Bill Ernoehazy (De Doc)
@dedoc.bsky.social
Proud member of the intransigentsia.
Disinclined to acquiesce.
Disinclined to acquiesce.
* taps the sign *
The dooming on this site is getting out of control. Every time you post anything about politics some rando condescendingly wonders how you can't possibly know that elections are over and all hope is lost. If you've completely lost hope, I'm sorry, but shut the fuck up, OK? You're not helping.
October 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
* taps the sign *
You are welcome.
To all who wryte storyes & poemes, to everyone who doth wryte scriptes & screenplayes, to those who make art of all kyndes, and to those who designe and performe yn daunse, and theatre -- thanke yow. Whethir you make for a few friendes or an audience of millions, thanke yow. You helpe us all.
October 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
You are welcome.
Heads up, friends. Block and bounce!
Guys new scamming method on bluesky. Please share this around. Dont fall for this stuff
Block, move on.
Block, move on.
October 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Heads up, friends. Block and bounce!
Do the Bluesky bounce. You'll have a much better time.
Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
October 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Do the Bluesky bounce. You'll have a much better time.
Nor I, forsooth.
You knowe the cool thinge about Gen AI, that one litel true thinge wyth potential that doth redeem it?
Nope! Me neyther.
Nope! Me neyther.
October 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Nor I, forsooth.
Reposted by Bill Ernoehazy (De Doc)
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall.
Jane was a much-loved member of the conservation community in Cambridge and worldwide. She completed her PhD at @darwincollegecam.bsky.social and was an Honorary Fellow at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIzR...
Jane was a much-loved member of the conservation community in Cambridge and worldwide. She completed her PhD at @darwincollegecam.bsky.social and was an Honorary Fellow at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIzR...
Jane Goodall - Finding our way to a better future
YouTube video by Cambridge University
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall.
Jane was a much-loved member of the conservation community in Cambridge and worldwide. She completed her PhD at @darwincollegecam.bsky.social and was an Honorary Fellow at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIzR...
Jane was a much-loved member of the conservation community in Cambridge and worldwide. She completed her PhD at @darwincollegecam.bsky.social and was an Honorary Fellow at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIzR...
"Blackpill" irony is, perhaps, an aesthetic substituting for an ideology. Still sitting with that. But the faithlessness, the nihilism that ignores other people, the whole ugly NPC trope, is definitely A Thing.
A Thing much of the commentariat are missing.
A Thing much of the commentariat are missing.
since a lot of ppl are discussing the ICE camp shooter's apparent lack of ideology, i would like to posit that online irony blackpill is absolutely an ideology with coherent tenets - the reason it appears incoherent is because this an ideology primarily defined by faithlessness, negative space
September 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
"Blackpill" irony is, perhaps, an aesthetic substituting for an ideology. Still sitting with that. But the faithlessness, the nihilism that ignores other people, the whole ugly NPC trope, is definitely A Thing.
A Thing much of the commentariat are missing.
A Thing much of the commentariat are missing.
Reposted by Bill Ernoehazy (De Doc)
Reminder: THE INTERNET IS A PALANTIR. DO NOT BE DENETHOR.
Don’t let the internet fool you. I was at a protest for trans kids yesterday an HOUR south of Seattle, and it was HUGE. And there was a cacophony of drivers beeping in support.
I could not believe it. Because I spend too much online and figured it’s a lost cause.
I could not believe it. Because I spend too much online and figured it’s a lost cause.
September 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Reminder: THE INTERNET IS A PALANTIR. DO NOT BE DENETHOR.
All my UK readers: Stop Farage and Reform now, while it's still easy. Many people sat out our last election, and you can see what's happening here.
Don't let it happen in the UK.
Don't let it happen in the UK.
I’m guessing the collapse of the NHS is just a bonus to him. Brits have no idea how bad things might get if this happens. People over here complain about parking costs at hospitals. What will happen when they have to pay for their heart surgery or appendectomy?
Nigel Farage has been warned his "morally repugnant" plans to scrap the main route to citizenship for migrants could push the NHS to the brink of collapse
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
September 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
All my UK readers: Stop Farage and Reform now, while it's still easy. Many people sat out our last election, and you can see what's happening here.
Don't let it happen in the UK.
Don't let it happen in the UK.
I mean, he's not wrong...
Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"
September 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I mean, he's not wrong...
Well, to ask that question is to answer it...
September 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Well, to ask that question is to answer it...
Unexpected pleasures from tonight's trip to Downton Abbey: the Grand Finale...
Queer characters as agents of moral change and decency.
Also (related?) the best portrayal of Noel Coward I can think of in any fictional work in the last... Ever?
Queer characters as agents of moral change and decency.
Also (related?) the best portrayal of Noel Coward I can think of in any fictional work in the last... Ever?
September 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Unexpected pleasures from tonight's trip to Downton Abbey: the Grand Finale...
Queer characters as agents of moral change and decency.
Also (related?) the best portrayal of Noel Coward I can think of in any fictional work in the last... Ever?
Queer characters as agents of moral change and decency.
Also (related?) the best portrayal of Noel Coward I can think of in any fictional work in the last... Ever?
*taps the sign*
The message should not be that political violence is bad because it targeted a good guy who was “practicing politics the right way” (which Kirk definitely was not). Political violence is bad because it inherently corrodes the democratic polity, because it makes democracy impossible.
September 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
*taps the sign*
One wonders if the Economist's author has ever set foot in European public transit...
