Kyle D. Long
@blatherscribe.bsky.social
Writer (unpublished), Egyptologist (unfinished), migraine (continuous), human (probably). Extra-large liminal space. Always add marinara. He/him. Profile thingy is a penglion by HumanDescent.
Does anyone else remember when mushrooms used to be good, and you could sauté them instead of having a mushroom boil? 🧐
December 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Does anyone else remember when mushrooms used to be good, and you could sauté them instead of having a mushroom boil? 🧐
Yes, it's bad that these people keep naming their companies after evil or corrupted things from Tolkien, but there's a potential bright side: when Sauron was treated as a friend or was in servitude, he tricked and robbed his would-be masters and brought about their downfall. There's always hope. 🧐
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Yes, it's bad that these people keep naming their companies after evil or corrupted things from Tolkien, but there's a potential bright side: when Sauron was treated as a friend or was in servitude, he tricked and robbed his would-be masters and brought about their downfall. There's always hope. 🧐
If "AI" is so great, why do I get a dozen weather alerts a day with things like "SNOW EXPECTED 0.1 INCH" or "RAIN STOPPING IN NEXT HOUR"? 🧐
December 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
If "AI" is so great, why do I get a dozen weather alerts a day with things like "SNOW EXPECTED 0.1 INCH" or "RAIN STOPPING IN NEXT HOUR"? 🧐
Looks like my strategy of not being able to afford a new car is paying off! 😉👍
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
wrd.cm
December 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Looks like my strategy of not being able to afford a new car is paying off! 😉👍
Dear Body,
Stop being so weird and annoying about everything. It's not as if you'll be able to find a new tenant if you manage to evict me. You were always a bad idea anyway.
Signed,
Buyer's Remorse
Stop being so weird and annoying about everything. It's not as if you'll be able to find a new tenant if you manage to evict me. You were always a bad idea anyway.
Signed,
Buyer's Remorse
December 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Dear Body,
Stop being so weird and annoying about everything. It's not as if you'll be able to find a new tenant if you manage to evict me. You were always a bad idea anyway.
Signed,
Buyer's Remorse
Stop being so weird and annoying about everything. It's not as if you'll be able to find a new tenant if you manage to evict me. You were always a bad idea anyway.
Signed,
Buyer's Remorse
And Tiny Tim, who COULD NOT die, was condemned to endure the Hom Dai, the worst of all ancient curses. The Medjai would never allow him to be released, for he would arise a walking disease, a plague upon mankind, with the strength of the ages, power over the sands, and the glory of invincibility!
December 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
And Tiny Tim, who COULD NOT die, was condemned to endure the Hom Dai, the worst of all ancient curses. The Medjai would never allow him to be released, for he would arise a walking disease, a plague upon mankind, with the strength of the ages, power over the sands, and the glory of invincibility!
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, though the Seven Hathors appeared at his birth to prophesy his death by the crocodile, the snake, or the dog. He adopted the dog as his friend, the dog killed the snake, and unfortunately the only surviving copy ends as the crocodile approaches. In this essay I shall
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, and next appears in the narrative as a Valkyrie, having joined the host of Odin’s chosen-daughters via some process obscured by a lacuna in the manuscript.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, eventually found him seated on the Golden Throne of Holy Terra. There, his body writhes, sustained by eldritch technologies and the lives of the thousand souls fed to him every day, so that he may never truly die.
December 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, though the Seven Hathors appeared at his birth to prophesy his death by the crocodile, the snake, or the dog. He adopted the dog as his friend, the dog killed the snake, and unfortunately the only surviving copy ends as the crocodile approaches. In this essay I shall
I'm watching one of the two eternal classic Christmas movies with the folks, Die Hard, and when the shooting and screaming started I said, "I know this music," in a bad southern-ish accent. Mom laughed, Dad looked at me as if I'd gone mad. The man ain't got no culture. 😁
a man says i am very disappointed in front of a spaceship
Alt: Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg (Gary Oldman looking amazing in a pinstripe waistcoat, undercut floppy hairstyle with a clear plastic half-skullcap, and manic expression) saying "I am very disappointed!"
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December 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I'm watching one of the two eternal classic Christmas movies with the folks, Die Hard, and when the shooting and screaming started I said, "I know this music," in a bad southern-ish accent. Mom laughed, Dad looked at me as if I'd gone mad. The man ain't got no culture. 😁
It's important to remember that harms supposedly caused by a boycott are the fault of whoever made the boycott necessary.
