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TJ

@tobyj5.bsky.social
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I fix band instruments and think about writing.

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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Has Marco always had this kind of frantic/stressed energy in every interview or is it just since joining the admin?
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Usually I hate comparing trump to sideous because it feels like giving trump too much credit, but yeah this one's too on the nose
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Ignacio GHOULlup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“100 years after John Coltrane’s birth, secret tapes are emerging. What can they tell us about jazz’s great rulebreaker?” “The sax star turned his back on fame to embrace free jazz. Caught on a tape machine hidden in an overcoat, newly revealed recordings show how he did it”
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100 years after John Coltrane’s birth, secret tapes are emerging. What can they tell us about jazz’s great rulebreaker?
The sax star turned his back on fame to embrace free jazz. Caught on a tape machine hidden in an overcoat, newly revealed recordings show how he did it
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Oop yeah, yikes. Missed this when it happened
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Haven't forgiven him for what?
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Sorry, you think that if someone doesn't want to vote for a D candidate who doesn't support trans rights.... They're going to vote for an R candidate who also doesn't support trans rights??
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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller Monday, September 07,1953
P1- NANCY AND SLUGGO ARE WALKING DOWNTOWN 
SLUGGO: I HAVE AN IDEA, NANCY 
P2- THEY WALK BEHIND A WOODEN FENCE 
SLUGGO: LET’S STAND BEHIND THIS FENCE 
NANCY: WHY?
P3- SLUGGO: THIS IS LABOR DAY ---
LET'S GIVE THE BOSS AN EASY STRIP TO DRAW
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is Fjord's way of saying it's time for bed.
A grey tabby cat laying on a book.
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
You have my sword.
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
youtu.be
Tim Curry is escaping to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism.
YouTube video by geoff EXE
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
really, baking/cooking something you saw that sounded nice is such a great way to remember someone. share it with family or neighbors and just think a little on person you’re remembering, this is a sweet thing humans can do sometimes
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Yesssss more music education in public schools! Every kid should have the chance to play an instrument they love.
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
FYI the link doesn't work for anyone without an X account.
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"this edible ain't shit" two hours later:
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 10/08/2026
For my newsletter, I spelled out once simple trick for the WNBA to shut down that transphobic publicity stunt by two former NBA players: www.burnsnotice.com/heres-how-th...
burnsnotice.com
Here's How the WNBA Can Win the Anti-Trans Controversy
The league has a golden opportunity to make a definitive and educational point about trans athletes–if it has the courage to do it
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Bluesky is never beating the pancake-waffle allegations.
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Playing a song for you to advertise my show on August 12 at Dina's Tavern in Toronto Ontario.
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Definitely not looped around it, MAYBE a finger touching it as the hand moves away. There's been multiple Reddit threads on this, consensus over there is its ai. Sharks are too heavy to be moved like that, real shark cages don't open inward, comes from a known ai account, etc.
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From the isthisAI community on Reddit: Shark looks sorta animated and the video is super short.the reflection looks legit however.
Explore this post and more from the isthisAI community
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The hand never grabs that piece and it snaps backwards while the shark is moving forwards.
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I hear your sarcasm but give a genuine answer - it's the way the bar of the cage on the left suddenly moves into a different position.
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Idk how we feel about ai around here, but this vid is almost certainly ai gen.
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Lmao call LAW ENFORCEMENT?? "Police, please help, my daughter has a makeshift altar in her room"
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Ive seen it and while there could definitely have been more monsters, there were some excellent monsters. Even a lil body horror as a treat.
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Yikes, you should really take the Qui-Gon references off your profile, my goat would never be so anti-democracy.
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Do you know how much passports cost right now? Thats a poll tax that would also weed out anyone on a budget.
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Seems like Sen. Scott is making an early bid for all that AIPAC money Lindsey Graham won't be taking anymore.
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Lee Cronin’s Pablo Hidalgo @infinata.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Had to dig up a hard copy for this one.
The Onion headline: Ska Band Outnumbers
Audience
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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios
You have some wonderful stories of basically getting away with stuff at the studios.

I’d learned one very simple trick: say yes. Simply say yes. Like Joseph E. Levine, on “The Producers,” said, “The curly-haired guy—he’s funny looking. Fire him.” He wanted me to fire Gene Wilder. And I said, “Yes, he’s gone. I’m firing him.” I never did. But he forgot. After the screening of “Blazing Saddles,” the head of Warner Bros. threw me into the manager’s office, gave me a legal pad and a pencil, and gave me maybe twenty notes. He would have changed “Blazing Saddles” from a daring, funny, crazy picture to a stultified, dull, dusty old Western. He said, “No farting.” I said, “It’s out.”That’s probably the most famous scene in the movie, the campfire scene.

I know. He said, “You can’t punch a horse.” I said, “You’ll never see it again.” I kept saying, “You’re absolutely right. It’s out!” Then, when he left, I crumpled up all his notes, and I tossed it in the wastepaper basket. And John Calley, who was running [production at] Warner Bros. at the time, said, “Good filing.” That was the end of it. You say yes, and you never do it.

That’s great advice for life.

It is. Don’t fight them. Don’t waste your time struggling with them and trying to make sense to them. They’ll never understand.
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Oh dang, is it still worth seeing in theaters?
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Woah this is really cool! I just learned a lot about how much I don't know lol
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
At 1:50 in the morning??
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
ITS OUT?? I know what I'm doing this weekend
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Looks like yassified Putin
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
You could make a religion out of this.
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This reads like a ChatGPT line slightly edited to have the cadence of a Southern Baptist preacher. "It's not X, it's Y" + Rhyming receive and acheive.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/06/2026
Melania Trump: "Success is not about how many benefits a person receives. But rather, about how much independence they achieve."
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Jax's reveals... Oof. Hit very close to home.
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Not me crying at the #TADC finale last night.
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
.... They named it the ISB? Like from Star Wars?
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The place I live in the US is almost 2 hours ahead of solar time and it is the WORST. Rip if you want to go to bed before like 11pm...
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
As opposed to, like, anger at the greedy corpos.
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Says a lot about Valve that the Internet's collective reaction to this seems to be "big oof"
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Isn't that mirepoix? The classic Trinity from Cajun cuisine is onions, celery, bell peppers.
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I went to a concert this weekend and really dug one of the openers. Bought a vinyl from the merch table & asked the bassist to sign.... It was the singer/guitarist's solo album 😭😭😭😭
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Lauren Deschain @thatnerdchick.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜
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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 14/05/2026
My four most recent Power Lines Drawings #145 (Ferndale, MI) #146 (Highland Park, MI) #147 (Hamtramck, MI) #148 (Ypsilanti, MI) marcusjmerritt.com/power-lines-...
Black ink drawing, silhouette of a utility pole and power linesBlack ink drawing, silhouette of a utility pole and power linesBlack ink drawing, silhouette of a utility pole and power linesBlack ink drawing, silhouette of a utility pole and a light pole and power lines
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.
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TJ @tobyj5.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I love how cats are just cats regardless of size
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Alex says "the world is so horrible Bluegrass Tony." Bluegrass Tony, an elderly bearded man with a corncob pipe, overalls and a straw hat says "well I don't know nothing 'bout that. I just like pickin'.  Bluegrass Tony, sitting on a stump, barefoot, plays Foggy Mountain Breakdown on the banjo. Alex still seems depressed. She says "they're trying to kill us all, Bluegrass Tony." Bluegrass Tony, unphased, continues playing Foggy Mountain Breakdown.
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jamie 🐌 @nanokameras.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
happy may the 4th to all who celebrate
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