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Aaron Sarka

@asarka.bsky.social

Chicago writer, actor, dad, non-profit project manager

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Celebrating 20 years of war crimes.

05.12.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In a better world, The Duffer Brothers used "Wuthering Heights" and now there are a bunch of kids in my son's preschool unironically named Cathy and Heathcliff.

04.12.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

White, Pantone. That color is called "white".

04.12.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Aw. Look at his jacket. That's cute.

03.12.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Or, hear me out, quick game of Heads-Up Seven-Up.

03.12.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Go to sleep.

03.12.2025 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At this point there's literally nothing to lose. It won't cost you your job and if it does you'll get so many more jobs.

02.12.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pitting Alison Brie against Ellie Kemper as the department store spokespeople feels aggressively targetedβ€”yet strangely validating.

02.12.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Kids Can Press company logo and logo and image of Franklin character with statement text,”Franklin the Turtle is a beloved Canadian icon who has inspired generations of children and stands for kindness, empathy, and inclusivity. We strongly condemn any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin’s name or image, which directly contradicts these values.”

Kids Can Press company logo and logo and image of Franklin character with statement text,”Franklin the Turtle is a beloved Canadian icon who has inspired generations of children and stands for kindness, empathy, and inclusivity. We strongly condemn any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin’s name or image, which directly contradicts these values.”

01.12.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 15061    πŸ” 4044    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 665

This lack of quality control screams "AI helped".

02.12.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Look up Fred Armisen's family history for a shocking example of this.

01.12.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That jump for Democrats between Bumbles and Nessie is going to keep me up tonight.

26.11.2025 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Democrats believe in the Carl Sagan "too many planets for there not to be life out there" sort of aliens.
The Republicans believe in the whole "I don't understand math so aliens had to have built the pyramids" type of alien.
The Independents all have a friend with a "probe" story.

25.11.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It sure is, see.

22.11.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

MTG can now go back to being Magic: The Gathering.

22.11.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly how much historical dirt on Trump would the mayor of New York City be able to access?

21.11.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I understand that shame was perverted into a tool to hurt people and punch down, but we really should start embracing the idea of shame as conscious and start getting real Jiminy Cricket in people's faces.

20.11.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A great example of the massive gulf in understanding between newsrooms and the American people. There's like five Democrats out there actively trying to protect people like Bill Clinton. Most of them are really excited to cut off the rot.

20.11.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And maybe it's as simple as some executives believing that wild speculation is good for ratings especially when the reality starts to become much more predictable.

20.11.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sure someone has studied the ever widening gulf between what news-rooms think America is like and what it's actually like, but it is alarming how often they find themselves catching up with reality after months of wild speculation.

20.11.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.

If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

20.11.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 20457    πŸ” 8507    πŸ’¬ 1022    πŸ“Œ 1079

To be clear "a simple answer" is the same as a "final solution".

They did away with subtly months ago.

20.11.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looper will now only remind me of Will Forte's character in the Great North encountering another character who looked similar to him and noting that people talk about that happening all the time in the Looper fan forums.

19.11.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also "enjoyer" is a horrible word and I want to kill it with fire.

19.11.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Douse me in hut dust.

19.11.2025 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Your mistake has been thinking that people need to hear your thought exercise about how we're not truly fascist because "look at all the fun things we get to do"

16.11.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here

15.11.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 47009    πŸ” 11854    πŸ’¬ 1187    πŸ“Œ 479

Someone tell Bovino to read up on events like "The Winter War" and ask him if he feels like fighting us in a Chicago winter.

14.11.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If this Highlander remake isn't a fantastic fever dream with a Queen soundtrack, is it even a Highlander movie?

14.11.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you think (correctly) that tech bros and Nazis ruined journalism and politics why are you still on X or Substack

13.11.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 181    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

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