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Greg Proops @gregproops.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

See how it sounds?

Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

mRNA flu shot ✔️ Covid booster ✔️ Flu is coming early this year (Yay, us!) so please get vaccinated as soon as you can. Being sick sucks, wastes your PTO on something avoidable, and can save the lives of those who are immunocompromised

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I will tell you what: a string quartet and about 100 Queen fans can shake a church when “We Will Rock You” is played.

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

IMPORTANT UPDATE: It’s a string quartet.

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just checking: This is the stage set up for what is supposed to be a Queen tribute band concert. In a church (no problem), lots of candles (spiffy), classical music playing (ok), three chairs, and two music stands (wait, what?) A question for the crowd: Are we in the right place?

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Practicing for the Olympic balance beam tryouts

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Fine. I will put on a hoodie to go to dinner. But I don’t have to like it.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This warning from David Letterman to the media from just a year ago feels sadly too relevant today. He is right: You can't appease a tyrant.

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Welcome to your Jenga condo in Hell

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

White House correspondents, D.C. bureau chiefs, and media execs: The German government expelled Dorothy Thompson from the country in August 1934. She's remembered and respected today for her important coverage and analysis over the next decade of the German regime. Be like Dorothy Thompson.

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Two people with happy lox bellies. #loxfest

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Yeah, no. You don’t get to rewrite history now, Joe. You were a useful idiot and a useful idiot you shall always be

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“Hello, police? She’s not giving me any of her snacks. Can you please talk some sense into her?” (Photo: Carly Amlen)

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

PE WINDOW: The amount of time that needs to be spent feigning illness or cramps (uterus owners only) in the school bathroom in order to be excused from Phys Ed.

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Annual reminder that I will not be giving up my flip flops or willingly putting on a sweater.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Onion has created a machine that will kill everyone on Earth that is coincidentally running out of money and the only way to slow it down is if my staff and I take a six-week vacation to Cabo San Lucas.

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I don’t know how many times I’ve killed off poor Percy, but the spam texts keep coming. Now they’re moving on to home repair

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Your Sunday morning sermon, from me to Y'all. "Don't be a bigoted asswipe." - Mouthy 86:47

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Yes, those certainly are pangrams, thank you for sharing.

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Oh really? Who’s going to tell her?

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

@mapquest.com , I love you. You work well, cut out all the BS of those other nav apps, and you let me have a rainbow unicorn as an icon 🩵

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

LANDLAWD: An expression of frustration directed at the person or persons who own your home.

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Sanity check needed: Say aye if you knew the term “Debbie Downer” *before* 2004, when Rachel Dratch made her a character on SNL. I knew it as a child back in the late 15th C., but search indicates that Dratch’s character was the first instance. I feel like I’m being gaslit by the entire internet.

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A new study from MIT (admittedly performed with some limitations) shows that users of ChatGPT or other AI systems show weakened brain neural connectivity among participants who used the AI to write an essay. The brain-only group’s connectivity was the strongest. www.media.mit.edu/projects/you...

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Project Overview ‹ Your Brain on ChatGPT – MIT Media Lab

Check project's website: https://www.brainonllm.comWith today's wide adoption of LLM products like ChatGPT from OpenAI, humans and businesses engage and u…

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I have written and signed an Executive Order renaming Lake Superior to Lake Obama. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

ADVILIDITY: Verification that the ibuprofen one is about to take is for real

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

HUNDECK: A special floor on a cruise ship reserved for Mongol warriors.

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Greg Proops @gregproops.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry is Going Home💔

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It’s true that Dolly Parton was a country music icon. But far more importantly, she was a human decency, kindness, empathy & generosity icon. And we lose her at a time when those traits are more urgently needed than ever, especially in the USA. As we honour her remarkable life, honour those traits.

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Dolly Parton, country music icon, dies at 80

In May, she announced she was canceling a Las Vegas show and said she’d been undergoing treatment for kidney stones for several years.

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

NAIRCUT: A liquid method of hair removal when you don’t own scissors or a razor.

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

ONIONTOTING: The act of tying an onion to one’s belt, which was the style at the time …

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

POLOVENEER: An option for a wealthy person when getting their teeth resurfaced; the white color and sheen selected during a prosthodontic procedure.

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

AIRCHORD: This omission is bogus. Do you know how long I had to practice to eke out a decent air version of “Guantanamera?”

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Shazam but it tells me what I was going to look up not 0.5 seconds ago while I was opening a new tab.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

David Ellison wants us to know he’s not ideological, and that’s why he put a conservative with no tv experience in charge of CBS

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Let’s see what happens when a retired crossword columnist with a grudge against LLMs tries to mess up a crossword -constructing AI by giving it insanely bad advice.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/08/2026

Happy Birthday to the AMAZING Katie Phang!! Every single day, we’re in awe of your brilliance, integrity, and relentless fight for the truth. Here’s to another year of making a difference. We’re so grateful for you.

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

BATIKCRATIC: A society whose economic system is based on the exchange of wax-resistant dyed clothing.

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry, but I’m going to get out my popcorn and watch this go down.

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

VACCINITY: The approximate location of an inoculation on the body.

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Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Good morning and welcome to today’s anatomy lesson.

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