Kyle D. Long
@blatherscribe.bsky.social
Writer (unpublished), Egyptologist (unfinished), migraine (continuous), human (probably). Extra-large liminal space. Always add marinara. He/him. Profile thingy is a penglion by HumanDescent.
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard... pfft, easy mode: no Stars (Wars, nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
Some wisdom of the ancients: No matter where you go, there you are. You cannot escape the Self. Be an agreeable companion for yourself on your own journey.
Some wisdom of the ancients: No matter where you go, there you are. You cannot escape the Self. Be an agreeable companion for yourself on your own journey.
December 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard... pfft, easy mode: no Stars (Wars, nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
Some wisdom of the ancients: No matter where you go, there you are. You cannot escape the Self. Be an agreeable companion for yourself on your own journey.
Some wisdom of the ancients: No matter where you go, there you are. You cannot escape the Self. Be an agreeable companion for yourself on your own journey.
Mom wants to see bad guys get what's coming to them, so we're watching John Wick again, and you know... I still don't understand why they call him Baba Yaga.
"This is the most fearsome hitman in the world, so we call him the old child-eating lady who lives in a hut that walks on chicken feet."
"This is the most fearsome hitman in the world, so we call him the old child-eating lady who lives in a hut that walks on chicken feet."
December 6, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Mom wants to see bad guys get what's coming to them, so we're watching John Wick again, and you know... I still don't understand why they call him Baba Yaga.
"This is the most fearsome hitman in the world, so we call him the old child-eating lady who lives in a hut that walks on chicken feet."
"This is the most fearsome hitman in the world, so we call him the old child-eating lady who lives in a hut that walks on chicken feet."
Really love it when I have something I'd like to contribute to a discussion but Mr. Migraine says, "Nope, no coherence for you." 🧐
December 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Really love it when I have something I'd like to contribute to a discussion but Mr. Migraine says, "Nope, no coherence for you." 🧐
Wait, does this mean that guy who drew Spider-Man's webbing with all the grunkly bits all over was right??
Wow.... Incredible close-up of spider silk wins science photo prize www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
Incredible close-up of spider silk wins science photo prize
Duelling prairie chickens, a snake-mimicking moth and a once-a-year sunrise at the South Pole feature in the best images from the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2025
www.newscientist.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Wait, does this mean that guy who drew Spider-Man's webbing with all the grunkly bits all over was right??
This is 98% correct, but he says something that troubles me: "This is not political, this is a human nature thing."
No, this is political. This is the definition of conservatism. No one who is not a conservative thinks that expanding options for other people is oppression.
No, this is political. This is the definition of conservatism. No one who is not a conservative thinks that expanding options for other people is oppression.
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This is 98% correct, but he says something that troubles me: "This is not political, this is a human nature thing."
No, this is political. This is the definition of conservatism. No one who is not a conservative thinks that expanding options for other people is oppression.
No, this is political. This is the definition of conservatism. No one who is not a conservative thinks that expanding options for other people is oppression.
Good: Taking on the manufacturers of foods that aren't really food so much as addictive amalgams of carcinogens and wood pulp*.
Bad: Using nonsense language that includes the staples I rely on as a vegetarian with food allergies and severe chronic fatigue.
* Hyperbole, no need to correct.
Bad: Using nonsense language that includes the staples I rely on as a vegetarian with food allergies and severe chronic fatigue.
* Hyperbole, no need to correct.
San Francisco is suing ultraprocessed food companies.
The city attorney is filing the first government lawsuit in the US against manufacturers of ultraprocessed food.
He argues that cities are burdened with the cost of treating diseases that ultraprocessed food brings on.
The city attorney is filing the first government lawsuit in the US against manufacturers of ultraprocessed food.
He argues that cities are burdened with the cost of treating diseases that ultraprocessed food brings on.
San Francisco Will Sue Ultraprocessed Food Companies
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Good: Taking on the manufacturers of foods that aren't really food so much as addictive amalgams of carcinogens and wood pulp*.
Bad: Using nonsense language that includes the staples I rely on as a vegetarian with food allergies and severe chronic fatigue.
* Hyperbole, no need to correct.
Bad: Using nonsense language that includes the staples I rely on as a vegetarian with food allergies and severe chronic fatigue.
