Bafflegabs
@bafflegabs.bsky.social
Senior Producer at Smartless Media, formerly Earwolf. Staying Alive/ClueLess/Bad Dates/Just Jack & Will/HDTGM/Get Played/Comedy Bang Bang/Video Archives/Unspooled.
Character-wise, I’m kind of borderline shy/wild. I like to surf & turf, in that order.
Character-wise, I’m kind of borderline shy/wild. I like to surf & turf, in that order.
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Bafflegabs
@bafflegabs.bsky.social
· Nov 21
My new album Blame It On My Zodiac is available now exclusively on my Bandcamp!! You can stream it or buy it there, but go check it out, won’t you? I gave it every micron of energy I had and I’m very proud of it. Out everywhere else next Friday!
painkillerthepigeon.bandcamp.com/album/blame-...
painkillerthepigeon.bandcamp.com/album/blame-...
“It falls apart on inspection. But you don’t see its imperfections, I guess, so who cares? No, not me. I’ve been working every angle since like ‘83. And I’ll promise you what you want. But I’ll ghost you baby before you guess the stunt.”
youtu.be/0q5N20cUNaQ?...
youtu.be/0q5N20cUNaQ?...
January 17, 2026 at 2:55 AM
“It falls apart on inspection. But you don’t see its imperfections, I guess, so who cares? No, not me. I’ve been working every angle since like ‘83. And I’ll promise you what you want. But I’ll ghost you baby before you guess the stunt.”
youtu.be/0q5N20cUNaQ?...
youtu.be/0q5N20cUNaQ?...
Your thesis is impossible to dispute
January 17, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Your thesis is impossible to dispute
David Warner is just about my favorite actor who ever lived, he was simply flawless in everything, comedy to horror to Shakespeare, and his voice was absolute chocolate. He’s also secretly one of the best Doctor Whos there ever was, for 40-ish completely brilliant audio stories. Love.
January 17, 2026 at 12:08 AM
David Warner is just about my favorite actor who ever lived, he was simply flawless in everything, comedy to horror to Shakespeare, and his voice was absolute chocolate. He’s also secretly one of the best Doctor Whos there ever was, for 40-ish completely brilliant audio stories. Love.
Time After Time was one of my favorite movies from age like 5 or 6. McDowell, Steenburgen, and David Warner as Jack the fuckin’ Ripper? 70s San Francisco locations?!? From the writer/director of The 7 Per Cent Solution AND Wrath Of Khan?!? I absolutely adore it.
Who remembers this one? I watched this over and over as a kid. It was so intriguing. Now I watch for the 70s decor and outfits❤️ #murderystuff
January 17, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Time After Time was one of my favorite movies from age like 5 or 6. McDowell, Steenburgen, and David Warner as Jack the fuckin’ Ripper? 70s San Francisco locations?!? From the writer/director of The 7 Per Cent Solution AND Wrath Of Khan?!? I absolutely adore it.
My new EP is out today in all the streaming locations, here’s a handy link to all of them. I played and wrote everything but the cover of CCR’s “Sinister Purpose”! Take a listen, won’t you? Art for the four B-sides.
artists.landr.com/PTPParade
artists.landr.com/PTPParade
January 16, 2026 at 10:12 PM
My new EP is out today in all the streaming locations, here’s a handy link to all of them. I played and wrote everything but the cover of CCR’s “Sinister Purpose”! Take a listen, won’t you? Art for the four B-sides.
artists.landr.com/PTPParade
artists.landr.com/PTPParade
Professor Bernice Summerfield is right on the edge of being the best character in the Doctor Who universe, and that includes quite a few Doctors.
January 15, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Professor Bernice Summerfield is right on the edge of being the best character in the Doctor Who universe, and that includes quite a few Doctors.
Took a walk to eat a hamburger, listening to a (fantastic) story where the Cybermen are converting people in 1930s Berlin, so not like escapism per se.
January 15, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Took a walk to eat a hamburger, listening to a (fantastic) story where the Cybermen are converting people in 1930s Berlin, so not like escapism per se.
People seem to like me having physical products to sell, the CD is going well for a fully independent release that I’m only promoting on pods. I might do a cassette edition of my box set The Beginner’s Guide To Birds next, & I’m considering releasing all the Zodiac B-sides as their own disc too.
