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Amphigorey

@amphigorey.bsky.social
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Host of the Oingo Boingo Secret Appreciation Society podcast Slinger of bras She/her

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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
River is so dang cute in that last pic
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Oingo Boingo Lyrics @boingolyrics.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Now, everybody tells me you're the dog's best friend I'm the cat's meow since I don't know when I'm an instigator from a dead man's town So when did the whole world turn upside down? Song: Water (Demo) Album: Unreleased
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Water (Demo) at Youtube
Water (Demo) at Youtube
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Ann LeBlanc @robotleblanc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
friday is for kafkaposting
tumblr post poem by kleinergeist

I don't care if Monday's stressed
Tuesday, Wednesday, Kafkaesque
Thursday, feeling like a pest
It's Friday, I'm a bug
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Multi-em-dash-ate @starchy.org · 10/10/2026
lol, I forgot that I wrote this a couple years ago. Tax* the rich!
Builder Apes

"They say this particular species of primates cooperates to build shelter from vegetation and mineral. Great soaring structures, some of them hundreds of meters tall with thousands of dwellings."

"Remarkable!"

"Indeed. But then a small group of the apes controls access to the dwellings in exchange for other resources."

"Oh, the builder apes, yes?"

"No, this is where it starts to get strange. Sometimes it's the apes who instructed the builders to begin that particular construction. Sometimes it's their descendants. And on rare occasions, yes, it's the builder apes or their descendants, usually for very small shelters. Most often it appears to be a distinct social group which does very little but swap control of these dwellings."

"Why do the other apes tolerate them? Surely they serve some other purpose?"

"Not that we can determine. But it gets worse. These parasitic dwelling-swap-apes coordinate among themselves to instruct the builder apes to produce fewer dwelling units than the local ape population needs at any given time."

"Can't these apes count? It must make this type of cooperation very hard if not."

"Oh yes, they count even better than we can. The parasitic dwelling-swap-apes limit the production to ensure they receive the greatest possible amount of resources in exchange for the builder apes' constructions."

"This can't be right. If there aren't enough dwellings, why don't the apes without dwellings just ask the builder apes to make more, or make their own?"

"It appears that apes without dwellings are outcasts, and it is very difficult for them to get favors from any other group of apes. But there is one more group of apes who the parasitic dwelling-swap-apes will trade some of their resources to in exchange for brutalizing any ape who builds construction without their permission, or even attempts to live among the community without a dwelling."

"I thought these were cooperative apes!"

