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Kinchman

@kinchman.bsky.social

Mostly writer, sometimes musician, fervent humanist. Violently opposed to hate and injustice. Twitter refugee. Answers sex bots with macroeconomic questions. Older dude prone to bouts of immaturity. Believes music can save the world when he knows it can't.

created September 19, 2023

537 followers 145 following 3,099 posts

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Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Neither is the season of looking at some great nature photography.

2/9/2025, 10:35:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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

if trump does suffer a massive stroke that leaves him neurologically impaired there would be no way to tell

2/9/2025, 1:00:11 PM | 327 26 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

If not, we'll have them shoveling our parking spaces in the winter.

2/9/2025, 10:11:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

At least this is using our tax dollars constructively.

27/8/2025, 4:42:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seamus O'Flaugherty (@seamussaid.bsky.social) reposted

highly unlikely they were ordered to do this by trump or anyone that high up it's just what unit level leadership defaults to when their soldiers don't have anything else to do... "walk around and look intimidating" isn't really a mission

27/8/2025, 11:41:26 AM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

More "Ukraine started it" bullshit. Sounds like he's going to withdraw aid again.

27/8/2025, 4:41:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social)

Here in Chicago, we're loading up on throwable sandwiches.

27/8/2025, 4:32:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

One billionaire that I actually like.

27/8/2025, 4:27:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social)

When you refuse to govern there's plenty of time for fawning sycophancy.

27/8/2025, 12:41:32 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

When you refuse to govern there's plenty of time for fawning sycophantcy.

27/8/2025, 12:40:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture cait (and adonis) (@cait.bsky.social) reposted

remember, this is what our "opposition" party can't figure out how to use to motivate voters

26/8/2025, 5:05:32 PM | 782 114 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

You don't strike me as the type who likes metrics reviews and "circling back".

26/8/2025, 5:59:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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

i was me in my past life too

26/8/2025, 4:14:42 AM | 32 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

They did such a great job killing people in 2020 and they realized the job's not done.

26/8/2025, 4:37:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture shauna (@goldengateblond.bsky.social) reposted

tldr; “fuck you, make me”

26/8/2025, 3:32:01 AM | 1422 168 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Finally, a Federal government official that refuses to accept an illegal firing or "resign in protest".

26/8/2025, 3:57:11 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dak (@dak.bsky.social) reposted

America won’t ban guns because men need something to hold when their wives stop touching them.

25/8/2025, 8:03:37 PM | 80 16 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Woodrow Peel 🆗🆒 (@woodyluvscoffee.bsky.social) reposted

Failed gang initiation cause they don't appreciate my henna sleeve

17/5/2025, 12:42:39 AM | 50 17 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Roxi Horror 💀🌸 (@roxiqt.com) reposted

My 2026 prediction is that Taylor Swift will release a song referencing labubu that will be like "Sipping cherry wine in the sand, wish I was holding your hand, Paris was made just for me & you... And now you are my la-bubu." Then Travis Kelce will release a limited line of football labubu outfits.

25/8/2025, 8:26:11 PM | 294 28 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture born miserable (@bornmiserable.bsky.social) reposted

the Democrat party could learn a thing or everything from Pritzker

25/8/2025, 9:06:28 PM | 50 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Not to geek out but that's Reynolds 501 tubing in that frame. Also check the brand/model of the hubs and brakes. Estimate separately and add it up. A collector might pay good coin for it.

25/8/2025, 10:11:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dan ChickHolla (@danchickholla.bsky.social) reposted

my goal with every pc build is to make a powerful machine that’s aggressively terrible for gaming just to piss off all the nerds I share my specs with

25/8/2025, 2:26:03 PM | 59 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture shauna (@goldengateblond.bsky.social) reposted

he sounds like a little kid describing a cool mythical place. “and everyone gets money and their own robots and everything!”

25/8/2025, 12:45:14 PM | 313 41 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

"Free money!" Subsidizing a massive population of unemployed is another financial bubble, which the tech bros seem to admire.

25/8/2025, 4:15:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

If children grew up experiencing nothing but gay people, they'd assume that's just the way of the world.

25/8/2025, 4:11:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Yet more stunning nature photography.

25/8/2025, 12:23:21 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Somewhere, Chrissy Amphlett is smiling.

24/8/2025, 4:39:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture born miserable (@bornmiserable.bsky.social) reposted

what the fuck is there to think about? it’s all about control and power and Trump using the idea that all Democrats, especially people of color and immigrants are criminals and therefore he’s pandering to the base most likely to be ICE/police - Nazis and racists. it’s not rocket science.

24/8/2025, 2:55:00 AM | 215 48 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

I prefer the Easter Bunny. Non-threatening, doesn't fill me with false optimism, brings eggs and candy.

24/8/2025, 4:06:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

We live in the Age of the Drama Queens (and I include guys).

24/8/2025, 4:05:05 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Whoa. Amazing stories, then?

