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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I think the non-vengeful way I process it is to talk about meaningful reforms. I have lots of respect for teachers/firefighters, but I think it’d be fair for ANY union representing (& protecting) public employees to be required to carry liability insurance on their members for suits like this.

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

He’s also banked $1.5 million in pension since retiring in 2005 and still collects the full amount of $91k/year. I can’t say how I really feel if I want to keep this account in good standing.

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yeah, I think the solution they were grasping at is actually pure nitrogen, which doesn’t trigger any air hunger or pain whatsoever, just rapid and peaceful loss of consciousness. (Also against it but if we’re gonna do it, etc. etc.)

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They just think if they set their show on the ice, it’ll be successful too? What is this, a Fargo cult?

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What? The man being questioned here, Jack Smith, was literally Special Counsel during the time in question. There are plenty of other points one could make about corrupt Republican appointees, but there are lots of examples of politically independent special counsels.

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If this isn’t a reference to the guy exonerated because they found footage of him at a baseball game that confirmed his alibi on Curb Your Enthusiasm, that’s a hell of coincidence. innocenceproject.org/news/how-cur...

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How a Taping of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Saved an Innocent Man from Death Row - Innocence Project

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That’s so I have a good answer for “What’s your biggest weakness?”

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

I know statistics aren’t likely to be their strong suit, but I want to ask… if his church is successful in changing that, which city in Oregon would they like to be #1 instead?

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

trick question, noone knows. truely one of our greatest unsolved mysteries

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I’m gonna assume you’re referring to a question from Monday, since commenting on the current match day like this would violate league rules.

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Same, though I would phrase it “*but* that was before the internet” as a reference to my diminished attention span. 😬

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

*read all these books AND store them indefinitely on their nightstand

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I think it’s also underappreciated how the ascendancy of streaming services/binge-watching has contributed to this coalescense around live sports. Like, yeah, plenty of us would’ve loved to hop on Bsky at 9pm on Sundays or whatever to watch Pluribus together but we don’t live in that world anymore.

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Ugh. This line. It’s like saying “automobile deaths occur most frequently in close proximity to seatbelts and airbags” and then using that logic to argue these safety mechanisms don’t help people.

Over the past decade, however, overdose-death rates climbed sharply in nearly every city where the strongest harm-reduction policies were in place

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

You just reminded me of my favorite Onion headline of all time… theonion.com/jurisprudenc...

theonion.com

Jurisprudence Fetishist Gets Off On Technicality

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

sounds way more fun than RPG Wodehouse

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

wow, smh, seems like someone doesn’t know how much handjob debt the average american has

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

seems pretty “canny” to me i’m so so sorry

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

If you’re under 35, you may not have ever experienced a time when your working-class neighbor or uncle could afford a watercraft of some kind, and you could park your car for free at a public marina and pay nothing to go out on the water in it.

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

It kinda feels like people who say we don’t need warning labels or household child safety measures because everything is so safe now. They somehow don’t realize they’re joking about the outcome, which is already DOWNSTREAM of the exact thing we’re talking about.

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

They would poorly copy the most successful teachers’ lesson plans, cut those teachers’ pay by 90%, and the schools would be taken over brand new “teachers” that were actually shadow-branded Amazon employees in disguise with the knockoff curriculum.

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

it’s not only in america, folks. you know who else was tone deaf? just some guy called ludwig van beethoven

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

One important caveat: there can never be a Sherlock Holmes named “Kyle”. Just won’t work.

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

But, but, you MUST keep in mind that Slime Pig is still +4.7 among small business owners in Indiana.

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

You could make the same argument about great-grandparents, with (somehow) an even more disgusting implication.

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

That’s what I get for not looking at the image in the post. 😑

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

As long as the flavor text consists solely of the word “snikt!”

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

me too but she didn’t say “sudo IF YOU SEE THIS CLOSE THE TAB IMMEDIATELY”

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

i have a kid in middle school and the hilarious thing is that they brought back hacky sacks and JNCOs at the same time. didn’t think that one through, did you, TEENS

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

turning off airplane mode when a post blows up

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I feel the same way about this as the ICE lawyer who grew a conscience at the end

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

(I am aware that this shot might actually be of a turkey vulture but we saw both yesterday and I’m so thankful the condors are back and thriving in recent years)

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I sold all my real cameras and lenses a few years back but we saw this one yesterday IN THE WILD (from the summit of Angel’s Landing in Zion) and had to switch the phone from selfie to telephoto mode just to document its magnificence for myself.

Selfie after my daughter and I spotted the Condor flying over our perch stop Angel’s Landing

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

And this on the the same day Josh Brolin catches strays from @timheidecker.bsky.social as an hypothetical example of the “uninteresting celebrity navel-gazing podcaster” trope? What a day to be his publicist… www.wired.com/story/the-bi...

Everybody can go on podcasts and you want to talk to, you know, name a celebrity that I don’t give a shit about. Josh …

I was about to say Josh Brolin for some reason.

OK, Josh Brolin.

Sure, I want to interview Josh Brolin.

Nobody gives a shit about what he did this summer, you know? I don't either. And because also, Josh Brolin probably just told you that on his own TikTok. Right?

He took you on his vacation.

We have total accessibility to these people. When James Stewart went on Johnny Carson, it was like climbing up to the top of the mountain to get a glimpse of some kind of demigod for 10 minutes at night. Like George Washington in the flesh, you know?

But we've all seen a lot of Josh Brolin.

I’m the biggest Beatles fan in the world, but I didn’t watch the interview with Paul McCartney.

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Me enjoying your jokes and posts, crafting my stupid little replies, then clicking “discard draft” yet again

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Lenny Leonard Thinking in The Simpsons

Alt: Lenny Leonard Thinking in The Simpsons

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Between One Fern? What is this, a prequel?

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

*principal skinner meme* no.. no, it’s the science

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Oregon is considering an annual per-mile EV tax so road maintenance is funded more equitably than the gas tax alone. Since it treats PHEVs like BEVs, non-chargers will soon be wasting their money three times!

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

So yes, it charges the battery when you brake but it’s not this recaptured “free” energy that makes the difference. It’s more like how a city can just build a water tower to help maintain water pressure instead of trying to buy a big enough pump to handle peak demand.

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gvonk.bsky.social @gvonk.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Ooh, I get to share a @techconnectify.bsky.social video! I learned recently regenerative braking is NOT by itself the main driver of hybrids’ impressive efficiency. Rather, having electric motors that add horsepower when needed lets you get away with a *much* smaller engine. youtu.be/KnUFH5GX_fI

Sure, having 300 horses under the hood can make car go vroom real fast, but once you're up to speed, you don't need any where near that much power.
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This minivan only needs about 30
horsepower to maintain 70 miles an hour. You can get that out of some lawnmowers.
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So rather than give the car a huge V6 engine just to make highway on-ramps a little easier,
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what if we gave it a little four banger optimized for amazing efficiency at cruising speeds, and we used some electric motors to give the engine a boost when accelerating?

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