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Jonathan Freeman

@reverendpear.bsky.social
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"People think you're all interesting, but you really just play guitar and eat cereal." - my college roommate (he/they)

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 01/10/2026
"Do you get sad and distracted when reading? You are not alone. Reading is like feeling things at 0.25×. It makes you want to scream, 'Stimulate me faster and better—now!' Which is what some people known as “critics” used to do." buff.ly/oZe8zx4
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How to Read Good or Maybe Great
“First, accept how fun reading isn’t. Words do not blast stim at the rate we enjoy today. Words are old, older than TikTok. Back then, a human would read, ‘F...
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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Guys do not tell these researchers about tomagachis
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 26/09/2026
"The central lesson of this cycle is not that Charlie Brown should stop trusting Lucy. It is that Charlie Brown must do a better job explaining why trusting Lucy remains the responsible choice." buff.ly/X2RjqP5
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“Charlie Brown Must Stay the Course”: A Football Kick Autopsy Report by the Democratic Party
“While Charlie Brown did once again accelerate toward the ball, miss the ball entirely as Lucy pulled it away, flip backward through the air, and land violen...
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thiiird person @thiiirdperson.com · 22/09/2026
I haven't seen a lot of support these last two weeks. I'm struggling, trying to focus on what's right in front of me but it's hard not to feel overwhelmed and helpless. Please support or share if you see this, I need your help.
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Jonathan Freeman @reverendpear.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I never know what to put in these posts sharing work I’m really grateful to see published, but here we are! Thanks HAD, and Lexi (of @sillygoosepress.bsky.social)! 💀💀💀
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 19/09/2026
"Could the Shit Machine END WORLD HUNGER? It’s NOT IMPOSSIBLE in the most LITERAL SENSE, which is all the justification we need to invest an AMOUNT OF MONEY that would OTHERWISE BY ITSELF END ACTUAL WORLD HUNGER." buff.ly/K5t1rGh
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We Must Create the Shit Machine
“For as long as humans have created SHIT with our BODIES AND BUTTS, we have been asking this FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION: What if there was a COMPUTER that could AL...
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Jonathan Freeman @reverendpear.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Me, reading an ethical code based entirely on the rock solid assumption that the world would end in, like, 75CE.
A screenshot from the sketch in season one of “I Think You Should Leave,” where they’re sitting around a table, pitching ideas for a new car. The screenshot shows the face of the protagonist, speaking, and the caption reads, “Shut up, Paul.”A screenshot from the sketch in season one of “I Think You Should Leave,” where they’re sitting around a table, pitching ideas for a new car. The screenshot shows the face of the protagonist, speaking, and the caption reads, “You have…no…good…car…ideas.”
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
liberal: [hurling kindling onto a pyre] trans woman tied to the stake: hey could you not liberal: if I don't then I might wind up there with you trans woman: you could cut me loose and we could fight together liberal: [lighting a torch] it's like you want the bad guys to win or something
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you're ever thinking about speaking up on trans people's behalf but are worried about getting the terms right, I think most of us would prefer a true ally who speaks clumsily to someone who sees our community's vernacular as jargon to learn in order to put us in our place.
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Jonathan Freeman @reverendpear.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I can think of some laws of nature that indicate the exact opposite, in fact!!
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thiiird person @thiiirdperson.com · 03/09/2026
I'm overdrafted with no groceries and I just got an email that the internet bill is due. I need urgent help with expenses today, please chip in if you're able! I'm "thiiirdperson" with three i's at cashapp, venmo, and paypal. I'd really appreciate support, i'm in the hole with an empty pantry.
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Liz Lemon Begging Please
Alt: Liz Lemon Begging Please
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Benny Feldman @feldfrog.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Many people seem to think the word "exploitation" in exploitation of labor just means when the workers are treated actively poorly in a workplace, as opposed to having the value of their labor siphoned by owners. They offer what they think are counter arguments of companies that treat employees well
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 03/09/2026
"In Woke 3, the offender’s HR team handles cancellations. That’s much more reasonable. Plus, HR needs something to do, since we scrapped DEI policies (they ruined everything and also did nothing). Innocent until proven guilty, or at the very least, a risk to shareholder value." buff.ly/IeAyQ88
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Future Iterations of Woke
“In Woke 7, we come to understand that waiting for someone to do something bad before forgiving them is the mistake of Wokes 1 through 6, frankly. In Woke 7,...
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Matt B @mattbernico.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The thing about Revelation that basically every Christian gets wrong is that its a book about an oppressed community living on the margins of the Roman empire. JD Vance is participating in the end times for many communities and countries, but he's on the other team.
