Jacob
@jakerattlenroll.bsky.social
Just wanna let @margaret.bsky.social and @katystoll.bsky.social know that there's this rad TV show all about Spartacus that features his wife, the women who fought in the Third Servile War, and, in the latest season, female gladiators.
December 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Just wanna let @margaret.bsky.social and @katystoll.bsky.social know that there's this rad TV show all about Spartacus that features his wife, the women who fought in the Third Servile War, and, in the latest season, female gladiators.
Came here to be the Alaskan pointing out that it's Utqiagvik, but then Sophie did it for me because she's fucking awesome.
October 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Came here to be the Alaskan pointing out that it's Utqiagvik, but then Sophie did it for me because she's fucking awesome.
You will own nothing and you'll be happy.
May 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
You will own nothing and you'll be happy.
It's gotta be blatant for the NY times to be willing to publish a detailed exposé on it.
May 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
It's gotta be blatant for the NY times to be willing to publish a detailed exposé on it.
I'm kinda surprised there was a discussion of trans gaming without any mention of Fallout: New Vegas.
March 28, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I'm kinda surprised there was a discussion of trans gaming without any mention of Fallout: New Vegas.
"Even if you're not licking the boot, you at the very least don't want to scuff it up."
That's a damn good one; I might need to steal it sometime.
That's a damn good one; I might need to steal it sometime.
March 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
"Even if you're not licking the boot, you at the very least don't want to scuff it up."
That's a damn good one; I might need to steal it sometime.
That's a damn good one; I might need to steal it sometime.
Goddamn was that a Stephen King's Gunslinger reference?
March 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Goddamn was that a Stephen King's Gunslinger reference?
God that Donald Trump impression was goofy 😂
February 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
God that Donald Trump impression was goofy 😂
Y'know I can think of a lovely piece of land right nearby that all Palestinians could go to that's not Jordan or Egypt.
February 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Y'know I can think of a lovely piece of land right nearby that all Palestinians could go to that's not Jordan or Egypt.
Secret Hamas doc from 1935 reveals draft of the Nuremberg Laws
February 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Secret Hamas doc from 1935 reveals draft of the Nuremberg Laws
Yeah we're gonna go ahead and keep calling it Denali up here, thanks
December 24, 2024 at 4:28 AM
Yeah we're gonna go ahead and keep calling it Denali up here, thanks
As their buddy Alex Jones loves to point out, "ideas are bulletproof." He is, of course, quoting V for Vendetta, a movie he is incapable of distinguishing from reality.
December 1, 2024 at 12:06 AM
As their buddy Alex Jones loves to point out, "ideas are bulletproof." He is, of course, quoting V for Vendetta, a movie he is incapable of distinguishing from reality.
I think it goes well alongside something like Eco's "Ur-Fascism", which digs into the more "squishy" aspects of fascism, which Paxton isn't terribly interested in.
November 29, 2024 at 9:49 PM
I think it goes well alongside something like Eco's "Ur-Fascism", which digs into the more "squishy" aspects of fascism, which Paxton isn't terribly interested in.
"Anatomy of Fascism" is great, but I do feel like he's a little too strict in the definition. Like his conclusion is that the only proper fascist regimes that have ever existed were Nazi Germany and Italy. A real thorough examination of the technical aspects of it though.
November 29, 2024 at 9:47 PM
"Anatomy of Fascism" is great, but I do feel like he's a little too strict in the definition. Like his conclusion is that the only proper fascist regimes that have ever existed were Nazi Germany and Italy. A real thorough examination of the technical aspects of it though.
Suppose that's the difference between having something defined by sci-fi authors, and having it defined by upwardly-failing management consultants with buttloads of VC cash.
November 28, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Suppose that's the difference between having something defined by sci-fi authors, and having it defined by upwardly-failing management consultants with buttloads of VC cash.
This is giving me vibes of the computer in Foucault's Pendulum that randomly strings together conspiracies.
November 24, 2024 at 7:57 AM
This is giving me vibes of the computer in Foucault's Pendulum that randomly strings together conspiracies.
Well, I'm two out of those four things!
November 23, 2024 at 2:37 AM
Well, I'm two out of those four things!
Whenever they talk about how they're going to reduce the waste in government, part of me hopes they'll actually recognize what the most wasteful part of our government is, but I know that's too optimistic.
November 22, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Whenever they talk about how they're going to reduce the waste in government, part of me hopes they'll actually recognize what the most wasteful part of our government is, but I know that's too optimistic.