collidoscope
@collidoscope.bsky.social
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You can make a pragmatic case for the #USA strike against #Venezuela , just because you like some consequences of it. Sure. But you cannot make a legal one. Stop trying to mix the two.
January 5, 2026 at 9:55 PM
You can make a pragmatic case for the #USA strike against #Venezuela , just because you like some consequences of it. Sure. But you cannot make a legal one. Stop trying to mix the two.
I dreamed that I was a journalist and asked Trump if he knew that the navy calls Gerald Ford she. Next thing I know, "Ships are boys" policy is implemented for all of US Navy and Coastguard. Now I am getting interviewed. They ask me if I'm proud of myself for disrupting the lives of thousands...
December 12, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I dreamed that I was a journalist and asked Trump if he knew that the navy calls Gerald Ford she. Next thing I know, "Ships are boys" policy is implemented for all of US Navy and Coastguard. Now I am getting interviewed. They ask me if I'm proud of myself for disrupting the lives of thousands...
In my county, we don't say someone is stuck up, we say "they shit higher than their asshole" and I think that's beautiful
December 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
In my county, we don't say someone is stuck up, we say "they shit higher than their asshole" and I think that's beautiful
#seriouslystop I would also like to remind you that "shuddering" is the one for shaking, "shuttering" is for closing shutters.
October 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
#seriouslystop I would also like to remind you that "shuddering" is the one for shaking, "shuttering" is for closing shutters.
Genius
October 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Genius
Increasingly thinking that the barrier (Honmoon) in K-pop Demon Hunters is (among other things) about the partition of Korea
October 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Increasingly thinking that the barrier (Honmoon) in K-pop Demon Hunters is (among other things) about the partition of Korea
#Seriouslystop confusing hoard and horde, accept and except (the last two are, like, practically antonyms!)
September 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
#Seriouslystop confusing hoard and horde, accept and except (the last two are, like, practically antonyms!)
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Fun fact: after I wrote & recorded this but during editing I saw the clip of Megyn Kelly publicly confirming what I said about Kirk backing off of his support for Israel bc it was unpopular with his audience. They’re really just saying the quiet parts out loud.
Now live: Charlie Kirk was a Nazi and no one should be expected to engage in performative mourning over his murder. skepchick.org/2025/09/char...
Charlie Kirk and the Empathy Paradox
Transcript: Previously on this channel, last month I said, “Considering the fact that Trump is now redirecting federal agents to patrolling the mean streets of Washington, DC, we can expect to see …
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September 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Fun fact: after I wrote & recorded this but during editing I saw the clip of Megyn Kelly publicly confirming what I said about Kirk backing off of his support for Israel bc it was unpopular with his audience. They’re really just saying the quiet parts out loud.
Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana.
Work flies like a champ.
Fruit flies like a banana.
Work flies like a champ.
September 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana.
Work flies like a champ.
Fruit flies like a banana.
Work flies like a champ.
Living is just dying with extra steps, but those extra steps matter
August 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Living is just dying with extra steps, but those extra steps matter
Happiness is a look back. When you stop and look at where you are and how you got here and see that it was good. That's why your happiness is inseparable from your values.
August 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Happiness is a look back. When you stop and look at where you are and how you got here and see that it was good. That's why your happiness is inseparable from your values.
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Now that the President of the United States has sent the military to take over American cities and oppress civilians, I thought it would be fun to check in with the men who claimed to be terrified about this happening a decade ago when the president was Black. skepchick.org/2025/08/chec...
Checking in on Jade Helm Conspiracy Theorists 10 Years Later
Transcript: Remember the year 2015? Technically it was only ten years ago, but because CERN accidentally created a very small black hole using the Large Hadron Collider in 2016, time dilation means…
skepchick.org
August 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Now that the President of the United States has sent the military to take over American cities and oppress civilians, I thought it would be fun to check in with the men who claimed to be terrified about this happening a decade ago when the president was Black. skepchick.org/2025/08/chec...
Had a surreal moment just now. I was watching a YouTube reactor watch Schindler's List for the first time. An ad came on. It was anti-UN Israeli propaganda justifying starving Gaza. I cried.
August 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Had a surreal moment just now. I was watching a YouTube reactor watch Schindler's List for the first time. An ad came on. It was anti-UN Israeli propaganda justifying starving Gaza. I cried.
That moment when the social media app stops me scrolling for an add - perfect time to quit the app and have a rest, isn't it?
August 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
That moment when the social media app stops me scrolling for an add - perfect time to quit the app and have a rest, isn't it?
Did you notice how thinking how to optimize all the time is suboptimal?
July 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Did you notice how thinking how to optimize all the time is suboptimal?
Reactionary conservatism fears fictions: no-go zones, white genocide, chemtrails, lizard overlords etc. The accelerating rate of social change makes them fear its unknown consequences, but "idk where this is going" makes for poor messaging. Any label will serve for naming a nameless fear.
July 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Reactionary conservatism fears fictions: no-go zones, white genocide, chemtrails, lizard overlords etc. The accelerating rate of social change makes them fear its unknown consequences, but "idk where this is going" makes for poor messaging. Any label will serve for naming a nameless fear.
Credulity and incredulity seem two sides of the same coin. For instance, the credulity in being taken in by a magic trick is the inverse of the incredulity in how much tedious bother one is willing to go to for a trick that lasts 3 seconds.
July 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Credulity and incredulity seem two sides of the same coin. For instance, the credulity in being taken in by a magic trick is the inverse of the incredulity in how much tedious bother one is willing to go to for a trick that lasts 3 seconds.
Western managers think they've invented bullshit. But they've merely adopted it. We behind the iron curtain were born in it. Molded by it. I haven't seen a world without bullshit until I was a man. By then, it was nothing to me but blinding.
June 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Western managers think they've invented bullshit. But they've merely adopted it. We behind the iron curtain were born in it. Molded by it. I haven't seen a world without bullshit until I was a man. By then, it was nothing to me but blinding.
What happens when you mix two of the worst sci-fi scripts I know of, say, The Core and Event Horizon, and bet your director friend he can't save it in production? You get #Sunshine, and it f&%*ing sucks!
June 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
What happens when you mix two of the worst sci-fi scripts I know of, say, The Core and Event Horizon, and bet your director friend he can't save it in production? You get #Sunshine, and it f&%*ing sucks!
New favorite wrong-word error: "I'm a full groan adult."
June 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
New favorite wrong-word error: "I'm a full groan adult."
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#seriouslystop writing that people fire their bows. You shoot or loose an arrow. Where's the fire?
May 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
#seriouslystop writing that people fire their bows. You shoot or loose an arrow. Where's the fire?
#seriouslystop using "proverbial" when there isn't a proverb. "Proverbial facepalm"? "Proverbial sound barrier"? What's the proverb about the sound barrier, genius?
May 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
#seriouslystop using "proverbial" when there isn't a proverb. "Proverbial facepalm"? "Proverbial sound barrier"? What's the proverb about the sound barrier, genius?
This may be a revelation to some, but:
The Last Of Us is about Ellie
The Witcher is about Ciri
The Hidden Fortress is about Yuki
The Last Of Us is about Ellie
The Witcher is about Ciri
The Hidden Fortress is about Yuki
April 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This may be a revelation to some, but:
The Last Of Us is about Ellie
The Witcher is about Ciri
The Hidden Fortress is about Yuki
The Last Of Us is about Ellie
The Witcher is about Ciri
The Hidden Fortress is about Yuki