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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Okay, rude I know it’s cold; you don’t *also* have to remind me it’s ICEy out.

Screenshot of a phone lock screen with a temperature readout of -15 degrees Fahrenheit. Below the temperature, a label saying “Extreme Cold Warning” appears, but it cuts off so it simply reads “Extreme Cold War…”

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy (Honestly, pretty accurate)

Dual-image meme.

First image is a screenshot of a headline saying “Henry Rollins and Ian Mackaye join forces for new project”

Second image is a screenshot from The Simpsons showing Homer opening the door to a group of neighbors, apprehensively saying “uh, this isn’t going to be spoken word, is it?”

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

*Squints* Rilo Kiley’s gonna be up there somewhere

A photo of the stage setup for Rilo Kiley at the Palace Theater, taken from the very back row

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I was not expecting “I’m Afraid of Americans” but I’m so glad to see it. I mean, the song is practically half-Reznor’s anyway so maybe I shouldn’t be surprised.

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Cereal a band: Crunch! No, Cap’n Crunch!

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Do I get to pick? Is it a group session? Rotating?

Movie poster for “The Cider House Rules” with Michael Caine, Tobey Maguire, and Charlize Theron’s faces

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

What perfect albums came out when you were 16? (I should’ve done a “metal” and “non-metal” version)

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Prolly gonna go back to bed but @dunktankdoug.bsky.social and I wanted to be part of the #MNWX Late-Night Basement Photo Party (only one of two cats pictured, but rest assured that both are present and accounted for)

Two smiling pajama-clad humans on a leather couch in a finished basement, with one cat curled up in the background

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Hot take but most people who complain that Omar has “bad constituent services” are just people who don’t like that she disagrees with them

Donnie Darko “imaginary friend” meme template. Panel 1: “Ilhan Omar ignored me”
Panel 2: “Ignored you, or gave you an answer you didn’t like?”
Panel 3: “Gave me an answer I didn’t like”

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Quote skeet with a bridge from your gallery.

A brick arch built into the old town walls over a street in Derry, Northern Ireland

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Beauty and tragedy is everywhere if you know where to look

Screenshot from the r/Soundbars subReddit that shows a dirty soundbar speaker screen with the thread title “Meatball smashed in my Sonos Arc: How to clean?”

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I know this platform has the juice cuz the bots have made it here pretending to be you

Screenshot of two replies from a scam account pretending to be “Bill Emory management team” (content of replies is not particularly important; just obvious generic spam text)

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Seeing a billboard for a guitar compressor pedal is such a deeply Minneapolis moment

Zoomed-in image of a billboard in Northeast Minneapolis that shows a guitar compressor pedal with the text “Clean: the creative compressor, made right here in NE Minneapolis!”

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Search “concert” and post the oldest pic in your camera roll. High on Fire opening for Meshuggah at Mill City Nights. 2016 IIRC?

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Bet this can’t get 3 likes. I got 3 songs, at least

Get to know my music taste

For every like, I will post one song I love

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Lotta ppl saying that they’re seeing no drop in engagement on Bluesky despite having a fraction of the followers. And lemme tell you, based on my experience they’re exactly correct

A close-up crop of Bluesky’s “heart” icon at the bottom of one of OP’s posts, with 1 heart received

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Without thinking, post the first Simpsons joke that pops into your head

Screenshot from The Simpsons. Homer sits on the couch, saying “ah the Luftwaffe, the Washington Generals of the History Channel”

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

I’m a big manly man; I can’t get Swole™️ without my children’s cereal cartoon mascots

A shelf with a 20-serving container of Flintstone’s Cocoa Pebbles-flavored ISO100 Hydrolyzed whey protein powder

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Hello these are our cats. Sebastian (left) is basically Jenna Maroney in cat form, while Sean Patrick (right) wants people to think he’s not goofy and is a million times goofier as a result. #Cats

A gray, brown, and white tuxedo-ish medium-haired male cat, laying on his back with his tongue hanging out

A brown tabby cat holding his tail between his front paws like a microphone

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

If you see this, post a concert pic you took

Rapper Nur-D performing at Mn Orchestra Hall, with the hall lit up in rainbow colors with disco ball reflections

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Hi everybody! Nobody knows who I am, but I went sorta locally viral on The Other Site a week ago for dressing as the old Uptown Arby’s (RIP), so that’s something. Uuuh that’s about it for now, see ya around here I guess

A man wearing a red and cream outfit with “W Emerson Av” on one arm and “W Lake St” on the other, as well as a giant red foam cowboy hat dressed with led lights that says “Arby’s Roast Beef Sandwich is Delicious”

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

Rainbow… at night… during the storm? Alright okay that’s normal okay

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 14/08/2024

My most desk job-coded belief is that a good daily calendar has one of the highest ROIs in terms of money spent vs quality of life

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 21/07/2024

Low-key favorite thing right now is seeing all the suddenly and IMMEDIATELY outdated sponsored ads on my timeline

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 10/05/2024

Lilac Blooming Week™️ is the best week of the year

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 03/03/2024

This man’s shoulder-to-neck distance is absurd

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

I’ve never had a kid, but this goober running through the house while scromiting feels like the most toddler-coded thing I’ve ever experienced

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

The artists all sound about right but it bothers me that almost all the Top 5 Songs are ones that just kept being placed in auto-generated playlists. Like they’re all great, but I didn’t seek them out!

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 26/11/2023

Big thanks to @jasoncomix and Indigenous Food Labs for the recipe and ingredients for this amazing Bison Steak and Squash dinner

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

In all the emotional turmoil I think we forgot to share that @dunktankdoug brought a little bit of local political swagger to #PDX

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 24/09/2023

“Which four characters from The Simpsons define your damaged personality”

Martin Prince with caption “spare me your euphemisms. It’s fat camp for daddy’s chubby little secret”

Eastern European car salesman. Caption:
Homer: “what country is this car from?”
Salesman: “it no longer exists”

Nerd wearing “genius at work” t-shirt. Caption: “Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder”

Bill and Marty (KBBL DJs) listening to robo-dj. Caption: “Looks like those clowns in congress did it again. What a bunch of clowns.”

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

Seeing a lot of (well-deserved) dunking on the Strib’s candidate guide questions, but I haven’t seen anyone mention this hilariously presumptive phrasing yet

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 18/09/2023

The demographics of this Queens of the Stone Age show is 100% “tattooed servers who argue against minimum wage increases”

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 30/08/2023

Me finally getting a Bluesky invite an hour ago

Simpsons screenshot of Lenny with caption “Hey, I’ve only been here a few minutes. What’s going on?”

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 22/08/2023

Unofficially finally celebrating 8/1 by seeing @sigurros

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 20/07/2023

I finally organically stumbled on one of those Twitter exchanges that makes you believe in the greatness of Twitter

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 11/06/2023

Printed on a perfectly scratchy XXL Gildan Heavy tee just like god intended

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Performative Competency @machetemonkey.bsky.social · 20/05/2023

MeatjckrCrew, we’re picnicking at Lake Hiawatha Park! We’re set up at the picnic tables area near 28th at and 46th Ave, right where the trail meets the creek.