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Kris Straub (كريس)

@krisstraub.com
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LOCAL58TV, Candle Cove, All Houses Matter. Cartoonist, presenter, humor scientist. K’thriss on #acqinc, PAX. 🚫 GenAI. He/him 🇪🇬

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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 30/09/2026
good idea, kill two birds
in an aisle at CVS pharmacy, signs for two categories of product: “bladder control” and “wine.” the signs are very close together
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 30/09/2026
You Come in Burned
Song by The Dandy Warhols • 2003
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 27/09/2026
seen on an otherwise plain and unadorned minivan
rain-covered back window of a car, with a bumper sticker that reads “unvaxxed sperm is the next bitcoin”
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 19/09/2026
this poem has haunted me for years and i must now burden you with it
The Drowned Children
Louise Gluck

You see, they have no judgment.
So it is natural that they should drown, first the ice taking them in and then, all winter, their wool scarves floating behind them as they sink until at last they are quiet.
And the pond lifts them in its manifold dark
arms.

But death must come to them differently, so close to the beginning.
As though they had always been blind and weightless. Therefore the rest is dreamed, the lamp,
the good white cloth that covered the table, their bodies.

And yet they hear the names they used like lures slipping over the pond:
What are you waiting for 
come home, come home, lost in the waters, blue and permanent.
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 05/09/2026
hi pax! i’ll be in bandland (level 4 SCC summit) today with a new pin, and on the pitch-your-game panel tonight at 9p in frog theatre!
pinny arcade “glow cadavre” pin pax west floor map of the seattle convention center summit, level 4.
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 31/08/2026
most recent post 4 months ago 😠 youtube.com/@local58tv
a screenshot of new local 58 videos on the channel, ranging from 4 months ago to 4 years ago.
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 16/08/2026
the author in 2013, wearing backwards cap and holding perhaps $21
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 12/07/2026
dream from last night
2026 july 11
dreamed that our dog was, in reality, a russian submarine. not a remotely-piloted drone, but crewed. she had decks. officers' quarters.
the soviets had disguised their vessel as a
70-pound black lab mix in order to steal state secrets. we would find her in the other room looking at files and documents, the same way you'd catch a dog trying to sneak food off the countertop. "uni, no! off!"
upon discovering her real purpose, i waited until my family left the room. i approached her, whispering "i know what you are, and i'm going to the CIA." she whined, but we both knew these ruses would never work again.… 

she flipped onto her back, all tour legs straight out like helicopter blades, and spun around in a propeller-like defensive maneuver. i grabbed a long metal pole and swung at her, knowing her crew would drown if i compromised the outer hull.
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 09/07/2026
"The artist in despair at the magnitude of antique fragments” Henry Fuseli, 1779
henry fuseli drawing. an artist figure, head in hand, distraught in front of a giant sculpture of a foot, a hand, and a huge stone wall
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 03/07/2026
way cheaper option, from a reputable website
a screenshot from “horse.com”

Pronged Training Choke Collar
$21.89
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 02/07/2026
oh ok this is where all the new followers are coming from
screenshot of DEADLINE entertainment news

Scott Stuber's United Artists, Steven
Spielberg & Amazon MGM Studios
Land Next Big YouTube Horror Franchise For Big Screen: 'The
Mandela Catalogue'
By Anthony D'Alessandro, Justin Kroll
July 2, 2026 11:02amDEADLINE

The Mandela Catalogue has amassed well over 100 million views across its official episodes alone, making it one of the largest original analog horror franchises on YouTube. It is widely regarded as one of the defining titles in the analog horror genre, alongside Local 58 and The Backrooms.
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 19/06/2026
counterpoint: i’m sold
a b&w headshot of me, using a SPECS filter that lets you “try on” the gigantic robo pervert glasses
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 12/06/2026
new stage discovered beyond end-stage capitalism
from reddit: 

r/technology • 3h
Red Lobster CEO Damola Adamolekun Plans To Make The Seafood Chain 'The Most Al-Forward Restaurant Company
That Exists'
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 14/05/2026
i’m not on tiktok anymore but
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 02/04/2026
the cryptoland mascot “coiny,” a shiny gold anthropomorphic coin wearing a bow tie and holding a champagne glass
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 28/03/2026
today’s #paxeast schedule: - currently in bandland offering cryptid sticker sheets and local58tv patches - jackbox panel at 2pm in albatross theatre!!
a blue t-shirt with cadavre lying down as he did in the local58tv video “show for children”local58 logo patchesthe forensic seance pin, which looks like a ouija planchette with an inset magnifying glass a low-angle image of me between two banners at pax east, which read “kris straub” and “bill amend.” it is not an attractive picture. i look like a thumb
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 09/03/2026
an elcor from mass effect
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 22/02/2026
olympics auto-captioning struggling with opera
screenshots from winter olympics closing ceremony, during the performance of an italian opera i don’t recognize. captions read:

THOMPSON. GOLD YOUR NOTED BELOW GOLD. OSN+. UN FUTURA SKIMOBEAUTIFUL. GOLD JENN BRAYDEN POINT. SINGWHO IS THE KINDL BOLDY.
>> LA. FOR ME AND FOR. YOUCOLTON PARAYKO.
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 18/02/2026
Winter Hexblade K’thriss is now available in Idle Champions!! Resurrected into a female Drow body by Walnut, K’thriss embodied the cyclic culling of winter, whose desolation made way for new growth. codenameentertainment.com?page=idle_ch...
 IDLE CHAMPIONS
OF THE FORGOTTEN REALMS
ACQUISITIONS INCORPORATED

WINTER HEXBLADE K'THRISS

Created by
KRIS STRAUB
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 03/02/2026
this is about billionaires
chainsawsuit comic. a doctor speaks to his patient

panel 1: you have stage 4 cancer which is incredible news, for the cancer

panel 2: tumors fuel growth and innovation. cancer is all about moving fast and breaking things like, what it we stopper getting in its way!

panel 3: who are we to say we know better about cancer's business? i'm just an oncologist
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 15/01/2026
chuck schumer holding an avocado and a corona, circa february 2025
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 08/01/2026
at least i know i have a nice even skull
the author, with basically a crew cut
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 02/01/2026
this is not a bit. i have no recollection of writing this. the doc was created and last modified, by me, on 12/26/2025. i am the only person with permissions on it.
a screenshot of google docs, mobile app 

Search in Docs
Last opened by me 

Scary stories
Jan 2, 2026When they returned, God was there.

He had been awake all night.
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 29/12/2025
fuck AI
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 29/12/2025
goodnight moon
the moon
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 21/12/2025
redacted
scene from the end of 2001: a space odyssey. the monolith stands at the foot of old dave bowman’s bed as he reaches toward it
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 12/12/2025
tinned fish gacha mechanics
closeup of the nutrition facts on the back of a can of smoked trout. 

INGREDIENTS: TROUT FILLETS, CANOLA OIL, SALT.
CONTAINS TROUT. MAY CONTAIN MILK, EGG, SOY, WHEAT, HERRING, TUNA, MACKEREL, SALMON, LOBSTER.
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 07/12/2025
gloria in excelsis baio
former actor scott baio
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 20/11/2025
the most scathing book review i’ve ever seen. absolute brutality
photo of a public urinal in a SEATAC restroom. on the ledge, someone has abandoned a hardcover copy of “chasing the dime” by michael connelly
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 08/11/2025
“five for fighting” in the zohran mamdani campaign text treatment
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 29/10/2025
jack johnson still at it
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 28/10/2025
they couldn’t do “trek or treat?” or does that binary imply that “trek” is not the treat, so they went with this instead
instagram ad screenshot:

startrekfleetcommand 

TRICK OR TREK

NEW HALLOWEEN EVENTS IN GAME
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 22/10/2025
no kings includes
screenshot of “royal kingdom” app, a match-3 game whose ads feature an obnoxiously imperiled king
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 02/10/2025
my #paxaus schedule (so far)! anyone need anything that’s not on friday
PAX Aus 2025

kris straub (panel).mp4 (binaural).
Fri, Oct 10, 2025 • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Quokka Theatre

Penny Arcade Make-A-Strip
Fri, Oct 10, 2025 • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Location: Main Theatre

Acquisitions Incorporated: Pirate Borg Fri, Oct 10, 2025 • 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Location: Main Theatre
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 25/09/2025
check out my enabler, oh brother
(a screenshot from the horoscope app CO-STAR)

YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE
You're as great as you think you are.
Stop apologizing for taking up space. Your wins weren't accidents. Your talent isn't luck. The voice whispering
"who do you think you are?" belongs to someone else's insecurity, not your reality.
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 19/09/2025
there is a direct throughline from this to local58tv’s USDPAD. i adored the year zero ARG. huge influence
the seal for the fictional “united states department for the preservation of american dignity” from local58tv
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 30/08/2025
tomorrow: available at my booth at #paxwest, in print for the first time since 1971 #local58tv
vintage paperback book cover. “THE PARASITE TRANSCENDENT” by t. galbraith. from panoptica press.
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 25/08/2025
here's what i'm doing this weekend 📍 #paxwest !!
Kris Straub at PAX WEST 2025