January 15, 2026 at 8:27 PM
People seem to like me having physical products to sell, the CD is going well for a fully independent release that I’m only promoting on pods. I might do a cassette edition of my box set The Beginner’s Guide To Birds next, & I’m considering releasing all the Zodiac B-sides as their own disc too.
A catchy song I wrote about not recognizing a cry for help for what it was, about how people can’t always hear each other, even best friends. A song that keeps melting like a drunk’s conversation, vaguely musically indebted to Superchunk’s “Watery Hands.”
youtu.be/koaJOIjvft0?...
youtu.be/koaJOIjvft0?...
January 14, 2026 at 10:21 PM
A catchy song I wrote about not recognizing a cry for help for what it was, about how people can’t always hear each other, even best friends. A song that keeps melting like a drunk’s conversation, vaguely musically indebted to Superchunk’s “Watery Hands.”
youtu.be/koaJOIjvft0?...
youtu.be/koaJOIjvft0?...
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Just another morning in the Twin Cities, keeping my eyes on the preschool parent signal chat to make sure none of my child’s classmates, their parents, or their teachers were kidnapped by the federal government in front of the school.
January 14, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Just another morning in the Twin Cities, keeping my eyes on the preschool parent signal chat to make sure none of my child’s classmates, their parents, or their teachers were kidnapped by the federal government in front of the school.
Nobody in the entire history of the world has ever written more electrically weird prose than Ray Bradbury, an absolute genre king.
January 13, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Nobody in the entire history of the world has ever written more electrically weird prose than Ray Bradbury, an absolute genre king.
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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Absolutely despicable.
There seemingly is no limit to the depths of depravity the administration will go to cover for their propaganda machine.
We need to arrest and prosecute the federal agent that murdered Renee Nicole Good. And we need trials for those involved.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
There seemingly is no limit to the depths of depravity the administration will go to cover for their propaganda machine.
We need to arrest and prosecute the federal agent that murdered Renee Nicole Good. And we need trials for those involved.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Absolutely despicable.
There seemingly is no limit to the depths of depravity the administration will go to cover for their propaganda machine.
We need to arrest and prosecute the federal agent that murdered Renee Nicole Good. And we need trials for those involved.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
There seemingly is no limit to the depths of depravity the administration will go to cover for their propaganda machine.
We need to arrest and prosecute the federal agent that murdered Renee Nicole Good. And we need trials for those involved.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Some Bradbury for lunch.
January 13, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Some Bradbury for lunch.
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Sleight Of Hand. A song I wrote about magic tricks. youtu.be/_TEMtvKswPE?...
Sleight Of Hand
YouTube video by Painkiller The Pigeon - Topic
youtu.be
January 13, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Sleight Of Hand. A song I wrote about magic tricks. youtu.be/_TEMtvKswPE?...
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New York City turned OUT.
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January 11, 2026 at 7:31 PM
New York City turned OUT.
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ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis or we WILL lock up our own citizens
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says 29 people were arrested in downtown last night during a noise demonstration at a hotel reportedly housing ICE agents: "For those that are taking the bait and causing property damage or otherwise, there are consequences. We're holding the line here all the way."
January 10, 2026 at 8:40 PM
ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis or we WILL lock up our own citizens
I don’t want to say I *prefer* Scottish-set Doctor Who adventures, I’m just saying that essentially every story set there is a banger haha. I especially loved you really getting into the location in this and in Burryman, super evocative & I’ve never even had the pleasure of visiting!
January 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
I don’t want to say I *prefer* Scottish-set Doctor Who adventures, I’m just saying that essentially every story set there is a banger haha. I especially loved you really getting into the location in this and in Burryman, super evocative & I’ve never even had the pleasure of visiting!
Her sleep pretzel.
January 10, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Her sleep pretzel.
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Just had a guy going door to door among the businesses along Minnehaha Avenue drop this off. Hell yeah.
January 10, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Just had a guy going door to door among the businesses along Minnehaha Avenue drop this off. Hell yeah.
Not the worst part of all this, but I do keep thinking of my ex-gf’s unpleasant cousins from Stillwater who I was pretty sure were going to kill me one night over 4th Of July 2010 when they started going in hard on Obama’s birth certificate. They’ll be absolutely loving this fascist shit.
January 10, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Not the worst part of all this, but I do keep thinking of my ex-gf’s unpleasant cousins from Stillwater who I was pretty sure were going to kill me one night over 4th Of July 2010 when they started going in hard on Obama’s birth certificate. They’ll be absolutely loving this fascist shit.
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This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.
January 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.