Interstician
@justinterstician.bsky.social
Teacher, walker, writer, goofball. Happily married. He.
Teaches SAT/ACT prep in Pittsburgh.
Teaches SAT/ACT prep in Pittsburgh.
But if we ask nicely, though?
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
But if we ask nicely, though?
Huh. When did Mary Worth join Earthseed?
November 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Huh. When did Mary Worth join Earthseed?
Was just running through the chain to make sure someone had posted Knickers. Definitely the best one. Well done.
October 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Was just running through the chain to make sure someone had posted Knickers. Definitely the best one. Well done.
Oh the Grand Old Duke of York,
He had a certain friend.
He gave up his honours and titles today
In hopes the inquiry would end.
He had a certain friend.
He gave up his honours and titles today
In hopes the inquiry would end.
October 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Oh the Grand Old Duke of York,
He had a certain friend.
He gave up his honours and titles today
In hopes the inquiry would end.
He had a certain friend.
He gave up his honours and titles today
In hopes the inquiry would end.
"Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw. It was its tendency to bend at the knees." –Feet of Clay
October 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw. It was its tendency to bend at the knees." –Feet of Clay
A couple of days ago, a dementia-addled man who has always had a short attention span left a meeting and claimed that a specific number of feds had been deployed into the January 6th rally as agents provocateur. The aforementioned blister is noted for accusing opponents of his own crimes.
October 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A couple of days ago, a dementia-addled man who has always had a short attention span left a meeting and claimed that a specific number of feds had been deployed into the January 6th rally as agents provocateur. The aforementioned blister is noted for accusing opponents of his own crimes.
Sorry for the rant and the sarcasm. Having now read up on it, the Banner seems like a fine institution. This article ain't it, but it is no worse than the standard.
October 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Sorry for the rant and the sarcasm. Having now read up on it, the Banner seems like a fine institution. This article ain't it, but it is no worse than the standard.
Newspapers suggesting that "He's done good work, but he's failing on messaging" infuriated me in 2022 through 2024. They are mistaking his job and their job.
October 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Newspapers suggesting that "He's done good work, but he's failing on messaging" infuriated me in 2022 through 2024. They are mistaking his job and their job.
Further, why allow the poll itself to be so vague? Voluntary-response polling is not an innocuous capturing of public opinion, it's a tool for shaping it. Ask whether people are aware that he raised the minimum wage. Ask whether people know that he was instrumental in joining the Climate Alliance.
October 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Further, why allow the poll itself to be so vague? Voluntary-response polling is not an innocuous capturing of public opinion, it's a tool for shaping it. Ask whether people are aware that he raised the minimum wage. Ask whether people know that he was instrumental in joining the Climate Alliance.
Perhaps I'm crotchety, but this style of reporting public opinion without informing is one of the many things I blame for the rise of MAGA. The only quotes are from the uninformed. Why not include some quotes from those who cited his specific accomplishments?
October 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Perhaps I'm crotchety, but this style of reporting public opinion without informing is one of the many things I blame for the rise of MAGA. The only quotes are from the uninformed. Why not include some quotes from those who cited his specific accomplishments?
Everything isn't, but failing to mention in the article any of the accomplishments they're saying people don't know about is a journalistic failing.
October 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Everything isn't, but failing to mention in the article any of the accomplishments they're saying people don't know about is a journalistic failing.
Funny, I'd have thought based on the name that the Baltimore Banner was some sort of news reporting service, responsible for making people aware of the notable events going on around them. I guess it's actually a polling organization, since it's so blasé about public ignorance and passing on rumors.
October 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Funny, I'd have thought based on the name that the Baltimore Banner was some sort of news reporting service, responsible for making people aware of the notable events going on around them. I guess it's actually a polling organization, since it's so blasé about public ignorance and passing on rumors.
I am as firmly against ICE as I am against the carceral state, and for the same reason. Our entire immigration law structure is built around slave labor, and "immigration enforcement" is the sanitized modern term for slave catcher.
October 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I am as firmly against ICE as I am against the carceral state, and for the same reason. Our entire immigration law structure is built around slave labor, and "immigration enforcement" is the sanitized modern term for slave catcher.
Louder for those in the back.
October 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Louder for those in the back.
Fair enough. I understand "dork" more as the outward appearance of awkwardness than the internal sensation of awkwardness. By that meaning, anyone who's seen him try to dance, or to shake hands, or to speak to a non-sycophant need never look for a better example.
October 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Fair enough. I understand "dork" more as the outward appearance of awkwardness than the internal sensation of awkwardness. By that meaning, anyone who's seen him try to dance, or to shake hands, or to speak to a non-sycophant need never look for a better example.
That's not what distinguishes them from Donald Trump, whose dork stench is richer, deeper, and more nuanced. What distinguishes them from Donald Trump is that they are capable of feeling shame.
October 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
That's not what distinguishes them from Donald Trump, whose dork stench is richer, deeper, and more nuanced. What distinguishes them from Donald Trump is that they are capable of feeling shame.
Or to borrow a summary from Dickinson, "A quality of loss / Affecting our Content / As Trade had suddenly encroached / Upon a Sacrament."
October 4, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Or to borrow a summary from Dickinson, "A quality of loss / Affecting our Content / As Trade had suddenly encroached / Upon a Sacrament."
Terry Pratchett famously brought this up to Bill Gates in a 1995 GQ interview, and received an answer that smacked of not understanding the danger. The following year, he had this to say of Gates:
October 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Terry Pratchett famously brought this up to Bill Gates in a 1995 GQ interview, and received an answer that smacked of not understanding the danger. The following year, he had this to say of Gates:
Okay. That's a pleasant dream, and I wish I could join you in it. Here's to miracles.
October 4, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Okay. That's a pleasant dream, and I wish I could join you in it. Here's to miracles.
Calling for revolt doesn't accomplish revolt, but it does lay the caller open to impeachment and to criminal charges up to and including treason.
Why do you mention the military?
Why do you mention the military?
October 4, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Calling for revolt doesn't accomplish revolt, but it does lay the caller open to impeachment and to criminal charges up to and including treason.
Why do you mention the military?
Why do you mention the military?
Als God het wil, zal hij zo herinnerd worden.
October 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Als God het wil, zal hij zo herinnerd worden.
Not because legislators couldn't participate in a revolt, of course, but because the instant they do, they cease to be legislators.
October 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Not because legislators couldn't participate in a revolt, of course, but because the instant they do, they cease to be legislators.
Just extending the smothered mate metaphor. Democratic legislators have two options: accepting the CR (abandoning the people who need them and whom they need) and rejecting it (allowing the fascists a new and potentially decisive avenue of attack). Revolt is only available to non-legislators.
October 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Just extending the smothered mate metaphor. Democratic legislators have two options: accepting the CR (abandoning the people who need them and whom they need) and rejecting it (allowing the fascists a new and potentially decisive avenue of attack). Revolt is only available to non-legislators.