Hamish Mackenzie
ouroboros90.bsky.social
Hamish Mackenzie
@ouroboros90.bsky.social
Did we ever find out where Cotton Eyed Joe came from or, for that matter, where he went to?
January 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM
My working theory is that the Musk N@zi salute is search engine manipulation.

So the question is what information might come out that he wants to hide?
January 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Today is a sad day for Grover Cleveland trivia enthusiasts. #inauguration
January 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
As the old saying goes: those who build explosive cars shouldn’t insult groups with a wide range of experience making car bombs.
January 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Elon Musk 2022: “X will be the everything app! We’re gonna change the world!”

Elon Musk 2024: “Guys, Adrian Dittman isn’t me! We just happen to have the same accent and speaking cadence! Wait… Why are you going to other platforms?”
December 31, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Americans: what is egg nog? It sounds disgusting but you all seem to worship it.
December 25, 2024 at 10:37 AM
When people look through old family photos, in 50 years time, there’s going to be a massive and noticeable jump in the average quality around the late 2000s.

Not because people became better, but because we were suddenly able to delete bad photos.
December 24, 2024 at 1:34 PM
My favourite thing about the inherent homoeroticism in boxing is how strongly the fans deny its existence.
December 20, 2024 at 4:12 AM
YouTube, and social media more generally, are just the modern heirs to print magazines.

Pre-internet you read something in a magazine and would trust it.
So Hank Green is a popular science magazine, but there are a tonne of UFO&Bigfoot Weekly creators who are just as trusted by their audiences.
Yesterday I had a fellow YouTuber ask me how we ended up being a credible source of information to our audiences and I realized that you almost can’t be a professional creator /without/ doing that.

“Authentic” is very very connected to “trustworthy.”
December 15, 2024 at 6:41 AM
What do dictators like Assad do when they flee to another country?

I mean on a day to day basis; do they give him an office and busy work? Does he finally have time get really into Bake Off?
December 15, 2024 at 5:41 AM
Genuine question: does the US have no reporting restrictions about ongoing cases?

Seems like in the #CEOShooter case there is so many news stories assuming the defendants guilt, surely that will affect any jury trial?
December 11, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Sorry, can’t come into work today. I have the Battle of the Somme… again.
December 10, 2024 at 8:49 PM
My ongoing quest for a decent Twitter alternative reaches platform 517,412!

Who is good to follow on Bluesky?
December 7, 2024 at 7:01 PM