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In a spirit of "Oh, he's demanding formal wear for air flight, is he?":
This is where I remind folks that *all of these* are actual formal wear in certain cultures within the US and thus Acceptable for Planes (not that the Klavern in charge of the Dysadministration would get that):
This is where I remind folks that *all of these* are actual formal wear in certain cultures within the US and thus Acceptable for Planes (not that the Klavern in charge of the Dysadministration would get that):
December 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
In a spirit of "Oh, he's demanding formal wear for air flight, is he?":
This is where I remind folks that *all of these* are actual formal wear in certain cultures within the US and thus Acceptable for Planes (not that the Klavern in charge of the Dysadministration would get that):
This is where I remind folks that *all of these* are actual formal wear in certain cultures within the US and thus Acceptable for Planes (not that the Klavern in charge of the Dysadministration would get that):
God damnit that was a term I have not read since USENET (and even *then* it wasn't exactly something I *searched out*)
GOD DAMNIT. Do you have any idea how many truckloads worth of Malort I am going to need as mindbleach to purge "RFK" and "felching" in the same sentence from my brain?
GOD DAMNIT. Do you have any idea how many truckloads worth of Malort I am going to need as mindbleach to purge "RFK" and "felching" in the same sentence from my brain?
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
God damnit that was a term I have not read since USENET (and even *then* it wasn't exactly something I *searched out*)
GOD DAMNIT. Do you have any idea how many truckloads worth of Malort I am going to need as mindbleach to purge "RFK" and "felching" in the same sentence from my brain?
GOD DAMNIT. Do you have any idea how many truckloads worth of Malort I am going to need as mindbleach to purge "RFK" and "felching" in the same sentence from my brain?
For the uninitiated, this is basically the "Made it past the first shot of Malort" experience, as personified by Data Star Trek: The Next Generation in Guinan's bar Ten Forward (who knew that the best barkeep in the Federation had a reserve of Malort dating back from the 2020s?)
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
For the uninitiated, this is basically the "Made it past the first shot of Malort" experience, as personified by Data Star Trek: The Next Generation in Guinan's bar Ten Forward (who knew that the best barkeep in the Federation had a reserve of Malort dating back from the 2020s?)
When the actual Malort trucks literally focus on Malort face (yes, this is a Thing) and include the text "Do not enjoy. Responsibly"...yeah, exactly what it says on the tin
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
When the actual Malort trucks literally focus on Malort face (yes, this is a Thing) and include the text "Do not enjoy. Responsibly"...yeah, exactly what it says on the tin
In the general spirit of Bovino finally leaving Chicago, it is my opinion that @govpritzker.illinois.gov should present a bit of a parting gift in the spirit of Chicago (literally):
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
In the general spirit of Bovino finally leaving Chicago, it is my opinion that @govpritzker.illinois.gov should present a bit of a parting gift in the spirit of Chicago (literally):
(And FWIW: Honestly the whole idea of Massie and MTG increasingly voting with Dems on certain issues like the Epstein Files and "open up the House" is what I'd term "Joker meets the Red Skull politics"; the reference: www.cracked.com/article_3202...)
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
(And FWIW: Honestly the whole idea of Massie and MTG increasingly voting with Dems on certain issues like the Epstein Files and "open up the House" is what I'd term "Joker meets the Red Skull politics"; the reference: www.cracked.com/article_3202...)
There is an *actual* Constitutional requirement that Congress (both houses) MUST meet at least once yearly--and it's actually in the Constitution *twice*.
The first is Article I, Section 4, Clause 2 (picture 1 w/ alt text), the 2nd is Section 2 of the 20th Amendment (picture 2 w/ alt-text)
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The first is Article I, Section 4, Clause 2 (picture 1 w/ alt text), the 2nd is Section 2 of the 20th Amendment (picture 2 w/ alt-text)
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November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
There is an *actual* Constitutional requirement that Congress (both houses) MUST meet at least once yearly--and it's actually in the Constitution *twice*.
The first is Article I, Section 4, Clause 2 (picture 1 w/ alt text), the 2nd is Section 2 of the 20th Amendment (picture 2 w/ alt-text)
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The first is Article I, Section 4, Clause 2 (picture 1 w/ alt text), the 2nd is Section 2 of the 20th Amendment (picture 2 w/ alt-text)
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At this point, the whole "MUST OWN ALL THE DANISH THINGS" obsession TFG has is making me tempted to go "Donnie, show us on the MiniFig just *where* the Kingdom of Denmark touched you"
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
At this point, the whole "MUST OWN ALL THE DANISH THINGS" obsession TFG has is making me tempted to go "Donnie, show us on the MiniFig just *where* the Kingdom of Denmark touched you"
And yeah, he was actively trying to get homeless people arrested for passing counterfeit currency. For lulz. Not even kidding (and the present Dysadministration is in many ways actively WORSE)
There's a reason Ezekiel 16:49-50 calls out the sin of Sodom being "fuck the poor"
There's a reason Ezekiel 16:49-50 calls out the sin of Sodom being "fuck the poor"
![Rabbinical discussions on Genesis 18:21 and explicit parallels to the narrative in Sanhedrin 109b regarding a young girl condemned to death by scaphism for feeding the poor in Sodom:
"Now let me go down and see: if they have done according to its cry that has come to me--destruction! And if not--I wish to know."
(This is in context of a narrative from Genesis 18:20-21 where the Most High notes that the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so massive and the sin so grave, that the Name is going down to investigate matters themselves to investigate.)
Rashi commentary notes: " WHETHER THEY HAVE DONE [ACCORDING TO THE CRY OF IT] WHICH IS COME UNTO ME — If they persist in their rebellious ways, (כלה) an end will I make of them; if, however, they do not persist in their rebellious ways, I shall know what I shall do — punishing them only with suffering, but I will not make an end of them. — A similar phrase we find elsewhere, (Exodus 33:5) “There- fore now put off thy ornaments from thee that I may know what to do unto thee”. — For this reason there is a separation marked by a פסיק between עשו and כלה, in order to separate in sense one word from the other. *Our Teachers explained the word הכצעקתה “the cry of her”, to refer to the cry of a certain girl whom they put to death in an unnatural manner because she had given food to a poor man, as is explained in the chapter Chelek (Sanhedrin 109b).* "
(Emphasis mine.)
(Again: Sanhedrin 109b specifies that the "unnatural death" in question is a young girl who is attacked by a mob and condemned to die via scaphism--being eaten alive by insects--for the "crime" of feeding the poor. Writers were so horrified as to the nature of how she was put to death that it tends to be referred to euphemistically outside of the Sanhedrin (which is used in religious law precedent).)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ypwzxphp2vrumidtfscckz6l/bafkreifg5bjgwxmd6yo4aybf23auglb5oe5pcaqqorotmsz4y57ll24kty@jpeg)
November 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
And yeah, he was actively trying to get homeless people arrested for passing counterfeit currency. For lulz. Not even kidding (and the present Dysadministration is in many ways actively WORSE)
There's a reason Ezekiel 16:49-50 calls out the sin of Sodom being "fuck the poor"
There's a reason Ezekiel 16:49-50 calls out the sin of Sodom being "fuck the poor"
Unfortunately, much more common are narratives from Sodom of people being attacked in their sleep (either limbs cut off if you went over the Standard Bed Length or stretched to the point of bones breaking/dislocations) and giving marked (and unusable) currency to beggars so they'd starve to death
November 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Unfortunately, much more common are narratives from Sodom of people being attacked in their sleep (either limbs cut off if you went over the Standard Bed Length or stretched to the point of bones breaking/dislocations) and giving marked (and unusable) currency to beggars so they'd starve to death
Eliezer (one of Abraham's servants) all but ends up as a trickster hero in much of the Sanhedrin narratives re Sodom, including That Time When He Weaponized Sodom's "Pay Your Assailant For Making Them Hit You" Law to make a *judge* in Sodom pay his own fine AND the time he raided a wedding party
November 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Eliezer (one of Abraham's servants) all but ends up as a trickster hero in much of the Sanhedrin narratives re Sodom, including That Time When He Weaponized Sodom's "Pay Your Assailant For Making Them Hit You" Law to make a *judge* in Sodom pay his own fine AND the time he raided a wedding party
There are rare cases in Sanhedrin 109a and 109b where victims of the Sodomite legal system DID actually get their revenge/turnabout, and usually it involved weaponizing that legal system in their own favor--such as an orphan (who turned a Sodomite law penalizing the poor in forced labor) on its ear
November 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
There are rare cases in Sanhedrin 109a and 109b where victims of the Sodomite legal system DID actually get their revenge/turnabout, and usually it involved weaponizing that legal system in their own favor--such as an orphan (who turned a Sodomite law penalizing the poor in forced labor) on its ear
This literal "Fuck you, pay your assailants because you MADE them hit you" actually would often be compounded with OTHER offenses--such as a case where someone incurred the "shunpiking fine", refused to pay, was subsequently beaten by a mob, and then was ordered to pay the mob AND the fine:
November 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This literal "Fuck you, pay your assailants because you MADE them hit you" actually would often be compounded with OTHER offenses--such as a case where someone incurred the "shunpiking fine", refused to pay, was subsequently beaten by a mob, and then was ordered to pay the mob AND the fine:
In general, the judicial system of Sodom was no help--the judges were so infamously corrupt they actually had NICKNAMES roughly translating to "Liar", "Chronic Liar", "Forger", and "Perverter of Justice" (yes, there are naming puns involved). Victims were generally required to pay assailants
November 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
In general, the judicial system of Sodom was no help--the judges were so infamously corrupt they actually had NICKNAMES roughly translating to "Liar", "Chronic Liar", "Forger", and "Perverter of Justice" (yes, there are naming puns involved). Victims were generally required to pay assailants
