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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social

Not the obituary I wanted to read today. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...

aug 21, 2025, 2:25 pm • 337 28

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Blue Girl in a purple state @wibluesgirl.bsky.social

…but still a better alternative than many many others.

aug 21, 2025, 7:54 pm • 0 0 • view
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harleydent.bsky.social @harleydent.bsky.social

I now expect to start hearing horror stories about how he did some unspeakable shit. These people always do the worst things to people and get away with it until death. Conservative christians are the biggest perverts I have ever met. Evangelicals doubly so.

aug 21, 2025, 2:44 pm • 0 0 • view
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sheckydoskie.bsky.social @sheckydoskie.bsky.social

Who’s next?

aug 21, 2025, 2:47 pm • 0 0 • view
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Bob0Colo ... 719 @bob0colo.bsky.social

I knew some that Did a Temp to Perm as his Admin. After Taking the Daily Rush Limbaugh calls and Seeing Persons Blacklisted by the "Christian Organization" ....She passed on Job Offer

aug 21, 2025, 4:07 pm • 0 0 • view
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Squerilly @squerilly.bsky.social

I (a trans woman) had lesbian sex on the grounds of Focus on the Family's campus in the Co Springs while it was being built. 😈 it is my favorite defiling

aug 21, 2025, 8:26 pm • 2 0 • view
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sandiego_cindy 👣🐾 @digitalramble.bsky.social

shoulda been 20 years ago

aug 21, 2025, 2:26 pm • 4 0 • view
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Jason Todd @jasontoddoutlaw.bsky.social

aug 21, 2025, 2:57 pm • 0 0 • view
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A Little Night Musing @alilnightmusing.bsky.social

Because every aspect of the obit is horrible. But as Piet Hein wrote, An Ethical Grook by Piet Hein I see and I hear and I speak no evil; I carry no malice within my breast; yet quite without wishing a man to the Devil one may be permitted to hope for the best.

aug 21, 2025, 2:18 pm • 3 0 • view
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dadioski.bsky.social @dadioski.bsky.social

Why is it the worst people in the world are always late.

aug 21, 2025, 2:37 pm • 0 0 • view
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ratchetology.bsky.social @ratchetology.bsky.social

i will settle for it

aug 21, 2025, 7:43 pm • 0 0 • view
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Elizabeth @maj8.bsky.social

Agree, but a banger nonetheless! 🍸🎊🙌🏻

aug 21, 2025, 2:55 pm • 0 0 • view
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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social

Would've preferred to read this one on July 3, 1981.

aug 21, 2025, 2:30 pm • 551 12 • view
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Robert Cameron @robertcameron.bsky.social

The obituaries disappoint me every day.

aug 21, 2025, 2:21 pm • 2 0 • view
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David Marshall @funmandave.bsky.social

Help correct my ignorance. Why that specific date?

aug 21, 2025, 2:22 pm • 4 0 • view
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critterfur @critterfur.bsky.social

NYT first reported on AIDS

aug 21, 2025, 2:36 pm • 11 0 • view
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Cait @caitesq.bsky.social

I saw the obit and immediately went to find your reaction. This did not disappoint.

aug 21, 2025, 2:25 pm • 8 0 • view
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kdbnicol.bsky.social @kdbnicol.bsky.social

“They say to never speak ill of the dead.” Dobson’s “dead. That’s good.”

aug 21, 2025, 2:52 pm • 2 0 • view
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David Kleinman @dkleinman.bsky.social

If there is a hell, Dobson gonna be surprised to end up there.

aug 21, 2025, 2:29 pm • 3 0 • view
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Tickles La Rue @tickleslarue.bsky.social

Me, too. I remember when Colorado was branded "The Hate State" and they were boycotting us. Fuck this guy. And fuck Focus on the Family.

aug 21, 2025, 3:13 pm • 3 0 • view
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pittcute.bsky.social @pittcute.bsky.social

His brand of hate and discrimination kept him alive far too long

aug 21, 2025, 2:36 pm • 4 0 • view
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West Coast Cheese 🏴‍☠️ @cheeseofthewest.bsky.social

Lmfao

aug 21, 2025, 8:04 pm • 0 0 • view
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Jared Cram @jscram3254.bsky.social

aug 21, 2025, 2:43 pm • 2 0 • view
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chim chim @chimsquared.bsky.social

