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Der Bard @derbard.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Sometimes on Reddit, you stumble across someone shining a spotlight on the deep-rooted connections we share across all of all humanity.

user Connect_History85 replying to a comment, writes, "I am German and I want to help him, not humiliate him or show him off in embarrassment. What good would it do me to fool him? We share a passion for mustard."

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Der Bard @derbard.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I took this screenshot of searching my inbox earlier today, before I heard about this. Google is only leaning harder into making their useful products work less and less well.

A GMail screenshot with "crash AND course AND coin" in the search box. Most of the result are blurred, but a red box surrounds the phrase "Intensive Care Plasma" with "Intensive" highlighted as a match to the search terms.

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Der Bard @derbard.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I think this is probably the result of a study grouping people with similar diets and then giving them "reasonable" labels, but I just don't think that's what the word "vegetarian" means... (from ipcc.ch/srccl/chapter/chapter-5/)

Vegetarian: a diet of grains, vegetables, fruits, sugars, oils, eggs and dairy and around one serving of meat or seafood per month.

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Der Bard @derbard.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Somehow, I'm only just now learning that Tom Cruise was married to Keith Urban.

Yahoo article with headline: "Nicole Kidman’s Divorce With Keith Urban Playing Out Like Tom Cruise’s, Says Source"

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Der Bard @derbard.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

This is exactly the opposite of true. Former U.S. presidents are referred to as "Mister [LastName]" or "Former President [LastName]". There is only one president at a time. (from:https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89g491e8ewo) There is little more annoying than someone being very confident and wrong

Snippet of BBC article saying, "Until this week, President Biden himself (former presidents keep their titles after they leave office)..."

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Der Bard @derbard.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Sometimes I forget how much I love Alan Tudyk, but then I just watch any scene he's ever acted in...

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Der Bard @derbard.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I think he turns off his voicemail outside of office hours! So I'll have to wait to call, but I emailed.

Subject: CR Vote
Comments:
Senator, I saw that you decided today to betray your country and your solemn oath. I don't know when you chose to side with the neo-Nazis, but it saddens me that you have decided that Congress should have no power, and the United States should crumble into nothingness. You are a traitor to your country and to the people you were supposed to represent, and hopefully will be cast out of office in disgrace. If history remembers you, it will remember a worthless striver who wasted his life seeking the approval of bigots, and your soulless cowardice will be a cautionary tale to all people of good conscience. In the past, I have thanked you for your service, but I now regret ever saying those words; I explicitly do not thank you for your service because it has been a hinderance to progress and the flourishing of humanity. In these past few weeks, you have played a not-insignificant role in the destruction of America's reputation, function, and likely existence. May you know no peace for the rest of your days, and may the downtrodden rejoice at the news of your every inconvenience. Please respond with what actions you will take to mitigate this monumental catastrophe that you have encouraged.

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Der Bard @derbard.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Illinois retains it's state flag! wgntv.com/news/illinoi...

Image of DeBlasio headline from the Onion, except it reads, "Illinois: 'Well, well, well, not so easy to find a flag that doesn't suck shit, huh?'" and the flag of Illinois is superimposed over DeBlasio's head

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Der Bard @derbard.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The world needs to shun and shame America until enough of us see what is happening and put these weird fascists in jail.

Image of Gray Fox from Metal Gear Solid saying, "Hurt me more!"

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Der Bard @derbard.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Writing an email to my Senator, and I intended to keep it pretty calm and factual and leave some headroom for emotion and rhetoric tomorrow and next week and beyond. I got a little worked up while laying out recent events, and closed a little more forcefully than I had planned.

This is a Constitutional crisis, and you are not acting like it. The American people look to their leaders to lead. If you continue to act like this is not a crisis, some Americans will follow your lead and believe this is all legal, but far more will realize that you have abandoned your oath, abandoned Americans, and abandoned America.

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Der Bard @derbard.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Not really competing in the "things we should be freaking out about" race, and I've probably just overlooked this in the past, but advertisements on tax documents (1095-C) feels weirdly dark to me.

Tear-off panel of 1095-C tax document showing an advertisement for a mortgage company, and another for a tax prep company.

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Der Bard @derbard.bsky.social · 21/02/2024

My garbage company really needs to get on a social media site that starts with an "H".

Footer of an email where social media logos should be, showing just each first letter for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter. Looks like it's working out a word F-I-L-T

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Der Bard @derbard.bsky.social · 17/01/2024

Keeping this tab open for the next 10 months...

Screenshot of a Google Trends graph of the popularity of the search term "Grover Cleveland"

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Der Bard @derbard.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

Finally forced to update my work computer to Windows 11, go to open a folder, and ... what the fuck is this garbage?! This OS is not good, but this is probably the worst thing I've come across so far.

Image of file explorer with tabs and a bunch of space-wasting UI trying to imitate a web browser for no reason

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Der Bard @derbard.bsky.social · 25/12/2023

I'm sorry, everyone. I misheard, and have been dreaming of a *wet* Christmas.

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Der Bard @derbard.bsky.social · 25/12/2023

Shrimply. Having. A Wonderful Christmastime.

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Der Bard @derbard.bsky.social · 18/08/2023

Haha, I didn't believe it either when I read it in an article. Checked Wikipedia, and was devastated to find their Canadian subsidiary is no longer called Canada Dry Motts 😞

Wikipedia page proving that the company is called "Keurig Dr Pepper"

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Der Bard @derbard.bsky.social · 16/08/2023

This is about to be the dumbest thing I've ever read, or one of the funniest...

Screenshot of The Atlantic hompage showing the headline "Why Not Pence?"

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Der Bard @derbard.bsky.social · 17/06/2023

I'm 34 years old, and not until today did it occur to me to *tear out* the "included parts" page from the assembly guide rather than flipping back to it repeatedly.

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Der Bard @derbard.bsky.social · 03/06/2023

Love to start my day with a Dick Butkus iced latte!

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