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Mr Autumn Man

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I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth. Ohio, USA. DMs are closed.

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Mr Autumn Man @bjones.bsky.social · 20h
If you see this, post a not quite Star Trek.
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today I wrote about the botched execution of Christina Pike and how the death penalty must end, in all situations, with absolutely no exceptions. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...
Tennessee attempted to kill Christa Gail Pike on Wednesday night but they botched it. They gave her a dose of phenobarbital, it did not kill her, so they gave her a second dose of phenobarbital which also did not kill her. Witnesses said that Pike was kicking her feet, knocking off sheets, and showing signs of obvious pain. Eventually she fell into a state of semi-consciousness and at various points was heard snoring by witnesses. The botched execution spanned more than two hours from the beginning of the lethal injection protocol to the time it was halted and Pike was transported to the hospital.

Pike is said to be in critical condition in the hospital. There is a good chance that she sustained severe brain injuries by virtue of her respiratory and cardiovascular systems being subjected to massive doses phenobarbital for over two hours which likely led to prolonged oxygen deprivation to her brain.

How did this happen? There are any number of theories. One possibility is that the people conducting the attempted execution failed to properly tap a vein, which may have been more likely due to a condition Pike has called thrombocytosis. If so, they probably just pumped the phenobarbital into her muscles and surrounding tissue. It's also possible that the phenobarbital used by Tennessee was degraded or substandard due to pharmaceutical companies' refusal to sell such drugs and drug administration equipment to death penalty state prison authorities, which leads them to pursue questionable substitutes from compounding pharmacies and suppliers. Those are just theories, of course. There will be an investigation into all of this and we'll find out more eventually.

But the specifics of this don't matter much to me. All of it just underscores how wrong and evil and depraved capital punishment is and how it should be abolished everywhere immediately. With absolutely no exceptions.I’ve long opposed capital punishment in any and all cases. There is nothing — no fact, no argument, no sufficiently depraved or horrifying a criminal or crime, hypothetical or otherwise — that will ever change my mind about that. I’d oppose the death penalty even if it was not discriminatory and arbitrary, which it absolutely is. I'd oppose it even if our system was incapable of legal or factual error, which it obviously is not. Indeed, it makes errors all the time, and there have been several cases in recent years in which states have killed innocent people. While legal errors can cause extreme hardship in cases that don’t involve the death penalty, once you’ve killed someone there are no take-backs. Utah just released a man who spent 37 years on death row after they discovered that he was innocent.

But like I said: I oppose it in all cases. Even when guilt is not in question, as is the case with Christa Pike, who admitted what she did long ago. I simply think that it is illegitimate to give humans the legal right to end the lives of other human beings. That's especially true given the manner of political power, how it is obtained, and how it is employed in this country.

I do not think that the purpose of our criminal justice system should be retribution or the satisfaction of blood lust. We can and should incapacitate criminals by locking them up. We can and should rehabilitate criminals who are capable of being rehabilitated while they are locked up. We should do what we can to deter future crime, but in so doing we must acknowledge that the death penalty does nothing to deter crime. We should not, as a society, be in the revenge business, which is what the death penalty is really about.

