Charlie
@abstrusination.bsky.social
Anachronistic, Absurdistic, bordering on Nihilistic
Live like you will die tomorrow; Garden like you will live Forever
Live like you will die tomorrow; Garden like you will live Forever
Puts a band-aid on a festering wound.
Says a prayer.
Eats a cookie
Watches a football game.
Says a prayer.
Eats a cookie
Watches a football game.
January 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Puts a band-aid on a festering wound.
Says a prayer.
Eats a cookie
Watches a football game.
Says a prayer.
Eats a cookie
Watches a football game.
found scribbled in a notebook dated 1981, unattributed -
To me he looks more like a Wilkes-Barre dentist who is being sought by the police in connection with the disappearance of a choir singer.
To me he looks more like a Wilkes-Barre dentist who is being sought by the police in connection with the disappearance of a choir singer.
January 7, 2026 at 1:25 AM
found scribbled in a notebook dated 1981, unattributed -
To me he looks more like a Wilkes-Barre dentist who is being sought by the police in connection with the disappearance of a choir singer.
To me he looks more like a Wilkes-Barre dentist who is being sought by the police in connection with the disappearance of a choir singer.
Meanwhile, every talking head, pundit, columnist, and poster (pro, or semi-pro) thanks the regime forgiving them a new topic to bloviate on.
January 4, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Meanwhile, every talking head, pundit, columnist, and poster (pro, or semi-pro) thanks the regime forgiving them a new topic to bloviate on.
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. . . but man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he’s most assured . . .
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As makes the angels weep;
#MeasureforMeasure_2026
Act II s2 (117-122)
Drest in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he’s most assured . . .
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As makes the angels weep;
#MeasureforMeasure_2026
Act II s2 (117-122)
January 4, 2026 at 4:31 PM
. . . but man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he’s most assured . . .
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As makes the angels weep;
#MeasureforMeasure_2026
Act II s2 (117-122)
Drest in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he’s most assured . . .
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As makes the angels weep;
#MeasureforMeasure_2026
Act II s2 (117-122)
...familiar double-jointedisms as creeping Socialists, disgruntled ex-employees, ritualistic liberals, massive retaliationists, agonized reappraisalists, unorthodox thinkers, unwitting handmaidens...
January 3, 2026 at 2:19 AM
...familiar double-jointedisms as creeping Socialists, disgruntled ex-employees, ritualistic liberals, massive retaliationists, agonized reappraisalists, unorthodox thinkers, unwitting handmaidens...
When there is a change in government, nothing changes for the poor folk except their master’s name.
- Aesop
- Aesop
January 2, 2026 at 12:18 AM
When there is a change in government, nothing changes for the poor folk except their master’s name.
- Aesop
- Aesop
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Remix these works for a chance at fame & glory! Submissions are still open for the 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1.
The cultural works becoming public domain in 2026, from Betty Boop to Nancy Drew
The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1.
n.pr
December 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Remix these works for a chance at fame & glory! Submissions are still open for the 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
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Cool stuff entering public domain:
Betty Boop
Nancy Drew + her first 5 novels
The Maltese Falcon novel
Disney's first iteration of Pluto as "Rover"
The first fully voiced Academy Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front
The Marx Brothers' Animal Crackers
Dream a Little Dream of Me
I Got Rhythm
Betty Boop
Nancy Drew + her first 5 novels
The Maltese Falcon novel
Disney's first iteration of Pluto as "Rover"
The first fully voiced Academy Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front
The Marx Brothers' Animal Crackers
Dream a Little Dream of Me
I Got Rhythm
🕛 At midnight, new creative works enter the public domain in the US.
🎙️ In the latest Future Knowledge podcast, James Boyle (The Public Domain) explains why the public domain matters & how digital enclosures are quietly fencing it off.
🎧 Listen now ➡️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the...
🎙️ In the latest Future Knowledge podcast, James Boyle (The Public Domain) explains why the public domain matters & how digital enclosures are quietly fencing it off.
🎧 Listen now ➡️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the...
December 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Cool stuff entering public domain:
Betty Boop
Nancy Drew + her first 5 novels
The Maltese Falcon novel
Disney's first iteration of Pluto as "Rover"
The first fully voiced Academy Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front
The Marx Brothers' Animal Crackers
Dream a Little Dream of Me
I Got Rhythm
Betty Boop
Nancy Drew + her first 5 novels
The Maltese Falcon novel
Disney's first iteration of Pluto as "Rover"
The first fully voiced Academy Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front
The Marx Brothers' Animal Crackers
Dream a Little Dream of Me
I Got Rhythm
December 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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You have not seen Evita until you've seen her played by Lara Trump. Coming next summer to the Trump-Kennedy Center.
December 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
You have not seen Evita until you've seen her played by Lara Trump. Coming next summer to the Trump-Kennedy Center.
