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Writer. Pie enthusiast. Historically preserved beard site. Cheese poet. Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Wigleaf Top 50, Cinnamon Challenge: honorable mention.
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World Wonders What Trump Has On United States That’s Forcing Nation To Keep Him In Power theonion.com/world-w...

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My kids think Caesar’s Palace is where the pizza guy with the toga lives, and I don’t have the heart to tell them it’s not true.

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When the time comes, I am so excited to play card games/board games with all of you in the gulag.

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This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

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Powerful. Tomorrow’s front page of the most influential weekly publication in Germany. “BETRAYED. First Zelensky, Soon Us? The radical departure of the US from its allies.”

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A friend got mad at me because I forgot about plans we made back in October of last year. Bro, that was a whole democracy ago.

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Unfortunately I have to skip every country song now because I do not have time to look up where each artist stands on controversial subjects like if presidents should obey laws

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I was at the store when I saw the notice of Patel's confirmation. I exclaimed "OH MY GOD!" Clerk asked what happened—I explained they just confirmed Kash Patel! She and no one in the checkout line with me knew what I was talking about. 😬😡

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Fictional villains: my motivation involves a complex backstory around lost love and a deep yearning to be understood Real life villains: being cruel makes me feel like a big strong man

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Canadians on here actually being like "I can't believe how bad things are getting in the US" without acknowledging Alberta just passed some of the harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws and are about to vote Doug Ford back into power. Wakeup because the far right are in inside the building

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I sometimes think about how much more successful I would be if I could have all the time back I’ve wasted sitting in cars waiting for songs to finish, but what kind of success is worth all those unfinished songs, what kind of money justifies not knowing how anything ends?

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I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...

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Trying to distract from The Horrors? @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social recommends ten new short stories by authors who haven't been featured in the Short Fiction Spotlight until now! This month we've got fungal horror (spore-ror?), vampires, and a mysterious djinn 📚 reactormag.com/must-read-sh...

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