The State of Tennessee tortured a human being for two hours on Wednesday night and quite possibly inflicted traumatic brain injuries upon her. There is nothing that justifies that. There is nothing that justifies the state from taking the life of a human being.
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Free newsletter today! Anyone can read it! A crazy game in Atlanta, the White Sox, Yankees, and Padres advance, why beefing about your own fans is dumb, medical timeouts, whistle-stop Donnie, and the bad vibes surrounding "Avengers: Doomsday" www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...
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Cup of Coffee: October 1, 2026
A crazy game in Atlanta, the White Sox, Yankees, and Padres advance, why beefing about your own fans is dumb, medical timeouts, whistle-stop Donnie, and the bad vibes surrounding "Avengers: Doomsday"
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John DeVore @johndevore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"According to studies from Oxford and Harvard, to name a couple, many of the most enthusiastic A.I. users are men. Are you a man? Have you tried A.I.? Are you hooked? Wait, don’t answer. Tell no one, okay? Do not brag about using A.I." johndevore.substack.com/p/advice-for...
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Advice For Men: Don't brag about using A.I.
“Am I a hypocrite? Am I complicit?”
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Mr Autumn Man @bjones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
September 30 October 1
Tom HanksDavid S. Pumpkins
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
a fictional chart from 1995 to 2025 showing "guys who like sports" becoming more left-wing coded and "guys who says sportsball is the opiate of the masses" becoming more right-wing coded
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When I was at UNC, they joked that the average Geography major made high six figures thanks to one former student named Michael Jordan.
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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thank you @garbageday.email for *actually* explaining why nobody you know has heard “Choosin’ Texas,” yet it is paradoxically topping the charts www.garbageday.email/p/why-choosi...
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Why "Choosin' Texas" doesn't feel like a hit
Read to the end for FlubberLover01
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Mr Autumn Man @bjones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19.
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
it's the 40 year anniversary of cleveland's disastrous "balloonfest"
Balloonfest '86 was a fundraising event in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, held on September 27, 1986, in which the local chapter of United Way set a world record by releasing almost 1.5 million balloons.[2] The event was intended to be a harmless publicity stunt. However, the released balloons drifted back over the city and Lake Erie and landed in the surrounding area, causing problems for traffic and a nearby airport. In consequence, the organizers faced lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in damages,[1] and cost overruns put the event at a net loss.[3] The event also interfered with a United States Coast Guard search for two boaters who were later found drowned.[1]
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Mr Autumn Man @bjones.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I mean, I also hate “All I Want For Christmas Is You” and that gives me zero cultural cachet.
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Guy Gavriel Kay @guygavrielkay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Very much worth reading if you don’t known about Petrov. This is the day we celebrate and honour him, and properly feel gratitude, and other things. Relying on tech in wartime can be deeply perilous. sammatey.substack.com/p/happy-stan...
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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day
Take five minutes to not destroy civilization
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Mr Autumn Man @bjones.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’ve watched 5 of these in total and, in the case of 3 others, watched one or two seasons before stopping.
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Jonathan Dresner @jondresner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Post your favourite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only.
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Dr Teeth Electric Mayhem
Alt: Dr Teeth of the Electric Mayhem Orchestra, a green humanoid Muppet wearing a silver top hat and vest, a striped shirt (and his arms sometimes extend unnaturally). He has an orange beard and hair and nose, one shiny tooth on one side of his upper teeth, and an outline reminiscent of horn-rim glasses. He sits at a keyboard with a microphone, grins widely, and points at you genially with his multi-ringed hand.
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Mr Autumn Man @bjones.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Post your favourite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only.
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Rufus: Greetings, My Excellent Friends
ALT: Rufus: Greetings, My Excellent Friends
