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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit
David Ellison • @ellisonskyd... 2h
What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first ho Show
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 19/09/2026
In addition to being evil, these guys are incurable weirdos.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
LMAOOOOOOOOOO somebody finally asked the transphobes if they know any WNBA players besides and NOPE
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Suss-- 🥌 @suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 23/02/2024
millennials only want one thing and it's watching Linda Cohn and Karl Ravech calling highlights on SportsCenter for a Mark Buehrle seven-inning, one-run, nine-hit, two strikeout game against the 2003 Kansas City Royals
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 04/08/2026
Do you miss the direct-to-DVD era of movies? Want to watch TV shows from before you were born? Have you ever wondered if there’s a channel specifically for the Bolivian diaspora? Good news… it’s all on BOOFI!
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Welcome to BOOFI, Yet Another Free Streaming Service
Why watch something new? Or good?
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 02/07/2026
Just never get into sports betting, gas station heroin, or creative writing, and you'll be fine
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 30/06/2026
Hear ye, hear ye! My lawn sucks! www.chortle.blog/p/a-declarat...
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I Declare War on My Lawn
The time for re-seeding has passed.
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I know this is not the biggest concern going these days, but it stresses me out that basically every artist/writer/critic is now expected to create their own tiny empire instead of getting paid by any existing entity to perform a job they've worked to get good at!!!!
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I’ve never been so certain Nithya is going to win lol
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 24/06/2026
There are bodies of water that are bigger, deeper, better smelling. But right now, in the summer of 2026, there is no body of water in America that is more talked about than the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. And she knows it. www.chortle.blog/p/exclusive-...
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An Exclusive Interview with the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
Washington's most-talked-about body of water is ready for her close-up.
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Duotrope @duotrope.com · 24/06/2026
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Humorous Fiction feat. @johnnyamericazine.bsky.social @flashfictiononline.bsky.social @pointsincase.com @chortle.blog et al. duotrope.com...
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Smart Search List of the Day
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Humorous Fiction feat. @johnnyamericazine.bsky.social @flashfictiononline.bsky.social @pointsincase.com @chortle.blog et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/humorous-fiction-h05vAkFk
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 22/06/2026
Just over a week left to submit your humor pieces! Cc @duotrope.com
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 15/06/2026
I just posted a new call for submissions! Send me your funny stuff, humor #writers.
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June Submissions Are Now Open!
I’m paying for funny pieces about America 🇺🇸🦅🫠
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 11/06/2026
It was funny when Taylor Swift ruined everybody’s football games, but now she’s ruining my basketball game. Get outta here, Taylor.
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M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
If you have ever emailed a writer to let them know you enjoyed something they wrote, you are among the noblest and best and most saintly in this entire world, and I hope you sleep really well tonight.
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 09/06/2026
Hello, Mister President. It looks like you’ve got me. That’s right, you’ve finally caught the man who rigged California’s primary election.
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I Rigged California's Election
You caught me red-handed, Mr. President.
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 06/06/2026
Just put yourself out there, the more embarrassing it feels, the better you're doing, I swear
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: a guy seated and getting a haircut notices something unusual about the barbershop flyer on the wall that displays haircut options. He says, “hey, wait a minute…” and begins to unfold the bottom of the poster, which is tucked underneath it. Panel 2: he continues as he unfolds the paper. “There’s more haircuts under here.” Behind him, his barber stares grimly, his face cast in shadow. Panel 3: the poster is unfolded on the ground, displaying a continued list of increasingly bizarre haircuts, including a rectangular prism mustache and hair in the shape of a duck. Cast in shadow against the poster is the shadow of the barber strangling the client. He knows too much.
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 02/06/2026
After careful consideration, I have made the difficult decision to withdraw Gator’s Tilt-A-Whirl from the Great American State Fair. This event does not align with our principles as an organization that includes one man and several tons of uninsurable machinery.
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Gator's Tilt-a-Whirl Also Drops Out of Trump's Great American State Fair
Gator: "This is not about politics."
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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 29/05/2026
Vanity Fair
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Spencer Pratt Interview: The 'Hills' Star Talks to Vanity Fair About His Mayoral ...
18 hours ago - Spencer Pratt, Self-Described "Full Villain" of The ... He showed me his average daily screen time on his iPhone: 16 hours and 49 minutes.
