Michael Younger
@makizdat.bsky.social
Generally puzzled. Specifically, too.
To borrow a phrase from Abba Eban:
The Democrats never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
The Democrats never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
To borrow a phrase from Abba Eban:
The Democrats never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
The Democrats never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
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Yes please. would watch this whole series.
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In 1972, a cat commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These kittens promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune @thatwriterguy@mastodon.social
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Yes please. would watch this whole series.
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So cool. John Lennon's "Nobody Told Me" in Turkish. (I don't speak Turkish, but I love the "through a glass, darkly" feeling this gives rise to.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vZy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vZy...
Murat Evgin - Nobody Told Me (from "Pluribus") | Apple Original Series Soundtrack
YouTube video by SonySoundtracksVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
So cool. John Lennon's "Nobody Told Me" in Turkish. (I don't speak Turkish, but I love the "through a glass, darkly" feeling this gives rise to.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vZy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vZy...
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You thought you only dreamt this.
You thought only you dreamt this.
You thought only you dreamt this.
November 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
You thought you only dreamt this.
You thought only you dreamt this.
You thought only you dreamt this.
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A friend's incisive take
November 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A friend's incisive take
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I realize it is not the most useful piece of analysis but I feel like we don't talk enough about the plain fact that a relatively large chunk of the country has just kinda lost their minds
November 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I realize it is not the most useful piece of analysis but I feel like we don't talk enough about the plain fact that a relatively large chunk of the country has just kinda lost their minds
Seriously?!?
And, yes, it’s real.
And, yes, it’s real.
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Seriously?!?
And, yes, it’s real.
And, yes, it’s real.
[ Seen on the bird app ]
Sounds like my kinda weekend
Sounds like my kinda weekend
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 AM
[ Seen on the bird app ]
Sounds like my kinda weekend
Sounds like my kinda weekend
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
An extraordinarily interesting conversation between @kevinrothrock.me and @juliaioffe.bsky.social on her new book, on women in Russian history, and so much more. Worth your time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe2m...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe2m...
Julia Ioffe’s ‘Motherland’
YouTube video by Meduza in English
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
An extraordinarily interesting conversation between @kevinrothrock.me and @juliaioffe.bsky.social on her new book, on women in Russian history, and so much more. Worth your time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe2m...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe2m...
Still my favorite Halloween song
soundcloud.com/fifthcolumn/...
soundcloud.com/fifthcolumn/...
Hot Nut Riveters - Brains
The Hot Nut Riveters turn their baleful, irreverent gaze towards those shambling mounds of putridness, zombies!
soundcloud.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Still my favorite Halloween song
soundcloud.com/fifthcolumn/...
soundcloud.com/fifthcolumn/...
'Death Ball' Sponge and Glowing Worms Among Creatures Discovered in Southern Ocean
e360.yale.edu
October 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Bill Gates: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Climate Change
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
Bill Gates Says Climate Change ‘Will Not Lead to Humanity’s Demise’
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Bill Gates: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Climate Change
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
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"BASIL!!" Rest in peace, funny lady.
Fawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales dies at the age of 93
Fawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales dies at the age of 93
Actor portrayed Sybil Fawlty and later charmed viewers with her canal boat journeys alongside husband Timothy West
Prunella Scales, the actor best known for playing Sybil Fawlty in the classic comedy series Fawlty Towers, has died aged 93.
Scales, who was married to fellow actor Timothy West , was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2013 . Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"BASIL!!" Rest in peace, funny lady.
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Tower in the park architecture is never complete without a hibernating kaiju
v @jwomack.bsky.social
v @jwomack.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Tower in the park architecture is never complete without a hibernating kaiju
v @jwomack.bsky.social
v @jwomack.bsky.social
Okay, I did not know there were plans to replace the West Wing, too.
[ Image seen on FB ]
[ Image seen on FB ]
October 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Okay, I did not know there were plans to replace the West Wing, too.
[ Image seen on FB ]
[ Image seen on FB ]
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Wow.
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Wow.
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Fascinating edition of "The Daily" today on Venezuela, with lots of things I didn't know, like:
-- Despite rhetoric in his first term and now about Maduro being a dictator, etc Trump tried to make a deal with him in which he'd win US support in return for *all* of the country's natural resources.
-- Despite rhetoric in his first term and now about Maduro being a dictator, etc Trump tried to make a deal with him in which he'd win US support in return for *all* of the country's natural resources.
October 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Fascinating edition of "The Daily" today on Venezuela, with lots of things I didn't know, like:
-- Despite rhetoric in his first term and now about Maduro being a dictator, etc Trump tried to make a deal with him in which he'd win US support in return for *all* of the country's natural resources.
-- Despite rhetoric in his first term and now about Maduro being a dictator, etc Trump tried to make a deal with him in which he'd win US support in return for *all* of the country's natural resources.
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Seventeenth-century cipher security at work!
Secret diplomatic message deciphered after 350 years
Ruth Selman shares an exciting update to her previous blog post about a 17th-century letter written in cipher.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
October 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Seventeenth-century cipher security at work!