I don't feel bad when people like James Dobson die. I feel anger at the people who tell me I should feel bad when anyone dies.

aug 21, 2025, 2:35 pm • 2 0 • view
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Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social

💯

aug 21, 2025, 2:22 pm • 0 0 • view
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PattySaysWhat @pattysayswhat.bsky.social

Came right over here when I read the obit! 👍

aug 21, 2025, 9:14 pm • 0 0 • view
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Boomer (Mike Beaumier) @mbeaumier.bsky.social

It’s taken Satan this long to get ready for him.

aug 21, 2025, 2:19 pm • 8 0 • view
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No War But Class War @deliberatelyobtuse.bsky.social

Lotta devils down there getting ready to subject him to his own child-rearing & dog-training policies

aug 21, 2025, 2:20 pm • 3 0 • view
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LPDOak, CA @lpdoak.bsky.social

Is it possible to count how many families he's poisoned against their own children.

aug 21, 2025, 2:21 pm • 42 0 • view
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Lady Tina Murphy @tinamur.bsky.social

He does appear to have been mentally deranged. Fond of child abuse and animal torture.

aug 21, 2025, 3:42 pm • 12 0 • view
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RyszardWithAZ @ryszardwithaz.bsky.social

Hopefully you don't have as long a wait for that one.

aug 21, 2025, 2:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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docslacker @docslacker.bsky.social

aug 21, 2025, 2:43 pm • 0 0 • view
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VoxShelby @voxshelby.bsky.social

I’ll allow it.

aug 21, 2025, 2:49 pm • 0 0 • view
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Lolo #Resistance #AngryAmerican @loloatlarge.bsky.social

Still.

aug 21, 2025, 2:17 pm • 2 0 • view
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DrD @drdudley.bsky.social

But Yay still, right?

aug 21, 2025, 4:35 pm • 0 0 • view
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Charlie Purcell @charliepurcell112.bsky.social

May his memory be a curse

aug 21, 2025, 2:19 pm • 1 0 • view
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KontinentalKitties @kontinentalkitties.bsky.social

Take the wins wherever & whenever they appear. He’s DEAD & HELL just farted again.

aug 21, 2025, 4:23 pm • 0 0 • view
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JimfromNY @dissentinator.bsky.social

And, yet…

aug 21, 2025, 2:35 pm • 0 0 • view
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

True. It's an obituary I wanted to read several decades ago, before James Dobson got to tear apart families and terrorize children with his anti-LGBTQ bigotry.

aug 21, 2025, 2:23 pm • 114 9 • view
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Ryan @daddygymrat.com

Amen. 🙏

aug 21, 2025, 2:27 pm • 3 0 • view
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Craig Winston @craigwinston.bsky.social

There so many graves that are going to be urine soaked in the next decade.

aug 21, 2025, 2:31 pm • 36 1 • view
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🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🤓 @behrtex.bsky.social

Never forget this: 💩

aug 21, 2025, 2:36 pm • 6 0 • view
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Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.social

And covered in dog shit.

aug 21, 2025, 2:37 pm • 0 0 • view
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Gyratorio @gyrate.bsky.social

I don’t tend to celebrate that people have died, but sometimes I mourn that they lived in the first place.

aug 21, 2025, 2:20 pm • 19 0 • view
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Jeff Churchwell @theempath.bsky.social

Pull the other one.

aug 21, 2025, 4:30 pm • 0 0 • view
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Populism is weaponized Dunning Kruger @cindyabawi.bsky.social

I'll take it

aug 21, 2025, 3:31 pm • 0 0 • view
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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social

But it helps.

aug 21, 2025, 7:01 pm • 0 0 • view
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jonathanmlewis.bsky.social @jonathanmlewis.bsky.social

Hooray. Now for a toast.

aug 21, 2025, 3:21 pm • 0 0 • view
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Patty Stewartcan @pattystewartcan.bsky.social

It’s a start.

aug 21, 2025, 2:15 pm • 8 0 • view
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Bryan @bbouton.bsky.social

a good start tho...

aug 21, 2025, 5:57 pm • 1 0 • view
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The Ministry of Flags @jahiggins.bsky.social

