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SEN. SCHMITT: You deny seeing Bon Jovi at State Farm Arena that night in Atlanta? You just perjured yourself. JACK SMITH: I don’t even like- SEN. KLOBUCHAR: There was a Bon Iver thing that night in Eau Claire. SMITH: That’s right, Amy. I saw you there. KLOBUCHAR: Living room deal. It was nice.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 3h

Goddammit. Every time I sit down for a cup of tea and a kipper pie with the jolly old constable on a lovely day, I get an email like this within seconds.

Email from Paul McCartney with the subject line “What’s That You’re Doing?”

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 5h

Show me the cover of an album that, to you, is so good, so perfect, you can’t even believe it was made by mortal humans on earth. I keep coming back to this one. There’s no way mere people could have done it.

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Ard Collider @ardaniel.collider.mov · 7h

c'mon and dose the dog/ C'MON AND DOSE THE DOOOOGGGG!!!

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 7h

Had to change my profile pic to this. Might be my favorite picture of me.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 7h

(sung to myself to the tune of “Spoonman” while preparing the twice daily cheese wad containing anti-anxiety meds for traumatized foster rescue dog Kenny Rogers) 🎶 Cheese wad! Get the meds into this dog Help him! Survive a past that’s deeply flawed Help him 🎶

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 9h

Kenny Rogers is very interested in me but would prefer that I do not recognize this.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 9h

I’m not currently writing social media for this show but the person doing it is doing well. This one takes a real turn

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 9h

Final answer: yes you can bring iced coffee to a job interview but only in your cupped hands.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 10h

This constitutes Sleeping With Celebrities' official "pivot to video" effort. A still image, audio, ten minutes labor. (This is the third Podcast Video Revolution I've been through in the last ten years. It's like Americans liking Robbie Williams, always promised, never quite happens.)

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 12h

St Paul skeet: New coffeeshop on Selby across from Whole Foods: Lowboy. Opened yesterday in the space where at least two other whimsically named coffeeshops tried. Same floorplan. $5.50 for a cup of coffee. Which, okay, gotta pay bills and wages but wow. Large 90s music posters are a... motif?

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 13h

Really great thread here and this essay is wonderful. It makes me feel more sane for being long repulsed by this ghoul of a show.

It is a performance of joy so excessive, so desperate, that it reveals the void it attempts to cover. It is the logic of the assembly line applied to human connection. What Fallon offers is a standardized production of “fun” that feels increasingly like a desperate plea to ignore the crumbling world outside the studio walls.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 13h

A professional publicist going out of their way to make sure no one can find their email address? Well, that's a choice, I give them that.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 15h

SEN SCHMITT: Go ahead and put that up on the easel for a few seconds. JACK SMITH: I couldn’t read what— SEN SCHMITT: The truth is you saw Metallica in Atlanta, dirtbag. SEN KLOBUCHAR: Are you thinking of Megadeth? They played in Maryland that night. JACK SMITH: Yes, Senator. Mustaine for life.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 16h

SEN ERIC SCHMITT: What if I told you I had proof that you were at a Pavement concert in Atlanta that night? JACK SMITH: I have no memory of seeing Pavement in Atlanta. SEN KLOBUCHAR: Could he have been at a Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks show in Baltimore? JACK SMITH: I was definitely at that show.

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The Hilarious World of Depression @thwod.bsky.social · 17h

When I ask on this survey about different features you want on the show going forward, one of the options was “secret handshake”. As the results come in, well, I know the first priority.

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Homer & Barney's Upside Down Handshake at Moe's Tavern

Alt: Homer & Barney's Upside Down Handshake at Moe's Tavern

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 17h

When I hear that someone has “passed”, it kind of feels like they spent a lot of time studying for the big death exam and it paid off.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

you are all. doing. their advertising. FOR them. you are running. their commercials. for. nothing.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Some dogs have a favorite squeak toy, some have a favorite ball. Kenny Rogers the traumatized Arkansas hoarding house foster rescue dog has Beloved Toilet Paper Roll. He doesn’t even chew it up. Just likes having it around.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tomorrow on Sleeping with Celebrities, musician Hamilton Leithauser talks about building chess boards. His power tool mishap stories are not sleeptime material so we thought about playing music over them. Like this: youtu.be/abczTbCWYWQ?... Nixed it because it might read as mean. But I love them.

