Melon Farmer
@walrusmaster.bsky.social
He's just this guy, you know?
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Looking for leads on dog friendly (1 13 lb and one 50 lb) 1+ bdrm rentals in Long Beach for March or April move in. Please DM me if you have anything suitable up to $2500. 🙏
Strong contender for best subhed of 2026
February 11, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Strong contender for best subhed of 2026
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I know I’m fixating, but “shooting down party balloons and using it as a pretext for war” is literally the “99 Luftballons” story arc. 🎈🤯 (Even “Miami 2017” didn’t map this closely.)
![Wikipedia entry describing the story arc of “99 Luftballons”:
The lyrics of the original German version tell a story:
99 balloons are mistaken for UFOs, causing a military general to send pilots to investigate. Finding nothing but balloons, the pilots put on a large show of firepower. The display of force worries the nations along the borders and the defence ministers on each side encourage conflict to grab power for themselves.
In the end, a cataclysmic war results from the otherwise harmless flight of balloons and causes devastation on all sides without a victor, as indicated in the denouement of the song: "99 Jahre Krieg ließen keinen Platz für Sieger," which means "99 years of war left no room for victors." The anti-war song finishes with the singer walking through the devastated ruins of the world and finding a single balloon. The description of what happens in the final line of the piece is the same in German and English:
'''Denk' an dich und lass' ihn fliegen," or "Think of you and let it go."[11]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4dp4culto5csbqs5m6ge22fw/bafkreie4ga5vudhvz4e25t5oducxifde6sf2zgal7wugci2bv5ee2qfcoe@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 9:20 PM
I know I’m fixating, but “shooting down party balloons and using it as a pretext for war” is literally the “99 Luftballons” story arc. 🎈🤯 (Even “Miami 2017” didn’t map this closely.)
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"In 2018 & 2019, the FBI conducted nationwide assessments of “Black identity extremists” under an intelligence collection operation it called “Iron Fist”, prioritizing these cases over investigations of far more prevalent violence from white supremacists... including a mass shooting at a synagogue."
The FBI Targets a New Generation of Black Activists
The agency would put its investigative authorities to better use by holding police officers accountable for acts of brutality.
www.brennancenter.org
February 11, 2026 at 9:45 PM
"In 2018 & 2019, the FBI conducted nationwide assessments of “Black identity extremists” under an intelligence collection operation it called “Iron Fist”, prioritizing these cases over investigations of far more prevalent violence from white supremacists... including a mass shooting at a synagogue."
Guess I'm revisiting THE RULES OF ATTRACTION again tonight. RIP James Van Der Beek. youtu.be/A3Yt2b_aXmE?...
"Colours" from The Rules of Attraction (2002)
YouTube video by AVARY
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Guess I'm revisiting THE RULES OF ATTRACTION again tonight. RIP James Van Der Beek. youtu.be/A3Yt2b_aXmE?...
I also love her on Green Acres, but have to shout her out as the most attractive female anthropomorphized cartoon mouse in cinema history, Miss Bianca.
February 11, 2026 at 9:23 PM
I also love her on Green Acres, but have to shout her out as the most attractive female anthropomorphized cartoon mouse in cinema history, Miss Bianca.
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New Laibach has a song called Luigi Mangione 👀
February 11, 2026 at 2:07 PM
New Laibach has a song called Luigi Mangione 👀
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what if, due to AI, in a couple of years the only people who have jobs are podcasters? that brings us to the obvious question: how are the rest of you going to get the money to pay for my podcasts? that's something you all need to be thinking about because i will not change my lifestyle.
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
what if, due to AI, in a couple of years the only people who have jobs are podcasters? that brings us to the obvious question: how are the rest of you going to get the money to pay for my podcasts? that's something you all need to be thinking about because i will not change my lifestyle.
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A heartwarming tale of how even if you aren't subscribed to Google Nest their cameras still upload and save "about three hours" of video which can be recovered in the form of "residual data" from "backend servers," surprising even the FBI who claims to have previously believed it was impossible
How Google played a key role in recovering the video from Nancy Guthrie’s cameras | CNN Business
A major breakthrough in the Nancy Guthrie case largely came down to Google’s technical expertise, a person familiar with the investigation told CNN.
www.cnn.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:42 PM
A heartwarming tale of how even if you aren't subscribed to Google Nest their cameras still upload and save "about three hours" of video which can be recovered in the form of "residual data" from "backend servers," surprising even the FBI who claims to have previously believed it was impossible
Lot of people talking about the Darabont movie from almost 20 years ago and not the tv series from like 2017
Hopefully this one falls through like seemingly half his King adaptations do and we actually get a Dark Tower out of him sometime this decade.
Hopefully this one falls through like seemingly half his King adaptations do and we actually get a Dark Tower out of him sometime this decade.