One down.....

aug 21, 2025, 6:13 pm • 1 0 • view
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Hope Himars 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 @hopehimars.bsky.social

better late than never !

aug 21, 2025, 4:40 pm • 0 0 • view
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Borders Abound @bordersbarking.bsky.social

Glad some of the trash took itself out

aug 21, 2025, 2:32 pm • 2 0 • view
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Ruth Kolb @thrive2024.bsky.social

He was a sick cruel man that taught parents to abuse their children. At the least, he accounts for thousands of adult children estranged from parents who foolishly bought into his whacko ideas. May his evil works follow him to hell.

aug 21, 2025, 2:31 pm • 13 3 • view
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Vexed. @queenattolia13.bsky.social

He's going to be so surprised when he arrives.

aug 21, 2025, 9:30 pm • 0 0 • view
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A E Hansen @aehansen.bsky.social

Yeah, I was given a Dobson book on raising children by an extended family member, and I cannot imagine using his advice to basically beat my child. Makes me question the humanity of the parents who read his stuff and thought, "That is a good idea."

aug 21, 2025, 3:02 pm • 7 2 • view
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imajazzbaby.bsky.social @imajazzbaby.bsky.social

But it IS a step in the right direction.

aug 21, 2025, 3:35 pm • 0 0 • view
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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social

But you know it draws closer for the withered orange rapist every day, and he's terrified.

The figure of death, in a long hooded cloak with a scythe in one hand, approaches.
aug 21, 2025, 2:39 pm • 7 2 • view
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Jeannette💙 BLUE DOT IN RED BREVARD💙 🐶🌈🗽🐢🤬👩‍🏫📚🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇱 @jeannette116.bsky.social

No, but it isn’t a bad one either…

aug 21, 2025, 10:35 pm • 1 0 • view
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NothingSacred.com @nothingsacredwa.bsky.social

But still most welcome. The Grand Dragon of child abuse is now in hell!

aug 21, 2025, 4:35 pm • 0 0 • view
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Ed @eazye62.bsky.social

I’ll take the win

aug 21, 2025, 2:35 pm • 3 0 • view
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brava221.bsky.social @brava221.bsky.social

Wishing I believed in hell 🤣

aug 21, 2025, 4:18 pm • 0 0 • view
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JC Thomas @jc-thomas.bsky.social

But still a happy making one. People that teach child abuse need an express trip to hell. His has been delayed.

aug 21, 2025, 5:52 pm • 1 0 • view
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El Sargento García @elsargentogarcia.bsky.social

One down, way too many to go.

aug 21, 2025, 2:44 pm • 3 0 • view
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ngasloop ❌👑 @ngasloop.bsky.social

They truly are the flakiest of all snowflakes. SMDH

aug 21, 2025, 3:23 pm • 0 0 • view
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Jerry Slaff @jslaff.bsky.social

It'll do.

aug 21, 2025, 2:44 pm • 3 0 • view
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Under Mira @undermira.bsky.social

Hallelujah

aug 21, 2025, 3:13 pm • 0 0 • view
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John D @john-esunshine.bsky.social

Good riddance

aug 24, 2025, 12:42 pm • 0 0 • view
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brynfrieda.bsky.social @brynfrieda.bsky.social

But close

aug 21, 2025, 9:55 pm • 0 0 • view
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Colorado Fooferahh @fooferahh.bsky.social

But a good one, nonetheless. 👍

aug 21, 2025, 3:29 pm • 0 0 • view
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BlonderLust @blonderlust.bsky.social

I think his obit should have been in 1936 :)

aug 21, 2025, 10:44 pm • 1 0 • view
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Charlie Shain @eternaleyeroll.bsky.social

No, but it doesn’t sadden me either.

aug 21, 2025, 2:49 pm • 0 0 • view
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Wren Walker @wrenwalker.bsky.social

Yeah; I'll take it tho.. enjoy that doom you wrought on us, Dobson. may your name be forgotten.

aug 21, 2025, 2:18 pm • 0 0 • view
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Bryan Craves @bmcraves.bsky.social

it’ll do for now

aug 21, 2025, 2:13 pm • 10 0 • view
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Yo mother-in-law. @mclit123.bsky.social

Good. Enjoy Hell, ahole.

aug 22, 2025, 1:08 pm • 0 0 • view
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🇨🇦cjs11🇺🇦 @cjs11.bsky.social

I will take it. One less right wing nut job.

aug 21, 2025, 3:59 pm • 0 0 • view
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RevDJEsq @revdjesq.bsky.social

Grim Reaper is just improving the aim on his scythe....

aug 21, 2025, 2:37 pm • 0 0 • view
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Bolo Boffin @boloboffin.bsky.social

It'll do until the one we want to read gets here.

aug 21, 2025, 2:20 pm • 1 0 • view
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GhostOfFredT @ghostoffredt.bsky.social

No. But I’ll take it as an amuse bouche.

aug 21, 2025, 7:08 pm • 2 0 • view
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BigRuckus8 @bigruckus8.bsky.social

He’ll do.

aug 21, 2025, 2:23 pm • 0 0 • view
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Georgie Yoda @georgieyoda.bsky.social

Yet still very good news!

aug 22, 2025, 6:01 am • 0 0 • view
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zneeley25.bsky.social @zneeley25.bsky.social

Speak for yourself

aug 21, 2025, 2:16 pm • 0 0 • view
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HammHawk @hammhawk.bsky.social

Still a pretty good one...

aug 21, 2025, 2:20 pm • 0 0 • view
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Barton L Smith @themagnuspi.bsky.social

Was surprised to wake up in hell

aug 21, 2025, 2:25 pm • 2 0 • view
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PattySaysWhat @pattysayswhat.bsky.social

Fuckety bye 👋

aug 21, 2025, 9:15 pm • 0 0 • view
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Bob @supplysgt.bsky.social

I know it’s not the one we expected but……. It made millions of people happy! So there’s that

sep 3, 2025, 3:21 am • 0 0 • view
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Marmaduke's Barber @marmadukesbarber.bsky.social

aug 21, 2025, 4:08 pm • 0 0 • view
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Bender @benderlives.bsky.social

It’s a start.

aug 21, 2025, 2:17 pm • 0 0 • view
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jeannehospod.bsky.social @jeannehospod.bsky.social

Hoping a very special day is just around the corner.

aug 30, 2025, 2:01 pm • 0 0 • view
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Foreversideways @foreversideways.bsky.social

Well I guess he believed in heaven and hell, doors closed to the first one I imagine.

aug 21, 2025, 6:37 pm • 0 0 • view
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PeriwinkleRose 💙🇺🇦 @periwinklerose.bsky.social

Although it’s a damn good start!

aug 22, 2025, 1:55 pm • 0 0 • view
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Eddie Cunningham @eddiejc1.bsky.social

There is rumbling that the obituary we HAVE been waiting for is coming.

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AGirlHasNoPresident.Again @mindydissents.bsky.social

I’ll take as a stepping stone….

aug 21, 2025, 4:11 pm • 0 0 • view
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macbeadweaver @themacbeadweaver.bsky.social

Yeah, but I’ll take it. It’s a win every time another really bad asshole dies.

aug 21, 2025, 3:39 pm • 0 0 • view
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2atheistdogs.bsky.social @2atheistdogs.bsky.social

Still a good one though. Wish it were sooner but glad for some happy news.

aug 21, 2025, 2:53 pm • 0 0 • view
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Stilghar @stilghar.bsky.social

About 40-odd years too late, but I'll take it.

aug 21, 2025, 2:16 pm • 0 0 • view
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Her1st @her1st.bsky.social

We’ll take it anyhow.

aug 21, 2025, 5:07 pm • 0 0 • view
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Roxanne Saylor @rmspinafore.bsky.social

Would be a damn shame if his grave keeps getting mysteriously draped in pride flags.

aug 21, 2025, 3:02 pm • 0 0 • view
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freckledrhino.bsky.social @freckledrhino.bsky.social

Subtle. I see you Dan.

aug 22, 2025, 11:59 am • 0 0 • view
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Sassy Smurf @sassy-smurf728.bsky.social

No, but it’s a good start.

aug 21, 2025, 6:01 pm • 0 0 • view
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Mindy Michell @intentionality4.bsky.social

