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The "R.R." in J.R.R. Tolkien stands for "Ruff Ryder". Same as George R.R. Martin, weird enough. He/Him

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Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 4h
Yes! The *entire point* of the pledge process at many fraternities is to make sure the the organization's new members are loyal to the organization over everything else. This is one of the things that often makes fraternity cultures so insanely toxic!
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Ben @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Lemarchand Puzzle Box sitting on a shelf next to some other puzzle stuff I futzed around with for a few minutes before forgetting about.
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Ben @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
A bit I enjoyed doing was the old James Bond Q scenes, except instead of gadgets it was just shit that advertised a lot on podcasts. Was this just an excuse to say shit like “MeUndies” or “MailChimp” in a bad Desmond Llewelyn impression? You bet your ass it was.
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Chris Sims @theisb.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
“Don’t be so juvenile, 007. With SquareSpace’s award winning templates, even you could manage to bring this website back in one piece.”
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Spooky Sammi Skeletons @froondingloom.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
"Well, Agent Double Oh Seven, I think this time my 'gizmos' as you so blithely call them will pack quite a surprise for you!" [Q hands Bond a paper bag with a snubnose 357, twenty six dollars in assorted bills, and one warm can of pepsi]
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Spooky Sammi Skeletons @froondingloom.bsky.social · 9h
i miss him, man
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Ken Lowery @kenlowery.bsky.social · 10h
and we're back! COMICS DISCOURSE LOOP: No, It Is You Who Failed Superman Why Doesn't Batman Simply Buy Crime? <--- YOU ARE HERE Alan Moore: Threat or Menace? Writers Vs. Artists What If The Big Two Released Monthly Anthologies Instead Everyone (Except You) Knew Outed Monster Was Monster
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 14h
awoke this morning with a Vision
that diagram showing  the SUV blind spot in the front but it's lowly worm driving his little applemobile
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Foucault's Pudendum @kaitave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I love humor that transcends language
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Ken Lowery @kenlowery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Normalize calling your friends "hoss"
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
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Big Show Ripping Darts @homunculusdick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Back during their NXT days, Sami Zayn pitched a ska gimmick for him and Neville. Apparently, it was approved by Dusty at the time but for some reason didn't move forward.
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Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Does this woman who tried to cozy up to the far right and got eaten alive deserve our sympathy" is just such a boring question to me, compared to substantive questions like "how does this content landscape actually work, and how do people navigate (or fail to navigate) it?" And that's this piece!
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 27/09/2026
This is still true
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Your ol' pal Les McClaine @lesmcclaine.com · 27/09/2026
Star Wars is now as old as Frankenstein was when Star Wars came out. Imagine if they were still making Frankenstein sequels in 1980. No reboots, no new series, no Hammer. Universal was still making Frankenstein movies. He met the Gill Man. We were on like the ninth generation of mad scientists
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Benito Cereno @benitocereno.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No one ever appreciates my Schnitzelbank content
The Schnitzelbank image card, but painted on an interior wall inside a restaurant The other half of the Schnitzelbank song, on the wall
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Benito Cereno @benitocereno.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Do you guys know what the most watched Primetime non-sports shows are right now Something called Marshals and something called Tracker. Have you ever watched one? I haven’t! I could guess what Marshals is about, but Tracker could be anything! So many more people watch these than Lanterns
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David Wynne @davidwynne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I should probably bump this thread. I posted this yesterday in light of Dan Boultwood’s conviction for sex offences.
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Ben @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here's some new country music that I like: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItGq...
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Lavender Cowboy
YouTube video by Andrew Sa - Topic
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Ben @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Right, I don't listen to the radio, and none of the places I go to look for new music are doing pop country. And hell, the places in public where I am tuned into the radio are all mostly playing top 40 stuff from the last century.
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Andrew Otis Weiss @thatweissguy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Prince, dressed as the Joker but also kinda Two-Face, crawls between the legs of a row of Kim Basinger impersonators, pausing to admire one’s crotch. The song became Prince’s first #1 single since 1986’s ‘Kiss.’”
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Ben @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's Dom DeLuise!
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Ben @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Did I ever tell you about the man who taught his asshole to talk? His whole abdomen would move up and down you dig farting out the words. It was unlike anything I ever heard. This ass talk had sort of a gut frequency. It hit you right down there like you gotta go. You know when the old colon giv
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Andrew Otis Weiss @thatweissguy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Charlotte Finn @bycharlottefinn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Skeleton says, Damian Wayne debuted in Batman #655 which was 20 years ago. Then he runs off, the jerk.
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Atelier Alyssa ⭐💫 @alyossan.art · 25/09/2026
My ancient ancestor: This anxiety helps keep me safe from predators Me: His arm looks kind of weird here. This is basically like a mountain lion is about to eat me
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Ken Lowery @kenlowery.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hey, the Bannerless YouTube's got 1,200 subscribers. :) www.youtube.com/@bannerlessg...
