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  I still can't tell if Lanterns is going to be good or not. It's in that slow burn beginning stage where it's either getting up to something great or else going to spin its wheels until I get exasperated and tap out. I am a serious Green Lantern dork from way back. I really want this not to suck.

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  Very glad that, as I was reaching for shorts and a t-shirt this morning, I realized I would be spending the day in a hospital waiting room, where they test out the new blast chillers. Dressed for fall instead.

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  Doctors: C'mon. Do better.

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  @jimfl "no, not that way. you'll nick the vein—oh, me dammit"

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  wife is home from surgery and I am relieved to see that she is doing well, better even than I had hoped. I just got her post-op meds and now she's laid up in bed with a small puppydog. Which is the best medicine. We decided to give #SqueakyPete an extra daycare day because releasing a 70-pound hyperactive velcro pit bull who misses his momma would be kind of like firing a cannon at her. She needs to be sitting or lying down when he sees her.

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  brb gonna go live my life so that the people who know me get anywhere near this upset when I die

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  I'm glad that I got a hankering for funeral potatoes and decided to make them for dinner tonight.

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  I just heard someone say "all the cool kids use Kubernetes" and...my dude...

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  @TheBreadmonkey @adhdeanasl @Alice @mothninja I've been thinking about migrating to beige but I wanted to check and make sure (1) that y'all are cool with that, (2) that nothing weird will happen to me, and (3) that there are no minimum personal hygiene requirements.

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  @jimfl @TheBreadmonkey @adhdeanasl @Alice @mothninja this sounds troubling

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  are there storms that build people new homes now, or something?

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  Me : WHEW Wife: How was your walk? Me: Sticky! Brain: you mean... Me: Wait, let's talk about this Brain: IT'S STICKY TO WALK AROUND TO WALK AROUND THAT'S RIGHT ON TIME IT'S STICKAAAAAY Me: goddamn it Brain: STICKY STICKY STICKY STICKY

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  Exciting news, everyone

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  Just saw two white dudes with the same tattoo and realized that, whenever I see that, even if I don't know what the symbol is for, my immediate thought is "well, that can't be good."

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  Arkansas Public Television is saved, thanks to a huge grassroots fundraising effort and a whole lot of public screaming. It isn't getting turned into some MAGAtainment cultural vacuum, thank god. The lesson here, I think, is when they go low, we pick up whatever useful piece of building material is at hand, and we swing it as hard as we can. Then we get to work. https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2026/06/04/grassroots-statewide-effort-saves-arkansas-pbs-for-now

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  Conversation at dinner tonight: References to His Dark Materials ➡️ I wish I had an armored bear ➡️ we should get armor for Pete ➡️ I wonder how expensive that would be ➡️ maybe instead we make a saddle for him and get a monkey ➡️ wait, instead of a monkey, how about our grandnephew?

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  Vox last month: "AI datacenters are GOOD for rural communities, actually" Me: wtf is happening here News two days later: One of the Murdochs has purchased Vox Me: ah yes the universe makes sense again

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  We are behind a semi that is camped out in the passing lane. One of his rear trailer doors is labeled "DO NOT PASS ON THE RIGHT" my dude I know of a solid strategy to ensure that

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  Back home from vacation a day early. Dad had a stroke. He's fine, partially paralyzed but stable and back at the nursing home. Brother came down to be with us. I'm kind of hoping for a quick and easy exit now, but we're taking it a day at a time.

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  If Ellen Burstyn had married Red Buttons, would her name be Ellen Burstyn-Buttons?

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  Reading Calvino today and just came to this sentence: "The house, in its wisdom, seems to have taken advantage of your moments of euphoria to prepare itself to shelter you in your moments of depression." Reader, I just got owned from Italy circa 1979.

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  My favorite thing about writing the word "y'all's" is that it has two apostrophes and that makes me feel fancy, like I'm French or something

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  RE: https://mefi.social/@best_of_mltshp/116637235836084184 would

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  in which Lucy Darling comes to terms with regional cuisine https://youtube.com/shorts/VgOToFl6m38

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  I saw a reference to Deep Purple three hours ago and have had In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida stuck in my head ever since. And, yes, I know that was Iron Butterfly and not Deep Purple. My brain doesn't seem to care. Dow! Dow! Dowdowdowdow! Dow! Dow! Dow!

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  the plural of Windex is Windices

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  Today is Mugsy's ninth birthday. He is old and cranky and likes to scream at everything that walks past our house. And I love him. He is eating his birthday cookie, which I had to bust up with a rolling pin for him, as I write this. Happy birthday, Booger Shoes. You're a good boy. #mastodogs #dogsofmastodon Edit: forgot alt text, sorry

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  Nick Offerman is a national treasure and must be protected at all costs. A permanent secret service detail for him, Alan Tudyk, and their loved ones.

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  RE: https://mastodon.world/@mattmaison/116502572478766326 I'll play. In no particular order: Station Eleven The Leftovers Avatar: The Last Airbender The Wire Breaking Bad Severance Shrinking The Muppet Show (original run) Carnivale Deadwood Midnight Mass Star Trek TNG Star Trek SNW The Carol Burnette Show Battlestar Galactica (2004)

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  @Alice frustrating that I can't tell Roll Orientation from this