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Chris Pardua

@cpardua.bsky.social

Married and dad to five wonderful dogs and cats. Music/movie guy. Politically left, religiously disinterested. LGBTQ ally. He/him. No room here for racists, bigots, homophobes, transphobes or MAGAts.

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This was a good one. One of Bill's better works.

02.10.2025 02:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase โ€˜Thereโ€™s no such thing as a free lunchโ€™. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is โ€˜The only free cheese is in the mousetrapโ€™ - which is so much better

16.07.2025 06:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24591    ๐Ÿ” 5156    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 308    ๐Ÿ“Œ 209

Get bent, doughboy.

19.06.2025 01:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The last two SW releases have left me cold. I'm not sure what he's going for but I don't follow it.

08.04.2025 10:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

America is solidly in our, โ€œScream ourselves to sleep, shit ourselves awakeโ€ era.

04.04.2025 20:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21193    ๐Ÿ” 2333    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 462    ๐Ÿ“Œ 121
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He wore the cheesehead hat in WI. Spent $20 million. Paid people to sign petitions. Paid people to canvas. Did million dollar giveaways. A rally. TV interviews. But I guess people in Wisconsin didnโ€™t appreciate an oligarch trying to buy their civil liberties.

02.04.2025 01:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57331    ๐Ÿ” 10865    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3067    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1088

Can you appeal this?

31.03.2025 20:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There you are!

31.03.2025 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.

01.03.2025 01:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 64690    ๐Ÿ” 11171    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2010    ๐Ÿ“Œ 589

Hello!

11.02.2025 11:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just using a dog picture to test something out.

26.01.2025 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Testing something out here and using a dog picture to do it.  Say hi to everyone, Molly.

Testing something out here and using a dog picture to do it. Say hi to everyone, Molly.

26.01.2025 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Now is a great time to listen to this song. Play it loud and often!
#inauguration

19.01.2025 18:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gotta love ppl who work in book shops

12.01.2025 20:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31822    ๐Ÿ” 4549    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 372    ๐Ÿ“Œ 183
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#EmbarrassmentInChief ๐Ÿคฎ

10.01.2025 22:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 80783    ๐Ÿ” 15324    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2485    ๐Ÿ“Œ 911
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Everything stated in this post is a provable fact.

You are entitled to your own opinion.

You are not entitled to your own facts.

Looking at YOU, 2020 election-deniers.

04.01.2025 00:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 94864    ๐Ÿ” 23640    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2016    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1033

Who hasn't bowed to the Felon
publications:
Pro Publica
Rolling Stone
PBS
Vanity Fair
(Iโ€™m not sure, but maybe The New Yorker?)
Mother Jones Deadline Whitehouse with Nicole Wallace, The Rachel Maddow Show, The ReidOut with Joy Reid, The Last Word with Lawrence Oโ€™Donnell, All In with Chris Hayes.

15.12.2024 04:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31646    ๐Ÿ” 6869    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1554    ๐Ÿ“Œ 378

*At the Biden Thanksgiving Dinner*

Hunter: *belches loudly* Pardon me!

Joe: Alright! Fine then! But stop fucking going on about it.

02.12.2024 06:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 232    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Time magazine cover overlaying the towers of the Kremlin rising over the White House.

Time magazine cover overlaying the towers of the Kremlin rising over the White House.

Well played. And frighteningly accurate.

29.11.2024 20:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68530    ๐Ÿ” 13673    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1564    ๐Ÿ“Œ 658
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First, they came for the immigrants, and I did not speak outโ€”
Because I was not an immigrant.

Then they came for the homeless, and I did not speak outโ€”
Because I was not homeless.

Then they came for the...

Are we really going to sit back and just watch this?

20.11.2024 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13758    ๐Ÿ” 3613    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 419    ๐Ÿ“Œ 191

Hi, everybody!

19.11.2024 22:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We can't edit? ๐Ÿ˜ข

18.11.2024 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ten bands / artists that changed my life.

Pink Floyd
Marillion
Porcupine Tree (Steven Wilson in general)
Nine Inch Nails (nod to Trent's soundtrack work)
Motรถrhead
Gary Numan
The Wildhearts
KISS
Iron Maiden
R.E.M.
Honorable mention to The Cure because it took multiple attempts before I got it.

18.11.2024 03:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm a bit slow on the followbacks. Sorry about that

17.11.2024 21:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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17.11.2024 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38210    ๐Ÿ” 4989    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 710    ๐Ÿ“Œ 257
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Happy Life Day to all those who celebrate ๐Ÿ˜‚

17.11.2024 18:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post from writer Tom Nichols:

If you want to subvert a democracy, the first three institutions you try to capture with loyalists are the military, the justice system, and the intelligence community. Trump is on the offensive against all three.

Post from writer Tom Nichols: If you want to subvert a democracy, the first three institutions you try to capture with loyalists are the military, the justice system, and the intelligence community. Trump is on the offensive against all three.

The point of bringing in Hegseth, Gaetz and Gabbard is to burn it all to the ground. Senate: You must recognize this and stop it.

17.11.2024 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27786    ๐Ÿ” 6850    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 704    ๐Ÿ“Œ 240

Why do I get the feeling we are going to hold Trump accountable by documenting every broken campaign promise while the people he made the promises to wonโ€™t care?

17.11.2024 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22692    ๐Ÿ” 2237    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1803    ๐Ÿ“Œ 171

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