kulturhack
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Bemused observer of the mid 21st Century, increasingly specializing in contextualization.
Greater Washington, DC
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Bemused observer of the mid 21st Century, increasingly specializing in contextualization.
Greater Washington, DC
Mastodon Presence:
@kulturhack@mstdn.social
The WSJ reports Donnie The Wannabe Despot is rolling back food tariffs to lower their cost.
That means the tariffs increased consumer costs, which Donnie has denied.
If we lose our democracy, for god’s sake don’t let it be to this moron.
apple.news/AvknzMEMgQy2...
mstdn.social/@kulturhack/...
That means the tariffs increased consumer costs, which Donnie has denied.
If we lose our democracy, for god’s sake don’t let it be to this moron.
apple.news/AvknzMEMgQy2...
mstdn.social/@kulturhack/...
Trump Implements Major Rollback of Food Tariffs — The Wall Street Journal
President moves to lower duties on beef, coffee and dozens of other goods as cost-of-living concerns rise
apple.news
November 15, 2025 at 5:22 AM
The WSJ reports Donnie The Wannabe Despot is rolling back food tariffs to lower their cost.
That means the tariffs increased consumer costs, which Donnie has denied.
If we lose our democracy, for god’s sake don’t let it be to this moron.
apple.news/AvknzMEMgQy2...
mstdn.social/@kulturhack/...
That means the tariffs increased consumer costs, which Donnie has denied.
If we lose our democracy, for god’s sake don’t let it be to this moron.
apple.news/AvknzMEMgQy2...
mstdn.social/@kulturhack/...
It’s official—I’m turning in the last of my Cool Hunting credentials.
I just read a report in the tech press saying that Apple’s new iPhone Pocket was almost sold out.
A neon-hued jockstrap for a phone as an object of desire? I did not see that one coming.
I just read a report in the tech press saying that Apple’s new iPhone Pocket was almost sold out.
A neon-hued jockstrap for a phone as an object of desire? I did not see that one coming.
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It’s official—I’m turning in the last of my Cool Hunting credentials.
I just read a report in the tech press saying that Apple’s new iPhone Pocket was almost sold out.
A neon-hued jockstrap for a phone as an object of desire? I did not see that one coming.
I just read a report in the tech press saying that Apple’s new iPhone Pocket was almost sold out.
A neon-hued jockstrap for a phone as an object of desire? I did not see that one coming.
MSNBC just declared Spanberger is the next Governor of Virginia.
As a Dem voter in the People’s Republic Of Northern Virginia, as always, Sane America, you are very welcome.
And please let me be the first to say it: Winsome, lose some.
As a Dem voter in the People’s Republic Of Northern Virginia, as always, Sane America, you are very welcome.
And please let me be the first to say it: Winsome, lose some.
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
MSNBC just declared Spanberger is the next Governor of Virginia.
As a Dem voter in the People’s Republic Of Northern Virginia, as always, Sane America, you are very welcome.
And please let me be the first to say it: Winsome, lose some.
As a Dem voter in the People’s Republic Of Northern Virginia, as always, Sane America, you are very welcome.
And please let me be the first to say it: Winsome, lose some.
Well, it’s the end of Daylight Savings Time, so this year I’m turning the clocks back to November 6, 2012.
Fingers crossed it works.
Fingers crossed it works.
November 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Well, it’s the end of Daylight Savings Time, so this year I’m turning the clocks back to November 6, 2012.
Fingers crossed it works.
Fingers crossed it works.
Got early voting done today. I did my part once again to save Democracy in Virginia and, in turn, the nation.
And as always, you’re very welcome, Sane America.
If you’re voting this Tuesday, there’s only two choices: Democrat or Fascism. One is not perfect, but the other is deeply, blindly wrong.
And as always, you’re very welcome, Sane America.
If you’re voting this Tuesday, there’s only two choices: Democrat or Fascism. One is not perfect, but the other is deeply, blindly wrong.
November 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Got early voting done today. I did my part once again to save Democracy in Virginia and, in turn, the nation.
And as always, you’re very welcome, Sane America.
If you’re voting this Tuesday, there’s only two choices: Democrat or Fascism. One is not perfect, but the other is deeply, blindly wrong.
And as always, you’re very welcome, Sane America.
If you’re voting this Tuesday, there’s only two choices: Democrat or Fascism. One is not perfect, but the other is deeply, blindly wrong.
Report from war-torn Washington DC:
Wonder what the occupying national guard (aka the shock troops of Donnie The Wannbe Despot) are going to make of annual gay Halloween parade in Georgetown?
Steady on men—drag queens aren’t dangerous.
Wonder what the occupying national guard (aka the shock troops of Donnie The Wannbe Despot) are going to make of annual gay Halloween parade in Georgetown?
