Jerry
@geraldlombardi.bsky.social
Mostly-retired private sector anthropologist, "overeducated" (Penn, NYU, Chicago), spent years in Brazil and Japan. Once voted for a Communist and a Republican on the same day. I like taking pictures of abandoned road signs.
A distinct minority of the registered electorate elected Trump, so anything is possible, if people are motivated to get off their rumps.
February 8, 2026 at 12:38 AM
A distinct minority of the registered electorate elected Trump, so anything is possible, if people are motivated to get off their rumps.
He's like Mayor Pete without the remaining veneer of consultant-speak, and a dose of righteous preacher instead. btw, I like Pete! Would vote for him in a minute.
February 8, 2026 at 12:35 AM
He's like Mayor Pete without the remaining veneer of consultant-speak, and a dose of righteous preacher instead. btw, I like Pete! Would vote for him in a minute.
Plus, he probably knows he'd be shouted and boo'ed out of any restaurant he tries to enter. You'd think that would teach him something about the damage he's doing to our country's reputation, as he hides in his luxury suite.
February 7, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Plus, he probably knows he'd be shouted and boo'ed out of any restaurant he tries to enter. You'd think that would teach him something about the damage he's doing to our country's reputation, as he hides in his luxury suite.
It's so obvious these pathetic reactionary men go for teenagers because they're deathly afraid of adult women who know their self-worth and won't put up with any bullshit.
February 7, 2026 at 11:37 PM
It's so obvious these pathetic reactionary men go for teenagers because they're deathly afraid of adult women who know their self-worth and won't put up with any bullshit.
Not to trivialize the indescribable horror of the Middle Passage, but one parallel here — warehousing humans in a structure originally designed for merchandise before consigning them to their ultimate fate — is not lost on me.
February 7, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Not to trivialize the indescribable horror of the Middle Passage, but one parallel here — warehousing humans in a structure originally designed for merchandise before consigning them to their ultimate fate — is not lost on me.
I'm neutral on Saatchi's AI gambit. He's rich, let him play. Pro: the studio-mangled version will still exist and be available as the best concrete evidence of Welles's intention. Con: it may set a precedent for "improving" old films that'll make colorization pale by comparison.
February 7, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I'm neutral on Saatchi's AI gambit. He's rich, let him play. Pro: the studio-mangled version will still exist and be available as the best concrete evidence of Welles's intention. Con: it may set a precedent for "improving" old films that'll make colorization pale by comparison.
Yeah, I guess you're right. Young man: me and my AR-19. Old man: me and my Ministry of Internal Security.
February 6, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Yeah, I guess you're right. Young man: me and my AR-19. Old man: me and my Ministry of Internal Security.
OK, now I officially feel like I'm in one of those nightmares where I dream that I woke up and I'm stuck eternally in a nightmare, and that becomes part of the nightmare.
February 6, 2026 at 1:22 AM
OK, now I officially feel like I'm in one of those nightmares where I dream that I woke up and I'm stuck eternally in a nightmare, and that becomes part of the nightmare.
Their only direct competition would be horny young men, of course.
February 6, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Their only direct competition would be horny young men, of course.
Eww, that yellowed overtone really resembles what tobacco smoke does to everything it lands on. Meanwhile, "heroin chic" 2 decades later looked like people caught in flagrante delicto by a private detective wielding a Polaroid camera with an overblown flash.
February 6, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Eww, that yellowed overtone really resembles what tobacco smoke does to everything it lands on. Meanwhile, "heroin chic" 2 decades later looked like people caught in flagrante delicto by a private detective wielding a Polaroid camera with an overblown flash.
human physical and mental labor + raw materials + technology (the embedded product of previous human physical and mental labor) --> the creation of value. Everything else is speculation.
February 6, 2026 at 12:49 AM
human physical and mental labor + raw materials + technology (the embedded product of previous human physical and mental labor) --> the creation of value. Everything else is speculation.
That is the nature of bubbles — they pop when pricked.
February 6, 2026 at 12:45 AM
That is the nature of bubbles — they pop when pricked.
What Dinesh and his kind may be pining for has already (of course) been available in Japan for years: a fake girlfriend lap pillow. Doesn't even require software or acres of server farms. Knock yourself out, Dinesh!
abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifest...
abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifest...
February 6, 2026 at 12:40 AM
What Dinesh and his kind may be pining for has already (of course) been available in Japan for years: a fake girlfriend lap pillow. Doesn't even require software or acres of server farms. Knock yourself out, Dinesh!
abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifest...
abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifest...
It's a series of tubes. Didn't you know?
February 6, 2026 at 12:25 AM
It's a series of tubes. Didn't you know?
One of the distressing things about him is the way his crippling personality disorders mirror defects many of us have, but which we easily keep under control because they're not fulminating and explosive. He is The Picture of Dorian Gray for all of US society, sad to say.
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 AM
One of the distressing things about him is the way his crippling personality disorders mirror defects many of us have, but which we easily keep under control because they're not fulminating and explosive. He is The Picture of Dorian Gray for all of US society, sad to say.
Is the man suffering from COPD on top of everything else? Sorta sounds like it.
February 6, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Is the man suffering from COPD on top of everything else? Sorta sounds like it.
Ah but you forget: the Trump-class destroyers will be gilded.
February 5, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Ah but you forget: the Trump-class destroyers will be gilded.
I listen to that tune about once a month.
February 5, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I listen to that tune about once a month.
Heaven forbid. For MIller, a softer touch would involve wrapping people in carpets and then beating them.
February 5, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Heaven forbid. For MIller, a softer touch would involve wrapping people in carpets and then beating them.
He didn't learn a goddam thing and he never will! He's too ossified in his infinite need for power-tripping. Why are mass media journalists such gullible fools? Oh, wait, that's a self-answering question.
February 5, 2026 at 4:14 AM
He didn't learn a goddam thing and he never will! He's too ossified in his infinite need for power-tripping. Why are mass media journalists such gullible fools? Oh, wait, that's a self-answering question.
So can we expect Mr. Hyper-rational to do the rational thing and put himself out of his misery? There are two equally viable ways for him to separate himself from his money.
February 5, 2026 at 4:09 AM
So can we expect Mr. Hyper-rational to do the rational thing and put himself out of his misery? There are two equally viable ways for him to separate himself from his money.
So can we expect Mr. Hyper-rational to do the rational thing and put himself out of his misery at last? There are two equally viable ways for him to do that. I'm happy to see either one.
February 5, 2026 at 4:07 AM
So can we expect Mr. Hyper-rational to do the rational thing and put himself out of his misery at last? There are two equally viable ways for him to do that. I'm happy to see either one.
And then of course there's the apparent decision to pivot the IC mission toward domestic vote suppression, so who needs to know anything about other countries? If they have a question, they'll just ask Jared to ask one of his friends.
February 4, 2026 at 11:44 PM
And then of course there's the apparent decision to pivot the IC mission toward domestic vote suppression, so who needs to know anything about other countries? If they have a question, they'll just ask Jared to ask one of his friends.
you can add another zero to that.
February 4, 2026 at 4:06 PM
you can add another zero to that.
The burning question is: "Whose pee"?
February 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
The burning question is: "Whose pee"?