jw 🍂
@farwent.net
Mystic, McLuhanite, left-handed copy editor. The past is gone, but something might be found to take its place.
Madison, WI. (Previously: Fargo, CA, NYC.) DMs always open.
Madison, WI. (Previously: Fargo, CA, NYC.) DMs always open.
Airbnb encouraging us to "Let Yo Hair Doreen"
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Airbnb encouraging us to "Let Yo Hair Doreen"
When you are napping in a very normal way.
November 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
When you are napping in a very normal way.
I keep thinking the publisher must have been legitimately thrilled to find out they were getting Nuzzi's insane memoir rather than whatever she and Lizza would have written about the 2020 election.
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I keep thinking the publisher must have been legitimately thrilled to find out they were getting Nuzzi's insane memoir rather than whatever she and Lizza would have written about the 2020 election.
Why doesn't the small, revenue-less social media platform where all the liberals and leftists congregate want to pick a fight with the wealthiest government on the planet, which is currently run by fascists?
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Why doesn't the small, revenue-less social media platform where all the liberals and leftists congregate want to pick a fight with the wealthiest government on the planet, which is currently run by fascists?
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
This full quote is crazy because it basically wraps up with, "So he didn't like 8-year-olds, he liked the 15-year-olds who could pass for 11 or 12."
November 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This full quote is crazy because it basically wraps up with, "So he didn't like 8-year-olds, he liked the 15-year-olds who could pass for 11 or 12."
How's that cease-fire going?
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
How's that cease-fire going?
Not linking to this thread, but there is a lot happening in it
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Not linking to this thread, but there is a lot happening in it
The issue here is not really the absence of an Oxford comma, unless a spin-off can star in something. Reporters, stop tryna be the copy desk for clout!
November 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The issue here is not really the absence of an Oxford comma, unless a spin-off can star in something. Reporters, stop tryna be the copy desk for clout!
"I was happy to ignore that this guy said crazy, dangerous things, because he worked hard at it and was also very charming."
October 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"I was happy to ignore that this guy said crazy, dangerous things, because he worked hard at it and was also very charming."
When was the last time we had a blue-collar woman in the public eye?
October 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
When was the last time we had a blue-collar woman in the public eye?
You probably won't believe me, but Fargo in the ’90s was pretty goddamn cool. (Using some surplus issues of my high school newspaper for pumpkin carving.)
October 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
You probably won't believe me, but Fargo in the ’90s was pretty goddamn cool. (Using some surplus issues of my high school newspaper for pumpkin carving.)
Yup, excellent piece, not an apologia for Nazi tattoos. C'mon, people. archive.is/U8dCf
October 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Yup, excellent piece, not an apologia for Nazi tattoos. C'mon, people. archive.is/U8dCf
Julia had a similar experience to @pbump.com's the other week, except Claude actually checked, corrected itself, and apologized to her.
October 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Julia had a similar experience to @pbump.com's the other week, except Claude actually checked, corrected itself, and apologized to her.
When your couples therapist tells you this, it means: "I can't give you details, because that would violate your husband's privacy, but the problem is on his end and he isn't interested in fixing it."
October 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
When your couples therapist tells you this, it means: "I can't give you details, because that would violate your husband's privacy, but the problem is on his end and he isn't interested in fixing it."
Wait, is this her own husband or the friend's widower? (I want to know without giving them my email address.)
October 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Wait, is this her own husband or the friend's widower? (I want to know without giving them my email address.)
Doing the coward's quote-skeet here because I don't want to have an argument about it, but it's always wild to me when someone says something like this with such absolute certainty, because, like, I am a pretty aware person and had no idea what this symbol was.
October 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Doing the coward's quote-skeet here because I don't want to have an argument about it, but it's always wild to me when someone says something like this with such absolute certainty, because, like, I am a pretty aware person and had no idea what this symbol was.
Love that Facebook helped tear apart American democracy and then immediately became a website that shows me things like this for no discernible reason.
![Facebook post from "Laughapalooza" that reads "R.I.P" over a photo of a woman with enormous breasts in a low-cut dress. The top half of the woman's face is cut off, ensuring that all attention is on her massive chest. Across the photo in neon-purple san-serif type is written:
RIP Dog the Bounty Hunter Wife
Beautiful
Etherial [sic]
Tasteful
Helpful](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4xvlvnqkenirai5lts3nuqff/bafkreighqrcqbrpzyox3cqw4ov73psnwjls535cdhujblarnnvx3efktem@jpeg)
October 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Love that Facebook helped tear apart American democracy and then immediately became a website that shows me things like this for no discernible reason.
