Popcornbender Spatch
@spatch.bsky.social
Writer/old-time radio actor/roller coaster rider/CAT TOWN guy/funy computar maker/etc. Wrote Pick Up The Phone Booth and Die once. Married and we have a cat. Often tells you to enjoy the show at the Somerville Theatre. Aquarius. Hi
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The Golden Sail by Vasily Kandinsky, 1903
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137866
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137866
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The Golden Sail by Vasily Kandinsky, 1903
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137866
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137866
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Today I learned (thanks, NPR) that from 1875 to 1975, there were more than 6,000 commercial shipwrecks on the Great Lakes. The publicity of song led to safety standard changes and there has not been a single commercial wreck since then.
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Today I learned (thanks, NPR) that from 1875 to 1975, there were more than 6,000 commercial shipwrecks on the Great Lakes. The publicity of song led to safety standard changes and there has not been a single commercial wreck since then.
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Does anybody else find it odd that you don't hear much about pyramids keeping razor blades sharp any more?
When did they stop working?
When did they stop working?
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Does anybody else find it odd that you don't hear much about pyramids keeping razor blades sharp any more?
When did they stop working?
When did they stop working?
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stan rogers' shipwreck song was so inspiring it saved a man's life in an actual shipwreck, hard to beat that
 At seven o'clock that morning a Coast Guard helicopter spotted him and pulled him to safety. 19 Only three men of the thirty-four who had been aboard survived the wreck. After his ordeal, Cusick wrote a letter to Stan Rogers telling him what](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sd7g4tvhirjb32cufgxgkdvx/bafkreidtlrhwthqs662nnaxn56lbyshaq47wa4vygfyaa5sjbvyf3i5xza@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
stan rogers' shipwreck song was so inspiring it saved a man's life in an actual shipwreck, hard to beat that
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we live in an era where we are burning the legacy of civilization on the altar of men who don't want to do what their mothers told them when they were 6
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
we live in an era where we are burning the legacy of civilization on the altar of men who don't want to do what their mothers told them when they were 6
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mo-ther fluff bucket...
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
mo-ther fluff bucket...
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It’s just one of those storms when you don’t wanna sail out
Every deck is soaked, every hatch is fucked
No radio contact, and if you hail our ship your call won’t come back
Your best bet is to cling to the rail, motherfucker
It’s just one of those gales
Every deck is soaked, every hatch is fucked
No radio contact, and if you hail our ship your call won’t come back
Your best bet is to cling to the rail, motherfucker
It’s just one of those gales
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It’s just one of those storms when you don’t wanna sail out
Every deck is soaked, every hatch is fucked
No radio contact, and if you hail our ship your call won’t come back
Your best bet is to cling to the rail, motherfucker
It’s just one of those gales
Every deck is soaked, every hatch is fucked
No radio contact, and if you hail our ship your call won’t come back
Your best bet is to cling to the rail, motherfucker
It’s just one of those gales
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Wait do I have it correct that Joyce Carol Oates said Musk was a shell of a man with no joy in his life and he totally saw it and said "No I'm not" and now he's searching the titles of different movies he likes and replying "great movie"
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Wait do I have it correct that Joyce Carol Oates said Musk was a shell of a man with no joy in his life and he totally saw it and said "No I'm not" and now he's searching the titles of different movies he likes and replying "great movie"
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Michael D Higgins leaves office today.
Someone I knew who went to school with one of his kids said that calling round to their house was like, you'd be welcomed, invited to sit down, but there's a pile of pizza boxes on the seat, you move the boxes, there's a pizza under them. That's our President.
Someone I knew who went to school with one of his kids said that calling round to their house was like, you'd be welcomed, invited to sit down, but there's a pile of pizza boxes on the seat, you move the boxes, there's a pizza under them. That's our President.
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Michael D Higgins leaves office today.
Someone I knew who went to school with one of his kids said that calling round to their house was like, you'd be welcomed, invited to sit down, but there's a pile of pizza boxes on the seat, you move the boxes, there's a pizza under them. That's our President.
Someone I knew who went to school with one of his kids said that calling round to their house was like, you'd be welcomed, invited to sit down, but there's a pile of pizza boxes on the seat, you move the boxes, there's a pizza under them. That's our President.