24/8/2025, 12:36:22 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

"Do it like Caesar's Palace, but more cheesy."

23/8/2025, 7:18:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Is this "who likes what?" or "how many did you see"? Does a pair count as one?

23/8/2025, 7:18:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Somehow convincing us that we're all gonna be okay. Magic.

23/8/2025, 7:15:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social)

Weird. I had a post on another platform blow up to 22K likes/1K reposts. What do I do with this newfound power? Call for a general strike in the US? Ask everybody to send me $1 each?

23/8/2025, 7:13:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

We're finally getting to the point where the donor money dries up and they finally realize they must change the game. Too late, probably.

23/8/2025, 5:31:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Even if there were cute animals, 50% of the camera time would be on Jeremy Allen White staring moodily at them in the middle distance.

23/8/2025, 5:30:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

While various people are giving eulogies is there one StiffCamTM always on in the corner of the screen?

23/8/2025, 5:29:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

I remember these, and also that I appreciated them at the time.

23/8/2025, 5:24:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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

the weirdness is a feature, not a bug

23/8/2025, 2:46:17 PM | 40 15 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture SeaTea (@tierno158.bsky.social) reposted

When I was married my wife would decide what we would get for people as wedding presents. I have no sense for those things. I would get every couple Rock'em. Sock'em Robots.

23/8/2025, 2:38:55 AM | 14 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

At least they could use harmless surrogates to work out their aggressions. Whoever knocks the other's block off has to wash dishes for next week.

23/8/2025, 4:03:21 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Not being ready for The Weeknd is no excuse.

23/8/2025, 1:09:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

The Euclidean arrangement of AI food renditions is betrayal of the highest caliber.

23/8/2025, 1:08:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm sure this is just their sarcasm about the sarcasm. 5D chess and all that.

22/8/2025, 3:06:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted

They keep saying they get it, but I don’t think they do.

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22/8/2025, 11:08:17 AM | 3200 519 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Nobody expects Salty MacTavish!

22/8/2025, 3:04:46 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

"Look on the positive side. There's not as much of it now."

22/8/2025, 2:16:07 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Did Christ appreciate the quickie?

22/8/2025, 1:03:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Low Quality Facts (@lowqualityfacts.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

It has come to my attention that too many of you are not familiar with King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Please listen to Deadstick. youtu.be/H7t2FL1SRaE?...

21/8/2025, 6:19:52 PM | 24 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jake_Vig (@jakevig.bsky.social) reposted

NYT: The Unexpected Upside- Why The President's Perpetual Legal Escapes And Lack Of Consequences Might Actually Be a Good Thing for America

21/8/2025, 3:55:54 PM | 63 11 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

All those massive gas-fired power plants means jobs, jobs, jobs!!

21/8/2025, 2:06:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social)

I'd rather see the Smithsonian shut down rather than have it turn into a white supremacist propaganda center.

20/8/2025, 10:00:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

He's the Trump Administration's Gollum. "The Precious" are concentration camps.

20/8/2025, 6:38:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture cait (and adonis) (@cait.bsky.social) reposted

i have tragically been diagnosed with AI Derangement Syndrome. a very difficult time for my family. i am being sent to the seaside to be wheeled around in a wicker wheelchair by a nurse in a little hat

20/8/2025, 6:30:10 PM | 648 33 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

My smug satisfaction with the bubble bursting will soon be ruined when Trump does a massive bailout of his tech bros cronies.

20/8/2025, 4:02:12 PM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

As long as you don't mind the five pairs of legs and protective external shell.

19/8/2025, 9:07:26 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MrC_CareensHaphazardlyThroughTime&Space (@oldmisterc.bsky.social) reposted

adds up

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19/8/2025, 1:39:54 AM | 357 72 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social)

Impossible to leave the MAGA museum without being lead through the merch store.

19/8/2025, 4:51:22 AM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

I continuously shake my head at the brouhaha (imbroglio?) over sex. IT'S ORGASMS, PEOPLE. PLEASURABLE MUSCLE SPASMS. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FUN.

19/8/2025, 1:17:03 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Kind of like the Jungle Room at Graceland, except, unlike Trump, Elvis had a sense of humor.

19/8/2025, 1:12:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture shauna (@goldengateblond.bsky.social) reposted

brave of him to show off a whole mantel of participation trophies

19/8/2025, 12:51:04 AM | 766 84 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Don't be so hasty. She slathered on the Shalimar daily.

19/8/2025, 1:11:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

They clearly got to her.

19/8/2025, 1:10:12 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Same. But then, the Israel Mafia don't know where I live, either.

19/8/2025, 1:09:46 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social) reposted

Instead of talking about Ukraine, Trump diverted the entire meeting to centre around how he plans to rig the next US election again. "we - are going to do everything possible [to] get rid of mail in ballots" "If you have mail in voting, you're not going to have many Democrats get elected"

18/8/2025, 7:42:43 PM | 645 223 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted

Today, Trump will make it abundantly clear that he disagrees with Pence’s assertion at the end of this quote, which will make his initial comment look ridiculous.

