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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I have no trouble believing Natalie Harp is obsessed with Trump and probably mentally ill. But that's NOT the joke in all this. That's the tragedy. Trump is the joke. Can we focus on that? I like to think we as a culture learned something from what we did to Monica Lewinsky.

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Cleveland rocks. All the little chicks with the crimson lips join me in m'bed and go "CLEVELAND ROCKS!" We're livin' in sin with a safety pin, we go, "CLEVELAND ROCKS!"

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

In 1976 I remember this symbol being just about everywhere. Red, white & blue were pretty much everywhere. You couldn't turn your head outdoors without bunting in your field of vision. In DC, JOHNNY CASH was Grand Marshall of the Bicentennial Parade. QUEEN ELIZABETH II visited aboard...

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Ladies and gentlemen, Oswald has been found.

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I dunno know why I should feel the need to say this on Bluesky, but... the "Data Center thing"? Really is a big deal. We're talking staggering energy needs that will inflict lasting, generational consequences on whatever communities are desperate or unfortunate enough to end up hosting these things.

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

My favorite Trek is DS9, and I think TNG is THE Trek of my generation. But I also think "Enterprise" had the best theme music -- with the TOS theme being the only possible rival. #FaithOfTheHeart #StarTrekEnterprise #StarTrek

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ENTERPRISE Season 1 & 2 Opening Titles (HQ)

YouTube video by ENTERPRISENX01

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Should I start muting bsky accounts that have replies turned off? I see it a lot, and I'm starting to think of bsky as just a place to read stuff but not for discussion. Is there something else to it?

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Americans are to blame for Trump. Not the American Constitution, not "the system" in any way -- just American voters. And no system by itself will remove him from power or prevent another Trump without better American voters. Feel free to lobby for revoking the pardon power or term limits...

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Anybody ever had this? I can't decide if it would be awesome or induce carpetvomiting. If you've had it, what did you think? And could I get the same effect just by stirring some Marmite and peanut butter together?

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Upcoming split 7-inch featuring my band Viceroy Kings and Tennessee's Popeless & the Apostates! This summer, on Coffin Curse Records!

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

One thing the people of Israel and Palestine have in common is that neither their leaders nor 99% of their self styled "allies" all over the world give a rat's ass about their lives. They've all got other agendas and the actual welfare of the people they claim to champion is nowhere among them.

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Nobody really values free speech in the abstract. They value speech they agree with and always find some exception for speech they don't agree with. And I actually find that practice acceptable. I wouldn't waste an ounce of effort defending speech on some principle when I find it reprehensible.

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Pretty sure Vala (Claudia Black) is the only reason to watch the last two seasons of SG-1. #sg1 #Stargate

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

MAGA is actually correct when they say America persecutes Christians. In fact this nation has a long, atrocious history of persecuting Christians. But what MAGA leaves out, for example, is that The Church Of Latter Day Saints were not hounded, shot, and lynched in the 19th Century by Muslims. ...

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I'll just make this simple. I blocked you 'cos you're a paranoid freak who can't stand any actual discussion. Good luck with that. But have that "luck" somewhere else.

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Civil rights notwithstanding, it's time we faced the fact that our noble "founding fathers" created an awful system of government in the U.S. Constitution. Barely suitable for the 18th Century -- absolutely stupid and debilitating in the 21st. That document needs to be reformed entirely.

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

The First Amendment is the worst mistake America ever made. By elevating ALL speech, expression, and religion to the same priority, we have succeeded in protecting the most violently abusive ideas the most. Except for the Establishment Clause, the ENTIRE First Amendment should be abolished.

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Take names. Never forget. Do not let them deny later. Ignore pleas for mercy. Screw 'em every chance you get. Don't let 'em get away with it. That's how all this happened in the first place.

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Good guitars in this one. "Tell me about your fellow man You wipe their shit all over your hands Back and forth between the good and the bad, It's indecision time You're so natural, you're so free So don't decide what's best for me"

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Indecision Time

YouTube video by Husker Du - Topic

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

What does the hash tag #ItsHimOrUs refer to? Many people are saying it. I'm just not sure what it's supposed to mean.

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Jesse Watters' fans allege that this article is fake. They may be right, but it's worth noting that Watters' has consistently REFUSED to name preferred pronouns. When she does,I will gladly use them. But until then, I can only use the pronouns that seem most accurate from my point of view.

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Fox’s Jesse Watters Self-Outs as Trans

It was only a matter of time.

