Jim Sharkey
@jsharkey67.bsky.social
Husband, father, gamer, actuary, metalhead. Everything else is just BS.
How are these people so empty? So void of anything resembling scruples or principles beyond money and power and cruelty? Such a failure to build a decent society.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
How are these people so empty? So void of anything resembling scruples or principles beyond money and power and cruelty? Such a failure to build a decent society.
A pretty good chart suggesting capitalism is a reasonable system for goods and services that are kind of optional, and an unreasonable system for goods and services that are not.
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A pretty good chart suggesting capitalism is a reasonable system for goods and services that are kind of optional, and an unreasonable system for goods and services that are not.
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"Movin' on the floor now, babe, you're a bird of paradise"
What are the first song lyrics that come to mind when you see this album cover?
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November 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"Movin' on the floor now, babe, you're a bird of paradise"
I kind of admire the way the man is so open and honest about his humiliation fetish.
LMAO -- Ted Cruz is on Fox News talking about running for president in 2028
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I kind of admire the way the man is so open and honest about his humiliation fetish.
I keep thinking Dessiderium's _Keys to the Palace_ might slip out of my metal top ten for the year, and then I listen again and it resecures its spot.
November 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I keep thinking Dessiderium's _Keys to the Palace_ might slip out of my metal top ten for the year, and then I listen again and it resecures its spot.
Empty shells, void of principle or decency, all bending the knee to a tantrum-throwing toddler whose entire driving principle is "How dare anyone tell me 'No'."
November 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Empty shells, void of principle or decency, all bending the knee to a tantrum-throwing toddler whose entire driving principle is "How dare anyone tell me 'No'."
I often judge a game's broader cultural impact by how hard amateur artists dive into drawing its characters. By that metric, Dispatch seems to be doing great.
November 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I often judge a game's broader cultural impact by how hard amateur artists dive into drawing its characters. By that metric, Dispatch seems to be doing great.
I don't get the appeal of "smart" homes and appliances. Is "Alexa, turn off the lights" seriously easier than flipping a switch? Is your fridge telling you you're low on milk so much better than opening the door? It's Not For Me. And often the more complex things are, the harder they are to fix!
If you're spending more time fixing your smart home than using it, it could be time to stop relying on the cloud. Here's how. www.wired.com/story/heres-...
I Ditched Alexa and Upgraded My Smart Home
If you're spending more time fixing your smart home than using it, it could be time to stop relying on the cloud. Here's how.
www.wired.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I don't get the appeal of "smart" homes and appliances. Is "Alexa, turn off the lights" seriously easier than flipping a switch? Is your fridge telling you you're low on milk so much better than opening the door? It's Not For Me. And often the more complex things are, the harder they are to fix!
Corporate personhood is a fiction that has done immeasurable harm to our republic.
Death by Lightning rules.
It makes Roscoe Conkling out to be a real scumbag, but did you know he also helped establish corporate personhood based on a lie he peddled to SCOTUS in 1882 leveraging his unrefutable authority as the 14A’s sole surviving framer?
From Adam Winkler’s We the Corporations:
It makes Roscoe Conkling out to be a real scumbag, but did you know he also helped establish corporate personhood based on a lie he peddled to SCOTUS in 1882 leveraging his unrefutable authority as the 14A’s sole surviving framer?
From Adam Winkler’s We the Corporations:
November 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Corporate personhood is a fiction that has done immeasurable harm to our republic.
The power of metal, friends
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
buff.ly
November 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The power of metal, friends
The American mind in a nutshell
![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
November 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The American mind in a nutshell
This little tale seems like something @chrishickey.bsky.social and @ajacobs.bsky.social might enjoy.
A contemporary Lovecraftian tale of art, obsession, and elder gods...