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 18/05/2026
I’ve started measuring my life with sabermetrics, and I don’t love my stats right now… WAR: -1.2 (Weekends Actually Rested) K%: 18 (Kid, Percent Satisfied) xWIF: .773 (Expected rate at which I irritate my wife)
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Advanced Baseball Statistics for Real Life
Using sabermetrics to measure my weekend.
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 16/05/2026
Lmao this is a great piece
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 04/05/2026
Did you love these Michael Jackson biopic? If so, you’ll definitely enjoy these other non-controversial films!
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Upcoming Biopics from the Producers of 'Michael'
The hot new Hollywood trend: feel-good stories about feel-bad people.
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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I wrote about the photo, but I am still very interested in where this particular torch came from and how it was decided that we would be giving it to him on behalf of the city
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She really didn't need to do this
Over the last two years, we've watched gutless leaders go groveling to the White House with gilded gifts to appease our authoritarian overlord. And now Karen Bass is part of that club
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 24/04/2026
Wow, a price update! This sounds like an exciting opportunity for me.
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 24/04/2026
This is shocking and embarrassing @mayor.lacity.gov. A smiling photo op with the man who sent ICE into our city? Fuck off, Karen.
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 20/04/2026
Earth Day is this week! Learn about the holiday’s past, present and future right here.
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A Timeline of Notable Earth Days: 1970 to 2145
A noble past and an illustrious future.
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 15/04/2026
Mae sure you know whether you’re filing your taxes Frantically or Redundantly! www.chortle.blog/p/lesser-kno...
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16 Lesser Known Tax Filing Statuses
You may qualify for a Romantic tax break.
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Quincy Scott Jones @quincyscottjones.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Reposting this @chortle.blog piece from @ninasharmawriter.bsky.social because once again reality is trying to one-up satire. www.chortle.blog/p/college-pr...
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College President: We Need More Guest Speakers We Don’t Need
Now is the time to indulge and pander.
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 13/04/2026
Ugh, what a morning. Sorry, I am late for work, but with the Strait of Hormuz closed, it is really throwing everything off. You guys get it, right? www.chortle.blog/p/sorry-im-l...
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Sorry I’m Late, The Strait of Hormuz is Closed
We're all feeling the effects.
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Every single day Trump acts out in a way that would get you banned from Dave & Busters and the media types up things like “Trump challenges limits of executive theory.”
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 05/04/2026
Kudos to the NCAA for correctly intuiting that when I turn on the Final Four, what I’m hoping to see is two DJs performing.
A tv showing two dj’s performing at the final four
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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 09/02/2026
doing commercials used to be a shameful thing that you had to go to Japan to do
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 07/02/2026
Hell yeah, Nithya is great.
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 05/02/2026
Bass is such a coward. We gotta get rid of her asap.
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Duotrope @duotrope.com · 27/01/2026
Chortle @chortle.blog (Fiction Nonfiction Art; pays) opened to submissions duotrope.com... #amwriting
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Re-opening: Chortle
Chortle @chortle.blog (Fiction Nonfiction Art; pays) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com/magazine/chortle-38591 #amwriting
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 27/01/2026
I’m seeking humor writing about love for my newsletter! Accepted pieces pay $100. Please share with your funny friends!
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Submissions Are Now Open!
I'm paying $100 for funny pieces about love.
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 27/01/2026
El Centro absolutely sucks, so at least we have that. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Brendan Hay @bhay.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
LA folks in Echo Park/Silverlake: ICE is staging at Vons on Alvarado, and have kidnapped vendors on Sunset and Alvarado and Sunset and Echo.
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 25/01/2026
Been thinking about this song a lot recently. Two dead in MN. Dave is a real one.
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 25/01/2026
Turns out the concept of a “fresh hell” doesn’t really ring true once all this shit starts blurring together.
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 25/01/2026
What’s a word for being equally heartened and disheartened? I’m in awe of the bravery of Minnesotans and in despair at the thought that this will only escalate.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bearwitness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
this is it. this is the level. this is the standard for democratic officials. anything less is intolerable.
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 24/01/2026
Whoever this guy is for President.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 24/01/2026
I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
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Greg Nix @chortle.blog · 23/01/2026
I thought the meaning of “ice” was pretty set in stone! It’s always referred to cubes or rinks or occasionally Val Kilmer. It definitely has never meant “a fascist goon squad of five-year high school grads.”
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It's me, Ice
I'm not I.C.E.
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 16/01/2026
Creative writing will survive humanity's greatest crisis. The robots can never replicate my need for attention
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 16/01/2026
Fiction dead? No one reads anymore? The obituaries they write are their own, not yours! Live más!
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