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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Republicans be like "The Constitution lets states run their own elections, so no federal voting statutes or reforms. BUT ALSO states shouldn't be allowed to use the Constitution to determine eligibility for their own elections." 🤷‍♂️

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

How many rushing yards do you think you could get on the perfect play in the NFL? I recon I could get 4 yds behind a great O line on the perfect play call before getting absolutely demolished by a defender.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

The year is 2079. America is voting between McKynnahh-Leighe Johnson or her opponent, Ryder Koltan Matthews. SecState Ashlyiegh-Ann Reynolds is defusing vibes with China. The most popular baby name has no letters, but is a viral 30 second choreographed dance that elder Gen Zs ruined.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

Just realized that 'Matt Berry voice' is one of my go-tos when reading for my son.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

I'll never say a bad word about Hank Williams Jr's Are You Ready for Some Football Monday Night Football song. It was iconic. But Chris Stapleton & Snoop have absolutely crushed the new MNF anthem with their In The Air Tonight rendition.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

Was thinking yesterday about how even the celebrities famous *right now* (who I often barely recognize) will be, at best, old stars when my toddler is old enough to be into celebrities.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

Imagine that you own a network of billboards, and you’ve allowed people who pay you $8/month to spray paint dicks and swastikas on them. How many billboards do you think you’re renting to Pepsi after that

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

Just saw an ad where the company tauts its "Space Age" materials. Y'all, the Space Age began more than 60 years ago. It's time to retire that trope.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

Yeah the primary ads write themselves. Hard to imagine anyone surviving short of a full on party switch, and even then it'd be risky.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

Every Star Trek series has at least one episode where the crew is forced to play absurd roles in the fantasy game of a super powerful alien. I am now convinced those episodes were written by parents of toddlers.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Campaign leaders of the de facto GOP Preside trial nominee thought this was clever, appropriate, and good strategy. What more evidence do you need that our politics is fundamentally broken. themessenger.com/politics/tru...

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

The books are even better at both the geo (galactic?) politics and the science part of science fiction. As in there's key plot points on the problems of bleeding zero g, the impossibly hard task of finding a ship in the vastness of space, and when to start decelerating to not crash.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

The real gem is here is how many damn people are standing around him watching him take a selfie. What a narcissist.

Reflection in Musk's sunglasses revealing at least 7 people standing in front of him while he poses for a border selfie like a tool.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 01/09/2023

True love is giving up the chez lounge of your couch to be a parking lot for little kid's trucks.

The most comfortable seat of the couch, the chez lounger, but covered in kids toys instead of my butt.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 22/08/2023

A parade of work trucks with flashing lights is resurfacing the street in front of my house and my son is missing it because he's going to bed. I feel bad he's missing it, but not nearly bad enough to let him stay up another minute.

Terrible photo of a toddler's dream come true: a bobcat scooper with flashing lights doing road work just outside the window.

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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 13/07/2023

Damar Hamlin celebrating the Buffalo Bills training staff that saved his life has me a wreck my goodness twitter.com/phil_lewis_/status/1679…

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 07/07/2023

Sun's out, but so is the thunder. Everyone have a good apocalypse I guess!

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 04/07/2023

Nephew just informed me "Girl on Fire" is "an old song" from Sing 2. 💀💀💀

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 01/07/2023

This is a perfect cross section of @darthbluesky.bsky.social's prime interests

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 24/06/2023

"Still punk as fuck" I whisper as I admonish myself for throwing a toddler food pouch in the trash can without replacing the trash bag.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 24/06/2023

The transition from thinking being called dad is weird to muttering "what are you doing dad" to yourself when you screw something up is nefarious subtle.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 23/06/2023

On the contrary, dividing militaries is a very common coup-proofing tactic, precisely because it prevents one general from amassing the power to succeed while also ensuring competing factions will exist to defend the regime (even if only because they want to be the one winning a coup).

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 23/06/2023

Woah woah woah, are you suggesting that Hunter Biden may have been less than honest in his business dealings?