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After his day’s work, Santa is apparently not planning to head directly home to Mrs. Claus. (Artwork by Dan DeCarlo)
December 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
After his day’s work, Santa is apparently not planning to head directly home to Mrs. Claus. (Artwork by Dan DeCarlo)
Our leaders say:
It will end in glory.
Little man says:
It will end in the grave.
Our leaders
Have met in a room.
Man in the street:
Abandon all hope.
Governments
Write non-aggression pacts.
Little man,
Write your testament!
Bertolt Brecht from "German War Primer"
Guy Tabori translator
It will end in glory.
Little man says:
It will end in the grave.
Our leaders
Have met in a room.
Man in the street:
Abandon all hope.
Governments
Write non-aggression pacts.
Little man,
Write your testament!
Bertolt Brecht from "German War Primer"
Guy Tabori translator
December 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Our leaders say:
It will end in glory.
Little man says:
It will end in the grave.
Our leaders
Have met in a room.
Man in the street:
Abandon all hope.
Governments
Write non-aggression pacts.
Little man,
Write your testament!
Bertolt Brecht from "German War Primer"
Guy Tabori translator
It will end in glory.
Little man says:
It will end in the grave.
Our leaders
Have met in a room.
Man in the street:
Abandon all hope.
Governments
Write non-aggression pacts.
Little man,
Write your testament!
Bertolt Brecht from "German War Primer"
Guy Tabori translator
Reposted by Charlie
🎵 Oh Chemistree, Oh Chemistree
🎶 How lovely are your beakers. ⚗️
🎶 How lovely are your beakers. ⚗️
December 21, 2023 at 1:27 PM
🎵 Oh Chemistree, Oh Chemistree
🎶 How lovely are your beakers. ⚗️
🎶 How lovely are your beakers. ⚗️
"Your village may be different from other people's villages but we are all prisoners."
- Patrick McGoohan - Interview with Warner Troyer in Toronto for the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, March 1977.
- Patrick McGoohan - Interview with Warner Troyer in Toronto for the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, March 1977.
December 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"Your village may be different from other people's villages but we are all prisoners."
- Patrick McGoohan - Interview with Warner Troyer in Toronto for the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, March 1977.
- Patrick McGoohan - Interview with Warner Troyer in Toronto for the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, March 1977.
#Shakespeare
What did Shakespeare mean in Coriolanus (Act 1, Scene 1) when Menenius says:
Either you must
Confess yourselves wondrous malicious,
Or be accused of folly.
was he just saying: Shit or get off the pot?
What did Shakespeare mean in Coriolanus (Act 1, Scene 1) when Menenius says:
Either you must
Confess yourselves wondrous malicious,
Or be accused of folly.
was he just saying: Shit or get off the pot?
December 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
#Shakespeare
What did Shakespeare mean in Coriolanus (Act 1, Scene 1) when Menenius says:
Either you must
Confess yourselves wondrous malicious,
Or be accused of folly.
was he just saying: Shit or get off the pot?
What did Shakespeare mean in Coriolanus (Act 1, Scene 1) when Menenius says:
Either you must
Confess yourselves wondrous malicious,
Or be accused of folly.
was he just saying: Shit or get off the pot?
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Time for another Harper's letter?
December 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Time for another Harper's letter?
#gardening #vegetables
I have gardened vegetables (in the USA) for quite a few years. One thing has always puzzled me; if I go to the market and buy snap beans to eat, there's no sales tax. But if I buy a packet of seeds to grow snap beans, there is a sales tax.
I have gardened vegetables (in the USA) for quite a few years. One thing has always puzzled me; if I go to the market and buy snap beans to eat, there's no sales tax. But if I buy a packet of seeds to grow snap beans, there is a sales tax.
December 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
#gardening #vegetables
I have gardened vegetables (in the USA) for quite a few years. One thing has always puzzled me; if I go to the market and buy snap beans to eat, there's no sales tax. But if I buy a packet of seeds to grow snap beans, there is a sales tax.
I have gardened vegetables (in the USA) for quite a few years. One thing has always puzzled me; if I go to the market and buy snap beans to eat, there's no sales tax. But if I buy a packet of seeds to grow snap beans, there is a sales tax.
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Governor Kathy Hochul called the discovery of three "timeout" boxes at Salmon River Central School District "highly disturbing." State and local authorities are investigating.
Hochul calls for action after 'timeout' boxes found at NY schools
Governor Kathy Hochul called the discovery of three "timeout" boxes at Salmon River Central School District "highly disturbing." State and local authorities are investigating.
bit.ly
December 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Governor Kathy Hochul called the discovery of three "timeout" boxes at Salmon River Central School District "highly disturbing." State and local authorities are investigating.
Wit and wisdom have become homeless beggars.
December 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Wit and wisdom have become homeless beggars.