"Some of their behavior remains a mystery to us…
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
HELL YEAH
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Their stuff looks so bad. The fit and quality is far below actual lingerie brands.
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hell yeah Halloween tingler!
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ancient marine reptiles <3 <3 <3
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That, and being smart makes some people excruciatingly dumb.
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Absolutely. Tea on Piedmont now has vegan curry buns and they are delicious.
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The drink or the Ferengi?
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm so impressed that you caught the weight! An uncontrolled ascent from 80' is terrifying. I had a buddy lose her weight belt at 30' and that was scary enough.
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
...what did you do to your BCD??
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Oingo Boingo Lyrics @boingolyrics.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Let's have a party There's a full moon in the sky It's the hour of the wolf And I don't want to die Song: No One Lives Forever Album: Dead Man's Party
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No One Lives Forever at Youtube
No One Lives Forever at Youtube
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bubbe yaga @ellearmageddon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
gavin newsom looks like a guy who lied to his elementary school classmates about how cool his birthday parties were, and never outgrew that phase
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
How's your Medieval Madness game?
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Multi-em-dash-ate @starchy.org · 17/09/2026
I feel sick. Support your local arms embargo armsembargonow.com
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Oakland People's Arms Embargo
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A nurse motivated by spite Tied her infantine charge to a kite She launched it with ease On the afternoon breeze And watched til it flew out of sight -Edward Gorey
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Guilherme Nunes @guilhernunes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
capyberus
painting of a three-headed capybara with a spiked collar on a warm-colored background
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 11/09/2026
Fault Taunting xkcd.com/3296/
4-panel comic. (1) [Giant fishing rod-like cat toy positioned above four tectonic plates. Two helicopters that appear tiny due to scale fly above. People next to device are so tiny they cannot be seen.] PERSON 1: The key to exposing new geologic layers is understanding the three forces driving plate movement: slab pull, ridge push, and taunting. (2) PERSON 2: Taunting? What do– PERSON 1: *Initiate thrust fault pattern!* [The dangly end of the toy wiggles.] (3) “Rumble” sound effect from tectonic plates. (4) “Lunge!” sound effect from tectonic plates. [Plates split at a diagonal angling toward toy.]
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
(I know she's not a sheltie, but ykwim)
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
@charliejane.bsky.social I'm 40 pages into Lessons in Magic & Disaster and I'm having a great time. You've already done so much to animate the characters in that short span, and I can't wait to find out what they do next.
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I see why the judge was so impressed by "that quiet little sheltie" all those years ago!
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I worked at the Magic Kingdom and I vividly remember the first time I entered the back end of the utilidors, which are industrial like the back alleys at a hotel. But then you walk up two flights of stairs, open a nondescript door, and you're in the middle of Fantasyland. It's mind bending.
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Oingo Boingo Lyrics @boingolyrics.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
(In the middle of a big tornado) In the middle of a big tornado (On the tip of everyone's tongue) On the tip of everyone's tongue (In the belly of a giant whale) In the belly of a giant whale (All the girls just wanna have fun) All the girls just wanna have fun ... Song: Gratitude Album: So-Lo
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Gratitude at Youtube
Gratitude at Youtube
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Hey, at least my toves are slithy.
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Lar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Cartoon: More Fan Art: Dungeon Crawler Carl and Princess Donut: Edward Gorey edition! Some folks pointed out my Dr Seuss rhyme was a little more Gorey and Seussian, at which point I said "HEY!" :)
cartoon: Carl and Princess Donut in Edward Gorey style
C is for Carl with beautiful feet.
D is for Donut, the princess elite.
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Exploit Code Not People @cooperq.com · 26/08/2026
Flock is just one branch of the surveillance state. We need to rip out the entire tree, not just prune a branch here and there.
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
He must have been so nervous!
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Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Pee Wee Herman & Dolly Parton singing a duet? Here ya go...
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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WALL-E Waving Hello
Alt: WALL-E the little Pixar robot, waving hello
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
@summerjackel.bsky.social
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
You would love Yellowstone
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Oh nooo. Who?
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
the Flock company has hidden a golden ticket inside a Flock camera somewhere in America, and if you find it they give you twenty million dollars
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I did a thing with Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Emma is a delight.
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Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! on Instagram: "A bigger bra can make you more aerodynamic! So we sent Emma shopping to help her reach TOP SPEED 💨 Producers: @lilliankking @emmaeunjoo Special thanks: @re...
926 likes, 19 comments - waitwaitnpr on August 14, 2026: "A bigger bra can make you more aerodynamic! So we sent Emma shopping to help her reach TOP SPEED 💨 Producers: @lilliankking @emmaeunjoo Spec...
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Possible, I suppose, but I'm an oingo boingo specialist and I've never heard that. Elfman commented that he wrote it "about Jeffrey Epstein before he knew who that was," meaning it was aimed at that type of predator. He hasn't ever said it was about anyone specific.
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Are you making a distinction between mockery and satire? Who is he making fun of?
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
That song is absolutely satire. He's making fun of gross songs like My Sharona.
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
...Kristen Schall?
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Multi-em-dash-ate @starchy.org · 15/08/2026
we don't wanna to see it No! We don't want to see it We don't want your screenshots of transphobes They've got a right to host it But why go fucking post it? We don't want your screenshots of transphobes [repeat chorus]
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Johnny was bad, even as a child everybody could tell Everyone said, if you don't get straight you'll surely go to hell
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Everyone, go look at Ask A Manager and enjoy the tale of Jane, the Legend. www.askamanager.org/2026/08/the-...
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the editing test, the millipede surprise, and other ways we've mortified ourselves at work
It’s Mortification Week at Ask a Manager and all week long we’ll be revisiting ways we’ve mortified ourselves at work. Here are 15 mortifying stories to kick off today. 1. The grunt I’m middle-aged an...
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Oingo Boingo Lyrics @boingolyrics.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
My mind has wandered from the straight and narrow My mind has wandered from the flock, you see My mind has wandered The man just said so My mind has wandered I heard it on TV And the flock has wandered away from me Song: Insanity Album: Boingo
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Insanity at Youtube
Insanity at Youtube
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 04/08/2026
If Ray Bradbury came back as a zombie, the title of the story he would write would be "There Will Come Soft Brains"
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
@summerjackel.bsky.social this one's tailor made for you
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
FISH WORSHIP IS NEVER WRONG
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Edward Gorey was the GOAT.
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I'd love to do Nothing to Fear, Oingo Boingo. They're so interesting and underrated (which is why I make a podcast about them).
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Amphigorey @amphigorey.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I did too! They were fantastic! And the guy on the double drum had biceps for DAYS.
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