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Tom Flamson
@tflamson.bsky.social
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Public Health Research Scientist. Erstwhile Anthropologist, Brazilianist, and World Humor Expert™
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God i love this app
A screenshot of the first part in this thread ("I'm here at a board meeting..."), followed by a link to "View full thread"x followed by the post directly above about "the sex toy business allegations"
November 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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What the fuck is 2025 Martin Scorsese doing in this 1972 sci fi horror film?!
A close up of the quoted image, showing a clearly time-traveling modern-day Martin Scorsese in a movie from over 50 years ago
November 1, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Hell's yeah! Just lit the first of the season
A blazing fire in a fireplace
October 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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A new player has entered the arena
The classic painting of Plato and Aristotle philosophizing A Twitter screenshot of @mikey_almeida saying 'It's always 2 dumb bitches telling each other "exactlyyyyy"' A skeet from Jason Furman saying "I discuss this and more with Ross Douthat." and a link to a NYT article
October 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Some televangelist with his eyes closed in prayer saying "Jesus, I see what you've done for other people, and I want that for me."
October 24, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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The viable mainstream competitor:
October 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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The Tim Heidecker "It's Free Real Estate" meme, except it says "It's Tim Robinson"
October 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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October 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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A cartoon drawing of a woman saying "Waow" with a concerned look on her face while secretly thinking "based based based based based based based based based"
October 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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October 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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October 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Rare import version of
The cover of Heavenly's album The Decline and Fall of Heavenly, which features a black kitten in front of white paper cut-out roman columns and wearing an adorable little crown laurel
September 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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A Peanuts panel with Lucy turning away from a TV set and responding "Christ, what an asshole"
September 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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In the future, when the algorithm decides everyone's jobs for them, this exchange will be why anyone who loves vanilla ice cream was forced to become a TV critic
A screenshot of Emily's original post, Linda's response (with several skipped) and then Alan's response to Linda. If you're reading this you just read those posts so I'm not gonna re write them all
September 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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A drawing of a man angrily pointing at himself in the mirror, like this asshole accusing someone else of only being interested in "wielding and building online clout" and being "completely corrosive to the actual practice of resistance, organizing, or protest"
September 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Found it:
A quote of Marisa's prompt with this list: Telepathy Tapes Club Random Red Scare Frenemies (Ret.) Leftovers (Ret.)
September 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Ready for winter
A 19' x 5' stack of madrone logs, with the top half looking lighter than the bottom half because I just split that top shit this weekend
September 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Look out everyone, he's gonna do the meme!
The panel from the Matt Bors cartoon where a medieval serf says "we should improve society somewhat" and an asshole pops out of a well to say "yet you participate in society. Curious! I am very intelligent."
September 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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A drawing of a man angrily pointing at himself in the mirror, much like this asshole chud telling everyone else they're posting cope
September 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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A white kitten on a black couch looks very happy while it stands in front of a juicebox that says "juice that u drink when u are happy"
September 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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This abandoned mid-century modern hotel in Fortaleza, Brazil, has since been torn down, but I used to marvel at its beautiful combination of decay and growth
An abandoned white hotel, with boarded up windows and graffiti on the street-level exterior. On the upper stories, a number of trees are growing.
September 9, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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A drawing of a shell-shocked soldier exhibiting a 1000-yard-stare
September 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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How I incorporate AI into my everyday workflow to enhance productivity
The scene from Children of Men where one guys says he's not worried about the state of things because, as he says, "I just don't think about it," while a giant inflatable pig flies by in the background. Except now the pig is labeled "ChatBots"
September 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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A panel of Peanuts, with Lucy turning from a television to say "Christ, what an asshole."
August 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Y'all ever seen a platonic ideal in the wild before?
A post by Paula Poundstone saying "I just listened to Heather Cox Richardson's interview with Gavin Newsom. When we defeat the Fascism that had grown like a house mold around us, it'll be because of all of us, and especially these two people." It was reposted by Joyce Carol Oates and carries the "Joined Nov '24" tag
August 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM