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Sarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

You already know the Gehrig Day shirt choice!! Thanks to @rotowear.bsky.social & @pitchingninja.com ! 😭 #EndALS

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Isanthrope @isanthropia.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I know many of you have seen this but it’s stuck at $507 but not too much left to go. Elizabeth is a real person here in Canada trying like so many to survive disability (enforced poverty). A tiny bit or a repost so someone else could help so appreciated. liz711g@gmail.com x.com/blind_kindne...

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

This is what happens when you appoint an FBI director who thinks the job is all about merch

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

It’s feeling particularly weird & sad & void-y out there tonight. Fatigue is hitting hard, work is not going well, everyone I’ve been talking to just stopped responding all at once, which just made me feel extra un-likeable. I’m feeling a little sorry for myself, I know. But it’s just where I’m at

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Gotta say—rooting for Venezuela

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Alysa Liu was amazing. And I’m still convinced (as I am after every time I watch figure skating) that someday, a figure skater will do a routine to Passin’ Me By—and when she does, she will be unstoppable

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Fuck you Coinbase. Fuck you for being part of the problem, and fuck you for your commercial that went on long enough to make me think I was stroking out for a moment

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

A great thing about “Murder, She Wrote” is, if you grew up in LA in the ‘80s, you regularly see the actor parents of the kids you grew up with appear as a murderer, victim, or red herring. All frozen in time, looking just like you remember them when they drove you all around in their Jeep Wrangler

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

If you’re looking to revisit some Catherine O’Hara in her honor, and you haven’t seen Game 6, I highly suggest you do so

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

To be clear: I DEEPLY love Murder, She Wrote. And some murderers just have the bad luck of killing when Jessica’s around. But WHY do some people keep planning murders at events they know she’ll be at?? Like, why would you kill someone at the Inaugural Jessica Fletcher Charity Golf Tournament?

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Five Jan 6 defendants’ indictments included carrying firearms. At least one was a semiauto handgun. 180 Ds total (incl. those five) had indictments w/ possession of dangerous/deadly weapons charge. All entered Capitol grounds with those weapons. And they were all pardoned by the President Source:

reuters.com

Fact Check: US Capitol attack rioters had weapons, including firearms

Witness testimony and evidence in legal cases against supporters of President Donald Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January 2021 show that some of the rioters had weapons, contrary to social me...

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

The stages of waiting for me to finish work: 1) Take all the time you need! I’m good here, I’ll just hang out in this chair 2) Just gonna close my eyes for a minute…let me know when you’re ready to head to the living room 3) Whatever, fuck this

A white cat with an orange tail sits in a brown leather armchair. There is green carpet on the floor. His paws are folded in front of him, and his eyes are closed… he appears to be lounging peacefully.

The same cat lies sleeping on the same green carpet, but now in an open doorway leading out to a hall.

The same cat lies on a sofa in a different room. Underneath them is a blue blanket. He is stretched all the way out with his head flat on the blanket. He is fast asleep in the dim yellow light.

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

🚨POST AN EMERGENCY CAT PIC🚨 We take our relaxation very, very seriously around here

A white cat with orange spots on his head lies on a bed on top of a man’s arm. The cat’s arms are stretched all the way out in front of him. His head is turned toward the right and is facing the camera directly. His eyes are barely open, like he’s in a trance.

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

#caturday Please admire his pointy cheek and incomprehensible tranquility

A white cat with orange spots on his head sleeps on his left side facing the camera. His head is resting on a pillow. Behind him, in the background, a tall wood dresser has a small plant and a lit candle on the top. A painting of a house in a jungle is on the wall behind it. Another wall, to the right, has dark green wallpaper. The cat and a smile on his face, and his right cheek is puffed out with the fur, making a point. His left cheek is rounded and smashed against the pillow.

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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Given all talk re: Post Exertional Malaise/Post Exertional Symptom Exacerbation in #LongCovid: Here is "Symptoms made worse due to physical or cognitive exertion" in #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis & #ChronicFatigueSyndrome Also shows all the range of ME/#CFS symptoms #MECFS 1/

Table 4. Symptoms made worse due to physical or cognitive exertion (N = 1534). % (n) "Yes" % (n) at "2" Threshold 99.4 (1525) 98.0 (1504) 98.9 (1517) 98.3 (1508) Items 1. Reduced stamina and/or functional capacity 2. Physical fatigue 3. Cognitive exhaustion 4. Problems thinking 5. Unrefreshing sleep 6. Muscle pain 7. Insomnia 8. Muscle weakness/instability 9. Temperature dysregulation 10. Flu-like symptoms 11. Aches all over your body 12. Physically fatigued while mentally wired 13. Dizziness 14. Gastro-intestinal problems 15. Headaches 16. Ataxia 17. Increased heart rate/heart palpitations 18. Weak or stiff neck 19. Joint pain 20. Problems with speech 21. Sore throats 22. Muscle twitching 23. Night sweats and chills 24. Sore eyes 25. Nerve pain 26. Sore lymph nodes 27. Nausea 28. Tinnitus 29. Trouble breathing 30. Neurological symptoms 31. Excessive sleep 32. Loss of appetite 33. Migraines 34. Cardiac pain and/or arrhythmia 35. Brain twangs 36. Severe burning sensation all over skin 37. Paralysis/inability to move 38. Premenstrual symptoms 39. Decreased heart rate
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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Linda Hamilton and Brian Cranston playing a young tennis star couple on an early episode of Murder, She Wrote isn’t solving all my problems today, but it’s definitely a step in the right direction

Linda Hamilton and Brian Cranston, a
young white woman and white man, in a very mid-1980s country club lobby. He wears a blue tracksuit jacket with a gray stripe across the chest that’s halfway zipped. She wears a turquoise sweater. He looks very serious, looking just off to the right of the camera. She stands beside him, looking very seriously at him, like they’re both reacting to very bad news.

