Flannel & Blade
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Westlake is posting random thoughts for F&B because every other social platform is a CESSPOOL. When I have the wherewithal, I will get to talking about how nonprofits and foundations can RESIST the Empire with communications.
Brick Lane, London, today.
March 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Brick Lane, London, today.
“Hello?! What do you think you’re doing? Only me and Garth get to talk to the camera.” —Wayne
March 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“Hello?! What do you think you’re doing? Only me and Garth get to talk to the camera.” —Wayne
Spotted on the tube in London. When Nazis have already threatened to invade your island once, they are easier to recognize.
March 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Spotted on the tube in London. When Nazis have already threatened to invade your island once, they are easier to recognize.
And this is how to do it. Both the hacking and the news break from Marisa Kabas.
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
And this is how to do it. Both the hacking and the news break from Marisa Kabas.
Ooh let's see. What I did today in approx 5 bullet points.
1. Had some tea
2. Cried
3. Compared myself to a hedgehog
4. RSVPed to a daytime dance party
5. Cried.
1. Had some tea
2. Cried
3. Compared myself to a hedgehog
4. RSVPed to a daytime dance party
5. Cried.
February 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Ooh let's see. What I did today in approx 5 bullet points.
1. Had some tea
2. Cried
3. Compared myself to a hedgehog
4. RSVPed to a daytime dance party
5. Cried.
1. Had some tea
2. Cried
3. Compared myself to a hedgehog
4. RSVPed to a daytime dance party
5. Cried.
I just found out there's an actual sport called "Power Slap," where people slap each other's faces. It's like watching the coup. Each slap is more shocking than the last, leaving everyone reeling and wondering what just happened; with a big poof of chalk dust and some shitty merch.
February 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I just found out there's an actual sport called "Power Slap," where people slap each other's faces. It's like watching the coup. Each slap is more shocking than the last, leaving everyone reeling and wondering what just happened; with a big poof of chalk dust and some shitty merch.
Stop saying such dumb and dangerous things then. Talk as though people are listening.
"Everything I say leaks," Zuckerberg says in leaked meeting audio. "It sucks"
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
Zuckerberg Says 'Everything I Say Leaks' in Leaked Meeting Audio
"There are a bunch of things that I think are value-destroying for me to talk about, so I’m not going to talk about those."
www.404media.co
January 31, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Stop saying such dumb and dangerous things then. Talk as though people are listening.
I just watched the Jerry Springer documentary on Netflix, and it is like a mirror of the current descent into Machiavellian chaos: televised conflict, manufactured controversy, breaking of norms, and a desire for spectacle that is more like wrestling than running a country. Ugh. I can't watch.
January 17, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I just watched the Jerry Springer documentary on Netflix, and it is like a mirror of the current descent into Machiavellian chaos: televised conflict, manufactured controversy, breaking of norms, and a desire for spectacle that is more like wrestling than running a country. Ugh. I can't watch.
I've got a few olde English swears that would work.
January 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I've got a few olde English swears that would work.
Looks promising for 2025.
January 2, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Looks promising for 2025.
And there we have it. Maybe If you have a vehicle that updates itself overnight, maybe check for "spontaneous combustion" in the patch notes just to be safe.
January 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
And there we have it. Maybe If you have a vehicle that updates itself overnight, maybe check for "spontaneous combustion" in the patch notes just to be safe.
I have never heard Elmo the muskrats voice and I hope it stays that way. What is it like? Is it strangely soft? Does he have a lisp? Can he pronounce his Rs?
December 31, 2024 at 12:58 AM
I have never heard Elmo the muskrats voice and I hope it stays that way. What is it like? Is it strangely soft? Does he have a lisp? Can he pronounce his Rs?
Boggle my mind how we still have to research this to give it any credit. What next? " Research suggests breathing is very good for overall general health" NO SHIT.
Whether it's volunteering at a local school or taking soup to a sick neighbor, improving the welfare of others can also improve our own physical and mental health, a sizable body of research shows.
When kindness becomes a habit, it improves our health
Whether it's volunteering at a local school or taking soup to a sick neighbor, improving the welfare of others can also improve our own physical and mental health, a sizable body of research shows.
www.npr.org
December 27, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Boggle my mind how we still have to research this to give it any credit. What next? " Research suggests breathing is very good for overall general health" NO SHIT.
