Chris Ekman
@chrisekman.bsky.social
It seems to be the end-times evangelicals who are deepest into this stuff, so it's not surprising that someone with an apocalyptic bent like Glenn Beck would jump aboard.
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It seems to be the end-times evangelicals who are deepest into this stuff, so it's not surprising that someone with an apocalyptic bent like Glenn Beck would jump aboard.
I know little about this, but there's a MAGA cultist I watch on YouTube who's been harping on the nephilim for years. I presume he got it from Alex Jones, since he's a devotee. It also syncs up with David Icke, if you take his shape-shifting lizard people as part of the hybrid nephilim bloodline.
November 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I know little about this, but there's a MAGA cultist I watch on YouTube who's been harping on the nephilim for years. I presume he got it from Alex Jones, since he's a devotee. It also syncs up with David Icke, if you take his shape-shifting lizard people as part of the hybrid nephilim bloodline.
Jeeeesus. Was he also a highway and a peregrine and all the ships that ever went to sea?
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Jeeeesus. Was he also a highway and a peregrine and all the ships that ever went to sea?
"Factor-of-ten"? What am I saying? I meant multiples of ten. My brain is cooked. At least I didn't say powers of ten. Speaking of which, let's just say I'm slightly older than this movie.
youtu.be/0fKBhvDjuy0
youtu.be/0fKBhvDjuy0
Powers of Ten™ (1977)
YouTube video by Eames Office
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"Factor-of-ten"? What am I saying? I meant multiples of ten. My brain is cooked. At least I didn't say powers of ten. Speaking of which, let's just say I'm slightly older than this movie.
youtu.be/0fKBhvDjuy0
youtu.be/0fKBhvDjuy0
It's close to mainstream already. A couple months ago, Sen. Eric Schmitt gave a speech that was textbook blood-and-soil, openly mocking the idea that anyone can become an American. Vile stuff, but in these times, it didn't stand out enough to attract much notice.
www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/02/s...
www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/02/s...
Sen. Schmitt at NatCon : What Is an American?
America is not just an abstract “proposition,” but a nation and a people, with its own distinct history and heritage and interests.
www.dailysignal.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It's close to mainstream already. A couple months ago, Sen. Eric Schmitt gave a speech that was textbook blood-and-soil, openly mocking the idea that anyone can become an American. Vile stuff, but in these times, it didn't stand out enough to attract much notice.
www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/02/s...
www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/02/s...
But enough moping. I had a highbrow celebration on Friday, when I splurged on the symphony and the theater. And few things will make a person feel young, comparatively, like attending a classical music concert. Though I'd have felt better if I hadn't kept nodding off. (Not the orchestra's fault!)
November 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
But enough moping. I had a highbrow celebration on Friday, when I splurged on the symphony and the theater. And few things will make a person feel young, comparatively, like attending a classical music concert. Though I'd have felt better if I hadn't kept nodding off. (Not the orchestra's fault!)
I was so fascinated by this horrible thing that Mom bought it for me as a gag gift. I still have the box and the catalog listing; the clock itself is probably kicking around somewhere, amidst all the stuff I tell myself I'll go through one day. I can't say that I find it all that funny any more.
November 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I was so fascinated by this horrible thing that Mom bought it for me as a gag gift. I still have the box and the catalog listing; the clock itself is probably kicking around somewhere, amidst all the stuff I tell myself I'll go through one day. I can't say that I find it all that funny any more.
When I was a teen, I saw a product in some gimmicky Sharper Image-type catalog that appalled me: a digital clock that counts backwards from your expected lifespan. Bedecked in the finest plastic marble, and loaded with 150 motivational sayings, it's meant to make you carpe the fuck out of the diem.
November 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
When I was a teen, I saw a product in some gimmicky Sharper Image-type catalog that appalled me: a digital clock that counts backwards from your expected lifespan. Bedecked in the finest plastic marble, and loaded with 150 motivational sayings, it's meant to make you carpe the fuck out of the diem.
Also, I need to find something way to unwind other than video games. I've just stumbled across what is reputed to be the hardest platforming challenge in Silksong. I made the mistake of looking it up on YouTube and saw people breeze through it, which makes me want to [redacted] both them and myself.
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Also, I need to find something way to unwind other than video games. I've just stumbled across what is reputed to be the hardest platforming challenge in Silksong. I made the mistake of looking it up on YouTube and saw people breeze through it, which makes me want to [redacted] both them and myself.
I'm not kidding. I keep startling the poor dog.
It doesn't help that I can't maintain a sensible sleep schedule. I've got no good reason to be tired so much of the time; it's just my own bad habits and indiscipline.
It doesn't help that I can't maintain a sensible sleep schedule. I've got no good reason to be tired so much of the time; it's just my own bad habits and indiscipline.
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I'm not kidding. I keep startling the poor dog.
It doesn't help that I can't maintain a sensible sleep schedule. I've got no good reason to be tired so much of the time; it's just my own bad habits and indiscipline.
It doesn't help that I can't maintain a sensible sleep schedule. I've got no good reason to be tired so much of the time; it's just my own bad habits and indiscipline.
But then, as the maestro used to say...
November 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
But then, as the maestro used to say...
The neighborhood jack o'lanterns are starting to reveal their true natures. That, or the Void is taking hold of them.
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The neighborhood jack o'lanterns are starting to reveal their true natures. That, or the Void is taking hold of them.
You lucky so-and-so. When was this?
That reminds me - a month or two ago, in the ever-dwindling CD racks of Newbury Comics, I scored a cheap copy of Big Mess, but I haven't had the fortitude to listen to it yet. All I know that it's said to be bruisingly intense. What did you make of it?
That reminds me - a month or two ago, in the ever-dwindling CD racks of Newbury Comics, I scored a cheap copy of Big Mess, but I haven't had the fortitude to listen to it yet. All I know that it's said to be bruisingly intense. What did you make of it?
November 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
You lucky so-and-so. When was this?
That reminds me - a month or two ago, in the ever-dwindling CD racks of Newbury Comics, I scored a cheap copy of Big Mess, but I haven't had the fortitude to listen to it yet. All I know that it's said to be bruisingly intense. What did you make of it?
That reminds me - a month or two ago, in the ever-dwindling CD racks of Newbury Comics, I scored a cheap copy of Big Mess, but I haven't had the fortitude to listen to it yet. All I know that it's said to be bruisingly intense. What did you make of it?
The last time I heard of BHL opining about America, he got himself a beatdown from, of all people, Garrison Keillor.
www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/b...
www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/b...
On the Road Avec M. Lévy (Published 2006)
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The last time I heard of BHL opining about America, he got himself a beatdown from, of all people, Garrison Keillor.
www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/b...
www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/b...
Mar-a-Lago has very strict membership standards. If you're a woman, you can't join if you still have your original nose. And if you're a man, you can't join if you still have your original wife.
November 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Mar-a-Lago has very strict membership standards. If you're a woman, you can't join if you still have your original nose. And if you're a man, you can't join if you still have your original wife.
Just to credit the original artist, that appears to be based on an illustration from Mad magazine, issue #531, parodying Norman Rockwell. It looks like someone used AI to recreate the image, and it's pretty close, but I don't know why they would.
November 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Just to credit the original artist, that appears to be based on an illustration from Mad magazine, issue #531, parodying Norman Rockwell. It looks like someone used AI to recreate the image, and it's pretty close, but I don't know why they would.
I didn't decorate. Maybe next year. There used to be an amazing store near me, the Halloween Outlet, with all sorts of elaborate animatronics, like Dracula sitting bolt upright in his coffin. I wish I'd gotten something absurdly extravagant from them when I had the chance.
youtu.be/2nvpYaH-j_U
youtu.be/2nvpYaH-j_U
Halloween Outlet 2016: Worcester, MA
YouTube video by CircusSpirit
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I didn't decorate. Maybe next year. There used to be an amazing store near me, the Halloween Outlet, with all sorts of elaborate animatronics, like Dracula sitting bolt upright in his coffin. I wish I'd gotten something absurdly extravagant from them when I had the chance.
youtu.be/2nvpYaH-j_U
youtu.be/2nvpYaH-j_U
The best costume I saw was a homemade Hornet from Hollow Knight: Silksong. A simple idea, but really well done. Then again, I'm biased, as I've put nearly 100 hours into the game (and I'm still in Act 2!).
And there were a couple girls who made great Dr. Seuss costumes: the Lorax and the Once-ler.
And there were a couple girls who made great Dr. Seuss costumes: the Lorax and the Once-ler.
November 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The best costume I saw was a homemade Hornet from Hollow Knight: Silksong. A simple idea, but really well done. Then again, I'm biased, as I've put nearly 100 hours into the game (and I'm still in Act 2!).
And there were a couple girls who made great Dr. Seuss costumes: the Lorax and the Once-ler.
And there were a couple girls who made great Dr. Seuss costumes: the Lorax and the Once-ler.
I even got some compliments on my costume, which was just the Zappa mask and cheapo pitchfork, plus a cloak from a Jafar costume.
Though one group of kids objected. "We're Christians, we don't like the devil!", one said. Thank God, or whoever, I didn't have that Boingo song playing when they came.
Though one group of kids objected. "We're Christians, we don't like the devil!", one said. Thank God, or whoever, I didn't have that Boingo song playing when they came.
November 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I even got some compliments on my costume, which was just the Zappa mask and cheapo pitchfork, plus a cloak from a Jafar costume.
Though one group of kids objected. "We're Christians, we don't like the devil!", one said. Thank God, or whoever, I didn't have that Boingo song playing when they came.
Though one group of kids objected. "We're Christians, we don't like the devil!", one said. Thank God, or whoever, I didn't have that Boingo song playing when they came.