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Kids Perform Hamilton Act II

YouTube video by cyrenicbz

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I keep using the first person plural for this show like I'm a group of people or Queen Elizabeth. I'm neither. Yet. But if you are/were/may yet be a listener of this show, I HAVE ACQUIRED IT, I have AWOKEN IT FROM ITS TOMB, and I AM HATCHING PLANS. Would love your input. Two minutes. Thanks.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Kenny Rogers’ potential adopter asked if I thought he’d be okay on long car rides. I had to be honest.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Salted Nut Roll tells you what it is. They don’t call it the Bingly Wango Bar or something. They respect you and expect the same in return. You want a show? You want clowns? Then join the circus. We got engines to fix, goddammit.

Pearson’s Salted Nut Roll in a red wrapper.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I hope this works. I love having a candy factory in town. It’s a better city when there’s a candy factory in it. There are valid arguments about whether or not Pearson’s candy is any good but still a candy factory is a civic asset.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You’re saying there’s a movie where Tom Cruise plays Dig ‘Em?

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A high honor to be a finalist for this one. Some heavy hitters in that category for sure.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I once got so mad while listening to a very popular audio program that I couldn’t listen to it for a year. Recently I tried to listen to it again and got mad all over again. It comes down to the difference between being proud of your work and being pleeeeeeeased with yourself.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I often think of this

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“My child Thomas Anderson, we call him Neo, loves being plugged into the matrix.”

Keanu plugged into the matrix in the movie

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I used to look at other parents and think what a terrible parent I was compared to them. Now I know that’s not true. We’re ALL terrible parents.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Be careful of binge drinking. You could end up doing something fun with nice people in a kind of bar band Stone Gossard type of situation.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Dear movie and tv characters, I know things are really intense right now but after your action scenes, you may wish to wash the blood off your face and hands real quick. It’s been hours. Might make your justice quest more persuasive to folks. Sincerely, Guy from alternate, non-filmed universe

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RandBall’s Stu @randballsstu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

He looks like he’s trying to solve a murder in a town where candy grows on trees

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My hot take on the Philadelphia Eagles? Those wings are way too small for huge guys like that to even lift off the ground, let alone fly. Plus: on the head? Terrible place for wings. Sorry. Had to say my piece.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I interviewed a guy today who once had a huge alcohol problem. One time he got so blackout drunk that he placed a very sweet Craig’s List ad offering to play rhythm guitar and keyboards for any hobby-level area bands interested. Did not remember writing or placing the ad. It got answered…

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The third season of Party Down (13 years after the second season) is on Netflix. Episode 4, about a Sting pre-show party, is a masterpiece. Many Bobby Moynihan types in it and they knew it was going to be special so they even brought in Bobby Moynihan to play one. www.imdb.com/title/tt1073...

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is meaningless nonsense, of course, per uzhe, but what IS true is that what we NEED, we don’t HAVE. Which is more Joan Cusack movies.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sometimes we touch the face of God on this web-site.

Recent exchange between Mara Wilson and Blaine Capatch, just look it up.

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Depresh Mode with John Moe @depreshmode.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New free newsletter out now! Along with today's episode featuring Gabrielle Moss, there are also big wins for the pilot and Alabaman children communities! Also: a new game to check out for avid Wikipedians. johnmoe.substack.com/p/big-wins-f...

johnmoe.substack.com

Big Wins for Alabama, Pilots, Skydiving EMTS, and Cutting Off Your Mom

And Peter Cetera fans, actually

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Depresh Mode with John Moe @depreshmode.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Gabrielle Moss is on today's episode to talk about the treks through Nepal, and red convertibles that you don't need to experience a midlife crisis. Sometimes it's about reflecting, reconnecting with those you can, and letting go of those you can't. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

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Knight @lateknightblogger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

open.spotify.com/episode/22fE... This week's episode hit me particularly hard as a person who chose to go no contact for my own well being. Absolutely worth a listen, thank you @johnmoe.bsky.social for this amazing episode of @depreshmode.bsky.social

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Gabrielle Moss On Midlife Plot Twists and Just Not Talking To Your Mom Anymore

Depresh Mode with John Moe · Episode

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Andy Samberg’s seething and boiling over Rahm is an excellent deep cut SNL politics bit.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I love the idea of America and I love so many Americans. I’m proud we came up with jazz and The Simpsons and the National Parks are awesome. But if you can, try to be born in one of those other countries. The ones that don’t make people fight each other in a pit for survival. Ones that love people.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I can’t find my favorite ball cap (one needs hats when one shaves their head and lives in Minnesota) so I just ordered a duplicate. Worst case scenario: one cap. Best case scenario: two caps. Not a rich guy at all but scraped by for so long during key years that I forget that I now have options.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Goddammit. Thank you @mharrisondupre.bsky.social for your excellent work covering this whole dispiriting field.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

RIDDLE: I make no sound and have two eyes. Covered in dirt, I'm a big surprise. Who am I? (answer is in next post in thread)

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