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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 1h

I wondered how they were going to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

NY Times headline: Hillary Clinton Steps to the Podcast Mic as Midterms Approach
With “High Stakes,” Mrs. Clinton is teaming up with “Pivot” co-host Kara Swisher to break down the consequential battle for the House and the Senate.

Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I love that house. One of I think 3 similar ones in the city by the same architect. All in pretty bad nick one way or t'other (this one done up 90s style, the one at Short x Freret is even grander but somehow visibly sad). Wish I'd got that deal but love my covid mortgage

Large prairie meets aztec mansion with dead palms in front of it

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Heathcliff has that “overweight guy who fucks” hat

Sy Ableman from A Serious Man wearing an almost floppy hat

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

David Prowse in The Horror of Frankenstein gave me nightmares for years. Probably only saw a couple minutes during some Sunday afternoon movie matinee on tv

David Prowse as Adam “The Monster” von Frankenstein in the 1970 Hammer picture The Horror of Frankenstein

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Wait, this is real? www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j...

Skeleton house decoration "Bryan Bat" with homemade poster for "Here comes J Edgar a comedy musical starring Bryan Batt"

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Holy shit. Amazon fraudulently charged $55 me for a subscription for months. When confronted their chatbot first offered me $5. Transferred to a human they 1st upped it to one month. Then three. Then relented for the whole amount. This is clearly a known issue that they are not stopping

Amazon customer service chat
Thanks for confirming.
Digital orders are non-refundable. Since you are our valuable customer I don't want to disappoint you by saying no option. In this case, If you wish I will cancel "MGM+ subscribed through Prime Video" subscription and issue a refund of latest charge as an exception.
Would that be helpful?
First order was refunded because it was not by me. Then mysteriously it gets charged again as soon as I get a new credit card (replaced because of the original fraudulent charge, but subsequent fraudulent charges were from Amazon itself!)
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Thanks for the details.
I can understand your concern.
In this case, to help you better I will process refund of 3 months as an exception
Would that be helpful?
All of these charges were fraudulent, apparently deliberately by Amazon. Nothing less than the full amount will suffice
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I can understand your concern.
In this case, to help you better I will process refund of full amount
Would that be helpful?
That would be helpful, yes
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Perfect!
Sure.
Thanks for your understanding
Please stay connected while I process this for you

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Lookit this amazing covered bench I passed by today!

An octagonal bench with a t-shaped post rising from its center which rises and widens to become a square roof for the bench. All of it in poured concrete. Corner of Monroe and Kepler in Gretna, Louisiana

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hiya, just a quick note. Their ai didn’t “go rouge,” it was just badly programmed. Criminally negligently badly, one might say

The New York Times

OpenAl's Systems Meddled With U.S. Government Sites After Going Rogue

The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This reply killed me. If there’s one thing people who show up to a “save the kennedy center” march will also show up to it’s an election. And yet this replier is EXTREMELY CONCERNED!

Hope each soul equates to a DEMOCRATIC VOTE NOT JUST IN November but in 2028 when MAGA WILL DO EVERYTHING TO MOVE THE GOAL POST! Don't let this be for today ONLY

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Lot going on here, but the 1707 seems the weirdest to me

Acts of Union 1707
Acts of Parliament creating the Kingdom of Great Britain

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

You’ll never guess from what he redirected his efforts from!

From the 1950s until he died in 1992, he redirected his efforts to creating mosaics. He became a world-renowned mosaic artisan, with his artistic creations commissioned for the California State Capitol; Los Angeles City Hall; several schools, colleges, and universities, including the giant Outdoor Mosaic Mural façade of the Utah Tech University Fine Arts Center; EPCOT Center; and in the 15-foot arched mosaic walls featuring the story of Cinderella inside Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World, Florida.

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Spooky Nog! No, but I did find out about pumpkin spice Mr Clean

* FRESH & FESTIVE *
LIMITED EDITION
CUTS THROUGH
100%*
IT, GREASE & GRIME
Mr. Clean
SPICED HARVEST
cuts through
TOUGH MESSES
LONG-LASTING freshness
smells
GREAT. cleans
EVEN BETTER.

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I had no idea these two great houses had combined. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a Kwisatz Haderach!

Kenya Kinski-Jones
American fashion model (born 1993)
Kenya Julia Niambi Sarah Jones!2] (born February 9, 1993), known professionally as Kenya Kinski-Jones, is an American fashion model. She is the daughter of American record producer Quincy Jones and German actress Nastassja Kinski.

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

What's funny is bc this is ostensibly a dialect quiz, not an accent quiz (though some key accent questions), it does not capture that I do not have _that_ accent, nor the overlap in accent btw Philadelphia and New Orleans. Lotta Yats sound like they're fresh outta the Great Northeast

Dialect quiz map showing I'm from Philadelphia and not South Dakota

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

There I was, looking up David Hedison to see how much older than Lauren Tewes he was (26yrs) to see how problematic their relationship on Love Boat was (very) when who should appear in a trailer above bio? Well, well, well, I thought, the role he was born to play! (Talking head in Susan Oliver doc)

Still from a trailer for the Susan Oliver doc “Green Girl” featuring a tslking head tv historian whose anonymity I will not spoil here

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

No, but rest assured, when it does, Brett Stephens will be the last to know

Nyt headline:

BRET STEPHENS
Has World War III Already Started?

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is good for Snoop, but great for Todd Barry!

American comedian Todd Barry at the microphone looking like the guy who is not Snoop in the video game thing

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

They did a joint autobiography? Like Bob and Chris Elliott?

Book cover:

A SON'S SHOCKING ACCOUNT OF LIFE WITH A FAMOUS FATHER
CHRIS ELLIOTT
WITH REBUTTALS BY BOB ELLIOTT
FOREWORD BY
DAVID LETTERMAN

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I’ve seen this gal around for a couple years I guess. When Howie (our neighbor’s cat, mayor of the block, beloved by all) died she would go to every house on the block and cry looking for him. But I never really got to know Suki until today

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I gotta go to his CabaRay if I’m ever in Branson

Interior of Ray Stevens’ CabaRay in Branson, Missouri. Tables set for dinner around a stage in a large theater

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Mixing up a batch of Taylor Negronis. It’s just like regular street negronis but silently judging you

Great American character actor Taylor Negron smiling condescendingly

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Brilliant echo of the brilliant Tom Funk Middlebrow chart for Russell Lynes’ 1949 Life Magazine article

Tom Funk’s iconic 1949 high-brow to low-brow taste chart

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Young Ed Begley Jr with a moustache looks like Steve Zahn

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Harpswell vying to be the next Widow’s Bay over here

Lawn sign in Harpswell, Maine, reading “EVENING TIDES POP-UP BAR
JULY 2I
4-7
THE HARPSWELL INN
108 LOOKOUT POINT ROAD”

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

It’s never going to happen. There, saved you a click!

What to Know About Trump's Plan to Charge a Toll in the Strait
3 MIN READ

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Strait but not Narrows of Hormuz @spacefordogs.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Been dogsitting for a dear old grand dame the past week. First couple days she missed her moms so much she wouldn’t eat and barfed and diarrhea’d everything she had left in her. Tonight she hopped onto the bed with me and my son to sleep for the night. I’m so honored!

An elderly black, white, and grey dog, probably a husky/lab mix, lies at the foot of a bed below a sprawled out sleeping 8yo white boy

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