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Mike Skarinka

@thebtskink.bsky.social
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Darts, Stephen King, classic films, old X-Men comics, and Boston sports

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
NATO is an anti-imperialist collective defense organization protecting small states like the Baltics from domination by fascist colonial states like Russia
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Brady! @like-the-bunch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
this will be funny to like 3 people but I’m one of them and that’s all that matters
The poster for The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, but it’s been edited to include And Knuckles at the end of the title, and Knuckles has been edited into the photo of the cast
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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In 2028 someone is going to tell you (it is going to be Ryan Grim) that Vance is running to AOC’s left on foreign policy. When they do I want you to punch them in the mouth
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Mike Skarinka @thebtskink.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
No surprise here mydialect.us/quiz-standar...
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Toss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing
Instagram post from the official Muppets account: Few humans have earned the title of honorary Muppet more than the legendary Tim Curry. As a performer he was unparalleled - witty, charming, unnerving, and deeply funny. We will always consider it one of our greatest treasures to have been part of Long John Silver’s crew. Thank you for everything, Tim.
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pork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · 28/07/2026
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Trump in the Star Wars medal scene.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Who asked for James Corden? Who brought his name up? Who said: I think what this needs is more James Corden? Who loves James Corden? Who likes James Corden? Who tolerates James Corden? What place does James Corden have in a free society?
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Mike Skarinka @thebtskink.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
So, after today's weather delays, Trump is giving a speech at 11 and then lighting off a world record amount of fireworks?
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Mike Skarinka @thebtskink.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
God, the World Cup rules.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 29/06/2026
We need to recognize what happened to Scott Wiener at the San Francisco Trans Pride March as antisemitism, and finally purge this poison from left wing movements. A new opinion piece by Evan Urquhart, @evanurquhart.bsky.social, only on Assigned Media. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Scott Wiener’s Viral Harassment is What Left Antisemitism Looks Like - Assigned Media
An opportunist at the Trans Pride March in Sanfrancisco harnassed suspicion and hatred of Jews for his own purposes.
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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
are holodecks sound proof
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Mike Skarinka @thebtskink.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you.
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28 Days Lehner 🪦 @danlehner.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
“so what’s your take?” “the city of New York must pay me $1 million cash in the next hour and I will kill one person for every minute they are late” “100% disagree”
Kareem Rahma on “Subway Takes”Robert Shaw holding a gun in “The Taking of Pelham 123”
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 04/06/2026
has any man ever been more vindicated? x.com/stuartbuck1/...
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Crémieux
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Feb 15, 2025
DOGE has a very obvious feedback mechanism for its cuts.

If DOGE makes a big, broad cut against a million programs, people get upset about a few specific, very good ones like PEPFAR, and then that program comes back because DOGE's members are, thus, informed it was good.
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Feb 15, 2025
I can only hope people realizing this won't damage the mechanism, because it's still useful to have professionals getting mad about some very good thing getting cut before it's brought back online as a result.

In a word, DOGE is responsive, which is unusual for the government!
Stuart Buck
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Feb 15, 2025
I agree, but it would be more efficient to spend one hour ahead of time talking to experts or just reading up on the history of a program for [disease, student testing, nuclear safety, etc.]

Plus, some programs don't have famous proponents with time to dig into the weeds.
Crémieux
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Feb 15, 2025
I'm highly sympathetic, but there really are thousands and thousands of programs and grants to cut, so I'm not sure the small team doing the cuts has the ability to go through them all one-by-one on their short timeline.

Maybe a system can be developed to assist with feedback.
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Stuart Buck
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Despite some bogus grants, a lot of government is like this cartoon. I bet this "small team" would find a line item for "screwworm sterilization" and delete it, not knowing that they just devastated American farming: https://theatlantic.com/science/archiv
e/2020/05/flesh-eating-worms-disease-containment-america-panama/611026/
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I can see the DOGE tweet: "We canceled a contract for Panamanian screwworms, saving $165 million dollars!!!" [https://aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-an
nouncements/usda-approves-emergency-funding-protect-us…
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
DEVELOPING: Rob Lowe’s band from St. Elmo’s Fire has withdrawn from President Trump’s America 250 celebration.
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Josh Mayfield @bean525.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I'd REALLY appreciate it if anyone who sees this would try out my text generators so I can iron out any remaining bugs. Please, and thank you! trek.epicrandomness.com
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Star Trek Title Card Generator
Make your own era-accurate Star Trek episode title cards in seconds. Boldly go!
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I wrote about how parasociality invades our political lives, from Trumpism to the KHive to Will Stancil discourse. I hope you’ll give it a read www.liberalcurrents.com/the-parasoci...
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The Parasocial Style in American Politics
Our screens are two-way but we can easily forget that the people on the other end exist as more than characters for our enjoyment.
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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 30/04/2026
The trumpet on "My Boyfriend's Back" by the Angels is played by Ronnie James Dio
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
‘why didn’t I make the cut’ is an extremely insane, totally deranged fucking certifiable thought to have in times like this, and yet…
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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
*Spins wheel* ex Mormon... *shakes magic 8 ball* pornstar doula *throws dart* former Tulsi staffer Motivated by *spins larger wheel* his Qatari data center getting bombed
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UncleofJamiroquai @jessefarrar.com · 26/04/2026
taylor lorenz screaming at the shooter for not wearing a mask
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 26/04/2026
Before ANY details are known, Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles quickly responds to the shooting at White House Correspondents Dinner with “You libtards are crazy.”
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Luke Russert on MSNOW saying that when the shots were fired he ran down the middle of the aisle in the room, right towards the president, thinking it would be safest near him. Yeah, man, I'm not sure you've really game planned how "rushing the president during a shooting" might end for you
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Alright, I’m home now so here’s the Norm update. Yesterday at 4pm, I got a text from a family I’ve been helping who had a loved one abducted a couple of days after Renée Good’s murder. This was the family that Norm Nation kept from being evicted (and you delivered). ICE had released their loved one.
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Mike Skarinka @thebtskink.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
David Carradine was murdered.
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Mike Skarinka @thebtskink.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
1. Red Sox 2. Whoever is playing the Yankees 3. If 1 and 2 are eliminated, then the whoever has the longest championship drought
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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
it's genuinely hard to get a Republican president this low on the economy, this means 3x Trump voters are saying it's shit
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Russia failed to defeat Ukraine for six months before it started targeting civilian electricity generation in an effort to get Ukraine to capitulate. It didn’t work.
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Amos Posner @amosposner.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Dune poster and dune font, but the text is the opening text from Master and Commander.
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Mike Skarinka @thebtskink.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Anything "Clap Stomp Hey", but especially that one song by The Lumineers
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/03/2026
oh look at that www.pew.org/en/research-...
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Austin’s Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents
After decades of explosive growth, Austin, Texas, in the 2010s was a victim of its own success. Lured by high-tech jobs and the city’s hip reputation, too many people were competing for too few homes....
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Mike Skarinka @thebtskink.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The dumbest thread you'll read all day.
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Mike Skarinka @thebtskink.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
My 9 games my9games.com
Mega Man 2
Twisted Metal 2
Starcraft
Myst
Counter-Strike
Doom
Madden 2004
Super Mario Bros 3
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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Mike Skarinka @thebtskink.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I feel like New Englanders need to band together and bully Jordan's Furniture to ditch the new logo.
New logo is bland, modern.  Looks like the Brothers printer logoClassic logo is purple and rad, full of character
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
This moron has no idea how much of a third rail this is. If he goes through with a public fight with Dunkin he will never live this down. In the words of my people "fuck ya motha."
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RFK Jr. wants Dunkin’ to prove drinking its iced coffee is safe - The Boston Globe
The warning comes as Kennedy is leaning heavily into his agenda to improve American diets.
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life after beth 🌿 @digitalbeth.space · 04/03/2026
COME AND TAKE IT but instead of a gun or whatever it's a Dunkin iced coffee
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians. We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.
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Jeremy Diamond ☕️ @dmnd.me · 23/02/2026
INSTITUTIONAL OWNERSHIP AS A % OF TOTAL SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING STOCK

Total Single-Family Housing Stock 105mm units

Other Instututionally-Owned -
Single-Family Rental
0.5%
Blackstone-Owned
0.06%
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Mike Skarinka @thebtskink.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
They're calling him the Lame Duck Donald. The Lamest Duck. Sad!
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Mike Skarinka @thebtskink.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Muppet Max: Fury Road
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Mike Skarinka @thebtskink.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Garden State is a low level crime against humanity
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spooky halloween txt @metaltxt.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Sweden curling set up a sting operation to catch Canada cheating i’m fucking losing it
-HowAboutNo- • 1h
• Sweden
That angle was pre-prepared by the Swedes. It's not a usual angle. The Canadians didn't know this angle existed. It's usually from the front where it's impossible to see a touch.
The Swedes stated in the post-match interview that they made it into a big deal because the Canadians have done this before in other games.
The refs never act and they wanted to force them to more actively rule the games.
The Swedes can be heard during the game saying that "it's fine, Magnus is recording", refering to a guy from Swedish television operating the camera from that angle.
This was pre-planned and expected.
It's the reason why Oskar is so confident that it's on camera.
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Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 11/02/2026
Quite the chart
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Talia al Ghoul 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Bilbo looking at his phone top

on bottom is ChatGPT

After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it?

You're absolutely right — you found it, it's been with you a long while, and it's only natural to feel fond of something that's served you so well, especially when someone like Gandalf suddenly seems to want it for himself.
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Mike Skarinka @thebtskink.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Name names. Anyone that voted no is unworthy of have a vote moving forward.
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Revan @revan.eurosky.social · 16/01/2026
“These millenials and zoomers, with their avocado toast and no houses and their lack of a Boston accent” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/16/l...
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The Boston accent is disappearing. How much longer will its music linger? - The Boston Globe
From call-in radio shows to corner bars, the accent that defined Boston is losing ground. A Dartmouth linguist has research to prove it.
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Aric Toler @aric.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
New from the @nytimes.com Visual Investigations team: Detailed, second-by-second video analysis of all of the video footage of the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Video: Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
Newly available videos and existing footage synchronized and assessed by The Times provides a millisecond-by-millisecond look at how an ICE officer ended up shooting and killing a motorist in Minneapo...
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Every episode of TOS was about racial discrimination, every ep of next gen was about Riker encouraging bisexual orgies, every episode of DS9 was about revolutionary politics, and every episode of Voyager was about an adult catman hosting a morning cooking show, so, alright, not all of them but most
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland. Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
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