a sodding man
@sodzilla.bsky.social
Watcher of films and TV. Reader of books. Player of games. Drinker of teas. Spent nearly 20 years in America but bailed after 2024. Rather worried about those I left behind and spend far too much of my free time staring at the car crash that is the US gov.
Reposted by a sodding man
"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
December 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
Seems a generous take, really. Hard to say if this will change anything on the ground, but it will continue to erode what little coherency remains in American law. The more convoluted, confusing, and contradictory the rulings across cases and courts, the more fascists have loopholes to exploit.
Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand.
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
December 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Seems a generous take, really. Hard to say if this will change anything on the ground, but it will continue to erode what little coherency remains in American law. The more convoluted, confusing, and contradictory the rulings across cases and courts, the more fascists have loopholes to exploit.
Excellent news for Washingtonians.
BREAKING: I support a Millionaires’ Tax on income over $1 million a year.
The fairness of our tax system ranks 50th. Let’s make this historic change this session.
This is a separate proposal from the budget I announced today — revenue would not be realized until 2029.
The fairness of our tax system ranks 50th. Let’s make this historic change this session.
This is a separate proposal from the budget I announced today — revenue would not be realized until 2029.
December 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Excellent news for Washingtonians.
December 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Reposted by a sodding man
"this could have been slop, but it's not" is rapidly becoming a surefire signifier of premium-ness
Porsche reportedly created their new ad without using any AI.
December 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"this could have been slop, but it's not" is rapidly becoming a surefire signifier of premium-ness
Reposted by a sodding man
I like to imagine that there is a rivalry between two top ham-sniffers: one, a meticulous keeper of precise traditions, the other a brash bad-boy with a colossal nose.
July 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I like to imagine that there is a rivalry between two top ham-sniffers: one, a meticulous keeper of precise traditions, the other a brash bad-boy with a colossal nose.
Reposted by a sodding man
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
www.404media.co
December 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
Reposted by a sodding man
Bari Weiss lied in her memo. She said segment didn't report administration's legal justification (it does in the very first sentence) and didn't say how many detainees had been charged with crimes as opposed to just those who were convicted (it does). www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Bari Weiss lied in her memo. She said segment didn't report administration's legal justification (it does in the very first sentence) and didn't say how many detainees had been charged with crimes as opposed to just those who were convicted (it does). www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
Reposted by a sodding man
There is a tremendous opportunity for a brand new generation of media outlets to rise up right now because many news outlets that spent decades painstakingly building their credibility are seeing it torched by bootlickers with incredible speed.
December 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
There is a tremendous opportunity for a brand new generation of media outlets to rise up right now because many news outlets that spent decades painstakingly building their credibility are seeing it torched by bootlickers with incredible speed.
People should keep complaining. The best sources featuring the best journalists are paywalled. The worst "sources" featuring the worst "journalists" are free. New media cannot be run like traditional media without the methods contributing to ignorance and fascism.
[preparing to get screamed at] I think I officially don’t need to know if you’re mad that an article is paywalled. Perhaps that can be an Inside Thought
December 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
People should keep complaining. The best sources featuring the best journalists are paywalled. The worst "sources" featuring the worst "journalists" are free. New media cannot be run like traditional media without the methods contributing to ignorance and fascism.
Reposted by a sodding man
Just FYI in case anyone's interested, when you put a bunch of emojis after your screen name it makes it unnecessarily challenging for people who use screen readers to read your posts and follow you. The screen reader will read out every single emoji description every time you pop up in their feed.
December 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Just FYI in case anyone's interested, when you put a bunch of emojis after your screen name it makes it unnecessarily challenging for people who use screen readers to read your posts and follow you. The screen reader will read out every single emoji description every time you pop up in their feed.
Reposted by a sodding man
Hockey Players Blast ‘Heated Rivalry’ For Unrealistic Depiction Of Anal Sex
Hockey Players Blast ‘Heated Rivalry’ For Unrealistic Depiction Of Anal Sex
TORONTO—Accusing the HBO drama of egregiously misrepresenting their experiences off the ice, the National Hockey League Players’ Association blasted Heated Rivalry Friday for what it described as incr...
theonion.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Hockey Players Blast ‘Heated Rivalry’ For Unrealistic Depiction Of Anal Sex
Reposted by a sodding man
To be blunt, repaving highways by putting Washington $3 billion in debt rather than raising taxes on the wealthy is irresponsible.
