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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 4h

My math is suggesting that my typical daily intake back when was around 105+ drinks per week? This meant: About 3/4 of a bottle of whiskey and a few big ol' malt liquor cans every day. At an early 00s pay rate of $8/hour, I was living paycheck-to-paycheck with moonshot precision.

Front-on product photo of a 750ml bottle of Evan Williams bourbon whiskey. The liquid is an amber color, and the label is black with ornate type,script, and decoration in white and gold.

Several United States coins of small denominations, in a little pile.

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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 13h

Well, the wiki is already properly formatted!

A clip of text from the referenced Wikipedia page, highlighting the section heading "Formation and failure".

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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I have so much regard for this photographer's skills. He's made some amazing images during the Trump Era.

A black and white photo of Trump descending a set of plane stairs. He and the other figures in the scene (saluting soldiers, aides, etc.) are in stark black contrast to a stormy sky. A streak of lightening crosses from left to right, appearing visually to almost meet Trump's umbrella.

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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

UPDATE: Sadly, probably not worth the bother 😩.

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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Tragically drowned head first in a 5 gal bucket of Cheezy Brocc. 😔

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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Didn't stop him from doing that stupid cartoon.

A not very well-made cartoon image of Danny Trejo, complete with a glowering expression and scary tattoos. He is wearing a light blue shirt meant to reference Habitat for Humanity while pounding his fist into his palm.

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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It's admittedly been some years since I've spent time there, but this frankly seems like a real bait-switch.

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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Come to think of it, I should probably give this thing I put in my mouth a little clean.

A close up photo of a keychain holding a few keys, a small flashlight, and a battered rectangular, 3D printed plastic whistle. The flashlight shows significant wear to its knurled surface, some of which is reflected in a corresponding smudge of paint/metal oxidation or something on the whistle.

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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What's the spell to turn a golden goose into an albatross?

A screen grab of some post about the new Harry Potter TV show. At the bottom are side-by-side images of J.K. Rowling and a teaser image for the show featuring the familiar franchise typeface, etc. There is text in the top half, reading:

J.K. Rowling when asked about people refusing to watch the upcoming HBO Harry Potter series because of her: "Pretending you won't watch is adorable."

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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I'm always hyped for the time of year when everyone unloads all their unsold Pumpkin Pie ice cream.

A product photo of a tub of pumpkin pie flavored ice cream, in standard fall colors and with a li'l cartoon piece of pie on there.

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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I think it's ungenerous for us to simply *assume* he's lying about things.

A clipped frame from OP's video, showing Trump doing one of his signature shrugs and saying "fellas, I can run myself".

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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

@gothtatertot.bsky.social my face when I've never tasted the "pizza pie" of the Swarthy Peninsular:

A typically dour photo of H.P. Lovecraft, shown in a suit and tie and standing in front of a brick wall with his face casting heavy shadows.

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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Every pissy little rant just sweats insecurity. He knows his external successes aren't really his to own; everything can go away in an instant, leaving the grasping, offputting teenager at his core.

A well-circulated photo of a teenaged JD Vance posing with some fellow teens, all young women who are pretending to pee standing up in the school urinals. The girls are looking impishly over their shoulders. JD Vance is ... there. He is looming at the edge of the photo, looking *so* much like he just told a joke they're ignoring.

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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

With such an expansive roster, I'm not sure if it will be feasible to extend protections to *everyone*.

A side by side photo set of Tommy Lee and the Muppet, Animal, over the headline: See Tommy Lee in the Trailer for 'The Muppets Mayhem'. Mr. Lee is raising his shirt above his nipples for some reason and looks a lot like a hot dog.

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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"If you're still in line to vote... You should probably run."

A photo looking slightly downward at a blue piece of paper stapled to a wooden post (as used for power lines and streetlights). It is entitled, "Polls on Poles". A pencil hangs on a string down the center of the paper, for people to cast their votes for either King Kong (9) or Godzilla (25).

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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I'm pretty fond of my C-Max Hybrid. Trades a bit of sip for zip, so it can't hit modern mileage numbers, but I love driving it and it holds TONS.

Three product images of the discontinued Ford C-Max Hybrid, in an intense bright blue color, showing it from different angles. It is a slightly bulbous, slightly sporty looking small wagon thing.

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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

They've already got those Japones peanuts ready to go!

A macro shot of "Japanese" style peanuts from Mexico, with their sweet/spicy shell.

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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Do we think the news team asked him to take off his jacket or not?

A frame of the OP video cropped in to better show the witness' jacket's two visible chest logos for something called ARSE (styled like NASA).

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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I noticed that when I searched for it! While I liked the current color combo pretty well, I found it to be a bit rich for my blood ($19) when the normal cups are ~ $5. Ultimately went in a more subtle, sober option, but I'm still psyched!

A photo of a variant of the heavy duty plastic cup for restaurant use (e.g. the red Pizza Hut/Coca-Cola cups) being discussed in this thread. While sharing the signature pebbled surface of its brightly-colored siblings, this cup is a barely visible blue.

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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

That feeling after a long day of escaping when you realize you're right back where you started? That's HOME, folks.

The illustration from the Sleepy Time herbal tea package, showing a happy little bear in a stocking cap and nightgown, all snug in their little cozy house with the fire crackling away. The clock on the wall indicates 8:30 PM, which is probably when normal people get sleepy. For some reason the bear has two pets - a parrot and cat - who are not anthropomorphized.

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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

They couldn't even bother checking it for errors?! That's not how pennant style banner thingies work, for fuck's sake!

I've cropped into the slop poster and then circled two egregious AI errors involving the fluttering banners that contain informational text. In one case the AI forgot whether a fold was in front of itself or not, while in the other everything's been jumbled into some kind of tumor.

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Professionally Certified Woolgatherer @earational.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

In terms of like mainstream, found-most-everywhere brands, I think I agree. I prefer Bionaturae and (especially) Rustichella d'Abruzzo, but they're more expensive and less common. People seem excited about Rao's these days but I'm not sure I see the hype? Maybe I haven't tried the right one yet.