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Jon Freeman

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created January 13, 2025

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Could it ebb more quickly? Like, more of a bolt, dart, dash?

1/9/2025, 9:09:29 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Throw a hot dog and it might just settle the “is a hot dog a sandwich” debate once and for all

27/8/2025, 1:52:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yup, if they were serious about making an actual educational impact and not just getting clicks they’d maybe consider making teacher salaries higher than anywhere else nearby. But they’re too greedy and self-absorbed to contemplate that

19/8/2025, 1:14:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Detain as many Dem lawmakers as needed to ensure that the House couldn’t approve legit slates of electors from swing states that voted for Biden.

17/8/2025, 11:54:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Keep America White is pretty on point for this administration

17/8/2025, 11:18:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Biden of sounder mind than his critics would have you believe

3/8/2025, 10:40:35 PM | 64 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’d put quotes around “news outlet” too

13/7/2025, 1:59:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ok well I guess that if she had a demon lover, the outcome of “The Lottery” makes more Puritanical sense. Need to reread as I must have missed that detail…

11/7/2025, 10:39:05 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But I also want a llama! Or an emu

24/6/2025, 11:41:13 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Top Secret but also wrong is a hell of a straddle

24/6/2025, 11:40:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nothing these clowns do is advanced

23/6/2025, 6:43:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Free Beer Tomorrow

20/6/2025, 12:02:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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RIP Sly Stone, who told us “my own beliefs are in my song” and boy was that ever true. What a magician and what a messenger.

9/6/2025, 10:25:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As he told us, his own beliefs were in his song. (And so on, and so on, and scooby-dooby-doo). What a fusion of messaging and irresistible beats…

9/6/2025, 8:27:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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TRUMP: Like I said, not a great day.

5/6/2025, 5:50:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I try to get my AP Lit students to make “Lo” happen as a mild interjection. Some years they actually try. “Lo, dude, it’s chicken nugget day.” Don’t tell me it won’t work.

30/5/2025, 4:25:26 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wow. Guessing that guess #1 third letter ended up in the #2 spot?

29/5/2025, 12:00:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Fantastic 4%

28/5/2025, 3:14:53 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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At the very least they should be evacuated.

21/5/2025, 3:56:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Supreme Court rules 7-2 that Arkansas cannot remove the letters L, G, B, T, and Q from the alphabet. Aio, Homas dissent

16/5/2025, 7:56:12 PM | 248 20 | View on Bluesky | view

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Go Yankees

10/5/2025, 3:00:49 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not too much to ask for a Superfans Pope sketch this weekend, is it, SNL??

8/5/2025, 7:49:03 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They defeated Nazis

8/5/2025, 6:50:12 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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(I speak, of course, of a duet between the Pope and Bill Murray)

8/5/2025, 6:49:34 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Plus a chance, eventually, for the greatest “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” guest appearance ever

8/5/2025, 6:49:00 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But he’s infallible, so that’d be impossible

8/5/2025, 6:24:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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2026 Senate. I know she’s 77. Beat Collins is the only priority and she can.

8/5/2025, 12:18:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They’ll just send them to their local branch of the Ayn Rand School for Tots

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7/5/2025, 5:16:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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betas me, no idea, sorry

6/5/2025, 5:01:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And of course we manufacture the gold right here in the USA in our gold factories

6/5/2025, 4:14:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My former students do such cool things, like become professors at U of C and reenact papal conclaves...

6/5/2025, 3:59:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Parfaits.

4/5/2025, 2:32:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent

“You can no more keep a [Negroni] in the refrigerator than you can keep a kiss there.”

2/5/2025, 10:05:13 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That human made him wait FAR too long

2/5/2025, 12:15:47 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Willing impotence, I would add

30/4/2025, 4:20:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I keep waiting for this version of The Fisherman and His Wife to reach its natural conclusion

29/4/2025, 7:35:31 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A hostile and political act by the man who was given a front row seat at the inauguration?

29/4/2025, 1:25:06 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“Donald, STOP!”

29/4/2025, 11:50:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What we learn from this is that a high grade from Mel has been quite the guarantee in the last 20 years

26/4/2025, 6:35:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not sure “impressive” is the word to use here

25/4/2025, 10:14:11 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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it turns out you can't grease a kidnapped pig either! And also, "don't trust a bandaged otter" is apparently common parlance among bears in the LGBTQ+ community

23/4/2025, 2:16:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dead Popes Society (too soon?)

23/4/2025, 2:29:37 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dead Popes Society

23/4/2025, 2:29:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Would they then be opoposites?

23/4/2025, 2:20:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ah yes I forgot how often competence is their kryptonite

22/4/2025, 10:58:18 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Heilarious

22/4/2025, 9:51:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s the Heil-light of my day

22/4/2025, 9:50:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent

Who wouldn’t want to work for an employer that offers you a contract at 60% of your former salary AND includes public floggings and the right to adjust the salary downward or terminate you with or without cause at any time?

22/4/2025, 12:33:00 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent

Astronaut is a job; her current job is Bezos ego burnisher

22/4/2025, 11:53:14 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In her defense better to have your life savings in cash these days than in the market

22/4/2025, 11:22:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“Putting him on a mountain for birds to feed on” - that’s like at least two, maybe as many as six jobs that autistic people could absolutely do!

