Mike Petrucelli
@mikepetrucelli.bsky.social
Food writer, editor, reader, aging nerd.
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Here is why Skyrim is weird.
There are Dwarven ruins everywhere, but you can never find a Dwarf. I've looked all over, and all I found were these demented little dudes who ride pigs. No way they built all those places.
There are Dwarven ruins everywhere, but you can never find a Dwarf. I've looked all over, and all I found were these demented little dudes who ride pigs. No way they built all those places.
Here is why Skyrim is weird.
You have a thousand locations that are mostly similar. Here's an orc village, here's a Nord village, here's a elf camp, etc.
Oh! And here's costume party that takes place in a demented clown's brain and all the goats can talk and you can win a wand that's a dildo.
You have a thousand locations that are mostly similar. Here's an orc village, here's a Nord village, here's a elf camp, etc.
Oh! And here's costume party that takes place in a demented clown's brain and all the goats can talk and you can win a wand that's a dildo.
December 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Here is why Skyrim is weird.
There are Dwarven ruins everywhere, but you can never find a Dwarf. I've looked all over, and all I found were these demented little dudes who ride pigs. No way they built all those places.
There are Dwarven ruins everywhere, but you can never find a Dwarf. I've looked all over, and all I found were these demented little dudes who ride pigs. No way they built all those places.
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Here is why Skyrim is weird.
You have a thousand locations that are mostly similar. Here's an orc village, here's a Nord village, here's a elf camp, etc.
Oh! And here's costume party that takes place in a demented clown's brain and all the goats can talk and you can win a wand that's a dildo.
You have a thousand locations that are mostly similar. Here's an orc village, here's a Nord village, here's a elf camp, etc.
Oh! And here's costume party that takes place in a demented clown's brain and all the goats can talk and you can win a wand that's a dildo.
December 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Here is why Skyrim is weird.
You have a thousand locations that are mostly similar. Here's an orc village, here's a Nord village, here's a elf camp, etc.
Oh! And here's costume party that takes place in a demented clown's brain and all the goats can talk and you can win a wand that's a dildo.
You have a thousand locations that are mostly similar. Here's an orc village, here's a Nord village, here's a elf camp, etc.
Oh! And here's costume party that takes place in a demented clown's brain and all the goats can talk and you can win a wand that's a dildo.
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Lil Jon just performed on the Toys R Us Float at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and if you said “wait what year is it” it could be referring to four different parts of that sentence
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Lil Jon just performed on the Toys R Us Float at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and if you said “wait what year is it” it could be referring to four different parts of that sentence
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“Grease is the word.” - Grease theologian
“It’s got a groove, it’s got a meaning.” - Grease linguist
“Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion.” - Grease physicist
“Grease is the way we are feeling.” - Grease psychologist
“It’s got a groove, it’s got a meaning.” - Grease linguist
“Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion.” - Grease physicist
“Grease is the way we are feeling.” - Grease psychologist
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“Grease is the word.” - Grease theologian
“It’s got a groove, it’s got a meaning.” - Grease linguist
“Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion.” - Grease physicist
“Grease is the way we are feeling.” - Grease psychologist
“It’s got a groove, it’s got a meaning.” - Grease linguist
“Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion.” - Grease physicist
“Grease is the way we are feeling.” - Grease psychologist
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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My New Pet Project To Distract Me From The Really Stupid Timeline We Find Ourselves Living In:
I'm reading the original novels that were the source material for a few of my favorite movies.
And how are all of YOU coping these days....? 🤯
I'm reading the original novels that were the source material for a few of my favorite movies.
And how are all of YOU coping these days....? 🤯
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
My New Pet Project To Distract Me From The Really Stupid Timeline We Find Ourselves Living In:
I'm reading the original novels that were the source material for a few of my favorite movies.
And how are all of YOU coping these days....? 🤯
I'm reading the original novels that were the source material for a few of my favorite movies.
And how are all of YOU coping these days....? 🤯
Uncrustables but they’re quesadillas.
November 15, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Uncrustables but they’re quesadillas.
This is where I post from if you even care
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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An absolute powerhouse of a @propublica.org team has done what U.S. officials refuse to do: identify the men and women swept up in that midnight raid in Chicago. Life in the building was not perfect, but reporters found little evidence to back up government claims: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
An absolute powerhouse of a @propublica.org team has done what U.S. officials refuse to do: identify the men and women swept up in that midnight raid in Chicago. Life in the building was not perfect, but reporters found little evidence to back up government claims: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
The bar when I put $20 into the Touchtunes on November 10th. #galesofnovember #edmundfitzgerald #thewreckoftheedmundfitzgerald #midwestlife
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The bar when I put $20 into the Touchtunes on November 10th. #galesofnovember #edmundfitzgerald #thewreckoftheedmundfitzgerald #midwestlife
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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
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lmao david byrne showed the video of the ice agents tripping over themselves while trying to run after a biker on wacker drive during the “life during wartime” segment of his chicago show tonight
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
lmao david byrne showed the video of the ice agents tripping over themselves while trying to run after a biker on wacker drive during the “life during wartime” segment of his chicago show tonight
Some solid hed writing by the desk.