Other popular means of theft (and explicitly targeting visitors to Sodom entering for trade) involved fines for "shun-piking" as well as "flash mob thefts"--people coming in to take small amounts, but in large groups which wiped people out of goods altogether by a death of a thousand cuts
November 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Other popular means of theft (and explicitly targeting visitors to Sodom entering for trade) involved fines for "shun-piking" as well as "flash mob thefts"--people coming in to take small amounts, but in large groups which wiped people out of goods altogether by a death of a thousand cuts
And apparently relating the use of underground tunnels to "liberate" homes by Sodom actually caused a real controversy when a certain Rabbi Yosei related the story centuries later--which resulted in a rash of copycat crimes in Tzippori (and also notes the risks of discussing specific methods)
November 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
And apparently relating the use of underground tunnels to "liberate" homes by Sodom actually caused a real controversy when a certain Rabbi Yosei related the story centuries later--which resulted in a rash of copycat crimes in Tzippori (and also notes the risks of discussing specific methods)
I have mentioned that the Sanhedrin commentary re Sodom is very much "Fuck the poor", to the point of routinely stealing what little property the poor had, and even graverobbing was such a severe issue that guards had to be established over remains who had been interned with clothing/jewelry
November 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I have mentioned that the Sanhedrin commentary re Sodom is very much "Fuck the poor", to the point of routinely stealing what little property the poor had, and even graverobbing was such a severe issue that guards had to be established over remains who had been interned with clothing/jewelry
Per the next few narratives, apparently actual murders by "arranged accidents" (in order to steal property) and even some complex grifts to steal property (involving underground tunnels and use of incenses to "mark" a target by scent) were very much in play in Sodom to the point they became idioms
November 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Per the next few narratives, apparently actual murders by "arranged accidents" (in order to steal property) and even some complex grifts to steal property (involving underground tunnels and use of incenses to "mark" a target by scent) were very much in play in Sodom to the point they became idioms
Oh, the Sanhedrin spills a LOT of tea on Sodom (and I *myself* only really learned of it via someone who has been studying, definitely not something that tends to be in theology courses)
Things like Sodom's xenophobia got recorded in Sanhedrin 109a, to the point they didn't want to trade
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Things like Sodom's xenophobia got recorded in Sanhedrin 109a, to the point they didn't want to trade
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November 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Oh, the Sanhedrin spills a LOT of tea on Sodom (and I *myself* only really learned of it via someone who has been studying, definitely not something that tends to be in theology courses)
Things like Sodom's xenophobia got recorded in Sanhedrin 109a, to the point they didn't want to trade
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Things like Sodom's xenophobia got recorded in Sanhedrin 109a, to the point they didn't want to trade
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This is where I make a minor note that Jewish religious court commentaries have held that the actual "sin of Sodom" (that pushed the Most High to decide to smite it) *wasn't* gay sex, or even angel rape, but a girl subjected to death by scaphism for feeding the poor www.sefaria.org/Sanhedrin.10...
![The relevant text of Sanhedrin 109b from the Talmud (the world's oldest law library in existence, on matters of Jewish religious law and, historically, civil law as well).
The doom of Sodom, per this particular chapter (which details many, many other instances of Sodom and Gomorrah's general policies of "fuck the poor and we will screw visitors in EVERY way possible"):
"There was a young woman who would take bread out to the poor people in a pitcher so the people of Sodom would not see it. The matter was revealed, and they smeared her with honey and positioned her on the wall of the city, and the hornets came and consumed her. And that is the meaning of that which is written: “And the Lord said: Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great [rabba]” (Genesis 18:20). And Rav Yehuda says that Rav says: Rabba is an allusion to the matter of the young woman [riva] who was killed for her act of kindness. It is due to that sin that the fate of the people of Sodom was sealed."
In other words: Young girl was running an illegal soup kitchen (feeding the poor was actually prohibited by law). Her illegal soup kitchen was discovered, a mob dragged her into the streets, smeared honey on her, and tied her outside the city wall to be eaten alive by insects (in what amounted to an ancient Levantine version of the infamous Persian punishment of "the boats"/scaphism).
Forcing a girl to die by scaphism for the "unforgiveable crime" of *feeding the poor so they wouldn't starve* is what doomed Sodom, and by extension its continuing violations of customs and laws requiring the poor and the visitor and the refugee to be protected.
