Reality TV led the way, tilled the field, fertilized the land...then Idiocracy blossomed. We celebrated the reward of conflict, drama, and performative outrage over substance...which directly paved the way for politics to be treated as pure entertainment spectacle.

Can I use the same quote post setup twice in a row? Yes I can. When there were just one set of footprints in the sand...

Dusty Evely 🎃@dustyevely.bsky.social · 5d ago

The guy in the McDonald’s drive-thru called me “Boss” and now I am unstoppable

When there were just one set of footprints in the sand...

weeder@weeder.bsky.social · 5d ago

God gave us microwave burritos knowing we would burn ourselves (free will) but also a quick healing roof of the mouth (Christ's salvation)

Fig Newtons are trash. end of message

Came across some sort of viral marketing effort for the upcoming Coyote vs. Acme movie on my morning walk today... #RoadRunner

We invented a super-powered, super-human intelligence-technology-of-the-future, yes, but it is still too dumb to fully comprehend how we operate right now. #naturalintelligence

Talosian from Star Trek

ALT: Talosian from Star Trek

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Legitimate news orgs should post a US military casualty counter on their homepage until the Iran was is ended.

Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · last wk.

140 soldiers wounded just last week seems like kind of a big deal.

BREAKING: Raccoons are one of a number of things that I am definitively neutral about.

What is this horseshit?

Did you ever wonder what circus performers do in-between gigs?

@fawalken.bsky.social

Jake_Vig@jakevig.bsky.social · 2w ago

I was seated near the Sixers bench and yelled to Allen Iverson that there was no one on the other team guarding a back door cut, and on the next play he went back door and scored on an easy layup and came back and gave me a wink.

...a recent past that blossomed and then soon faded, never to return, as all moments do. #TheBeatles #Prince #ComeTogether 1/3 youtu.be/6uZepPifI4g?...

PRINCE - COME TOGETHER (The Beatles) - Soundboard Audio

YouTube video by C. L 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚

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Every time you hear someone say: "You had me at ________" ...they're quoting a line Cameron Crowe wrote for Renée Zellweger in the #TomCruise film Jerry Maguire.

Jerry Maguire: Show Me The Money Scene

ALT: Jerry Maguire: Show Me The Money Scene

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Chuck Woolery: Naturally Stoned was a short-lived reality series that takes a look at the daily life of game show legend Chuck Woolery as he goes to work, makes public appearances and becomes a parent at home with his family.

Chuck Woolery "Naturally Stoned" directed by Grady Cooper

YouTube video by gradycooper

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"I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I'd gladly eat a network executive or a politician." - Marty Feldman Remembering the brilliant and distinctively original British actor, comedian and writer on his 92nd birthday. He was #BOTD on 7/8/1934 and sadly died at 48 on 12/2/1982.

ZING!

Bill DeMayo@bdemayo.bsky.social · 4w ago

My favorite video game from The Islamic Republic of Japan is Super Mahmoud Bros.

Brian Wilson doing a pretty funny Mike Love imitation...

The Beach Boys - Brian Wilson imitates Mike Love

YouTube video by Tijn Online

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It's a complete and nutritious meal in a tube...

Elvis' Dad performing... No, not that one...the other Elvis. I've got a song to sing all over this land It's the hammer of justice, it's the bell of freedom It's a song about love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land

Ross McManus with The Joe Loss Orchestra - If I Had A Hammer [Colour Promo 1963]

YouTube video by Classic Music of Yesteryear

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But, Ed, what exactly is a 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 on the occasion of our nation's 250th birthday? 🇺🇸

Ed@edciting.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Let us all labor to add all needful guarantees for the more perfect security of free thought, free speech, and free press, pure morals, unfettered religious sentiments, and of equal rights and privileges to all men, irrespective of nationality, color, or religion." 1/5

Bite force: 😲 Human - 160 psi 🐻‍❄️ Polar Bear - 1,200 🐻 Grizzly bear - 1,200 🦍 Gorilla - 1,300 🐆 Jaguar - 1,500 🦛 Hippo - 1,800 🐊 Alligator - 2,000 🦈 Great White Shark - 4,000 🐊 Nile crocodile - 5,000 🐋 Orca - 19,000 psi - pounds per square inch

“You can’t con people, at least not for long. If you don’t deliver the goods, people will eventually catch on.” - Donald J. Trump, The Art of The Deal

He's still got that luscious sound on lock...the new version of #RideLonesome that dropped today has that perfect, classic, late-night warmth... #Beck

Beck, Sierra Ferrell - Ride Lonesome (Visualizer)

YouTube video by BeckVEVO

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Cosmetic procedures were once frowned upon, but these days, if you mention Botox... ...nobody raises an eyebrow.

That's a ZINGER!

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · last mo.

3 for 3.

Oh, no!

Isobel Bess@echosequence.space · last mo.

please don't pirate our $100 video game about stealing cars

In the roughly 110 days since the start of the conflict, American consumers have paid an estimated $50.35 billion in cumulative additional gasoline costs above the pre-operation baseline—averaging out to an extra $378.57 per household.

"braiiiiins"

“We should measure the prosperity of a nation not by the number of millionaires, but by the absence of poverty, the prevalence of health, the efficiency of the public schools, and the number of people who can and do read worthwhile books.” W.E.B. Du Bois, February, 1953

National Iced Tea Day?