The Magenta Oblong is a friendly fellow
@emptymind.bsky.social
Cranky GenX Goth (AF)
Autistic. Agnostic. Positive Nihilist.
More Walter Mitty than Walter White.
Ace guy. Fat dad bod.
Cats > People.
I mostly talk about politics, autism, and geeky shit.
I swear. A lot.
Autistic. Agnostic. Positive Nihilist.
More Walter Mitty than Walter White.
Ace guy. Fat dad bod.
Cats > People.
I mostly talk about politics, autism, and geeky shit.
I swear. A lot.
Last night I had a #dream I wrote a whole-ass book. Designed a cover. Got it published. Everything.
Only to realize, AS I WAS BEGINNING THE PROMO TOUR, I had forgotten to have an editor take any kind of look at it.
Mortifying. This is what I get for having a feed full of authors.
Only to realize, AS I WAS BEGINNING THE PROMO TOUR, I had forgotten to have an editor take any kind of look at it.
Mortifying. This is what I get for having a feed full of authors.
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Last night I had a #dream I wrote a whole-ass book. Designed a cover. Got it published. Everything.
Only to realize, AS I WAS BEGINNING THE PROMO TOUR, I had forgotten to have an editor take any kind of look at it.
Mortifying. This is what I get for having a feed full of authors.
Only to realize, AS I WAS BEGINNING THE PROMO TOUR, I had forgotten to have an editor take any kind of look at it.
Mortifying. This is what I get for having a feed full of authors.
November 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Hey you. Yes you.
Look, I know we all got problems, and we can’t give to everyone, but Lemonade here consistently post stuff that makes life better. If you can donate or repost, that’d be cool.
Thank you.
Look, I know we all got problems, and we can’t give to everyone, but Lemonade here consistently post stuff that makes life better. If you can donate or repost, that’d be cool.
Thank you.
In October I got notice to move very last minute, made a mutual aid post and it didn't meet the goal. But the need didn't go away. The goal is 462/1000 reposts appreciated. Thanks to everyone boosting and helping so far 🙏🏿
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November 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Hey you. Yes you.
Look, I know we all got problems, and we can’t give to everyone, but Lemonade here consistently post stuff that makes life better. If you can donate or repost, that’d be cool.
Thank you.
Look, I know we all got problems, and we can’t give to everyone, but Lemonade here consistently post stuff that makes life better. If you can donate or repost, that’d be cool.
Thank you.
Top five film genres:
- stuff explodes real good, but funny too
- in the future shit get weird
- brain get undone before body does, messily
- villain gets over it and saves day
- shit makes no sense until it does
- stuff explodes real good, but funny too
- in the future shit get weird
- brain get undone before body does, messily
- villain gets over it and saves day
- shit makes no sense until it does
- something bad happened here and now it's ghosts
- something bad happened here and this time it's demons
- giant robots but in an emotional way
- something weird is happening in a suburb
- mentally ill superheros
- something bad happened here and this time it's demons
- giant robots but in an emotional way
- something weird is happening in a suburb
- mentally ill superheros
Top five film genres:
a bunch of people you just want to hang out with for a couple hours
directed by former stuntmen/fight choreographers
Strippers who kill dudes
Italian sci fi
Giant monsters destroy things/each other
a bunch of people you just want to hang out with for a couple hours
directed by former stuntmen/fight choreographers
Strippers who kill dudes
Italian sci fi
Giant monsters destroy things/each other
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Top five film genres:
- stuff explodes real good, but funny too
- in the future shit get weird
- brain get undone before body does, messily
- villain gets over it and saves day
- shit makes no sense until it does
- stuff explodes real good, but funny too
- in the future shit get weird
- brain get undone before body does, messily
- villain gets over it and saves day
- shit makes no sense until it does
My fave time related phrase:
“Will have always been….”
No I am NOT high. Shut up.
“Will have always been….”
No I am NOT high. Shut up.
November 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
My fave time related phrase:
“Will have always been….”
No I am NOT high. Shut up.
“Will have always been….”
No I am NOT high. Shut up.
Did anyone else catch the “shocking even for him” racism the orange felon displayed when insulting Taylor-Green? Like, his disclaimer made it even worse, because that is EXACTLY the language a white racist uses when they do a racism and then try dodge did it.
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Did anyone else catch the “shocking even for him” racism the orange felon displayed when insulting Taylor-Green? Like, his disclaimer made it even worse, because that is EXACTLY the language a white racist uses when they do a racism and then try dodge did it.
Oh that is HILARIOUS.
A bunch of the webcomics I read I. The mornings are down due to #CloudFlare #failing. And the “more information” page is a page telling anyone who visits that…….
……they should be on CloudFlare.
Best ad strategy ever.
Fix #1: fire the marketing team and reinvest in security
A bunch of the webcomics I read I. The mornings are down due to #CloudFlare #failing. And the “more information” page is a page telling anyone who visits that…….
……they should be on CloudFlare.
Best ad strategy ever.
Fix #1: fire the marketing team and reinvest in security
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Oh that is HILARIOUS.
A bunch of the webcomics I read I. The mornings are down due to #CloudFlare #failing. And the “more information” page is a page telling anyone who visits that…….
……they should be on CloudFlare.
Best ad strategy ever.
Fix #1: fire the marketing team and reinvest in security
A bunch of the webcomics I read I. The mornings are down due to #CloudFlare #failing. And the “more information” page is a page telling anyone who visits that…….
……they should be on CloudFlare.
Best ad strategy ever.
Fix #1: fire the marketing team and reinvest in security
I know there are a lot of people needing a lot of things out there right now. But if you can toss a coin or two to this place to help the critters out in the face of human encroachment- that’d be cool. I know the person running this, they’re 100% legit.
#wildlife
#animals
#wildlife
#animals
San Francisco's only wildlife rescue is running out of time
The rescue, which saved 850 animals this year, is facing collapse.
www.sfgate.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
“Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.”
Fitting. I have no saved memes.
Fitting. I have no saved memes.
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 AM
“Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.”
Fitting. I have no saved memes.
Fitting. I have no saved memes.
Christmas traditions are not always bad. This is one of mine. Every years me and a few hundred like minded freaks from all walks of life gather here to wallow in the world of Dickens.
It’s part Christmas Craft Fair, part dodgy history lesson, part bar, part theatre…
It’s part Christmas Craft Fair, part dodgy history lesson, part bar, part theatre…
November 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Christmas traditions are not always bad. This is one of mine. Every years me and a few hundred like minded freaks from all walks of life gather here to wallow in the world of Dickens.
It’s part Christmas Craft Fair, part dodgy history lesson, part bar, part theatre…
It’s part Christmas Craft Fair, part dodgy history lesson, part bar, part theatre…
Hooray. I found my pants.
November 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Hooray. I found my pants.
I’ve wibbled on before about #AllieX and her deeply weird but awesome music.
The new album “Happiness is going to get you…” is fantastic. Still arthouse goth disco pop, but now with a side serving of baroque instrumentation. Can’t wait for the live show.
The new album “Happiness is going to get you…” is fantastic. Still arthouse goth disco pop, but now with a side serving of baroque instrumentation. Can’t wait for the live show.
November 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I’ve wibbled on before about #AllieX and her deeply weird but awesome music.
The new album “Happiness is going to get you…” is fantastic. Still arthouse goth disco pop, but now with a side serving of baroque instrumentation. Can’t wait for the live show.
The new album “Happiness is going to get you…” is fantastic. Still arthouse goth disco pop, but now with a side serving of baroque instrumentation. Can’t wait for the live show.
I just wish all these “damning emails” would result in some swift and terminal damnation.
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I just wish all these “damning emails” would result in some swift and terminal damnation.
Say it with me:
There is NO SUCH THING as a “public/private infrastructure project”
We need to cull the damn billionaires.
There is NO SUCH THING as a “public/private infrastructure project”
We need to cull the damn billionaires.
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Say it with me:
There is NO SUCH THING as a “public/private infrastructure project”
We need to cull the damn billionaires.
There is NO SUCH THING as a “public/private infrastructure project”
We need to cull the damn billionaires.
Stand up for the people who give us the Life Giving Fluid.
No Starbucks until the corporation bends the knee.
No Starbucks until the corporation bends the knee.
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Stand up for the people who give us the Life Giving Fluid.
No Starbucks until the corporation bends the knee.
No Starbucks until the corporation bends the knee.
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Last few days of politics have me sick. Been trying to ignore it. But this keeps coming back to me, the Dems caving and accepting a “pinky swear” from the GOP to maybe vote on the ONE FKN THING we all needed the most?