We're looking back at some short fiction previously published at Reactor, this time highlighting "Crispin’s Model" by @maxgladstone.bsky.social, edited by @marcopalmieri.bsky.social
We're looking back at some short fiction previously published at Reactor, this time highlighting "Crispin’s Model" by @maxgladstone.bsky.social, edited by @marcopalmieri.bsky.social
Crispin's Model - Reactor
A contemporary Lovecraftian tale of art, obsession, and elder gods.
reactormag.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This little tale seems like something @chrishickey.bsky.social and @ajacobs.bsky.social might enjoy.
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too much of the economy now is not built around solving a problem or meeting a need
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
too much of the economy now is not built around solving a problem or meeting a need
Trump turning on MTG with vitriol when she showed some backbone and stuck to her guns is the least surprising thing I will hear today.
November 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Trump turning on MTG with vitriol when she showed some backbone and stuck to her guns is the least surprising thing I will hear today.
As someone who'd seen his share of saggy old man ball sacks in the YMCA locker room in the days when I worked out there more often, this story is news to me. Those guys did not GAF about being casually naked.
The End of Naked Locker Rooms
What we lose when casual nudity disappears
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
As someone who'd seen his share of saggy old man ball sacks in the YMCA locker room in the days when I worked out there more often, this story is news to me. Those guys did not GAF about being casually naked.
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
I am wondering what choices my fellow Dispatch fans made on their first playthrough. Rolling a second run just to make a fair number of different choices, see how that goes, but I consider my first set of instincts the "real" story I chose. Mostly, a great game. 1/2
November 14, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I am wondering what choices my fellow Dispatch fans made on their first playthrough. Rolling a second run just to make a fair number of different choices, see how that goes, but I consider my first set of instincts the "real" story I chose. Mostly, a great game. 1/2
Me when the riff that opens "Ancient for Someone" from Cave Sermon hits:
a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed in front of a body of water .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed in front of a body of water .
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Me when the riff that opens "Ancient for Someone" from Cave Sermon hits:
Goddamn, how do I set my life up to just loudly make things up with impunity? I assume I have to have my decency shock treatment-ed out of me for starters.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Goddamn, how do I set my life up to just loudly make things up with impunity? I assume I have to have my decency shock treatment-ed out of me for starters.
The whole "radical left" thing has become a "Say the line, Bart" moment at this point.
Trump: "Christians and more, think of this, more than twice as likely foster care they'll adopt the general population. They adopt to it so easily. When they get out, they adopt to it like it's become second nature. It's amazing."
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The whole "radical left" thing has become a "Say the line, Bart" moment at this point.
My new go to line when dealing with dudes who complain about their sex lives with their wives being all but non-existent is now "Maybe you just need to be better at it." So sick of dudes bitching about stuff they could easily change if they took ten minutes to look inward. Git gud, scrub.
November 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
My new go to line when dealing with dudes who complain about their sex lives with their wives being all but non-existent is now "Maybe you just need to be better at it." So sick of dudes bitching about stuff they could easily change if they took ten minutes to look inward. Git gud, scrub.
Now this here is dadgum funny.
"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...
theonion.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Now this here is dadgum funny.
This looks completely unhinged. Day One.
First trailer for Gore Verbinski's 'Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die' starring Sam Rockwell and Zazie Beetz
It follows a man traveling from the future who tries to save Earth from a rogue AI
In theaters February 13
It follows a man traveling from the future who tries to save Earth from a rogue AI
In theaters February 13
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This looks completely unhinged. Day One.
A big part of what makes certain historical villains so horrifying is their ability to compartmentalize other people into "human" and "not human."
I'm never sure why loving your children is meant to be incompatible with being a monster to other people's. I think that's standard self-interest
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
‘Hermann Göring loved his kids. That’s what’s terrifying’: James Vanderbilt, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon on Nuremberg
Russell Crowe has a malevolent charm as the Nazi on trial in a compelling new film. His co-stars and director explain how they understood this monster – and the persistence of evil today
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A big part of what makes certain historical villains so horrifying is their ability to compartmentalize other people into "human" and "not human."