FormerGregSamsa
@formergregsamsa.bsky.social
All phenomena are fleeting. He/him. For those who don't know me from other social media sites: Waffles (Waf) is the name of our dog, not the name of my husband. [Update: Waf was. Marlowe is now our dog's name, not my husband's. Waf is now a name for love.]
To be fair, Signal improved there when Hegseth came to DC.
it’s so important to approach an unpredictable situation with a chill attitude
January 6, 2026 at 11:16 PM
To be fair, Signal improved there when Hegseth came to DC.
Schumer: I was so disappointed Susan Collins had to lend me her fainting couch.
Warner: "Nothing would lead to the absolute destruction of NATO more than US aggressive action against a longtime ally like Denmark"
Schumer: "I asked for assurances that they were not planning operations in other countries like Colombia and Cuba, and I was very very disappointed in their answer"
Schumer: "I asked for assurances that they were not planning operations in other countries like Colombia and Cuba, and I was very very disappointed in their answer"
January 6, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Schumer: I was so disappointed Susan Collins had to lend me her fainting couch.
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I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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I don't think I'd ever watched 'Sleeping Beauty' as an adult until a few years ago. It's is a gorgeous film, perhaps one of the most gorgeous movies Disney's done. Sure, it has Disney-issues where they either reuse layouts or else layouts were reused later (not an expert on Disney!) but still...
For Epiphany, this glorious 1966 illustration of the Three Kings by the great Eyvind Earle (1916 - 2000), best remembered for his enormous contribution to Disney Animation's visual style during the 1950s, particularly Sleeping Beauty (1959).
January 6, 2026 at 10:40 PM
I don't think I'd ever watched 'Sleeping Beauty' as an adult until a few years ago. It's is a gorgeous film, perhaps one of the most gorgeous movies Disney's done. Sure, it has Disney-issues where they either reuse layouts or else layouts were reused later (not an expert on Disney!) but still...
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Last month started doing daily Wordle & Sudoku with my kids via Discord. I will just say that today's Wordle was evil.
January 6, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Last month started doing daily Wordle & Sudoku with my kids via Discord. I will just say that today's Wordle was evil.
I was watching MSNBC while scrolling Twitter on J6 and it was weird to watch the insurrection unfolding while on MSNBC they were replaying Mitch McConnell's speech and lauding him for expressing comity and dedication to duty. Literally while the Capitol was being breached.
it’s so important to approach an unpredictable situation with a chill attitude
January 6, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I was watching MSNBC while scrolling Twitter on J6 and it was weird to watch the insurrection unfolding while on MSNBC they were replaying Mitch McConnell's speech and lauding him for expressing comity and dedication to duty. Literally while the Capitol was being breached.
Ok fuck you for this one. It's not a word. It's... something I need to remember to bitch about in 22ish hours from now. Wordle 1,662 6/6
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January 6, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Ok fuck you for this one. It's not a word. It's... something I need to remember to bitch about in 22ish hours from now. Wordle 1,662 6/6
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I don't mean to keep making Broadcast News references, but this really does seem as if the William Hurt character and the Albert Brooks character got combined and put on air with a very drunk and perhaps comatose Holly Hunter character producing.
"First day... first day, big problems here. Uh, are we going to Kelly here or are we gonna go..."
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fir...
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fir...
January 6, 2026 at 5:45 AM
I don't mean to keep making Broadcast News references, but this really does seem as if the William Hurt character and the Albert Brooks character got combined and put on air with a very drunk and perhaps comatose Holly Hunter character producing.
I like turtles.
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 AM
I like turtles.
“Mister Frodo… One. Ping. Only.”
Sir Ian McKellen and Elijah Wood will reunite as Gandalf and Frodo in ‘THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM’
Production will begin in May.
(via: Gollumgram)
Production will begin in May.
(via: Gollumgram)
January 6, 2026 at 4:24 AM
“Mister Frodo… One. Ping. Only.”
Reading the trivia for John Wick and what gets me is not this bit of trivia but how many have done a thumbs-down for it. Nice, man. Very nice. No one touch go near this.
January 6, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Reading the trivia for John Wick and what gets me is not this bit of trivia but how many have done a thumbs-down for it. Nice, man. Very nice. No one touch go near this.
Vital Marlowe update with also a sorta thing about the two genders (I sent the same pic to my mom and my dad).
January 6, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Vital Marlowe update with also a sorta thing about the two genders (I sent the same pic to my mom and my dad).
He is. Miller is. It's Miller time sort of weakness. But he's still spouting his poison in the president's ear, and the president has the nukes, and no matter how weak he seems: He still has the ear of a guy who can blow up the world.
this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 6, 2026 at 12:23 AM
He is. Miller is. It's Miller time sort of weakness. But he's still spouting his poison in the president's ear, and the president has the nukes, and no matter how weak he seems: He still has the ear of a guy who can blow up the world.
