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Bob Calhoun

@bobcalhoun.bsky.social
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Author of The Murders That Made Us, a true crime history of San Francisco. Co-host of Old Movies for Young Stoners, the podcast that pairs cannabis with classic cinema. Former SFWeekly, Incredibly Strange Wrestling. He/him www.murdersthatmadeus.com

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Dark and Wondrous - it's in the trees! it's coming! @darkandwondrous.bsky.social · 2h
I post about Ruk sometimes, bc he's one of my favorite Trek characters, and Ted Cassidy is simply amazing. (Fun Ted Cassidy fact: Lurch was going to be mute on the Addams Family show—as in the panel cartoons—but Ted ad-libbed "Youu rang?" & Lurch got a voice.) But, I never described him this well!
Closeup of Ted Cassidy as Ruk. See QT for the best description. Cribbing from that, I'd say a gender-complex Nosferatu with low-key, stylin' skull face makeup, an unexpectedly-floral collar that someone sewed with love, and an intimidating glower.
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Chuck Groundhog @only-si-chuck.bsky.social · 4h
Sen: Joseph McCarthy: Are you or have you ever been at a Knicks Game at Madison Square Garden on the same night as Zero Mostel?
Joseph McCarthy
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i thought about this old tweet tonight and how nothing has ever aged better
@Merman_Melville • Jan 24, 2019
Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 7h
@rpicado.bsky.social !!!!
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 14h
@colemk.bsky.social not sure it’s Giants Talk worthy but did Tony Vitello look like he overslept and barely dragged his butt to the press conference this week? The hair looking like he just got out of the shower didn’t inspire confidence either.
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pete Hegseth is ruining Patton for me.
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
With his hair looking like he just got out of the showers and the heavy bags under his eyes, Vitello looked like he overslept and barely dragged his ass to the press conference. His free-association word salad didn't exactly inspire confidence either. #SFGiants
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Nathan @never-say-die.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bro, the Pope sent the White Sox letter, they’re going to the World Series.
Letter: 