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Mr Autumn Man @bjones.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
MRW I get $200
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Mags Visaggio 🏳️‍⚧️ @magsvisaggio.com · 24/09/2026
we've never actually heard the monster mash, only a song ABOUT the monster mash
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 24/09/2026
ebert on cage: still true
There are often lists of the great living male movie stars: De Niro, Nicholson and Pacino, usually. How often do you see the name of Nicolas Cage? He should always be up there. He's daring and fearless in his choice of roles, and unafraid to crawl out on a limb, saw it off and remain suspended in air. No one else can project inner trembling so effectively. Recall the opening scenes in "Leaving Las Vegas." See him in Scorsese's "Bringing Out the Dead." Think of the title character in "The Weather Man." Watch him melting down in "Adaptation." And then remember that he can also do a parachuting Elvis impersonator ("Honeymoon in Vegas"), a wild rock 'n' roller ("Wild at Heart"), a lovesick one-handed baker ("Moonstruck"), a straight-arrow Secret Service agent ("Guarding Tess") and on and on.
He always seems so earnest. However improbable his character, he never winks at the audience. He is committed to the character with every atom and plays him as if he were him. His success in making Charlie Kaufman a neurotic mess and Donald Kaufman a carefree success story, in the same movie, comes largely from this gift. There are slight cosmetic differences between the two: Charlie usually needs a shave, Donald has a little more hair. But the real reason we can tell the twins apart, even when they're in the same trick shot, comes from within: Cage can tell them apart. He is always Charlie when he plays Charlie, always Donald when he plays Donald. Look and see.
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Mr Autumn Man @bjones.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Ohioans are suffering at the pump, through no fault of their own,” Ramaswamy said. My dude, Ohioans VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY for the asshole who started the stupid war that led to the high gas prices. We are ABSOLUTELY at fault. www.wosu.org/2026-09-23/o...
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Ohio lawmakers to be called back for gas tax vote, weeks from election
Ohio lawmakers will be summoned back to Columbus next Wednesday, the leaders of the House and Senate said, for a rare and politicized last-minute session.
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TAPE @tapemachines.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
'96 Greg Maddux in the dugout lookin like that dork Eric that Sluggo hates
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🐺Cold🪦Sam🪾 @pdfmerchant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Jonathan Dresner @jondresner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Repost with an image of your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only)
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Kermit the Frog in Top Hat and Tuxedo
Alt: Kermit the Frog in Top Hat and Tuxedo, grimacing in disappointment.
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Mr Autumn Man @bjones.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Repost with an image of your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only)
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Magnum P.I. - Thomas Magnum Martial Arts
ALT: Magnum P.I. - Thomas Magnum Martial Arts
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Absolutely crazy just how out of his depth Ramaswamy is. Guy is running for governor and he may very well win but he literally has no idea how state government works and has shown zero interest in learning.
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Mr Autumn Man @bjones.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Eventually they’ll build In-N-Outs in Ohio and I won’t have a reason to leave the state.
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wrote it with Rob Smigel. And yes, it was pulled from reruns.
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DreamingDrama ♡ @dreamingdramabsky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
O.o 'genetic warfare testing'
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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 20/09/2026
LET THE PRESIDENT BUILD THE TERRORDROME!
Chris Farley and Adam Sandler in one of their The Herlihy Boy sketches
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Nikole Hannah-Jones w/ a sobering follow-up on her decision yrs ago to enroll her daughter in a poor, majority-Black public school rather than a wealthier, whiter private school. You leave heartbroken for the kids being failed by this grossly unequal system. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...
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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
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Mr Autumn Man @bjones.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
how would you describe your social media reach?
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Jeb Bush's 'Please Clap' Moment
ALT: Jeb Bush's 'Please Clap' Moment
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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
it’s batman day
a tweet by me from 1/6/2018 11:03 AM that became a meme apparently 