To be blunt, the state has neglected its core transportation infrastructure for too long.
Today, I announced that I'm proposing $2.1 billion, the largest investment in 2 decades, for preservation and maintenance of our roads and bridges. This is being done without raising taxes.
Today, I announced that I'm proposing $2.1 billion, the largest investment in 2 decades, for preservation and maintenance of our roads and bridges. This is being done without raising taxes.
December 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
To be blunt, repaving highways by putting Washington $3 billion in debt rather than raising taxes on the wealthy is irresponsible.
Reposted by a sodding man
Reposted by a sodding man
there is no way this movie can lie to you more than the phrase "cbs news and the free press present things that matter" already has
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
there is no way this movie can lie to you more than the phrase "cbs news and the free press present things that matter" already has
The Yanks are eating up Mitt Romney's rubbish. He doesn't like, agree with, or care about you! He is saying "tax the rich" at a time when he can be most assured the rich will not only not be taxed but have even more wealth redistributed to them.
They fall for this kind of thing at least once year.
They fall for this kind of thing at least once year.
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Yanks are eating up Mitt Romney's rubbish. He doesn't like, agree with, or care about you! He is saying "tax the rich" at a time when he can be most assured the rich will not only not be taxed but have even more wealth redistributed to them.
They fall for this kind of thing at least once year.
They fall for this kind of thing at least once year.
Reposted by a sodding man
haven't seen ms patti posted here yet this season, place needs work www.youtube.com/watch?v=z84Q...
Patti LaBelle- Where My Background Singers?
YouTube video by Ryan Bloomquist
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
haven't seen ms patti posted here yet this season, place needs work www.youtube.com/watch?v=z84Q...
I reckon @propublica.org will and SHOULD lose their extremely talented journos if they won't treat them and their readers with the bare minimum of respect.
I've been a regular donor for a while. Can't see myself continuing if they're going to embrace AI.
I've been a regular donor for a while. Can't see myself continuing if they're going to embrace AI.
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I reckon @propublica.org will and SHOULD lose their extremely talented journos if they won't treat them and their readers with the bare minimum of respect.
I've been a regular donor for a while. Can't see myself continuing if they're going to embrace AI.
I've been a regular donor for a while. Can't see myself continuing if they're going to embrace AI.
Reposted by a sodding man
Everyone is understandably sharing the Miller quote, but I found this response from photographer Christopher Anderson to be notable, too.
December 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Everyone is understandably sharing the Miller quote, but I found this response from photographer Christopher Anderson to be notable, too.
I lived in Seattle before leaving America because of the orange imbecile. I liked Inslee and Ferguson, but Washington's unwillingness to tax its rich will be its undoing when the GOP is going to laugh off at least 50% of blue states' aid requests.
We're working on a Major Disaster Declaration to unlock significant financial resources from the federal government for individuals, local governments, and the state.
We will make a very compelling case for disaster relief for this historic flooding.
We will make a very compelling case for disaster relief for this historic flooding.
December 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I lived in Seattle before leaving America because of the orange imbecile. I liked Inslee and Ferguson, but Washington's unwillingness to tax its rich will be its undoing when the GOP is going to laugh off at least 50% of blue states' aid requests.
The cruelty is the point.
December 17, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The cruelty is the point.
Reposted by a sodding man
Some thoughts on Mozilla's trajectory and Waterfox's stance on AI in the browser 👇
www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-h...
www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-h...
No AI* Here - A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter - Waterfox Blog
Mozilla's pivot to AI-first browsing raises fundamental questions about what a browser should be. While ML tools like local translation offer real utility, LLMs are opaque black boxes. Waterfox won't ...
www.waterfox.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Some thoughts on Mozilla's trajectory and Waterfox's stance on AI in the browser 👇
www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-h...
www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-h...
Reposted by a sodding man
A trainer at the gym told me that one of his clients in tech (very Seattle story) was frantically asking him what AI might be good for at the gym. Real “We have to make this thing happen, what is it for???” vibes.
December 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
A trainer at the gym told me that one of his clients in tech (very Seattle story) was frantically asking him what AI might be good for at the gym. Real “We have to make this thing happen, what is it for???” vibes.