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Grippo's Bar-B-Q Cheese -- BEST packaged popcorn ever. I could eat a case! #Grippos

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

THIS IS WHAT CARING LOOKS LIKE: On the left, Jewish Israelis hold photos of Palestinian children killed in Gaza. On the right, Palestinians hold photos of Israeli children taken hostage and later killed. If they can mourn for one another, we can mourn for ALL of them. And we must. PLEASE SHARE.

Both these photos show solemn protesters holding portrait photos. The Jewish Israelis hold photos of Palestinian children...

The three Palestinian men hold photos of Jewish Israeli children.

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Goddamn... what's with all the BEGGING from this alleged "strongman"? Trump can't seem to make a move without immediately turning around and begging Walmart or (now) OPEC to bail him out of the consequences of his own stupidity? What a pathetic loser.

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

My grandfather was born in Czechoslovakia, but I didn't know that until after he was dead. He had learned to speak German in school, and he was also taught that Slavic people were inferior and the best thing to be in Europe was German (this was a very common idea in eastern Europe when he was...

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Does anybody get this for a work holiday? At my employer, we have it as "floating." Like, you can take 6/19 or some other day from June to the end of Q3. I'm curious how any other businesses observe it? #Juneteenth

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I think it's important to remember that so far these are only rumors about MIKE LEE actively aiding the man who assassinated officials in Minnesota. I am positive these rumors are merely exaggerations. Let's not rush to judgment. No way Mike Lee was more than peripherally involved, if that.

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

If we've learned anything from the past 10 years (or American history overall), it should be that abstract notions like "the right to bear arms," "states rights" or even "free speech" were NEVER going to save us. All can be exploited to mean whatever the authorities in power want. Fuck all that. ...

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Baloney, mayonnaise and celery! I'm makin' sandwich spread for you and me! Don't fuckin' ask me 'cos I'd rather be dead than give you any of my sandwich spread! Spread it on and lick it off your bread! That's the way we eat the sandwich spread! (get your "sandwich spread" at the Kroger Deli! 😀)

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Sandwich Spread (NSFW)

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Yeah, I can see the "Hunger Games" similarity for sure. But in my Gen-X head, I keep hearing, "I'd buy THAT for a dollar!"

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Is Trump well? As in healthy? It's just that some recent photos seem to indicate he struggles with incontinence. And reports from people close to him suggest he "smells bad." Do we know? #IsTrumpHealthy?

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

So uh... we ALL agree this is "cancel culture." Right? What else would you call it?

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Cop shoots unarmed protester. And, of course, it's HER fault. 😐

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My Defenders Collection! @marveldefenders.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Splash page from DEFENDERS 3 with quote from "Four Quartets" and T.S. Eliot page from The Norton Anthology Of American literature. I remember in college getting a big kick out of finding "Four Quartets" on the reading list and remembering this Defenders adventure. 😁

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Trump voters, you don't have to admit you were wrong. Just make the choice to question him. Don't make a big deal of it. Just decide for yourself to start being on the correct side. That's all you have to do. Nobody's going to look into your past and hold you accountable. You'll be fine. Just do it.

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

When Free Palestine renounces ALL violence, they'll have a true cause on their hands. Until then, they're either murderous Jew haters or apologists for murderous Jew haters. And I'll go to my grave before I stand with Jew haters.

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Holocaust survivor among eight injured in Colorado fire attack

A 45-year-old man is detained after allegedly shouting

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Saneman @saneman.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

TACO boi! 😆

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Ten years from now, Americans are going to look back fondly on the days when we were (by far) the ultimate military power in the world. And they'll wonder how that changed so quickly? And FOX News will blame "THE LIBS!" And stupid Americans will believe it. America is COMPLETELY screwed.

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EU publishes framework for REARM Europe: The EU's Strategic Initiative to Bolster Defence Capabilities and Industry

On 19 March 2025, the European Commission (“EC”), in collaboration with the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, published the Joint White Paper on the Future of European ...

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

I guess I watched too much #StarTrek because really... 40 years ago I just assumed that by the time I was this old, we would have a world where people didn't starve or lack any other basic human needs and "jobs" would just be things people did to better themselves. #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

When I see AI-generated "content," my first (and last) thought is always, "What're they trying to sell me?" That is all the value that AI-generated "creative" work has. Nothing more.

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Verbal Jones @verbaljones.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

My music tastes tend to be more pedestrian, but #WarrenZevon is one of the few arty-type musicians I feel like I can rock out to.

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Lawyers, Guns and Money

YouTube video by Warren Zevon - Topic

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