Bernard Meisler
@bernardmeisler.bsky.social
Publisher of Sensitive Skin magazine. Author of the Neo-noir satire "THERE'S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO DIE." Retired computer programmer. Rootless cosmopolitan, psychopomp, & part-time trepannist. Trans rights are human rights!
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Sensitive Skin Magazine
art, stories, poetry, essays, reviews and music
www.sensitiveskinmagazine.com
I publish SENSITIVE SKIN, featuring work by Samuel R. Delaney, John Lurie, Gary Indiana, Alex Katz, Arthur Nersesian, Maggie Estep, Fred Frith, Thurston Moore, Iggy Pop, Justine Frischmann, Darius James,Michael A. Gonzales, William S. Burroughs & Allen Ginsberg.
www.sensitiveskinmagazine.com
www.sensitiveskinmagazine.com
Good news! Trump said today the US is taking in $2 billion a day from tariffs! At this rate, it will only take a little over 12 years to make up the $11 trillion lost in the stock market over the last 4 days! Huzzah!
April 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Good news! Trump said today the US is taking in $2 billion a day from tariffs! At this rate, it will only take a little over 12 years to make up the $11 trillion lost in the stock market over the last 4 days! Huzzah!
Are you better off now than you were 4 months ago?
April 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Are you better off now than you were 4 months ago?
This is an ad from a Marvel comic from 1968, and it explains a lot!
April 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This is an ad from a Marvel comic from 1968, and it explains a lot!
The only thing that can stop the mad King now is impeachment or the 25th amendment. Where is Jamie Lannister now that we need him?
April 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The only thing that can stop the mad King now is impeachment or the 25th amendment. Where is Jamie Lannister now that we need him?
We need a Democratic version of the tea party so bad
March 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
We need a Democratic version of the tea party so bad
IMPEACH TRUMP!
February 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
IMPEACH TRUMP!
Thank Shiva there’s finally a new episode of A History of Rick and Roll in 500 Songs! Part 3 of Never Learn Not to Love by The Beach Boys (via Charles Manson). My favorite podcast!
January 31, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Thank Shiva there’s finally a new episode of A History of Rick and Roll in 500 Songs! Part 3 of Never Learn Not to Love by The Beach Boys (via Charles Manson). My favorite podcast!
January 20: FAA director fired
January 21: air traffic controller hiring frozen
January 22: aviation safety advisory committee disbanded
January 28: buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
January 29: first American mid-air collision in 16 years.
January 30: Trump blames DEI.
January 21: air traffic controller hiring frozen
January 22: aviation safety advisory committee disbanded
January 28: buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
January 29: first American mid-air collision in 16 years.
January 30: Trump blames DEI.
January 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
January 20: FAA director fired
January 21: air traffic controller hiring frozen
January 22: aviation safety advisory committee disbanded
January 28: buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
January 29: first American mid-air collision in 16 years.
January 30: Trump blames DEI.
January 21: air traffic controller hiring frozen
January 22: aviation safety advisory committee disbanded
January 28: buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
January 29: first American mid-air collision in 16 years.
January 30: Trump blames DEI.
Jack Kirby created this cover a year before the US entered WWII - and received death threats for it.
January 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Jack Kirby created this cover a year before the US entered WWII - and received death threats for it.
I saw somewhere on the Internet, so it must be true, that there’s a Godwin’s 2nd Law: If someone uses the word “woke” pejoratively, there’s a 99% chance that person is an insufferable asshole. Is this a real thing, or if it isn’t, should it be? @mnemonic.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I saw somewhere on the Internet, so it must be true, that there’s a Godwin’s 2nd Law: If someone uses the word “woke” pejoratively, there’s a 99% chance that person is an insufferable asshole. Is this a real thing, or if it isn’t, should it be? @mnemonic.bsky.social
One of the many reasons David Lynch was so great - no irony. He loved Americana, his coffee, apple pie & Bob’s Big Boy. I’m guessing 1 of his biggest influences was Douglas Sirk, who is high camp to modern eyes, but you can tell Sirk loved his mis en scene. Lynch’s films are love letters.
January 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
One of the many reasons David Lynch was so great - no irony. He loved Americana, his coffee, apple pie & Bob’s Big Boy. I’m guessing 1 of his biggest influences was Douglas Sirk, who is high camp to modern eyes, but you can tell Sirk loved his mis en scene. Lynch’s films are love letters.
Reposted by Bernard Meisler
Fantastic, insightful, depressing yet hopeful essay from @juliusgoat.bsky.social
www.the-reframe.com/a-system-bui...
www.the-reframe.com/a-system-bui...