Genius trolling. I wish the US press was as funny, and on point!
I love how Denmark isn’t taking any shit from Donald Trump. 🇩🇰 🤣
December 26, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Genius trolling. I wish the US press was as funny, and on point!
Wondering if sci Fi as a genre was invented when someone accidentally typed 3035 instead of 2025 and confused their whole family?
December 26, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Wondering if sci Fi as a genre was invented when someone accidentally typed 3035 instead of 2025 and confused their whole family?
A Musk Rat Masterclass in ‘Disruption’:
Burn It Down, Then Sell the Ashes."
Step 1: Call public education broken.
Step 2: Gut it for "efficiency."
Step 3: Launch a private, elite, fee-paying school in Texas.
NOPE.
Hard pass.
#PublicSchools #DisruptionMyth
December 20, 2024 at 1:44 PM
A Musk Rat Masterclass in ‘Disruption’:
Burn It Down, Then Sell the Ashes."
Step 1: Call public education broken.
Step 2: Gut it for "efficiency."
Step 3: Launch a private, elite, fee-paying school in Texas.
NOPE.
Hard pass.
#PublicSchools #DisruptionMyth
I still remember things I learned from Sesame Street as a child in the 70s when I had no clue that I'd ever live in a brownstone, let alone see one.
December 17, 2024 at 4:17 PM
I still remember things I learned from Sesame Street as a child in the 70s when I had no clue that I'd ever live in a brownstone, let alone see one.
Sigh.
December 16, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Sigh.
Absolute fuckery.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the US to the shield laws passed in Democrat-controlled states following the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
apnews.com/article/abor...
apnews.com/article/abor...
Texas' abortion pill lawsuit against New York doctor marks new challenge to interstate telemedicine
Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine. It appears to be the first challenge in the U.S. to a state shield law that's intended to protect pre...
apnews.com
December 14, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Absolute fuckery.
Getting your messaging right is so important. I wonder if this happened over time, with every person stuck in the bathroom requiring a new sign with more underlining....
December 13, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Getting your messaging right is so important. I wonder if this happened over time, with every person stuck in the bathroom requiring a new sign with more underlining....
Run don't walk to see the brilliant award winning Irish language film "Kneecap", about the band of the same name. Makes you think about indigeneity, especially about languages suppressed by colonialists; and the bloody fight back that inspires new generations with a passion for their own culture.
December 11, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Run don't walk to see the brilliant award winning Irish language film "Kneecap", about the band of the same name. Makes you think about indigeneity, especially about languages suppressed by colonialists; and the bloody fight back that inspires new generations with a passion for their own culture.
I have always operated my life on this rule and I didn't even know it had a name. I call it the mad or bad conundrum. Is the person mad? Is it that they can't help what they do because they are insane or stupid? Or are they bad, in that they doing it on purpose? Are they in fact just an asshole?
AOC: This brings me to Hanlon's razor which is to not ascribe to malice what can be more easily attributed to stupidity
December 10, 2024 at 1:34 PM
I have always operated my life on this rule and I didn't even know it had a name. I call it the mad or bad conundrum. Is the person mad? Is it that they can't help what they do because they are insane or stupid? Or are they bad, in that they doing it on purpose? Are they in fact just an asshole?
It just occurred to me that of course there's a Black Sky, like there was Black Twitter. For a curated introduction to influential Black voices and though leaders in culture, academia, arts, and social justice check out Tarik Moody's starter pack. bsky.app/starter-pack...
December 7, 2024 at 12:30 PM
It just occurred to me that of course there's a Black Sky, like there was Black Twitter. For a curated introduction to influential Black voices and though leaders in culture, academia, arts, and social justice check out Tarik Moody's starter pack. bsky.app/starter-pack...
Not sure what kind of spam I find more offensive, the ones for guns and ammo or the ones for Bibles.
December 6, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Not sure what kind of spam I find more offensive, the ones for guns and ammo or the ones for Bibles.
Cracking capture. We love words and the way they are used. This is something a robot will never understand about language.
December 6, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Cracking capture. We love words and the way they are used. This is something a robot will never understand about language.