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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
He's a smooth criminal.
The Michael Jackson lean.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Donald Trump, front half of a centaur.
Donald Trump, front half of a centaur.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The US "teen mom" change is startling. It's wild that the party claiming the moral high ground wants to undo it.
US teen birth rate, dropping dramatically from 1991 to today.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is NOT what America is about. America is about *opens history book*

uh oh

*Frantically starts flipping though pages*

uh oh. oh no. no no no. uh oh
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I mean, if William Gibson thinks you're on to something...
William Gibson:

"Reminds me of the times (not many) when I've deleted certain ideas, in final draft, in order to prevent this happening."
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is what happens when you drive away anyone who can tell you "no." Bad hair, ill-fitting clothes, makeup, bad ideas... His first term had SOME internal pushback.
Cover to a children's book: Emperor's New Clothes. A nearly naked man stands in front of a mirror, which shows a clothed reflection.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The hair, the face makeup, the clothes, the crazy misunderstandings ("asylum")... This is what happens when you drive off anyone who can tell you "no."
Cartoon drawing: "The Emperor's New Clothes." A nearly naked man in a crown stands in front of a mirror, where his reflection shows him fully dressed."
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This one isn't ENTIRELY true, but I've spent enough time with trans teenagers that it's wildly close.
Three frames, the top with three women in front of an easel, the second with three men at a table, the last with a nonbinary person at a small table. They read:

1) TRANSFEMS CAREFULLY CRAFTING THEIR NAMES

2) TRANSMASCS CHOOSING ONE OF THE THREE NAMES IN ROTATION (Bowls read: "ALEX, OLIVER, JAY")

3) NON-BINARY PEOPLE FINDING A RANDOM ITEM THAT IS NOW THEIR NAME
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Twitter post:

You know how your parents used to call every console a "Nintendo"?

That's how conservatives use the word "socialist" to describe everything to the left of hunting the homeless for sport.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"But what does it say on your birth certificate?" A) Those can be changed in many states, and B)...
Twitter post: "YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE SAYS MALE!" calm your tits, Carol, it also says seven fuckin pounds and a lot has changed since then.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"Build that filter! Build that filter!" The 2028 Border Filter! And Canada and 3M are going to pay for it, too.
Two furnace filters, one black with smoke.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Caption: "Conservatives making up fake scenarios and getting mad at them."

Photo: split frame. Left frame: blonde woman pointing and shouting. Right frame: empty chair. In the usual meme format, the chair is occupied by a smug cat.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I was distinctly told it was Antifa.
Laura Ingraham post from Twitter. Picture shows masked Patriot Front members protesting at the Capitol. Text says "I call fake. Looks more like Antifa in costume. No one should be allowed to cover their faces."
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
My winter bills this year have been close to my summer bills from two years ago. This summer is going to be brutal. I just signed up for the system where you pay more based on demand, but now I just have the AC off from 9a-10p and it's over 100F. Gets to 87 inside by 10p, then I crank the AC.
Graph showing predicted electric rates today. 7¢ is the usual flat rate, but we're seeing over a dollar today.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
There are a bunch of people in this admin with permanent smirks. When this admin is gone and the trials are complete, we could clear a lot of the debt just by raffling off the chance to punch them in the face.
Kevin HassettScott Bessent
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I did not know this was a thing, but am now curious.
I once heard Ska described as "what plays in a 13-year-old kid's head when he gets extra mozzarella sticks" and nothing in this world is more accurate.

