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Gael Fashingbauer Cooper

@gaelfc.bsky.social

Seattle by way of Twin Cities. Journalist and pop-culture junkie. Co-author of “Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops?” and “The Totally Sweet ‘90s.”

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Who needs the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade when you have the fever dream of Fun In Balloonland? Please enjoy about ~1 minute of the most insane yet somehow real footage you will ever see.

27.11.2025 16:40 — 👍 317    🔁 128    💬 18    📌 26
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11/24/1988

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A small tabby kitten clings to the bars of her crate, showing off her incredible spotty belly. She is screaming and I'm almost sure you can hear it through the photo.

A small tabby kitten clings to the bars of her crate, showing off her incredible spotty belly. She is screaming and I'm almost sure you can hear it through the photo.

RELEASE ME.

AM NOT CRIMBINAL.

DO NOT DESERVE JAIL.

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narrator: 50 years ago...

me: [nods] in 1945

narrator: in 1975...

me: what

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I feel like the pope being an American cinephile is God finally rewarding Scorsese for a lifetime of devotion

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A&M what in the world...

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Thy rod—mortal or immortal, here I die.

05.11.2025 05:47 — 👍 104    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 6

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

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POSTGAME: JJ McCarthy clutch as Vikings defeat Lions Podcast Episode · Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast · 11/03/2025 · 55m

If you’re a Vikes fan this postgame episode from @matthewcoller.bsky.social and @danemizutani.bsky.social is an all timer. Suddenly I don’t want to murder this team.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

04.11.2025 00:31 — 👍 19    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.

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My god, the Dodgers are putting Sandy Koufax in

28.10.2025 05:36 — 👍 444    🔁 62    💬 10    📌 3

They look like they’re cosplaying as Century 21 Realtors from the 80s.

27.10.2025 01:20 — 👍 36    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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A ★★★★ review of The Goodbye Girl (1977) A truly sparky, amiable, chemistry-filled and charismatic romcom with three terrific performances from Richard Dreyfuss and Martha Mason, as an actor and a dancer forced to share an apartment, and Qui...

The Goodbye Girl is a beautifully-made, sparky romcom. There’s just one problem: the 1970s. boxd.it/boD68x

17.10.2025 14:37 — 👍 51    🔁 4    💬 8    📌 1

Then stop calling him Prince Andrew.

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2025 ALCS presented by loanDepot
SEA leads series 3-2
Blue Jays 2, Mariners 6
Pictured: Eugenio Suárez shows emotion after hitting a go-ahead grand slam. He is wearing a white Mariners uniform with teal outline.

2025 ALCS presented by loanDepot SEA leads series 3-2 Blue Jays 2, Mariners 6 Pictured: Eugenio Suárez shows emotion after hitting a go-ahead grand slam. He is wearing a white Mariners uniform with teal outline.

THE @MARINERS ARE ONE WIN AWAY FROM THEIR FIRST-EVER WORLD SERIES APPEARANCE 😮

18.10.2025 01:11 — 👍 134    🔁 31    💬 2    📌 7

Me: This must be such a stressful moment for Cal Raleigh. I can't imagine the pressure.

Cal Raleigh: [doink]

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The Cal Raleigh homer got 155 feet off the ground and was picked up by the radar at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. 😮

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You’ve gotta imagine Seattle native Sir Mix-A-Lot is having the time of his life watching Cal Raleigh

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83yo Paul McCartney with *significantly* more pyro than any of us expected.

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Ok if we make it to 16 let’s put them all in rollerblades.

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Finally, something that will pull Seattle out of the slump its been in since the untimely death of Kurt Cobain

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At least I have options.

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This is more fun than the other half

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Is it just me or is this Amazon proof of delivery photo showing that my delivery dude FLUNG the package at my door and snapped the photo in mid-air?

28.08.2025 22:56 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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On-plane announcement: “Welcome aboard our Sun Country flight to… (pause, rumbling noises, distant whisper of ‘It’s Seattle right??’) …Seattle.”

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Then later the guy said “Edward is taking Charles’ side and Anne is on a horse somewhere unreachable.” Anne has the right idea there.

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I am watching a Prince Andrew Netflix show (fictionalization of the BBC interview) and in this scene he is letting his dogs out to pee and keeps telling them to “do your wuss-wuss.” I guess that’s Royal for “pee” or “do your business.”

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Do NOT take your five eels on to the elevator.

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Ye are not other men, but my arms and my legs; and so obey me.

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