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 21/06/2023

Day care teacher asked my son how he skinned his knee and he had the gall to say "daddy push." Kid, you were running too fast with your toy lawnmower, don't try to church it up by blaming me.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 14/06/2023

This is BS, the real "Fale Tapper" is Jim Sciutto and everyone knows it.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 14/06/2023

I can't imagine what will go wrong by confusing fast heavy machines with video games. Seems totally safe and responsible.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 13/06/2023

I think my favorite thing I've taught my toddler son is to raise his arms above his head and say "RAAWWWRRR" when asked what sound a bear or lion or monster makes.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 09/06/2023

Trump fundraising off of his indictment, proof that politics is on the absolute gutter. Also note he says he had a RIGHT to declassify the docs, not that he did declassify them. End of the day, he's being indicted for his actions, not politics.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 09/06/2023

Wait? What is this, some sort of sick, twisted pursuit of truth? We want rage-filled speculation that we'll have forgotten about by the next controversy!

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 08/06/2023

Man it is really freaking dystopic trying to explain to your toddler "we can only go out for a little bit because the air isn't good."

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 08/06/2023

Yeah that other site is a dumpster fire rolling towards a trash pile laying on top of a toxic waste site.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 07/06/2023

I thought Bluesky was the friendly social media platform but NO ONE here told me how damn good "For All Mankind" is, and I take that personally. Damn, that show goes hard.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 06/06/2023

Me going on Shark Tank: "@mcuban.bsky.social, I'm offering you 100% of my business. I have nothing but an idea, I don't know how to make it happen, I don't want to do the work for it. 1 million OBO." Cuban: 😑 gtfo

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 06/06/2023

The entire airport security process is a government backed marketing campaign for CLEAR, a product that exists solely because of said screening process. Flying is the closest I come to being a libertarian.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 03/06/2023

A debt ceiling Oval Office address seems like a real miscalculation. This is an issue popular in Twitter and in the beltway, but one probably barely tracked by the average voter. And to be his first and only address, it just seems odd.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 03/06/2023

Gonna be really embarrassing when they have to legally change their name to NORTH Magadonia for copyright reasons. (I'm sorry for this really niche joke)

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 02/06/2023

Show me the TV or movie character you wanted to be growing up vs the one you feel like you became.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 31/05/2023

Me, when my son won't eat his Mac and cheese or his chicken nuggets:

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Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com · 31/05/2023

Here's the latest poster for Good Omens Season 2. It's like a Where's Waldo game of clues...

Good Omens poster. A bookshop. An empty chair with a box on it. Books and such scattered around. tagline Unravel the Mystery

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 29/05/2023

Oh man I need to go back to this game. Left it part way through but I was enjoying it.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 27/05/2023

Bet you can't think of your social security number, mother's maiden name, AND city you were born in. Only GENIUSES can get it right in one try.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 25/05/2023

Cooking tunes make the world go round. Was dancing to Dolly and cooking up a storm with my toddler the other day. Those are memories worth savoring.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 25/05/2023

A robot dog can be programmed to say "stop resisting" while it mauls people though.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 25/05/2023

And to think, they laughed at me when I majored in news seismology. Well WHO IS LAUGHING NOW?

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 25/05/2023

May he rot in prison, safely removed from our democracy and forced to watch from his cell as his dreams for dictatorship are crushed, replaced by a resurgent pro-democracy movement born in response to his insurrection.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 25/05/2023

At long last, someone who can speak to the major issues of the terminally online...

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 22/05/2023

Just finished Mrs. Davis on Peacock, and it was one of the most original and poignantly absurd shows I've seen in a while. 5 stars, 100% customer satisfaction. Go watch it now.

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 19/05/2023

Real power is owning the way back machine. "Never mess with a man with a wayback machine. He can make it so that you were never born."

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Mike Ongstad @mikeongstad.bsky.social · 18/05/2023

Whoo are the sports media folks on Bluesky? How do I get my sports fix on here? Need recs rather than searching every sports journo I can think of.

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