Joe Castle
@joecastle.bsky.social
* Day job at Cincinnati Enquirer
* I dig #Reading #Writing #Music #Comedy #TTRPGs and at least four other things.
* I’m fairly certain some of you humans fucked this shit up for everybody else.
* I dig #Reading #Writing #Music #Comedy #TTRPGs and at least four other things.
* I’m fairly certain some of you humans fucked this shit up for everybody else.
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Joe Castle
@joecastle.bsky.social
· Feb 11
Free people, read freely.
Free countries don't ban books.
Build home libraries of banned books.
uniteagainstbookbans.org
Free countries don't ban books.
Build home libraries of banned books.
uniteagainstbookbans.org
Unite Against Book Bans
We should trust individuals to make their own decisions. Raise your voice for everyone's freedom to read. #UniteAgainstBookBans
uniteagainstbookbans.org
If you're not already, buy physical copies! Reading is reading, and any format is great, but having hard copies in your possession is sort of, well ... a trump card. #BookSky
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Teen Vogue produced some of the best journalism out there for years, on topics that were vitally important to teens (and the rest of us). So they had to go, apparently.
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Teen Vogue produced some of the best journalism out there for years, on topics that were vitally important to teens (and the rest of us). So they had to go, apparently.
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ChatGPT then tucked him in nice and snug, turned out the light, and said: "Good night, little human. Such a good, smart human."
After ChatGPT closed the door and sealed the chamber, it removed the oxygen to prepare for the next prompt.
After ChatGPT closed the door and sealed the chamber, it removed the oxygen to prepare for the next prompt.
they're calling him the most audited man in human history
October 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
ChatGPT then tucked him in nice and snug, turned out the light, and said: "Good night, little human. Such a good, smart human."
After ChatGPT closed the door and sealed the chamber, it removed the oxygen to prepare for the next prompt.
After ChatGPT closed the door and sealed the chamber, it removed the oxygen to prepare for the next prompt.
Innsmouth.
Weird town. Something fishy about that place. #DeltaGreen #ArcDreamPublishing #TTRPG #HorrorGaming
Weird town. Something fishy about that place. #DeltaGreen #ArcDreamPublishing #TTRPG #HorrorGaming
INNSMOUTH SPY SHOTS (Oils, Palette Knife, Chalk, Pencil). #Art from #DeltaGreen OPERATIONAL HISTORY PART 1. #Lovecraft #Horror
October 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Innsmouth.
Weird town. Something fishy about that place. #DeltaGreen #ArcDreamPublishing #TTRPG #HorrorGaming
Weird town. Something fishy about that place. #DeltaGreen #ArcDreamPublishing #TTRPG #HorrorGaming
Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kid.
September 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kid.
WHAAAAT?! I am SHOCKED and SADDENED the band behind such albums as "Scumdogs of the Universe," "This Toilet Earth," "We Kill Everything," "War Party" and "Bloody Pit of Horror" would be promoting violence.
SMMFH.
I cannot wait for Oderus Urungus to return and obliterate this timeline.
SMMFH.
I cannot wait for Oderus Urungus to return and obliterate this timeline.
September 23, 2025 at 5:28 AM
WHAAAAT?! I am SHOCKED and SADDENED the band behind such albums as "Scumdogs of the Universe," "This Toilet Earth," "We Kill Everything," "War Party" and "Bloody Pit of Horror" would be promoting violence.
SMMFH.
I cannot wait for Oderus Urungus to return and obliterate this timeline.
SMMFH.
I cannot wait for Oderus Urungus to return and obliterate this timeline.
It's like the lyrics to a Staind or Creed song you didn't know you hated yet.
Writing that sounds profound when you're 14
Who does InfantryDork™️ think he is? Thanos?
September 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It's like the lyrics to a Staind or Creed song you didn't know you hated yet.
It is most helpful when companies repeatedly persuade me to not patronize them. #HBOMoreLikeHBNo
David Zaslav thinks that HBO Max is "way underpriced" and confirms that price hikes and subscription cost increases are coming.