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18/8/2025, 11:37:53 AM | 1038 165 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Looks like "yes sir, yes sir!" is the easy way to end the war.

17/8/2025, 7:20:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Closed economies always end well, right?

17/8/2025, 3:07:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Trump pushed for a meeting with Zelenskyy and Putin alone on August 22nd. Zelenskyy said okay but he's not coming alone he’s bringing EU President von der Leyen, Finnish President Stubb, French President Macron, German Chancellor Merz, NATO Sec Gen Rutte, and Italian PM Meloni. #StandWithUkraine

Zelenskyy and Macron being best buds
17/8/2025, 12:06:23 PM | 1167 193 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

I'll never pass up the opportunity to watch Anna Lisa enjoying a shower.

16/8/2025, 6:36:18 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social)

I guess we're finding out what would happen if Moe, Larry, and Curly were running the Third Reich.

16/8/2025, 6:32:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Like Garth Brooks and Mariah Carey, she's another Pop Artist of the Decade whose tunes won't be played 30 years from now.

15/8/2025, 10:40:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social) reposted

If you haven't figured it out, Trump is seeking an arctic partnership with Russia, in order for Russia to declare total control of the region and its resources, Canada, Greenland, and Nordic Europe (all in NATO) need to be taken out. Trump's invasion threats make more sense if you piece it together.

27/3/2025, 9:33:44 PM | 1057 511 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

When the political system in place has utterly failed us it's time to move to another. Mass civil disobedience.

15/8/2025, 8:51:31 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social) reposted

"Mr Putin did you underestimate Ukraine?" "President Putin will you stop killing civilians? Putin shrugs and smiles with Trump, Trump then quickly guides him away from reporters. #3E #standwithUkraine

15/8/2025, 8:00:24 PM | 666 202 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

World peace!

15/8/2025, 8:48:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's like their first date all over again. A little shy & tentative.

15/8/2025, 8:47:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Volatile Mermaid (@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social) reposted

Giving their fans what they want.

15/8/2025, 11:35:40 AM | 379 76 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

It wasn't retitled until re-release in 1981. Someone owes your husband a drink.

15/8/2025, 2:34:14 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

AMISH SEX TOYS?!

15/8/2025, 12:00:33 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture shauna (@goldengateblond.bsky.social) reposted

i’m a believer in something @therickwilson.bsky.social said recently, which was basically “if they take 5 seats of ours, we take 10 of theirs.” there needs to be pain when they pull this shit.

14/8/2025, 9:26:35 PM | 4108 711 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

During the show I was waiting for Marie to do some Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys and for Donny to tear into some Captain Beefheart. But alas ...

14/8/2025, 11:58:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture shauna (@goldengateblond.bsky.social) reposted

the problem with “norms” is they’re just held together with common sense and a fear of shame. when people have neither, it all collapses.

14/8/2025, 5:38:44 PM | 1110 199 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

The US has a defense budget larger than the five next-biggest budget countries combined. Here's where the money goes.

14/8/2025, 4:32:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Volatile Mermaid (@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social) reposted

They’re going to ban sandwiches before they ban guns.

14/8/2025, 12:25:06 PM | 1545 248 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Like "hydrogenated", which I think refers to the ability of a processed food item to cling stubbornly to artery walls.

13/8/2025, 11:40:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

A good problem to have. Good luck with whatever you choose!

13/8/2025, 11:38:00 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social)

To understand why Trump supporters never waver, we need to understand the transference. Trump and the MAGA elite are as greedy and arrogant as their followers wished they could be themselves. That's why Trump/etc. are applauded for it, and forgiven every outrage.

13/8/2025, 11:36:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Slightly diminish a band: The Noteworthy Alex Harvey Band

13/8/2025, 5:38:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A Band

13/8/2025, 5:35:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Slightly diminish a band: A Band

13/8/2025, 5:34:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah, you people eat bread with seeds you can see. Wild!

13/8/2025, 4:59:16 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Volatile Mermaid (@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social) reposted

Work assignments? Like what? Some light sex trafficking?

12/8/2025, 10:22:46 AM | 417 87 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Being "unfairly" prosecuted by the Deep State is a badge of honor.

12/8/2025, 3:28:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

Neither have I but I'm not whining about it.

11/8/2025, 9:44:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Volatile Mermaid (@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social) reposted

There is a crime wave in DC deploy the National Guard to the Oval Office

11/8/2025, 6:02:40 PM | 560 76 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Salty MacTavish (@saltymactavish.bsky.social) reposted

Gonna pour one out for the humble Kenmore dehumidifier in our basement just plugging along day after day like Sears is still an anchor store at the mall

11/8/2025, 6:11:22 PM | 297 62 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kinchman (@kinchman.bsky.social) reply parent

And probably your toe jam as well.

10/8/2025, 6:18:39 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Too much oinking, not enough boinking

10/8/2025, 6:13:06 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view