A System Built to Eat People Never Stops Eating
A brief history of the systems we've inherited, and the story of two very different reactions to two murders, in a country founded on murder.
www.the-reframe.com
December 23, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Fantastic, insightful, depressing yet hopeful essay from @juliusgoat.bsky.social
www.the-reframe.com/a-system-bui...
www.the-reframe.com/a-system-bui...
Of course I instantly block MAGAs - but I’ve also taken to blocking “Blue MAGA” - the left-leaning “influencers” who repost Trump’s Truth Social posts & say “OMG, can you believe this?” Don’t care, don’t want to see it. And now my BSKY barely updates…
December 21, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Of course I instantly block MAGAs - but I’ve also taken to blocking “Blue MAGA” - the left-leaning “influencers” who repost Trump’s Truth Social posts & say “OMG, can you believe this?” Don’t care, don’t want to see it. And now my BSKY barely updates…
I forget,,what are extreme right Germans called again? It’s on the tip of my tongue…
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/w...
Musk Expresses Support for Far-Right Party in Germany’s Election
It was not the first online intervention by Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and adviser to Donald Trump, on behalf of once-fringe anti-immigrant parties in Europe.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:26 AM
I forget,,what are extreme right Germans called again? It’s on the tip of my tongue…
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/w...
Doechii is fantastic! Like an all-girl mashup of James Brown and De La Soul!
youtu.be/-91vymvIH0c?...
youtu.be/-91vymvIH0c?...
Doechii: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
December 17, 2024 at 7:54 AM
Doechii is fantastic! Like an all-girl mashup of James Brown and De La Soul!
youtu.be/-91vymvIH0c?...
youtu.be/-91vymvIH0c?...
Attn Amazon shoppers: If you go to the site (or app) and enter “thank your driver” into the search field, they will receive a $5 tip, at no cost to you.
December 10, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Attn Amazon shoppers: If you go to the site (or app) and enter “thank your driver” into the search field, they will receive a $5 tip, at no cost to you.
Reposted by Bernard Meisler
All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth - The Kinks
youtu.be/uEzYnNXuHdI
Dec. 1965 "Ready Steady Go" episode, featuring the Kinks performing a Christmas Carol "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth".
youtu.be/uEzYnNXuHdI
Dec. 1965 "Ready Steady Go" episode, featuring the Kinks performing a Christmas Carol "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth".
All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth - The Kinks
YouTube video by Pelacanyes (David Panades)
youtu.be
December 7, 2024 at 2:51 AM
All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth - The Kinks
youtu.be/uEzYnNXuHdI
Dec. 1965 "Ready Steady Go" episode, featuring the Kinks performing a Christmas Carol "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth".
youtu.be/uEzYnNXuHdI
Dec. 1965 "Ready Steady Go" episode, featuring the Kinks performing a Christmas Carol "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth".
I’d be sending Thoughts and Prayers but unfortunately they’re out of network and require previous authorization.
www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Is Fatally Shot in New York City: Live Updates
The executive, Brian Thompson, was shot in what the police described as a “brazen targeted attack” outside a hotel where the company was holding an investor meeting. The assailant was last spotted in ...
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:52 PM
I’d be sending Thoughts and Prayers but unfortunately they’re out of network and require previous authorization.
www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
Siri is set to “learn” on every damn app on your phone unless you turn it off! Damn!
December 3, 2024 at 4:17 AM
Siri is set to “learn” on every damn app on your phone unless you turn it off! Damn!
THE APPRENTICE, mini-review (no spoilers): Ha ha ha, we’re all so fucked! But I really feel bad for the cast & crew who had to spend time with Jeremy Strong while he was in character as Roy Cohn. ***/****
December 3, 2024 at 1:54 AM
THE APPRENTICE, mini-review (no spoilers): Ha ha ha, we’re all so fucked! But I really feel bad for the cast & crew who had to spend time with Jeremy Strong while he was in character as Roy Cohn. ***/****
Speaking as an ex-fuckup, I’m happy Biden pardoned his fuckup son.
December 2, 2024 at 4:39 AM
Speaking as an ex-fuckup, I’m happy Biden pardoned his fuckup son.
Public service announcement:TalkPal.ai is SO much better than DuoLingo! I’ve been on DuoLingo for almost a year - TalkPal pushed me harder re pronunciation in 1 day. Black Friday special still on for a few hours: $36/year!
December 1, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Public service announcement:TalkPal.ai is SO much better than DuoLingo! I’ve been on DuoLingo for almost a year - TalkPal pushed me harder re pronunciation in 1 day. Black Friday special still on for a few hours: $36/year!