Picture of Ska band in bright clothes.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
So many of them have smug, punchable faces, don't they? That smirk that says "We know I'm lying, but what can you do about it?" There should be tribunals when this is all over. Along with jail time, we're going to auction off that a dozen people get to punch them in the face. National debt: solved.
Kevin Bassett, lying about something.Scott Bessent, lying about something.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Always amazed at how he could credibly play an evil character or a good one with equal ease. You never doubted him.
Anthony Head in "You, Me, and Them" with Eve Myles.Anthony Head as Mr Finch in Doctor Who "School Reunion."
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The chart is a startling success story.
Teen birth rate from 1991 to 2021, declining from 61.8 births per thousand to 13.6.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
After it hits you with an AI response, hit the gear in the top right corner and choose "Never" from the "How often..." dialog.
Duck duck go AI response.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
That whole "Goya beans" thing is quaint by comparison.
Ivanka Trump, pitching Goya beans.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Long ago, it was the Brits who had an edge on quality - at a cost - and the US turned out cheap copies, often off stolen IP. The US quality improved, the Brit quality dropped, and the cycle continued. 1/
Moss, from "The IT Crowd," carries a burning fire extinguisher. He says "I'll just put this over here with the rest ... of the fire."
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This graph always stuns me.
Teen birth rate over the past 35 years, dropping from 61.8 per 1000 women in 1991 to 13.6 in 2022.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
"You're taking me out of context!" The context always makes it worse. Always.
Trump nuclear uncle speech

“Look, having nuclear—my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart —you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I’m one of the smartest people anywhere in the world—it’s true!—but when you’re a conservative Republican they try—oh, do they do a number—that’s why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune—you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we’re a little disadvantaged—but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me—it would have been so easy, and it’s not as important as these lives are (nuclear is powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what’s going to happen and he was right—who would have thought?), but when you look at what’s going on with the four prisoners—now it used to be three, now it’s four—but when it was three and even now, I would have said it’s all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don’t, they haven’t figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it’s gonna take them about another 150 years—but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us.”
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
It's amazing how many of them consider "left-right" as absolute rather than relative terms. But when that "media bias" chart makes the rounds, a lot of OAN viewers will still call Fox "left wing" without irony. But from a European perspective, we're all conservatives. 1/
US politics to an outsider is like walking in on an argument about how best to punch babies. People expect you to pick a side, but you just stood there wondering why we punching babies.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Related: my six rounds of chemo in 2020 cost about $700,000 billed to insurance. One drug alone was $50k a dose. If I hadn't been lucky enough to be employed and insured, I'd not be here right now.
Medical chemotherapy bill, showing two drugs costing $28k and $50k respectively.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Occasionally, when I feel my emotions gathering up, I realize that there's no way to tell if I'm talking to a real person or not. Then I just walk away. They say that on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. But also: everyone else might be dogs too.
Xkcd "Duty Calls" comic. A man is seated at a computer. A voice off frame is talking.
V: Are you coming to bed? 
M: I can't. This is important. 
V: What? 
M: Someone is WRONG on the Internet.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
"You're taking him out of context." (Provides more context.) (It gets worse.)
"Look, having nuclear — my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart — you know, if you're a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world — it's true! — but when you're a conservative Republican they try — oh, do they do a number — that's why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune — you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we're a little disadvantaged — but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me — it would have been so easy, and it's not as important as these lives are — nuclear is so powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what's going to happen and he was right, who would have thought? — but when you look at what's going on with the four prisoners — now it used to be three, now it's four — but when it was three and even now, I would have said it's all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don't, they haven't figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it's gonna take them about another 150 years — but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us, this is horrible."
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
If you go to the app and click the "compass" looking icon in the top-left, the menu which pops out has a "Hype" entry. Click it and you'll get the full list.
Screenshot of the YouTube app, showing how to get to the "Hype" menu item.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Screenshot of "top hyped videos." Again: it's a wasteland.
Screenshot of "top hyped videos."
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The graph is pretty amazing.
Graph of teen birth rate since 1991. It's a very steady drop, from 61.8 per 1000 women down to 13.6 per 1000.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I want a weekly update that he's still down. I don't want anyone going all Dr Frankenstein on us.
Chevy Chase from 1970s SNL.

"THIS JUST IN...

GENERALISSIMO FRANCISCO FRANCO IS STILL DEAD"
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
ICE at the checkpoint.
Family guy color chart meme.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
"Pet tax" requested! Here's "Whippy" - as the kids named her, short for "whipping cream" for her coloring.
Cat, sitting on hardwood floor, taps a leg covered in blue jeans.