JD Vance says he's doing god's work. And if that leads to the end times, ok
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Darby @darby3.chickenwing-gingerbreadman.xyz · 31/08/2026
Pssst ai-sucks-actually.fyi
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AI Sucks, Actually
that's it, that's the thesis
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Jonathan Freeman @reverendpear.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Dang. I really thought I might pull out a C- this year.
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 14/08/2026
Make it a story in a book one day, that way it doesn't count against you in real life
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Jonathan Freeman @reverendpear.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I recently wrote a very simple, kinda boring song. I also made a pretty flagrant mistake while recording it a few minutes ago, which I reckon I’ll just keep as part of the song forever now. Check it out! youtu.be/P0vzspP0GDE
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No Mind
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Jonathan Freeman @reverendpear.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
(unfortunately, Nickelback voice) Look at this bunch of photographs Every time I do it makes me wanna read their poems
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Silly Goose Press @sillygoosepress.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
As August winds down, let's give 3 big honks to our Silly Summer Web Series Contributors! You can find their work on our Flight b(Log) here: sillygoosepress.com/silly-summer NEXT UP: Issue Seven Highlights 🤩🤩🤩
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
How do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
LITERALLY FROM EXODUS BASED ON HAMURABI'S CODE WHICH SPELLS THIS OUT EXPLICITLY AND THEN THE MISHNAH ALSO MAKES THIS CLEAR THE FETUS AND THE BORN PERSON DON'T HAVE THE SAME STATUS NEVER HAVE IN JUDAISM AND NEVER WILL have a nice day everybody
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The Torah of Reproductive Freedom
The Jewish Case for Abortion Justice
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Dinosaur Comics! @qwantz.com · 14/08/2026
if you need inspiration, boy have you come to the place!! qwantz.com/index.php?co... please note: i did not say "right place"
Narrator: INSPIRATIONAL COMICS
T-Rex: There's NOTHING you can't do, if you put your mind to it!

T-Rex: ...except reverse entropy in a closed system!T-Rex: Or raise a mighty yet adorable unicorn from its egg all the way to adulthood, forming a bond that will come to define both your lives.
Dromiceiomimus: Or truly understand what it was like to exist as an extinct species.
T-Rex: Or find out what the last digit of pi is.T-Rex: Frig. Reality sure has constrained our potential!
Utahraptor: Oh, don't even get me STARTED.

Utahraptor: This morning I thought "I'm gonna start my day by getting a breakfast sandwich from my favourite coffee shop", but they were closed today!
Utahraptor: Even THAT teeny tiny goal - so easy, so routine - is LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE today.Off panel: It turns out there's a LITANY of things you can NEVER do, REGARDLESS of where you put your mind!!
T-Rex: We're supposed to be inspiring, Utahraptor - but despite that, we're failing HORRIBLY!
Off panel: ADD IT TO THE PILE!!
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 09/08/2026
"Kind of crazy that this is the last time we’ll all see each other, since she was the glue that held us all together, and none of us can even fathom hanging out without her.” buff.ly/0agzNfc
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Things I Hope People Would Say at My Funeral
“You’re not better than her just because you’re alive, you know. Death comes for us all.”
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Lauren 🎃'Neal @laurenoneal.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It's one banana, Michael, how green could it be?
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Jonathan Freeman @reverendpear.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Always a joy to get to be part of the cool stuff SGP is doin! 💜
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Lauren 🎃'Neal @laurenoneal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Famously, it was impossible to play D&D before 2025.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 28/07/2026
"I’ve lived in the same house in the Elm Heights neighborhood for the past twenty years, and I just love everything about this town except for the problems that my politics have directly created."
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Every NIMBY’s Speech at a Public Hearing
“Friends, neighbors, it’s good to see all of you. I know you, you know me, and just seeing all of your faces at this city council meeting reminds me why I l...
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 28/07/2026
"They hope to make a quick exit."
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Rationale for War with Iran or Reason Men Back Into Parking Spaces?
“They enjoy displaying their skill even if little is actually accomplished and it takes longer than necessary.”
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Jonathan Freeman @reverendpear.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Hey that’s me! Thanks!! 💜💀💀
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thiiird person @thiiirdperson.com · 20/07/2026
whenever i catch myself judging someone for being too sensitive, it’s a clue that i need to let myself feel something
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Jonathan Freeman @reverendpear.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
It’s like Spain is trying to score against Argentina via death by a thousand cuts, but it’s almost halftime and they’re only like 300 cuts in.
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Jonathan Freeman @reverendpear.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Oh, so NOW Tuchel knows how to keep up an attack. Great.