Another moment in the same scene, but this time, she looks off to the left of the camera with a friendly smile on her face. He looks at her, his eyebrows raised, with a smirk on his face.

Another moment in the same scene, though a wider shot. This time she leans back against him, and he has his arms around her. She holds his hands with hers. They both smile at Angela Lansbury, an older white lady, who stands to their left, walking back at them and also smiling. She wears a white jacket with a brown Chevron across the arm and a brown stripe around the neck under the collar.

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Personally, I think these people made a big mistake fucking with Jerome Powell the day Bob Weir died

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Did I watch the new Predator movie last night? I did. Did there appear to be a certain amount of note taking going on during the movie? Yes. Am I thrilled about this development? No. No I am not.

A TV mounted over a fireplace shows a scene from the movie in which a figure in a cloak and hood, face not visible, knees on the ground in an alien landscape, with a bright, blaring light in the background. In the foreground of this photograph, we see the back of a cat, who is lying down on a blue blanket on top of a person‘s legs, stretching toward the television. It’s a white cat with two orange patches on his back, and an orange spot on his head. His orange tail curls around him to his right side. his ears are perked up, and he appears to be watching the television intently.

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

I get to go to like one damn concert a year now, but last year I’m so glad it was Dead & Co. in Golden Gate Park. After thinking, “you know, I should try to make this happen, who knows how many more chances I’ll get…” The view from the ADA seats, with the Deaf Zone off to our left

A group of folding chairs in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, with various people sitting and standing, some of them in tie-dye shirts. There are scattered clouds and a blue sky above us. In the center of the frame, in the distance, is a stage… five rows in front of me, there’s a waste high fence separating our section from a much larger crowd. To the left is another waist high fence, barely visible in this photo, with the Deaf Zone on the other side of it. A man in a black shirt stands under a right exit sign, also barely visible. He is an ASL interpreter signing the lyrics to the songs

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Schumer told reporters that “our Republican colleagues may be thinking, 'You know, maybe following Trump is like Thelma and Louise - right over the cliff.’" Oh my God, Thelma and Louise are still the heroes, you fucking moron—they’re romantic characters, what’s wrong with you WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS

"Public sentiment - in terms of how Trump is behaving as president, what he's doing as president - keeps sinking and sinking and sinking, and our Republican colleagues realize that," Schumer told reporters after the vote.
"So I think on this issue and other issues you're going to find our Republican colleagues saying, 'You know, maybe following Trump is like Thelma and Louise - right over the cliff."

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Anyway now that we got a new Matlock with Kathy Bates, is there any chance we can get a new Murder, She Wrote too? I’m thinking maybe with…also Kathy Bates?

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

It can be a little easier to manage the stress when the cat’s being long

A photograph from above a bed, looking down. A blue weighted blanket is on the bed, taking up most of the frame. And the upper right corner of the frame is a white cat with orange spots on his back and head. His orange tail is tucked underneath him and that very end is sticking out on his right side. He is sleeping, stretched out in a straight line with all his legs underneath him and not visible. He looks like a torpedo.

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Honestly, I’m just so fucking disgusted. I can’t stand to see the perversion of he facts and law like this. Renee Good’s homicide was horrific, as all ICE homicides are. But having Trump, Vance, Noem stand up there & lie about who she was & what happened without any pushback will drive us all crazy

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

This is how our elected officials should be talking. I don’t ever wanna hear about someone being “disappointed.” I don’t wanna hear about what you hope will happen. I don’t wanna hear something is a distraction. I don’t want you to refocus on “kitchen table issues.” The kitchen table is on fire

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Look, all out cats are perfect; obviously I know that. But I also believe that my cat has some of the world’s greatest flipper paws

A white cat with orange spot on his head and an orange tail lies, relaxing on a green blanket, which covers a blue couch. There is a white pillow and pillow curtains behind him. He faces the camera he’s in the position of his Sphinx. He has a giant puffy head, and his eyes are mostly closed. His arms are curled in front of him with his paws folded back in and under his chest, making them look like flippers. The tips of his paws are also punching each other as they curl back in toward him.

