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Voice of F1rst Wrestling and various other detritus. Movies, traveling, board games, bicycling, women’s sports, Star Wars & 007. Owns more Lego than most children. 🌎: Saint Paul, Minnesota. linktr.ee/johnmaddening

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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 6h
Move over, HOTEL RWANDA. Step aside, MIDNIGHT EXPRESS. Screw you, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM. AVENGERS DOOMSDAY is gonna out-dark you.
Avengers: Doomsday reportedly has at least 6 major deaths.
It's described as one of the darkest movies ever made.
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 8h
Dr Strangelove + Don’t Look Up + Asteroid City + My Dinner with Andre, all with Nolan bass levels that’ll kill you if you’re in an IMAX theater. It’s a bad Twilight Zone episode, overly long and self-important. There were parts that I loved, but they were wildly overshadowed by parts I hated.
Poster for DIGGER
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 11h
Didn’t get the gig. Not gonna lie, I’m really bummed. I thought I killed it. Oh well, on to the next one.
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 18h
Three weeks in a row, I have gotten this molasses pecan chocolate tart at Savory Bakehouse’s new location, just a three block walk from my house.
The pristine, untouched aforementioned tart on a blue plate.
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight.
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Disney Prime Video + ᵖᵃʳᵒᵈʸ @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
OUR ANNUAL HALLOWEEN CONTEST IS BACK! Show your your best Graham Linehan costume for your chance to win 20 free hours of divorce attorney services and an X Premium subscription.
Top: Graham Linehan, annual loser

bottom left: 2023 winner B. Driver
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Captain Kangaroo and Mr Moose. The Captain is wearing a Target coat fifty years in the past.
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@skeetlet.bsky.social
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Project True North @projtruenorth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
During the ICE surge, Lisa Demuth signed a letter thanking ICE and praising Kristi Noem for her "steady leadership."
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Presented without comment:
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Today 19:41

Michele Tafoya is statistically
TIED in a bombshell
Minnesota Senate poll!

Help her take the lead >> 
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STOPtoENDArea codes 703 and 571 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for Northern Virginia, including the independent cities...
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F1RST Wrestling @f1rstwrestling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here’s what the remainder of 2026 looks like at the #UptownVFW… THIS SATURDAY | OCT 3 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/f1rst-wres... SATURDAY | NOV 7 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/f1rst-wres... THURSDAY | DEC 3 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/f1rst-wres... THURSDAY | DEC 17 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/umm-21-thu...
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Presented without comment:
+1 (571) 771-7747)

Text Message • SMS
Today 19:41

Michele Tafoya is statistically
TIED in a bombshell
Minnesota Senate poll!

Help her take the lead >> 
gop-way1.org/sa3mz2
STOPtoENDArea codes 703 and 571 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for Northern Virginia, including the independent cities...
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I got to experience this in a Copenhagen hotel room with Cargill watching my reactions…in 2024. I’ve been waiting two years to get more, and to see how much other people are going to love it.
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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Starting today, all active-duty service members are not only permitted but required to fuck the flag.
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Tegan O’Neil @teganoneil5000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hama still represents the wellspring, certainly. but rewatching the GI Joe cartoon makes me appreciate again the fact that Steve Gerber used the show to explain to kids succinctly - in 22 minutes! - how the global petro-economy could be ground to a halt with control of shipping choke points.
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Minnesota Roller Derby @mnrollerderby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bring the whole family for an exciting night out with Minnesota Roller Derby! Kids 9 and under get in free to MNRD home bouts with the purchase of an adult general admission ticket. You and your kiddos will enjoy pre-show fun, halftime entertainment and of course TWO bouts of roller derby!
Flyer image highlighting Minnesota Roller Derby's free admission for kids 9 and under. Center is text noting Season 23 is 2027 to 202-7, and clarifying that free admission is with the purchase of an adult general admission ticket. Above and below the text are six images of kids photographed at MNRD events. 

