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Lanstronaut | Michigander | Midwestern as heck | co-runner of Lansing Facts | here to make dumb jokes, get smarter about politics, and occasionally post about sports (he/him)

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we’re getting new Kacey Musgraves and new Noah Kahan this spring. incredible times for the mentally unwell

13.03.2026 12:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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unsalted pretzels are how they catch serial killers. sociopath behavior

13.03.2026 00:52 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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13.03.2026 00:51 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So

AI is a scam to make people dumb so they can sell more smart to them

12.03.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

People tend to think of functional illiteracy as just being unable to read words aloud or such.

What it *really* means is such as not being able to perceive subtext, context, understand who the audience of something may be, etc.

Media illiteracy is fundamentally part of functional illiteracy.

02.03.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 755 πŸ” 194 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 9

pitching a Netflix reality dating show that’s set on an oil tanker called The Straights of Hormuz

11.03.2026 12:31 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The idea that America isn’t for everyone who wants to be an American is something that makes my blood boil. Posting a photo of yourself as a Congressman smiling next to these words is wicked. It’s antithetical to the concept of America.

11.03.2026 03:34 πŸ‘ 6428 πŸ” 1145 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 380

ladies and gentleman, please give a warm Georgia welcome to Jenna Turnipseed

11.03.2026 01:08 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Jenna Turnipseed can’t possibly be a real person

11.03.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this is how I access Bluesky

10.03.2026 11:59 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

(no, I didn’t know that)

10.03.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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10.03.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

it is my birthright as an xennial to play Semisonic’s Closing Time at the conclusion of any and all events

09.03.2026 23:34 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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wishing you all a happy International Women’s Day

08.03.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

a β€œking” who says you can β€œhave it your way”? sounds a lot like the antichrist to me

07.03.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

it’s time to put satanic panic to good use and convince evangelicals that AI slop is actually demonic incantations

07.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

they have them at Horrocks in Lansing, don’t know about the other locations

05.03.2026 11:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Furiously DMing death threats at the Joint Chiefs for fucking up my parlay

04.03.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

idk who needs to hear this but there appear to be like 10 seasons of Grand Designs on Apple TV rn

04.03.2026 01:39 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2

I thought I’d never go back to church, but if God told Karen Whitsett to retire, it may be time for some reevaluation.

03.03.2026 12:37 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

this is a great metaphor for the general state of things, where the company is willing to β€œsupport” victims while doing nothing about the actual person on their payroll causing the problem

03.03.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

having one of those weeks where you have to do dishes so that you have room to do dishes

02.03.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gen X/Millennials watching this administration try to derp its way into another wasteful and corrupt war in the Middle East

02.03.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

if we’re going to be governed by 12-year-olds, we should at least get free pizza in the cafeteria

28.02.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œthat’s not my European carry-all, baby”

28.02.2026 01:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fred Durst, International Man of Mystery

28.02.2026 01:18 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

someone on TikTok pointed out that if you made Austin Powers today with the same premise he would have been frozen in 1997 and now I need to go lie down

28.02.2026 01:17 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œhear me out” except we’re all saying the same thing

27.02.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Dana Carvey as Garth from Waynes world saying "He Does this every Friday."

Dana Carvey as Garth from Waynes world saying "He Does this every Friday."

He does this every Friday.

27.02.2026 15:02 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 5
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this is so god damn funny

26.02.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 860 πŸ” 225 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 44