Steady on men—drag queens aren’t dangerous.
October 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Report from war-torn Washington DC:
Wonder what the occupying national guard (aka the shock troops of Donnie The Wannbe Despot) are going to make of annual gay Halloween parade in Georgetown?
Steady on men—drag queens aren’t dangerous.
Wonder what the occupying national guard (aka the shock troops of Donnie The Wannbe Despot) are going to make of annual gay Halloween parade in Georgetown?
Steady on men—drag queens aren’t dangerous.
The BBC has announced another Doctor Who series, but no longer in partnership with Disney.
Fingers crossed it begins with Peter Capaldi regaining consciousness on the floor of the TARDIS and saying “Oh, thank god! What a horrible dream!”
Fingers crossed it begins with Peter Capaldi regaining consciousness on the floor of the TARDIS and saying “Oh, thank god! What a horrible dream!”
October 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The BBC has announced another Doctor Who series, but no longer in partnership with Disney.
Fingers crossed it begins with Peter Capaldi regaining consciousness on the floor of the TARDIS and saying “Oh, thank god! What a horrible dream!”
Fingers crossed it begins with Peter Capaldi regaining consciousness on the floor of the TARDIS and saying “Oh, thank god! What a horrible dream!”
Based on what Stormy Daniels has said, if there’s one person in DC who definitely doesn’t need more ball room, it’s Donnie The Wannabe Despot.
Thank you, good night and I’ll be here all week! Don’t forget to tip your server! Drive home safely!
Thank you, good night and I’ll be here all week! Don’t forget to tip your server! Drive home safely!
October 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Based on what Stormy Daniels has said, if there’s one person in DC who definitely doesn’t need more ball room, it’s Donnie The Wannabe Despot.
Thank you, good night and I’ll be here all week! Don’t forget to tip your server! Drive home safely!
Thank you, good night and I’ll be here all week! Don’t forget to tip your server! Drive home safely!
I’m looking forward to participating in the No Kings protest this weekend, and I’m bemused by Republicans’ sad attempt to depict the millions expected to attend as an “Hate America” rally.
Please allow my friend Dr Henry Jones to clarify the march’s true message…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOYY...
Please allow my friend Dr Henry Jones to clarify the march’s true message…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOYY...
"Nazis, I hate these guys" - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
YouTube video by Dave TV
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I’m looking forward to participating in the No Kings protest this weekend, and I’m bemused by Republicans’ sad attempt to depict the millions expected to attend as an “Hate America” rally.
Please allow my friend Dr Henry Jones to clarify the march’s true message…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOYY...
Please allow my friend Dr Henry Jones to clarify the march’s true message…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOYY...
Recently, the racist Young Republicans have frequently and deservedly been compared to the Klan. But for obvious reasons, that may make them harder to spot.
So here’s a tip: invariably, the Young Republicans are the ones in the 1000 thread count Egyptian cotton contour sheets.
Hope this helps.
So here’s a tip: invariably, the Young Republicans are the ones in the 1000 thread count Egyptian cotton contour sheets.
Hope this helps.
October 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Recently, the racist Young Republicans have frequently and deservedly been compared to the Klan. But for obvious reasons, that may make them harder to spot.
So here’s a tip: invariably, the Young Republicans are the ones in the 1000 thread count Egyptian cotton contour sheets.
Hope this helps.
So here’s a tip: invariably, the Young Republicans are the ones in the 1000 thread count Egyptian cotton contour sheets.
Hope this helps.
I’ve never used Facebook, kept away from Instagram, and refused to use Meta AI for one reason—Zuckerberg’s troubling ethos.
I’ve never regretted turning my back on his company, and here’s the latest reason: his MAGA Ai advisor…
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
I’ve never regretted turning my back on his company, and here’s the latest reason: his MAGA Ai advisor…
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people
Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I’ve never used Facebook, kept away from Instagram, and refused to use Meta AI for one reason—Zuckerberg’s troubling ethos.
I’ve never regretted turning my back on his company, and here’s the latest reason: his MAGA Ai advisor…
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
I’ve never regretted turning my back on his company, and here’s the latest reason: his MAGA Ai advisor…
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Just got my COVID and flu shots.
Fuck RFK The Lesser—never trust the advice of a guy without a medical degree whose earlier idea of a sound health strategy was heroin.
Fuck RFK The Lesser—never trust the advice of a guy without a medical degree whose earlier idea of a sound health strategy was heroin.
October 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Just got my COVID and flu shots.
Fuck RFK The Lesser—never trust the advice of a guy without a medical degree whose earlier idea of a sound health strategy was heroin.
Fuck RFK The Lesser—never trust the advice of a guy without a medical degree whose earlier idea of a sound health strategy was heroin.