Note that tickets and info are available at mnrollerderby.com
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RAYGUN @raygunsite.com · 30/09/2026
Big news: we just landed the EXCLUSIVE merch deal for America's most secretive college/pro/mens/womens sports team! Only at RAYGUN: www.raygunsite.com PS: don't tell Eric Schmitt.... #RAYGUN #AtlantaHawkeyes
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Loving the overly cautious censorship on the city’s online comment form.
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Fossilized Tree Sap @amberrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We did it!
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reading has become an endangered species. Which is half the problem with American political life. Maybe more than half. If you can't read, you can't think. Then you can fall for anything. The idea, for instance, that the truth is fake news.
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Had a nice breakfast at the new Midway Diner on the Allianz Field superblock. Great location, & will be even better once the surrounding projects are finished. I did enjoy my food (mostly, but it’s more “it’s not you, it’s me”), & it was fairly priced given the times we’re in. thedinermidway.com
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m part of this second annual fundraising event next Thursday at @blackhartstp.com! I’ll be making fun of Minneapolis, because there’s nothing weird or embarrassing going on in Saint Paul right now!
actionnetwork.org
Sibling Rivalry Fundraiser - More Neighbors vs. Sustain Saint Paul
Join housing advocates from across the Twin Cities for an evening of drinks, catered food, conversation, light-hearted rivalry, and a high-stakes fundraising face-off to see which city can raise the m...
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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.
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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is a very good ad:
youtu.be
How to Not Start Foreign Wars
YouTube video by Todd Achilles for U.S. Senate
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
GOTCHA was released in 1985, followed one short year later by TOP GUN. I don't think we've given Anthony Edwards enough credit for destroying communism.
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m part of this second annual fundraising event next Thursday at @blackhartstp.com! I’ll be making fun of Minneapolis, because there’s nothing weird or embarrassing going on in Saint Paul right now!
actionnetwork.org
Sibling Rivalry Fundraiser - More Neighbors vs. Sustain Saint Paul
Join housing advocates from across the Twin Cities for an evening of drinks, catered food, conversation, light-hearted rivalry, and a high-stakes fundraising face-off to see which city can raise the m...
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨 THIS SATURDAY IN MINNEAPOLIS 🚨 @f1rstwrestling.bsky.social at @uptownvfw.org at the heart of Lyn-Lake! Come on down and join the party!
FIRST WRESTLING
UNLEASHED
SATURDAY OCTOBER 3
UPTOWN VFW • MINNEAPOLIS, MN
DOORS 7PM-SHOW 8PM • 21+
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A new trailer for Alex Gibney's documentary about Elon Musk was just released. gizmodo.com/elon-musk-do...
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Went to Renfest for the first time since 2005. Fuck cancer.
The (soon to be) late Tim Wick performing with his band, The Dregs, at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival on Sunday, September 27 2026
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Welp let’s just get ahead of things and transfer all these names right onto the National Sex Offenders Registry
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Feminize a band name: Blood Glow & Tears
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Feminize a band name: Blood Glow & Tears
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M. Dean Cooper @fractalchurn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
static.klipy.com
She Hulk Madisynn
ALT: She Hulk Madisynn
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
the game between South Alabama and Kentucky shows up abbreviated as a War of 1812 rematch
graphic reading

USA vs. UK
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Never thought the family program that is GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW would fall so far to offer us this filth.
An older gentleman is shown on screen, with the subtitles saying:

“Gary's bringing something extra to the lemon party.”
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Name a film you watched at a drive-in.
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Flash Gordon on his Skycycle
Alt: Flash Gordon on his Skycycle
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Never thought the family program that is GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW would fall so far to offer us this filth.
An older gentleman is shown on screen, with the subtitles saying:

“Gary's bringing something extra to the lemon party.”
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
WHOOPS! Someone at @alamodrafthouse.bsky.social didn’t vet the old preshow for AVENGERS ENDGAME that they’re replaying!
Noted sex pest and formerly well-thought-of comics creator Neil Gaiman talks about Jack Kirby
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
you guys broke watergate
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Brilliant move by @metrotransitmn.bsky.social to have an event announcing transit expansion located at a location a 2/3 mile walk from the nearest bus stop. www.metrotransit.org/news/green-l...
Map showing the 2/3 mile walk (blue dotted line) from the nearest bus stop to the new green line station.
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
WHOOPS! Someone at @alamodrafthouse.bsky.social didn’t vet the old preshow for AVENGERS ENDGAME that they’re replaying!
Noted sex pest and formerly well-thought-of comics creator Neil Gaiman talks about Jack Kirby
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Birds hate this car!
A crossover SUV is covered in bird shit.
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Man, I hope this house is fully employed before the long-awaited @vinsyn.bsky.social shop opens in Dinkytown!
vinegarsyndrome.com
Vinegar Syndrome - Cult Film Preservation & Releasing
Providing public access to our ever growing archive of rare & forgotten cult film by performing expert-level restorations and creating compelling home video packages for both 4K UHD and Blu-ray.
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I think this pizza kit may be a hate crime of some sort.

GINO BAMBINO

HAND STRETCHED - STONE BAKED SOUR DOUGH PIZZA STARTER KIT
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Once again, we don’t have to be as embarrassing as Minneapolis. That’s THEIR thing, we can have our own, like “best ice cream shops” or “most places to buy Gunpla kits” or something.
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🚨full trailer for Nathan Fielder/Elizabeth Holmes documentary🚨 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvW_...
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warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What people complaining about this don’t get is what if it’s a sure thing and you can’t lose this time
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John Maddening! @johnmaddening.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Who’s got some paint and a big blank wall?
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