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Greg "The Horror of Existence" Machlin

@gregmachlin.bsky.social

I write with VivaciousVandal. Won an Inevitable Fellowship for writers with disabilities. AFF Semifinalist 2025. Welcome to Bsky, or "Good Twitter," as I call it!

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Daniel Carlson
@danielwcarlson.bsky.social
Hi, I'm Sam Handwich, owner and founder of Sam Handwich's Ham Sandwiches. When my father gave me this name, I vowed to one day kill him. I've harnessed that anger into a passion for quality meat and deli products, and I'm here today to tell you about our new spring menu
December 28, 2023 at 10:10 PM

Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social Hi, I'm Sam Handwich, owner and founder of Sam Handwich's Ham Sandwiches. When my father gave me this name, I vowed to one day kill him. I've harnessed that anger into a passion for quality meat and deli products, and I'm here today to tell you about our new spring menu December 28, 2023 at 10:10 PM

23.11.2025 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 66    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very alarming thread about Roblox. Had no idea about any of this.

23.11.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

First you get down on your knees,
Fiddle with your rosaries,
Bow your head with great respect and
Genuflect, genuflect, genuflect

23.11.2025 07:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

23.11.2025 03:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 206    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 50
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Beetlejuice GIF Alt: On the left, a corpse with white makeup and wild blond hair named Beetlejuice talks to a couple in their 30s to his right, a woman in a pink dress and a man with glasses, a black and white checkered shirt.

Okay, so I am only listening to the full soundtrack to Beetlejuice: The Musical NOW, so TIL Beetlejuice the character has a training montage song where he tries to get the Maitlands to be scary, and itโ€™s awesome.

23.11.2025 07:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

for reasons that escape me, Bskyโ€™s GIF game isโ€ฆ not strong.

23.11.2025 06:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Polyamory is the only solution. All these people are too hot.

Dinklage is working HARD to make us forget how hot he is. No other Malvolio has had more hotness to overcome.

22.11.2025 02:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m about to watch the Shakespeare in the Park version of Twelfth Night, so prepare for screeching skeets.
If youโ€™re on the eastern seaboard and you hear the sounds of a dying pterodactyl: donโ€™t worry, I just want to make sweet love to all these characters.

22.11.2025 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There is nothing wrong with autism

23.11.2025 05:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 241    ๐Ÿ” 53    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Hi, the new season of โ€œA Man on the Inside,โ€ a TV show I worked on, hits Netflix today. Ted Danson is in it! Also Mary Steenburgen, Gary Cole, Max Greenfield, David Strathairn, Lisa Gilroy, Stephanie Beatriz, Jason Mantzoukas, and many more funny people. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

20.11.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1153    ๐Ÿ” 72    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59    ๐Ÿ“Œ 34

I have that exact question! Iโ€™m a Beginner-level chaos magick practitioner.

23.11.2025 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For a friend: #Pennsylvania 1st amendment attorneys:
I have a friend suddenly fired from his university position for assigning a VERY benign essay about virtue that some auditing students deemed โ€œtoo politicalโ€.
He was given no opportunity to protest, & needs someone pro-bono ASAP.
Itโ€™s urgent.

23.11.2025 00:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
A post with photo of a programmable highway sign in a snowy area with tall pine trees; the sign says "Do Not Let Moose." The post itself says "YOU FOOLS. YOU LET MOOSE."

A post with photo of a programmable highway sign in a snowy area with tall pine trees; the sign says "Do Not Let Moose." The post itself says "YOU FOOLS. YOU LET MOOSE."

21.11.2025 03:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 90    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
ence morse
@ence.bsky.social

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections โ€”
140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.

ence morse @ence.bsky.social We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com. We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections โ€” 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.

ence morse
@ence.bsky.social

The partisan divide has grown, too. The wealthiest 100 tended to give more to Republicans than to Democrats before last year. But giving to the GOP spiked in 2024, with *84%* of donations going to back Republicans or conservative PACs.

ence morse @ence.bsky.social The partisan divide has grown, too. The wealthiest 100 tended to give more to Republicans than to Democrats before last year. But giving to the GOP spiked in 2024, with *84%* of donations going to back Republicans or conservative PACs.

ence morse
@ence.bsky.social
Why do they give?
"If you're a billionaire, you want to stay a billionaire,'
" John Catsimatidis told
@bethreinhard.bsky.social. "I worry about
America and the way of life we have."

