Gritmonger 🔵
@gritmonger.bsky.social
Accessibility Professional, Parent, Artist, Advocate, protect trans kids, black lives matter, he/him, autistic.
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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Those of you who believe in mortal sin ought to recognize this for what it is.
“‘If a fire occurs in the cabin ... don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off," one flight attendant was told.
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,’” said another.
Our #3 most-read story of 2025:
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,’” said another.
Our #3 most-read story of 2025:
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and t...
www.propublica.org
January 5, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Those of you who believe in mortal sin ought to recognize this for what it is.
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IT'S NINE PM, JONATHAN
YOU HAVE SCHOOL TOMORROW
SQUELCH INTO YOUR BEANS AND I'LL READ YOU A BEDTIME STORY
YOU HAVE SCHOOL TOMORROW
SQUELCH INTO YOUR BEANS AND I'LL READ YOU A BEDTIME STORY
January 4, 2026 at 9:24 PM
IT'S NINE PM, JONATHAN
YOU HAVE SCHOOL TOMORROW
SQUELCH INTO YOUR BEANS AND I'LL READ YOU A BEDTIME STORY
YOU HAVE SCHOOL TOMORROW
SQUELCH INTO YOUR BEANS AND I'LL READ YOU A BEDTIME STORY
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"Having long claimed that he's got our nose, President Trump now appears to not have our nose, raising questions about whether our nose was his thumb pushed between two knuckles, and where our nose is."
Once a critic of overseas entanglements, President Trump now appears willing to embrace regime change as a tool of American influence, raising questions about whether his “America First” doctrine is being redefined.
Trump’s Venezuela move pushes the limits of ‘America First’
Once a critic of entanglements abroad, Trump now appears willing to embrace regime change as a tool of American influence, risking a backlash from his MAGA base.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:43 AM
"Having long claimed that he's got our nose, President Trump now appears to not have our nose, raising questions about whether our nose was his thumb pushed between two knuckles, and where our nose is."
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do not dare question my assertion that Matthew Yglesias is controlled by neoliberal nanobots, I have made an exhaustive study of breakfast cereal boxes for over 20 years and the data is unassailable
January 4, 2026 at 11:45 AM
do not dare question my assertion that Matthew Yglesias is controlled by neoliberal nanobots, I have made an exhaustive study of breakfast cereal boxes for over 20 years and the data is unassailable
This operation cost so much more than fifty million.
RUBIO: He is a fugitive of American justice with a $50 million award. I guess we saved $50 million.
TRUMP: We should make sure. Don't let anybody claim it. Nobody deserves it but us.
TRUMP: We should make sure. Don't let anybody claim it. Nobody deserves it but us.
January 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
This operation cost so much more than fifty million.
Damn you, Cassandra
I predict 2026 will be the stupidest year in US history. Not stupidest thus far. Like after this year there will never be a year this stupid again.
January 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Damn you, Cassandra
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I hate these guys
September 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I hate these guys
This is exactly the fear of friends in Taiwan. It signals a free-for-all for authoritarian whim.
"By proceeding without any semblance of international legitimacy, valid legal authority or domestic endorsement, Mr. Trump risks providing justification for authoritarians in China, Russia and elsewhere who want to dominate their own neighbors."
NYT Editorial Board
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
NYT Editorial Board
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:40 PM
This is exactly the fear of friends in Taiwan. It signals a free-for-all for authoritarian whim.
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Again: Y’know, when things like this are happening, alt-text on a screenshot of TEXT FOR GOD’S SAKE is even more important.
Reposting with goddamned alt-text.
Reposting with goddamned alt-text.
January 3, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Again: Y’know, when things like this are happening, alt-text on a screenshot of TEXT FOR GOD’S SAKE is even more important.
Reposting with goddamned alt-text.
Reposting with goddamned alt-text.
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hey! i'm doing a winter sale, though not of games - but of my packs of moody, atmospheric photos of Maine! A Place Without Bodies volumes 1&2! over *600* photos, *with* license for commercial use, at 2/3rds off - just $20! great for projects of all kinds! lasts till jan 5th! ko-fi.com/s/bc50ecb11f
December 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
hey! i'm doing a winter sale, though not of games - but of my packs of moody, atmospheric photos of Maine! A Place Without Bodies volumes 1&2! over *600* photos, *with* license for commercial use, at 2/3rds off - just $20! great for projects of all kinds! lasts till jan 5th! ko-fi.com/s/bc50ecb11f
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It's time for the passing year!