* Hyperbole, no need to correct.
If my life hadn't gone completely off the rails it would've been, "So... aliens *really* built the pyramids, right? Go on, you can tell me, I can keep a secret."
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If my life hadn't gone completely off the rails it would've been, "So... aliens *really* built the pyramids, right? Go on, you can tell me, I can keep a secret."
What people really don't want to understand is that RFKjr is not a singular evil, he is a culmination. The line runs straight and true from the Tuskegee experiments through the AIDS crisis through all the lies about COVID-19 to Kennedy. Someone like him was inevitable.
December 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
What people really don't want to understand is that RFKjr is not a singular evil, he is a culmination. The line runs straight and true from the Tuskegee experiments through the AIDS crisis through all the lies about COVID-19 to Kennedy. Someone like him was inevitable.
It's not charming, but when the sea shanty thing began, and everyone was joyfully singing "The Wellerman," a happy song about whalers massacring right whales and ripping off tongues of blubber to render into oil while praying their employers won't starve them to death, I thought, well, we're fucked.
What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
November 30, 2025 at 4:16 AM
It's not charming, but when the sea shanty thing began, and everyone was joyfully singing "The Wellerman," a happy song about whalers massacring right whales and ripping off tongues of blubber to render into oil while praying their employers won't starve them to death, I thought, well, we're fucked.
Altruism has always been an evolutionary advantage, a species survival trait. I'm not surprised it's also an individual survival trait. Go do good, folks who can. 😁
A study found that volunteering slows down aging in retirees: the DNA of people who volunteered the equivalent of one to four hours a week showed distinctive biomarkers associated with decelerated epigenetic aging, with the most pronounced effects among retired people.
Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
www.motherjones.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Altruism has always been an evolutionary advantage, a species survival trait. I'm not surprised it's also an individual survival trait. Go do good, folks who can. 😁
Oh, an interesting new (to me) one of these: Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose
Grizzly bear
Coyote
Manatee
Alligator
Also when I was a kid, visiting Alaska, I heard wolves close enough that they responded to me, but I never saw one in the wild.
Moose
Grizzly bear
Coyote
Manatee
Alligator
Also when I was a kid, visiting Alaska, I heard wolves close enough that they responded to me, but I never saw one in the wild.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose
Humpback whales
Giraffes
African Elephants
West African or Nile monitor lizard
Moose
Humpback whales
Giraffes
African Elephants
West African or Nile monitor lizard
November 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Oh, an interesting new (to me) one of these: Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose
Grizzly bear
Coyote
Manatee
Alligator
Also when I was a kid, visiting Alaska, I heard wolves close enough that they responded to me, but I never saw one in the wild.
Moose
Grizzly bear
Coyote
Manatee
Alligator
Also when I was a kid, visiting Alaska, I heard wolves close enough that they responded to me, but I never saw one in the wild.
So, with people talking about Stranger Things again... Did that one guy get over being a genocide enthusiast or is this one more thing everyone chooses to forget rather than follow through on pledges to boycott a show they liked?
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 AM
So, with people talking about Stranger Things again... Did that one guy get over being a genocide enthusiast or is this one more thing everyone chooses to forget rather than follow through on pledges to boycott a show they liked?
People felt this way about ELIZA, and it was liable to say, "Come, come, elucidate your thoughts," five or six times in any given conversation. People suck at assigning agency accurately.
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
People felt this way about ELIZA, and it was liable to say, "Come, come, elucidate your thoughts," five or six times in any given conversation. People suck at assigning agency accurately.
When I was briefly involved in scouting, it was nearly the Hitler Youth, full of bullies and bigots at all levels. This must mean it has become less horrible over time. It can only be a good thing if it's no longer a feeder system for the military (and I say that as someone from a military family).
NPR - DoD planning to cut its ties with the Boy Scouts. www.npr.org/2025/11/25/nx-s1-...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
When I was briefly involved in scouting, it was nearly the Hitler Youth, full of bullies and bigots at all levels. This must mean it has become less horrible over time. It can only be a good thing if it's no longer a feeder system for the military (and I say that as someone from a military family).
I'm too tired to start a fuss with the person who said it, but I just saw an author complaining about book piracy by saying it's not like the good old days of Napster.