David Zaslav Says HBO Max Is "Way Underpriced"
nerdist.com
September 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It is most helpful when companies repeatedly persuade me to not patronize them. #HBOMoreLikeHBNo
Share a preacher, priest, or nun.
September 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Share a preacher, priest, or nun.
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What happens to democracy when government records vanish?
James Jacobs, Jim Jacobs, & Shari Laster discuss how libraries, archivists & advocates protect public access in the latest Future Knowledge #podcast, PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION.
🎧 Listen: futureknowledge.transistor.fm
James Jacobs, Jim Jacobs, & Shari Laster discuss how libraries, archivists & advocates protect public access in the latest Future Knowledge #podcast, PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION.
🎧 Listen: futureknowledge.transistor.fm
September 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
What happens to democracy when government records vanish?
James Jacobs, Jim Jacobs, & Shari Laster discuss how libraries, archivists & advocates protect public access in the latest Future Knowledge #podcast, PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION.
🎧 Listen: futureknowledge.transistor.fm
James Jacobs, Jim Jacobs, & Shari Laster discuss how libraries, archivists & advocates protect public access in the latest Future Knowledge #podcast, PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION.
🎧 Listen: futureknowledge.transistor.fm
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age verification
My first ISP was CompuServe ... at 300 baud.
My first ISP was CompuServe ... at 300 baud.
September 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
age verification
My first ISP was CompuServe ... at 300 baud.
My first ISP was CompuServe ... at 300 baud.
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Someone keeps pressing the Mr. Meeseeks Box in the White House.
a group of blue cartoon characters are standing in a line
ALT: a group of blue cartoon characters are standing in a line
media.tenor.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Someone keeps pressing the Mr. Meeseeks Box in the White House.
So it’s “illegal” for the CIA to spy within the United States, but it’s OK for ICE. Got it.
(Note: It is not OK for any branch, extension, iteration or polyp of the government to randomly spy on us. Just because government does a thing does not make it OK.)
(Note: It is not OK for any branch, extension, iteration or polyp of the government to randomly spy on us. Just because government does a thing does not make it OK.)
ICE is using a controversial spy tool to locate smartphones, court records show.
How ICE Is Using Fake Cell Towers To Spy On People’s Phones
ICE is using a controversial spy tool to locate smartphones, court records show.
www.forbes.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
So it’s “illegal” for the CIA to spy within the United States, but it’s OK for ICE. Got it.
(Note: It is not OK for any branch, extension, iteration or polyp of the government to randomly spy on us. Just because government does a thing does not make it OK.)
(Note: It is not OK for any branch, extension, iteration or polyp of the government to randomly spy on us. Just because government does a thing does not make it OK.)
What happens when a CBP agent finds himself standing before a bathroom mirror in an old tenement saying "Candyman" for the last — and I mean LAST — time?
Do plastic cuffs work on a vengeful ghost? Any DHS officers allergic to bees? Will a Philip Glass soundtrack melt ICE?
Do plastic cuffs work on a vengeful ghost? Any DHS officers allergic to bees? Will a Philip Glass soundtrack melt ICE?
So glad ICE is in Chicago. The city is a lawless hell-scape. Blues musicians wrecking hundreds of police cars. High schoolers doing weird scientific sex experiments. Kids home alone during the holidays. Women killing their husbands and lovers and then SINGING about it sassily. This has to stop.
September 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
What happens when a CBP agent finds himself standing before a bathroom mirror in an old tenement saying "Candyman" for the last — and I mean LAST — time?
Do plastic cuffs work on a vengeful ghost? Any DHS officers allergic to bees? Will a Philip Glass soundtrack melt ICE?
Do plastic cuffs work on a vengeful ghost? Any DHS officers allergic to bees? Will a Philip Glass soundtrack melt ICE?
Yes, it is.
Also yes, he is.
Also yes, he is.
September 8, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Yes, it is.
Also yes, he is.
Also yes, he is.
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I read this in the voice of John "Bluto" Blukarsky, which is about right for such a deeply stupid public statement from an elected official.