Mike Flanagan will write and direct a new film adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘The Mist’ for Warner Bros
It follows a group of people locked in a grocery store after a mysterious fog emerges that hides deadly creatures
It follows a group of people locked in a grocery store after a mysterious fog emerges that hides deadly creatures
February 11, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Lot of people talking about the Darabont movie from almost 20 years ago and not the tv series from like 2017
Hopefully this one falls through like seemingly half his King adaptations do and we actually get a Dark Tower out of him sometime this decade.
Hopefully this one falls through like seemingly half his King adaptations do and we actually get a Dark Tower out of him sometime this decade.
Listening to the audiobook for Stephen King's REVIVAL for next month's Just King Things. My favorite of his post-Dark Tower books, I've been waiting for 5 years for them to discuss this one.
February 11, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Listening to the audiobook for Stephen King's REVIVAL for next month's Just King Things. My favorite of his post-Dark Tower books, I've been waiting for 5 years for them to discuss this one.
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They're calling HRT a "sex-rejecting procedure" now. I guess that means my wife gives me HRT every night!
February 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
They're calling HRT a "sex-rejecting procedure" now. I guess that means my wife gives me HRT every night!
I pulled this post up and my dogs went nuts barking
February 10, 2026 at 5:28 PM
I pulled this post up and my dogs went nuts barking
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Analysis:
Starship Troopers is a fun time at the movies but anyone looking for a political or social message will be left wanting as at no point do the characters turn to the audience and say “it is wrong to Starship Trooper someone”
Starship Troopers is a fun time at the movies but anyone looking for a political or social message will be left wanting as at no point do the characters turn to the audience and say “it is wrong to Starship Trooper someone”
February 10, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Analysis:
Starship Troopers is a fun time at the movies but anyone looking for a political or social message will be left wanting as at no point do the characters turn to the audience and say “it is wrong to Starship Trooper someone”
Starship Troopers is a fun time at the movies but anyone looking for a political or social message will be left wanting as at no point do the characters turn to the audience and say “it is wrong to Starship Trooper someone”
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I mean technically yes but they still did 9/11 so 🤷♂️
February 10, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I mean technically yes but they still did 9/11 so 🤷♂️
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This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
U.S. Boat Strike Kills 2 in Pacific, With One Survivor
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
Hold up I have a really ill-advised pitch for a Jurassic Park spin-off
February 10, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Hold up I have a really ill-advised pitch for a Jurassic Park spin-off
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it’ll take more than an experienced politician to fix la when “experience” means knowing how to bribe the lapd with more funding. angelenos cannot afford business as usual when that business is unlimited support to cops, landlords, and real estate developers. @raeforla.bsky.social is the candidate!
Happy Monday. I wasn’t really planning on getting involved in the local elections this year but since Nithya just announced her campaign…. There’s about to be a bunch of misinformation spread about this mayoral race. I think I have to start pushing more for @raeforla.bsky.social. Let’s go, Rae!
Unlike Zohran, though, Rae actually supports defunding the police
February 9, 2026 at 10:27 PM
it’ll take more than an experienced politician to fix la when “experience” means knowing how to bribe the lapd with more funding. angelenos cannot afford business as usual when that business is unlimited support to cops, landlords, and real estate developers. @raeforla.bsky.social is the candidate!
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just make sure ya wipe of the table each time, back in the day i got some pepper in my coke and that was a bad bad time
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
just make sure ya wipe of the table each time, back in the day i got some pepper in my coke and that was a bad bad time
You, yes YOU, should absolutely read this
The felony charges facing Bay Area student protesters could have a chilling effect on protest generally, says a local criminal defense attorney. “These cases restrict people from getting involved in activism—and that was the intention.”
In Bay Area, Felony Charges Against Student Protesters Prompt Free Speech Concerns
Local prosecutors are seeking felony-level charges against pro-Palestine demonstrators. Even if they don’t stick, critics say the response is harsh and could chill protests.
boltsmag.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
You, yes YOU, should absolutely read this
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The felony charges facing Bay Area student protesters could have a chilling effect on protest generally, says a local criminal defense attorney. “These cases restrict people from getting involved in activism—and that was the intention.”
In Bay Area, Felony Charges Against Student Protesters Prompt Free Speech Concerns
Local prosecutors are seeking felony-level charges against pro-Palestine demonstrators. Even if they don’t stick, critics say the response is harsh and could chill protests.
boltsmag.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
The felony charges facing Bay Area student protesters could have a chilling effect on protest generally, says a local criminal defense attorney. “These cases restrict people from getting involved in activism—and that was the intention.”
Post a banger not in English
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Post a banger not in English
February 9, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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who runs the world | patreon.com/lubchansky
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
who runs the world | patreon.com/lubchansky
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if you're in line at the nitro canceller, STAY IN LINE
February 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
if you're in line at the nitro canceller, STAY IN LINE