Michael Bazemore is just fucking over it.
@deepwatermike.bsky.social
Technical trainer and occasional historian. Erstwhile medievalist. Now practicing the Wudang 108 form of Taijiquan and delivering sizzling takes. Walking the elements and holding the gates in North Carolina.
This is some crazy-pants shit.
I called up one of the White House's "special government employees" involved in the Fulton County FBI raid.
I ended up on the phone for almost two hours hearing about the "deep state" "cabal," "Satanists," poison soda, and the "pure evil" of "gay pride." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
I ended up on the phone for almost two hours hearing about the "deep state" "cabal," "Satanists," poison soda, and the "pure evil" of "gay pride." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
February 12, 2026 at 3:49 AM
This is some crazy-pants shit.
Ooh! Thanks!
February 12, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Ooh! Thanks!
Ich habe nur ein Bisschen Deutsch so I'll have to check out Charles. Thanks!
February 12, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Ich habe nur ein Bisschen Deutsch so I'll have to check out Charles. Thanks!
I spent a good while at a con chatting with Howard Chaykin about, inter alia, the Bob Howard biopic "The Whole Wide World."
(It's good. #HATM should do it, @herberthistory.bsky.social)
(It's good. #HATM should do it, @herberthistory.bsky.social)
What is YOUR most mundane celebrity encounter?
Belle and Sebastian asked me to hold the elevator for them at a Holiday Inn in Paris, after a gig...
Belle and Sebastian asked me to hold the elevator for them at a Holiday Inn in Paris, after a gig...
February 11, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I spent a good while at a con chatting with Howard Chaykin about, inter alia, the Bob Howard biopic "The Whole Wide World."
(It's good. #HATM should do it, @herberthistory.bsky.social)
(It's good. #HATM should do it, @herberthistory.bsky.social)
Y'all have seen me talk about the Question. At least the two of you who pay attention. It's got its problems (not least Denny O'Neil orientalism) but it's still great comics.
โQ is forโฆโ
The Question by Dennis OโNeil and Denys Cowan
This is a run that is great for the first half but tapers out imo, but honestly still worth a look!
Itโs either this or Quantum & Woody and Iโve never read it soโthis book, with that cool Lady Shiva, is the go to ๐ itโs classic
The Question by Dennis OโNeil and Denys Cowan
This is a run that is great for the first half but tapers out imo, but honestly still worth a look!
Itโs either this or Quantum & Woody and Iโve never read it soโthis book, with that cool Lady Shiva, is the go to ๐ itโs classic
February 11, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Y'all have seen me talk about the Question. At least the two of you who pay attention. It's got its problems (not least Denny O'Neil orientalism) but it's still great comics.
Fire, Walk with Me
Bubba Hotep
Big Trouble in Little China
Flash Gordon?
Dune (1984)?
Bubba Hotep
Big Trouble in Little China
Flash Gordon?
Dune (1984)?
Have asked this before and always like the responses. What are your biggest โI saw that in the first run cinemaโ flexes? Couple of mine:
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
February 11, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Fire, Walk with Me
Bubba Hotep
Big Trouble in Little China
Flash Gordon?
Dune (1984)?
Bubba Hotep
Big Trouble in Little China
Flash Gordon?
Dune (1984)?
Can anyone recommend a primer (if such exists) on medieval manuscript production? IKIK...some medievalist. All I can say is that I left the PhD before this would become useful ๐ #MedievalSky
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February 11, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Can anyone recommend a primer (if such exists) on medieval manuscript production? IKIK...some medievalist. All I can say is that I left the PhD before this would become useful ๐ #MedievalSky
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Astro City is the absolute best. A love letter to superhero comics. You'll fall in love with them, too. Or fall in love with them again.
A is forโฆ
Astro City by Kurt Busiek, Alex Ross, Brent Anderson & a legion of collaborators.
Love comics? Love timeless tropes? Love genre mashups? Love crossovers? If you said yes to ALL of these then why arenโt reading Astro City? Welcome to the place where ALL your comic book loves come together
Astro City by Kurt Busiek, Alex Ross, Brent Anderson & a legion of collaborators.
Love comics? Love timeless tropes? Love genre mashups? Love crossovers? If you said yes to ALL of these then why arenโt reading Astro City? Welcome to the place where ALL your comic book loves come together
February 11, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Astro City is the absolute best. A love letter to superhero comics. You'll fall in love with them, too. Or fall in love with them again.
