Luigi de Guzman
@ouij.bsky.social
Professional pedant. Jeopardist.
Loves: DC Sports. Poems. Chicharron bulaklak.
Hates: Fascism
Trying some Web 1.5 re-enacting
https://ouij.wordpress.com/
Loves: DC Sports. Poems. Chicharron bulaklak.
Hates: Fascism
Trying some Web 1.5 re-enacting
https://ouij.wordpress.com/
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Luigi de Guzman
@ouij.bsky.social
· Sep 10
Because I could not stop to Chat—
They made Chat GPT—
The Internet was but Ourselves—
Endless Vapidity.
They made Chat GPT—
The Internet was but Ourselves—
Endless Vapidity.
Tried to thumb a ride back from the Sidgwick Site from Queen Elizabeth 2 when she happened to open the new Divinity School at Cambridge
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Tried to thumb a ride back from the Sidgwick Site from Queen Elizabeth 2 when she happened to open the new Divinity School at Cambridge
Shoutout to the diligent courthouse staff out there I appreciate you
December 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Shoutout to the diligent courthouse staff out there I appreciate you
This is exactly what they wanted!
The Daily Mail is now concerned at net emigration of Romanians from the UK to Romania: there were 539,000 people born in Romania in 2021 (+460k on 2011) but net emigration to Romania of 23,000 in 2024-25
December 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is exactly what they wanted!
This is a world I just about missed
Over its history, Commodore Business Machines had three different small aircraft; by the 80s, they were nicknamed the PET JET.
December 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This is a world I just about missed
It’s not the first insurance/billing related thing to annoy me. Some idiot is trying to make things like requests for information or payment “softer,” but the end result is just MORE confusing. I need to know what you NEED from me because I know you will DENY ME THINGS I NEED
That also looks rather spammy, so they're lucky most people even see it in the first place.
December 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It’s not the first insurance/billing related thing to annoy me. Some idiot is trying to make things like requests for information or payment “softer,” but the end result is just MORE confusing. I need to know what you NEED from me because I know you will DENY ME THINGS I NEED
I just got a medical bill whose email subject line was WELCOME TO THE NEW BILLING PROCESS
Who approves this nonsense. If you need to get paid, tell me that and tell me why. Don't welcome me to pay you.
Who approves this nonsense. If you need to get paid, tell me that and tell me why. Don't welcome me to pay you.
December 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I just got a medical bill whose email subject line was WELCOME TO THE NEW BILLING PROCESS
Who approves this nonsense. If you need to get paid, tell me that and tell me why. Don't welcome me to pay you.
Who approves this nonsense. If you need to get paid, tell me that and tell me why. Don't welcome me to pay you.
this dude has never tried to use an HSA to pay for all of his medical care without insurance
Rep. Crenshaw on the Republican ACA replacement plan: "You give the poor vouchers. We want to put that money into health savings accounts."
December 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
this dude has never tried to use an HSA to pay for all of his medical care without insurance
It has ever been thus, even unto the days of George and Weezy Jefferson
Zohran Mamdani loves his Astoria, Queens, neighborhood, and the feeling is mutual. But voters who live near Gracie Mansion, his new home when he comes Mayor in January, really wanted his opponent to win.
As Mamdani Leaves Queens for the Upper East Side, a Cool Welcome Awaits
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani loves his Astoria, Queens, neighborhood, and the feeling is mutual. But voters who live near Gracie Mansion, his new home, really wanted his opponent to win.
nyti.ms
December 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It has ever been thus, even unto the days of George and Weezy Jefferson
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Keir Starmer was the model for centrists and popularists who insisted that moving right on issues, especially immigration, is how you win at politics.
Wonder if there will ever be any self-reflection here! Ah well nevertheless
Wonder if there will ever be any self-reflection here! Ah well nevertheless
December 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Keir Starmer was the model for centrists and popularists who insisted that moving right on issues, especially immigration, is how you win at politics.
Wonder if there will ever be any self-reflection here! Ah well nevertheless
Wonder if there will ever be any self-reflection here! Ah well nevertheless
I keep seeing the HOF ballots being posted and I keep thinking that if Jack Morris gets in because of a memorable World Series, Howie Kendrick should get a vote for the same reason
December 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I keep seeing the HOF ballots being posted and I keep thinking that if Jack Morris gets in because of a memorable World Series, Howie Kendrick should get a vote for the same reason
Man my algo knew I needed Yusef Lateef and Steve Reich in my playlist today huh
December 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Man my algo knew I needed Yusef Lateef and Steve Reich in my playlist today huh
A great Combover Summit: Iron Dome meets Golden Dome
President Donald Trump could use the face-to-face to try to leverage his relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and look for ways to speed up the peace process, especially as Israel's leader has been accused of not pushing his side to move fast enough. https://to.pbs.org/4pjBMiJ
WATCH LIVE: Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago
Trump hopes to leverage his relationship with Netanyahu to speed up the peace process.
www.pbs.org
December 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A great Combover Summit: Iron Dome meets Golden Dome
Artificial scarcity should only be for rich people and their Rolexes and Birkins.
