Scott
@smadin.net
Empty out the locker room, let me find my space
location: more like GREATEST Boston
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location: more like GREATEST Boston
• Blog: https://smadin.net/
• Fediverse: https://better.boston/@smadin
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Scott
@smadin.net
· Nov 6
herewith:
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Where’s Jeff Gillooly in your little meme
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Where’s Jeff Gillooly in your little meme
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Oh ok so we’re still doing this huh
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Oh ok so we’re still doing this huh
I'm hearing more and more that we don't care for the outfits
They Might Be Giants - The Communists Have the Music (Official Video)
YouTube video by ParticleMen
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I'm hearing more and more that we don't care for the outfits
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And if we're all a little bit lucky, he still may
Musk wants to be a Renaissance man, but he's not even a paleolithic man.
Paleolithic people made art, cared for the sick, & got together to share resources & ideas.
Musk would have died alone, crying that no one saw the genius of his plan to monetize hitting yourself in the head with a big rock.
Paleolithic people made art, cared for the sick, & got together to share resources & ideas.
Musk would have died alone, crying that no one saw the genius of his plan to monetize hitting yourself in the head with a big rock.
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
And if we're all a little bit lucky, he still may
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Musk wants to be a Renaissance man, but he's not even a paleolithic man.
Paleolithic people made art, cared for the sick, & got together to share resources & ideas.
Musk would have died alone, crying that no one saw the genius of his plan to monetize hitting yourself in the head with a big rock.
Paleolithic people made art, cared for the sick, & got together to share resources & ideas.
Musk would have died alone, crying that no one saw the genius of his plan to monetize hitting yourself in the head with a big rock.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Musk wants to be a Renaissance man, but he's not even a paleolithic man.
Paleolithic people made art, cared for the sick, & got together to share resources & ideas.
Musk would have died alone, crying that no one saw the genius of his plan to monetize hitting yourself in the head with a big rock.
Paleolithic people made art, cared for the sick, & got together to share resources & ideas.
Musk would have died alone, crying that no one saw the genius of his plan to monetize hitting yourself in the head with a big rock.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
Advent is _in advance_ of Christmas, the 12 days of Christmas _start_ on Christmas and continue to Twelfth Night and Epiphany.
The 12 Days of Christmas “advent calendars” piss me off.
Advent marks the fourth Sunday before Christmas until, well, Christmas. Modern calendars go from Dec 1 to the 24th.
The twelve days refer to Dec 25 to Jan 6.
These are different timespans!
Advent marks the fourth Sunday before Christmas until, well, Christmas. Modern calendars go from Dec 1 to the 24th.
The twelve days refer to Dec 25 to Jan 6.
These are different timespans!
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Advent is _in advance_ of Christmas, the 12 days of Christmas _start_ on Christmas and continue to Twelfth Night and Epiphany.
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The 12 Days of Christmas “advent calendars” piss me off.
Advent marks the fourth Sunday before Christmas until, well, Christmas. Modern calendars go from Dec 1 to the 24th.
The twelve days refer to Dec 25 to Jan 6.
These are different timespans!
Advent marks the fourth Sunday before Christmas until, well, Christmas. Modern calendars go from Dec 1 to the 24th.
The twelve days refer to Dec 25 to Jan 6.
These are different timespans!
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The 12 Days of Christmas “advent calendars” piss me off.
Advent marks the fourth Sunday before Christmas until, well, Christmas. Modern calendars go from Dec 1 to the 24th.
The twelve days refer to Dec 25 to Jan 6.
These are different timespans!
Advent marks the fourth Sunday before Christmas until, well, Christmas. Modern calendars go from Dec 1 to the 24th.
The twelve days refer to Dec 25 to Jan 6.
These are different timespans!
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trying to explain american healthcare costs to non-americans:
me: $200/mo is a lot but at least I can see my doctor whenever I need to, right?
insurance co: oh no you have to pay for that too
me: oh. well at least my medications-
IC: those cost too. also, you can't have that one.
me: oh...k. but at least my teeth-
IC: 😏
insurance co: oh no you have to pay for that too
me: oh. well at least my medications-
IC: those cost too. also, you can't have that one.
me: oh...k. but at least my teeth-
IC: 😏
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
trying to explain american healthcare costs to non-americans:
evidently I have made a grave error by not living in Baltimore
Billy Strings “Frankenstein” 10/31/25 Baltimore, Maryland @billystrings
YouTube video by Todd Norris
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
evidently I have made a grave error by not living in Baltimore
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Here are the Senators who voted to criminalize hemp products: [with alt text included]
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Here are the Senators who voted to criminalize hemp products: [with alt text included]
anyway listen to Rhiannon
Resistance Revival Chorus with Rhiannon Giddens "All You Fascists Bound To Lose"
YouTube video by Resistance Revival Chorus
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
anyway listen to Rhiannon
I think it's good when, music
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I think it's good when, music
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welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
hey I bet there are at least some great metal covers of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", please link me them
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
hey I bet there are at least some great metal covers of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", please link me them
all of that is true but fatphobia is still also a real thing, namely a structural antipathy toward larger bodies and a stereotype of fat people as lazy, gluttonous, and unhealthy.
Imo what we call "fat-phobia" usually comes down to just hating the poor for failing to have the money, time, and/or energy to buy and cook healthier, more expensive food
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
all of that is true but fatphobia is still also a real thing, namely a structural antipathy toward larger bodies and a stereotype of fat people as lazy, gluttonous, and unhealthy.
OK but that Gordon Lightfoot song really is very good
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
OK but that Gordon Lightfoot song really is very good
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Still processing the inanity of this cave, like, "We're going to make Republicans go on record that they want to destroy the ACA." You mean the motherfuckers who radicalized in opposition to it & voted to repeal it, like, 22 times? You're finally getting them on record? Really impressed over here
“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Still processing the inanity of this cave, like, "We're going to make Republicans go on record that they want to destroy the ACA." You mean the motherfuckers who radicalized in opposition to it & voted to repeal it, like, 22 times? You're finally getting them on record? Really impressed over here
look I was already on board with killing the filibuster you don't have to press the case
This Washpost oped is every bit as awesome as its headline
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
look I was already on board with killing the filibuster you don't have to press the case
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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Steve Inskeep: You think the Republicans voting with you here will not only agree to these measures, but actually try to do something if the administration ignores them?
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Steve Inskeep: You think the Republicans voting with you here will not only agree to these measures, but actually try to do something if the administration ignores them?
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
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This movie stressed me out so bad as a kid but at least now they will be able to communicate with the space probe
Another species no longer on the global Endangered list:
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
a man with a mustache says there be whales here in a dark room
Alt: Scotty from Star Trek Original Series (played by Jimmy Doohan) says there be whales here in a Klingon vessel's cargo hold.
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This movie stressed me out so bad as a kid but at least now they will be able to communicate with the space probe
[listening to the back catalog of @embodiedwunc.bsky.social] wait, that's @graceishuman.bsky.social!
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
[listening to the back catalog of @embodiedwunc.bsky.social] wait, that's @graceishuman.bsky.social!