*weary sigh*
Yeah, life was good when people were only stealing from musicians, I guess. 🧐
*weary sigh*
Yeah, life was good when people were only stealing from musicians, I guess. 🧐
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I'm too tired to start a fuss with the person who said it, but I just saw an author complaining about book piracy by saying it's not like the good old days of Napster.
*weary sigh*
Yeah, life was good when people were only stealing from musicians, I guess. 🧐
*weary sigh*
Yeah, life was good when people were only stealing from musicians, I guess. 🧐
When you get caught between the Moon and New York City...
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
When you get caught between the Moon and New York City...
No and hell no. 🧐
Ubisoft boss believes generative AI is as big a revolution for games as the shift to 3D, as tech is embraced company-wide
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-boss...
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-boss...
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
No and hell no. 🧐
Best wishes for all her future endeavors (to fail miserably).
Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress
"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”
"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”
November 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Best wishes for all her future endeavors (to fail miserably).
All of these things *are* socialism, by definition, and constantly pretending they're not and that socialism is a terror-word is why we currently have a fascist government rather than a democratic socialist one.
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
All of these things *are* socialism, by definition, and constantly pretending they're not and that socialism is a terror-word is why we currently have a fascist government rather than a democratic socialist one.
Just saw a fun commercial for Meta's panopticon glasses in which the heroine was spared the indignity of using a phone to:
1) Hear music,
2) Look up an address, and
3) Have a snarky voice tell her, "It's 200 feet to the left," with precisely the necessary derision for someone using "AI" glasses.
1) Hear music,
2) Look up an address, and
3) Have a snarky voice tell her, "It's 200 feet to the left," with precisely the necessary derision for someone using "AI" glasses.
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Just saw a fun commercial for Meta's panopticon glasses in which the heroine was spared the indignity of using a phone to:
1) Hear music,
2) Look up an address, and
3) Have a snarky voice tell her, "It's 200 feet to the left," with precisely the necessary derision for someone using "AI" glasses.
1) Hear music,
2) Look up an address, and
3) Have a snarky voice tell her, "It's 200 feet to the left," with precisely the necessary derision for someone using "AI" glasses.
*pauses while lowering tiny effigy of Malcolm McDowell into lit brazier inscribed with ancient Egyptian curses* Wait, what?
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 AM
*pauses while lowering tiny effigy of Malcolm McDowell into lit brazier inscribed with ancient Egyptian curses* Wait, what?
Translation: My minions assure me the shutdown was long enough for them to redact my name.
“Perhaps the truth about these Democrats, and their associations with Jeffrey Epstein, will soon be revealed, because | HAVE JUST SIGNED THE BILL TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!”
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Translation: My minions assure me the shutdown was long enough for them to redact my name.
Ugh, Elizabeth Weiss is here. This is one where I also blocked everyone following her. If you want to follow someone this egregiously, openly, proudly racist, well, you're a racist and I have no interest in anything you'll ever have to say. 🧐
Recommend everyone block this racist lady whose whole raison d’être is NOT returning stolen Indigenous remains. Don’t engage, she came over here because she misses disrespecting you.
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Ugh, Elizabeth Weiss is here. This is one where I also blocked everyone following her. If you want to follow someone this egregiously, openly, proudly racist, well, you're a racist and I have no interest in anything you'll ever have to say. 🧐
On the one hand, it's a cool idea. On the other, unfortunately, instead of making the world accessible they're concentrating on making expensive toys for people who don't really need them. It's small, looks unsteady, and sitting in it for an extended period seems like it would be miserable.
At the Japan Mobility Show 2025, Toyota revealed Walk Me, a four-legged autonomous chair designed to transform mobility. Unlike wheelchairs, Walk Me well, walks: its robotic legs can climb stairs, cross gravel and manoeuvre on rough ground. buff.ly/YgoBcg1
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Toyota Walk me robot chair walks, climbs stairs and folds itself
Toyota’s Walk Me is a robotic chair with legs that walk, climb, and fold, redefining mobility at the Japan Mobility Show 2025.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
On the one hand, it's a cool idea. On the other, unfortunately, instead of making the world accessible they're concentrating on making expensive toys for people who don't really need them. It's small, looks unsteady, and sitting in it for an extended period seems like it would be miserable.