Rigel
@rigelr.bsky.social
He/ him. Mostly reading or painting things for nerdgames.
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Rigel
@rigelr.bsky.social
· May 20
The most bullshit thing in the world, I believe, is the inability of the human mind to correlate its contents. We live on a crapass island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and we could be journeying so much further.
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Really seems to have been some sort of monkey's paw moment or Stinker Genie wish where being an amoral RW sycophant is an automatic cheat code to get *any* job ambition can claim, but at the expense of being absolutely no fucking good at it whatsoever.
January 24, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Really seems to have been some sort of monkey's paw moment or Stinker Genie wish where being an amoral RW sycophant is an automatic cheat code to get *any* job ambition can claim, but at the expense of being absolutely no fucking good at it whatsoever.
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Honor/shame cultures are terrible, but a member of those would recognize an honorable deed.
ICE (Republicans in general!) are a supremacist culture, having neither shame nor honor.
They believe they are here to dominate and everyone else is here to serve them, and life-saving is only their due.
ICE (Republicans in general!) are a supremacist culture, having neither shame nor honor.
They believe they are here to dominate and everyone else is here to serve them, and life-saving is only their due.
January 24, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Honor/shame cultures are terrible, but a member of those would recognize an honorable deed.
ICE (Republicans in general!) are a supremacist culture, having neither shame nor honor.
They believe they are here to dominate and everyone else is here to serve them, and life-saving is only their due.
ICE (Republicans in general!) are a supremacist culture, having neither shame nor honor.
They believe they are here to dominate and everyone else is here to serve them, and life-saving is only their due.
This is the right direction, but the literary parallel we need is somewhere between an albatross and a millstone around their necks. I'm sure students of history can suggest other forms of neckwear.
You cannot detain or arrest a baby, you can only kidnap her. These people need to wear a scarlet letter, need to ring a bell to loudly declare their moral bankruptcy. Everyone must be allowed to avoid them until they have made amends.
January 24, 2026 at 2:33 AM
This is the right direction, but the literary parallel we need is somewhere between an albatross and a millstone around their necks. I'm sure students of history can suggest other forms of neckwear.
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🎶There goes Mr. Dickhead. There goes Mr. Fash. If he tries to come over here, his ego we will smash.
His dick is small and shriveled and balls are shrinking by the hour.
His wife's back home unsatisfied...
That neighbor's gonna plow her.🎶
His dick is small and shriveled and balls are shrinking by the hour.
His wife's back home unsatisfied...
That neighbor's gonna plow her.🎶
January 24, 2026 at 1:00 AM
🎶There goes Mr. Dickhead. There goes Mr. Fash. If he tries to come over here, his ego we will smash.
His dick is small and shriveled and balls are shrinking by the hour.
His wife's back home unsatisfied...
That neighbor's gonna plow her.🎶
His dick is small and shriveled and balls are shrinking by the hour.
His wife's back home unsatisfied...
That neighbor's gonna plow her.🎶
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accelerationists (of any stripe) always think that after The Shit Hits the Fan, they’ll be the Monarch of Skull Mountain
but they’ll just be one of the skulls
not even one of the good skulls, just a bulk skull from somewhere in the middle
but they’ll just be one of the skulls
not even one of the good skulls, just a bulk skull from somewhere in the middle
January 23, 2026 at 6:19 PM
accelerationists (of any stripe) always think that after The Shit Hits the Fan, they’ll be the Monarch of Skull Mountain
but they’ll just be one of the skulls
not even one of the good skulls, just a bulk skull from somewhere in the middle
but they’ll just be one of the skulls
not even one of the good skulls, just a bulk skull from somewhere in the middle
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I find my media consumption habits have altered. I now prefer complex villains with depth because it provides a nice break from the reality of a decaying corpse doing evil because "he wants to take things from people without permission because he likes hurting people and taking stuff".
the president slowly physically decaying and manifesting what appears to be some kind of stigmata on his hand while becoming more insane and evil would be dismissed as a hacky writing device
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I find my media consumption habits have altered. I now prefer complex villains with depth because it provides a nice break from the reality of a decaying corpse doing evil because "he wants to take things from people without permission because he likes hurting people and taking stuff".
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They're going to pivot to the "few bad apples" defense when the whole fucking barrel should be buried under Yucca Mountain
January 22, 2026 at 8:40 PM
They're going to pivot to the "few bad apples" defense when the whole fucking barrel should be buried under Yucca Mountain
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And so the circle of @irhottakes.bsky.social's prophecy is complete
January 22, 2026 at 2:26 PM
And so the circle of @irhottakes.bsky.social's prophecy is complete
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I do really appreciate that as Tolkien thinks up primeval entities from before Time and Space we get (1) Ungoliant the giant nightmare spider who eats the sun and moon and (2) Tom, who wears a yellow coat and is frenemies with a tree
January 22, 2026 at 5:49 AM
I do really appreciate that as Tolkien thinks up primeval entities from before Time and Space we get (1) Ungoliant the giant nightmare spider who eats the sun and moon and (2) Tom, who wears a yellow coat and is frenemies with a tree
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Toad sat and did nothing. Frog sat with him.
January 20, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Toad sat and did nothing. Frog sat with him.
