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"That rifle hanging on the wall of the working class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there." — Orwell
We're all drowning in the wishing well. 🌹 #rva
We're all drowning in the wishing well. 🌹 #rva
I feel like chess puzzles are often overly dramatic. How many times has a real game ended in a triple royal fork checkmate? I can't imagine it's more than a handful.
December 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I feel like chess puzzles are often overly dramatic. How many times has a real game ended in a triple royal fork checkmate? I can't imagine it's more than a handful.
Political discourse on social media, including here on Bluesky, be like:
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Political discourse on social media, including here on Bluesky, be like:
Some apps write their release notes like "We're always fixing bugs and improving your experience with App X." Others actually give a shit and put effort into them:
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Some apps write their release notes like "We're always fixing bugs and improving your experience with App X." Others actually give a shit and put effort into them:
If the Epstein files start taking people down, I hope Elon's among them. In addition to being an insufferable twat, he's a prolific spreader of misinformation.
Also, he fucking sieg heil'd in front of the world on Jan 20, 2025. With all the shit that's happened this year, I feel like folks forgot.
Also, he fucking sieg heil'd in front of the world on Jan 20, 2025. With all the shit that's happened this year, I feel like folks forgot.
November 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
If the Epstein files start taking people down, I hope Elon's among them. In addition to being an insufferable twat, he's a prolific spreader of misinformation.
Also, he fucking sieg heil'd in front of the world on Jan 20, 2025. With all the shit that's happened this year, I feel like folks forgot.
Also, he fucking sieg heil'd in front of the world on Jan 20, 2025. With all the shit that's happened this year, I feel like folks forgot.
Looks like things are going fine over on Twitter.
November 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Looks like things are going fine over on Twitter.
I saw this commercial with Garfield for the first time last week, and I immediately went "It's Merry!" while pointing at the screen like Leo from that movie where he does that. #caturday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W0T...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W0T...
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I saw this commercial with Garfield for the first time last week, and I immediately went "It's Merry!" while pointing at the screen like Leo from that movie where he does that. #caturday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W0T...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W0T...
Seems like there's skeletons in the closet of every popular so-called influencer, and this is especially true whenever big cats are involved as they are with @safarisammie.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/17760...
threadreaderapp.com/thread/17760...
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Seems like there's skeletons in the closet of every popular so-called influencer, and this is especially true whenever big cats are involved as they are with @safarisammie.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/17760...
threadreaderapp.com/thread/17760...
I'm in need of someone who understands cameras and perspective to explain this one for me.
How does the Wikipedia photo for New Albany, IN have a mountain looming in the background while the Google shot looking down the same street doesn't? Is the latter closer to what you'd see in Real Life™?
How does the Wikipedia photo for New Albany, IN have a mountain looming in the background while the Google shot looking down the same street doesn't? Is the latter closer to what you'd see in Real Life™?
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I'm in need of someone who understands cameras and perspective to explain this one for me.
How does the Wikipedia photo for New Albany, IN have a mountain looming in the background while the Google shot looking down the same street doesn't? Is the latter closer to what you'd see in Real Life™?
How does the Wikipedia photo for New Albany, IN have a mountain looming in the background while the Google shot looking down the same street doesn't? Is the latter closer to what you'd see in Real Life™?
And now: A visual metaphor of the US government, its unwavering support for the rich, and the rest of the American citizens.
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
And now: A visual metaphor of the US government, its unwavering support for the rich, and the rest of the American citizens.
How I assume women act when you're a tall and handsome man:
October 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
How I assume women act when you're a tall and handsome man:
It's cheaper than getting a matching-color trunk lid from a vehicle junkyard, I guess.
October 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
It's cheaper than getting a matching-color trunk lid from a vehicle junkyard, I guess.
The same thing that happened in the US: neoliberalism.
The rich realized they had the power to further enrich themselves to the detriment of everyone else, killing the middle class in the process, and went for it. Everything that sucks right now can be traced back to the Reagan-Thatcher era.
The rich realized they had the power to further enrich themselves to the detriment of everyone else, killing the middle class in the process, and went for it. Everything that sucks right now can be traced back to the Reagan-Thatcher era.
October 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The same thing that happened in the US: neoliberalism.
The rich realized they had the power to further enrich themselves to the detriment of everyone else, killing the middle class in the process, and went for it. Everything that sucks right now can be traced back to the Reagan-Thatcher era.
