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Zig Thinks

@zigthinks.bsky.social
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HS English teacher, love all things pop culture, here for the good vibes.

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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
God almighty man don’t speak new horrors into existence!
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There’s a certain genre of trailer where the only way to describe it is smug. Like you’re supposed to be impressed by the cast and the random artsy images and peculiar aesthetic. They never fail to be case studies in tone deafness from studios.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yeah the way Minnesota threw all over our secondary on their opening drive was pathetic. Wide open receivers all over.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Release the NC-17 cut of The Cutting Edge!
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yep--my kids were in daycare 15 years ago and we used to talk in depressed tones every month about how much daycare costs exceeded our mortgage payment (including escrow). And we had the advantage of only needing it 3/4ths of the year (both teachers).
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And also he is definitely Daniel Craig's father.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This might be the coolest one I've seen yet from this account (although I won't lie I also love the ones that are just spiderwebs across the camera lens).
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My friends I think it’s getting to the point where we may have to start cutting off friends and family who use Liberty insurance. You voted for this. Nobody forced you to look at those ads and say “I want that company to be repsnsible for my financial safety.” It’s indefensible.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I stupidly switched over to the OTHER pregame show the first week this season and was like "oh right fvcking PORTNOY" and came back. I just want to watch some goddamn pregame college football talk without the presence of assholes.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
He's the Pat McAfee of presidents. Loud and unpleasant dumb and might be the thing that finally makes me stop tuning in for one of my favorite fall morning routines.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Looks like someone on his team also was like "Uh hey you guys know we're the red team right? Blue is the other guys."
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wait is there a second season or are you just a late discoverer?? (No judgement glad you found it either way!)
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
One thing that most (I think? at least in MI?) colleges do now is account for the opportunities at the school a student is applying from. So a school that OFFERS lots of advanced courses is a double-edged sword: A student has to have taken a certain percent of them. It's an imperfect solution.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“We used to eat logs with one titty out! Now we just eat GROCERIES!”
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Agreed. Like I think we're bad enough as a defense that we'll give up 20+ points most games BUT it won't be a total free-for-all bc schemes get cleaned up and I imagine the levels of just outright confusion HAVE to go down over time, right? So they become like a normal level of plain/boring bad.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ha! Yeah and more specifically a fighting game where you win if you just keep spamming the "heavy attack" button and then running away from authorities.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sorry I keep inserting myself into your Lions convos but yeah--all this is accurate for sure. I would add that it's possible for the defense to be pretty bad BUT ALSO the structure of the start of the season has produced a way worse version than what we'll see in the next game.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
True. And when he is back there’s going to be a recovery curve before he’s full power. Got a long runway here before we get meaningfully better back there :/
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yeah that feels more like a pipe dream every day you don’t hear them mentioning how much he’s improving. Bc they haven’t said anything close to that since he got injured!
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
That would explain it bc the dog is literally modeled after his own dog I believe so they literally had a look a like they could’ve tossed into some scenes!
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I think it’s been a trend for a while now that in the second half other teams tend to significantly out coach us with adjustments. Like our offense being anemic in a lot of seconds halves last season as I recall but defense is obviously going to hurt us more.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The season is one series closer to being over?
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I was thinking about this a lot the other day. A LOT of progressives were telling people when he ran that it was offensive to suggest that his potential brain damage was a thing that could be talked about. And I agreed with them bc he was expressing views I liked. Now…not sure how to feel.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Yeah I think this is the best way to explain. The possession numbers are insane. Eventually you wear down.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The two genders.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
That throw was five yards long. He might bad bad my friends. Can’t believe how bad Michigan offense looked collectively tonight.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
He knows where Hoffa’s body is.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
As someone who immediately previews the comments before adding my own two cents, this seems reasonable. But I think some people do the opposite: I need to let the poster know right now what I think before I actually look at whatever dialogue might already exist right underneath this post.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I read this book as an educator when a bunch of teachers were adding it to classes. At the end I was like “the whole book is basically ‘so yeah all these poors are at fault for their own situation except my grandma who is the magical exception’.” Couldn’t believe it got any other interpretation.
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Lorna @florilegia.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I think everyone should see this incredible picture of Dolly Parton: it’s by Stacie Williams (asterosperma on Instagram) and it’s called The Queen of Appalachia
A stunning screenprint image in a style which is part folk art, part religious icon. Dolly Parton sits on a throne-like wooden chair, surrounded by garlands of flowers and leaves. Orange butterflies (I think they are monarchs?) hover around her head. Her hair is huge and golden, and she is wearing a long, sweeping orange gown, which is turned up over her knee to show off her brown knee length high heeled boots. Two black bear cubs play around her, one on the floor and one in her lap. Dolly stares calmly at the viewer. Her right hand is raised in benediction, and in her left she holds a ripe strawberry which she is feeding to one of the bear cubs. 