To (perhaps) clarify the analogy: the US is still fiddling with old school rockets. Europeans have their "space elevators" _right now_.
To (perhaps) clarify the analogy: the US is still fiddling with old school rockets. Europeans have their "space elevators" _right now_.
If robotaxis are Sputnik, ubiquitous, affordable, accessible public transit is a space elevator.
Will the absence of robotaxis in Europe mark the moment its citizens notice how far their continent has fallen behind?
September 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
One wonders if the Economist's author has ever set foot in European public transit...
To (perhaps) clarify the analogy: the US is still fiddling with old school rockets. Europeans have their "space elevators" _right now_.
To (perhaps) clarify the analogy: the US is still fiddling with old school rockets. Europeans have their "space elevators" _right now_.
Soooooo... If Governor Landry has such a problem on his hands, he has the authority under Louisiana law to declare an emergency and mobilize the National Guard on his own.
Of course, Governor Landry is answerable to his voters. And to a donor class who would not welcome a collapse in tourism...
Of course, Governor Landry is answerable to his voters. And to a donor class who would not welcome a collapse in tourism...
September 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Soooooo... If Governor Landry has such a problem on his hands, he has the authority under Louisiana law to declare an emergency and mobilize the National Guard on his own.
Of course, Governor Landry is answerable to his voters. And to a donor class who would not welcome a collapse in tourism...
Of course, Governor Landry is answerable to his voters. And to a donor class who would not welcome a collapse in tourism...
Let them fight.
The conservative news network Newsmax filed an antitrust lawsuit against Fox News on Wednesday, saying Fox has sought to maintain its market dominance through intimidation and exclusionary business practices designed to stifle competition.
Conservative news network Newsmax files antitrust lawsuit against Fox News
The conservative news network Newsmax has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Fox News. It said Fox has sought to maintain its market dominance through intimidation and exclusionary business practices designed to stifle competition.
bit.ly
September 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Let them fight.
Does this rise to the level of depraved indifference yet? Asking for a friend...
This medical historian is here to tell you that there's some five alarm sh*t going on in Florida right now.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Florida to end vaccine mandates for children as state’s surgeon general likens them to ‘slavery’
Joseph Ladapo, a long-time vaccine skeptic, says that every state vaccine requirement would be repealed
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Does this rise to the level of depraved indifference yet? Asking for a friend...
To all my English, Scots, Welsh friends and readers: hard same. Throw who you would under the bus... They will not be sated. Stop them now, because it will only get harder from here if you don't.
As an American living under the MAGA regime, the best advice I can give my Canadian neighbors is to take these fascists seriously. Once they get a little power, they'll grab more. They WILL do every crazy thing they say they're going to do. They're just waiting for the right moment.
September 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
To all my English, Scots, Welsh friends and readers: hard same. Throw who you would under the bus... They will not be sated. Stop them now, because it will only get harder from here if you don't.
Go, be wyth each othir
Save theatre, libraryes, parkes, indie bookestores, museums, cinema, local restaurantes, coffee shoppes, meetinge places, qualitye public educacioun, communitye marketes, lyve musique, weirde places, goode places. All the thinges that corporate logic ys so eager to distorte and remove.
August 30, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Go, be wyth each othir
This tracks.
So... Refuse to be intimidated.
keep up the good work, the big acts and the small, resolve to show up, register, vote.
Let's turn the tide.
So... Refuse to be intimidated.
keep up the good work, the big acts and the small, resolve to show up, register, vote.
Let's turn the tide.
They are sending soldiers into cities to prepare to intimidate people at the polls next year.
They gerrymander because they can’t win on policy. They intimidate because even gerrymandering won’t work at this point.
They gerrymander because they can’t win on policy. They intimidate because even gerrymandering won’t work at this point.
August 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This tracks.
So... Refuse to be intimidated.
keep up the good work, the big acts and the small, resolve to show up, register, vote.
Let's turn the tide.
So... Refuse to be intimidated.
keep up the good work, the big acts and the small, resolve to show up, register, vote.
Let's turn the tide.
There are so many good points here, I won't even try to pick one. Now... What to do next...
Welp, time to blowup my notifs!
Thesis: Worldcon COULD be good, but we may have to drag it there kicking and screaming.
Thesis: Worldcon COULD be good, but we may have to drag it there kicking and screaming.
On the Perennial Embarrassment of Worldcon
In the interest of fairness, I will begin with something that we already know: running a convention is hard. This is the one concession I will make: running a Worldcon really is hard. It’s hard in …
miribaker.com
August 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
There are so many good points here, I won't even try to pick one. Now... What to do next...
... I can roll with this. (If the original commenter surfaces, I will happily give full credit in a follow-up comment on this thread!)
Someone in comments (and now I can't find the actual comment, sorry) said the best Star Wars trilogy is now Andor, Rogue One and Star Wars Ep 4, and you know what, I'm here for that argument, call it the "Death Star Trilogy"
August 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
... I can roll with this. (If the original commenter surfaces, I will happily give full credit in a follow-up comment on this thread!)
Reposted by Bill Ernoehazy (De Doc)
Tremendous crossover move right here:
August 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Tremendous crossover move right here:
Right. You want cat pictures, gentle readers? I gotcher cats right here...
I don't know why this lad is building a subterranean city for cats, but I'm all for it.
August 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Right. You want cat pictures, gentle readers? I gotcher cats right here...