Voting fraud doesn't even clear the bar for "insignificant." It's just a really old excuse to disfranchise inconvenient voters.
February 11, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Voting fraud doesn't even clear the bar for "insignificant." It's just a really old excuse to disfranchise inconvenient voters.
Cato, Bill Kristol, the Lincoln Project chuds...allies m of convenience, I keep reminding myself.
How am I supposed to live in a world with Cato sounds entirely reasonable now?
Hertiage went fill Nazis should be heard out and Cato went, "Um, we should pull back and be more evenhanded with our analyses but still remain conservative in nature."
www.cato.org/blog/biden-d...
Hertiage went fill Nazis should be heard out and Cato went, "Um, we should pull back and be more evenhanded with our analyses but still remain conservative in nature."
www.cato.org/blog/biden-d...
Biden Didnโt Cause the Border Crisis, Part 1: Summary
From his administrationโs first day in January 2021, Biden actually increased border enforcementโarrests, detentions, and removals of border crossers all increased. The prevailing narrative that blame...
www.cato.org
February 11, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Cato, Bill Kristol, the Lincoln Project chuds...allies m of convenience, I keep reminding myself.
Which is pretty damn depressing. It just renders "conviction" relative...and for people who would be more likely to claim them as absolute.
We have a lot of that in this country, and especially in the South.
We have a lot of that in this country, and especially in the South.
February 11, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Which is pretty damn depressing. It just renders "conviction" relative...and for people who would be more likely to claim them as absolute.
We have a lot of that in this country, and especially in the South.
We have a lot of that in this country, and especially in the South.
"My conviction is that Raleigh is wrong no matter what." Got it.
February 11, 2026 at 6:38 PM
"My conviction is that Raleigh is wrong no matter what." Got it.
Is this conviction or negative referencing? The latter has a long history in Appalachia, it seems.
February 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Is this conviction or negative referencing? The latter has a long history in Appalachia, it seems.
The rest of the world did NOT send their best when this country was being created.
February 11, 2026 at 5:59 PM
The rest of the world did NOT send their best when this country was being created.
It's a great build, if occasionallyrepetitive. I love the NASA sets (and others, but especially those).
February 10, 2026 at 6:11 PM
It's a great build, if occasionallyrepetitive. I love the NASA sets (and others, but especially those).
Ready for lift-off. Now spinning...
February 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Ready for lift-off. Now spinning...
Are you a panican or a panican't?
February 10, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Are you a panican or a panican't?
So bye bye, Mr. Panican Pie...
February 10, 2026 at 1:36 AM
So bye bye, Mr. Panican Pie...
You should read Gabino's stuff, even if only to spite the likes of Trump.
(Though it's REALLY good)
(Though it's REALLY good)
Ah, Bad Bunny left you with questions about power outages, storms, and our hatred of colonialism? Donโt worry, I got you. Iโll show you the aftermath of a storm, take you to the beach, show you what hides under the waves. Iโll show you our magiaโฆ
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
February 10, 2026 at 1:23 AM
You should read Gabino's stuff, even if only to spite the likes of Trump.
(Though it's REALLY good)
(Though it's REALLY good)
For a hot minute I was a libertarian. Far before (almost) anyone I know here knew me. This entire thread tracks.
this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
February 10, 2026 at 1:20 AM
For a hot minute I was a libertarian. Far before (almost) anyone I know here knew me. This entire thread tracks.
"Persons" (fetuses, corporations) vs. flesh-and-blood people
February 9, 2026 at 3:45 AM
"Persons" (fetuses, corporations) vs. flesh-and-blood people
I've said it a million times. Conservatives love America but hate Americans.
To reject the US as a fundamentally American country with a deep shared history and commonality with the rest of the Americas, including that Spanish has long been our de facto national second language, is on a deep level anti-American. It's hating actual American culture and history and tradition.
February 9, 2026 at 3:21 AM
I've said it a million times. Conservatives love America but hate Americans.
My bold prediction is that whichever team scores the most points will win.
February 9, 2026 at 12:56 AM
My bold prediction is that whichever team scores the most points will win.
This is just a reminder that "Kid Rock" is older than I am and I haven't been a "kid" in a hella long time.
February 9, 2026 at 12:54 AM
This is just a reminder that "Kid Rock" is older than I am and I haven't been a "kid" in a hella long time.