Hmmm, kind of sounds a lot like the present Dysadministration and Christian Nationalists, no?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ypwzxphp2vrumidtfscckz6l/bafkreicb3tflfwyrn6jrhsikomanqkg4u777n62yqofktd4uvvrwwodqua@jpeg)
November 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This is where I make a minor note that Jewish religious court commentaries have held that the actual "sin of Sodom" (that pushed the Most High to decide to smite it) *wasn't* gay sex, or even angel rape, but a girl subjected to death by scaphism for feeding the poor www.sefaria.org/Sanhedrin.10...
But yeah, was also extremely amused at the Frankenweenie ref with a tiny Sparky Keyblade. Truly, Tetsuya Nomura is a man of culture (yes, Tim Burton's first film being the 1984 live-action, then 2012 being the stop-motion animated remake; this is the remake version of Sparky)
November 1, 2025 at 1:46 AM
But yeah, was also extremely amused at the Frankenweenie ref with a tiny Sparky Keyblade. Truly, Tetsuya Nomura is a man of culture (yes, Tim Burton's first film being the 1984 live-action, then 2012 being the stop-motion animated remake; this is the remake version of Sparky)
Now, IS this a minor Easter egg? Maybe, maybe not, wouldn't put it entirely *past* Nomura to put in tiny TWEWY easter eggs tho
(Yes, I will always call the Lucky Emblems "Hidden Mickeys" because that in KH IS an in-joke on how Disney Imagineers put hidden Mickey heads in designs in theme parks)
(Yes, I will always call the Lucky Emblems "Hidden Mickeys" because that in KH IS an in-joke on how Disney Imagineers put hidden Mickey heads in designs in theme parks)
November 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Now, IS this a minor Easter egg? Maybe, maybe not, wouldn't put it entirely *past* Nomura to put in tiny TWEWY easter eggs tho
(Yes, I will always call the Lucky Emblems "Hidden Mickeys" because that in KH IS an in-joke on how Disney Imagineers put hidden Mickey heads in designs in theme parks)
(Yes, I will always call the Lucky Emblems "Hidden Mickeys" because that in KH IS an in-joke on how Disney Imagineers put hidden Mickey heads in designs in theme parks)
I'm familiar with the older Halloween Town Sora, that one had bat wings
Right wing in the new Nomura pic does look batty, the left one DOES look a lot like TWEWY Reaper wings (that kind of "wrought iron fence" look) with a hint of Burton-esque styling (it doesn't appear to be *entirely* the thumb)
Right wing in the new Nomura pic does look batty, the left one DOES look a lot like TWEWY Reaper wings (that kind of "wrought iron fence" look) with a hint of Burton-esque styling (it doesn't appear to be *entirely* the thumb)
November 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I'm familiar with the older Halloween Town Sora, that one had bat wings
Right wing in the new Nomura pic does look batty, the left one DOES look a lot like TWEWY Reaper wings (that kind of "wrought iron fence" look) with a hint of Burton-esque styling (it doesn't appear to be *entirely* the thumb)
Right wing in the new Nomura pic does look batty, the left one DOES look a lot like TWEWY Reaper wings (that kind of "wrought iron fence" look) with a hint of Burton-esque styling (it doesn't appear to be *entirely* the thumb)
Bonus: This is an Inversion.
This is not a Nazi skull. This is a sign that the Higher Plane has decided your particular corner of reality (AND its associated Underground/Purgatory) is to be forcibly removed from existence, and the Higher Plane is equal-opportunity in the matter of ending EVERYONE
This is not a Nazi skull. This is a sign that the Higher Plane has decided your particular corner of reality (AND its associated Underground/Purgatory) is to be forcibly removed from existence, and the Higher Plane is equal-opportunity in the matter of ending EVERYONE
October 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Bonus: This is an Inversion.
This is not a Nazi skull. This is a sign that the Higher Plane has decided your particular corner of reality (AND its associated Underground/Purgatory) is to be forcibly removed from existence, and the Higher Plane is equal-opportunity in the matter of ending EVERYONE
This is not a Nazi skull. This is a sign that the Higher Plane has decided your particular corner of reality (AND its associated Underground/Purgatory) is to be forcibly removed from existence, and the Higher Plane is equal-opportunity in the matter of ending EVERYONE
This is the "Reaper Pin"/Player Pin (Shinjuku GM version) from NEO: The World Ends With You. Still not Nazi.
The good news is you're less likely to be dead; the bad news is that you still are in the Reaper's Game, *AND* this time you must deal with toxic social media influencers
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The good news is you're less likely to be dead; the bad news is that you still are in the Reaper's Game, *AND* this time you must deal with toxic social media influencers
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October 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This is the "Reaper Pin"/Player Pin (Shinjuku GM version) from NEO: The World Ends With You. Still not Nazi.
The good news is you're less likely to be dead; the bad news is that you still are in the Reaper's Game, *AND* this time you must deal with toxic social media influencers
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The good news is you're less likely to be dead; the bad news is that you still are in the Reaper's Game, *AND* this time you must deal with toxic social media influencers
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