I'm trying to work and she's tapping my leg indicating that it's time for cat treats.Cat, sleeping next to a window.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
"Pamela Bondi would like to recall this message."
Stick figure at computer. Caption says: "Does anything make you want to read an email more than a recall request?" Speech balloon says: "You'd like to recall the email. Would you? Why? What is it you don't want me to see?"
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
It's like the emperor/clothes things all over again. "Yes, Sir. These shoes are great! (Winces in blisters.)"
Cartoon of almost naked emperor standing in front of mirror. Reflection shows him in a nice robe. Title: The Emperor's New Clothes.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I laughed too hard at yours. My 401k is having a good cry, though. We can go back to the Epstein Files, then, right? Pam says it's ok.
Internet post. Pam Bondi says "The Dow is over 50,000 right now." - Pam Bondi, doing the cost-benefit analysis of child r*pe.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
My rituximab is $50k per 500mg. I'm considering buying a couple so I can retire. (This is from my chemo bill in 2020.)
Medical bill, showing two drugs costing $27k and $49k per dose.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
In addition to taxes, line 12-DD of the W-2 lists the annual "Employer portion" of health insurance. It's money that ALMOST went to your paycheck or could have paid for a saner system, but never made it. This is on top of any premium. My employer paid $11k last year for my solo policy - an HSA!
IT MAKES ME FUCKING CRAZY WHEN I SAY TO SOMEONE THAT I WANT HEALTH INSURANCE AND THEY ASK ME "WHOSE GONNA PAY FOR IT"

ME YOU FUCKING DUNCE. THE FEDS TAKE 25% OF MY FUCKING PAYCHECK. I DON'T WANT YOU TO SPEND IT MAKING LITTLE PALESTINIAN KIDS INTO SKELETONS.

I WANT HEALTHCARE.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
They're also the ones who are currently over concerned about "men in women's restrooms" but were ok with it was black men and women sharing restrooms.
Old photo of doors from the segregation era. Doors are labeled "Ladies, Men, and Colored."
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
And another...
Two aliens at the crucifixion of Jesus. One alien says to the other "You know what we need to do? We need to get the fuck out of here, that's what we need to do."
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Some of my favorite comics on the topic.
Comic. Two men at a door ask a woman if she's found Jesus. Jesus appears to be hiding behind the curtains.Three frame comic. Frame 1 shows a man at a door saying "Jesus lives in my heart. Would you like to invite him into..." Frame 2 shows a miniature Jesus bursting through his chest, Alien-style. Frame 3 shows miniature Jesus hugging the other man's face - Alien style.SMBC comic. An alien has landed and is talking to a man.

Alien says "Oh, he comes back every two weeks or so. We gave him this big box of chocolates when he first arrived. Why? What did you guys do?"

Caption reads: "Well, the good news is that we found out Jesus is worshipped on other planets."Picture of a man roofing with a nail gun. Caption reads. "Republican Facebook page asked if Jesus had a gun, what kind would it be? I posted this and they banned me."
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Homer Simpson talking to Bart, saying "Most racist thing... So far."
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
We often complain about AI, but I like to think about how close we might be to someone constructing a "generative Internet" just for him; a little fake online world of followers and sycophants who reply to his posts in a sandbox world that none of us ever can see.
Creed, from the US show "The Office," with his fake web site info next to him.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I would like to assume that Todd Parr is also a sweet person to hear.
Cover of Todd Parr's book "It's Okay to be Different"
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
His supporters rationalizing it in 3...2...
Donald Trump, clearly mocking a disabled reporter.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
I was rewatching BBC "Coupling" (2000-2004) this afternoon, but have been out all evening at a friends place after.
Photo from BBC Coupling. Kate Isitt, Sarah Alexander, and Gina Bellman.
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
I love the look on her face. The theme reminds me of this old Far Side.
Gary Larson "Far Side" comic. A woman sits reading in a chair by a closed closet door. Two dogs are nearby. One dog says to the other "You wanna have some fun, Fred? Watch... I'm gonna go over and stare and growl at the closet door."
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suddenoutbreak.bsky.social @suddenoutbreak.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Ah, what CAN'T crypto do?
Chevy Chase, from the SNL days.. He holds a can labeled "New Shimmer non-dairy floor wax" while Dan Aykroyd and Gilda Radner kiss in a kitchen behind him.

New Shimmer: it's a dessert topping AND a floor wax.
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