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Curb Your Malthusiasm

@manucleardevice.bsky.social

I think about this quote from the Luddite movement all the time

John Booth, a 19-year-old apprentice who joined a Luddite attack on a textile mill in April 1812. He was injured, detained and died after being allegedly tortured to give up the identity of his fellow Luddites.
Booth's last words became a legend: "Can you keep a secret?" he whispered to the local priest, who attested that he could.
The dying Booth replied, "So can I."

January 11, 2026 at 12:12 AM

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Neugin

@lostcitymagic.bsky.social

A message for you all to carry through the year

Image is a popular astronaut meme. An astronaut is looking at the earth from space saying wait, I am worthy of love? An astronaut is behind him holding up flowers and saying always have been

January 1, 2026 at 6:32 AM

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donni saphire

@donni.bsky.social

So many bangers but always a huge fan of Andrew Jackson voice

A tweet by @animaldrumss that says: Sir? the table of ladies over there wanted to know what song you were drumming on the bar. they said it seemed very fast and impressive.

A tweet by @animaldrumss that reads: A ticket? Maybe former President Andrew Jackson can change your mind… [in andrew Jackson voice] Don’t give Mike the ticket, hes a good kid

December 31, 2025 at 1:41 AM

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biblioklept

@biblioklept.bsky.social

RIP

tweet from Mike F:
Mike F
@DeputyWarlock
if i ever found out a mouse lived in my home, and he had a small archway in the wall, and he lived in there with small, real furniture, and he ventured out nightly to get one olive or a small wedge of cheese. i would stop at nothing to end his life. i would spare no expense

December 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM

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Luke O'Neil

@lukeoneil47.bsky.social

Very sad to say it seems Mike Fossey, aka Mike F. has died. Truly one of the funniest posters of all time and a talented artisan. Had been friends online for many years, but I got to hang out a couple times at shows in Boston and he was funny and sweet in real life too.

Michael F. Fossey Obituary December 22, 2025 - Westford Healy Funeral Home

View Michael F. Fossey's obituary, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

www.healyfuneralhome.com

December 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM

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Cris (without an H)

@ambignostic.bsky.social

"its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do" is one of my all time favorite tweets, but as a public service I share this tumblr collection of the entire 26-tweet reply chain it was part of (courtesy of haywire4) www.tumblr.com/haywire4/173...

mikefossey: Check this shit out motherfucker [I slide one foot out from under me and fall on my ass, its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do]

DinkMagic: Ever seen this before [I throw my hat like a frisbee 10 feet away and jump over near it]

mikefossey: [I run down a flight of stairs, stop at the second to last step, I pause, and then I jump the last two steps. I do not land it]

DinkMagic: [i throw a grape up in the air and open my mouth but i get scared that i breathed in some fluff and start choking violently]

mikefossey: [I'm doing a mime act where I pretend to pull on a rope but I somehow accidentally grab a real rope and I pull myself off stage]

DinkMagic: [im cooking an omelette and i flip the pan and snatch the omelette out of the air with my hand burning myself] tadaa

mikefossey: [I kick some dust at a guy after losing an argument but the dust flies up into my mouth and I cough so hard I barf]

DinkMagic: [my friend says im going to the store toss me your keys but i see a strange bird and instead throw my wallet in the ditch]

mikefossey: [guy passes me on the highway and flips me off, I throw a full cup of coffee at my own windshield and it spills all over the car]

DinkMagic: [i toss an apple into my elbow-pit to bounce it back out but i miss and try to bite it out of the air but bite my tongue]

mikefossey: [I try to throw a beer can into the recycle but it hits the trash can instead and it's still mostly full so it knocks it over]

DinkMagic: [2 girls are arguing i say here let me solve this and i flip a gold coin i bought on ebay so hard it breaks a fluorescent tube

mikefossey: [I ask the guy at the store to recommend me a beer and he talks to me for 23 minutes before he realizes i think beer is wine]

DinkMagic: [i ask to be excused from dinner to do homework & then phone my mom because i broke my wrist playing street fighter at 7-11]

mikefossey: [I bite a gold coin to see if it's real, but it's chocolate. I try to play it cool and eat the whole thing without unwrapping it]