My god. Those eight chumps need to be run out of town, along with fkn Schumer.
My god. Those eight chumps need to be run out of town, along with fkn Schumer.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Last few days of politics have me sick. Been trying to ignore it. But this keeps coming back to me, the Dems caving and accepting a “pinky swear” from the GOP to maybe vote on the ONE FKN THING we all needed the most?
My god. Those eight chumps need to be run out of town, along with fkn Schumer.
My god. Those eight chumps need to be run out of town, along with fkn Schumer.
Minor Acts of Joy: Pocket friends, check this action out. I taught my FIRST EVER theatre class yesterday (improv street theatre - villains edition) at workshops for #Dickens.
And it went pretty darn good, even if the class was SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER than I was expecting. Woof!
And it went pretty darn good, even if the class was SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER than I was expecting. Woof!
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Minor Acts of Joy: Pocket friends, check this action out. I taught my FIRST EVER theatre class yesterday (improv street theatre - villains edition) at workshops for #Dickens.
And it went pretty darn good, even if the class was SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER than I was expecting. Woof!
And it went pretty darn good, even if the class was SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER than I was expecting. Woof!
Minor Acts of Rage: changing my party affiliation and voter registration from D to #DSA. Because D has proven time and time again that they cannot hold the line when it counts.
DSA may be THE most annoying motherfuckers on the planet, but have a vision, a plan, and commitment.
DSA may be THE most annoying motherfuckers on the planet, but have a vision, a plan, and commitment.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Minor Acts of Rage: changing my party affiliation and voter registration from D to #DSA. Because D has proven time and time again that they cannot hold the line when it counts.
DSA may be THE most annoying motherfuckers on the planet, but have a vision, a plan, and commitment.
DSA may be THE most annoying motherfuckers on the planet, but have a vision, a plan, and commitment.
Kim Davis needs to be tied up, dropped into a queer nightclub, and LEFT THERE until she has Sorted. Her. Shit. Out.
(Apologies to the owners and attendees of said club, but I am 95% sure you can figure out an amusing way to cope. Maybe put her in a one-way-glass box or something. )
(Apologies to the owners and attendees of said club, but I am 95% sure you can figure out an amusing way to cope. Maybe put her in a one-way-glass box or something. )
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Kim Davis needs to be tied up, dropped into a queer nightclub, and LEFT THERE until she has Sorted. Her. Shit. Out.
(Apologies to the owners and attendees of said club, but I am 95% sure you can figure out an amusing way to cope. Maybe put her in a one-way-glass box or something. )
(Apologies to the owners and attendees of said club, but I am 95% sure you can figure out an amusing way to cope. Maybe put her in a one-way-glass box or something. )
I see no problem with this.
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I see no problem with this.
Project at work. I’m leading it, we are down to the wire, and NOW is the time the people on said project, and adjacent to said project, see fit to come barreling with all the questions and “ideas”??
FFS PEOPLE. YOU HAVE HAD ELEVEN FUCKING MONTHS!!
FFS PEOPLE. YOU HAVE HAD ELEVEN FUCKING MONTHS!!
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Project at work. I’m leading it, we are down to the wire, and NOW is the time the people on said project, and adjacent to said project, see fit to come barreling with all the questions and “ideas”??
FFS PEOPLE. YOU HAVE HAD ELEVEN FUCKING MONTHS!!
FFS PEOPLE. YOU HAVE HAD ELEVEN FUCKING MONTHS!!
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Troops in major “opposition” cities: check
Weaponized legal system: check
Secret police and extrajudicial raids: check
Creation of external enemies: check
Restrictions on free speech: check
Restrictions on travel: check
What’s next on the list?
Weaponized legal system: check
Secret police and extrajudicial raids: check
Creation of external enemies: check
Restrictions on free speech: check
Restrictions on travel: check
What’s next on the list?
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Troops in major “opposition” cities: check
Weaponized legal system: check
Secret police and extrajudicial raids: check
Creation of external enemies: check
Restrictions on free speech: check
Restrictions on travel: check
What’s next on the list?
Weaponized legal system: check
Secret police and extrajudicial raids: check
Creation of external enemies: check
Restrictions on free speech: check
Restrictions on travel: check
What’s next on the list?