Martin The Mess aka Big Brother
@martinthemess.bsky.social
Science Fiction, Science Fact, History and Alternate History, Humor and Political Philosophy. Always Watching. Formerly @Back2Babylon5 on that other place with the Musky odor.
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The Franchise No One Wanted Continues!
2016: The Prequel to the Year of Hell
2020: The Year of Hell
2020 Won: The Year of Hell Victorious
2020 2: A Sequel So Bad It's Numbered Out Of Sequence
2020 3: Please God End it Already
2020 4-Ever: God Whispers back, "No"
2020 5: What Fresh Hell Is This?
2016: The Prequel to the Year of Hell
2020: The Year of Hell
2020 Won: The Year of Hell Victorious
2020 2: A Sequel So Bad It's Numbered Out Of Sequence
2020 3: Please God End it Already
2020 4-Ever: God Whispers back, "No"
2020 5: What Fresh Hell Is This?
I caught the start of this episode recently. "Homefront", the one about what terrorism and security paranoia does to a society. When viewing security video of a bombing, the command "go to time index FIVE NINE ELEVEN" is spoken.
In an episode about terrorism that came out 5 years before THAT 9/11.
In an episode about terrorism that came out 5 years before THAT 9/11.
the Klingons may have been onto something there (DS9 s04e11)
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I caught the start of this episode recently. "Homefront", the one about what terrorism and security paranoia does to a society. When viewing security video of a bombing, the command "go to time index FIVE NINE ELEVEN" is spoken.
In an episode about terrorism that came out 5 years before THAT 9/11.
In an episode about terrorism that came out 5 years before THAT 9/11.
I really hope that Roman Fasces molding atop the door lintel pre-dates the current administration and is not a recent addition.
Look at what this garish, classless, tasteless fool has done to the People’s House.
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I really hope that Roman Fasces molding atop the door lintel pre-dates the current administration and is not a recent addition.
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"Five thousand hungry souls and what do you come up with? Basket after basket of inflammatory, indigestible garbage. Empty carbs for empty stomachs, how generous."
Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand, but the Five Thousand Are Gluten Free
No, of course we appreciate the gesture. It’s just that, well, this menu is a little inconsiderate. Sure, all these loaves of bread, that’s very im...
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"Five thousand hungry souls and what do you come up with? Basket after basket of inflammatory, indigestible garbage. Empty carbs for empty stomachs, how generous."
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A man came to Broadview searching for his wife of five years after she was taken by ICE at her court hearing. He wasn’t told anything, tracked her by her phone, and was left weeping in the parking lot.
*Out of respect we deleted original post in request from man in photos showing his face*
*Out of respect we deleted original post in request from man in photos showing his face*
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
A man came to Broadview searching for his wife of five years after she was taken by ICE at her court hearing. He wasn’t told anything, tracked her by her phone, and was left weeping in the parking lot.
*Out of respect we deleted original post in request from man in photos showing his face*
*Out of respect we deleted original post in request from man in photos showing his face*
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DHS: ‘Daycare Workers Have Walked Freely in This Country For Far Too Long’
DHS: ‘Daycare Workers Have Walked Freely in This Country For Far Too Long’
WASHINGTON—Reaffirming the Trump administration’s promise to crack down on individuals providing supervision and instruction to youngsters across the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi ...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
DHS: ‘Daycare Workers Have Walked Freely in This Country For Far Too Long’
Baron Unterbheit?
November 6, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Baron Unterbheit?
Someone needs to remind Trump that he's President Clark in B5 terms, not Ambassador Kosh.
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Someone needs to remind Trump that he's President Clark in B5 terms, not Ambassador Kosh.
Great, ChatGPT has become the malfunctioning bomb from "Dark Star" (1974).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiKi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiKi...
November 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Great, ChatGPT has become the malfunctioning bomb from "Dark Star" (1974).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiKi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiKi...
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
A Vietnam Vet we know through Church called for my Dad the other week to ask about some YouTube videos he'd seen of the new Pope saying outrageous things. Luckily Dad was out and I took the call. Took me all of 15 seconds of one video to be able to say, "Yes, this is AI bullshit, just ignore it."
A friend told me that her American dad got in touch to talk about some news he'd seen on Facebook: there are riots in England over DEI, and the King dramatically burst into parliament to tell Starmer off, and then Prince William did the same to Sadiq Khan. AI really is inventing bold new universes
November 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A Vietnam Vet we know through Church called for my Dad the other week to ask about some YouTube videos he'd seen of the new Pope saying outrageous things. Luckily Dad was out and I took the call. Took me all of 15 seconds of one video to be able to say, "Yes, this is AI bullshit, just ignore it."