Don’t blame us, the felon caused this when he said he wanted to annex #Canada #FAFO #Boycott
You said you did not need us 😏
Canada’s ‘boycott America’ movement is hurting innocent bystanders
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/b...
You said you did not need us 😏
Canada’s ‘boycott America’ movement is hurting innocent bystanders
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/b...
Canada’s ‘boycott America’ movement is hurting innocent bystanders | CNN Business
Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.
www.cnn.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
It's important to remember that harms supposedly caused by a boycott are the fault of whoever made the boycott necessary.
Ron Perlman Fallout Narrator Voice: "Cute. Cute never changes."
From c. 3,600 years ago, an ancient Egyptian bead in the form of a hedgehog curled-up in a ball! 🦔❤️
Blue faience, c. 1985 -1650 BC.
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📷 by me
Blue faience, c. 1985 -1650 BC.
National Museum of Scotland www.nms.ac.uk/search-our-c...
📷 by me
December 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Ron Perlman Fallout Narrator Voice: "Cute. Cute never changes."
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die,
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison's singing for the lonely
Hey, that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone again
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison's singing for the lonely
Hey, that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone again
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, walked 47 miles of barbwire
Used a cobra snake for a necktie
Got a brand new house on the roadside
Made from rattlesnake hide
Used a cobra snake for a necktie
Got a brand new house on the roadside
Made from rattlesnake hide
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, somehow returned
December 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die,
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison's singing for the lonely
Hey, that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone again
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison's singing for the lonely
Hey, that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone again
I just saw something from the Epstein files (I will not repost it, because if you don't have that in your head yet I'm not going to put it there) that explains why I don't believe in total prison abolition. True evil exists, and there are people who must never be allowed to roam free, ever.
December 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I just saw something from the Epstein files (I will not repost it, because if you don't have that in your head yet I'm not going to put it there) that explains why I don't believe in total prison abolition. True evil exists, and there are people who must never be allowed to roam free, ever.
The people who made this possible must be prosecuted, from the tech monsters who make the "AI" CSAM generators to the school officials who believed the assaulters over their victims.
December 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The people who made this possible must be prosecuted, from the tech monsters who make the "AI" CSAM generators to the school officials who believed the assaulters over their victims.
I just saw someone post a selfie with a Starbucks cup, saying, "Don't yell at me for having Starbucks, I'm running errands."
1) Run errands without crossing a picket line.
2) If you're a scab, don't post scab selfies.
Instant block, but I'm also disappointed in the person who reposted it. 🧐
1) Run errands without crossing a picket line.
2) If you're a scab, don't post scab selfies.
Instant block, but I'm also disappointed in the person who reposted it. 🧐
December 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I just saw someone post a selfie with a Starbucks cup, saying, "Don't yell at me for having Starbucks, I'm running errands."
1) Run errands without crossing a picket line.
2) If you're a scab, don't post scab selfies.
Instant block, but I'm also disappointed in the person who reposted it. 🧐
1) Run errands without crossing a picket line.
2) If you're a scab, don't post scab selfies.
Instant block, but I'm also disappointed in the person who reposted it. 🧐
Some in the replies are close to the true answer, but just look at their technology. The Flintstones are obviously the result of a future agrarian back-to-nature cult that used genetic engineering to create living tools, allowed to cook for a century or two until the original cult practices faded.
how the fuck do the Flintstones know about Christmas
December 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Some in the replies are close to the true answer, but just look at their technology. The Flintstones are obviously the result of a future agrarian back-to-nature cult that used genetic engineering to create living tools, allowed to cook for a century or two until the original cult practices faded.
Good. The next thing I want to see is companies that obfuscate generative "AI" use being required to give refunds to anyone who wants one. They know they're in the wrong, or they wouldn't try to hide it.
Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage
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Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage
Sandfall Interactive and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been stripped of its wins at The Indie Game Awards due to use of generative AI.
insider-gaming.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Good. The next thing I want to see is companies that obfuscate generative "AI" use being required to give refunds to anyone who wants one. They know they're in the wrong, or they wouldn't try to hide it.
