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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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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
You know the old "if by whiskey" speech? This is "if by data centers" speech.
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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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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I still remember this story and it still irritates the hell out of me every time something like it comes up. www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna38378...
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Sen. Kerry docks yacht in R.I., saves on taxes
Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry is docking his family's new $7 million yacht in neighboring Rhode Island, saving roughly $500,000 in Bay State taxes.
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
It's not an "in your face" thing as much as something that occasionally pops up. Like, when stuff is slow, a guy might take his (presumably rare) coin out and slap it down. You now have to take out your (presumably not as awesome) coin out and slap it down. Then everybody tells stories.
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Yeah, it's the lack of signal mechanisms. Everybody dresses the same and jewelry is exceptionally limited. You might be able to show off with your car, but what good is that when you're in the basement of a building? The challenge coin is something that is difficult to obtain and fits in a wallet.
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
When playing Mewgenics, I was absolutely *DELIGHTED* to have this particular kitten show up:
A screenshot from the game Mewgenics that focuses on the kitten named "Fillyjonk".
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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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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
You've gotta be sodium maxing, bro. Do you want your kidneys to have nothing to do?
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
What's the line? "Life is saying 'things will calm down in a couple of months', over and over until you die."
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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 · 31/10/2025
Back when Ozzy died, I was doing some light research with an LLM and the LLM kept explaining to me that Ozzy was merely sick. It kinda reminded me of the 80s, frankly. "No, I saw this headline on a magazine at the grocery store." "Yeah, well, I haven't seen it."
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Yeah, it has a *LOT* of shortcomings. But I spent the morning seeing "why wasn't 'Omelas' an option?" takes and I had to hold my breath and count to ten.
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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 · 01/10/2025
To your point, I just saw this:
Jerusalem
@JerusalemDemsas
coming back from a few days off to learn that 
@GavinNewsom
 is considering nuking SB 79 smh don't pmo right now
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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From Liberal Currents: The Crisis of Democratic Governance - Ordinary Times
Samantha Hancox-Li points out a fundamental problem.
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
This was a really good essay. I'm going to link to it in a sidebar, if you don't mind.
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
WE FOUND IT!!!!
The Wilburn Brothers album "Never Alone"
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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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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Remember the Hawaiian missile crisis? Press the one that says "Drill PACOM". *NOT* "PACOM". And don't immediately reboot the system and go home 2 minutes after.
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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 · 11/06/2025
I can't believe how good it is! I can't believe that it makes me feel like playing games in the 90s felt!
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I wrote a review of Expedition 33! (You should get Expedition 33.)
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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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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Seriously, this chowder was out of this world.
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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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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Colonel Sanders hanging around with Alice Cooper
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Ballz.
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Hegel talks about this.
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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 · 30/04/2025
I beat it. What a delightful game! This game felt like games felt in the PS2 era.
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Just wander through the first part of the game a couple of times. Kick the tires. For my part, this game devoured my Sunday.
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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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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Venez les prendre.
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
The Dunbar Number giveth, the Dunbar Number taketh away. 150 people calling you dumb is a *LOT*. Kinda.
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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a man is singing into a microphone on a stage while standing next to a drum set .
ALT: a man is singing into a microphone on a stage while standing next to a drum set .
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Jaybird @ogjaybird.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
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a man with long hair is singing into a microphone while making a horns sign
ALT: a man with long hair is singing into a microphone while making a horns sign
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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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