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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

What’s with the weird emblem? “An American coonskin cap, but make it kinda Russian.”

a still photo from the movie Red Heat showing Arnold Schwartzenegger as a Soviet military officer. He’s looking stoic and menacing, which he’s good at, unlike his imitators. He’s in uniform and wearing a fur hat.

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Same—I LOVED the whole game cabinet! “Daddy Had A Bad Day, go back two spaces.” “Daddy’s Younger Boss Yelled At Him!”

A picture of the retro 50s-style style board game “Daddy’s Home” from Widow’s Bay with the rage-faced dad at the dinner table

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Purrdinand knows he missed the cutoff but insists he deserves to be counted

A self-satisfied looking cat (what else?) showing off his beautiful lion’s mane of a white ruff against his mostly gray body

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Ugh. Just flashed to the board game from Widow’s Bay. Daddy Had a Bad Day! Go back two spaces.

A screenshot of an old-timey looking board game box called Daddy’s Home! with a rage-faced paterfamilias drawn in 1950s style, wife bringing a platter of roast chicken to the dinner table, and a boy and girl sitting at their places.

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I love malevolent cats. Here, he’s not doing the Snoopy-as-vulture pose…but Purrdinand is scheming, for sure.

A fluffy light- and dark gray cat sitting upright, looking more innocent than is felinely possible

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Found this bobcat with false eyes on WNC Nature Center’s Instagram!

A photo of a bobcat leaning over a tree limb with a paw hanging down. It has prominent white and black “false eyes” fur patterns on the back of its ears

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

From the immortal pen of Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

A New Yorker cartoon by Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell, showing a movie projector in a woman’s head. A screen says, “Now Playing: Everything You Said At The Party” and she looks horrified

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Rebel Loon flag reporting in from Seattle 🫡

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Ours is like a piece of furniture: long pipes connected to a clock (which we haven’t been able to fix). We had to reconnect the wires and install a new button outside. So far, so good. 🤞 It looks like this one—how can you not love it?! Louder than a rotary phone, tho

Vintage 50s clock on a wall with with four pipes for the doorbell chime

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Taken in Minnesota. But I’m not sure this driver is looking out for his neighbors. 😑

A ridiculous sticker on a car’s rear window with an intended-to-look majestic and the words “The metric system can’t measure freedom” in all caps, with “freedom” extra big for emphasis

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Two of my faves I haven’t seen yet (and yes, “Bummer of a birthmark” and “School for the gifted” are referred to all the time in our house)

A Far Side cartoon captioned “Early vegetarians returning from the kill” with the triumphant hunters carrying a giant carrot on their shoulders and waving their shovels

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

This is so fucking offensive. I can’t wait until these assholes are out of office. “Democrat-led shutdown,” ha. Your correct hyphenation doesn’t make it any more believable.

A screenshot of a red banner with white text from the top of the US State Department website saying, “Due to the Democrat-led shutdown, website updates will be limited until full operations resume.”

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Poorly executed (screen printing mishap this morning due to haste) so I didn’t get the army of frogs I was going for, but…reign of frogs!

My sloppy No Kings, No Tyrants, Just a Reign of Frogs sign. Xed out crown, Xed out jackboot, three frogs raising fists in protest

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I’m sure there’s a better example but this one came to mind

Far Side cartoon showing a mailman surrounded by excited dogs nipping at his clothes, while in the background, a sad dog is stuck inside practicing the violin

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Using one photo already on your phone, what is the announcement tomorrow at 2 [about]?

A yellow and black warning sign with an icon of a person vomiting at the top. “Vibrio Bacteria Warning: eating raw shellfish from this beach can make you sick.”

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

I was just thinking of Below the Belt! As I do any time the flag burning issue raises its sooty little head. I made a cake version last time.

Screenshot of a tweet with images of an American flag cake on the left and a blue flame burning it on the right. Text reads: “Freedom-of-speech Burn Your Flag Cake. Made in honor of the ACLU’s birthday and the Women’s March”, dated 1/26/17

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

You've inherited a movie theater, what's your first double feature? I’d recreate a first date at the Grand theater: Harold and Maude and A Clockwork Orange. (College towns! The best!)

