Emma
@emmalabizarre.bsky.social
no, I’m from New Jersey- I only work in outer space. (she/they) (librarian for nerds, scrappy comic relief on Jeopardy season 39)
Elder Millennial moment : At my childhood home for the week with only my phone. Feel the need to pay my credit card and do bank transfers on A Big Screen. So I go to the COMPUTER ROOM, which for like 15 years was the only place to go On The Internet. 💜
December 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Elder Millennial moment : At my childhood home for the week with only my phone. Feel the need to pay my credit card and do bank transfers on A Big Screen. So I go to the COMPUTER ROOM, which for like 15 years was the only place to go On The Internet. 💜
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This isn’t really what this post is going for but it did remind me that my mom’s been doing No Kings type stuff with the woman who played the Angel in the original Angels in America, a celebrity very dear to me and very not anything to the general population
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This isn’t really what this post is going for but it did remind me that my mom’s been doing No Kings type stuff with the woman who played the Angel in the original Angels in America, a celebrity very dear to me and very not anything to the general population
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This is con artist constitutionalism. One weird trick they don’t want you to know about. As if no one until now has ever considered whether Congress can fund highways
I regret to inform you there’s a new post telling us we’re rubes who’ve missed the obvious & clear meaning of the Const’n for a century.
This is the type of post you make when your goal is to juice engagement from those who want nothing more than to be told their policy goals are const’l commands.
This is the type of post you make when your goal is to juice engagement from those who want nothing more than to be told their policy goals are const’l commands.
December 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is con artist constitutionalism. One weird trick they don’t want you to know about. As if no one until now has ever considered whether Congress can fund highways
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One of the best to ever do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
One of the best to ever do it
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The problems with airline travel are mostly with the airlines. Jamming people into ever smaller spaces. Forcing luggage into the people space. Imposing a hierarchy of money.
Another place where Congress should act.
Another place where Congress should act.
Here’s CNN Travel’s list of resolutions for us all to be better global citizens in 2026, with examples of some of the biggest failings this year: https://cnn.it/490qgUT
December 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The problems with airline travel are mostly with the airlines. Jamming people into ever smaller spaces. Forcing luggage into the people space. Imposing a hierarchy of money.
Another place where Congress should act.
Another place where Congress should act.
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honestly I think it’s heartwarming that it’s still possible to milkshake duck as an internationally known icon posthumously at age 91
Chappell Roan shares follow-up story after deleting Brigitte Bardot tribute post:
“Holy shit i did not know all that insane shit Ms. Bardot stood for obvs I do not condone this. very disappointing to learn.”
“Holy shit i did not know all that insane shit Ms. Bardot stood for obvs I do not condone this. very disappointing to learn.”
December 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
honestly I think it’s heartwarming that it’s still possible to milkshake duck as an internationally known icon posthumously at age 91
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either Trump is breaking the law ordering illegal strikes or Trump has reached an undeniable level of cognitive decline
both stories would be headline news above the fold, and yet
both stories would be headline news above the fold, and yet
Since I first posted on Sunday about Trump's radio spot alleging a land strike on Venezuela, I've gotten a surprising amount of hand waving in response. No matter what the explanation is here, it's important to understand what actually did (or didn't) happen.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-us-b...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-us-b...
![But what struck me most [no pun intended] was the incuriousness and the learned helplessness; the permeation of this idea that Trump’s words and actions are so often inscrutable that trying to divine meaning from them is useless. I think this is wrong. Not only does it let Trump off the hook from explaining himself, but it also lets journalists off the hook from doing our jobs.
If Trump is lying about ordering a land strike on Venezuela, that is important information. If Trump did, in fact, order his first land strike on Venezuela, that is important information. If Trump believes the US carried out a land strike on Venezuela based on social media rumors or his own cognitive deficiencies and his team is running cover for him, that is important information. This isn’t Trump running his mouth about how the economy is really great, actually, and how America is back, baby. No, this is a question of whether or not the US just escalated a war.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ejihld4sywvvqwe67cdkn4jq/bafkreibr5goyfmlq7ixngscguajpmjyhypjrcuraaifutoniwxbvs7iggy@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
either Trump is breaking the law ordering illegal strikes or Trump has reached an undeniable level of cognitive decline
both stories would be headline news above the fold, and yet
both stories would be headline news above the fold, and yet
I went to a play in NYC and walked past Tony Shalhoub in on the way out. (It was Mark Linn-Baker starring in the 1700s play School for Scandal. Lots of fun.)
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I went to a play in NYC and walked past Tony Shalhoub in on the way out. (It was Mark Linn-Baker starring in the 1700s play School for Scandal. Lots of fun.)
King of England 💪🏻 👑
Well, now I'm an English professor...
December 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
King of England 💪🏻 👑
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I’m not buying MTG’s repentance shtick but I’ll happily take the dirt she’s dishing in hopes we’ll buy it.