Sinclair dropping its Kimmel boycott proves that the most potent weapon we have against fascism is Monday Night Football.
It’s like the end of War Of The Worlds, where common bacteria is what kills the Martians.
Every football team refusing to play until Trump resigns might actually work.
It’s like the end of War Of The Worlds, where common bacteria is what kills the Martians.
Every football team refusing to play until Trump resigns might actually work.
September 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Sinclair dropping its Kimmel boycott proves that the most potent weapon we have against fascism is Monday Night Football.
It’s like the end of War Of The Worlds, where common bacteria is what kills the Martians.
Every football team refusing to play until Trump resigns might actually work.
It’s like the end of War Of The Worlds, where common bacteria is what kills the Martians.
Every football team refusing to play until Trump resigns might actually work.
Fun fact: While Claudia Cardinale was known as “Italy’s Girlfriend,” I was once known as “The Dutchy Of Grand Fenwick’s Boyfriend.”
Obit writers of the future please take note.
Obit writers of the future please take note.
September 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Fun fact: While Claudia Cardinale was known as “Italy’s Girlfriend,” I was once known as “The Dutchy Of Grand Fenwick’s Boyfriend.”
Obit writers of the future please take note.
Obit writers of the future please take note.
Just spitballing here, but I’m guessing that on a Venn diagram featuring garment-rending Apple fanboys who instantly detest the new OS 26 overhaul and people who hysterically maintain that George Lucas’ fine-tuning of Star Wars has ruined their childhoods *forever.* there is massive overlap.
September 16, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Just spitballing here, but I’m guessing that on a Venn diagram featuring garment-rending Apple fanboys who instantly detest the new OS 26 overhaul and people who hysterically maintain that George Lucas’ fine-tuning of Star Wars has ruined their childhoods *forever.* there is massive overlap.
Updating my devices to their OS 26 variants resulted in a whipsaw progress bar:
10 minutes!
No! 22 days!
Sorry! 8 hours!
Oops! 15 hours!
Scratch that! 3 days!
This time it’s for real! 31 hours!
Screw that! 27 minutes!
Goddamit! 11 days!
I mean this! 1 hour!
Liquid Glass? Okay.
Liquid Time? Nope.
10 minutes!
No! 22 days!
Sorry! 8 hours!
Oops! 15 hours!
Scratch that! 3 days!
This time it’s for real! 31 hours!
Screw that! 27 minutes!
Goddamit! 11 days!
I mean this! 1 hour!
Liquid Glass? Okay.
Liquid Time? Nope.
September 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Updating my devices to their OS 26 variants resulted in a whipsaw progress bar:
10 minutes!
No! 22 days!
Sorry! 8 hours!
Oops! 15 hours!
Scratch that! 3 days!
This time it’s for real! 31 hours!
Screw that! 27 minutes!
Goddamit! 11 days!
I mean this! 1 hour!
Liquid Glass? Okay.
Liquid Time? Nope.
10 minutes!
No! 22 days!
Sorry! 8 hours!
Oops! 15 hours!
Scratch that! 3 days!
This time it’s for real! 31 hours!
Screw that! 27 minutes!
Goddamit! 11 days!
I mean this! 1 hour!
Liquid Glass? Okay.
Liquid Time? Nope.
The instant amnesia of the press:
From MAGA provocateur to “conservative activist.”
A tragedy is not a reboot.
From MAGA provocateur to “conservative activist.”
A tragedy is not a reboot.
September 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The instant amnesia of the press:
From MAGA provocateur to “conservative activist.”
A tragedy is not a reboot.
From MAGA provocateur to “conservative activist.”
A tragedy is not a reboot.
Be honest: “The Department Of War” is ultimately less irksome than “The Hexagon.”
So yeah, as bad as things are, they could be even more annoying.
So yeah, as bad as things are, they could be even more annoying.
September 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Be honest: “The Department Of War” is ultimately less irksome than “The Hexagon.”
So yeah, as bad as things are, they could be even more annoying.
So yeah, as bad as things are, they could be even more annoying.
Breaking:
Following up his edict that the Defense Department is now the War Depaetment, Donnie The Wannabe Despot has changed the name of the White House to White Castle because mmmmmmm junk food.
That is all. Carry on.
Following up his edict that the Defense Department is now the War Depaetment, Donnie The Wannabe Despot has changed the name of the White House to White Castle because mmmmmmm junk food.
That is all. Carry on.
September 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Breaking:
Following up his edict that the Defense Department is now the War Depaetment, Donnie The Wannabe Despot has changed the name of the White House to White Castle because mmmmmmm junk food.
That is all. Carry on.
