Stefan Dziemianowicz
@stefandz11.bsky.social
Weird fiction aficionado, indefatigable pulp collector, incurable moviegoer, irascible critic, incorrigible Jersey guy.
"Thank God for the rain which has helped wash away the garbage and the trash off the sidewalks. . . . . Someday a real rain'll come and wash all this scum off the streets."
People in the replies are missing the point that he's referring to THE SNOW!
I suspect none of those who are getting so irate by this little joke have not walked through the streets of NYC lately. They *are* disgusting right about now.
I suspect none of those who are getting so irate by this little joke have not walked through the streets of NYC lately. They *are* disgusting right about now.
Find myself doing the Travis Bickle monologue to myself as I walk through the increasingly disgusting streets of NYC.
February 12, 2026 at 3:14 AM
"Thank God for the rain which has helped wash away the garbage and the trash off the sidewalks. . . . . Someday a real rain'll come and wash all this scum off the streets."
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Prosecuting lawmakers for their speech is a clear assault on the most basic of American freedoms. Fortunately the grand jury stopped this in its tracks, but it should never have gotten this far.
Breaking news: A federal grand jury refused the Justice Department’s attempts to indict six Democratic lawmakers over their comments to military service members — the latest rebuke of the Trump administration’s push to prosecute the president’s foes.
D.C. grand jury declines to indict six Democratic lawmakers
Federal prosecutors launched an investigation into the lawmakers after they released a short video advising current military members to reject “illegal orders.”
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Prosecuting lawmakers for their speech is a clear assault on the most basic of American freedoms. Fortunately the grand jury stopped this in its tracks, but it should never have gotten this far.
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I've said this before but I truly believe we could revitalize YA and kidlit overnight by switching to MMPB and paperback first. Kids want paperbacks! It is by far the biggest request I get from teen readers.
hello this is the official petition to bring back mass market paperbacks!! mmpbs are good actually and everyone should do them!! i think esp romantasy readers would really love that shit! and you can still spray those edges!!! bring back mass market paperbacks thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 11, 2026 at 2:09 AM
I've said this before but I truly believe we could revitalize YA and kidlit overnight by switching to MMPB and paperback first. Kids want paperbacks! It is by far the biggest request I get from teen readers.
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A pleasant surprise!
Gift article: A New Jersey Primary Shows the Depth of Democratic Fury www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
Opinion | A New Jersey Primary Shows the Depth of Democratic Fury
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:41 AM
A pleasant surprise!
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Signature sheets are here! Incoming, @lairdbarron.bsky.social.
February 11, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Signature sheets are here! Incoming, @lairdbarron.bsky.social.
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Oh! I know this one!
As the saying goes “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” But what disturbs Conservatives is people different from them and what comforts them is being told they are right. Good art can never say "These people are just better; everyone else is wrong."
As the saying goes “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” But what disturbs Conservatives is people different from them and what comforts them is being told they are right. Good art can never say "These people are just better; everyone else is wrong."
From Melania to Kid Rock’s halftime show: why is Maga art so dreadful?
From Melania to Kid Rock’s halftime show: why is Maga art so dreadful?
As the right stokes culture wars, their alternatives to ‘woke’ Hollywood prove to be shoddily made and uninspired
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Oh! I know this one!
As the saying goes “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” But what disturbs Conservatives is people different from them and what comforts them is being told they are right. Good art can never say "These people are just better; everyone else is wrong."
As the saying goes “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” But what disturbs Conservatives is people different from them and what comforts them is being told they are right. Good art can never say "These people are just better; everyone else is wrong."
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ICE is opening up offices all around the country. We need to protest this HARD. www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, monthslong expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:11 AM
ICE is opening up offices all around the country. We need to protest this HARD. www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
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I rolled my own home surveillance system because I don't trust Ring or any cloud based service with my private data. It's hard to set up but Home Assistant works well and is highly customizable.
February 11, 2026 at 2:14 AM
I rolled my own home surveillance system because I don't trust Ring or any cloud based service with my private data. It's hard to set up but Home Assistant works well and is highly customizable.
They had both been invited to the island at the same time by Mr. Roarke and Tattoo. You see coincidences like that only on television!
They just happened to be eating in the same private island restaurant…
The most batshit headline of the last 24 hours and these days that is *really* saying something
February 11, 2026 at 2:23 AM
They had both been invited to the island at the same time by Mr. Roarke and Tattoo. You see coincidences like that only on television!
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They built a mosque and a Muslim school near where I lived in Houston. The lady at the liquor store was not required to wear a hijab and I could still buy pork ribs from the barbecue place down the block. Guys like Brandon Gill are the reason Texas is a punchline for so much of the country.
[WE] are "desperately concerned about the Islamization of the Dallas area."
Texas congressman says Dallas malls feel 'like Pakistan' in viral post
[WE] are "desperately concerned about the Islamization of the Dallas area."
bit.ly
February 9, 2026 at 8:36 PM
They built a mosque and a Muslim school near where I lived in Houston. The lady at the liquor store was not required to wear a hijab and I could still buy pork ribs from the barbecue place down the block. Guys like Brandon Gill are the reason Texas is a punchline for so much of the country.