Q: “Are you going to make sure that all the [immigrants detained]…have due process"
Indiana Lt. Gov. Beckwith: “They don't have a right to see a judge…When the Japanese were bombing Pearl Harbor, did we give them due process?”
Read more about it in Morning Shots: www.thebulwark.com/p/drinks-app...
Indiana Lt. Gov. Beckwith: “They don't have a right to see a judge…When the Japanese were bombing Pearl Harbor, did we give them due process?”
Read more about it in Morning Shots: www.thebulwark.com/p/drinks-app...
August 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I read this in the voice of John "Bluto" Blukarsky, which is about right for such a deeply stupid public statement from an elected official.
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Fact check:
mRNA vaccines for respiratory viruses are meant to prevent severe illness (bad Pneumonia).
This means beefing up our immunity in the *lower* respiratory tract, eg the lungs.
Kennedy talks about the *upper* respiratory tract and vaccine efficacy in nonsensical gibberish.
mRNA vaccines for respiratory viruses are meant to prevent severe illness (bad Pneumonia).
This means beefing up our immunity in the *lower* respiratory tract, eg the lungs.
Kennedy talks about the *upper* respiratory tract and vaccine efficacy in nonsensical gibberish.
August 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Fact check:
mRNA vaccines for respiratory viruses are meant to prevent severe illness (bad Pneumonia).
This means beefing up our immunity in the *lower* respiratory tract, eg the lungs.
Kennedy talks about the *upper* respiratory tract and vaccine efficacy in nonsensical gibberish.
mRNA vaccines for respiratory viruses are meant to prevent severe illness (bad Pneumonia).
This means beefing up our immunity in the *lower* respiratory tract, eg the lungs.
Kennedy talks about the *upper* respiratory tract and vaccine efficacy in nonsensical gibberish.
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Remember, if you see an axe murderer, run up and feed his ass a few slices of kiwi. Problem solved and whatnot.
August 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Remember, if you see an axe murderer, run up and feed his ass a few slices of kiwi. Problem solved and whatnot.
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These 13-16 year-olds are clearly a threat to national security. First, they get a visa. Then what? They turn a 6-4-3 double play. Not on Marco’s watch!!!
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
Venezuelan Little League team denied entry into US amid Trump travel ban
The team will not be able to play in the Senior League World Series in South Carolina.
www.politico.com
July 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
These 13-16 year-olds are clearly a threat to national security. First, they get a visa. Then what? They turn a 6-4-3 double play. Not on Marco’s watch!!!
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
Again, because it bears repeating:
The machines are not our friends.
The machines are not our friends.
July 21, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Again, because it bears repeating:
The machines are not our friends.
The machines are not our friends.
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Why US should not abandon its debt to Appalachia westvirginiawatch.com/2025/07/17/w...
Why US should not abandon its debt to Appalachia • West Virginia Watch
The Trump administration’s proposal to slash Appalachian Regional Commission funding threatens to dismantle one of the last federal bridges to the region.
westvirginiawatch.com
July 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Why US should not abandon its debt to Appalachia westvirginiawatch.com/2025/07/17/w...
What's a reliable way to block all the hideous AI memes and the accounts that sling 'em thinking that a fake image will change a politician or a government agency or ... well, anything?
Need a one-click, keep-'em-all-away-from-me fix. Or a pocket universe where they don't exist. Either would work.
Need a one-click, keep-'em-all-away-from-me fix. Or a pocket universe where they don't exist. Either would work.
a woman with red hair says " you 're not helping " in front of a netflix logo
Alt: a woman with red hair says "you're not helping"
media.tenor.com
July 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
What's a reliable way to block all the hideous AI memes and the accounts that sling 'em thinking that a fake image will change a politician or a government agency or ... well, anything?
Need a one-click, keep-'em-all-away-from-me fix. Or a pocket universe where they don't exist. Either would work.
Need a one-click, keep-'em-all-away-from-me fix. Or a pocket universe where they don't exist. Either would work.