Following up his edict that the Defense Department is now the War Depaetment, Donnie The Wannabe Despot has changed the name of the White House to White Castle because mmmmmmm junk food.
That is all. Carry on.
Judging from the hearing today, RFK Jr likes people around him to be just like his former drug dealers--Yes Men and Yes Women.
And that really worked out well, didn't it?
And that really worked out well, didn't it?
September 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Judging from the hearing today, RFK Jr likes people around him to be just like his former drug dealers--Yes Men and Yes Women.
And that really worked out well, didn't it?
And that really worked out well, didn't it?
Journalists:
Stop reporting the “White House” did this or that.
It’s either Trump who did the thing in question or Mad King Donnie's handlers in the Executive branch.
Capice?
Ascribing actions to the “White House” allows Donnie The Wannabe Despot even more responsibility avoidance.
Good talk.
Stop reporting the “White House” did this or that.
It’s either Trump who did the thing in question or Mad King Donnie's handlers in the Executive branch.
Capice?
Ascribing actions to the “White House” allows Donnie The Wannabe Despot even more responsibility avoidance.
Good talk.
September 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Journalists:
Stop reporting the “White House” did this or that.
It’s either Trump who did the thing in question or Mad King Donnie's handlers in the Executive branch.
Capice?
Ascribing actions to the “White House” allows Donnie The Wannabe Despot even more responsibility avoidance.
Good talk.
Stop reporting the “White House” did this or that.
It’s either Trump who did the thing in question or Mad King Donnie's handlers in the Executive branch.
Capice?
Ascribing actions to the “White House” allows Donnie The Wannabe Despot even more responsibility avoidance.
Good talk.
During the next 90 days, please keep pumpkin out of my coffee, my beer, my bread, my soup, my chewing gum, my cookies, my candy and—for all I know—my toothpaste.
A piece of pie and a jack-‘o-lantern are permissible uses.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
A piece of pie and a jack-‘o-lantern are permissible uses.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
September 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
During the next 90 days, please keep pumpkin out of my coffee, my beer, my bread, my soup, my chewing gum, my cookies, my candy and—for all I know—my toothpaste.
A piece of pie and a jack-‘o-lantern are permissible uses.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
A piece of pie and a jack-‘o-lantern are permissible uses.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
More proof that excessive lip filler abuse causes hallucinations…
“Noem says LA 'would have burned down' without Trump's National Guard deployment”
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
“Noem says LA 'would have burned down' without Trump's National Guard deployment”
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Noem says LA 'would have burned down' without Trump's National Guard deployment
She characterized Los Angeles as a doomed city that needed to be saved by the president.
www.politico.com
August 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
More proof that excessive lip filler abuse causes hallucinations…
“Noem says LA 'would have burned down' without Trump's National Guard deployment”
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
“Noem says LA 'would have burned down' without Trump's National Guard deployment”
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
The London Underground has launched a campaign encouraging riders to use headphones when listening to music.
Their poster design overlooks the massively obvious solution. So I executed it for them.
As always, London Underground, you’re very welcome.
9to5mac.com/2025/08/27/l...
Their poster design overlooks the massively obvious solution. So I executed it for them.
As always, London Underground, you’re very welcome.
9to5mac.com/2025/08/27/l...
August 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The London Underground has launched a campaign encouraging riders to use headphones when listening to music.
Their poster design overlooks the massively obvious solution. So I executed it for them.
As always, London Underground, you’re very welcome.
9to5mac.com/2025/08/27/l...
Their poster design overlooks the massively obvious solution. So I executed it for them.
As always, London Underground, you’re very welcome.
9to5mac.com/2025/08/27/l...
Thousands of federal workers dismissed by Musk and DOGE:
MAGA—“Good riddance, Deep State! Screw ‘em all!”
The unemployment of one fictional old coot with overalls and a barrel end table:
MAGA—“How very dare you! We need a hiring quota for non-existent old guys in bib overalls!”
#RightWingDEI
MAGA—“Good riddance, Deep State! Screw ‘em all!”
The unemployment of one fictional old coot with overalls and a barrel end table:
MAGA—“How very dare you! We need a hiring quota for non-existent old guys in bib overalls!”
#RightWingDEI
August 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Thousands of federal workers dismissed by Musk and DOGE:
MAGA—“Good riddance, Deep State! Screw ‘em all!”
The unemployment of one fictional old coot with overalls and a barrel end table:
MAGA—“How very dare you! We need a hiring quota for non-existent old guys in bib overalls!”
#RightWingDEI
MAGA—“Good riddance, Deep State! Screw ‘em all!”
The unemployment of one fictional old coot with overalls and a barrel end table:
MAGA—“How very dare you! We need a hiring quota for non-existent old guys in bib overalls!”
#RightWingDEI