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Jaybird at Ordinary Times (formerly Ordinary Gentlemen) ordinary-times.com/author/jaybird

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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
From @ogjaybird.bsky.social "They finally made a big budget movie of The Odyssey with a big name director and a big budget and a huge distributor and every single A-list actor in Hollywood standing in line begging for a bit role. He made an Odyssey movie for *EVERYBODY*. Well, everybody except me."
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So I Saw The Odyssey with a Guy Who Never Read It - Ordinary Times
I saw The Odyssey with someone who didn't know Scylla from Charybdis.
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Marcus @thulcandra64.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
This is a much better autopsy.
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I actually made an effortpost. In the wake of the disastrous DNC Autopsy, I wrote my own. ordinary-times.com/2026/05/25/j...
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Jaybird's 2024 DNC Autopsy - Ordinary Times
It couldn't be worse than the official one, right?
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Did you read @ordinarytimes.bsky.social today? @captainkudzu.bsky.social on possible war w/ Iran @wvesquiress.bsky.social defends West Virginia post-60 Minutes @ogjaybird.bsky.social on Tourette's & media coverage thereof @hal10000.bsky.social on SCOTUS + State of the Union & more ordinary-times.com
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A place of politics, culture, and discourse
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Ordinary Times @ordinarytimes.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
From @ogjaybird.bsky.social "I understand that Vegas is no longer Vegas but now “Universal Studios Presents The Las Vegas Experience Brought To You By Chipotle" ordinary-times.com/2026/01/31/s...
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Saturday Morning Gaming: CloverPit - Ordinary Times
After I play a quick session, I no longer feel an itch to go back to Vegas. I get most of what I might want to play a slot machine for just by playing this.
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Eyeball Springs into Action @ucame2cashow.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
I made the album cover for Isotopia by Sgt. Splendor. Available now! See if you can spot Kate, Eric, Paulo, Angeline, @woodywoodstraw.bsky.social @kittenkuroi.bsky.social @ogjaybird.bsky.social @marabou.bsky.social and me :) motherwest.storenvy.com/products/369...
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Sgt. Splendor - Vinyl - Isotopia from Mother West
Isotopia 12 vinyl
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Eyeball Springs into Action @ucame2cashow.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
When I saw the ad, I knew I had to be a good dinner guest and bring this to @ogjaybird.bsky.social for dessert.
The Taco Bell Mountain Dew Baja Blast Pie. It's purple to turquoise gradient waves decor.The pie is turquoise.
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
It should be "Julio and I down by the school yard".
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
She's alright She's alright She's alright
poutine
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Okay. You know the B-52s song "Deadbeat Club"? Fred Schneider holds up an album at one point in the video. Is that a Ray Conniff album?
Fred Schneider holding up an album in the "Deadbeat Club" video.

I'm trying to find out what the album actually is.
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Acerbic Otter, but SPOOOOOOOOOKY @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
new ankylosaur just dropped: www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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‘Bristling with spikes’: oldest known ankylosaur fossil found in Morocco
Extravagant armour and tail weaponry on Spicomellus afer fossil confound existing theories of how the species evolved
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Jaws Slayer 🎃 @jesawyer.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
dang that sure is new vegas
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
> Be me > Be a cat > Hanging out with my human > Periodically human reaches out to scritch my ears > Periodically human reaches out to jiggle my belly > It's nice, I guess > Worth purring > Human takes out plastic rectangle and shoves it in my face yelling "SAY CHEESE" > MFW
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Robin D. Laws @robindlaws.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Tomb fungus does face turn
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Fungus that may have caused 'King Tut's curse' shows promise in treating cancer
Scientists have found that a deadly tomb fungus called Aspergillus flavus may hold the key to promising new treatments for leukemia.
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Did Burger King corporate ever acknowledge The Humpty Dance or did they just say "there is literaly (literally literally) no way for us to handle this well, so let's just ignore it"?
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Ordinary Times @ordinarytimes.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Saturday Gaming from @ogjaybird.bsky.social "The story is good, the characters are good, the universe is good, the combat is good, the exploration is good, the reveal is good, and the *FINISH* is good." ordinary-times.com/2025/06/28/s...
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Expedition 33 Afterglow - Ordinary Times
The ending of Expedition 33 is as strong as the middle. (Warning: Some light spoilers.)
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
If your law is good when there are good people in office, but dangerous when there are bad people in office, your law is bad.
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BOO! k HistoriAAAH 🎃 @book-historia.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
I saw this sign in an antique shop yesterday and I can’t stop thinking about it. Books are like eggs
A sign on top of some late 19th century books that reads BOOKS ARE LIKE EGGS HANDLE WITH CARE!!!!
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I genuinely think this particular aesthetic trend (Good Art Is Didactic And Also Assumes You Are Very Stupid) is a non-trivial source of anti-woke backlash, like unironically. It is really really annoying, and I think it has provided wedges by which anti-wokes can radicalise nerds.
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
I have played two "OH JEEZ LOUISE PAY FULL PRICE FOR THIS GAME!!!!" games this year. Blue Prince Expedition 33 They're both amazing. And couldn't be more different.
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Ordinary Times @ordinarytimes.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
From @ogjaybird.bsky.social "DON’T BE LIKE ME. DON’T BE AN IDIOT AND THINK THAT IT’S BETTER TO USE FRESH CORN!!! But when I made a bowl for Maribou the first thing she told me was “Wow! The corn is really great!” so… maybe it’s worth it" ordinary-times.com/2025/05/22/w...
