Pretentious Octo (Jerm)
@pretentiousocto.bsky.social
Jerm; 30; Any-pronoun Andy. Currently in my WALT WHITMAN era.
Album enjoyer, Wikipedia crawler, and working through a comically long reading list.
Ask me about my RYM and my Letterboxd. Ask about books, but not about Goodreads.
Album enjoyer, Wikipedia crawler, and working through a comically long reading list.
Ask me about my RYM and my Letterboxd. Ask about books, but not about Goodreads.
A Joker remake where the cause of his insanity is his inability to be selected as a finalist in The New Yorker's cartoon caption contest
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A Joker remake where the cause of his insanity is his inability to be selected as a finalist in The New Yorker's cartoon caption contest
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
Shuffalo, 1m 12s
Haters will say it's IMPOSSIBLE 🔥
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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/11/17
Haters will say it's IMPOSSIBLE 🔥
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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/11/17
Play Shuffalo: Monday, November 17, 2025
Can you make a longer word with each new letter?
www.newyorker.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Shuffalo, 1m 12s
Haters will say it's IMPOSSIBLE 🔥
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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/11/17
Haters will say it's IMPOSSIBLE 🔥
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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/11/17
Shuffalo, 1m 05s
Not too bad today 😎
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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/11/16
Not too bad today 😎
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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/11/16
Play Shuffalo: Sunday, November 16, 2025
Can you make a longer word with each new letter?
www.newyorker.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Shuffalo, 1m 05s
Not too bad today 😎
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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/11/16
Not too bad today 😎
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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/11/16
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Went to repost this and then depressingly saw it was from 8 months ago. This is still true, and I am now convinced it will remain true until there are successful primary challenges nationwide to the "roll over and play dead" Dems.
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Went to repost this and then depressingly saw it was from 8 months ago. This is still true, and I am now convinced it will remain true until there are successful primary challenges nationwide to the "roll over and play dead" Dems.
Christmastime is the biggest indicator that the marketing industry is creatively bankrupt. Same concepts recycled by different companies every year. Whoa! You guys made a dogshit version of "Carol of the Bells" with the lyrics changed to be about your dogshit product? Pitiful. Embarrassing.
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Christmastime is the biggest indicator that the marketing industry is creatively bankrupt. Same concepts recycled by different companies every year. Whoa! You guys made a dogshit version of "Carol of the Bells" with the lyrics changed to be about your dogshit product? Pitiful. Embarrassing.
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Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
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I have watched as so-called "compromise" positions on transgender people's rights have failed over and over--in statehouses, the Biden White House, and in liberal rhetoric. There is no middle ground acceptable to the politicians, activists, and billionaires obsessed with trans people and our lives.
November 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I have watched as so-called "compromise" positions on transgender people's rights have failed over and over--in statehouses, the Biden White House, and in liberal rhetoric. There is no middle ground acceptable to the politicians, activists, and billionaires obsessed with trans people and our lives.
[making a call on the phone] Yes, hello, the Hague? Can I get a warrant out for whoever wrote the "Calling All Thrillionaires" song?
October 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
[making a call on the phone] Yes, hello, the Hague? Can I get a warrant out for whoever wrote the "Calling All Thrillionaires" song?
"Do you think the end of the world is coming?"
"So says the preacher man... But I don't go by what he says."
"So says the preacher man... But I don't go by what he says."
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IS GOING TO HAPPEN
October 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"Do you think the end of the world is coming?"
"So says the preacher man... But I don't go by what he says."
"So says the preacher man... But I don't go by what he says."
A guy who stands up to give a toast at a wedding that goes: "I thought love was only true in fairly tales: meant for someone else, and not for me..."
September 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
A guy who stands up to give a toast at a wedding that goes: "I thought love was only true in fairly tales: meant for someone else, and not for me..."
