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MrMartini

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Just your average everyday Liberal, Anti-Fascist, Science-Believing, Skeptical, Atheist, Humanist, Democrat. Living in southwest Missouri. SF, horror, science, PC gamer, art museums, art deco, architecture,

created November 11, 2024

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Profile picture MrMartini (@mrmartini.bsky.social) reply parent

No kidding, I always work up a sweat waxing the car and that cool air feels so good.

3/9/2025, 6:15:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fantastic. I'd forgotten about hummingbird moths, never saw one in real life before. What part of the country is this in?

3/9/2025, 6:12:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You're not very smart. My mechanic did my vasectomy and it turned out fine. I didn't need that top 3" of my penis for anything important.

2/9/2025, 9:52:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Very cool pic.

2/9/2025, 9:27:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I loved our vacation there back in 2012. That's me, taken on top of the 30 Rock building.

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2/9/2025, 9:27:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I would tend to agree, once was probably enough. Might become a cult classic.

2/9/2025, 9:21:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We watched it a couple weeks ago. I did like it but it was a semi-slow burn to the insanity of the last chapter.

2/9/2025, 12:45:13 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It is Labor Day weekend so a bit hard to say.

2/9/2025, 12:42:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not a big REM listener but I'll go with "What's the Frequency, Kenneth."

2/9/2025, 12:40:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Did it involve chocolate and an alley?

1/9/2025, 9:42:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I always read the reviews and never buy buggy games till they're sorted out, e.g. : Cyberpunk 2077, STALKER 2. I prefer stable originality.

1/9/2025, 5:11:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No. Only worked at one job that was unionized and that was only a few months.

1/9/2025, 5:06:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Retired, which younger me did imagine.

1/9/2025, 5:03:55 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dishwasher, Howard Johnson's, 1975, $2.50 an hour.

1/9/2025, 4:58:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Spammer. Blocking.

1/9/2025, 3:29:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I liked some of their songs over the decades but you'll never hear me say "Alexa, play songs by The Rolling Stones."

31/8/2025, 8:53:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Substance 2.

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

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...interesting wildlife.

31/8/2025, 8:43:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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One of the few things I miss when we moved to the small city I live in now is that we lived a bit outside of town on a couple acres and it was great for young naturalist me to see a lot of things I'm much less likely to see in my edge of town subdivision today, though I do still see a lot of...

31/8/2025, 8:43:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nice!

31/8/2025, 8:35:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted

Laugh crying.

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31/8/2025, 8:11:44 PM | 2367 400 | View on Bluesky | view

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Every year it's the same damn thing--I have to put up with months of college football games cancelling network national and local news. Now I'm going to go sit on the front porch and yell at kids going by to stay out of my yard.

31/8/2025, 5:27:07 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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At my age flying at half staff is a win! πŸ˜‚

30/8/2025, 9:03:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'd be willing to endure it.πŸ˜€

30/8/2025, 9:01:40 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Observation: playing it got really tedious really fast for me but the story was so intriguing I ended up watching probably the final 2/3 of the game on YouTube just to see how it worked out, and it was worth it.

30/8/2025, 8:55:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"If I Had an Apple Launcher" was a great Bruce Cockburn song from the 80s.

30/8/2025, 8:19:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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These anti-science motherfuckers. Do your push-ups but fuck vaccines. Pathetic.

27/8/2025, 10:24:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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...and his Fourth World Apokalips/Earth/New Genesis war when he moved to DC but also much of what he did to build the Marvel Universe)

27/8/2025, 10:21:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There came a time when the Old Gods died The brave died with the cunning The noble perished locked in battle with unleashed evil It was the final day for them An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust (the intro to New Gods #1 as I remember it from around 55 years ago. I loved Kirby and...

27/8/2025, 10:21:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"Butt Snorkelers," too damn funny! www.thebulwark.com/p/all-the-pr...

27/8/2025, 4:29:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Funny thing is the new logo and interior revamp might have been the only thing to get this old cracker to go there; that old-timey nostalgia shtick just doesn't appeal to me. Adding beer and wine to the menu would also help.

