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I 'm actually not gonna touch this one, it was a R eally bad idea to start with for A n acrostic. Let's just enjoy the N ice weather and have some beers

@markfrost.bsky.social Hi Mark, I work on a podcast called Panic World, where we focus on tech, conspiracy theories, and current events, especially those impacted by the weird stuff that happens on the internet and eventually creeps its way into the mainstream and causes everybody to... panic.

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4 days of the week are pretty bad, but there's 0 bad ones on the weekend, and 0 percent chance of not having some fun till M onday :) I L L have to speed this up because I'll run O ut of characters, 'N' it's past 5 so it's legal to D rink O ne L ager—or L et's make it A few R efreshing P L A N E

A L ittle C at told me that — A fter yet another long week — it's T ime to have some fun :) Personally, I'm R eady to have A few frosty pints, and then get some Z zzs

H ey, I couldn't E ven think of one head- L ine to focus on because it's all bad P lease let's just have a nice time

G ee, I'd prefer—after a L ong week—to not feel O bligated to think about B ankruptcy A nd turmoil, but hell, L et's have a R eal cold beer or E ight 'C ause E ven if we're not gonna be the S uperpower going forward, I wanna go down S winging— I mean swilling—and have at least O N e more good time

T ime for A beer— R ecession might be a'comin', but I don't think that means having a little F un is F orbidden! S o long as he can't put excise taxes on that too

S o I ’m on this platform and I don’t know what I’m G oing to do with it N ow, but I do know one thing: I’m gonna have A beer or three, because this L ong damn week is over :)