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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

The drink of summer is pickle beer

A nonic glass of light colored beer with a frothy white head. Visible in the beer is a pickle spear. Next to the glass is a can of Zero Gravity Green State Lager.

James @15c3po.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

The United States Postal Service announced it will wind down operations, unable to bear the financial burden imposed by James obsessively clicking refresh on the service’s package tracking website. “We just wanted to deliver mail,” the CEO said in a terse statement. “But James wouldn’t let us.”

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Lol (This is about Sapporo’s acquisitions of Anchor and Stone)

owns. If its strategy wasn't just "buy firms named for things that sink and hope for the best," well, that's more or less how it shook
out anyway.

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

“Another country heard from” was originally “another county heard from” and referred to election results

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Just realized that England is going to be fucking *lit* in 2066

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

It probably doesn’t say anything good about me that I’m one of those guys who is convinced he could have turned the tide at Hastings if he had, like, a modern rifle and unlimited ammunition

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Barring an unforeseen setback in my life, I will never fly Spirit again, but I do fondly remember the banter of one of the flight attendants. “Thank you for flying Spirit! We hope you’ve enjoyed giving us the business as much as we’ve enjoyed taking you for a ride.”

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Slopulism I could get behind: make it a federal crime to send a shipping notification when “a label has been created”

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Thinking out loud. Half formed thoughts. Mute thread freely. Middlebrow can mean two basically opposite things. One is skillfully-executed, modestly challenging work. Often it is genre fiction, and it is unembarrassed about its status. Agatha Christie is a great example.

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

I really can't overstate this we saw a clear and truly absurd abuse of power from the Brooklyn Democratic Party today

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old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 24/04/2026

turn off lane apples, painted by amanda almira newton, 1905

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krat @kwholesaler.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Not all who wander are lost some.of us justhad fofteen beers

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

A lot of y’all haven’t seen Dog Day Afternoon and it shows

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The early warning sign for me was when Trump ordered them to open that dam in California and then pretended the water had alleviated a drought, when in fact it just flowed into the ocean He has always been stupid and demented but it is getting worse

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

The latest episode of One Iconic Beer. Agostino Arioli, Matt Brynildson, and I tell the story of Birrificio Italiano’s Tipopils, the beer that gave us Italian pilsners.

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Vandevere apples are really interesting. This is from memory, so grain of salt, but as I recall they are EXTREMELY closely related to Smokehouse. Both are triploids.

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Calling it now: the trend of the summer is pickle beer

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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 10/03/2025

finally, my masterpiece, now on Bluesky

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Trump was probably thinking of the part in Infinite Jest where the scientists develop microscopic cigarettes to give to the cancer cells

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Dwarf Fortress bug or outline of amazing fantasy novel?

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

parish priest: oh hey u guys are back early cardinal: pope’s soft on crime parish priest: what? cardinal: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* pope’s soft on crime

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Rum, sodomy, and goulash

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

The year is 20XX You are a STRAIT RUNNER, brave tanker ship captains racing through The Blockade Swap your ship’s Shield Polarity to block shots of the matching color. Iranian ships launch Blue Missiles and American ships fire Red Missiles

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

This is from the same administration that unsanctioned ~140 million barrels of Iranian oil. So it’s legal to deliver Iranian oil but illegal to deliver, say, Kuwaiti oil. (The sanctions exemption applied to oil that was already on the ocean, so it would still be illegal to deliver new Iranian oil.)

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Marathon's the one place you should have an advantage over Iran!

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The recovery team sails to the reentry capsule and pries open the hatch. There’s no capsule in the capsule. Through the door they glimpse a forest of towering white trees beneath an emerald green sky

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I'm sorry, but this woman posting photos of her dog at a religious event in Spain and then having to frantically clarify a few days later at their "supersausage_charlie" Instagram account is something out of a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode.

On Monday, a woman posts a photo on her "supersausage_charlie" Instagram account. It shows a dog at a Holy Week event in Spain. The dog is dressed like the other religious figures at the event, which involves an all-white outfit and pointy white hat.

On Friday, the same woman posts a photo of her dog sitting on their couch. The dog is again dressed in the same outfit. This time, they have a gold necklace with a Christian cross on his neck.

The caption for Friday's post reads: "‼️PLEASE READ‼️

For clarity:
the post from a few days ago was a reference to Semana Santa, a Spanish religious and cultural tradition. It was not connected to extremism, racism, or politics in any way. This was already stated in the disclaimer, but it is clear that some either misunderstood that context or chose to ignore it.

This account is a dachshund account, and it will remain a space dedicated purely to the joy, humor, and love of sharing life with my dog. Nothing beyond that.

Some of the comments left under that post were deeply disturbing. Hate, racism, extremist language, and abusive behavior have no place here. They will be removed and reported immediately.

I appreciate everyone who continues to engage with this page with respect, kindness, and the spirit in which it is intended.
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#dachshund
#semanasanta
#potd
#spanishtraditions
#fypage"

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Weird that they picked the Strait of Hormuz for splashdown, but I guess how could they have predicted

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

This summer we are headed for a drought that is essentially unprecedented in scale and severity

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

A long time ago a friend observed that Trump’s political genius is to say a bunch of stuff, all over the map, and respond quickly to feedback from the crowd. It’s one of those things that you can’t unsee. Here he is fumbling about for a narrative that casts him as a winner in his war of choice.

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 28/06/2025

the fundamental problem with law professors is that they have both lawyer brain AND academic brain, two of the worst brains imaginable

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

John Bolton, sitting in his jail cell, doing the Larry David face for hours at a time

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

If you like this (which I do very much) you should consider following @alexblechman.bsky.social who wrote it

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

On this Easter Sunday, I am reading about the death of Arius, and praying

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Kate Bernot @kbernot.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Hi folks. As part of my reporting, I'd like to talk to middle-class households about their alcohol purchasing. If that's you, please DM. (Your name can be withheld if desired.) * I'll use the Pew definition of middle class, which is households making $56K-$167K.

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old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 31/03/2026

black tartarian imp. cherries, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1912

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Rory Johnston @roryjohnston.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

This is exactly what my base case unilateral TACO scenario looks like, fwiw. WSJ: “Trump told aides he's willing to end the [Iran War] even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed … likely extending Tehran's firm grip on the waterway and leaving a complex operation to reopen it for [later].”

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 29/03/2026

Cool map from $JPM showing dated oil flows from the Strait of Hormuz will stop arriving. Keep in mind that (excluding Saudi flows through Yanbu and Iranian flows) the gap in flows then continues forward by 4 weeks and counting + some further time to stabilize tanker networks.

Map showing Hormuz oil flows and destinations by major region with a range of dates that flows from prior to the Iran war will stop arriving.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

TRUMP RUINED BAD TASTE John Waters at #NoKings in Provincetown (Pic via petermarietoto on X)

Elderly man with a thin mustache holding a cardboard sign

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James @15c3po.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I have posted a little about the Iran War. This is simply a heartfelt post about what I see coming. I think the Trump administration is essentially incapable of strategic thinking. As such, I think we are headed for an economic calamity. This isn’t investment advice but:

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

This is kinda fab! (And no, it's not AI.)

New sign: Welcome to Manhattan: Hello, gorgeous! (street sign)

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Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 27/03/2026

An unforgivable human rights atrocity getting approximately 10% of the news coverage it deserves.

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