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Bannerless Games
Home of VOID 1680 AM. Also host to ambient videos perfect for your TTRPG experience.
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Carl Garcia @carlinspace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"I look like a Gerry Anderson marionette of my father"
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Leask @leask.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If I was Salieri I’d have been normal about all that stuff
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Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 09/09/2023
this city is afraid of me. i have seen its true face.
a smiley face scrub daddy sponge in the sink in a puddle of bright red beet juice.
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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
General: (on radio) Your weapons are powered by the guilt you feel over your dead wife. By harnessing Silent Hill’s fog energy you can unlock new Guilt Battle Stances. I’m marking a deposit of Guiltonium on your minimap
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just chase 🎃 @manacurves.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The Thing on the Disney Princess CRT!
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 24/09/2026
This guy is FUCKED
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Ben @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'll never forget the old tweet that said how "Reince Priebus" is just Scooby-Doo trying to say "Nice Penis"
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MonsterKing @cerromerussell.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
I wouldn't give a fuck if my pilot was furry in his free time. Tails was a great pilot.
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JaneLane @nyjanelane.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Smile you son of a bitch"
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Halloween Merchandise for Sale in August Brian @heythisisbrian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
*in a world where 97-year-old Popeye the Sailor Man thinks “spinach” is a euphemism for Viagra* “I fucks to the finish / ‘cause I eats me spinach”
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Atelier Alyssa ⭐💫 @alyossan.art · 23/09/2026
At the point where I am inherently distrustful of non-gaming apps that try to give me "quests" My husband does delivery driving for Uber Eats sometimes. Did you know they give drivers "quests" like "get an extra $30 if you reject less t than 20 jobs this week" type shit. I didn't until he told me
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Uzi™ @uzionmain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
if there's anything i've learned from 42 years on this earth, it's that if you're building life-or-death mission-critical infrastructure, you absolutely, a thousand percent want the most neurodivergent trans furries on the planet.
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Dorian @dorwright.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The honest answer to like 90% of "why does that media figure say/do/think that?" questions is "they're still using Twitter." That's it.
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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca · 23/09/2026
Pompeii is a UNESCO world heritage site not because it was remarkable in its prime, but because it survived to our era untouched: one moment, preserved for all time. But future generations won't know what OUR world was like unless we do the same. This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano
Picture of the streets of Pompeii, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompei_-_panoramio_(26).jpg. Taken by Tanya Dedyukhina, used under CC
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Ben @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Godzilla's gonna show hole.
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Nolan Void @wolter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Do it, Michael.
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Atelier Alyssa ⭐💫 @alyossan.art · 23/09/2026
Discord please don’t try to age verify me. All the porn art aside, I was unironically excited to buy new jars and a lazy susan for the spice rack in my kitchen last year, shouldn’t that be proof enough
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Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
RealPlayer is buffering
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BRAB @bradcandoit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
They should continue with LANTERNS in the TRUE DETECTIVE tradition of having two new leads every season. I can’t wait for the Guy Gardner-Kilowogg season
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Herr Donkey Gunther Büergers @calamityjon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Speaking of Columbo (and always speaking of comics), I mocked these up on Tumblr right about when the podcast was wrapping up. Although he's cameo'd in a few comics, it's unfortunate to say that Columbo never starred in a comic strip of his own. I'm proud of the story titles and the fake NBC brand.
A fake Columbo comic book cover from Gold Key publishing. The title is COLUMBO and in captions it reads: It's canine calamity when Dog is the only witness to a shocking pet salon murder! Don't miss COLUMBO FOR DOG-CATCHER!" There are inset photos of Peter Falk as Columbo and his dog, Dog.A fake Columbo comic book cover from Gold Key publishing. The title is COLUMBO and in captions it reads: "A murdering minister has a sinister proposal for Columbo when DEATH CHEATS THE BRIDE" There is an inset photo of Peter Falk as Columbo, and a corner of the comic is missing.A fake Columbo comic book cover from Gold Key publishing. The title is COLUMBO and in captions it reads: "TV's disheveled detective matches wits with a cowboy killer. THE OLD-WEST MOVIE MURDERS!" There is an inset photo of Peter Falk as Columbo.
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Annie Craton @anniezard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🎶 GUESS WHO’S BACK BACK AGAIN TASHA’S BACK ROM-U-LAN 🎶
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David Wynne @davidwynne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I don’t have a definitive answer for this, but will note that Frank Miller and Lynn Varley appear to have split up immediately before he wrote All Star Batman & Robin
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Kevin Church @beaucoupkevin.com · 21/09/2026
I was immediately like "Okay, so when did Michael Mann first get divorced?" HE IS STILL WITH A WOMAN HE MARRIED IN 1974.
Michael Mann's wikipedia info card
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