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.
One bizarre thing I keep revisiting is that I got stuck in the mountains because the CHP shut down everything between LA and Malibu because Caitlin Jenner killed a driver while fleeing the paparazzi, and I spent most of that afternoon at a Hindu temple talking to the head monk.
January 4, 2026 at 9:58 PM
One bizarre thing I keep revisiting is that I got stuck in the mountains because the CHP shut down everything between LA and Malibu because Caitlin Jenner killed a driver while fleeing the paparazzi, and I spent most of that afternoon at a Hindu temple talking to the head monk.
Spent most of the year thinking I was a year older than I am, so I'm effectively the same age for almost two years.
I'm a time traveler, is what I'm saying.
I'm a time traveler, is what I'm saying.
January 4, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Spent most of the year thinking I was a year older than I am, so I'm effectively the same age for almost two years.
I'm a time traveler, is what I'm saying.
I'm a time traveler, is what I'm saying.
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Remembering David Cross's 9/11 bit about everybody and their uncomfortable uncle rolling out a statement about how they had to not cancel their gig or "the terrorists win."
It is not brave or noble to continue doing the things you enjoy doing in spite of feeling bad about what's happening on the news. It just isn't. If you need to believe you're unassailably Good for doing easy things you were going to do anyway, I think that's pathetic
January 4, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Remembering David Cross's 9/11 bit about everybody and their uncomfortable uncle rolling out a statement about how they had to not cancel their gig or "the terrorists win."
I make so many horrible jokes but here's the one my sweetie objects to: Valvoline is the eighth most popular person in our apartment (there's six of us)
January 3, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I make so many horrible jokes but here's the one my sweetie objects to: Valvoline is the eighth most popular person in our apartment (there's six of us)
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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
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'
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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.