ST is callin 'em strikebreakers and I have to agree
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
ST is callin 'em strikebreakers and I have to agree
Good morning and here is 45 seconds of our Hestia happily breaking in a new catnip pickle, a gift from her adoring 'grandcat' to replace the previous pickle which had been well-loved enough by now
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Good morning and here is 45 seconds of our Hestia happily breaking in a new catnip pickle, a gift from her adoring 'grandcat' to replace the previous pickle which had been well-loved enough by now
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In school we had WW2 veterans come in for a history project. Our teacher spent ages before telling us not to ask any disrespectful questions, and that some of them had traumatic experiences. First old chap's opening gambit was "right, lads, I guess you want to know how many nazis I shot?"
November 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
In school we had WW2 veterans come in for a history project. Our teacher spent ages before telling us not to ask any disrespectful questions, and that some of them had traumatic experiences. First old chap's opening gambit was "right, lads, I guess you want to know how many nazis I shot?"
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Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
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I would read all of these, if Len wrote them. Especially if they weren’t straight-up monster fights, as I suspect they wouldn’t be. And seeing Swamp Thing deal with Killer Croc would be fun.
But I’m particularly intrigued by “mummies,” “the Phantom of the Internet” and “Ambrose Bierce.”
But I’m particularly intrigued by “mummies,” “the Phantom of the Internet” and “Ambrose Bierce.”
Intriguing bit of back matter from the SWAMP THING BY LEN WEIN AND KELLEY JONES collection, apparently part of Wein’s proposal for an ongoing. That whole list sounds awesome, but I’m most curious about #18, an odd choice of “creature” to put against Swamp Thing…
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I would read all of these, if Len wrote them. Especially if they weren’t straight-up monster fights, as I suspect they wouldn’t be. And seeing Swamp Thing deal with Killer Croc would be fun.
But I’m particularly intrigued by “mummies,” “the Phantom of the Internet” and “Ambrose Bierce.”
But I’m particularly intrigued by “mummies,” “the Phantom of the Internet” and “Ambrose Bierce.”
come with me
and you'll be
in a world of OSHA violations
and you'll be
in a world of OSHA violations
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
come with me
and you'll be
in a world of OSHA violations
and you'll be
in a world of OSHA violations
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"You can't fold, I haven't even dealt yet" -- dealer to Chuck Schumer at a poker game
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"You can't fold, I haven't even dealt yet" -- dealer to Chuck Schumer at a poker game
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It's Vermin Supreme's year to shine, people.
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
It's Vermin Supreme's year to shine, people.
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If I give the bully my lunch money every day eventually he will die of old age
March 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
If I give the bully my lunch money every day eventually he will die of old age
And we're resetting the "Days Since We Were Harassed By The Guy Living In Statue Park" counter to 0
He was running out of CVS screaming "SAUSAGES" at strangers; got me in the face as I was waiting for the crosswalk
Late Sept he tried to chase on foot the car I was driving while I stopped at a red
He was running out of CVS screaming "SAUSAGES" at strangers; got me in the face as I was waiting for the crosswalk
Late Sept he tried to chase on foot the car I was driving while I stopped at a red
November 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
And we're resetting the "Days Since We Were Harassed By The Guy Living In Statue Park" counter to 0
He was running out of CVS screaming "SAUSAGES" at strangers; got me in the face as I was waiting for the crosswalk
Late Sept he tried to chase on foot the car I was driving while I stopped at a red
He was running out of CVS screaming "SAUSAGES" at strangers; got me in the face as I was waiting for the crosswalk
Late Sept he tried to chase on foot the car I was driving while I stopped at a red
Not going to get into it but I am 100% against glue traps now up from my previous 90%
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Not going to get into it but I am 100% against glue traps now up from my previous 90%
Buy the ticket, take the ride
Over on X, the weird life extension guy just did a heroic dose of magic mushrooms (5g), and someone is live tweeting it for him.
Clearly someone misguided him along the way, though, because he seems to be under the impression he’s peaked after just one hour.
Bad news for you, buddy…
Clearly someone misguided him along the way, though, because he seems to be under the impression he’s peaked after just one hour.
Bad news for you, buddy…
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Buy the ticket, take the ride
I didn't do that TV mom list a while back but Ann Romano would have been on it, top tier for sure
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I didn't do that TV mom list a while back but Ann Romano would have been on it, top tier for sure
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baby, it’s the freakin weekend
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
baby, it’s the freakin weekend
the mamdani campaign poster thing don't work on my computer so pretend I did one that said "ask for janice" or maybe find someone else who has probably also done one
November 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
the mamdani campaign poster thing don't work on my computer so pretend I did one that said "ask for janice" or maybe find someone else who has probably also done one