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Adrienne Massanari
@adriennemassanari.bsky.social
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Assoc Prof@AmerU (views mine). New book: Gaming Democracy (MIT Press). Researches digital cultures, platform politics, games, etc. Wrote that one thing about Reddit that one time (okay several things). I will always want to see your pets.

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Every faculty member is at least two of the animals on this chart. #academicsky #acasky
Choose your fighter meme with different drawings of animals pictured including a bird with an acorn like a bundle stick sitting on a branch with the words "too old for this shit but has got nowhere else to be" and a tiny hamster in a cape "thinks they're in charge. Isn't"
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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First panel: A cartoon figure in running clothes crosses the finish line with confetti raining down; second panel shows that the person was just stepping out of bed.
October 31, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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I see your weird erotica wine Rio, and I'm intrigued, but not quite intrigued enough to try it. #aoir2025
Brazilian wine bottles with labels that feature Fabioesque romance novel cover art.
October 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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A Facebook reporting form with four choices which reads "What's going on?" The choice that's selected reads "I'm in this photo and I don't like it "
October 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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When "This Could Have Been An Email" becomes "What The Actual Fuck"
Military general(??) looking aghast during DUI Hegseth's meeting.
September 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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This cat has the right idea.
A drawing of a cat being carried by a parachute with the caption "Figure 1.1 Well prepared cat."
June 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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It's kind of how I feel when looking at the Dr. Bronner's soap label. Like it's too earnest maybe?
A blue label with white text on it (Dr. Bronner's soap label)
June 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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For your consideration.
NYT ballot for the best movies of the 21st century featuring 10 fast and furious titles.
June 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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This poster of Bezos keeps showing up wheatpasted on light poles in my neighborhood, and I am HERE FOR IT.
A poster pasted on to the bottom of a gray lamp post with a picture of a bald man wearing a tuxedo (Jeff Bezos). The text reads "WARNING Dangerous Oligarch Loose In Your Area"
May 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Top panel: a picture of a goose with thia quote in white type: "A goose's beam is comprised of four elements: Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Potassium". The panel below is a closeup of a goose honking with the periodic table of these elements overlaid: H O N K
May 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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No one:

No one anywhere:

Literally no one in the entire universe:

NYT: Crypto orb futures are so hot right now.
Screenshot from the NYT with the headline "Could eye-scanning crypto orbs save us from a bot apocalypse?" And a picture of a gated doorway with a creepy surveillance camera/orb in front of it.
May 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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A portrait of Mrs. Johnson, everyone (at least according to the Muppet wiki). Something something Boomer humor about ugly/nagging wife.
A blue puppet (Mr. Johnson of Muppets fame) looking aghast at a portrait of his wife (Mrs. Johnson), an older blue woman in a red dress with a pink doily collar, wearing round glasses and a wide grin, with her gray hair pulled up in a bun.
April 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Simpler times.
The actor Elliott Gould (wearing brown overalls and a white tee shirt) and Grover (a blue monster puppet from Sesame Street) pose on the cover of TV Guide. The text reads "Editor: You got those photos of Elliott Gould and Grover? Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you said. Editor: what"
March 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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An animated still of Piglet from Winnie the Pooh looking at the viewer with a mixture of disdain and disgust.
March 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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The post also features this amazing image.
Image of a horse with different areas on the horse colored green, yellow, and red, titled "how to groom a horse, according to horse games." Horses in games do not like their legs groomed.
November 21, 2024 at 9:21 PM
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#tbt to that one time in September when my local grocery store (the Jewels iykyk) sent me the following flyer.

#halfwaytostpatsday
A green flyer reading "Jewel Osco Celebrate Half Way to St. Patrick's Day All Week!" A green flyer with a spread of traditional Irish food pictured and a coupon for $5 off that reads "Save Some Green on St. Patrick's Classics"
November 14, 2024 at 12:21 PM
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I can't believe we hired Stephen Miller for season 5. #kendallroy #succession
Screenshot of yesterday's NYT featuring a picture of Stephen Miller wearing a baseball cap, aviator sunglasses, a blue collared shirt, and a blue sport coat.
November 12, 2024 at 2:15 PM
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Gaming Democracy got its first Amazon review. Thanks, Elon!
Amazon review for Gaming Democracy which calls if "The New Harlequin Novel for AWFLs"
November 10, 2024 at 12:46 AM