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oh it's going to be a Recession recession
January 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM
oh it's going to be a Recession recession
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when all you’re selling is your judgment, not having any should put you out of business
January 18, 2026 at 8:35 PM
when all you’re selling is your judgment, not having any should put you out of business
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“You dabble only in David Brooks,” says the sage, stroking his mustache. “But tarry too long and you may find yourself in David Rivers.”
January 17, 2026 at 10:56 PM
“You dabble only in David Brooks,” says the sage, stroking his mustache. “But tarry too long and you may find yourself in David Rivers.”
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"A tattoo on a woman is like putting a bumper sticker on a classic car."
If you've never seen an illuminated manuscript, just say so. If you've never gently touched vellum in an act of worship, you can just say that! I was down at the scriptorium and nobody knew your sorry ass!
If you've never seen an illuminated manuscript, just say so. If you've never gently touched vellum in an act of worship, you can just say that! I was down at the scriptorium and nobody knew your sorry ass!
January 17, 2026 at 2:49 PM
"A tattoo on a woman is like putting a bumper sticker on a classic car."
If you've never seen an illuminated manuscript, just say so. If you've never gently touched vellum in an act of worship, you can just say that! I was down at the scriptorium and nobody knew your sorry ass!
If you've never seen an illuminated manuscript, just say so. If you've never gently touched vellum in an act of worship, you can just say that! I was down at the scriptorium and nobody knew your sorry ass!
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1. Crush the MAGA murderers, give them no quarter, and salt the cursed earth from whence they came.
2. Crush the MAGA murderers, give them no quarter, and salt the cursed earth from whence they came.
3. Crush the MAGA murderers, give them no quarter, and salt the cursed earth from whence they…
2. Crush the MAGA murderers, give them no quarter, and salt the cursed earth from whence they came.
3. Crush the MAGA murderers, give them no quarter, and salt the cursed earth from whence they…
out of curiosity, could you give us your top 5 most important issues/causes/concerns that you want a candidate to focus on?
January 16, 2026 at 6:12 PM
1. Crush the MAGA murderers, give them no quarter, and salt the cursed earth from whence they came.
2. Crush the MAGA murderers, give them no quarter, and salt the cursed earth from whence they came.
3. Crush the MAGA murderers, give them no quarter, and salt the cursed earth from whence they…
2. Crush the MAGA murderers, give them no quarter, and salt the cursed earth from whence they came.
3. Crush the MAGA murderers, give them no quarter, and salt the cursed earth from whence they…
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Depressed, while on suicide watch he
Sought help. Said the doctor, "I got ya!
An hilarious dude
Could perk up your mood--"
"Check your chart, Doctor; *I'm* Pagliacci!"
Sought help. Said the doctor, "I got ya!
An hilarious dude
Could perk up your mood--"
"Check your chart, Doctor; *I'm* Pagliacci!"
January 16, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Depressed, while on suicide watch he
Sought help. Said the doctor, "I got ya!
An hilarious dude
Could perk up your mood--"
"Check your chart, Doctor; *I'm* Pagliacci!"
Sought help. Said the doctor, "I got ya!
An hilarious dude
Could perk up your mood--"
"Check your chart, Doctor; *I'm* Pagliacci!"
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A day out for young Paul Atreides
Way back in the ten thousand eighties
Was stopped by a worm
That did wriggle and squirm
And taught him just what a crusade is
Way back in the ten thousand eighties
Was stopped by a worm
That did wriggle and squirm
And taught him just what a crusade is
January 13, 2026 at 11:09 PM
A day out for young Paul Atreides
Way back in the ten thousand eighties
Was stopped by a worm
That did wriggle and squirm
And taught him just what a crusade is
Way back in the ten thousand eighties
Was stopped by a worm
That did wriggle and squirm
And taught him just what a crusade is
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We are a year into the regime's war against America and out of 330 million people, not one has yet assaulted a regime thug. They probably laugh at this as weakness, when in fact they should be terrified by the discipline.
January 16, 2026 at 6:13 AM
We are a year into the regime's war against America and out of 330 million people, not one has yet assaulted a regime thug. They probably laugh at this as weakness, when in fact they should be terrified by the discipline.
"And apologetic statesmen of a compromising kind
Such as What'd'y'callem, Thingummybob, likewise (oh, and nevermind)
And Tut-tut-tut and Whatsisname, and also (shh!) You Know Who...the task of filling up the blanks I'd rather leave to you;
But it really doesn't matter whom you put upon the list..."
Such as What'd'y'callem, Thingummybob, likewise (oh, and nevermind)
And Tut-tut-tut and Whatsisname, and also (shh!) You Know Who...the task of filling up the blanks I'd rather leave to you;
But it really doesn't matter whom you put upon the list..."
January 16, 2026 at 6:06 AM
"And apologetic statesmen of a compromising kind
Such as What'd'y'callem, Thingummybob, likewise (oh, and nevermind)
And Tut-tut-tut and Whatsisname, and also (shh!) You Know Who...the task of filling up the blanks I'd rather leave to you;
But it really doesn't matter whom you put upon the list..."
Such as What'd'y'callem, Thingummybob, likewise (oh, and nevermind)
And Tut-tut-tut and Whatsisname, and also (shh!) You Know Who...the task of filling up the blanks I'd rather leave to you;
But it really doesn't matter whom you put upon the list..."
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While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →
January 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →