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A dead man's switch.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

A dead man's switch.

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  • “Columbo #S01E02 Ransom for a Dead Man 01:05:33”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “It seems the entity even fears the mighty wrath of Dead Man! lol”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “In January 1852, I left Nathan King in Cumberland Co., NC. King hired me from a dead man's estate like I was a tool for rent. They called me a “runaway,” but I was just a husband going home to my wife in Fayetteville. My name was MIKE. #slavery #BlackHistory #NC”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Not a philosopher on Earth has stopped us from getting to where we are. So, I don't need to re-read a dead man's thoughts about a society he doesn't live in. I like wasting my time, but not that much.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Now that the season finale of "Daredevil: Born Again" is out, can I just say that between "Wake Up Dead Man", "Hoppers" and "Born Again", it is fascinating how so much Second Trump Era pop culture is about how the evil people who have killed and want to kill you deserve "grace."”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(slang) A bottle of alcoholic drink that has been consumed.

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#3·Apr 27, 2026

(UK, slang, obsolete) An extra loaf stolen from a bakery by a servant who smuggles it into the customer's basket (and sometimes fraudulently charges it to the customer).

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  • “i know a skz song will inevitably end up being my most played of the year but it's going to be VERY impressive when it surpasses the voyager/dead man walking/mmchk big three”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Trump better hope Putin does not have a dead man switch.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “He lost the war against covid19 too. We had the worst fatality record for a country in the western world. The all the money that was loaned out to him and his friends under the guise of a payroll protection plan. They’d steal the pennies off the dead man’s eyes back in the day.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Bits and pieces and Bits and pieces and Bits and pieces and Bits and pieces and Song: Weird Science Album: Dead Man's Party”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “It did not speak, merely watched the dead man do like all dead men. Grasp as breath they can no longer take, bleed blood that will never pump again. He had no sympathy for men. The wolf tilted its head with curiosity.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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