This headline FTMFW. (h/t @clarkcollis.bsky.social)
October 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Some solid hed writing by the desk.
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Having written three Halo novels, I'm appalled at seeing the game get dragged into ICE's violent and racist crimes. (I mean, I'm far more appalled at the actual crimes, but this is the tainted cherry on that sundae of shit.)
kotaku.com/department-h...
kotaku.com/department-h...
Halo Gets Sucked Into ICE's Recruitment Meme War
The Trump administration is using Master Chief a lot today
kotaku.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Having written three Halo novels, I'm appalled at seeing the game get dragged into ICE's violent and racist crimes. (I mean, I'm far more appalled at the actual crimes, but this is the tainted cherry on that sundae of shit.)
kotaku.com/department-h...
kotaku.com/department-h...
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My two takeaways on this:
1. CNN's CEO is utterly craven. No surprise there.
2. The White House is getting very nervous about how poorly the demolition of the East Wing is going over with most Americans. Good.
1. CNN's CEO is utterly craven. No surprise there.
2. The White House is getting very nervous about how poorly the demolition of the East Wing is going over with most Americans. Good.
October 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
My two takeaways on this:
1. CNN's CEO is utterly craven. No surprise there.
2. The White House is getting very nervous about how poorly the demolition of the East Wing is going over with most Americans. Good.
1. CNN's CEO is utterly craven. No surprise there.
2. The White House is getting very nervous about how poorly the demolition of the East Wing is going over with most Americans. Good.
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As U.S. wheat farmers face painful losses in the global market due to President Trump's policies, one domestic flour mill on a reservation in Oregon is expanding its production twelvefold.
How the craft flour movement could be a boon to farmers and Indian Country
As U.S. wheat farmers face painful losses in the global market due to President Trump's policies, one domestic flour mill on a reservation in Oregon is expanding its production twelvefold.
n.pr
October 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
As U.S. wheat farmers face painful losses in the global market due to President Trump's policies, one domestic flour mill on a reservation in Oregon is expanding its production twelvefold.
Weird result to a first test of making clear ice cubes more than one at a time via @alcademics method. This weird glacial up thrust or whatever resulted in a tumbler length large (mostly) clear cube.
October 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Weird result to a first test of making clear ice cubes more than one at a time via @alcademics method. This weird glacial up thrust or whatever resulted in a tumbler length large (mostly) clear cube.
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Yesterday, the United States had its biggest protest in history.
But when I look at the New York Times website, I discover that it never happened.
But when I look at the New York Times website, I discover that it never happened.
October 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Yesterday, the United States had its biggest protest in history.
But when I look at the New York Times website, I discover that it never happened.
But when I look at the New York Times website, I discover that it never happened.
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the logical endpoint of "debate me bro" culture right here
A confrontation between federal immigration agents and a resident:
“We’re protecting US citizens.”
“I don’t want your protection… You’re Nazi skinheads.”
“Why are we Nazis?”
“We’re protecting US citizens.”
“I don’t want your protection… You’re Nazi skinheads.”
“Why are we Nazis?”
October 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
the logical endpoint of "debate me bro" culture right here
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The New York Police Department is creating a unit of 450 investigators to respond to domestic violence, a move that comes as the city is grappling with a surge in such cases, Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on Thursday.
New N.Y.P.D. Unit to Focus on Domestic Violence as Cases Surge
The new unit will be the largest of its kind in the United States and its members will receive specialized training, the police commissioner said.
nyti.ms
October 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The New York Police Department is creating a unit of 450 investigators to respond to domestic violence, a move that comes as the city is grappling with a surge in such cases, Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on Thursday.
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“Congress and the public simply can’t follow what the Trump administration has done with federal spending. And now the fiscal year is over, with untold sums unaccounted for.”
The Administration has no idea what happened to American tax dollars. Sheer incompetence.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
The Administration has no idea what happened to American tax dollars. Sheer incompetence.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
Not Even Congress Knows How Much Money DOGE Cut
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
“Congress and the public simply can’t follow what the Trump administration has done with federal spending. And now the fiscal year is over, with untold sums unaccounted for.”
The Administration has no idea what happened to American tax dollars. Sheer incompetence.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
The Administration has no idea what happened to American tax dollars. Sheer incompetence.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
This time Donovan’s “Season of the Witch” pops up frequently and deservedly so. It rules! But until recently I had no idea Lana Del Rey did it for the Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark movie (I missed the generational cutoff by a bit). It absolutely slaps as well! youtu.be/zA4OjrpVsiY?... 1/2
Season Of The Witch (From The Motion Picture "Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark" / Audio)
YouTube video by LanaDelReyVEVO
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October 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This time Donovan’s “Season of the Witch” pops up frequently and deservedly so. It rules! But until recently I had no idea Lana Del Rey did it for the Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark movie (I missed the generational cutoff by a bit). It absolutely slaps as well! youtu.be/zA4OjrpVsiY?... 1/2