Meatba'al
@vance.bsky.social
Writer/Irish-born American dumbass. Working (very slowly) on a reference book about the 3DO. Voted funniest man on the northbound Metro Blue Line.
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Meatba'al
@vance.bsky.social
· Oct 16
BBC announcer voice: At 6pm we'll be showing Sex Secrets of the Druids, and at 8 it's the entire panel at QI talking about Brexit and randomly pointing a loaded revolver at each other.
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Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York
Now McMansions in Florida, that's like touching base when you're playing tag.
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Now McMansions in Florida, that's like touching base when you're playing tag.
Please enjoy this shag carpet dog and sweet yet mentally deficient cat
January 3, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Please enjoy this shag carpet dog and sweet yet mentally deficient cat
Can't believe I had to describe this moment in the November Rain video to my sweetie.
January 3, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Can't believe I had to describe this moment in the November Rain video to my sweetie.
Went to college and worked at a game shop when these things were around and I'm not sure I could swear in a court of law that they exist.
Remember when Zip disks were the industry standard?
January 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Went to college and worked at a game shop when these things were around and I'm not sure I could swear in a court of law that they exist.
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"A woman dressed as a pink Power Ranger hacked a dating site for far-right extremists. She deleted the entire site, but first she made users fall in love with AI bots she ran, thus obtaining information about them. Over 8,000 far-right profiles have now been mapped."
En kvinna, utklädd till rosa Power Ranger, hackade datingsida för högerextrema. Hon raderade hela sidan, men först fick hon användarna att bli kära i AI-botar som hon drev och fick på så sätt ut information om dem. Över 8000 högerextrema profiler har nu kartlagts.
cybernews.com/security/inv...
cybernews.com/security/inv...
Investigator breaches white supremacist dating sites, exposes 8,000 users
An investigative journalist infiltrated three white supremacist platforms, including the dating site WhiteDate, exfiltrating over 8,000 user profiles and 100GB of sensitive data.
cybernews.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
"A woman dressed as a pink Power Ranger hacked a dating site for far-right extremists. She deleted the entire site, but first she made users fall in love with AI bots she ran, thus obtaining information about them. Over 8,000 far-right profiles have now been mapped."
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
I bought two sachets of this spice bag mix and it cost a fucking lot, bit I just realized each sachet has eight servings. Sixteen spice bags. Absolute flavor madness.
I want to assure you all that I won't let this go to my head and I'm still going to be friends with you mortal losers.
I want to assure you all that I won't let this go to my head and I'm still going to be friends with you mortal losers.
January 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I bought two sachets of this spice bag mix and it cost a fucking lot, bit I just realized each sachet has eight servings. Sixteen spice bags. Absolute flavor madness.
I want to assure you all that I won't let this go to my head and I'm still going to be friends with you mortal losers.
I want to assure you all that I won't let this go to my head and I'm still going to be friends with you mortal losers.
Man Yahoo was too newfangled, we need Alta Vista search.
In an age where AI slop websites have made entire categories of information difficult to find, what we need is Yahoo (or Dmoz): a human-curated list of reliable websites, organized by topic.
January 3, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Man Yahoo was too newfangled, we need Alta Vista search.
Sweetheart got us matching Irish coffee glasses.
January 3, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Sweetheart got us matching Irish coffee glasses.
This wasn't a high water mark for the Secret Service, hoss.
January 1, 2026 at 10:49 PM
This wasn't a high water mark for the Secret Service, hoss.
We used it and we liked it, you little punks.
Also some of us used the high school computers to recreate a Walmart and had to explain ourselves to the grownups.
Also some of us used the high school computers to recreate a Walmart and had to explain ourselves to the grownups.
DoomEd, the original Doom mapping software running.
January 1, 2026 at 5:11 PM
We used it and we liked it, you little punks.
Also some of us used the high school computers to recreate a Walmart and had to explain ourselves to the grownups.
Also some of us used the high school computers to recreate a Walmart and had to explain ourselves to the grownups.
I wrote this joke script to get myself moving creatively, about Gallagher becoming immortal but he'd die instantly if he ever raised a sledgehammer again.
One scene is him picking a full year's worth of bar fights that ends with him kicking old man 2025 out the back door and pissing on him.
One scene is him picking a full year's worth of bar fights that ends with him kicking old man 2025 out the back door and pissing on him.
going bed early
let's kill 2025 and never speak of it again
I hope 2026 is a good one for you all, see you on the other side!
let's kill 2025 and never speak of it again
I hope 2026 is a good one for you all, see you on the other side!
December 31, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I wrote this joke script to get myself moving creatively, about Gallagher becoming immortal but he'd die instantly if he ever raised a sledgehammer again.
One scene is him picking a full year's worth of bar fights that ends with him kicking old man 2025 out the back door and pissing on him.
