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· Jan 19
People who know me from elsewhere who are part of a new migration wave, please don't be offended if I don't follow back. My feed is about as active as I can manage following right now.
It's gonna be hard for anyone to become the next Michael Caine if the current Michael Caine sells his voice to companies who are terminally risk-averse and don't want to put in the work to nurture the next Michael Caine when they can just keep using the old one forever.
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 AM
It's gonna be hard for anyone to become the next Michael Caine if the current Michael Caine sells his voice to companies who are terminally risk-averse and don't want to put in the work to nurture the next Michael Caine when they can just keep using the old one forever.
We're in for the most intense solar storm in decades. Better go to the store and get the fixings for space french toast.
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
We're in for the most intense solar storm in decades. Better go to the store and get the fixings for space french toast.
Well, I'm surprised. I was sure he'd find a way to weasel out of it for another few weeks, at least.
Mike Johnson has sworn in Adelita Grijalva, ending the 50 day standoff that left her unable to represent 800K Arizonans in DC amid the shutdown.
Standing ovations from Dems, empty GOP seats - what it was like in the chamber & what it means for Epstein files:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Standing ovations from Dems, empty GOP seats - what it was like in the chamber & what it means for Epstein files:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Rep. Adelita Grijalva sworn in, setting up vote on release of Epstein files
The ceremony ended a seven-week standoff with House Speaker Mike Johnson that left Grijalva unable to fully represent Arizona’s 7th Congressional District in Washington.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Well, I'm surprised. I was sure he'd find a way to weasel out of it for another few weeks, at least.
It keeps throwing me when I get a Blokees shipment, because they're sent from "Ontario CA." As in, Ontario California. But I keep parsing it as Ontario Canada and wondering if I'll have to COD the tariff.
November 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
It keeps throwing me when I get a Blokees shipment, because they're sent from "Ontario CA." As in, Ontario California. But I keep parsing it as Ontario Canada and wondering if I'll have to COD the tariff.
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"And James Bond, who did NOT die"
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
"And James Bond, who did NOT die"
A medieval nun had a vision she claimed filled in a lot of details about the morning of Good Friday, and this was formalized as the fourteen Stations of the Cross, which adds some events and miracles nowhere mentioned in the Bible itself. One might say it was...cruci-fiction.
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A medieval nun had a vision she claimed filled in a lot of details about the morning of Good Friday, and this was formalized as the fourteen Stations of the Cross, which adds some events and miracles nowhere mentioned in the Bible itself. One might say it was...cruci-fiction.
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Okay, now I have context for that recent Midnight Pals. :)
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Okay, now I have context for that recent Midnight Pals. :)
Like it or not (and there's a lot to not like), we've got a two-party system here. Third parties get their support absorbed into one of the big two anyway, so more efficient to skip straight to taking over the party from within, like the crazies did to the GOP over the last generation or so.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Like it or not (and there's a lot to not like), we've got a two-party system here. Third parties get their support absorbed into one of the big two anyway, so more efficient to skip straight to taking over the party from within, like the crazies did to the GOP over the last generation or so.
Schumer is like the player who is proud of staying with the payload while his side gets TPKed over and over.
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Schumer is like the player who is proud of staying with the payload while his side gets TPKed over and over.
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Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate!
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate!
The sane response to our aging electrical grid is to work on upgrading it. The current oligarchy/MAGA answer is to ease regulations and make it easier for big money companies build their own power plants and disconnect from the grid. Welcome to exploited nation status with rolling blackouts.
November 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The sane response to our aging electrical grid is to work on upgrading it. The current oligarchy/MAGA answer is to ease regulations and make it easier for big money companies build their own power plants and disconnect from the grid. Welcome to exploited nation status with rolling blackouts.
If you see this, reskeet with a Sentai team that is not Power Rangers or Super Sentai.
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If you see this, reskeet with a Sentai team that is not Power Rangers or Super Sentai.
Nostalgia for COVID lockdown, the last time a majority of Republicans actually did something that was for the good of everyone. Complaining the whole time, yes, but for a few months they actually did it.
November 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Nostalgia for COVID lockdown, the last time a majority of Republicans actually did something that was for the good of everyone. Complaining the whole time, yes, but for a few months they actually did it.
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
The factoid that the average physical scientist thinks they can opine on issues outside their specialty is false. Vulcanologist Marc, who lives in a man cave and publishes 10000 anti-woke diatribes in publication-mill "journals" a day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted.
This is the abstract of "Evolutionary Psychology and the Crisis of Empirical Rigor in Feminist Studies," from the forthcoming November 2025 issue of SEXUALITY & CULTURE.
You will hate this abstract more and more as every word passes through your brain. Trust me: the article is worse.
You will hate this abstract more and more as every word passes through your brain. Trust me: the article is worse.
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The factoid that the average physical scientist thinks they can opine on issues outside their specialty is false. Vulcanologist Marc, who lives in a man cave and publishes 10000 anti-woke diatribes in publication-mill "journals" a day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted.
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thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
During my lifetime, the GOP has followed this progression:
1. The Democrats are our rivals.
2. The Democrats are our enemies.
3. Democracy is our enemy.
1. The Democrats are our rivals.
2. The Democrats are our enemies.
3. Democracy is our enemy.
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
During my lifetime, the GOP has followed this progression:
1. The Democrats are our rivals.
2. The Democrats are our enemies.
3. Democracy is our enemy.
1. The Democrats are our rivals.
2. The Democrats are our enemies.
3. Democracy is our enemy.
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Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
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The arc of history is a foot-long, but it bends towards justice.
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The arc of history is a foot-long, but it bends towards justice.
The National Anthem of the U.S. was set to the tune of an entirely different but popular-at-the-time song ("To Anacreon In Heaven"). That makes Weird Al the most quintessentially American singer alive today.
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The National Anthem of the U.S. was set to the tune of an entirely different but popular-at-the-time song ("To Anacreon In Heaven"). That makes Weird Al the most quintessentially American singer alive today.
Every so often, I see someone whose response to the "Gender" line on a form is probably, "What are you, a cop?"
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Every so often, I see someone whose response to the "Gender" line on a form is probably, "What are you, a cop?"
The media makes a lot of noise about low-information voters, but completely ignores no-information voters...because those people aren't watching the media, so why acknowledge their existence?
This is the part I really need people to understand. Yes, Trump was bad, is bad, yes he said all this stuff, and also a whole bunch of voters consume zero (0) news media at all.
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The media makes a lot of noise about low-information voters, but completely ignores no-information voters...because those people aren't watching the media, so why acknowledge their existence?
He's slotted nicely into the Manchin/Sinema "Not All Democrats" position that lets the media pretend there's a chance of negotiation. After all, Not All Democrats find the GOP's position intolerable, cruel, and inhuman. Some are willing to give a little to get absolutely nothing.
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
He's slotted nicely into the Manchin/Sinema "Not All Democrats" position that lets the media pretend there's a chance of negotiation. After all, Not All Democrats find the GOP's position intolerable, cruel, and inhuman. Some are willing to give a little to get absolutely nothing.