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These are concentration camps. Gulags. In America. We sure are great again, huh?
With the number of people in ICE detention topping 70,000 for the first time, 7,252 people had been in custody at least six months in mid-January, including 79 held for more than two years, according to agency data. https://to.pbs.org/4riIgjG
Migrants face dire conditions and prolonged waits in U.S. detention centers
The number of people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention has topped 70,000 for the first time.
www.pbs.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:24 PM
These are concentration camps. Gulags. In America. We sure are great again, huh?
Write the screenplay!
A libertarian city on the moon for elite perverts? Wait, wait, wait! I've played Bioshock. I know how this ends.
Reality: Mars sucks. No one can live there.
Also reality: the Moon sucks. We can’t live there either.
More reality: Earth is the only place we can thrive.
Also reality: the Moon sucks. We can’t live there either.
More reality: Earth is the only place we can thrive.
February 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Write the screenplay!
It’s not culture: it’s clickbait.
It’s crazy how much of pundit culture is just “I have to engage with society in all its different forms, even in ways that I don’t like.”
Bari Weiss bravely invites us to focus on the real fascism in Minneapolis
www.thefp.com/p/mob-rule-c...
www.thefp.com/p/mob-rule-c...
February 9, 2026 at 11:58 PM
It’s not culture: it’s clickbait.
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Make America Bad Bunny again
February 9, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Make America Bad Bunny again
Sadly, too meta.
THEY PLAYED AMERICAN IDIOT 🙃
Green Day avoids making political statement during Super Bowl 2026 opening performance
February 9, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Sadly, too meta.
Like maybe they should listen to the lyrics?
I know, right? I just don't understand what they're saying here. Performing American Idiot IS the protest.
February 9, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Like maybe they should listen to the lyrics?
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It does really hit you that American artists of color continue to make these aesthetically incredible, thematically rich works of art and the white supremacists that rule this country are just complete dullards
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 AM
It does really hit you that American artists of color continue to make these aesthetically incredible, thematically rich works of art and the white supremacists that rule this country are just complete dullards
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The people who needed their own half time show are the same people who needed their own water fountains.
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 AM
The people who needed their own half time show are the same people who needed their own water fountains.
Gee--this is the evening that I wait mischievously until 4th quarter to phone friends whom I haven't contacted in years and ask: "It's been so long since we talked! Are you busy right now?"
Jess and I are spending Super Bowl Sunday at a fine dining restaurant before scooting off to finally see SEND HELP. We LOVE getting restaurants and theaters to ourselves.
But I hope the game is rad, the commercials mostly hilarious, and that every one of you watching has the best evening.
But I hope the game is rad, the commercials mostly hilarious, and that every one of you watching has the best evening.
February 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Gee--this is the evening that I wait mischievously until 4th quarter to phone friends whom I haven't contacted in years and ask: "It's been so long since we talked! Are you busy right now?"
OMG -- it's like abandoning our cars to trudge the NY State Thruway on foot to attend Woodstock. The counterculture still lives!
Every time there's talk about traffic at the Super Bowl in Santa Clara my reaction is: maybe you all should have thought of that before choosing to build a sports arena in a place with no public transit and the worst traffic in the Bay Area?
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
Super Bowl fans spotted walking on highway to escape traffic nightmare
It might be harder to get to the Super Bowl than to actually go to the game.
www.sfgate.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:11 PM
OMG -- it's like abandoning our cars to trudge the NY State Thruway on foot to attend Woodstock. The counterculture still lives!
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Bad Bunny isn't an immigrant.
This shit is cooked through. 150 years of being a newspaper and now you're a 4chan comment thread.
This shit is cooked through. 150 years of being a newspaper and now you're a 4chan comment thread.
The Super Bowl halftime show, with Bad Bunny showcasing Latin music before a global television audience expected to top 100 million, will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star delivers an explicit political message.
The enthusiasm — and scorn — surrounding Bad Bunny’s star turn at the Super Bowl
The halftime show will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star makes an explicit message about Trump’s deportation drive.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Bad Bunny isn't an immigrant.
This shit is cooked through. 150 years of being a newspaper and now you're a 4chan comment thread.
This shit is cooked through. 150 years of being a newspaper and now you're a 4chan comment thread.
Like vinyl, I believe that the mmpb will rise again.
still so cool to me, that I got to sneak in at the very-very end of the mass market era. this edition's the last Columbian mammoth, trumpeting out in the storm, telling the world it's still there, and that, when that world comes for it, it'll be standing there waiting.
@sgj.bsky.social re-stock! They didnt even make it onto the shelf before we sold one of each.
We were also just informed by our rep at Simon & Schuster that the mass market paperback of The Only Good Indians is out of print now, so grab one while you can.
#horror
We were also just informed by our rep at Simon & Schuster that the mass market paperback of The Only Good Indians is out of print now, so grab one while you can.
#horror
February 8, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Like vinyl, I believe that the mmpb will rise again.
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orange marmalade, batch 4
February 8, 2026 at 12:52 AM
orange marmalade, batch 4
The sunset?
What should I be watching that is not sports and not reality television?
February 8, 2026 at 2:09 AM
The sunset?