Unionize Santa's Elves
@padraigkingsley.bsky.social
Writer, Musician, and Utterly Terrible Dancer. 🖤s rock n' roll, time travel, mutants, & chaos magic and absolutely hates Journey. he/him/sé/é
A better world is possible
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
A better world is possible
If we're being technical, our forefathers were mostly foreigners themselves, and they largely built the country with the blood of the actual native population, so…
December 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
If we're being technical, our forefathers were mostly foreigners themselves, and they largely built the country with the blood of the actual native population, so…
NO NO NOONONO WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS
NO ONE IS FREE UNTIL WE'RE ALL FREE, AND THAT MEANS FREE FROM SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM GUIDED BY AI HALLUCINATIONS JFC
NO ONE IS FREE UNTIL WE'RE ALL FREE, AND THAT MEANS FREE FROM SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM GUIDED BY AI HALLUCINATIONS JFC
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
NO NO NOONONO WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS
NO ONE IS FREE UNTIL WE'RE ALL FREE, AND THAT MEANS FREE FROM SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM GUIDED BY AI HALLUCINATIONS JFC
NO ONE IS FREE UNTIL WE'RE ALL FREE, AND THAT MEANS FREE FROM SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM GUIDED BY AI HALLUCINATIONS JFC
Accidentally dumped my sliced avocado into my coffee instead of onto my toast, AMA
December 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Accidentally dumped my sliced avocado into my coffee instead of onto my toast, AMA
When Mariah Carey sings "Santa Claus won't make me happy / with a toy on Christmas day," it's because the Lelo Dot Vibrator hadn't been invented when the song was written.
November 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
When Mariah Carey sings "Santa Claus won't make me happy / with a toy on Christmas day," it's because the Lelo Dot Vibrator hadn't been invented when the song was written.
What if tariffs are really just edging for Americans
November 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
What if tariffs are really just edging for Americans
"You can use Grok AI to roast your friends!"
Oh yeah well, for my 40th birthday, my 5-year-old gave a Thomas Pynchon novel to a skeleton. Grok could never hurt me like this.
Oh yeah well, for my 40th birthday, my 5-year-old gave a Thomas Pynchon novel to a skeleton. Grok could never hurt me like this.
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"You can use Grok AI to roast your friends!"
Oh yeah well, for my 40th birthday, my 5-year-old gave a Thomas Pynchon novel to a skeleton. Grok could never hurt me like this.
Oh yeah well, for my 40th birthday, my 5-year-old gave a Thomas Pynchon novel to a skeleton. Grok could never hurt me like this.
We're all puppets, Laurie. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings.
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
We're all puppets, Laurie. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings.
I absolutely adore the way that @parkermolloy.com weaves so many multimedia allusions into this incredibly thoughtful interview with the inimitable @jael.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
![It’s the same dynamic that lets strongmen turn governance into spectacle — journalists who know they’re being played but can’t stop themselves from amplifying the performance.
“‘horseglue’ was this little mental game I would play, almost like a tic, like a fidget spinner in my head,” [Holzman] told me.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fjthrnrzobpwxowzfw6kvqtf/bafkreid67kqwmg67k66wly4hjiap36z4sjcmodovukgvqix7utwtcjdngy@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I absolutely adore the way that @parkermolloy.com weaves so many multimedia allusions into this incredibly thoughtful interview with the inimitable @jael.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
Biblical society spread and flourished over "pagan" society as a direct result of colonial violence but sure, let's just ignore that pesky little detail
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Biblical society spread and flourished over "pagan" society as a direct result of colonial violence but sure, let's just ignore that pesky little detail
Wow can't believe that the same major record labels that partly own Spotify would find yet another way to extract resources from actual working musicians.
Bring back the OG Limewire, cowards.
www.reuters.com/business/med...
Bring back the OG Limewire, cowards.
www.reuters.com/business/med...
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Wow can't believe that the same major record labels that partly own Spotify would find yet another way to extract resources from actual working musicians.
Bring back the OG Limewire, cowards.
www.reuters.com/business/med...
Bring back the OG Limewire, cowards.
www.reuters.com/business/med...
New Oxford comma fail meme just dropped
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New Oxford comma fail meme just dropped
"Project Prometheus?" Really, bro?
Does this also mean that we can chain that motherfucker to a rock and let a hungry eagle ravage his body for the next hundred years?
Does this also mean that we can chain that motherfucker to a rock and let a hungry eagle ravage his body for the next hundred years?
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"Project Prometheus?" Really, bro?
Does this also mean that we can chain that motherfucker to a rock and let a hungry eagle ravage his body for the next hundred years?
Does this also mean that we can chain that motherfucker to a rock and let a hungry eagle ravage his body for the next hundred years?
Current mood:
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Current mood:
My "I DEFINITELY DON'T PEPPER SPRAY CHILDREN" t-shirt is raising a lot of questions that are clearly answered by my shirt
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
My "I DEFINITELY DON'T PEPPER SPRAY CHILDREN" t-shirt is raising a lot of questions that are clearly answered by my shirt
"You cease, we fire"
Every god damn time
Every god damn time
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"You cease, we fire"
Every god damn time
Every god damn time
I've dealt with a lot of criticism in my life — as a journalist, as a musician, as a fiction writer, and sure, even as a person.
But man, nothing can prepare you for the crushing sense of hopelessness you feel after your 5-year-old tells you how much your homemade R2-D2 costume sucks.
But man, nothing can prepare you for the crushing sense of hopelessness you feel after your 5-year-old tells you how much your homemade R2-D2 costume sucks.
October 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I've dealt with a lot of criticism in my life — as a journalist, as a musician, as a fiction writer, and sure, even as a person.
But man, nothing can prepare you for the crushing sense of hopelessness you feel after your 5-year-old tells you how much your homemade R2-D2 costume sucks.
But man, nothing can prepare you for the crushing sense of hopelessness you feel after your 5-year-old tells you how much your homemade R2-D2 costume sucks.
The spice must flow ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
October 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The spice must flow ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Captain Marvel about to lose her job with the Avengers
September 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Captain Marvel about to lose her job with the Avengers
Hearing rumors now that Trump plans to designate the Invisibles as as official domestic terror organization, is this true?!
September 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Hearing rumors now that Trump plans to designate the Invisibles as as official domestic terror organization, is this true?!
This sounds like the plot of a Phillip K Dick novel that would haunt me for life
September 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This sounds like the plot of a Phillip K Dick novel that would haunt me for life
🎵 A boring life in a boring town with the same old crowd 🎵 (whoa-oh-ohh!)
www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-count...
www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-count...
September 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🎵 A boring life in a boring town with the same old crowd 🎵 (whoa-oh-ohh!)
www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-count...
www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-count...
T̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶h̶o̶o̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶̶s
T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶u̶l̶l̶e̶t̶s̶ ̶w̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶s̶
T̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶o̶o̶m̶m̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶s
The shooter lived on Danny The Street, a sentient trans/queer street and member of the Doom Patrol
T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶u̶l̶l̶e̶t̶s̶ ̶w̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶s̶
T̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶o̶o̶m̶m̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶s
The shooter lived on Danny The Street, a sentient trans/queer street and member of the Doom Patrol
September 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
T̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶h̶o̶o̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶̶s
T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶u̶l̶l̶e̶t̶s̶ ̶w̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶s̶
T̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶o̶o̶m̶m̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶s
The shooter lived on Danny The Street, a sentient trans/queer street and member of the Doom Patrol
T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶u̶l̶l̶e̶t̶s̶ ̶w̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶s̶
T̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶o̶o̶m̶m̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶s
The shooter lived on Danny The Street, a sentient trans/queer street and member of the Doom Patrol
Can't even trust AI to tell the truth about Dunkin Donuts
September 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Can't even trust AI to tell the truth about Dunkin Donuts
oh COME THE FUCK ON
i know the masks were never on to begin with, but this is a whole new level of blatant butchery.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
i know the masks were never on to begin with, but this is a whole new level of blatant butchery.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
September 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
oh COME THE FUCK ON
i know the masks were never on to begin with, but this is a whole new level of blatant butchery.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
i know the masks were never on to begin with, but this is a whole new level of blatant butchery.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...