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Weekend Plans Post: Chowder Theory - Ordinary Times
As I was throwing the ingredients into the crockpot, I wondered "what in the heck is the difference between a chowder and a stew anyway?"
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
I did some percolating on something @ogjaybird.bsky.social wrote @ordinarytimes.bsky.social and here is the result. Give it a ponder yourself, see what you come up with ordinary-times.com/2025/05/05/t...
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The Department of Good Things - Ordinary Times
The Department of Good Things is not only out of unicorns but never had any to begin with. But we still need good things...
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Seriously. If your tastes overlap with mine at all, you need to pick up Blue Prince. Don't feel like you have to wait for a sale, you won't feel ripped off even at full price.
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Ordinary Times @ordinarytimes.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
From @ogjaybird.bsky.social "Well, after Aqualung came out, all of the Serious Critics praised the album talking about how it was a high-minded concept album critiquing social policy, interpersonal dynamics, & religion. And Ian Anderson got ticked off about that" ordinary-times.com/2025/03/19/o...
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On Jethro Tull - Ordinary Times
If you want some rock and roll that was trying to do something groundbreaking and pretentious and crap, Jethro Tull is really good.
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I just remembered that the government steals our hour this weekend.
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
"Sunshine Day" by the Brady Bunch and the theme song to Sesame Street are the same freakin' song.
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Ordinary Times @ordinarytimes.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
From @ogjaybird.bsky.social "So it’s a rumor my parents told each other and, heck, maybe my grandparents told it too. It’s a thorn in Tootsie Pop’s side, of course. They had a letter that they’d send to kids saying “Nice Try” when the kids asked for a free Tootsie Pop. Even Mister Owl got involved"
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Weekend Plans Post: The Tootsie Roll Pop Indian
We just told each other "the Indian can be traded for a free Tootsie Pop" and listed off the rules and daydreamt about a second Tootsie Pop
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Heard Tell @heardtell.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
On @HeardTellShow we talk congress, Trump transition, politics of DCA, RFK Jr & Autism, reporting on gov't, & more w/reporter @EricMGarcia iTunes podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5Qg7... YouTube youtu.be/cV0oIJYEmIU SubStack open.substack.com/pub/heardtel...
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
As a child of the 80s, let me just say that when I heard that an artist started beefing during the halftime show, I had a completely different mental image than the one the speaker intended.
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Ordinary Times @ordinarytimes.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
From @ogjaybird.bsky.social "All in all, this was an *AMAZING* four-player game. It’s a fun game that rewards ruthless aggression and everybody will have a hoot when the chain reactions start. Seriously, this game lives up to the hype. So… what are you playing?" ordinary-times.com/2025/02/08/s...
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Thunder Road Vendetta!
This Board Game Quest Award winner lives up to the hype.
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Buddy's kiddo turned 16. I gave the kid $20 and told him to buy a CD with that music he likes or a DVD of one of his favorite movies. We all laughed.
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
"She's Morphine. Queen of my Vaccine." THIS SHOULD NOT WORK AS A LYRIC. IT IS UNFAIR THAT IT IS FREAKING AMAZING IN PRACTICE.
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Will Truman @trumwill.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Short Status Report on the Abilities of AI
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Short Status Report on the Abilities of AI
A minor update on the goalposts.
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Heard an *AMAZING* song on the way to work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtcxPNqb-S4
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Everything Is Recorded - Losing You (feat. Sampha, Laura Groves, Jah Wobble & Yazz Ahmed)
YouTube video by Everything Is Recorded
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
(In PVP) Player One: Your mouth is writing checks that your ass can't cash! Player Two: ...nobody writes checks anymore, dude. (Player One has disconnected.)
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Best I can do on short notice:
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The Return to Iceland essay has been submitted to editorial. Here's the original Iceland essay from 2022. ordinary-times.com/2022/05/12/o...
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On Iceland
I went to Iceland. I have some thoughts about my experiences there.
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zach silberberg @zachsilberberg.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
What if I told you that the only reason I am bald is that I’m afraid of a Ratatouille situation? What if I told you that I’d have so much hair if not for the fear of a rat using me like a puppet? These are modes of control, Neo. This is how they manipulate us. Ratatouilles, Neo. Rats that pull hair.
morpheus from the matrix
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
The Northern Lights but some bald guy's silhouette is in the way of a perfectly good picture.
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
The Northern Lights, as seen in Iceland
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
most people don’t realize that having a readily available, even kinda-accurate answer to “how many Asian women under 40 with a college degree live in Pomona” is a world-historic achievement that requires an industrial scale, heaven & earth moving effort. it is on par with CERN. not hyperbole.
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
The xeriscaping is always browner.
Two indoor cats looking at an outdoor cat while the outdoor cat looks at the two indoor cats
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Me and Rumpus.
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Em @wvesquiress.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Back here after having inadvertently allowed my twitter timeline to become a cesspool. Help our mutuals find me?
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 06/03/2024
Dear Mister Sandman, As it turns out, 'lots of wavy hair like Liberace' was included as a requirement prior to the release of the National Library of Medicine report on 'Excess of counterclockwise scalp hair-whorl rotation in homosexual men'. Can the dream request be amended? --The Chordettes
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
Recurring nightmare. I'm getting married but instead of "Here Comes the Bride", the band starts playing "Pomp and Circumstance".
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 05/09/2023
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