The rich realized they had the power to further enrich themselves to the detriment of everyone else, killing the middle class in the process, and went for it. Everything that sucks right now can be traced back to the Reagan-Thatcher era.
The current (or soon to be current) state of social media thanks to AI:
October 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The current (or soon to be current) state of social media thanks to AI:
I seem to have made the "severe" mistake of… *checks notes* …trying to write my own batch file. 😬
October 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I seem to have made the "severe" mistake of… *checks notes* …trying to write my own batch file. 😬
I had myself a #caturday yesterday and forgot to post about it.
I donated food to Tiny Paws RVA and hung around a bit petting and holding some baby kitties. Two of them looked like clones of my current two.
Left: Kitties from yesterday. Right: My two at nine months when I brought them home.
I donated food to Tiny Paws RVA and hung around a bit petting and holding some baby kitties. Two of them looked like clones of my current two.
Left: Kitties from yesterday. Right: My two at nine months when I brought them home.
October 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I had myself a #caturday yesterday and forgot to post about it.
I donated food to Tiny Paws RVA and hung around a bit petting and holding some baby kitties. Two of them looked like clones of my current two.
Left: Kitties from yesterday. Right: My two at nine months when I brought them home.
I donated food to Tiny Paws RVA and hung around a bit petting and holding some baby kitties. Two of them looked like clones of my current two.
Left: Kitties from yesterday. Right: My two at nine months when I brought them home.
Nissan drivers are the scariest people on the road. Their cars are always beat up and/or missing body panels and running bald tires. 😳
September 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Nissan drivers are the scariest people on the road. Their cars are always beat up and/or missing body panels and running bald tires. 😳
I wanted to see if "face full of butt silk" was a phrase never seen before on the internet. Google had no results for it when put in quotation marks, but that didn't stop its AI from hallucinating that it was a well-known phrase from TikTok.
Can this AI bubble pop already? It's dumb and exhausting.
Can this AI bubble pop already? It's dumb and exhausting.
September 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I wanted to see if "face full of butt silk" was a phrase never seen before on the internet. Google had no results for it when put in quotation marks, but that didn't stop its AI from hallucinating that it was a well-known phrase from TikTok.
Can this AI bubble pop already? It's dumb and exhausting.
Can this AI bubble pop already? It's dumb and exhausting.
Merry (pictured) greets me at the door after seeing me in the window. Pippin (previous post) handles things with 2FA. Seeing me is not enough — he must smell me to confirm it's actually me and not a lookalike. Before he gets a good whiff he will dodge my attempts to pet him. #caturday
September 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Merry (pictured) greets me at the door after seeing me in the window. Pippin (previous post) handles things with 2FA. Seeing me is not enough — he must smell me to confirm it's actually me and not a lookalike. Before he gets a good whiff he will dodge my attempts to pet him. #caturday
Can we stop pretending Charlie Kirk wasn't an awful person? Here's a clip of him calling for Biden to be imprisoned or executed. He was not a "normal" conservative (if those even exist anymore). He was a far-right instigator and propagandist who sowed hate every time he opened his mouth.
September 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Can we stop pretending Charlie Kirk wasn't an awful person? Here's a clip of him calling for Biden to be imprisoned or executed. He was not a "normal" conservative (if those even exist anymore). He was a far-right instigator and propagandist who sowed hate every time he opened his mouth.
Here's a perfect example of such blatant hypocrisy. This idiot even actively participated in J6! The Republican party is just chock-full of hateful degenerate losers, ain't it?
September 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Here's a perfect example of such blatant hypocrisy. This idiot even actively participated in J6! The Republican party is just chock-full of hateful degenerate losers, ain't it?
Matthew Dowd was fired from MSNBC because he said, truthfully, that Charlie Kirk was a hateful and divisive figure.
Meanwhile, Fox News says that the homeless and mentally ill should be murdered via "involuntary lethal injection" and to "just kill 'em".
Our media has entirely failed us.
Meanwhile, Fox News says that the homeless and mentally ill should be murdered via "involuntary lethal injection" and to "just kill 'em".
Our media has entirely failed us.
September 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Matthew Dowd was fired from MSNBC because he said, truthfully, that Charlie Kirk was a hateful and divisive figure.
Meanwhile, Fox News says that the homeless and mentally ill should be murdered via "involuntary lethal injection" and to "just kill 'em".
Our media has entirely failed us.
Meanwhile, Fox News says that the homeless and mentally ill should be murdered via "involuntary lethal injection" and to "just kill 'em".
Our media has entirely failed us.