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Justin Muschong
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Writer of funny novels and plays. Sometimes I have thoughts on movies.
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He got mad at me for prioritizing chores over pets.
A heft gray cat with all four legs wrapped around a human forearm. The hand is stroking the cat's face, yet the cat still stares balefully into the camera, as if to say, "Don't ever let this happen again."
November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Bringing this one back.
A still from the TV show Detroiters in which Sam Richardson is saying, "We beat you, you lost, you're a piece of shit, and nobody loves you."
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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A still from the Kids in the Hall sketch "Cause of Cancer" captioned "I'm sorry I caused all that [Harris Loss]."
November 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Dressed for the job he wants (Pets Receiver)
A gray cat with huge bat ears and large green eyes standing on a coach and wearing a pink and blue striped tie with a white dress shirt collar.
October 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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This cardboard box is sarcastic in three languages.
The bottom of a cardboard box. It has white script that says "Pro Tip: Open from the OTHER side" in English, French, and Spanish
October 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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A closeup of a victim from the film Salò, which is about fascists torturing people for kicks, when she is about to be forced to eat shit. An AI image of a fascist in a jet dumping shit onto a city.
October 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Doing the damn thing.
The No Kings march in Times Square
October 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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New people joining Bluesky? Time to #post #cat
My gray cat on the couch, staring with tender love at the camera (me), my hand gently stroking the side of his stupid face
October 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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A close up of a cat. Just a cat. A gray cat, with a green-eyed gaze burrowing into your soul. He's speaking to you somehow. You hear his words in your mind. "Danny? The man next door? He hates you. He's planning to kill you. I see this in the early mornings, when you are asleep and I am staring out the window. Danny, at the wheel of his SUV, just before he drives to work. He dreams about slamming it into you the next time you leave the house." Yes, you agree. That makes sense. Danny has always seemed a little odd. But what do I do? "Get him," says the gray cat. "Get him before he gets you." Yes, thank you. That is exactly what I will do. You're so smart. "I deserve a treat. And some catnip." Yes. Yes, you do.
October 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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This is not a joke by the way
My brand new Le Creuset coffee mug, which I like a great deal
October 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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A still from a Kids in the Hall sketch in which a record store clerk (Bruch McCulloch) lectures a customer (Kevin Thompson) on how to become a Doors fan.
October 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Simpsons still of the park ranger saying "Quiet, you drunk"
September 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Getting raptured
A still from the Itchy and Scratchy when Poochie returns to his home planet
September 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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🎶 You are forgiven 🎶
The head of a large gray cat nuzzled against a hand, his green eyes staring into the camera
September 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Pouting after Pah-Paw had the temerity to take him to the vet.
A large gray cat stretched out on a wooden floor, arms forward and head hangdog in a Peanuts-like way
September 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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He's trapped me.
A gray cat lying sideways on a duvet. A man's hand is petting the cat's face. The cat's paws are wrapped around the man's wrist. The cat has an expression of grim satisfaction, as if it knows it has done something evil but is relishing in it.
September 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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I usually don't play or, if I start, stop halfway through because I start overthinking strategies and waste time dredging titles out of my brain. But after 1%ing the top row on some very not obscure titles, I had to keep going.
My results for today's Cinematrix
September 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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A still of Dave Foley from a Kids in the Hall sketch in which he is on trial and clearly lying under oath captioned with the quote "I would never lie under oath, not to *God*"
September 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Holy shit this show looks amazing
A photograph of the Amazon Prime listing for a 1999 show called Julia & Jacque Cooking at Home. The picture shows Julia Child holding a gun and smiling at Jacques, who has the demeanor of a placating hostage
September 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Alan Partridge
August 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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This gives me big Jean Teasdale vibes.
A short piece from the NYT's Morning newsletter, "Hurricane Erin," by Erin McCann, subhed, "I'm watching this storm a little more closely than usual." The piece reads: I like to think I'm not a destructive person. A little clumsy, maybe. Not terribly tidy. But not a menace. Yet a storm bearing my name is the year's first Atlantic hurricane; it may even become a Category 4. Storms get names, so this isn't odd — except that my job is to assign and edit stories about coming storms. My colleagues have started referring to Hurricane Erin and Storm Erin to keep things straight. "Erin's raging," one joked yesterday. "I'm updating Erin," said another. Wait — the story or the editor? We Erins have been here before. We got added to the list of names used for tropical cyclones in 1989. Ours comes up every six years. So the fifth storm this year, for E, means I'm in the news again. No Erin has been destructive enough to make officials retire the name. That's good: I don't want my name to strike fear. (Except when reporters miss deadline!) This time, Hurricane Erin is likely to turn away from land by next week, so even if it musters some menace, it will do so at sea. More sound than fury. (Also, same.)
August 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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We are staying in Cassis, where all the establishing shots have that "Ohhhhhhhh ahhhhh weeeee ahhhh ohh-ohhhh" music underneath.
A stone beach on the Mediterranean in the bright afternoon, colorful beach umbrellas and blankets and people across the rocks, the sea a greenish blue, Cape Canaille directly across. The green-topped lighthouse in Cassis as the sun sets. In the foreground are docked boats and a planter with flowers hanging from a lamppost. The docks at Cassis, white boats of various sizes, the orange rays of the setting sun on Cape Cannaille in the distance. Rocky cliffs running along the Mediterranean, boats below them for scale.
August 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Yesterday we found out Lyon has a cat cafe. Today we went to the cat cafe.
A gray cay sitting on a counter. She has yellow eyes and her ears are up. She is staring at something to the left. She has a red bandanna and a old name tag that says "Louise." A fluffy Siamese cat sitting on a table. She has gormless blue eyes, a pink bandanna, and a that says "Elizabeth." A tabby-ish cat with a Persian face sitting on the floor next to a cupboard with a red and purple bandanna. Her name is Nicole. Elizabeth the Persian cat sitting on a chair at a table staring over the table at the photographer. There is a hint of a smile to her expression, if cats could smile. Mischievousness, perhaps. It is as if she is amused by his poor French.
July 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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I'm brain addled enough that I saw this majestic view and first thought, "Hey, it's the village from A GOOD YEAR (2006)!"
A photograph of the majestic Provençal village of Gordes, brown houses climbing up a hillside with green wine country beyond.
July 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Our hotel in Avignon is managed by Topaz, a glorious Maine Coon who oversees the crew (two other cats).
A Maine Coon cat laying on a white tile floor. His thick fur is mostly gray around his body and is darker on his head and legs. He has green eyes, with the pupils two black slits. His whiskers and the fur below are reminiscent of a forked beard, like the postman painted by Van Gogh.
July 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM