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Jennifer Lee Noonan

@nnnnoonan.bsky.social
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SID MEIER'S MEMOIR on shelves now, Damn Interesting Week podcast on speakers now. Winner of the NYT Sidney Award, loser of many other awards.

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Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Pain Lethargy Abscesses Gland swelling Unconsciousness Expiration Mnemonic plague
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Husband is working in the garage. I hear him scream, "Ah! Fuck!" I poke my head in to see how badly he's hurt. Turns out he sneezed inside his dust hood.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The circle of holiday trees from Nightmare Before Christmas except every single door is shaped like a groundhog.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Digger" is a fascinating work of art. I may not agree with all the choices, but given that those were the choices they wanted to make, they fucking nailed them.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My (gen alpha) children frequently say "I learned it by watching you!" Which, ironically, is a phrase they learned by watching us.
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Collaborating with data teams required fluency in Snowflake, Kafka, and Flink." This is a real sentence I just had to read. The tech industry has gone fully Curtains for Zooshka.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If I come to your house and see this I'm calling the cops to check for bodies in the basement.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I wouldn't mind a kangaroo court. It would be adorable. A little joey as the bailiff? Come on now.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Zod only told Superman to kneel so the locals would understand what was happening. Back on Krypton, political deference was actually shown by laying down and exposing your belly.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
*pinning my worst-performing post as an act of Kierkegaardian defiance*
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pharmacist (friendly, just being polite): You're too young to be getting a shingles shot! Me (seductively, taking the bit too far as usual): Trust me, I have the immune system of a much older woman. Pharmacist: ... okay.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I used the expression "the best thing since sliced bread" in my first book, and the copy editor (who had impeccable grammar, but was not from America) flagged it with something along the lines of "I can't correct this sentence because I can't figure out WTF it even means"
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Starting a club of folks with good birthdays. Examples: 78910 (Sep 10 '78) 801108 (Nov 8 '80) 90210 (Feb 10 '90) 010101 (Jan 1 '01) FAQ: 1) Euro dates (DDMM) accepted IF you're European 2) Yes it'll be a lot of kids from the 10s and 20s 3) No it's not a child army 4) Yes they will be given weapons
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yoda: Telling me you are, some rice fried this shrimp?
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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Such a sad decline from his Sherlock/Doctor Strange heyday www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow...
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Burst Cumbernauld sewage pipe leaves smelly 'Pringles tube sized keech' on path
The issue is said to have been reported to Scottish Water after a pipe burst, spewing raw sewage onto the path behind Drumpellier Gardens.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Having monsters under my bed as a child did not sufficiently prepare me for the adult task of pretending to still be asleep so my dog doesn't demand breakfast.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
*presses a fistful of leaves against your face* "Does this smell like chlorophyll to you?"
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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Mitch Hedberg with a speech bubble
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This sommar was fine, I guess. Pretty mid.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Escape rooms let you live out the fantasy that being clever fixes anything
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Pearl With The Girl Earring, by Olaf Falafel
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
My cousin suffered a life-threatening injury (he's fine now) and during the pre-surgery discussion with the family, the software that displayed his x-rays was set to comic sans.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reading a 1920s French book set in England, and every paragraph is like, "She ate her dinner amidst the screeching tones of her country's traditional music. The waiter approached in his ill-fitting outfit, and offered her a dish that he supposed, in his pathetic ignorance, was some sort of dessert."
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Today’s Baseball Name is Pretzels Getzian
Pretzels Getzien
Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right • Throws: Right 5-10, 172lb (178cm, 78kg)
Born: February 14, 1864 in Germany
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I'm worried my child is becoming a werewolf
Screenshot of a Discord message: "I'm Johnny Knoxville and I just ate 2/3 of a chicken bone," accompanied by a photo of a dinner plate with a fork, some grease, and only a few partial shards of chicken bone.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I see the film industry has been taking "unsustainable naming convention" advice from the gaming industry. No chance they try to hit their American audience with "Godzilla Minus Negative One" after this. Might as well start printing the "Godzilla Minus 3000" (2029) merch now.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
When y'all talk about Roko's basilisk all I see is this guy
Title screen from the 90s cartoon "Rocko's Modern Life."
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
In honor of the holiday, I will belabor every point today. Every point, you understand? EVERY. POINT.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It's actually safe to invite Gen X vampires in because they're going to cancel at the last minute anyway.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Maria Bamford is a national treasure and this tour is fantastic (as is the jacket she was wearing on the 28th.) Go see her!
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Jack Saundrs @jacksaundrs.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The 're' prefix in frijoles refrito is for emphasis not repetition - so the English translation should really be Really Fried Beans rather than the nonsensical "refried beans".
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Important update from my father: The elderly lesbian couple down the street replaced their grass with astroturf, and it just looks terrible, you can't believe how terrible it looks, here I'll drive by it so you can see
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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026
Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.
A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Pugnacious shouldn't mean what it does
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Allowed myself to be socially pressured into a fourth meal that I very much did not need, and I deeply regret it but also what even is regret anyway
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🎶Come with me And you'll be In a world of total dilation🎶
Extreme closeup of a greenish hazel eye, maximally dilated
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Happy to report that "Coyote vs. ACME" is [beep-beep]ing fantastic.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Banana for scale HAHAHAHA I haven't slept
A banana sitting on a kitchen scale. It weighs exactly 152 grams and has a constellation of tiny brown spots, i.e. the perfect ripeness.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Eventually, all games become Tamagotchi.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Key & Peele's satire can no longer compete in the modern athletic environment
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Forget lies about quicksand. This is where my trust issues began.
A metal device for measuring feet, which was a staple of all shoe departments in the 1980s.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
SID. MEIER'S. SIM. GOLF.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
If your slang ends in -ezza, it's Australian. If your slang ends in -ers, it's British. If your slang ends in a person 4 years younger than you laughing about how painfully old and out of touch you are, it's American.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Your taco has too much stuff in it, but you're no fool. You've been here before. With the ghosts of a thousand tortillas in your wake, you smoothly bend your neck and take a "stuff only" bite. The screams of the crowd can be heard for miles.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Told a teenager that the job interview process is just "would you still love me if I was a worm" in corporate form, and somehow they are sad and not appreciative of my insights.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Petition to bring these bad boys back (because my sock keeps riding down into my shoe and I'm about to lose my mind)
Vintage advertisement for "Boston" sock garters, which are "worn all over the world." The man's leg in the illustration is disturbingly rotated, as if the artist doesn't understand how feet and knees usually face in the same direction.
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
ESTRAGON: Nothing happens. Nobody comes, nobody goes. It's awful. VLADIMIR: I’m telling you, the Vengabus is coming.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Someone tried to convince me they're indifferent to food because they often make sandwiches with *no condiments*. "Just bread, meat, cheese, MAYBE some lettuce... I'm just not going to make the effort, you know?" My dude, I ate hummus with a spoon because the box of crackers wasn't already open.
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Jennifer Lee Noonan @nnnnoonan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Brb, gonna go buy a lottery ticket
An open packet of gummy bears that contains nothing but red bears
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