27/8/2025, 6:10:34 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's the state senate, not the US senate, so JD can keep going on vacations.

27/8/2025, 6:01:52 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wow, that is awesome.

27/8/2025, 5:10:31 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Joking aside, is that real?

26/8/2025, 9:27:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks for your service in defending us from those alien hordes. You should have had a bigger part in the movie.

26/8/2025, 9:26:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Stop giving us hope.

26/8/2025, 6:58:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Reposting spammer account. Blocked.

26/8/2025, 6:54:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I've never saw an adult emerging from the nymph form despite seeing an abundance of nymph exoskeletons and adults over the years. I don't know that I've ever seen a live nymph, just the discarded shells.

26/8/2025, 5:37:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A day late on National Dog Day, all our best to Tazz and Breezy.

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26/8/2025, 5:25:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"...a major coalitional shift of the Trump era has been that America’s most authoritarian-coded voters, who previously had been distributed between both parties, have clustered more and more into the GOP" www.thebulwark.com/p/dictator-f...

26/8/2025, 4:54:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Cracker Barrel revamping it's restaurants might be the only thing to get me motivated enough to go to the one in my small city. I'm 67 and that old timey nostalgia just bores me.

26/8/2025, 6:12:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Morgan Park (@morganpark.bsky.social) reposted

Bare minimum treatment gets bare minimum work.

25/8/2025, 11:49:10 PM | 7 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MrMartini (@mrmartini.bsky.social) reply parent

Those new Cracker Barrels look awesome. ☺️

26/8/2025, 5:56:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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x.com/BulwarkOnlin...

26/8/2025, 5:40:37 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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All betting markets everywhere all in one app at once... slate.com/technology/2...

25/8/2025, 8:35:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lil Nas XXX.

25/8/2025, 8:18:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We have AARP United Healthcare Advantage plan. No supplement.

25/8/2025, 6:12:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was a big fan of Roger Dean's album covers, mostly in the 70s...

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25/8/2025, 5:46:46 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Wil Wheaton (@wilwheaton.net) reposted

I will never forget and I will never forgive the people who voted for this madness.

25/8/2025, 4:30:22 PM | 637 114 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MrMartini (@mrmartini.bsky.social) reply parent

I dunno, I bought a loaf of Walmart Great Value rye today and it was under 3$.

25/8/2025, 5:18:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A pretty good album. I bought back in the day because I was a fan of RJDio.

25/8/2025, 5:13:45 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Happy Birthday, geezer.

24/8/2025, 9:47:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was never a participant in any kind of big LAN party but have incredibly fond memories of hot-seating some games in the early 90s and my best friend had two PCs he would LAN together and we would play hours of Doom and then later Outlaws and Medal of Honor/COD. Life in early 2000s ended that.

24/8/2025, 9:35:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I enjoyed watching them with my grandson who is a massive Sonic fan, 10 years old, and a bit of an artist.

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24/8/2025, 5:59:27 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I did read I Am Legend in the 70s and I think I remember liking it.

24/8/2025, 5:47:41 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I last went to a drive-in around 1999 and will never go to another if there is justice in the world.

24/8/2025, 5:44:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Carter was not good and I will never think it was. Doomsday was pretty good, a kind of 28 Days Later meets Mad Max mashup.

24/8/2025, 5:42:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I watched and liked X but the reviews for the others were meh so never tried to watch them.

24/8/2025, 5:36:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Blocking you, reposter.

24/8/2025, 4:18:19 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What did the leper say to the prostitute? Keep the tip. (an old joke from my younger days and I may be a bad person)

23/8/2025, 9:36:00 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The side quest everyone hates?

23/8/2025, 9:23:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That new "He-Man" movie looks like it might be a winner...

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23/8/2025, 6:26:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Slate's "The Surge" for this week; the hottest 7 things in politics this week. slate.com/news-and-pol...

23/8/2025, 6:12:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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23/8/2025, 6:35:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I don't follow anyone who does these kinds of pics, and I am not a prude, but yeah you're off my "Cool Kids" list of accounts I want to follow everyday, though not blocked. Sorry.