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You’re telling me this guy is not a more desirable guy to promote than Gavin Newsom
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
August 22, 2025 at 2:51 AM
You’re telling me this guy is not a more desirable guy to promote than Gavin Newsom
LIFE HACK: If you're enjoying any kind of media, and you can't think of anything to say about it that will make you sound super smart and cool, just mention that it "defies simple genre classification". You can usually milk three paragraphs out of this observation without actually saying anything.
July 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
LIFE HACK: If you're enjoying any kind of media, and you can't think of anything to say about it that will make you sound super smart and cool, just mention that it "defies simple genre classification". You can usually milk three paragraphs out of this observation without actually saying anything.
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Fantasies of Nuremberg
On justice, punishment, and the Earth crying out for vengeance. youtu.be/n9Ay5tzHIBU
On justice, punishment, and the Earth crying out for vengeance. youtu.be/n9Ay5tzHIBU
July 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Fantasies of Nuremberg
On justice, punishment, and the Earth crying out for vengeance. youtu.be/n9Ay5tzHIBU
On justice, punishment, and the Earth crying out for vengeance. youtu.be/n9Ay5tzHIBU
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This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.
I will never, ever vote for Gavin Newsom. Ever, under any circumstances. I don't care if he becomes the Dem nominee, he's still not getting my vote.
On a recent podcast Gavin Newsom tells Shawn Ryan how the Trans sports issue opened the door for him to change his mind on GAC for Trans Youth.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
July 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.
A tip for you film buffs: You can make yourself instantly sound 20 IQ points smarter by claiming "It's a metaphor for cinema itself" any time a movie has a camera in it.
July 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
A tip for you film buffs: You can make yourself instantly sound 20 IQ points smarter by claiming "It's a metaphor for cinema itself" any time a movie has a camera in it.
Pride month again, Piketty baybee!
June 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Pride month again, Piketty baybee!
Trump take xbox
May 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Trump take xbox
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Right now there is clear, overwhelming opposition to Mahmoud Khalil’s abduction across the moderate, liberal, progressive & left spectrum. This kind of loud unity is what authoritarians are afraid of. To keep it up we need every institution & public leader to join the chorus.
March 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Right now there is clear, overwhelming opposition to Mahmoud Khalil’s abduction across the moderate, liberal, progressive & left spectrum. This kind of loud unity is what authoritarians are afraid of. To keep it up we need every institution & public leader to join the chorus.
Did any of the Dems in leadership try leaning over and saying "This is a load of barnacles" to the person next to them? I think that would have really got em good.
March 5, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Did any of the Dems in leadership try leaning over and saying "This is a load of barnacles" to the person next to them? I think that would have really got em good.
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these people are hopeless. i hope they all get tea partied next year
Democratic lawmakers are expected to communicate their opposition to Donald Trump during the president’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday night by color-coordinating.
Democrats Plan to Protest Trump’s Speech by Wearing Pink
Democratic lawmakers are expected to communicate their opposition to Donald Trump during the president’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday night by color-coordinating.
www.thecut.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
these people are hopeless. i hope they all get tea partied next year
Live-skying Pt 3 now of The Beatles: Get Back as I drink with my bf for his birthday. Apologies for missing Pt. 2, I was simply too captivated. 🫡
March 4, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Live-skying Pt 3 now of The Beatles: Get Back as I drink with my bf for his birthday. Apologies for missing Pt. 2, I was simply too captivated. 🫡
YESSSSS THIS GR8 I LOVE KING GIZZ ❤️❤️❤️❤️💕💖
Designed a poster for King Gizzard and The Wizard Lizard for upcoming shows this summer in NYC. 3 hour marathon set from the Gizz! #showposter #design #art
March 2, 2025 at 7:19 AM
YESSSSS THIS GR8 I LOVE KING GIZZ ❤️❤️❤️❤️💕💖
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Designed a poster for King Gizzard and The Wizard Lizard for upcoming shows this summer in NYC. 3 hour marathon set from the Gizz! #showposter #design #art
May 21, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Designed a poster for King Gizzard and The Wizard Lizard for upcoming shows this summer in NYC. 3 hour marathon set from the Gizz! #showposter #design #art