Someone mentioned how the J. Peterman catalog is a nightmare of racism and whiteness, so I went to their wiki page and.... wow, it's a read better than the actual catalog. John O'Hurley helped buy back the company? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Pete...
J. Peterman Company - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Someone mentioned how the J. Peterman catalog is a nightmare of racism and whiteness, so I went to their wiki page and.... wow, it's a read better than the actual catalog. John O'Hurley helped buy back the company? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Pete...
Wait. Is this what that one episode of Bob's Burgers was sorta referencing?
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January 5, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Wait. Is this what that one episode of Bob's Burgers was sorta referencing?
Oh I hope it's gonna be that the NHL is going all-in on 'Heated Rivalry' and host a hockey orgy-on-ice under the stars. www.tampabay.com/sports/light...
Stadium Series presentation will be unlike any other NHL outdoor game
The league will lean heavily into a Gasparilla theme, and the field setup won’t be complete until just before puck drop.
www.tampabay.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Oh I hope it's gonna be that the NHL is going all-in on 'Heated Rivalry' and host a hockey orgy-on-ice under the stars. www.tampabay.com/sports/light...
I'm aware I'm getting a lot of bots following me on here, but I'm also aware I'm too lazy to do a culling right now. Does that make me a bad Blueskitizen?
January 5, 2026 at 9:34 PM
I'm aware I'm getting a lot of bots following me on here, but I'm also aware I'm too lazy to do a culling right now. Does that make me a bad Blueskitizen?
'cats with thumbs' I'm just gonna believe the reason they won't be home until tomorrow is that they're hitchhiking in, which will take about a day.
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
we just adopted 2 cats with thumbs & they will be coming home tomorrow
we just adopted 2 cats with thumbs & they will be coming home tomorrow
January 5, 2026 at 9:03 PM
'cats with thumbs' I'm just gonna believe the reason they won't be home until tomorrow is that they're hitchhiking in, which will take about a day.
Is there a way to, like, Harrison Bergeron our leaping dog? The more exited he gets, the more haphazard and leapy he gets--he jumped almost up to my chin today when I got home from work. I appreciate the wild greeting! But I'm also concerned he's gonna injure himself. Good enthusiasm but jfc.
January 5, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Is there a way to, like, Harrison Bergeron our leaping dog? The more exited he gets, the more haphazard and leapy he gets--he jumped almost up to my chin today when I got home from work. I appreciate the wild greeting! But I'm also concerned he's gonna injure himself. Good enthusiasm but jfc.
I'm not familiar with this guy but it's like they took the hair of Robert Redford, the eyes of George Clooney, and set them on top of the mouth and chin of a de-syphilitized Steve Bannon.
A key figure with the false conspiracy theory connecting Venezuela to false claims of 2020 election fraud has been conspiracy theorist Patrick Byrne.
In October, Byrne on a podcast said "there’s never been as necessary a war since the Civil War, that we go down & take care of Venezuela."
In October, Byrne on a podcast said "there’s never been as necessary a war since the Civil War, that we go down & take care of Venezuela."
January 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I'm not familiar with this guy but it's like they took the hair of Robert Redford, the eyes of George Clooney, and set them on top of the mouth and chin of a de-syphilitized Steve Bannon.
"If we start calling 14 year olds adults, then we aren't abusing children anymore" seems to be where this is heading.
January 5, 2026 at 8:33 PM
"If we start calling 14 year olds adults, then we aren't abusing children anymore" seems to be where this is heading.
I hate this so much
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I hate this so much
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Harvard has removed a resident dean -- a Black lecturer in psychology -- for writing posts critical of Trump and law enforcement
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Dunster House Resident Dean Gregory Davis Removed After Resurfaced Social Media Posts | News | The Harvard Crimson
Gregory K. Davis was removed from his post as Dunster House resident dean effective immediately, according to a message circulated to House affiliates Monday morning.
www.thecrimson.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Harvard has removed a resident dean -- a Black lecturer in psychology -- for writing posts critical of Trump and law enforcement
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
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More than 100 people gathered in a Glasgow park to watch someone get kicked in the balls
More than 100 people gather in Glasgow to watch 'full force kick in the balls'
www.thenational.scot
January 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
More than 100 people gathered in a Glasgow park to watch someone get kicked in the balls
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So it is for concentration camps. Just like Poland 🇵🇱.
Miller posted this a few hours ago.
Miller posted this a few hours ago.
January 5, 2026 at 11:36 AM
So it is for concentration camps. Just like Poland 🇵🇱.
Miller posted this a few hours ago.
Miller posted this a few hours ago.