Why do so many writers who claim to care about other people post text screenshots with no alt text taken from their Substack posts? How am I to believe in your empathy if you can't even clear the low bars of not funding Nazis and not telling disabled people to get bent? 🧐
December 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Why do so many writers who claim to care about other people post text screenshots with no alt text taken from their Substack posts? How am I to believe in your empathy if you can't even clear the low bars of not funding Nazis and not telling disabled people to get bent? 🧐
Tonight in Old Guy Complains About Modern Usage: How the hell did we go from "say no more" to "say less"? 🧐
"Say no more" = I understand, you don't need to keep convincing me.
"Say less" = Invent a time machine and go back in time and never start this conversation?
Harrumph!
"Say no more" = I understand, you don't need to keep convincing me.
"Say less" = Invent a time machine and go back in time and never start this conversation?
Harrumph!
a close up of a man 's face with the words harumph intensifies written above him
Alt: Odo from Deep Space 9 (Rene Auberjonois) looking grumpily thoughtful. Text reads, "Harrumph intensifies."
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December 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Tonight in Old Guy Complains About Modern Usage: How the hell did we go from "say no more" to "say less"? 🧐
"Say no more" = I understand, you don't need to keep convincing me.
"Say less" = Invent a time machine and go back in time and never start this conversation?
Harrumph!
"Say no more" = I understand, you don't need to keep convincing me.
"Say less" = Invent a time machine and go back in time and never start this conversation?
Harrumph!
Racism, sexism, and a constant barrage of lies from the media, and how does a professional media watcher not understand this? 🧐
January 6 was like a much dumber version of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch and yet a plurality of American voters were like, Yeah, let’s give that guy the nuke codes again. An absolutely world historical debacle of societal ignorance. I’ll never understand it.
December 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Racism, sexism, and a constant barrage of lies from the media, and how does a professional media watcher not understand this? 🧐
Ugh, I just don't have the energy to deal with people who misuse alt text today. But I guess I'm down to zero comics now. Whatever, I don't really need an occasional chuckle, do I?
December 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Ugh, I just don't have the energy to deal with people who misuse alt text today. But I guess I'm down to zero comics now. Whatever, I don't really need an occasional chuckle, do I?
Maybe it's time for "Western Civilization" to end so we can just have civilization.
The richest man on the planet has a pinned tweet that's just straight up white nationalism. I can't say I miss Twitter!
December 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Maybe it's time for "Western Civilization" to end so we can just have civilization.
Do I have to be Catholic to understand why Wake Up Dead Man is supposed to be good? Because so far it's... umm... Not? At least for me, it's a bit of a slog. Enough so that I wonder if I'm missing some essential detail that makes it make sense.
December 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Do I have to be Catholic to understand why Wake Up Dead Man is supposed to be good? Because so far it's... umm... Not? At least for me, it's a bit of a slog. Enough so that I wonder if I'm missing some essential detail that makes it make sense.
Billionaires must be abolished.
Also, I appreciate that there is at least one news outlet that did not call the people in that one photo "women," thus assuming adulthood.
Also, I appreciate that there is at least one news outlet that did not call the people in that one photo "women," thus assuming adulthood.
New Batch of Epstein Photos Include Bill Gates, Richard Branson and Segway Inventor
New Batch of Epstein Photos Include Bill Gates, Richard Branson and Segway Inventor
President Trump is in there too, but you could probably guess that by now.
gizmodo.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Billionaires must be abolished.
Also, I appreciate that there is at least one news outlet that did not call the people in that one photo "women," thus assuming adulthood.
Also, I appreciate that there is at least one news outlet that did not call the people in that one photo "women," thus assuming adulthood.
New idea: every article includes a TL;DR list of things I should know after reading it, because while I appreciate that you want to wax rhapsodic about life in the sagebrush and slowly transition to the important health or political information, I have a 24/7 migraine and can't read all that.
December 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
New idea: every article includes a TL;DR list of things I should know after reading it, because while I appreciate that you want to wax rhapsodic about life in the sagebrush and slowly transition to the important health or political information, I have a 24/7 migraine and can't read all that.
At some point the journalists getting angry at people who are upset about pay walls need to stop and think about the fact that their profession has spent several decades conditioning people to expect free news in return for annoying ads, and that expectation isn't going to disappear overnight.
December 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
At some point the journalists getting angry at people who are upset about pay walls need to stop and think about the fact that their profession has spent several decades conditioning people to expect free news in return for annoying ads, and that expectation isn't going to disappear overnight.