B-man ‘97
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B-man ‘97
@bman86.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Celebrate the return of Uncanny X-Men by listening to me and my buddy chat about the Uncannily good X-Men 97! I’m assuming @gailsimone.bsky.social would approve!
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might need to tweak the old budget
February 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
might need to tweak the old budget
God dammit, breaking my “no political media during vacation” rule but the absolute craven nature of writing an article supposedly dedicated to critiquing the right to spend more time poking the left. Brutal.
Not breaking any new ground here, but my god is Bari a bad writer and thinker
February 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
God dammit, breaking my “no political media during vacation” rule but the absolute craven nature of writing an article supposedly dedicated to critiquing the right to spend more time poking the left. Brutal.
There’s no way I read this without having a stroke.
I'm old enough to remember when conservatives thought participation trophies were a sign of the "pussification of America"
February 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
There’s no way I read this without having a stroke.
Your periodic reminder that Romance is the highest selling genre of literature and it’s not even close.
One of the stupidest, silliest strategies that modern TV execs employ imo is to not mine the literally hungry and loyal romance audiences out there. Starz and Outlander and Netflix and Bridgerton are the lone major exceptions, and guess what? THEY ARE HUGE FOUNDATIONAL FRANCHISES
February 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Your periodic reminder that Romance is the highest selling genre of literature and it’s not even close.
I say this a lot: Having friends whose brains have been fried by RW propaganda will tell you more than most leftist literature.
It’s good to have both, but it’s no replacement for watching someone’s worst impulses grow and takeover their whole being.
It’s good to have both, but it’s no replacement for watching someone’s worst impulses grow and takeover their whole being.
I encourage people to sit for a minute in how the Right thinks, it will help you understand a lot more than condemnation. Musk isn’t “violating law” (though he is), or dismissing procedures (though he is), in his mind he’s cutting off allowances, as is his fatherly prerogative.
February 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I say this a lot: Having friends whose brains have been fried by RW propaganda will tell you more than most leftist literature.
It’s good to have both, but it’s no replacement for watching someone’s worst impulses grow and takeover their whole being.
It’s good to have both, but it’s no replacement for watching someone’s worst impulses grow and takeover their whole being.
I know you know this, but it deserves repeating: if a left-wing administration made these suggestion the media would obliterate them and Rs would be going on Fox “joking” about marines taking matters into their own hands.
SECDEF said the beatings will stop when morale improves
✅ ending “paid days off” on 4-day weekends
✅ floating a change in the retirement system where you don’t get disability AND retirement
✅ ending “paid days off” on 4-day weekends
✅ floating a change in the retirement system where you don’t get disability AND retirement
February 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I know you know this, but it deserves repeating: if a left-wing administration made these suggestion the media would obliterate them and Rs would be going on Fox “joking” about marines taking matters into their own hands.
I will never get over how pathetic this is.
February 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I will never get over how pathetic this is.
Or, and hear me out, it’s all preamble to handing over billions to Silicon Valley VCs to build drone ships or whatever they think up.
So either Pete Hegseth is telling Russia & the world that every U.S. president & general has been lying about our military being the most lethal fighting force in history..Or he is telling the truth that the U.S. navy can’t match the Russian navy.
Imagine navy folk hearing this
Imagine navy folk hearing this
February 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Or, and hear me out, it’s all preamble to handing over billions to Silicon Valley VCs to build drone ships or whatever they think up.
Would not be surprised if this describes most people at this point. We all discover politics at different points, but the speed and scope with which people went from non-political to fanatics is dizzying.
I'm FB friends with several former HS classmates (graduated from a public school in rural central PA in the mid-80s) who are yuge MAGA fans. None of them had any interest in politics before 2016. Now it's almost all they post about. They follow politics as if it were WWE or a reality TV show.
February 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Would not be surprised if this describes most people at this point. We all discover politics at different points, but the speed and scope with which people went from non-political to fanatics is dizzying.
Script Idea: Set this bunker under crystal lake and have Jason go hog wild.
Here is a glimpse into that secular version of The Rapture:
"The underground abode will be decked out with a number of lavish amenities such as wellness areas, gourmet dining, and a medical suite with robots for doctors."
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"The underground abode will be decked out with a number of lavish amenities such as wellness areas, gourmet dining, and a medical suite with robots for doctors."
www.realtor.com/news/unique-... h/t @thelever.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Script Idea: Set this bunker under crystal lake and have Jason go hog wild.