✨🌟✨Happy new year!!✨🌟✨
Wishing you the best as always, health and success for you through 2026!
Keep it up!
✨🌟✨Happy new year!!✨🌟✨
Wishing you the best as always, health and success for you through 2026!
Keep it up!
December 31, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It's time for the passing year!
✨🌟✨Happy new year!!✨🌟✨
Wishing you the best as always, health and success for you through 2026!
Keep it up!
✨🌟✨Happy new year!!✨🌟✨
Wishing you the best as always, health and success for you through 2026!
Keep it up!
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it sucks in a way that says "temporary lapse of senses in an intelligent being" as opposed to "shitty tech that has to make a lot of money now or an entire sector is going down"
September 14, 2024 at 9:55 PM
it sucks in a way that says "temporary lapse of senses in an intelligent being" as opposed to "shitty tech that has to make a lot of money now or an entire sector is going down"
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Guys the AI didn't perform badly it *hallucinated*. It's not like usual technology that just sucks
September 14, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Guys the AI didn't perform badly it *hallucinated*. It's not like usual technology that just sucks
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If I complimented your shirt,
I complimented your shirt.
This was not flirting.
If this is often confused with flirting, I will refrain in the future.
I complimented your shirt.
This was not flirting.
If this is often confused with flirting, I will refrain in the future.
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 AM
If I complimented your shirt,
I complimented your shirt.
This was not flirting.
If this is often confused with flirting, I will refrain in the future.
I complimented your shirt.
This was not flirting.
If this is often confused with flirting, I will refrain in the future.
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Psst.
Hey, come closer.
No, closer.
I have a New Year’s secret for you.
It’s this:
If you care about people you don’t even know, and try to live your life that way, you are absolutely beautiful no matter what you look like.
Hey, come closer.
No, closer.
I have a New Year’s secret for you.
It’s this:
If you care about people you don’t even know, and try to live your life that way, you are absolutely beautiful no matter what you look like.
January 1, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Psst.
Hey, come closer.
No, closer.
I have a New Year’s secret for you.
It’s this:
If you care about people you don’t even know, and try to live your life that way, you are absolutely beautiful no matter what you look like.
Hey, come closer.
No, closer.
I have a New Year’s secret for you.
It’s this:
If you care about people you don’t even know, and try to live your life that way, you are absolutely beautiful no matter what you look like.
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Happy New Year
When you put all the work together it really becomes clear that Ben Franklin would have loved all of this.
December 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Happy New Year
What was your biggest impact on the Internet?
Apocryphally, I produced a digital artwork that was hosted in a long gone fantasy-science fiction online gallery that inspired one years theme for Burning Man in the early 2000s.
So some of us unfortunately do evil inadvertently.
Apocryphally, I produced a digital artwork that was hosted in a long gone fantasy-science fiction online gallery that inspired one years theme for Burning Man in the early 2000s.
So some of us unfortunately do evil inadvertently.
What was your biggest impact on the Internet?
I sent a single song to @choochoobear.bsky.social that made him cry so hard he put it into his comic strip.
The comic strip helped push the artist's career in a big way.
The artist later wrote a song for Something*Positive.
I sent a single song to @choochoobear.bsky.social that made him cry so hard he put it into his comic strip.
The comic strip helped push the artist's career in a big way.
The artist later wrote a song for Something*Positive.
What was your biggest impact on the internet?
I destroyed anime. All of it. It doesn't exist anymore.
I destroyed anime. All of it. It doesn't exist anymore.
December 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
What was your biggest impact on the Internet?
Apocryphally, I produced a digital artwork that was hosted in a long gone fantasy-science fiction online gallery that inspired one years theme for Burning Man in the early 2000s.
So some of us unfortunately do evil inadvertently.
Apocryphally, I produced a digital artwork that was hosted in a long gone fantasy-science fiction online gallery that inspired one years theme for Burning Man in the early 2000s.
So some of us unfortunately do evil inadvertently.
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"I don't want any shit in my punchbowl" may not drive user engagement because it isn't a controversial statement, but on the plus side, there's no shit in the punchbowl.
Moderate positions aren't popular online because they're the equivalent of thinking there's a reasonable amount of shit to have in the punchbowl.
December 31, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"I don't want any shit in my punchbowl" may not drive user engagement because it isn't a controversial statement, but on the plus side, there's no shit in the punchbowl.
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🎵 You're no stranger to muuurder 🎵
The inevitable counter to Celing Cat
December 30, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The inevitable counter to Celing Cat
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An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
December 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.