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This is brilliant
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This is brilliant
I see getting married to Moogie really *has* turned even Grand Nagus Zek woke as heck. Either that, or Vizzini has gotten out of the "starting wars" business and instead been hired to start a Revolution.
On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
November 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I see getting married to Moogie really *has* turned even Grand Nagus Zek woke as heck. Either that, or Vizzini has gotten out of the "starting wars" business and instead been hired to start a Revolution.
Kristi Noem is *literally* a worse criminal than any illegal immigrant who has only violated Immigration laws (~40% of those being deported) even *before* all the illegal crap she's been ordering her goons to carry out in Trump's name.
Yet in 2010, Noem—then a congressional candidate—had “20 speeding tickets, three stop-sign violations, two seat-belt violations and a citation for driving with no driver’s license.” She had six court notices for failing to appear, and had two warrants out for her arrest. trib.al/uQSDaqR
ICE Barbie Says Immigrants Are Too Dumb to Drive Semitrucks
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the inane claim while bragging about arresting immigrant truck drivers.
trib.al
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Kristi Noem is *literally* a worse criminal than any illegal immigrant who has only violated Immigration laws (~40% of those being deported) even *before* all the illegal crap she's been ordering her goons to carry out in Trump's name.
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star trek muppetized: thread
October 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
star trek muppetized: thread
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i think the essential problem is that Marx did not understand that once you raise the stakes of government to "kill or die," that government will have two sorts of person: psychopaths who are great at killing and cowards who are great at not dying.
did marx intend stalin? almost certainly not. marx also failed to foresee stalin, though. like. i am pretty sure if you'd asked him about stalin as a hypothetical he would have been like "absolutely the fuck not"
October 27, 2025 at 5:24 AM
i think the essential problem is that Marx did not understand that once you raise the stakes of government to "kill or die," that government will have two sorts of person: psychopaths who are great at killing and cowards who are great at not dying.
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I've been thinking about Matt Furie a lot during this period of political frog realignment, so I made this comic dedicated to him.
October 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I've been thinking about Matt Furie a lot during this period of political frog realignment, so I made this comic dedicated to him.
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You know that May 4 is Star Wars Day.
You've seen that March 14 is Pi Day.
Bringing it all together is Oct 23:
TODAY IS MOLE DAY! 10²³
Celebrated, more accurately, between 6:02a & 6:02p, the holiday is based on Avogadro’s Number (6.02 × 10²³).
You've seen that March 14 is Pi Day.
Bringing it all together is Oct 23:
TODAY IS MOLE DAY! 10²³
Celebrated, more accurately, between 6:02a & 6:02p, the holiday is based on Avogadro’s Number (6.02 × 10²³).
a picture of a mole with its arms outstretched and the words mole day below it
Alt: a picture of a mole with its arms outstretched and the words mole day below it
media.tenor.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
You know that May 4 is Star Wars Day.
You've seen that March 14 is Pi Day.
Bringing it all together is Oct 23:
TODAY IS MOLE DAY! 10²³
Celebrated, more accurately, between 6:02a & 6:02p, the holiday is based on Avogadro’s Number (6.02 × 10²³).
You've seen that March 14 is Pi Day.
Bringing it all together is Oct 23:
TODAY IS MOLE DAY! 10²³
Celebrated, more accurately, between 6:02a & 6:02p, the holiday is based on Avogadro’s Number (6.02 × 10²³).
I saw someone mention a sermon on a text to the effect of "each Generation will be visited by their own plague" and I was like "MFer we're on number three or four, I've honestly lost track."
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I saw someone mention a sermon on a text to the effect of "each Generation will be visited by their own plague" and I was like "MFer we're on number three or four, I've honestly lost track."
So that's why the gals look like Xena and Gabrielle.
October 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
So that's why the gals look like Xena and Gabrielle.
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Resist. Resist today. Resist tomorrow.
October 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Resist. Resist today. Resist tomorrow.
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We are in an era of multipolar great power competition unprecedented since World War 2.
The winner will be whichever society is first to stop mutilating itself for no fucking reason.
The winner will be whichever society is first to stop mutilating itself for no fucking reason.
Truly, there has never been a historical tragicomedy quite like this one. If for no other reason, than for the sheer scale and detail of it.
I love the 21st century! I love the 21st century!
October 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
We are in an era of multipolar great power competition unprecedented since World War 2.
The winner will be whichever society is first to stop mutilating itself for no fucking reason.
The winner will be whichever society is first to stop mutilating itself for no fucking reason.