The original post is here https://www.instagram.com/p/B8rvBpTlRxZ/?igsi=Z2x5aTB5aHp5NXFp
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I hadn’t actually started to tear up about her death until reading that. Thank you for sharing. I’m not religious but have many close close fiends who are and the anti religion strain of liberalism gets so frustrating sometimes.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I leave this site for a few hours and come back and everyone’s talking weird af. Never change Bluesky.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
And also Jaunt is SUCH an effectively told story. I used to use it in the horror unit of a science fiction/fantasy course I taught. Kids loved it.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Yesss. Totally. I think he has that skill too. Knowing how big the concept is. Like The Mist and Sun Dog are great stories that aren’t QUITE novel sized but work perfectly as novella.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Yes that’s a great way to put it. He pulls you into the world of a short story more immersively than any author I can think of. (And yeah all those collections you just named are S tier short story collections!)
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Came here to say this. He has a knack for doing a LOT in a very short space.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It’s insane how ridiculous and brilliant this plan is.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I grew up watching the old Calamity Jane movie with Doris Day at my grandmas cottage. THAT Calamity was a bit much.
Doris day looking…uh…intimidating I guess? As calamity Jane finding a gun in front of a saloon bar.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
That’s wild. Our person warned us when we had two claims within two years and said it would be cheaper in the long run if we could avoid any more claims until the first one was five years behind us. Annoying but they were up front about it and walked me through the math of how costs would change
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Don’t know a lot about insurance but as someone who has also had good luck with actually using mine for mid-size claims, I think maybe the individual agency you buy through (the human contacts) make a difference? Ours have been very supportive several times.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This sounds awesome I’d be interested.
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Detroit Tigers (Unoffical) @nottigers.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
soooooooo... I'm running a third detroit sports account. I did ask for a survey earlier this year on the red wings account and I'm announcing the presence of @notdetroitpistons.bsky.social right now! I intend to start sometime in september, so that's probably going to lay dormant for some time.
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Detroit Tigers (Unoffical) @nottigers.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
but wait. what's this? a FOURTH ACCOUNT? yep you heard it right. if you have not gotten the very obvious clue from earlier today, I'm also starting @notlions.bsky.social! with the next season right around the corner and coverage looking a bit bleak right now, I might as well do what I do best.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
You’re telling me that dog could dive a truck?!
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
My daughters loved it when they were both around middle school age. It’s basically a nonstop pop music concert strung together with a very loose story. Highly recommend.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Yeah this book is excellent and if you like his style this is also the first entry in an excellent fantasy series he wrote (rest of it isn’t out yet).
The blacktongue thief book cover by Christopher Buehlman featuring two lonely figures walking up outdoor stairs towards a tower.  Animal bones litter the foreground ominously.
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
“I am thinking it’s a sign That the freckles in our eyes Are mirror images and When we kiss they are Perfectly aligned” —Postal Service “Such Great Heights”
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Everyone in my house just said the same thing. He’s so embarrassing in EVERY scenario where he represents the country. Makes me sick every time.
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okpoke.bsky.social @okpoke.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Zig Thinks @zigthinks.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This made me laugh aloud in the midst of an endless stream of FIFA halftime critiques in my feed. Tigers looking red hot all of a sudden!
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