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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 19h

I'm going to invite Ms. Amos, Mr. Belleci, and Ms. Spelling over to my place. I need to take inventory.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This post will get no engagement.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I bought a huge bag of chicharrones, a huge bag of tortilla chips, some queso fresco and some salsa verde. Now I need to figure out how to make something resembling actual meals out of those and the contents of my fridge instead of just snacking on them for several days.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I poured liquid over absorbent material. Let that sink in.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Today is the date on which Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" is set.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Hey, Netflix, while I know your recommendations are based on all the things I've watched, suggesting The Ed Gein Story and Scream after I've finished The Bombing of Pan Am 103 is not in great taste.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Oh, my hungry one, my hungry one Do you want to order some Thai, Sharona?

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The existence of Simi Valley implies the existence of Feelmi, Touchmi, and Healmi Valleys.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

We are governed by Joe Isuzu minus the charm.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

"I see, dead people." -Cole Sear acknowledging that the ghosts have a valid point

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Since there's so much talk about President Taft today, I thought I'd dig up a little bit I did a very long time ago.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

"We know a remote farm in Lincolnshire where Mrs. Buckley lives. Every July, peas grow there."

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Jill Weinberger @jillybobww.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

It's giving, "What if Scientology but designed by junior high mean girls?"

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I feel superior to others because while they may have confirmation bias, I have confirmation radial.

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Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

This won’t fit on bluesky, so you get it in screenshots.

Me: “Can I have a grilled cheese?”

Server: “Sure, one grilled cheese with onion.”

Me: “No, wait. No onions. I don’t eat them.”

Server: “The onions are a premium feature we’re giving you for free.”

Me: “Can’t you just take them off?”

Server: “We’re an onion-first restaurant. Onions are built in to all of our dishes.”

Me: “But what if I don’t like onions?”

Server: “Everyone needs onions. Onions are the future.”

Me: “Fine, forget it. Let me see a dessert menu.”

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Threads is a party where most of the people are jerks, but some of them are willing to talk to you. Bluesky is a party where most of the people are smart and progressive, but there's no way they'd have a conversation with you.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I'm about to try making a version of a square (Sicilian or grandma) style pizza. I hope it goes well, though at worst... it'll still be pizza.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

"Hello, this is Durbin Stanton, reporting from the Horse Legislature, where the passage of the latest bill has been stymied by a unanimous vote of 'nay.'"

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Is there such a thing as emotional auto-sadomasochism?

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

It's a chilly afternoon in suburban Los Angeles but I'm not complaining because in a couple of months I'll be longing for these temperatures.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Today should not be Star Wars Day. Today should be a remembrance of the shootings at Kent State and Jackson State.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

It'd be wonderful if I could switch the relaxed, inquisitive feeling I get at bedtime with the sleepy, dreamy feeling I have when it's time to get up.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Think it's time to trim my hair. I looked in the mirror this morning and saw Uncle Leo from Seinfeld.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I decided to power wash some wooden skids. It was a real pallet cleanser.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I use flabbergasted skewers to make sheesh kabobs.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Has there ever been as much of a gap between the actual usability of a technology and the hype around its capabilities as there is with A.I.?

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I woke up to find a baby sheep sleeping next to me. It was bedlam.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

My taxes are going to be very simple, one advantage of being unemployed, but a local politician is offering a tax help session with tacos and pupusas, and...

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

The Artemis II mission and its passing through the Van Allen radiation belts makes me think of an old science book illustration of the belts that reminded me of two big pieces of ring bologna.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

In 30 years of using modern computers, I don't think I've ever double-clicked on text and had it select exactly what I wanted.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I hate that we've had humans fly by the moon for the first time in 50+ years, seeing perspectives that we've never seen before, and yet the unprecedented views are mixed in with A.I. slop because some other humans can't be satisfied with the simple beauty of reality.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I would hate House arrest. Some sarcastic doctor walking around and making fun of me all the time?

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I just told a friend that I studied high school in Spanish, if you want to know how my day is going.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

These are the same people who kept mockingly bringing up "participation trophies," and yet...

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

I will always struggle in my search for the perfect barbecue potato chip, but the Trader Joe's ketchup flavored potato chips are so good that I may just accept that my search is over.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

It may be factual, it may be cruel.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Feeling lousy today so I just made a smoked Dutch cheese and Parmesan grilled cheese with homemade Kewpie mayo thousand island dressing.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

My Red Cross name tag says "I'm giving the gift of life." So I guess they should put up a sign that reads "All the gifts of life are held within our walls."

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Dave Capisano I hardly know him

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

And now, my text impression of Ted Levine as Captain Stottlemeyer: "Murnk!"

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

If Arthur Conan Doyle had named his detective a more common name - at least from the perspective of modern USA residents - would that name have become a way to mock someone's lack of knowledge or awareness? Would we have said, "No shit, Shaun"?

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I've started selling a scented detergent for use by male German martial arts students. It's called Herr, Your Gi Smells Terrific.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

If Olive Oyl married Brad Pitt she'd be Olive Pitt. (I'm pretty sure someone else came up with this joke decades ago but I just thought of it and I'm going to pretend to be the first.)

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

On my way home, I stopped at Burlington and picked up some candy I'd never seen before but which was marked down. I get home and find that it was already opened. Sigh. Going back tomorrow.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Tonight's flavor of insomnia is the one where you worked on an intensive, repetitive task during the waking hours and now your brain keeps trying to repeat that task.

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John Linen @johnlinen.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

There's something healing about a picture of a cat with that happy, satisfied look on its face.

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