Ian McShane MacGowan
@schwajohn.bsky.social
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aka schwa @ cockos.
aka schwa @ cockos.
back up. Paul Michael Glaser?!
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
back up. Paul Michael Glaser?!
Clout-seeking bullshit feels like the right winning because it goads allies into punching left. Also please consider Ian McShane MacGowan's rule of social media: most people are not actual humans acting in good faith.
November 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Clout-seeking bullshit feels like the right winning because it goads allies into punching left. Also please consider Ian McShane MacGowan's rule of social media: most people are not actual humans acting in good faith.
everybody is already heartsplaining but I'll go with 'ventricular tachycardia' as what was actually meant here.
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
everybody is already heartsplaining but I'll go with 'ventricular tachycardia' as what was actually meant here.
you'd have two nickels, which isn't much, but it's weird that it happened twice?
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
you'd have two nickels, which isn't much, but it's weird that it happened twice?
related: in The Honeymooners, when Alice feels bad for Ralph, she often tries to cheer him up by making him coffee with an egg in it.
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
related: in The Honeymooners, when Alice feels bad for Ralph, she often tries to cheer him up by making him coffee with an egg in it.
I legitimately wonder how many people absorb this background-level news and later remember having received a check!
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I legitimately wonder how many people absorb this background-level news and later remember having received a check!
rod taylor giving strong bruce campbell vibes here!
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
rod taylor giving strong bruce campbell vibes here!
"phillip k dick, but stupid" describes everything now
November 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"phillip k dick, but stupid" describes everything now
Have you looked at whether individual outcomes are less correlated with the top of the ticket in states that already have fusion voting, like New York? As a NY voter, my personal experience has been that candidate outperformance has vanished here just as much as everywhere else.
November 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Have you looked at whether individual outcomes are less correlated with the top of the ticket in states that already have fusion voting, like New York? As a NY voter, my personal experience has been that candidate outperformance has vanished here just as much as everywhere else.
This is public information. There are over 2,000 NYC employees who make more than Eric Adams.
www.seethroughny.net/payrolls/389...
www.seethroughny.net/payrolls/389...
SeeThroughNY :: Payrolls
The Payrolls section provides a database of names, positions, salaries and/or total earnings for individuals who have been employed by New York State, New York City, state and regional public authorit...
www.seethroughny.net
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is public information. There are over 2,000 NYC employees who make more than Eric Adams.
www.seethroughny.net/payrolls/389...
www.seethroughny.net/payrolls/389...
This is public information. There are over 2,000 NYC employees who make more than Eric Adams.
www.seethroughny.net/payrolls/389...
www.seethroughny.net/payrolls/389...
SeeThroughNY :: Payrolls
The Payrolls section provides a database of names, positions, salaries and/or total earnings for individuals who have been employed by New York State, New York City, state and regional public authorit...
www.seethroughny.net
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is public information. There are over 2,000 NYC employees who make more than Eric Adams.
www.seethroughny.net/payrolls/389...
www.seethroughny.net/payrolls/389...
you had that one in the chamber, admit it
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
you had that one in the chamber, admit it
I'm just gonna delete all of this and get on with my halloween. enjoy your evening.
October 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I'm just gonna delete all of this and get on with my halloween. enjoy your evening.
For end to end classic moments, gotta go with kang/kodos as clinton/dole.
October 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
For end to end classic moments, gotta go with kang/kodos as clinton/dole.
Who would win in a fight between anne trubek's uber driver and thomas friedman's cabbie?
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Who would win in a fight between anne trubek's uber driver and thomas friedman's cabbie?
I recall a college professor tentatively offering the idea that Shakespeare was spontaneously generated as a requirement of the Elizabethan theater. 15 or so years after the first permanent theaters opened in London, Shakespeare simply appeared.
October 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I recall a college professor tentatively offering the idea that Shakespeare was spontaneously generated as a requirement of the Elizabethan theater. 15 or so years after the first permanent theaters opened in London, Shakespeare simply appeared.
encampments:
homeless => bulldoze
pro-palestine => arrest
techbro => idolize
homeless => bulldoze
pro-palestine => arrest
techbro => idolize
October 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
encampments:
homeless => bulldoze
pro-palestine => arrest
techbro => idolize
homeless => bulldoze
pro-palestine => arrest
techbro => idolize
[int. Central Perk]
Phoebe: HEY YOU GUYS!
Phoebe: HEY YOU GUYS!
October 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
[int. Central Perk]
Phoebe: HEY YOU GUYS!
Phoebe: HEY YOU GUYS!
I spent all day with this line in my head, verbatim, but only just now remembered what it was from. Golden age Mad Magazine!
October 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I spent all day with this line in my head, verbatim, but only just now remembered what it was from. Golden age Mad Magazine!
And then Maslin went on to pan the film. She hated it!
October 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
And then Maslin went on to pan the film. She hated it!
absolutely 100%! for me a trigger phrase is a character saying "word is" or "they say," which has never occurred in the history of real humans talking to each other. Time to move on the the next book in the list.
October 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
absolutely 100%! for me a trigger phrase is a character saying "word is" or "they say," which has never occurred in the history of real humans talking to each other. Time to move on the the next book in the list.
a kid I knew in high school gave himself a ballpoint pen tattoo that said "idiot." after high school he got it lasered off, which left a scar that said "idiot."
October 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
a kid I knew in high school gave himself a ballpoint pen tattoo that said "idiot." after high school he got it lasered off, which left a scar that said "idiot."