21/8/2025, 10:15:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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An article dashing the hope I had that eating those shrimp might turn me into the Amazing Prawn Man... slate.com/technology/2...

21/8/2025, 5:27:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Midnight at the Oasis of good and evil... slate.com/culture/2025...

21/8/2025, 5:26:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I finished this book yesterday and that's essentially the author's conclusion, that AI is years away from significantly monetizable:

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20/8/2025, 5:43:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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AI can suck my ass.

20/8/2025, 3:59:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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β€œI hope it’s a wake-up call for the president. I’m just following his example.” Newsom said in response to questions about the tweets. β€œIf you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out as president.” www.thebulwark.com/p/thank-you-...

20/8/2025, 3:47:36 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Never saw the movie, and have read it's not that good, but was always mesmerized by how cool that demon head looked in stills I would see in the old monster/horror mags I bought in much younger days.

20/8/2025, 6:08:55 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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American Pie, Road Trip, Eurotrip; around 2000 was an interesting time for raunchy comedies.

20/8/2025, 6:03:18 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Seen.

20/8/2025, 5:55:43 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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One of the greatest abominations against nature I've ever seen: a 2% ABV beer.

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19/8/2025, 9:09:00 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I haven't watched that many horror movies and if the reviews are bad or marginal on any movie I'll usually pass on it. We did impulse watch the new version of War of the Worlds and it went downhill fast.

19/8/2025, 7:45:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Anything by Kid Rock.

19/8/2025, 7:38:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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LOL! Nice.

19/8/2025, 7:34:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Taken in 2012 from the top of the the 30 Rock bldg during an NYC vacation.

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19/8/2025, 7:19:45 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Some of those shrimp look like they have too many tails so I think it is AI.

19/8/2025, 5:47:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The American Academy of Pediatrics released its updated recommendations for vaccines, including Covid-19 shots for infants and young children – a break from the current US for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.

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My dogs on Saturday...

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19/8/2025, 12:54:56 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"Vlad, Vlad! They're ganging up on me! There's too many of them...HELP!!!"

18/8/2025, 10:28:09 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm going to say something from a Sonic game...πŸ˜‰

18/8/2025, 9:59:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Liver: hated in the nation... today.yougov.com/society/arti...

18/8/2025, 7:44:06 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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MAGA are D.E.V.O.

18/8/2025, 6:16:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The only time I see MSNBC is via clips people post here or that get posted on my MSN homepage, so I have little concern about it.

18/8/2025, 6:05:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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NPR.

18/8/2025, 6:03:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It took a massive worldwide offensive but the tide has turned and we are winning the war of glaciers. MHGA: Make Heat Great Again!

17/8/2025, 8:02:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Getting better at something is certainly possible, but if you have no or little inherent talent or skill there's only so much you can do.

17/8/2025, 7:55:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸΈ

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Wrightson's work on Swamp Thing was incredible. Every issue I bought back then as a teenager was a treasure.

17/8/2025, 5:30:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Horror and monster movies have always been popular, moreso I suppose as drive-in viewing than in theatre. I think the first big horror event I remember personally was all the furor over The Excorcist when it came out in 1973--the graphic scenes, the rating, should kids see it, etc.

17/8/2025, 4:56:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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An excellent movie.

17/8/2025, 5:41:18 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He doesn't look 17 but he does look like a young Jeffrey Epstein.

17/8/2025, 5:36:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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LOL. I know I'm not supposed to make political posts so no one but myself to blame. I also think I was making political posts criticizing Trump instead of praising him, so most likely reported over that.

17/8/2025, 5:16:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I got a one month ban on Nextdoor today for posting political stuff, so let's see what happens when I repost this to a few right-wing accounts on X.

16/8/2025, 10:04:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dungeons of Hinterberg's look hits that Moebius vibe so well. And the game is gun too.

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Hmmmm...Pinky from "Promise Mascot Agency."πŸ‘πŸ˜†

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