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@mountcool.bsky.social
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I was not a kid who was coddled and came from a poor family. (Dad was a mailman. Mom was a bartender.) I can’t overstate how special this moment was.
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I was so happy that my dad tried to take me that I never even considered being upset that it didn’t pan out. We spent the rest of the night joking about sneaking backstage and stealing their toothbrushes.
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
When I was 10 I was desperate to go see Milli Vanilli live. During dinner on the day of the show I mentioned to my dad that I wanted to go, and we got up from the dinner table and drove down to the venue. We got to the box office and my dad couldn’t believe the show was sold out.
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chris. @azedand2knots.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
But mom I don't want to watch an execution.
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oh Trump supporters aren’t going to like this at all! As far as they know, we haven’t even made it to the moon yet!
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Beat me to it!
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Allowed” tax dollars to go to Russiaor “directed” tax dollars to go to Russia?
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My partner was just fondly recalling how I introduced my kids to Leo Carpazzi when they were like 9 and 13. 😬
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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
the media is now telling people to work from home to save on gasoline, immediately after their years-long crusade to tell us why returning to office is best for everyone. this isn't a gotcha, it's an example of how contradicting demands allow the ruling class to blame us no matter what we do
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’m just getting ready to launch my version of Chuck E Cheese that serves Chinese food. I think the world is finally ready for Bamboo Shoots and Ladders! (A restaurant concept I came up with at 10 years old.)
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Incredible.
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is beautiful (and I am in awe of how quickly you work!)
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Having just finished @jamieloftus.bsky.social ‘s My Year In Mensa this morning, I can confidently say that was a wise decision.
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
MTV was an equalizer. You couldn’t avoid Baby Got Back or whatever - it got played between November Rain and Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover. A real cosmic gumbo, back in the day.
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ah the classic, “it was just a joke!” God, why is everyone so sensitive, right? You were just trying to make someone else look stupid! It’s funny!
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As someone who lives in a cowboy-themed state that is also HOME TO NASA, I completely agree
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I know it is minuscule in the grand scheme of things, but why do fully grown adults insist on speaking like teenagers? The guy saying his morals haven’t changed, his party has might not want to be addressed by his former senator as “bro.”
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Senior Adviser” just means “hairstylist” in this instance, right?
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The best indicator of something not being racist is when you have to follow it with “and no, that’s not racist.”
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Kind of refreshing after 15 years of only pharmaceutical ads!
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
At my local (which is actually a chain but still great), you can see the old guys rolling out the dough right there. It’s not a fancy place in any way - but those are damn good donuts.
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When you realize that your insurance policy isn’t actually going to cover anything, you don’t bother going to the doctor. I paid $350/month for insurance I had only to protect me if I got cancer or a catastrophic car accident. It wasn’t worth using for anything else.
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Even mediocre local donut shops are generally better than Dunkin’ and Krispy Kreme. If they’re making it in house (and they all are), they’re going to be pretty decent.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening inequality, economic insecurity, and the unchecked political power of corporations and the rich. Political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A real man of principle here! (Going to take this opportunity to thank you for the advice of drinking a bunch of cold water as soon as you wake up to quell anxiety. It has been literally life changing for me. I’m so so grateful.)
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I cannot overstate how enraged I was when I saw this for the first time last night. I haven’t been able to listen to the song since Covid because it’s too haunting and Meta is using it to sell pervert glasses?!
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the hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's really shocking to me how many celebrities have voluntarily revealed their total lack of a moral compass. Because that's what promoting gambling apps and prediction markets (especially when you have tens / hundreds of millions of dollars and don't actually need the sponsor money) says about you
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Brian Bergstrom @brianbergstrom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Someone telling me they're spending their Sunday cooking: Ooh, nice! What a cozy-sounding day! Someone telling me they're spending their Sunday "meal-prepping": Oh. I see. Have fun in your self-imposed gulag, tovarich.
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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 01/09/2026
i don't think i should be required to work hard and do a good job when everyone with power over my life barely works and does a bad job
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Don’t worry - AmazonRX has an AI doctor who will get that broken leg fixed in a jiffy!
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
There was a tiny tv repair shop around the corner from our house that added a couple shelves of videos after VCRs made it big. I bet the entire store was 400 square feet. We rented Steve Martin’s The Jerk there so often that they eventually offered to sell it to my family.
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Can I introduce you to Baldurs Gate 3?
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I gasped with glee when I saw this week’s guest. Knocking it out of the park lately!
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
*choo choo
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
For some reason her changing “take a deep breath and I get real high” to “take a deep breath and wonder why” made me cry. God, she was so good and pure.
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Much like Dolly, my love for Tim Curry didn’t start with Rocky Horror or Clue, but instead is firmly rooted in the strange, tingling feelings I had at 7 years old while watching him as Grand Wizard Egbert Hellibore in The Worst Witch. A sad week for beloved icons. youtu.be/-FMf8ltkCgM?...
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Anything Can Happen On Halloween
YouTube video by ImzadiLaren
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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton rose from poverty to stardom. She gave $500 to every student in her hometown who finished high school; she built hospitals & bald eagle preserves; her Imagination Library has gifted 300 million books to children. Roger Ebert met her and came away thinking she was a literal angel. RIP.
“In Dallas for the premier of '9 to 5', I had an uncanny experience, and on the plane home to Chicago I confessed it to Siskel: I had been granted a private half hour with Dolly Parton, and as we spoke I was filled with a strange ethereal grace. This was not spiritual, nor was it sexual. It was healing and comforting. Gene listened and said, "Roger, I felt the exact same thing during my interview with her." We looked at each other. What did this mean? Neither one of us ever felt that feeling again. From time to time we would refer to it in wonder.”
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Sean Thomason @seanthomason.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
So embarrassing when people think the point of reading a novel is to know the plot, so a summary is just as good. The plot isn’t important, you rube. You absolute simpleton. The point of reading a novel is to find out what the characters are eating and start thinking about what you want for dinner.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
No better place to do it!
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I’ve decided I want to be a baby panda for a living. Cute and round and everyone around me is deeply invested in my survival. All I have to do is roll around and eat and someday screw. Dream job.
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I distinctly remember telling my dad how much I loved his crows feet when I was a little kid. “It makes you look like you’re always smiling!”
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Definitely cruel but not remotely weird for an abusive man who is watching his control over his family erode.
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
As a Texan, this is hard to hear but also true. I’m smart enough not to get too excited about this one, but then a poll comes out and…
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jordan [ham] @nursemurderer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
women be like I needed this and it’s a lobotomy
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Share this post to announce that you are free from both hell AND marriage!
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ϝɾιɠɠιɳϝɾҽɳƈԋ @frigginfrench.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Taylor Swift is just Elon Musk for the girlies
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Broccolini: just like broccoli except more of the part you don’t want to eat!
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Or, when someone tells you they have no plans to attend college you can simply accept that perhaps they know their needs and resources better than you do.
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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I don’t usually idolize politicians but this man is an angel.
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