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cmpumantra.bsky.social

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This will probably just be a collection of snarky posts and short stories, some of which might be truer than others.

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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I was thinking about cleaning the garage today, and how I have to do it to get my new floor poured. Then I remembered how my friends and I used to (in college and early 20s) give mundane jobs secret mission code names. Forgot how that used to give the boring crap a little edge of fun.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
People talk about humans having a real 6th sense - being able to instantly count things visually with fairly good accuracy (like the toothpicks in Rain Man). I didn't get that one. I got the more useless ability to nail a trifold on a piece of Letter sized paper. So useful in the Internet age.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Just a reminder to anyone else raw doggin' life solo, it isn't always easy. Others don't sometimes realize how much they take their partners for granted or lean on them, but when it's just you, it can feel like you unlocked "hard mode". Stay strong - it'll be okay.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Is it time yet to leapfrog this fiction-like dystopian timeline and start assembling a plucky group of resistance members alla Star Wars? I think the timing is perfect.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Imagine how differently the Imperial Senate takeover by Emperor Palpatine would've gone if they had social media poisoning the rest of the Senate?
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I like the concept of "beach" (to be read like Ken from The Barbie Movie - he just did "beach"). The practical issues with sand, wet feet, and seagulls make me kinda prefer mountain or grass.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
People ask each other what celebrities they'd want to meet. I have a list, but I would want to go do mundane things with them not just meet them. Case in point: I have long said that I would love to meet Queen Latifah, but I would want to go bowling with her. That is all - Happy Wednesday, folks!
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
How is it that we found ourselves to eliminating the penny (yay) but we can't agree on Daylight Savings Time?
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
So somebody please explain how we don't seem to have a technology or workforce problem COLLECTING $100s of Billions of dollars in tariffs, but we just can't POSSIBLY refund businesses and personal importers right now? Is it because they spent it on ICE? www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/03/...
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Trump tariffs: Customs and Border Protection tells judge it can't comply with refund order
CBP told Judge Richard Eaton that the technology upgrades it plans would save more than 4 million man-hours in processing refunds for Trump's tariffs.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The surreal juxtaposition today of cat videos and caption-less landscape photos amongst the moral stain of leaked memos, murder headlines, and criminal evidence screenshots... what a wild time to be alive and on Bluesky.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Songspiration for this current moment in the year of our lordt, 2026: youtu.be/hiaSle49Ros?...
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Hunter Parrish Beautiful City from Godspell on Broadway YouTube
YouTube video by Izik Ade
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Nana's CookBooks @nanascookbooks.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
"Glorified Cheese Sandwiches," according to Betty Crocker. This casserole from 1950 looks simple to throw together. All you have to decide is what creamed vegetable goes on the side. 🍽️ 🍜 #FoodSky #Cooking #Recipes #RecipeOfTheDay
From 1950, The Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook.

CHEESE SANDWICH CASSEROLE
Crispy, golden outside... melting, tender in-side. Like glorified cheese sandwiches.

Arrange in greased baking dish ...
   6 slices bread
Cover with ...
   6 thick slices sharp cheese (⅛" thick)
Top with ...
   6 more slices bread to make "sandwiches"
Pour over all, a mixture of ...
   4 egg yolks (or 2 eggs), beaten
   2½ cups milk
   1 tsp. salt
   ⅛ tsp. pepper
   ¼ tsp. dry mustard

Chill in refrigerator so milk mixture will soften bread. Bake until partially dried and golden brown on top. Serve hot ... with creamed vegetable (asparagus, etc.).