ROBIN: the batmobile won’t start
BATMAN: check the battery 
ROBIN: what’s a tery
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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
sherman, for the love of god!
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Stephanie 🍉 @ageofoddish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
mmygod
the slut gnomes of false berlin jeopardy bluesky posttoday's jeopardy categories. the last 2 are "false berlin" and "bizarre little men"
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Mr Autumn Man @bjones.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#comics
Comics create a spectral fascination. Their paper characters and forever frozen situations are like motionless puppets with no strings attached. This cannot be transferred to cinema, whose seduction comes from movement, rhythm, and dynamics. It's a radically different style and way of expressing oneself. A different way of communicating, and influencing the gaze.
The world of comics can generously lend cinema its scenarios, characters, stories.
But it will not have this ineffable and secret power of suggestion which comes from the transfixed immobility of a pinned butterfly.
—Federico Fellini
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Mr Autumn Man @bjones.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Columbus, O. Its everydayness and authenticity.
Downtown Columbus looking south from Spring St.
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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The glamour of Ohio

FOX 8 News
Local publisher • 2d
Jim Belushi plans 3 Ohio stops. How to meet him

[photo of Jim Belushi looking weirdly serious]

Are you planning to meet Jim Belushi at one of the Bloom dispensaries?
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Shana @shanamd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good.
The future pope at a party with a caption “they don’t know I’m the future pope”
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 01/10/2025
Obviously I hope they lose but full transparency: the Reds mascot "Mr. Redlegs" is absolutely overflowing with swag
A cartoon guy in an old timey Reds uniform doing an incredibly jaunty little run, and his head is a baseball with a big mustache, like if Mr Peanut weren't a pervert but maybe bisexual
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grumpenprole.bsky.social @grumpenprole.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Let me tell you what 2040 is going to look like: Most people will be spending their time working for a paycheck, living in cities, walking down the same streets, past the same parks and buildings, purchasing little treats for themselves at cafes, struggling with their basic living expenses,
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Mr Autumn Man @bjones.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Things you learn in film school.
Jay Bauman: “Every single aspect of making movies is” 1/2Jay Bauman: “a giant pain in the ass and it’s never worth it.” 2/2
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Mr Autumn Man @bjones.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This article about good ol’ Kodak film is pretty in-depth, and gives a peek inside the facility where it’s made. Good stuff.
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‘The Odyssey’ Was Shot on Real Film. This Is the Only Place Left Making It. (Gift Article)
Christopher Nolan’s epic “The Odyssey” was shot on physical film, a resurgent medium that is manufactured entirely in one factory in western New York.
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CineCalendar @cinecalendar.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Sep 12th 1990 - April O'Neil reported on the increasing crimewave. That night, thieves tried to steal her purse, but were stopped by some unseen heroes who accidentally left a Sai behind. 📽️📅 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
3 Screenshots from the movie "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (1990): First, a woman news anchor speaks on a small television set surrounded by newspapers, with the subtitle "...it's now apparent that an organized criminal element is at work." Second, a man in a trench coat holds and reads a New York Post newspaper with the bold headline "CITY CRIME ESCALATES." Third, a woman in a yellow raincoat lies on the ground clutching a weapon, while shadowy figures in the background wield sticks and flashlights in a dark alley.
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Mr Autumn Man @bjones.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
oh my gawd
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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Can't believe it's been 9 years.
Ted Cruz liked a Cory Chase threesome stepmom scene on 9/11/2017.
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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
More than any Chronicle of Higher Education profile of a professor who doesn't like academia, I think this interview is the one I'd recommend to understand where higher education is at in the United States www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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Architect of Ohio Higher Ed Overhaul on Shared Governance: Garbage
Jerry Cirino, former chair of the Senate Workforce and Higher Education Committee, successfully passed a sweeping, controversial law in his state. He’s an example of state lawmakers getting more invol...
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gem (real name) 💎 @gemcitygem.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
me: hi gimme a large pizza pizza guy: any appetizers? me: what do you have? pizza guy: we've got fried cheese with no sauce or crust, crust with no cheese or sauce, and crust and cheese with no sauce me: gimme crust and cheese with no sauce pizza guy: and for your dip? me: sauce
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Mr Autumn Man @bjones.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
@laurie-merrell.bsky.social It has a nice vibe
Cincinnati, USA
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grapesmoker @grapesmoker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
and here i am using my unsubsidized legs like a sucker
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Mr Autumn Man @bjones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
25 years before 9-11. thosewerethedays.substack.com/p/the-year-1...
28. In 1976, Perrier bottled water was introduced in the United States.
29. The inkjet printer was invented.
30. American billionaire Howard
Hughes died at the age of 70.
31. Frontier Airlines hired Emily Howell Warner, America's first female pilot.
32. The year's most popular song was Tonight's The Night by Rod Stewart.
33. The Hotel California album was released by the Eagles and was one of the best-selling albums of all time. (Please note that record albums came before CDs.)
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