"Disability systems rely on artificial economies of scarcity. Programs are underfunded, so caregivers, teachers, social workers, and disabled people themselves are all pushed to project their needs as necessary and virtuous. But it doesn’t have to work that way." We could all learn from this.
December 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Artificial scarcity should only be for rich people and their Rolexes and Birkins.
We probably could have avoided the Youngkin governorship had the Va. Dems run literally anybody other than McAuliffe. TMac had the same Clintonian blind spot: he did not get that he was not personally very popular--people just liked things that happened when he was in charge.
youngkin ending his term as virginia’s worst governor of the 21st century thus far, with a political career that has gone down the toilet
Politico Gives Youngkin “The Milk Carton Award for Missing Politicians”; Says His “star faded as he hemmed and hawed about running for president last year” – and Badly Lost the 2025 Elections bluevirginia.us/2025/12/poli...
December 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We probably could have avoided the Youngkin governorship had the Va. Dems run literally anybody other than McAuliffe. TMac had the same Clintonian blind spot: he did not get that he was not personally very popular--people just liked things that happened when he was in charge.
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MTG is not your bigoted aunt or co-worker. She's an EXTREMELY wealthy fascist demagogue. You don't have to listen to random elite pundits and politicians lecturing you about "big tent" politics with respect to her.
December 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
MTG is not your bigoted aunt or co-worker. She's an EXTREMELY wealthy fascist demagogue. You don't have to listen to random elite pundits and politicians lecturing you about "big tent" politics with respect to her.
I love that Mamdani is at pains to point out that public need not mean miserable
EXCLUSIVE: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will be sworn in as mayor on midnight on January 1 inside the old abandoned City Hall subway station, saying that he sees the venue as a symbol for the aims of his upcoming administration.
EXCLUSIVE: Mamdani Will Be Sworn In At Abandoned Original City Hall Subway Station
The mayor-elect will kick off a new era by throwing things back to an older one.
buff.ly
December 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I love that Mamdani is at pains to point out that public need not mean miserable
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Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
December 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
DA MEAT HOOK
12/28 – DMITRI YOUNG
1B, 2007-08
Late minor-league signee became All-Star, NL Comeback Player of Year with .320/.378/.491 slash line. Awarded with 2-year, $10 million extension, played only 50 more games due to injuries. Had .292/.351/.475 in 13 years with STL/CIN/DET/WSH.
1B, 2007-08
Late minor-league signee became All-Star, NL Comeback Player of Year with .320/.378/.491 slash line. Awarded with 2-year, $10 million extension, played only 50 more games due to injuries. Had .292/.351/.475 in 13 years with STL/CIN/DET/WSH.
December 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
DA MEAT HOOK
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Analyzing crime data from 2017 to 2021, study “finds states that legalized sports betting after the 2018 Supreme Court decision in Murphy v NCAA saw significant increases in assaults, larceny and vehicle theft during and immediately following professional sports games.” news.rice.edu/news/2025/le...
news.rice.edu
December 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Analyzing crime data from 2017 to 2021, study “finds states that legalized sports betting after the 2018 Supreme Court decision in Murphy v NCAA saw significant increases in assaults, larceny and vehicle theft during and immediately following professional sports games.” news.rice.edu/news/2025/le...
This is still how a lot of attorneys think of electronically stored information
December 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This is still how a lot of attorneys think of electronically stored information
Frees up the schedule for the endless revival of “Cats” we all know is coming
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Frees up the schedule for the endless revival of “Cats” we all know is coming
The DAR attended my mom’s naturalization and served snacks to the new Americans. My mom also got a free “why America is free” book from the Society of the Cincinnati.
America: pretty darn great, actually
America: pretty darn great, actually
speaking as a personal example of this "heritage American" they have recently dragged back out of the rotting landfill of American history, I can tell you that even the literal DAR disagrees with these idiots! they *attend naturalization ceremonies* in celebration of immigrants becoming Americans!!!
there's no such thing as a "heritage american" and brain-damaged constitutional law professors and members of the vox cinematic universe treating it with respect is bad, and they should be berated
borders are fake, and america is what it is in the best sense due to periodically recognizing that
borders are fake, and america is what it is in the best sense due to periodically recognizing that
December 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The DAR attended my mom’s naturalization and served snacks to the new Americans. My mom also got a free “why America is free” book from the Society of the Cincinnati.
America: pretty darn great, actually
America: pretty darn great, actually
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Ironic that FDA is exactly why thalidomide was never approved for morning sickness in the US. And of course, the regulators where it was approved learned from their mistakes and made restrictions much tighter as a result.
December 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Ironic that FDA is exactly why thalidomide was never approved for morning sickness in the US. And of course, the regulators where it was approved learned from their mistakes and made restrictions much tighter as a result.
I have read the emergence of anti-vax sentiment as downstream of a general lack of trust in Science and Progress since the 1960s. It became harder to trust the white coats after, say, “children of thalidomide”…
But why? That’s what i don’t understand…why undermine trust in public health? Is he just stupid? Evil? Egomaniacal? Misinformed?
December 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I have read the emergence of anti-vax sentiment as downstream of a general lack of trust in Science and Progress since the 1960s. It became harder to trust the white coats after, say, “children of thalidomide”…
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A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.