Rusty Idols
@rustyidols.bsky.social
Canadian former Journalist, former union activist and lobbyist. He/Him. Refugee from the bad place.
The most unstable and politically violent period in recent Canadian history was 1967 to 1972 when Canada was at its whitest and least diverse.
High immigration and changing demographics have made Canada MORE stable than it used to be.
High immigration and changing demographics have made Canada MORE stable than it used to be.
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The most unstable and politically violent period in recent Canadian history was 1967 to 1972 when Canada was at its whitest and least diverse.
High immigration and changing demographics have made Canada MORE stable than it used to be.
High immigration and changing demographics have made Canada MORE stable than it used to be.
DOCTOR: It's a Liebermann laser. Fires charged particles along a laser beam. Don't ever play with strange weapons, Leela.
LEELA: No, Doctor.
DOCTOR: And switch the safety catch off.
LEELA: Yes, Doctor.
LEELA: No, Doctor.
DOCTOR: And switch the safety catch off.
LEELA: Yes, Doctor.
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
DOCTOR: It's a Liebermann laser. Fires charged particles along a laser beam. Don't ever play with strange weapons, Leela.
LEELA: No, Doctor.
DOCTOR: And switch the safety catch off.
LEELA: Yes, Doctor.
LEELA: No, Doctor.
DOCTOR: And switch the safety catch off.
LEELA: Yes, Doctor.
I was expecting a supernatural horror à la Stephen King since the title seemed to slyly evoke not 1, but 2 King stories. Instead it's a bloody generational horror explicitly about MAGA.
I suspect horror about a generation of Americans going stark staring mad will proliferate in the years to come.
I suspect horror about a generation of Americans going stark staring mad will proliferate in the years to come.
October 31, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I was expecting a supernatural horror à la Stephen King since the title seemed to slyly evoke not 1, but 2 King stories. Instead it's a bloody generational horror explicitly about MAGA.
I suspect horror about a generation of Americans going stark staring mad will proliferate in the years to come.
I suspect horror about a generation of Americans going stark staring mad will proliferate in the years to come.
This was a great book. I had to force myself to stop reading and go to bed last night and I had to finish it this morning before work.
October 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This was a great book. I had to force myself to stop reading and go to bed last night and I had to finish it this morning before work.
Trying to get back to my chain-smoking reading habits of my teens and 20s. I just finished House of Open Wounds and since I liked Starving Saints a lot I'm starting another by Caitlin Starling.
October 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Trying to get back to my chain-smoking reading habits of my teens and 20s. I just finished House of Open Wounds and since I liked Starving Saints a lot I'm starting another by Caitlin Starling.
Enjoying book 2 of the Tyrant Philosophers by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
Imagine if Terry Pratchett had tried his hand at Grimdark fantasy. The wry humour is still there just under several layers of blood and gore.
Imagine if Terry Pratchett had tried his hand at Grimdark fantasy. The wry humour is still there just under several layers of blood and gore.
October 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Enjoying book 2 of the Tyrant Philosophers by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
Imagine if Terry Pratchett had tried his hand at Grimdark fantasy. The wry humour is still there just under several layers of blood and gore.
Imagine if Terry Pratchett had tried his hand at Grimdark fantasy. The wry humour is still there just under several layers of blood and gore.
Even before Echolands JH Williams was being playful with the idea of different characters being drawn in different artist's styles. In the Morrison Batman story The Black Glove one character seems to be drawn in the style of Howard Chaykin and another in that of Dave Gibbons.
October 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Even before Echolands JH Williams was being playful with the idea of different characters being drawn in different artist's styles. In the Morrison Batman story The Black Glove one character seems to be drawn in the style of Howard Chaykin and another in that of Dave Gibbons.
The entire internet, left and right, in response to the supposed chat exchange between the shooter and their roommate:
September 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The entire internet, left and right, in response to the supposed chat exchange between the shooter and their roommate:
So not transgender.
Not Muslim.
Not Black.
Not a leftist.
A terminally online groyper, a group of Nazis actively at war with Charlie Kirk for not being right wing enough.
Not Muslim.
Not Black.
Not a leftist.
A terminally online groyper, a group of Nazis actively at war with Charlie Kirk for not being right wing enough.
September 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
So not transgender.
Not Muslim.
Not Black.
Not a leftist.
A terminally online groyper, a group of Nazis actively at war with Charlie Kirk for not being right wing enough.
Not Muslim.
Not Black.
Not a leftist.
A terminally online groyper, a group of Nazis actively at war with Charlie Kirk for not being right wing enough.
That sinking feeling, Republicans, is the dawning realization that he's going to turn out to be a far right loon who thought Charlie Kirk wasn't right wing enough.
September 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
That sinking feeling, Republicans, is the dawning realization that he's going to turn out to be a far right loon who thought Charlie Kirk wasn't right wing enough.
I have empathy for Charlie Kirk's widow and children despite the fact that Charlie Kirk didn't think I should.
September 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I have empathy for Charlie Kirk's widow and children despite the fact that Charlie Kirk didn't think I should.
I got a good deal on a big stack of better than decent reading copies of gigantic Marvel Treasury editions, some I had read as a child.
Nostalgic fun and easier on old eyes.
Nostalgic fun and easier on old eyes.
September 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I got a good deal on a big stack of better than decent reading copies of gigantic Marvel Treasury editions, some I had read as a child.
Nostalgic fun and easier on old eyes.
Nostalgic fun and easier on old eyes.
'Never again means never again for anyone' has now been decreed a viciously antisemitic slogan.
September 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
'Never again means never again for anyone' has now been decreed a viciously antisemitic slogan.
The LA Holocaust Museum APOLOGIZED for posting this because it could be construed to mean don't mass murder Palestinians.
September 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The LA Holocaust Museum APOLOGIZED for posting this because it could be construed to mean don't mass murder Palestinians.
Rob Liefeld drew the DC comics character Slade Wilson, Deathstroke, coloured his costume red and black instead of blue and yellow and called him Wade Wilson, Deadpool.
Joe Kelly created the wisecracking, fourth wall breaking character that captured fandom.
Joe Kelly created the wisecracking, fourth wall breaking character that captured fandom.
September 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Rob Liefeld drew the DC comics character Slade Wilson, Deathstroke, coloured his costume red and black instead of blue and yellow and called him Wade Wilson, Deadpool.
Joe Kelly created the wisecracking, fourth wall breaking character that captured fandom.
Joe Kelly created the wisecracking, fourth wall breaking character that captured fandom.
And as for the MAGA self satisfied talking point 'You'd starve without us!'...
August 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
And as for the MAGA self satisfied talking point 'You'd starve without us!'...
Basically, yeah.
There's a reason Capaldi is the doctor I identify with the most.
There's a reason Capaldi is the doctor I identify with the most.
August 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Basically, yeah.
There's a reason Capaldi is the doctor I identify with the most.
There's a reason Capaldi is the doctor I identify with the most.