To Jerry Reinsdorf
Chairman of the Chicago White Sox
was pleased to receive the kind letter that you sent following the game that took place at Rate Field on August 11, 2026. I am most grateful for this thoughtful gesture.
As I have noted,
"sport can truly become a school of life,
where all can learn that abundance does not come from victory at any cost, but from sharing, from respecting others and from the joy of walking together" (Letter Life in Abundance, 6 February
2026).
In this spirit, it is my hope that the White Sox will
continue to foster
bonds of friendship
and solidarity among
people, and thus bear hopeful witness to the possibility of living and working together in peace.
With
these sentiments, I willingly invoke the Almighty's
abundant blessings upon you and your loved ones.
From the Vatican, 9 September 2026
Pope Leo XIV
The Pope wearing a Chicago White Sox hat
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hal Jordan’s Green Lantern outfit rides up his butt in The Super Friends. #Lanterns
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Comics Outta Context 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @comiccontext.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lavender background indicating dusk. Captain America is seen head to knee, holding his shield over his left arm. Scaffolding behind him. He looks downward and thinks, "CAPTAIN AMERICA...America itself, the ENEMY. I don't like the way that feels not one bit. What am I doing here? Who am I trying to help?"
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Old Movies for Young Stoners @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I saw LOS LEPROSOS Y EL SEXO at the Roxie on Saturday and the movie was restored by Peter Conheim from Negativland!!!! Amazing! Hopefully we can get him on the show sometime to tell the tale of recreating the audio for rediscovered sex scenes. Great screening. A dude showed up in a lucha mask! --BC
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I keep expecting Russell Crowe to make young Ted Kaczynski carry sacks of gold bars across treacherous Pacific Northwestern wilderness with Ethan Hawke.
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SF Giants Bot @giantbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🤖 SF Giants on NBCS Kruk and Kuip forever 🧡 🖤
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Rosemary Picado Calhoun @rpicado.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m glad they left the nipples off the Kuip stick figure in the outfield. No one needs to see that. #SFGiants
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Mike Krukow could make a lousy @SFGiants game like today’s (and yesterday’s and the day, week, month, um, whole darned season’s worth before that) still worth tuning in for. We’re gonna miss ya Kruk. #SFGiants
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It wouldn’t be a 2026 #SFGiants game without the reliever giving up the lead with 2 outs in the 9th.
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Well. We get extra Krukow at least. #SfGiants
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@sfgiants.com Don’t even think of DFAing Camilo Doval this off season!
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Comics Outta Context 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @comiccontext.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Steve Ditko panel. Machine Man in his secret identity, wearing a lavender suit and blue tie holds his hands palm facing forward, flanked by two men also in suits on either side of him. One of them says, "Concentrate on the real issues of the campaign: inflation, unemployment and foreign policy!" 
"Stop worrying!" says Machine Man.
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yul Brynner would be acting way upset if he was the 3rd base coach. #SFGiants.
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DavidXF @sandiegogiants.com · 27/09/2026
I don't think I've ever gone to a Giants baseball game without getting a picture of Krukow. #SFGiants
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Please help my classic film & cannabis podcast @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social get to 500 followers. We’re just one away! #LifeGoals
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tony Vitello needed to slap that ump and throw a drink in his face. #SFGiants
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s been so long since the #SFGiants have won anything that I worry if KTVU even knows how to cover drunks anymore.
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thoughts on Mike Krukow: I was done with baseball and the #SFGiants after the 1994 strike. I was mad that Matt Williams was robbed of the chance to break the all-time homerun record and I never got into the Bonds era. (They weren’t kooky enough!) 1/2
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you ever wanted to see a film where Charles Bronson eats at a Hofbrau over and over again, St. Ives is for you.
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Scout Tafoya @honorszombie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Digger Instagram ad “terrifyingly relevant!” raves whoever. Well like yeah they made it yesterday you’d hope it’s at least a little relevant.
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Feminize a band name: Blanche Sabbath
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’d never bring an iced coffee into a job interview but that’s because I’d be afraid of spilling it all over the place.
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The pro voter ID ad that just ran during the SF Giants game was financed by Nicole Shanahan, who had an affair with Elon Musk while she was married to Google founder Sergey Brin. She was then RFK Jr.’s VP running mate during his presidential campaign. I hate everything BTW.
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Just Another Film Nerd @anotherfilmnerd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
OH MY GOD. AI REALLY IS SELF-AWARE
Google AI answering the question “Why is AI so shit?” by explaining that “AI feels frustrating and low quality because tech companies rush hype-driven, unfinished tools into everything while the technology itself only guesses patterns instead of truly thinking.”
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Saga of the Undersea Lion 🦁 on Marine Boy is my favorite thing ever.
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EP 49 Saga Of The Undersea Lion
YouTube video by Pappou MM
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If Camilo comes in this weekend in a save situation, please tell me he’s getting his old light show back. #SFGiants
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New Caroline Fraser just dropped.
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Old Movies for Young Stoners @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Did you know @markhamillofficial.bsky.social wrote for a Ray Harryhausen zine before he was Luke Skywalker??? So you can celebrate his birthday with our JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS episode from July. Happy birthday Mark! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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Mark Hamill's Iconic Jedi Shrug
ALT: Mark Hamill's Iconic Jedi Shrug
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@adamscantwell.bsky.social I thought you could use a little Ditko weirdness.
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Superman needs to exclaim, “Great Scott!” again.
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I think Splasher is a beluga whale. Still a porpoise but not a dolphin.
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Wanda @itswanda.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🗳️ The Carter Center is looking for nonpartisan election monitors to observe in #Georgia, #Nevada, #NewMexico, #Michigan, and #Montana Please share widely! (Scroll all the way down for links to each state form.) Monitors may receive reimbursement www.cartercenter.org/country/unit...
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United States
Though the Carter Center’s focus is predominantly international, we apply our expertise in our own country where we see opportunities to be effective.
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Supergirl could have been even darker.
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soleil ho @soleilho.com · 24/09/2026
in which I get real pissy about Newsom enabling the Paramount merger, vetoing protections for abortion & gender affirming care providers, and pulling policy fakeout after fakeout while acting like he's the saving grace of the left
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ezra’s working overtime to keep the 8th richest man in the world on narrative here.
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just when I thought all the commercials on MeTV were about old people taking a shit, they show an ad for the Trump coin, and yeah... All commercials on MeTV are about old people taking a shit.
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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
this is like the Mr Show sketch about the “ex-gay” man who talks about his repeated lapses into homosexuality, including the lapse he has planned for August
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Weight is the rare movie this decade that knows the difference between action and suspense and has plenty of both. It’s Wages of Fear meets Emperor of the North Pole.
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social Rosie & are about to see The Weight.
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Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Shut the #SFGiants down now. They won’t have anybody left for 2027 if they keep playing at this rate.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The point @joshtpm.bsky.social makes here about why the Beltway press misread the national climate so badly aligns very much with my case for why journalists and politicos should quit Twitter out of self-interest. (Gift link) talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/we-di...
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We Didn’t Know Until This Day … Twitter Was the Echo Chamber All Along
Daniel Drezner says we are now in the Wile E. Coyote phase...
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Monica Castillo @mcastimovies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I will have longer thoughts about the settlement once I stop booing into the void
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Old Movies for Young Stoners @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Pregame tonight’s @tcmtv.bsky.social tribute to the amazing CHUCK JONES with our massive and recent (!) LOONEY TUNES episode. Streaming on YouTube & other pod apps.
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S5E10 Stoners vs. Acme: Greg & Bob Talk Looney Tunes for Two Hours!
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