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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Q: What is the difference between an online sports gambler and an extra-large pizza? A: Well, I certainly can't eat an entire online sports gambler in a single evening.

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

These could be made up, or they could be actual Yiddish phrases from Duolingo. Who is to know?

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22/09/2026

Happy mushroom season!

A comic titled "Types of mushrooms" with 12 mushroom species. A wrinkly-looking morel is labeled "creepy but tasty". A brownish deadly galerina is labeled "boring but deadly". A witch's butter on a branch is labeled "jiggles if you poke it". A large puffball is labeled "egg". A creepy red-dripping bleeding tooth fungus is labeled "deeply disconcerting". A fly agaric with a green treefrog sitting under it is labeled "frog umbrella". A black chanterelle is labeled "chalice for forbidden elixers". Three straight-stemmed entolomas are labeled "haha, nipples". A bright purple viscid violet cort is labeled "purple is nice". A birch polypore sticking out of a birch trunk is labeled "tree nose". A complex yellow-tpped coral fungus is labeled "cursed citadel where dwells a fairy queen". A Ravenel's stinkhorn is pixellated at the top for your safety, and labeled "NSFW".

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Eating Pecorino Romano and drinking a very affordable Negroamaro. I might not even get around to making the Bolognese!

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Anytime I listen to literally any track from Pet Sounds, I think to myself, "God damn, Mike Love is a fucking idiot."

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

No one should be surprised by the whole Mitch McConnell thing. Republicans did exactly the same thing with Strom Thurmond, who, while he was not old enough to have fought in the Civil War, certainly remembered it fondly.

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just realized I could make Sam Coe wear a different hat, and it has vastly improved my #starfield gameplay experience.

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Things I think about more than is probably healthy: 1. The Sanjak of Novi Pazar.

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

"Biome Complete- Nice! Maybe I'll just check out his abandoned drilling station before I take off again..." *5 mins later* Kevin McDonald voice: "Biome not complete! BIOME NOT COMPLETE!" #starfield

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I love all of Dolly's music, but I think what I love the most is her interpretations of real old-timey fast picking string band and bluegrass music. This is what she was raised with, and you can tell. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nEO...

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Silver Dagger

YouTube video by Dolly Parton - Topic

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

You can tell when Vasco is annoying me in #starfield because I call him by his full government name: Vasco da Gama Constelação. Likewise, when I'm pissed off at Sam Coe, I call him by his full name: Samantha.

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I once saw an interview with Dolly where she said that she loved this song because it's so simple. I mean, sure- but you still have to hit those notes! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwc1...

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Dolly Parton "Mule Skinner Blues"

YouTube video by Samm1909

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

"Okay, for $400: Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro." "Who are generals in the War of the Austrian Succession, Alex?"

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The Orion @gettheorion.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Wishing Jonathan Frakes a very happy birthday. 🖖🏻

screenshot from Star Trek The Next Generation. Commander Riker is wearing a man's blouse and letting his tiddie out. The text says "Make It Ho."

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Guide to 19th-century names: -Josiah Makepeace Filled-With-The-Love-Of-Christ Fletcher: massacred entire Chickasaw village in Tennessee. -William "Bill" Spoons: "The Butcher of Wichita" -Shadrach Melchior Achilles Steelbreath: respected naturalist, chair of Zoology at Harvard, never married

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

So, The Shards is a bit rocky so far, and as someone actually from the '80s, there are a few anachronisms that take you out of the setting, but I fucking love this shady bitch.

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Okay, whoever did the casting for Shards clearly watched a lot of That '70s Show and really wanted Topher Grace and Ashton Kutcher to fuck.

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It's weird watching a show like Shards, where nobody looks or dances like they're from the '80s, but you recognize literally every song from the first two bars.

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I think my only real beef with #starfield is the same as my issue with most other Bethesda games- you never really know what's a bug and what's just a really specific gameplay mechanic.

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

It's like a switch flicks between Midsummer and Late Summer/Early Fall, and suddenly I'm listening to R.E.M. again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGRo...

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Shaking Through

YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Trump: "We're very close to a deal with Iran. The Strait of Hormuz could be open as soon as tomorrow." Iran:

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Mariah Carey: I Don't Know Her

ALT: Mariah Carey: I Don't Know Her

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Hey, Sam Coe- you know what I really like about being out here on the frontier? The quiet. #starfield

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

So, the city came through my neighborhood a little while ago and marked all the potholes with pink spray paint. They didn't actually fix any of them- now we just have decorated potholes.

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

They need to have health classes for people going into their 50s. Like, literally workbooks with titles like "So...Your Body Is Changing!"

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

New saying: "Orange sky at night, the Mayans were right!"

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I am really enjoying playing Starfield, but also... ...Sam Coe, I am an explorer and small-time criminal at best. You need a *therapist* and I am not one.

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Pan-seared duck breast with cherries, duck fat potatoes, glazed carrots with olives and chives.

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

*finds a dead bug in a pot in the cupboard* "Hm- I don't remember cooking that."

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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 07/07/2026

tour guide at the liberace museum is drunk again

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I met with my friend Mitch McConnell this morning. We spoke for about 20 minutes on a number of topics, including Iran, and the Platner situation in Maine. He looked good- tan, fit, rested.

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LOTR: King of the Dead Appears

ALT: LOTR: King of the Dead Appears

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Please rise, or remain seated, for the Canadian national anthem! www.youtube.com/watch?v=auLB...

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Rush - Tom Sawyer

YouTube video by RushVEVO

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

"Citizen Vigilante? If it's got Armie Hammer in it, I know what a good name for the movie would be...Box Office Poison!"

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I think my Ideal Space game is one where you can dress in brand-new, spiffy Starfleet-type uniforms, OR you can dress like a Weyland-Yutani crew at the end of a five-year run; and whichever one you choose, you get to say something like "Jeez- check out these guys," whenever you see the other group.

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Shot by a balding assassin while carrying a baguette- The French Connection opens in the most French way possible.

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Ever sneeze so loud a dog in the next apartment over starts barking?

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Shelby Foote goes through such convolutions to mitigate Confederate setbacks after July 1863, you start to think, "Boy, is he going to be surprised when Sherman burns Atlanta and Lee evacuates Richmond for Appomattox."

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

In honor of the Albanian people's resistance to corruption and oligarchy, let us now sing the Albanian national anthem: Albania! Albania! You border on the Adriatic Your land is mostly mountainous And your chief export is chrome!

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Honestly, how does a water main burst in June?

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J.M. "Butlerian Jihad Now" Kirkness @jmkirkness.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I love that my Mass Effect player experience has been pretty evenly split between "That was nice. It's nice to be nice." and "I will end your miserable existence, and the only reason your kin will not be shamed by your fate is that they will never know what has happened to you." #masseffect

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