One scene is him picking a full year's worth of bar fights that ends with him kicking old man 2025 out the back door and pissing on him.
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Remembering our most popular articles of 2025 (so we don't have to think of new ones today):
December 31, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Remembering our most popular articles of 2025 (so we don't have to think of new ones today):
Found this on the train ride home. Beats a swift kick in the teeth (also locatable on the train)
December 30, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Found this on the train ride home. Beats a swift kick in the teeth (also locatable on the train)
We all are born idiots and this only ends when we see Miami Connection.
This is a worthwhile mini-doc about the movie.
This is a worthwhile mini-doc about the movie.
TaeKwonDo Rockers vs. Cocaine-Dealing Ninjas: The True Story of 'Miami Connection'
YouTube video by VICE
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 5:16 AM
We all are born idiots and this only ends when we see Miami Connection.
This is a worthwhile mini-doc about the movie.
This is a worthwhile mini-doc about the movie.
Delving back into Doom 3DO for an article (there are many videos on it but it's very difficult to get an accurate record because there's only one source that was willing to speak on the matter because the other one was in jail for touching children.)
Anyway John Carmack deadnamed Rebecca Heineman.
Anyway John Carmack deadnamed Rebecca Heineman.
December 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Delving back into Doom 3DO for an article (there are many videos on it but it's very difficult to get an accurate record because there's only one source that was willing to speak on the matter because the other one was in jail for touching children.)
Anyway John Carmack deadnamed Rebecca Heineman.
Anyway John Carmack deadnamed Rebecca Heineman.
Protip: You are not limited to enjoying only your own thumbs.
Also, I have to say, getting older is dumb. I’m trying to fight a series of boss fights in Metroid Prime 4 and it’s annoying because of fucking arthritis of all things.
Enjoy your thumbs while you got ‘em, ya whippersnappers.
Enjoy your thumbs while you got ‘em, ya whippersnappers.
December 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Protip: You are not limited to enjoying only your own thumbs.
I think the cornerstone of understanding why white wing needs interpretation is bullshit is to remember that general toy lines underproduced female action figures on the "wisdom" that girls didn't buy as much.
It wasn't a reflection of reality, it was shit marketing.
It wasn't a reflection of reality, it was shit marketing.
Fascists truly cannot distinguish fiction from reality
This has ELEVEN THOUSAND likes on the hellsite
This has ELEVEN THOUSAND likes on the hellsite
December 30, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I think the cornerstone of understanding why white wing needs interpretation is bullshit is to remember that general toy lines underproduced female action figures on the "wisdom" that girls didn't buy as much.
It wasn't a reflection of reality, it was shit marketing.
It wasn't a reflection of reality, it was shit marketing.
@newkillerstar.bsky.social I'm not into this era the way you are so my immediately take (King Richard spending so much time on Crusades that he barely spoke English and how that night not play with White Nationalist tropes) might be amateur to you.
Far-right groups are co-opting the aesthetics of the Crusades for their own objectives, transforming an obsession with feudal justice into a campaign for a White Christian nation.
Why We Should All Be Worried About "Crusadercore"
This online trend equips young, White men with a historically bastardized visual lexicon — one that gives new credence and religious authority to far-right bigotry.
hyperallergic.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
@newkillerstar.bsky.social I'm not into this era the way you are so my immediately take (King Richard spending so much time on Crusades that he barely spoke English and how that night not play with White Nationalist tropes) might be amateur to you.
I'm not a web design guru but I remember when the guiding star was keeping things efficient and compact, and I think that's a lot better than opening two websites and burning 1.8 GB of data on my phone.
December 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I'm not a web design guru but I remember when the guiding star was keeping things efficient and compact, and I think that's a lot better than opening two websites and burning 1.8 GB of data on my phone.
Usually I'd make a joke about how the guys into this kind of thing wouldn't be able to function properly within eighty feet of a woman, but "I never say no" is genuinely the creepiest damn thing possible here.
"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
December 29, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Usually I'd make a joke about how the guys into this kind of thing wouldn't be able to function properly within eighty feet of a woman, but "I never say no" is genuinely the creepiest damn thing possible here.
The only feelings I'm concerned about re: the shock troops is how it feels when I grind my boot heel slowly into their eye.
Just thinking... we give so much attention (as we should!) to the victims of state violence, ie, people sent to CECOT.
But, we give little consideration to the psychic violence suffered by those tasked with carrying out the physical violence.
Yes, they "chose" those jobs. But...
But, we give little consideration to the psychic violence suffered by those tasked with carrying out the physical violence.
Yes, they "chose" those jobs. But...
December 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The only feelings I'm concerned about re: the shock troops is how it feels when I grind my boot heel slowly into their eye.