TEMPERATURE: 350° (mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 1 hr.
AMOUNT: 6 servings.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
BWAHAHAHAHHAHA Leavit dared to accuse Ilhan Omar of fraud given her wealth in the Million(s)? How about all of the profit Trump and his family have made throughout his TWO terms?
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Leavitt is giving such Madam Morrible energy on these press briefings.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
If Roe v. Wade can be so easily overturned, couldn't the same happen for this ruling about Presidential immunity? It seems like it's just a snap of the fingers and that thin veil of legality gets removed.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
If it's true that certain "leaders" are hungry to see people suffer, and this so-called "administration" is complicit in delivering that suffering to this "leader": Use AI to manufacture videos of suffering and pleading to mollify a tyrant and appease their violence-induced arousal.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
@taskmaster.tv - So upset I missed you in the home of "The Bean" (it's riveting content). Please consider stopping by again. We have great food and compelling randomness in Chicago to keep you entertained for at least some minutes.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
@dropout.tv - not to be too needy here, but you don't understand the "critical role" (😉) you play in helping me find a moment of smiles and laughs between blasts of real-world insanity and covfefe happening around us. Please send more Gastronauts as soon as possible. Sincerely, me.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
When did "nuclear" become a noun? That is just English slop.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
All I'm saying is, why not harness the collective strategic thinking of all the D&D players to organize against illegal quasi-military action? Granted, there'll need to be some translation from using Charm abilities and casting Frost Armor into real-world actions, but I think we can figure it out.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I am quite convinced that Sir Lora is actually a nihilistic agent of chaos that is only serving to do harm by constantly SETTING OFF TRAPS! ...that damned squirrel...
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I think, in this year of Our Lord 2026, that I may *finally* be emotionally settled enough about Joel to finish playing The Last of Us 2.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
me: *bought a fridge 2 years ago* Fridge Manufacturer: So you wanna buy another fridge, or any of these other appliances we know you already have? Manufacturer, next day: What about now? Manufacturer, same day: Did it break down yet? Maybe now? Please? Manufacturer, same day: Maybe now?
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
I am here to say that the Counting Crows, Noah Gundersen, and The Goo Goo Dolls are perfect soundtracks to which you can write technical architecture diagrams and design documents. Thanks to you all for enabling my Monday flow state.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
I’m going on record that we need Firefly the musical (the space western, not the operetta). That would be something interesting to see. 🎵…You can’t take the sky from meeeee… 🎶
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Music has been my constant companion since before I could walk. But I left my piano at a Goodwill in Virginia in 2014 when I moved back home. It took me 11 years to realize that I left part of my soul with it. I gave up my instrument with which I process thoughts and feelings. I made a mistake.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
The Universe keeps sending me reminders that leading big teams is so much harder than regrowing a missing limb.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
If anyone is in the New York / New Jersey areas and wants to attend a really awesome festival, please consider attending, if not being a backer of an excellent event: Hudson West Fest 2025 Music Festival - Help us to go FREE! by Katherine Etzel — Kickstarter share.google/PtuM0MQsKXfy...
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Hudson West Fest 2025 Music Festival - Help us to go FREE!
A roots/Americana festival & street fair in the New Jersey/New York City area.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Why roll back child labor laws AND kill mRNA vaccine funding? Isn’t one peril enough? Oh… unless the strategy is to let adults die sooner to reduce healthcare cost burdens, expedite generational wealth flowdown, and put kids to work without education. GOT IT. www.npr.org/2025/08/05/n...
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RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine contracts
The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Uh oh… did we not figure that other countries would post their respective details about their leaders’ involvements in this? Can’t threaten the UK with a mid-term election loss or gerrymander them out of existence. youtu.be/QvuhZNurqps?...
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England EXPOSES Trump & Prince Andrew’s EPSTEIN CONVERSATIONS🚨
YouTube video by Occupy Democrats
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
I think I’ve come to realize that we’re a couple bad bills and another “election” away from becoming Urinetown (theater people, iykyk)
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Y’all… Some of these answers are fascinating and worth a read. www.reddit.com/r/geopolitic...
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From the geopolitics community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the geopolitics community
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
It’s almost like there’s a pattern here, guys and gals… www.history.co.uk/articles/dow...
history.co.uk
Downfall: How Five fearsome dictators were finally overthrown
The stories of the worst dictators in modern history and how their reign of terrors ended.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Whoever invented HOV lanes, I’d like to buy you a beer. Whoever invented surge pricing for tollroads, especially on HOV lanes… you get something else.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
At least we still have sunsets.
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
My actual chain of reactions seeing Graham Norton on Doctor Who: 🙄😮‍💨🧐🤨😏🤓😜🤪😂🤣🤣😁😊
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cmpumantra.bsky.social @cmpumantra.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
This just hit me today… if dentists really want to promote flossing, they need to partner up with GPs and dietitians. The more high-fiber veggies you eat, the more likely they get stuck in your teeth and you need to get them out. 2 birds, one stone!
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