22/4/2025, 11:18:08 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Getting Elon fully focused on something besides DOGE seems like a win-win for the administration

22/4/2025, 3:25:04 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The comma before “in Rome” is something. “Hey, just in case you didn’t know…”

22/4/2025, 2:36:37 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“, which, as many people don’t know, is in Italy”

21/4/2025, 9:50:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Convinced that the only reason CHUNNEL and DEATH BLOW haven’t been actual feature films is that Seinfeld used the titles first and rendered futile any attempt to treat them seriously

21/4/2025, 9:49:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent

Only an idiot adds the comma before “in Rome” - “hey, in case you didn’t know where it’s gonna be”

21/4/2025, 9:14:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent

That comma before “in Rome” gives “in case you didn’t know” vibes

21/4/2025, 8:15:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent

Put “other” in front of every use of “people” and you’ve captured their mindset perfectly

21/4/2025, 12:50:23 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Supreme Court rules that Arkansas cannot strike letters L, G, T, B, and Q from the English language; Homas, Aio dissent

19/4/2025, 2:58:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Supreme Court rules that Arkansas cannot strike letters L, G, T, B, and Q from the English language; Homas, Aio dissent

19/4/2025, 2:56:32 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Now how about reversing the capitulation on all DEI initiatives, etc

19/4/2025, 1:48:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The United States Supreme Court rules that this is a complete sentence. Thomas, Alito: No.

19/4/2025, 1:46:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Supreme Court rules that Arkansas cannot strike letters L, G, T, B, and Q from the English language; Homas, Aio dissent

19/4/2025, 1:43:08 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Supreme Court rules that puppies are cute; Thomas, Alito dissent

19/4/2025, 1:39:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Supreme Court rules that there are nine justices on the Supreme Court; Thomas, Alito dissent

19/4/2025, 1:38:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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18/4/2025, 7:00:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The New Yorker phrases it as “fuck ton.” Huh. Not sure I agree.

18/4/2025, 2:12:22 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Agreed that the “to from whence” is the jewel from G&D, but I’m also fond of the “doesn’t that kind of apply to you and I” / “you and me” / “whatever” exchange in the Nathan Lane production

17/4/2025, 11:34:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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But after you hit yourself in the face be sure to cast blame where it belongs (wokeness and/or DEI)

15/4/2025, 11:57:27 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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White Star Line reports April 1912 brought "incredible lifeboat usage, by far the most we've ever seen"

7/4/2025, 1:22:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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White Star Line reports April 1912 brought "incredible lifeboat usage, by far the most we've ever seen"

7/4/2025, 1:22:02 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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4/4/2025, 2:14:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh if it only would

4/4/2025, 12:54:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Department of Getting Even

3/4/2025, 11:26:47 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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3/4/2025, 11:21:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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33 years of teaching English will do that

3/4/2025, 9:44:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We’d have to have a brain to begin with. For him the procedure is the removal of an anal wart.

3/4/2025, 9:14:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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fantastic, right down to the typo

3/4/2025, 6:53:31 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The irony is that Ben Stein, MAGA nut job, would now disagree with himself about the effectiveness of tariffs

3/4/2025, 6:42:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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George Carlin: "

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3/4/2025, 6:40:13 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Enjoy the Senator. What a fantastic venue.

3/4/2025, 3:15:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nice to see her interpret the results as a mandate for her to tack even further to the right…

2/4/2025, 10:03:17 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent

As Gandhi said (perhaps apocryphally) when asked what he thought of Western civilization, “I think it would be a good idea.”

2/4/2025, 2:19:49 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you! That makes perfect sense.

2/4/2025, 1:54:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Maria Ouspenskaya! I’ve always wondered what Prior (I think it’s Prior?) intends by that reference. Does it connote melodrama? Sentimentality? Obviousness?

2/4/2025, 12:05:08 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where Mrs. Dalloway was born, and what her lousy childhood was like, and how her parents were occupied and all before they had her, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it...

31/3/2025, 5:18:49 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Let us go then, Mrs. Dy, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table...

31/3/2025, 5:17:24 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You may have deserved it. Were you late to school? Did you sell contraband candy bars to the younger kids? Don’t mess with Mrs D

30/3/2025, 11:58:55 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I have him on record saying that empathy is overrated and the cause of all ills in civilization, so...sucks to be him I guess

30/3/2025, 7:44:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Well, it *would* be flatter…

30/3/2025, 3:11:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That would make their previous game the election of Doug Jones

30/3/2025, 3:05:38 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Utter dork, but with an umlaut over the u and the slash through the o

28/3/2025, 9:52:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I thought it might have been COLLOP but I also tried DEUCED

28/3/2025, 9:54:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No more shenanigans? No more tomfoolery? No more ballyhoo?

28/3/2025, 2:11:22 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yup of all the mid majors the Ivy may be the only one that can offer something (the status of the degree) that might deter talent from jumping up a level

22/3/2025, 12:24:41 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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When your state is 47th or whatever in education it makes sense that you also think being 50th is better, because it’s more

20/3/2025, 2:18:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Still are

19/3/2025, 11:48:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In the meantime we’re forced to deal with their self-absorbed fucking around, though…

18/3/2025, 4:18:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Suffering and success are both signs of virtue to the MAGAts

17/3/2025, 2:13:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Did you forget Poulakidas or just hate him???

16/3/2025, 6:46:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view