A scene from Harold and Maude with Maude sitting in a church pew behind Harold (before she offers him some licorice)

Alex, from A Clockwork Orange, sitting with his droogs at a milk bar, gearing up for a night of ultraviolence

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Our Regional Meat Sandwich choice this summer was the muffuletta. (Previous years: Philly-style roast pork, Chicago beef, and last August was lobster rolls).

Multiple round loaves of semolina bread topped with olive salad, ready for the meat and cheese layers

A muffuletta sandwich with a quarter wedge cut out of it

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

25 years ago, I cut out this headline and mailed it to my now-husband. “In Madrid, There's No Such Thing as Too Much Ham.” Still haven’t made that particular pilgrimage.

Screenshot of a NY Times headline, “In Madrid, There’s No Such Thing as Too Much Ham” from The Frugal Traveler column, July 9, 2000

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Sticker seen in a Minnesota parking lot this week. I told my spouse, “You need Imperialist measures for that.”

A bumper sticker with a pissed-off looking bald eagle on the left with the words in all caps “The metric system can’t measure FREEDOM”

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Glad we’re all enjoying the show!

A New Yorker cartoon of a woman whose brain has a marquee sign saying, “Now Playing: Everything You Said At The Party”

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Purrdinand wants to know if anyone’s still up. (He doesn’t *care*, but he’s curious)

A dark gray cat face surrounded by a ruff of lighter fur like a frilly Elizabethan collar. Stern yet fancy

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Another week of #AvoidanceBaking. Pistachio Schnecken! #breadsky #pastrysky #bakingsky Again from the Lune cookbook, filled with pistachio-rosewater frangipane.

Closeup of a coiled golden-brown pastry topped with chopped pistachios on a plate with more Pistachio Snails in the background

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I still remember Robbie Conal’s Artificial Art Official poster. I wonder if we can get permission to use a version of this (or something similar). @johncusack.bsky.social, are you up for reliving your youth? robbieconal.com/guerilla/gue...

Robbie Conal’s poster of a black and white line drawing of Donald Trump with the words Dick Tater in a graffiti font on a red background.

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Avoidance baking! Lovely complicated projects to keep your mind off…everything. Croissants from the Lune cookbook. #breadsky #bakingsky

Five golden brown croissants on a ceramic plate. Boy, do they look good

Closeup of a croissant with an end broken off to show the flaky layers inside

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Previous years’ success below. This year I candied orange, lemon, and yuzu lemon peel. I was so excited for the floral notes from the yuzu. #breadsky

Slices of cotton candy-textured panettone, pale yellow from all the butter and egg yolks, flavored with candied orange and lemon peel, golden raisins, and Fiori di Sicilia

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

I’ve been making Matt Tinder’s panettone for the past few years with astonishing success. This year I lost my mojo. Flew too close to the sun on wings of wax and butter. #breadsky

Two inverted panettone loaves with metal skewers through the paper forms balanced over a cardboard box. The tops of the loaves broke off while cooling and are at the bottom of the box

A broken-open panettone loaf showing a decent-looking structure studded with gorgeous specks of candied citrus peel and sultanas

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

@chefjohn.bsky.social ‘s monkey bread with fresh cranberries! I have a very active panettone starter that’s currently fed 3x/day so I used I cup of starter discard instead of commercial yeast. I let the dough proof overnight before adding caramel sauce and baking. www.allrecipes.com/holiday-monk...

top-down view of appealingly sticky-looking cranberry-walnut monkey bread that was baked in a bundt pan and inverted onto a white platter

Closeup of pieces of caramel-coated monkey bread on a plate with one ball broken open to show the crumb

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

This was a pandemic project for a virtual “Beat the Blerch” run (from the Oatmeal comic about running. No to murder hornets! Yes to cake! Yes to magical purple drink!) cc: @darthbluesky.bsky.social

A “Beat the Blerch” cake with a shiny purple glaze, decorated with flying cherub Blerches, murder hornets, and cake slices from the race t-shirt

A slice of four-layer confetti cake with purple glaze

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 05/09/2024

drop an alien that’s not from Star Wars or Star Trek

David Bowie in The Man Who Fell To Earth

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 24/08/2024

Repost with a favorite book from your childhood

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