I'M IN BANDLAND
SUMMIT LEVEL 3 (near Arcade Freeplay)

(product images, left to right: NEW PIN FORENSIC SEANCE, CRYPTID STICKER SHEET, LOCAL58 PATCH)
Schedule:
SATURDAY 12 PM
Jackbox Party PAX 1
Blue Dragon Theatre (Summit Level 5)

SUNDAY 10 PM
KRIS STRAUB: A CELEBRATION 
OF PANEL ATTENDANCE 
FIREBIRD Theatre (Summit Level 5)

MONDAY 2 PM
Jackbox Party PAX 2
Blue Dragon Theatre (Summit Level 5)
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 13/08/2025
Weapons (2025)
tim and eric’s weird arms-down running style from “tim and eric’s billion dollar movie” (2012)
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 12/08/2025
Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are.
cover of late 1960s paperback “21 Great Stories.” text follows:

21 GREAT STORIES
THE PEARL BY JOHN STEINBECK
WAR by Luigi Pirandello
EVE IN DARKNESS by Kaatje Hurlbut
THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS by Ray Bradbury
TOBERMORY by "Saki"
THE TWO BOTTLES OF RELISH by Lord Dunsamy
FOOTFALLS by Wilbur Daniel Steele
HOOK by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
WINE ON THE DESERT by Max Brand
THE LADY OR THE TIGER by Frank Stockton
AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE by Ambrose Bierce
THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO by Edgar Allan Poe
THE TELL-TALE HEART by Edgar Allan Poe
SO MUCH UNFAIRNESS OF THINGS by C. D. B. Bryan
THE NECKLACE by Guy de Maupassant
TO BUILD A FIRE by Jack London
LEININGEN VERSUS THE ANTS by Carl Stephenson
VELINE by James Joyce
THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY by James Thurber
WHAT STUMPED THE BLUEJAYS by Mark Twain
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND by Arthur Conan Doyle
Edited by Abraham H. Lass and Norma L. Tasman
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 10/08/2025
i took this picture two thousand and nine (of us with the newspaper and the headline)
L to R: the three members of girlyman, and myself, at a show they did in dallas 2009
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 28/07/2025
very reassuring
4. At 3pm begin to drink solution (DO NOT START THE MEDICATION ANY EARLIER). One 8 oz. Glass every ten minutes until you drink half the gallon.
You will get diarrhea.
5. At 7pm begin to drink solution again
(DO NOT START THE MEDICATION ANY EARLIER). One 8 oz. Glass every ten minutes until you drink the remaining half the gallon. You will get diarrhea, possibly nausea and vomiting.
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 27/07/2025
mission aborted
screenshot of a bluesky account, the bio reads: 

Tom from Myspace (Parody)
Follows you @myspacetom2003.bsky.social

This is 100%a PARODY account.
Education: University of California, Berkeley University of California, Los Angeles

On a mission to follow ALL BlueSky members.

Send me your starter pack links so I can follow all of you.

I am the ultimate lurker.same account, about to be blocked:

Block Account?
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 06/07/2025
catrina
a screenshot from LOCAL58TV’s “show for children.” cadavre looks thoughtfully up above an open grave, at the apparition of catrina, a skeleton person like himself. she wears a long dress with short sleeves, and has a bone “bow” on her head.
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 03/07/2025
clown no like aerial yoga
ad for “universal horror unleashed” featuring a woman doing acrobatics and a huge pissed clown face
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 02/07/2025
i have never seen a more off-putting attempt to pique curiosity with a new verb than this. i made a choked sound
a screenshot of an ad on instagram featuring what is apparently called a “sankey diagram.” the large text reads

You're Not Bad With Money.
You Just Haven't Sankey'd🦋 Yet.
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 02/05/2025
they always make this kind of statement and whatever they’re talking about just gets shuttered 6 months later. it’s non-language. it’s a belch
a screenshot from the linked aftermath.site article on polygon: 

In a statement in the press release by Jim Bankoff, CEO of Polygon's former owner Vox, Bankoff says, "This transaction will enable us to focus our energies and investment resources in other priority areas of growth across our portfolio of iconic digital publications and audio/video
programming, while enabling Valnet to grow their leadership and authority in the gaming information category."
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 18/04/2025
a lifetime original
the sexy handwritten “covid-19” from whitehouse.gov
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 12/04/2025
eraserhead (1977)
black and white image of me in very low light, hair up like the main character in eraserhead
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 05/04/2025
this was always yours
text replacement shortcut on ios: 

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i wouldn't be surprised if we never heard from denise richards again 

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(denise)
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