ence morse @ence.bsky.social Why do they give? "If you're a billionaire, you want to stay a billionaire,' " John Catsimatidis told @bethreinhard.bsky.social. "I worry about America and the way of life we have."

meme of a goose โ€” first panel he calmly says โ€œwho's ruining america.โ€ second panel heโ€™s angrily chasing a man and yelling โ€œWHO'S RUINING AMERICA MOTHERFUCKERโ€

meme of a goose โ€” first panel he calmly says โ€œwho's ruining america.โ€ second panel heโ€™s angrily chasing a man and yelling โ€œWHO'S RUINING AMERICA MOTHERFUCKERโ€

๐Ÿ˜’

22.11.2025 05:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 444    ๐Ÿ” 108    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Bro!!! Bro, your petard, bro!!! Look out, dude!!!! That thing could straight up hoist you!!! Bro!! BRO!!!!

22.11.2025 02:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 137    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

FWIW I thought your post was dead-on accurate. thereโ€™s a non-zero number of bad faith leftists. You should do whateverโ€™s best for your mental health but I hope you stay on Bsky.

You are very much allowed block as many of those people as you want!

21.11.2025 17:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Shakespeare's Globe | LEGOยฎ Ideas Shakespeare's Globe is a world famous theatre in London. This set recreates it's iconic shape and style, whilst celebrating the many plays of William Shakespearโ€ฆ

Oh my God. Bluesky, you know what to do!! @shakespeare.lol

beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

19.11.2025 18:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 386    ๐Ÿ” 166    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 49
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I was like "oh maybe I'll read THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS script" and opened the PDF and damn near screamed

20.11.2025 04:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maine is the state closest to Africa

21.11.2025 02:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 193    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I learned about these lil dudes about a month ago and I am still not over it:

21.11.2025 02:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 205    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share

21.11.2025 01:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1037    ๐Ÿ” 179    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 629    ๐Ÿ“Œ 859
Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry

Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry

Dog curled up in a red robe with part of her face covered and a single striking eye staring directly at the camera

Dog curled up in a red robe with part of her face covered and a single striking eye staring directly at the camera

27.07.2024 02:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 76    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Really important to duck into right-wing media from time to time, if you can manage it. Blaze is Glenn Beck's site. Beck is still going very very strong. The editor is a top guys at the Claremont Institute, making Blaze the public face of that institution's efforts to build fascism--full stop.

20.11.2025 18:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

My pet (conspiracy?) theory is that widespread Covid infections (and reinfections) gave people literal brain damage, and that's why everything feels so damn stupid these days.

18.11.2025 00:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I really hate it when scientists keep saying that โ€œwe need to rebuild trust in science,โ€ because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.

19.11.2025 21:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13967    ๐Ÿ” 3607    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 231    ๐Ÿ“Œ 157

Im pretty sure there are better rhyme schemes out there especially for folks whoโ€™ve read it more recently, but not bad for a first attemptโ€ฆ

20.11.2025 01:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But now he has amnesia,
And all his crew have died (la la la)
Heโ€™s all alone, his ship broke down,
This ainโ€™t no theme park ride (La la la)

now keep in mind he thinks heโ€™s alone
Until he hears a knock
Heโ€™ll have to save the universe
With the help of a sentient rockโ€ฆ

20.11.2025 01:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œIn the not-too-distant future,
Tomorrow A.D.
There was a guy named Ryland Grace,
not too different from you or me!
He worked teaching science to young minds,
then helped NASA to stop bugs of all kinds,
He had a good-looking, squarish face
but the sun was getting eaten so they shot him into SPACEโ€ฆโ€

20.11.2025 01:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

but now he has amnesia,
And all his crew have died (la la la)
Heโ€™s all alone, his ship broke down,
This ainโ€™t no theme park ride (La la la)

now keep in mind he thinks heโ€™s alone
Until he hears a knock
Heโ€™ll have to save the universe
With the help of a sentient rockโ€ฆ

20.11.2025 01:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œIn the not-too-distant future,
Tomorrow A.D.
There was a guy named Ryland Grace,
not too different from you or me!

He worked teaching science to young minds,
then helped NASA stop bugs of all kinda,
He had a good-looking, squarish face
but the sun was getting eaten so they shot him into SPACEโ€ฆ.โ€

20.11.2025 01:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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