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HAD @havehashad.com · 18/07/2026
brilliant poem and use of form today from Theo Nguyen ! www.havehashad.com/gmp6i
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Jonathan Freeman @reverendpear.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
What the world needs now is a minor key cover of “Party in the USA” 😔
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
So. I did it. Lotta people gonna be mad about this one. Show it some love?
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A Jewish Case for AI work exemptions
or: why should CHICAGO POPE have all the fun
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hey would you like even more arguments against generative AI
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 13/07/2026
"I would never speak ill of the dead, especially a man I considered a friend. My fondest memory of the senator is how he always had a twinkle in his eye when voting to take away the reproductive rights of my fellow American women."
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As a Democratic Member of Congress, I Don’t Wish to Speak Ill of the Dead
“I would never speak ill of the dead, especially a man I considered a friend. My fondest memory of the senator is how he always had a twinkle in his eye when...
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 02/07/2026
"Remember, it’s not white-collar crime if you’re wearing a hoodie."
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How to Hustle Like a Tech Founder
“You can’t hustle alone. Move to a city where founders thrive and get to work. Head to Miami if you want to scam people with crypto, or San Francisco if you ...
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Jonathan Freeman @reverendpear.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
🚨really good poem🚨
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Global Emissions Rose into the Atmosphere like Emissions Rising into the Atmosphere by Chris Watkins
"I give up on metaphor and simile."
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 16/06/2026
"Ben owns a farm. He employs 100 workers. His total payroll is $10 million/year. One day, he buys a mule, which provides the worker who uses it with a modest 10% productivity gain. Ben fires 99 of his workers and purchases 99 mules, expecting a 1,000% productivity gain..."
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AI Economics for Dummies
“Xavier owns an apartment that he rents out at a loss of $1 billion/month. Seeing this success, he decides to make financial commitments to construct $850 bi...
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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca · 11/06/2026
many people are insufferable but not me. i'm sufferable
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 11/06/2026
"So, the president just posted that he’s not going to follow the law anymore. And naturally, our readers want to know if that’s legal. That’s not for us to say—we are not lawyers; we are journalists. What we do know is that it’s unprecedented."
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This Is All Completely Unprecedented
“In many ways, he’s like a magician pulling infinite bunnies out of a hat, except the bunnies are tax fraud. We can’t think of a precedent in modern history....
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 10/06/2026
Writing is very hard. It is difficult to communicate meaningfully even in small ways. Attempting to do it at length is so challenging, it is the basis of all of the AI monstrosities being invented. Literally all the AI can do is write, and it can't even do that. Give yourself credit. You're doing it
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 09/06/2026
"To all our LGBTQIA+ customers, you are still deeply valued. While we are asking all bank employees to replace “pronouns” with 'favorite NFL team' in their email signatures, we feel confident you won’t spend all of June moving your money to a different bank."
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This Pride Month, Your Bank Is Straight
“It’s been fun these past ten years. We had a blast inserting ourselves in your celebration. But the time has come for us to live our truths. And now we love...
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 09/06/2026
PRETEND: “We want something that’s never been done.” ACTUAL: “Can you write 'Normal People' again, but with a bisexual love interest who never says ‘bisexual’?”
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A Queer Writer’s Survival Guide to the Literary Agent Hypocrisy Circus: PRETEND vs. ACTUAL
PRETEND: “We want queer joy! Write freely!” ACTUAL: “But make sure there’s a straight best friend to guide the reader through the scary parts. If anyone has ...
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 02/06/2026
"Researchers discovered that the past could not be altered. If you went back in time to prevent the Hindenburg disaster, whatever you did would only ensure the blimp exploded, especially if you tried stopping it by crashing a larger, more on-fire blimp into it."
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A Brief History of Time Travel
“Researchers discovered that the past could not be altered. If you went back in time to prevent the Hindenburg disaster, whatever you did would only ensure t...
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Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 30/05/2026
Heartbreaking scene: the endless need for increased shareholder profit has profaned all that is sacred, and ruined the magic of your childhood with endless sequels and remakes to monetize every human emotion.
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thiiird person @thiiirdperson.com · 29/05/2026
i'm overdrafted $90 going into the weekend and we absolutely need to buy some groceries by the 31st. if you could send anything to thiiirdperson at cashapp, venmo, or paypal, i'd be so grateful! sharing this post helps a lot too. thank you so much
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Jonathan Freeman @reverendpear.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
“But if you don’t learn how to use AI, you’ll fall behind!” If I don’t learn how to use the thing you’re using to replace learning how to do things?
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