Another photo of the same moment, but this time his eyes are a little more open, and instead of facing straight ahead, he’s turned his head toward his left and is looking with a bored expression off to the side

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Great example of GOP political theater backfiring. WY amended its constitution to fearmonger about the ACA. The purported goal: to stop “death panels”—which are, still, not real—by prohibiting government decision-making in healthcare. As a result, it now prohibits an enacted abortion ban too

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

We could all look like this if we didn’t have to know all this shit either

A white cat with orange spots on his head lies on a blue blanket like a sphinx. He faces the camera. His orange tail wraps around the side of his body. His left paw is extended in front of him, and his right paw is folded in words and underneath his a puffed out neck and huge puffy cheeks. His eyes are just slightly open, like he’s in a trance. His mouth is also open, in a big goofy smile. His top fangs are protruding and visible. He just looks blissfully relaxed and unaware of everything.

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Hey, remember yesterday, when we were all like, I sure hope 2026 is better…?

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Sadly, this just gets even more hateful. Full of “it’s not fair!” and “meritocracy!” and simmering rage at the ADA. I could go on, but: what’s the WaPo board supposed to be, exactly? The RUGGED elite? At the top but still so afraid of our presence they need asterisks to know how we got there too?

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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Happy new year, triple the NIH budget.

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

And now back to our regularly scheduled behavior

A white cat with orange patches on his back and orange striped tail sleeps on a bed. He has squeezed himself in between two pillows, and is in a semi circle with his face, the backs of his front paws, and his feet smashed into the sides of one of the pillows. It’s kind of hard to tell exactly what you’re looking at; it’s kind of just a pile of white fur and paws, with an ear sticking out

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Last night was the rare night I was well enough to leave the house. I was home by midnight, but I kinda think these are the victories worth celebrating. I rediscovered that I own non-pajamas. I got through the sense of panic. I felt human; might delete later. (Also, may have been slightly hunted)

A mirror photo of me, a white man with brown hair and tortoiseshell glasses. I’m wearing a dark blue button up shirt and black pants. I’m standing in the entryway of a bedroom with light green carpet, and a built-in set of white dresser drawers with brass knobs to my left. I am leaning on a cane, which I’m holding in my right hand. My left hand, which is perpetually swollen, is holding the phone taking a picture. The room opens up into the bedroom behind me, and there is a dark green wall and the corner of a bed in the background.

A close-up detail of the floor from the previous photo, showing a white cat with orange spots on its head, crouched on the floor in a sphinx like position. He has a big puffy face, and he looks off to the side, vaguely in my direction. My hand holding the cane is in the foreground on the right of the frame.

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

I’m not quoting this I’m just seconding it because it’s also very correct

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I could honestly probably spend all day posting these—and, let’s be honest, there may be more, it’s a long day—but this one’s up there. Can’t necessarily tell you why, but I loved it then, and I love it now

youtu.be

Blackstreet feat Ol Dirty Bastard,Slash-Fix(1996)

YouTube video by Krokmiten

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

It feels like a lot of the US journalism world’s sounded the alarm about Barry Weiss’s destroying CBS, to be met with bad excuses and victimhood. Then George Clooney says it, and she’s like, ‘Bon Jour!’ ha, ha, ha ha, ha. [Throat clearing.] Mmm. So you think…like you might wanna come by later?, or

variety.com

Bari Weiss Invites George Clooney to Visit Broadcast Center After He Tells Variety She Is ‘Dismantling’ CBS News

After George Clooney told Variety he felt that Bari Weiss was "dismantling CBS News as we speak,” Weiss responded by inviting him to visit CBS News.

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

A movie trend I’d really like to see return in 2026 is when they have a shot of an owl sitting on a tree branch just for atmosphere

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

O…kay, I—I guess we’re at a good…uh, stopping point…

A white catloaf with orange patches on its back and head rests on a laptop, with its right side facing the camera. It completely covers the keyboard and the bulk of the screen, making the computer completely inoperable. Only the right side of its face is visible, but it appears to have its eyes closed and its nose resting on a separate Bluetooth mouse

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

#oneofthetwo 🧵I’ve never had someone explain to me what their problem is with mask-wearing. It usually seems to amount to: “I don’t like it!” In effect, they take it as some sort of personal indictment—where our action becomes a criticism of their inaction. So, basically, 100% their own bullshit

A white man sits in a green chair. He wears a blue hoodie and dark blue hat. He also wears a black KN-95 mask. He looks directly into the camera. His eyebrows are unkempt and chaotic.

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I woke up in the middle of the night, and as my brain came around I realized I was holding my cats paws and pressing on his toes like the buttons on remote controls. He was just lying there like this was all normal. So, yeah, I guess at least I’ll have something to talk about in therapy this week

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains. Well in my younger days

Cover of Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde (1992)

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

A good night to all, and to all a good cat.

A white cat with orange patches on his head, shoulders, and back feet, lies fast asleep on his right side on a green blanket. The light is dim and warm. His head rests on a white pillow, like he’s a person actually sleeping with his head on a pillow, his left arm extends outward right below the pillow, and also crosses on top of the toes of his back feet. He has an orange striped tail, which is curled and looks exactly like a candy cane.

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Thoroughly enjoying my chronically ill Jewish Christmas celebration, which is, essentially, lying in bed all day (again) but not having to feel guilty about it, and enjoying the rest of the world’s slowing down to my regular pace for once. Works even better when it’s raining and you have a lazy cat.

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