Finished up Mother Night. Leave it to Vonnegut to so perfectly capture something I’ve been struggling to describe for years
February 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Finished up Mother Night. Leave it to Vonnegut to so perfectly capture something I’ve been struggling to describe for years
Naomi Watts giving shirtless Kyle MacLachlan fuck eyes in that hospital room.
“Dougie!!”
“Dougie!!”
February 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Naomi Watts giving shirtless Kyle MacLachlan fuck eyes in that hospital room.
“Dougie!!”
“Dougie!!”
I want my Laura Dern “It’s a fucking morgue!” T-shirt.
February 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I want my Laura Dern “It’s a fucking morgue!” T-shirt.
How often does “16 year old tech guru” just translate to “loser who makes racist memes?”
Scoop: DOGE's Edward "Big Balls" Coristine launched a privacy-focused image-sharing site in 2021 that allowed users to create custom URLs. The URLs that redirected to Coristine's site referenced the sale of child sexual abuse material, racial slurs, and rape
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February 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
How often does “16 year old tech guru” just translate to “loser who makes racist memes?”
Finally on Twin Peaks: The Return and Naomi Watts steals absolutely every scene she’s in.
February 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Finally on Twin Peaks: The Return and Naomi Watts steals absolutely every scene she’s in.
I don’t understand what this means.
February 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I don’t understand what this means.
“That’s my murder-suicide vacuum.”
How To with John Wilson continues to be a gem.
How To with John Wilson continues to be a gem.
February 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
“That’s my murder-suicide vacuum.”
How To with John Wilson continues to be a gem.
How To with John Wilson continues to be a gem.
Finished reading it this morning. Great book. Had me thinking about the US and our current situation more than I expected. High recommend!
#BookSky
#BookSky
February 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Finished reading it this morning. Great book. Had me thinking about the US and our current situation more than I expected. High recommend!
#BookSky
#BookSky
I remember being in 3rd grade, reading Bridge to Terabithia and having the class debate “can boys and girls just be friends.”
“8 figure net worth, mid-30s, handsome” right, but are you a loser? Do you have the emotional maturity of a 13 year old?
“8 figure net worth, mid-30s, handsome” right, but are you a loser? Do you have the emotional maturity of a 13 year old?
strikes me as unfathomably sad and self-defeating to believe you cannot be friends with the opposite sex
February 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I remember being in 3rd grade, reading Bridge to Terabithia and having the class debate “can boys and girls just be friends.”
“8 figure net worth, mid-30s, handsome” right, but are you a loser? Do you have the emotional maturity of a 13 year old?
“8 figure net worth, mid-30s, handsome” right, but are you a loser? Do you have the emotional maturity of a 13 year old?
Mother Night was published in 1962 and it’s incredible how A.) deftly Vonnegut creates an example of the prototypical American neo-Nazi and B.) how accurately his creation continues to describe the majority of these people.
February 6, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Mother Night was published in 1962 and it’s incredible how A.) deftly Vonnegut creates an example of the prototypical American neo-Nazi and B.) how accurately his creation continues to describe the majority of these people.
My first time reading Mother Night and I’m already constantly highlighting passages
January 31, 2025 at 1:47 AM
My first time reading Mother Night and I’m already constantly highlighting passages
“Mr. Robinson has been warned that online trolling and other such actions…” my dude is a priest who can’t stop shit posting.
Oh wow he was defrocked for this.
January 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“Mr. Robinson has been warned that online trolling and other such actions…” my dude is a priest who can’t stop shit posting.
Watching Twin Peaks for the first time all the way through and Bob has to be one of the most viscerally upsetting villains in TV history.
January 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Watching Twin Peaks for the first time all the way through and Bob has to be one of the most viscerally upsetting villains in TV history.
I had completely forgotten that 90% of Trump’s 1st term was him making some bonkers declaration then millions of people starting to run only to crash into each other like a three stooges gag because no one in the admin had ever actually been in a leadership position before.
Breaking news: The Trump administration says federal spending freeze was meant to be limited, but order has spurred confusion and fund disruptions.
Trump spending freeze upends Washington, triggering legal threats and delays
The federal government fell into chaos Tuesday as officials braced for potential interruptions to programs that range from protecting food safety to responding to natural disasters.
wapo.st
January 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I had completely forgotten that 90% of Trump’s 1st term was him making some bonkers declaration then millions of people starting to run only to crash into each other like a three stooges gag because no one in the admin had ever actually been in a leadership position before.