December 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I’m not buying MTG’s repentance shtick but I’ll happily take the dirt she’s dishing in hopes we’ll buy it.
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Here at BALROG, we won’t let the darkness take you OR allow you to stray out of thought and time! Intruders SHALL. NOT. PASS.
December 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Here at BALROG, we won’t let the darkness take you OR allow you to stray out of thought and time! Intruders SHALL. NOT. PASS.
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Anyway, I’m starting a high end security company for retirement homes. I call it BALROG.
December 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Anyway, I’m starting a high end security company for retirement homes. I call it BALROG.
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no billionaire is self-made
40 Under 40: The Richest Self-Made Billionaires Under 40
See the full list:
www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photos: Guerin Blask, Levon Biss, Anthropic, Ethan Pines, Aleksandr Karnyukhin, Pop Mart)
See the full list:
www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photos: Guerin Blask, Levon Biss, Anthropic, Ethan Pines, Aleksandr Karnyukhin, Pop Mart)
December 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
no billionaire is self-made
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Once I saw a bust of Euripides in a museum and it included a list of all his plays and when I tell you how it hurt that one of the plays on that list was Andromeda, but no copies survive...
Since they have all deleted their original posts, I want to make clear that this was said in response to some AI enthusiasts arguing that existing AI could do the job of a historian in part because all existing information you would need to do history research was already on the Internet.
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
December 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Once I saw a bust of Euripides in a museum and it included a list of all his plays and when I tell you how it hurt that one of the plays on that list was Andromeda, but no copies survive...
In typing wild political speculation elsewhere, I mistyped the phrase as “compos Mentos” (not compos mentis). And you know what, I’m keeping it. 🥤
December 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
In typing wild political speculation elsewhere, I mistyped the phrase as “compos Mentos” (not compos mentis). And you know what, I’m keeping it. 🥤
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AI sloppers (is that a term?) crying that their prompts are being stolen is more beautiful than anything AI could produce
December 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
AI sloppers (is that a term?) crying that their prompts are being stolen is more beautiful than anything AI could produce
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I don't know how to title this but I love it
December 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I don't know how to title this but I love it
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bluesky is where elder millennials enjoying internet retirement meet younger millennials with untreated depression
December 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
bluesky is where elder millennials enjoying internet retirement meet younger millennials with untreated depression
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We didn't survive and thrive as a species because we had warriors or hunters - pretty much every omnivore can manage that.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
December 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We didn't survive and thrive as a species because we had warriors or hunters - pretty much every omnivore can manage that.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
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'Heritage American,' noun.
1) An American insufficiently committed to the founding values of the United States.
2) An American actively betraying those principles.
3) A white supremacist euphemism used by [2] to mean 'white people.'
1) An American insufficiently committed to the founding values of the United States.
2) An American actively betraying those principles.
3) A white supremacist euphemism used by [2] to mean 'white people.'
December 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
'Heritage American,' noun.
1) An American insufficiently committed to the founding values of the United States.
2) An American actively betraying those principles.
3) A white supremacist euphemism used by [2] to mean 'white people.'
1) An American insufficiently committed to the founding values of the United States.
2) An American actively betraying those principles.
3) A white supremacist euphemism used by [2] to mean 'white people.'
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2025 in a nutshell: we're kicking ourselves in the [redacted] with robot AI, and rather than show us care or even sympathy, the AI robot is claiming that it's the one in pain
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
2025 in a nutshell: we're kicking ourselves in the [redacted] with robot AI, and rather than show us care or even sympathy, the AI robot is claiming that it's the one in pain
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It's really cool and great that "men whose SO broke up with them over their gambling addiction" is such a large demographic that advertisers are targeting them
December 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It's really cool and great that "men whose SO broke up with them over their gambling addiction" is such a large demographic that advertisers are targeting them
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“Then they shouldn’t have voted for this!”
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Hurricane Helene. Not one has been approved.
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Helene. Not one has been approved.
More than a year after applying for a federal buyout, many North Carolina homeowners have heard almost nothing definitive.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“Then they shouldn’t have voted for this!”
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
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*deep sigh* The Warp Korma
you've just opened up a star trek-themed restaurant
what are you calling it?
QUARK'S
I even have a cool jingle ready
what are you calling it?
QUARK'S
I even have a cool jingle ready
you've just opened up a star trek-themed restaurant
what are you calling it?
It's an automat called The Ready Room.
what are you calling it?
It's an automat called The Ready Room.
December 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
*deep sigh* The Warp Korma
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Sinatra hated racists and would have punched Miller in the mouth.
Or as Phil Hartman's impression of Sinatra put it, "I got chunks of guys like you in my stool."
Or as Phil Hartman's impression of Sinatra put it, "I got chunks of guys like you in my stool."
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Sinatra hated racists and would have punched Miller in the mouth.
Or as Phil Hartman's impression of Sinatra put it, "I got chunks of guys like you in my stool."
Or as Phil Hartman's impression of Sinatra put it, "I got chunks of guys like you in my stool."