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Ryan Kallberg

@absinthetics.bsky.social
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here exclusively to post bad takes on DAS BOOT formerly: The Onion, the reality TV industry, the poker tables, the bottom of a black hole

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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 15h
Honestly don’t think the state should get a mulligan on a failed execution.
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 17h
We let gang rapists off with an essay and clumsily execute the abused. What the fuck are we even doing here, man.
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 19h
We as a species are SO GOOD at killing one another, but give these fuckers unlimited time to develop a foolproof way and they fuck it up. Yet another reason to end state-sanctioned murder.
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Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 20h
End the death penalty. End it now. There is no reason for it, never.
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As a guy who tends to take ant incursions personally, I am definitely living in the wrong state.
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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The BBC's new director general's brain is smaller on the inside.
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kid and I booked ourselves a matinee double feature of BUDDY and RESIDENT EVIL. Seeing a midnight movie at noon feels a little wrong, but then again I am old.
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After sixteen years the waste management company moved trash collection from Tuesday to Friday and I have never been so discombobulated.
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
this is why there isn’t a donut following me everywhere I go
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A friend is constantly self-promoting his new AI-powered project and I just want to
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Shrek Choking
Alt: A GIF of Homer Simpson vigorously strangling his son Bart. It’s from a comedy.
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Love to have a family farm and also at least 19 vacation farms
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In related news, I’m no longer a subscriber.
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Chris Hanel @chrishanel.com · 21/09/2026
In terms of the film's success, Marcia was the most important Lucas on the crew
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
oh no I appear to have left no room for margarita mix at the top of this glass of tequila and triple sec whatever shall I do
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
if cookies and bacon for breakfast is wrong etc etc
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Go to the desert, they said. It cools down plenty at night, they said.
A screenshot from a weather app. The screenshot indicates that the current temperature is 93F, with a daily high of 107F and a nightly low of 90F. “Cools down at night” my lily white ass.
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🐈‍⬛🎃🔪 Adam Jay 🍁💀👻 @bullgooseparty.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Always remember that entertainment executives are the stupidest people on the planet
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Rick Paisano @sicilianrick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I cannot believe the most antisocial, fucked up people from my freshman dorm get to decide how humanity works from here on out. If they aren’t put in check we are all gonna die. They do not care.
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“2 dead at Burning Man” is the beginning of the most annoying locked-room mystery possible. www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-...
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2 men reported dead at Burning Man festival
The Burning Man Project reported the death of a 60-year-old man on Saturday after reporting a man in his mid-50s died at the festival.
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The Bad Plus is doing a farewell tour and tickets are *chokes* well, I guess I saw them a bunch
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John Walton @thatjohn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
this second session being impossible to schedule is the most D&D thing you could possibly imagine
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Apparently 25 years in Cali is enough to go native (though a 55% match doesn’t really seem all that convincing).
A “dialect map” overlayed on a map of the United States. The western and northern regions are primarily red (strong affiliation), while the southeastern regions are primarily blue (weak affiliation).
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I just donated to help SPIDER-MAN, who took on nazi scumbags trying to invade Minneapolis again. Arrested by our local cops (boooo) who were diligently defending their racist turd pals. Let’s help good ol’ Webhead with his defense! (PS I can vouch for the GoFundMe creator) gofund.me/6f36a1ac1
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Donate to Support Spider-Man’s Legal Defense, organized by Ash Chudgar
Awesome update: I'm in touch with Spider-Man's family, and we're setting things up so t… Ash Chudgar needs your support for Support Spider-Man’s Legal Defense
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I will never again in my life make red beans and rice this good and now I’m sad.
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Fun fact: Facts are fun! Except for the fact that cats have barbed penises. That one’s not so fun.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 15/08/2026
That's why I generally vote for the furthest left candidate on my ballot - because I'm looking for the person who's gonna throw the least number of people under the bus. And that's why I yell at whoever represents me whenever they throw anyone under the bus. No one goes under the fucking bus.
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I have a rare night to myself which seems like the perfect time to catch up on the adventures of The Man Who Is Large At People
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/08/2026
That cardboard box in your home is fueling election denial... A boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country. (Published 2022)
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That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Salmonella waiting to make its move while cyclospora gets all the attention
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Jurassic Park: Clever Girl!
ALT: Jurassic Park: Clever Girl!
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 10/08/2026
The fifth loko
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Your ol' pal Les McClaine @lesmcclaine.com · 08/08/2026
It's never too late: Jack Kirby didn't create the Fantastic Four until he was 42. But he did create Captain America when he was 23. So maybe you're way behind. Way, way behind.
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Myth: Artificial intelligence will quickly bootstrap itself into a humanity-destroying super-genius singularity Reality: AI will accidentally boil us alive while insisting that 2 + 4 = strawberry
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
tbh at this point I would consider “so much nudity” a selling point in what passes for romantic comedy
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I’m at the robot apocalypse. I’m at the superflu apocalypse. I’m at the combination robot and superflu apocalypse.
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A dentist, but still. After I had my wisdom teeth removed, he warned me against ‘kissing girls’, because I had two open wounds in my mouth. He then lowered his voice and murmured ‘you can still screw ‘em, though.’
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I’ve tried to retain some respect for Eli Roth - THANSKGIVING quite amused me - but I’m hearing that ICE CREAM MAN contains AI-generated sequences so fuuuuuuuck hiiiiiiiiim
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abbytron @abbytron.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A friend of mine is trying to raise money to keep his dad in memory care. I know these kinds of things are always going around but if you can help at all I know he'd appreciate it. We've known each other 26 years, so I can promise you this is legit.
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Donate to Help Dennis Stay in Memory Care, organized by Shawn Dyer
Dennis Dyer, my father, is facing late stage Alzheimer's disease. What this means is that h… Shawn Dyer needs your support for Help Dennis Stay in Memory Care
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Argh. Hal Hartley is winding down his physical media shop, from now on it’ll be streaming only for his films. And I never got that Blu-ray of the Long Island trilogy. *checks used prices* Aaaaand now I never will.
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
My introduction to Glen Hansard’s music came at a SXSW via an inevitable-but-fortuitous encounter with @idislikestephen.bsky.social (without fail, no SXSW was complete without a random encounter with Stephen) who insisted that I simply MUST see The Frames as many times as possible over the weekend.
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
it’s a really shit year but at least my house isn’t basically coated in ants oh wait
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Oh fuck no, I refuse to believe that Glen Hansard has died. Goddammit.
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
There is a cable guy in my very messy house so my anxiety is 15/10 right now, send benzos
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
When all you have is Godzillas, every problem looks like a Tokyo.
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Credit where it’s due: the algorithm, largely unbidden, decided I needed to listen to Flaming Lips’ CLOUDS TASTE METALLIC and I am in such a better mood now
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
nooooooooooooooo
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Ryan Kallberg @absinthetics.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Five living writers that you’ve read five books by each: George Saunders Haruki Murakami Stephen King Stephen Graham Jones Grant Morrison
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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
When the Butlerian jihad happens those of us with paper maps and the wisdom to read them will inherit the earth. The geographers will finally take what has always rightfully been ours and all the mere google maps mortals will bough down to us in wonder.
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