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At the overlap of a complex Venn diagram there are some romantasy fans who feel very seen.

I mean I guess I knew they were acting, one of them gets up to deliver the final line “It’ll kill ya!” after they all fall down, but then they all just vanish. Anyway, it had an effect on me. :)

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Annie Jacobsen is clearly willing to go the extra mile to promote her books.

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Kara Transit Authority @stormykara.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This must feel so good if you’re a bus

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert has passed away at 84. You have to assume he felt kind of put out that he went to prison for molesting kids only a decade or so before Republicans decided that wasn’t such a big deal. www.npr.org/2026/10/05/g...

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Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84

ennis Hastert, whose political legacy as Congress' longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teach...

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

They go to all this trouble to hide the kids in a basement through a trap door hidden under a rug, then the basement has this huge street level window?

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Gotta be this. Kids’ shoes in the ‘70s went *hard* sometimes. From the lyrics to the point where everybody falls down at the end as if dead, then vanish to a creepy music sting, I would flee the room whenever this came on. share.google/7FCFKVfpRRAt...

share.google

The Classic Electric Company - Poison!

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Somebody had a discreet word with the color blind Woodman’s employee.

A display of bright red reusable grocery bags, this time with a sign reading “WOODMANS RED BAG”

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Seen at Costco: Top Fox ranch flavored pumpkin and sunflower seeds mix, with the slogan “Snack like a fox” so I’m guessing the ingredients include rodents, invertebrates, and pilfered chickens.

A bag of sunflower and pumpkin seeds labeled “Top Fox”, with a design in the shape of a fox wearing a hat and the slogan “Snack like a fox”, when the contents seem more like something a squirrel would be into.

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I always get nervous around MRI machines for some reason.

A large wooden door festooned with warning signs, including a large red octagon on the floor in front of it and another on the door itself reading “DANGER DANGER
HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD STOP IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING METAL ON YOUR PERSON
ALL METAL OBJECTS, PENS. SCISSORS WATCHES, CREDIT CARDS INPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS, PACEMAKERS. OXYGEN TANKS, PAGERS.
CELL PHONES”
There is also a dense multilanguage sign listing hazards that is primarily in German, probably because the machine behind the door is manufactured by Siemens, but which somehow serves to make the effect more menacing, like you’re going to end up with Helvetica Syndrome, when really all it’s going to do is turn your keys into impromptu bullets.

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I do! I will dig it up when I’m home.

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A nice mellow pre-dawn walk with Giant Dog ended with her straining to say hi to a skunk she noticed digging in our front yard before I did. Fortunately I was able to keep her from introducing herself. Haven’t seen any of them around here for a while.

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It’s both Raccoon Appreciation Day and International Coffee Day, so enjoy this coffee mug with raccoons on it.

A Taylor & Ng coffee mug depicting a raccoon orgy.

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Speaking of The Mountain graphic tees, this one gives me anxiety. Sure, that lit candle in front of the black cat is all witchy and atmospheric, but you know the cat is going to knock that shit over and burn the whole place down, books and all.

A graphic tee printed with an image of a black cat lying on a stack of vintage hardcover books, gazing at a lit candle inches away, paw ready to fuck shit up.

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A combination of having lost weight and unearthing a tote of clothes from the early aughts has me asking myself if I should start wearing The Mountain graphic tees again.

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Look, you saw it was raining when I took you outside a minute ago. You couldn’t get back in fast enough. And now you’re begging for a walk. You understand it’ll still be raining no matter which door we go out, right?

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

hello mr president this is your medical and political advisor speaking. i am advising you, an increasingly feeble old man who everyone hates, to please keep doing this shit

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Most TV is just this now.

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And while I’m here for the mockery of Schmitt, of course the meme shared on Fox appears to have moved Iowa City and the Hawkeyes to Wisconsin. It’s like nobody’s even trying anymore.

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 29/09/2026

awoke this morning with a Vision

that diagram showing the SUV blind spot in the front but it's lowly worm driving his little applemobile

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I finally came up with a thing to put on the Bolt. I don’t know why this didn’t occur to me sooner.

The back corner of a Chevy Bolt EUV with its nameplate shown. Above the nameplate is a magnet depicting Bolt, the white German shepherd from the 2008 Disney film of the same name.

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Maybe your standards are too high!

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sure, they might be referring to the environmental benefits of reusable bags, but it’s possible some color blind Woodman’s employee just told on themself.

A display of bright red reusable grocery bags labeled “Woodmans Green Bag”

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

*cow turns a chair around and sits on it backwards* “We have fun here, but you know what isn’t a laughing matter? Lactose intolerance.”

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Unexpected new source of anxiety just dropped

A container of Laughing Cow cheese. The red cow mascot has a serious expression and the words “WE NEED TO TALK” appear below it.

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This morning’s encounter with a neighbor: a fox.

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A barred owl that wears fake plumicorns because he’s self conscious about how round his head looks

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Giant Dog is doing her loud scary big girl bark to intimidate my brother in law as he approaches the front door, but she’s also leaning against me for reassurance as she does it.

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thanks! Liking it a lot so far!

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I have this weird relationship with licorice. Part of why I like it is because I know I’m not going to be tempted to eat too much of it. That said, I haven’t managed to acquire a taste for salted licorice.

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We Gen-Xers aren’t exactly beating those chronic lead poisoning allegations.

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It is literally awesome. The thing that sticks me most about it, besides the scale of it and the high desert plateau setting, was the railroad crossing signs where the road crossed their tracks. Which implies “got run over by a radio telescope” as a memorable thing that could happen to someone.

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It’s still a garage, so it would get super gross before too long… so added realism!

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Charging my car at home like there’s a gas station inside my garage makes me feel like it would be cool to have a shelf of sodas/snacks and spinning rack of maps next to the charger. Gas stations still sell maps, right?

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

He’s still out there! This is from a national forest campsite a good six miles from the nearest road or trash can. Woodsy should be saying “I can’t believe I even need to say this.”

A sign at a remote campsite on the north end of Grand Island National Recreation Area depicting Woodsy Owl being towered over by a trash can and the words “NO Garbage Service - Please Pack it OUT!”

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’ve been calling him Toonerville Trolley, a reference to a newspaper comic that stopped running over 70 years ago. I’m expecting this to catch on with octogenarians any time now.

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL BI VISIBILITY DAY

cover of NOT POUNDED BY BI ERASURE BECAUSE MY CURRENT HETERO-PRESENTING RELATIONSHIP DOES NOT INVALIDATE MY QUEERNESS featuring a ladybuck in a red suit lookin over at a VERY ANGRY sentient eraser they are on a long street with lush green plants on either side

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Blurry raccoon would like for flashlight human and large dog to go away so they can get on with their morning.

A blurry low-light photo of a raccoon paused while climbing up a tilted tree trunk. The raccoons eyes are reflecting light back at the viewer.

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We’ve had Giant Dog for 3 years, and apparently are still capable of the rookie mistake of leaving food on the counter within her reach, and she is still capable of forgetting her manners when pizza is involved. Fortunately it was just one and a half slices, hopefully she doesn’t get an upset tummy.

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Somebody said that Kid Rock looks like if Mike Lindell dressed up as Kid Rock for Halloween, and I see it.

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is why I can scarcely get past the character creation screen in most games.

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

But when signing up on a charging app it asked me to name the car. Panicking, as the car is a Bolt and is black, I entered “Black Bolt” (a Marvel character I do not care about) promising I’ll revisit it later. We’re generally just calling it “the Bolt” so whimsy will have to wait for the next car.

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Linnaeus @linnaeus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Considering the sort of things I do in my spare time (sometimes involving animal costumes), you wouldn’t think I’m a person who lacks whimsy, but I have never given a car I’ve owned a name. I tried calling my 1998 Dodge Neon “Mr. Car” at one point, but it didn’t stick.

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