2025, 8:39:10 PM | 105 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

*is

29/8/2025, 8:36:35 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

starting to think this app isnt the miracle that big tech promised

29/8/2025, 8:35:33 PM | 47 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

catGPT doesnt tell me my ideas are good, either. it mostly judges me quietly. why am i paying a monthly fee for this

29/8/2025, 8:32:32 PM | 177 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli (@banditelli.org) reposted

I could pay Freya in both bird and worker pictures.

29/8/2025, 8:29:14 PM | 57 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social)

catGPT, why won't you answer my query

A gray cat clearly has no answers
29/8/2025, 8:31:01 PM | 2942 255 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

who us paying you, gonzo?

29/8/2025, 8:28:23 PM | 34 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jenny & Exhausted Elephants (@j-jordan-poet.bsky.social) reposted

Freya 2028: You can ignore the president again! (*except when the food bowl's bottom is visible, at 3:22am & 5:42am, if you want her chair (rude!), if you need to type, or if your brand new phone is sitting too close to the edge of the table) Otherwise, life will be normal! VOTE FREYA!

29/8/2025, 8:24:30 PM | 34 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

also true

29/8/2025, 8:14:14 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social)

Freya is heartbroken, for no political party has ever offered to pay her to be an influencer. this is why we lose elections smdh

A gray cat lounges and looks vaguely sad
29/8/2025, 7:16:41 PM | 989 68 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

wow, a big guy

28/8/2025, 9:07:07 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

you look bigger actually

28/8/2025, 8:58:43 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

oh you like nirvana huh, name 30,000 nirvana songs

28/8/2025, 8:57:45 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

www.youtube.com/watch?v=negt...

28/8/2025, 8:43:27 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

yeah he went into that for a bit

27/8/2025, 10:26:30 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social)

Chancleta when it's raining for five minutes: (Werner herzog voice): "we all live in Silent Hill now. life is a fog of haunted mundane spaces, variegated with dread. progress, hope, even narratives themselves are dead and rotting."

An orange and white cat looks sad in a basket
27/8/2025, 10:18:21 PM | 745 61 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brad Reed (@bwreed.bsky.social) reposted

Again: They never, ever wanted 'small government.' They merely loathed the idea of a government doing things to benefit the people they hate. They love the idea of a government dedicated to pummeling the people they hate.

26/8/2025, 8:55:27 PM | 227 63 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

i don't know who to trust

26/8/2025, 11:54:07 PM | 31 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Tom Eastman (@tom.eastman.nz) reposted

Can't even build death star anymore, because of ewok

26/8/2025, 6:49:00 AM | 5671 1322 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

i always feel so bad for these companies. friends, you do not occupy a unique spot in the fabric of our society. you are a randomly selected proxy in the endless culture war that will someday grind us all into dust

25/8/2025, 11:26:31 PM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture maura quint (@mauraquint.bsky.social) reposted

was just told by a doctor that I need to "limit and reduce stress" in my life but then he refused to put me in a medically induced coma -- pick a side, man

25/8/2025, 5:51:46 PM | 3383 511 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reposted

yes, cats are in an education crisis. but YOU tell him to get up and go to school. he refuses.

An orange and white cat doesn't want to get out of bed
24/8/2025, 5:41:48 PM | 655 38 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TotallyNotaBorg🥑 (@totallynotaborg.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

I am sorry-> Dr Chancleta secured a second doctorate in churu sciences.✅🎓

Dr Chancleta sitting on his stand with his new doctorate on Churu Sciences will see you now 😌
25/8/2025, 3:11:05 AM | 129 14 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Barti Slatfass (@bartislatfass.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

It all started when we let them play that fish game on our tablet when he was a kitten. Now he has no degree, no job and wants to sleep all day.

24/8/2025, 5:45:24 PM | 80 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social)

yes, cats are in an education crisis. but YOU tell him to get up and go to school. he refuses.

An orange and white cat doesn't want to get out of bed
24/8/2025, 5:41:48 PM | 655 38 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

i think about this a lot

24/8/2025, 3:02:21 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

gonzo is that your jarritos? do you enjoy the orange flavor

24/8/2025, 2:28:56 AM | 41 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

hell yah

24/8/2025, 2:24:41 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

that's why it's important that he tells us where he got it, which is where all this started

24/8/2025, 2:13:54 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

missy

24/8/2025, 2:03:02 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

what if you just slept like a good cat might

24/8/2025, 1:55:49 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

bear with me here, missy. what if you didn't

24/8/2025, 1:47:05 AM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

missy there's still so much to do

24/8/2025, 1:42:46 AM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

WE'LL show them

24/8/2025, 1:41:30 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

what's up

24/8/2025, 1:41:15 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

some would say you're rejecting responsibility that belongs to all of us

24/8/2025, 1:36:19 AM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

no you've been saying it RIGHT

24/8/2025, 1:33:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

won't do the research. this is what has destroyed america smdh

24/8/2025, 1:33:47 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

i think you'll find it's been a consistent interest if you look

24/8/2025, 1:32:44 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

could always be calmer

24/8/2025, 1:24:43 AM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

this is the best post anyone has ever made and we're riding or dying with it, baby

24/8/2025, 1:23:29 AM | 35 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

important thought apropos of nothing: what if, in "Creep," instead of "i'm a weirdo," Radiohead said "i'm jay leno." all i'm saying is, better song

22/8/2025, 11:23:36 PM | 134 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

i must and now i do, getting one now

24/8/2025, 1:21:25 AM | 19 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

freya is absolutely the enemy of the good

24/8/2025, 1:21:09 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

where did you get that collar, can i get one

24/8/2025, 1:18:36 AM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

charlie what do you think about gonzo's collars

24/8/2025, 1:16:26 AM | 17 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

cool collar, gonzo

24/8/2025, 1:09:18 AM | 33 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

srsly. "Just make a bigger ship i guess"

24/8/2025, 1:05:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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like a dragon

24/8/2025, 12:56:14 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

are they blue

24/8/2025, 12:54:12 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

how about this. look at those lights. big fan of the lights

24/8/2025, 12:48:20 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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it's beautiful lola

24/8/2025, 12:45:15 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

it's pretty silly, right? we're still fielding Nimitz class carriers today and they're older than Victory IIs pretty sure victory iis could enter atmosphere

24/8/2025, 12:42:37 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

i like the blue lights, really, it just looks cosmopolitan somehow, like there's A Lot Going On on that Star Destroyer

24/8/2025, 12:32:51 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

lbr they're all just triangles with different tumors

24/8/2025, 12:31:46 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

how is she so many colors

24/8/2025, 12:29:54 AM | 58 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

lola a star destroyer would vaporize that thing

24/8/2025, 12:26:39 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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still mad about transporters working across the galaxy

24/8/2025, 12:25:49 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture dave wagner (@davewagner.bsky.social) reply parent

ughhhhh those movies are fun but jj abrams doesn't care about anything

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