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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 58m

My dream 2028 campaign:

A presidential campaign-style sign but instead of a pair of running mates, it says:

Truth
and
Reconciliation

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 21h

I know it is a late entry and may not even quite fit the format but I think you need to see this

Faine Greenwood posts: The forecast is sunny and clear outside, with a 80% chance of sudden assault by Christ lasers.

There is an image of a detail from a religious painting, with a saint with an aureus (halo) around his head, in monk's robes, hands up, his hair tonsured, and an annoyed or vexed look on his face. In the sky above him a glowing Christ figure, and lines through the air connecting the two.

Chris Labarthe posts: three images of a pew

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is the man you're defending (and doubling and tripling and quadrupling down on), and you're calling me MAGA. For what? The crime of thinking the Atlantic failed to do their job of fact checking.

Jack Buhring
January 11, 2021

Donald Trump we all stand with you. You have more people on your side than you know. If you cant get it done its hard to tell where this country will end up. Keep fighting!!!

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Shut up, LinkedIn, I know it!

LinkedIn Games says I am smarter than 99% of CEOs

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Me beefing with Alexander Pope

Spectromachina on X.com, the Everything Nazi app:

Pope, would you please shut the fuck up about matters you do not understand?

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Talarico up +2 with LV, +7 with RV

Fox News poll: Talarico (D) 53%, Paxton (R) 46%

September 24-28, 2026
Texas Registered Voters ± 2.5% Pts.

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Huh? There were six that day. Plus, we know he wasn't at an NBA game, he was at a women's college basketball game in Maryland.

NBA games

Feb 3, 24

February 3 recap

Nets 76ers

Warriors Hawks

Kings Bulls

Lakers Knicks

Cavaliers Spurs

Bucks Mavericks

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

NBA games on Feb 3, 2024 (sorry I did not have the energy to type the scores)

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Detroit isn't bad but kinda busy

The flag of the city of Detroit, Michigan. Quarterly fimbriated or, 1. azure, thirteen mullets (stars) argent, five four and four; 2. gules, three lions passant or in silhouette; 3. argent, five fleurs-de-lys or, two and three; 4. argent, six barrets sinister gules; overall on a plate (roundel argent) a woman garbed gules and caped azure beside a woman garbed azure and caped gules, standing before a burning city and a flourishing city, surrounded by the words "The City of Detroit", "Speramus Meliora" ("We hope for better things"), "Resurget Cineribus" ("It will rise from the ashes"), and "Michigan"

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

300 days studying ASL in Lingvano. Actually this was yesterday. I'm up to 301 now, but I forgot to post this screenshot yesterday and I like the round number.

300 day streak in Lingvano, with flame icon

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Glenn Close Glenn Close but no cigar

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

LOL Bye-bye, James Talarico. I really didn't think their software would respond to anything that didn't include "stop" or "end."

A text from Talarico for Texas at short code 95079 that begins with a picture of James Talarico in a suit, partly turned away from the camera.

"$100 for James Talarico. Here’s why:

$100 to ensure our movement is not silenced or drowned out by billionaires and corporate mega-donors.

$100 to fight back against the nonstop lies and attacks from national Republicans and their super PACs.

$100 to help us organize in all of Texas’ 254 counties and maintain our lead in the polls.

It may not seem like much against SLF’s $50 million ad buy. But if everyone who cares about this race and the Senate majority gives now, we will flip this U.S. Senate seat.

Please donate if you can: https://talarico4tx.com/sgBhdq

(Stop to end)"

Me: Fuck you

Talarico for Texas: You are unsubscribed from our campaign updates. No more messages will be sent. Text START to resubscribe.

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

OS;DR (on substack, didn't read)

Evan Urquart praising a piece Gillian Branstetter published on Substack about trans politics. I ain't reading Substack but I'm happy for you, or sorry that happened.

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is after she devours everything in the children's section, and before she starts school. Little Matilda was very precocious. 😊 Here's a complete list I made when I was reading the book:

Matilda Wormwood's Books

The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby, by Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë
Pride and Prejudice, by Stone Cold Jane Austen
Tess of the D'Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy
Gone to Earth, by Mary Webb
Kim, by Rudyard Kipling
The Invisible Man, by H.G. Wells
The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner
The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
The Good Companions, by J.B. Priestley
Brighton Rock, by Graham Greene
Animal Farm, by George Orwell

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Interesting news. I am apparently included in someone's starter pack. I don't know exactly how to feel about this, but I suppose it is a compliment.

A notification on my Bluesky account:

Cafecito and 1 other followed you · 15m
via starter pack Ink Well's Starter Pack

There is also a symbol or emoji in front of the name of the starter pack that I don't know how to type.

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Wait, did that actually happen? I haven't seen it yet. I was making a Batman v. Superman joke. *Did* that actually happen?

Batman and Superman, high-fiving. They are each labeled with their names, and where their hands come together in the air, the hands are labeled "Martha"

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It's my lily and I'll cry if I want to Lilium davidii (David's Lily): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilium_...

Lilium davidii var. wilmottiae

Lilium davidii is an Asian species of plants in the lily family. Lilium davidii grows up to 1.5 meters high, and bears up to about 20 unscented flowers with recurved tepals (bent backwards), orange or reddish orange, from July to August.

The specimen in the photo is a luscious orange to reddish orange color with dark spots on the petals, with the small frond-like "tepals" emerging from the center, against a lush background of green leaves.

The species is named for French missionary and naturalist Armand David (1826-1900).

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The brain will have its revenge

A Sarah Andersen cartoon titled "The Organs Are a Team" with four panels:

1. The Stomach: "I digest food so it can become energy 🩷"

2. The Heart: "I use energy to pump blood 🩷"

3. The Liver: "I take that blood and filter it 🩷"

4. The Brain: "I will actively sabotage all of you."

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I liked this, but there was an "ALT" bug in the corner from where someone had screenshotted it and a weird white border, so here's a cleaner version with alt text.

The Gimli-Legolas meme ("what about with a friend?") except it's about the recent Doug Ford comments on the US-Canada trade war. Further context: Ford's statements are good, but he is, more generally, a problematic figure. Text:

Gimli: never thought I'd die fighting side by side with Doug Ford

Legolas: i'm gonna rip out all the bike lanes

Gimli: christ alive you're the worst

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"Just get in, Harriet, there's no time to explain"

Dog sitting in the driver's seat of a car

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

What's your favorite Bible verse? Wrong answers only.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds.

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

With alt text that isn't garbled:

A container of a bumpy brown substance that looks like cocoa with a spoon taking a scoop, revealing a speckled white substance underneath. Text:

i made a healthier version of tiramisu with yoghurt and chia seeds, not only is it high in protein but it's also disgusting

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Yeah, and now RFK Jr. has a new poster

RFK Jr. Food Pyramid

(the wide end is at the top and the pointy end at the bottom for some reason, the fonts are jaunty, the panels colorful; in order from the things you're supposed to eat the most of, it's:)

ROADKILL (bear cubs, beached whales, cats, dogs, possums, etc.)

FATS (esp. beef tallow), OILS

DAIRY, Eggs (if you can afford them)

Grain (* whiskey, bourbon, etc.)

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Here in the Detroit area Exit 69, Big Beaver Road

Exit 69

Big Beaver Rd

A highway sign on I-75 in the Detroit area

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

In the grim future of Hello Kitty, there is only war!

A picture with the title Hello Kitty 40,000 at the top that shows some warriors with Hello Kitty heads and some with the heads of turtles. At the bottom it says:

In the grim future of Hello Kitty there is only war

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Latest polls. That Glengariff Group poll is both an outlier and at least 20 days old. Ah, I hit "All polls" and there was a Stevens +1 poll from an outfit I've never heard of called Tavern Research on July 6-7 with Stevens at 42% and El-Sayed at 41%. Pretty questionable.

Michigan U.S. Senate Election 2026: Latest Polls

Updated July 31, 2026

ELECTION DATE: AUG. 4

Democratic primary polls

Primaries will be held on Aug. 4.

POLLSTER

MARGIN

Zenith Research

El-Sayed +19

July 26-30 NEW

53% El-Sayed 34% Stevens

SoCal Strategies

Republican sponsor

El-Sayed +17

56% El-Sayed 39% Stevens

July 28-30 NEW

Mitchell Research & Communications

July 28-29 NEW

El-Sayed +14

52% El-Sayed 38% Stevens

Emerson College

El-Sayed +16

July 26-27

57% El-Sayed 41% Stevens

Tavern Research

July 26-27

Tavern Research

July 26-27

Tulchin Research

July 13-15

Data for Progress

Democratic sponsor

July 10-14

El-Sayed +11

48% El-Sayed 37% Stevens

El-Sayed +10

46% El-Sayed 36% Stevens

El-Sayed +16

56% El-Sayed 40% Stevens

El-Sayed +13

54% El-Sayed 41% Stevens

Glengariff Group, Inc.

July 8-11

Tavern Research

July 6-7

Stevens +7

48% Stevens 41% El-Sayed

El-Sayed +3

41% El-Sayed 38% Stevens

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Gotta say, I don't love El-Sayed texting me to claim he's one point down when the closest poll I can find in the last 20 days shows him at least 10 points up.

Text from the Abdul El-Sayed campaign:

NEW MI SEN POLL:

Stevens: 42%
El-Sayed: 41%

AIPAC $ is working. We need to take back our lead. Rush a donation: abdulforsen.com/l/qvXT5T

- Abdul HQ

End2End

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

If you're cold, they're cold. Let them in.

A thing out of nightmare stands outside a glass door. It has four spindly legs, a torso with arms, and the head of a... goat? Remember, in various folklore tales you have to be lured into letting creatures of evil inside before they can hurt you.

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