In to every life a little rain must fall, but for me, that day is not today! Woo Hoo! 🎶🎶🎶 Ding dong the cretin's dead Which old cretin The reprobate cretin Ding dong the reprobate cretin is dead 🎶🎶🎶

aug 21, 2025, 2:49 pm • 0 1 • view
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Lady Tina Murphy @tinamur.bsky.social

It's a start.

aug 21, 2025, 3:44 pm • 0 0 • view
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NonnyLynda @nonnylynda.bsky.social

It'll do, though...for now

aug 21, 2025, 10:11 pm • 0 0 • view
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tiredofthisshit.bsky.social @tiredofthisshit.bsky.social

It'll do.

aug 21, 2025, 3:58 pm • 0 0 • view
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Trottel des Dorfes (Cassandra) @dorftrottel.bsky.social

He should have been allowed to die at 49.

aug 22, 2025, 8:21 am • 0 0 • view
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The Smith @smithy4freedom.bsky.social

Good fucking riddance!

aug 21, 2025, 10:00 pm • 0 0 • view
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I Choose Defiant Jawn @kmmickvega.bsky.social

New public toilet just dropped.

aug 21, 2025, 2:14 pm • 6 0 • view
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I Choose Defiant Jawn @kmmickvega.bsky.social

I hope Spongebob is having a great day.

aug 21, 2025, 2:48 pm • 0 0 • view
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Hope’s mom @galenblankie.bsky.social

But close….

aug 21, 2025, 5:59 pm • 0 0 • view
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No Jive Turkey @nojiveturkey.bsky.social

aug 21, 2025, 7:09 pm • 2 1 • view
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RyszardWithAZ @ryszardwithaz.bsky.social

Mazel tov.

aug 21, 2025, 2:35 pm • 3 0 • view
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Pjeanne97 @pjeanne97.bsky.social

Thank god

aug 21, 2025, 2:19 pm • 0 0 • view
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Gregory Smith @gregoryfsmith.bsky.social

I knew you'd say that (and I agree).

aug 21, 2025, 2:18 pm • 0 0 • view
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LR @trychick.bsky.social

No. But I’ll take it.

aug 21, 2025, 6:58 pm • 1 0 • view
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Kira Franz @totallynotkira.bsky.social

It’s not the one I wanted either, but it’s one of the few obituaries I am also happy to see.

aug 21, 2025, 7:45 pm • 0 0 • view
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social

You win.

aug 21, 2025, 2:29 pm • 2 0 • view
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Deborah Weeks @deborah-10.bsky.social

Too bad, so sad now if his followers would just follow his lead and join him in la la land.

aug 21, 2025, 4:22 pm • 2 0 • view
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The Web Optimist @weboptimist.bsky.social

Goodbye, so long, farewell, tah tah, adios, sayonara, amen.

aug 21, 2025, 7:20 pm • 0 0 • view
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Tom Weinstein @tweinstein.bsky.social

Beggars can't be choosers

aug 21, 2025, 2:18 pm • 0 0 • view
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tasteequee.bsky.social @tasteequee.bsky.social

Don’t count out the Rule of Threes.

aug 21, 2025, 2:31 pm • 12 1 • view
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Sassy Smurf @sassy-smurf728.bsky.social

🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

aug 21, 2025, 6:02 pm • 2 0 • view
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BardRaelyn (Gales of November) @bardraelyn.bsky.social

It’s a start. The day is still young.

aug 21, 2025, 2:24 pm • 1 0 • view
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frostellicus @maxellxlii.bsky.social

Dan, cut yourself some slack! I got a nice dopamine kick when I saw it

aug 21, 2025, 2:13 pm • 14 0 • view
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No War But Class War @deliberatelyobtuse.bsky.social

Oh I’ll take it. Been looking forward to this one for some time.

aug 21, 2025, 2:15 pm • 2 0 • view
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A huge, loud elk @ibewavy.bsky.social

It's not one I didn't want to read, though.

aug 21, 2025, 2:14 pm • 17 0 • view
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Pam Postrel @pammiep.bsky.social

I came here to say exactly this. 👍🏻

aug 21, 2025, 5:07 pm • 0 0 • view
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bp 🚂🚃🚃 @bpickle.bsky.social

Yeah but we’ll take it

aug 21, 2025, 2:16 pm • 3 0 • view