DinkMagic: [a teams softball rolls near me] i got this my friends a cuban pitcher [i throw the ball into the back of my own head & faint]

mikefossey: Here, let me park for you, Im really good at parallel parking [i walk over to the driver side and slam my dick in the car door]

DinkMagic: [i testify under oath that i thought a mortgage was a special kind of measuring tape]

mikefossey: [I'm cracking my knuckles and limbering up to fight but then a guy who's on his way to another fight accidentally knocks me over]

DinkMagic: [i ask the butcher for two pounds of boneless chicken Brent]

mikefossey: [at a dinner party I lean on the grand piano while telling a story, but the lid is open and I fall into it, hitting every string]

DinkMagic: [i get anxious at a fancy bar and order a martini and then say "could you imagine if this was soup" to no one really loud]

mikefossey: I try to open a beer with a lighter but I shatter the bottle and cut my hand, and also light my shirt on fire with the lighter]

DinkMagic: [i ride up on my new dirtbike revving it, and set the kickstand down on my own foot and start crying]

mikefossey: [I get water up my nose while I'm doing the dishes and knock my glasses into the garbage disposal when I go to rub my nose]

DinkMagic: [i get angry that I got confused & told an Italian that pizza came from Russia I drive to little Caesars & throw a stone at it

December 26, 2024 at 9:16 PM

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Mike F

@animaldrums.bsky.social

They need to bring back silent films, so i can make phone calls in the theater without any background noise

February 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM

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André Brett

@drdrehistorian.bsky.social

Yesterday I paid a visit to the disused railway tunnels near Helensburgh, deviated in the mid-1910s when the South Coast line from Sydney to Wollongong and Nowra was duplicated

A tunnel portal with the other end visible around the short tunnel’s gentle curve, with some foliage in the foreground growing on the old trackbed approaching the tunnel

The remnants of Helensburgh station platform, including station sign (yes it is authentic, not a modern replica!), with old disused tracks leading into the mouth of a longer, darker tunnel

Track leading into the tunnel, with shallow pools of water over the sleepers between the rails

Inside the tunnel. The track stops just inside it. A pipe and lumpy soil extend away into the blackness of the brick-lined hole through the earth

December 24, 2025 at 4:18 AM

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Mr. Joshua

@pantspants.bsky.social

October 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM

Andy

@thin-cities.bsky.social

It’s a beautiful flag

December 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM

Andy

@thin-cities.bsky.social

That just means he’s twice as evil and says dick instead of deck

December 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM

Andy

@thin-cities.bsky.social

This is the premise of Event Horizon

December 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM

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The Posts Genius

@abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com

You alright man? I keep seeing small damage numbers coming off you

July 8, 2024 at 7:00 AM

Andy

@thin-cities.bsky.social

I second a Klingon Columbo. A Columbo type could make cocky Klingon / Vulcan villains so mad

December 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM

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Matt McDaniel

@themattmcd.bsky.social

My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?

Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Nov 25

can’t fucking catch a breath

make it stop

Is ChatGPT Conscious? Many users feel they’re talking to a real person. Scientists say it’s time to consider whether they’re onto something.
By Jeff Wise, a science journalist and private pilot.

November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM

Andy

@thin-cities.bsky.social

By John Keogh of Lucid-tv
“Everyone deserves kindness”

November 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM

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Tim Onion

@bencollins.bsky.social

Incredible headline.

Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says

Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.

www.404media.co

November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM

Andy

@thin-cities.bsky.social

Sam Neill and Laurence Fishburne are so great in it

November 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM

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Sam Barlow 🔥

@mrsambarlow.bsky.social

Again, to every videogame writer who wrote funny emails to read in an immersive sim/etc. where I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "lol like anyone would ever email something this on the nose", again, sorry, I was wrong, life sucks, you nailed it

November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM

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Jenée Desmond-Harris

@jenee.bsky.social

https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/07/cat-person-kristen-roupenian-viral-story-about-me.html

I’ve Always Suspected “Cat Person” Was Based on My Life. Now I Know It Was.

Since I first read Kristen Roupenian’s viral story, I’ve wondered: How did she know about me?

slate.com

November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM

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Evil Bat Witch

@evilbatwitch.cryptoanarchy.network

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.