The Spike Syndrome
@spikesyndrome.bsky.social
Reading books is helping a bit in this frightening historical place, which Naomi Klein has astutely called The Mirror World. Member of the reality-based community.
Like Republicans talking about how marriage was always “one man and one woman for millennia.”
It was extra-rich coming from Mormon Mitt Romney.
It was extra-rich coming from Mormon Mitt Romney.
November 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Like Republicans talking about how marriage was always “one man and one woman for millennia.”
It was extra-rich coming from Mormon Mitt Romney.
It was extra-rich coming from Mormon Mitt Romney.
I hope there are still Doodles.
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I hope there are still Doodles.
“Drink your milk, Rosemary.”
November 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“Drink your milk, Rosemary.”
Mumblecore was a big cause of this.
November 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Mumblecore was a big cause of this.
It’s hard to pick who will lose first.
November 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It’s hard to pick who will lose first.
Computer says no
November 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Computer says no
The Republican cause, he says.
November 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The Republican cause, he says.
How much time will it take for Quacky McBrainworm to make up crap about this? “Big Soil wants us all eating dirt…”
November 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
How much time will it take for Quacky McBrainworm to make up crap about this? “Big Soil wants us all eating dirt…”
Let’s just call it “cruelpidity.”
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Let’s just call it “cruelpidity.”
Did any these people of the next generation strike you worthy of mentoring as you work out your succession plan? Politics on every level in this Commonwealth and country need bold actin and youth-led innovation.
I say this as one of your constituents.
I say this as one of your constituents.
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Did any these people of the next generation strike you worthy of mentoring as you work out your succession plan? Politics on every level in this Commonwealth and country need bold actin and youth-led innovation.
I say this as one of your constituents.
I say this as one of your constituents.
The Trump government is an unreliable narrator.
November 16, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The Trump government is an unreliable narrator.
"There were expressions in the Democratic Party that suggested all that matters …”
That is some super-passive language. How about “some say” or “It has been said?”
I would name this POV the Power Bottom.
That is some super-passive language. How about “some say” or “It has been said?”
I would name this POV the Power Bottom.
November 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"There were expressions in the Democratic Party that suggested all that matters …”
That is some super-passive language. How about “some say” or “It has been said?”
I would name this POV the Power Bottom.
That is some super-passive language. How about “some say” or “It has been said?”
I would name this POV the Power Bottom.
Surprised she knows the word “phallus.”
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Surprised she knows the word “phallus.”
I have really been missing typewriters lately because they have nothing to do with “The Cloud.”
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I have really been missing typewriters lately because they have nothing to do with “The Cloud.”
When “barely legal” is like being “a little bit pregnant.” I guess once a year we have to re-up our Eff Megan Kelly posts. I don’t think she has much of a soul.
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
When “barely legal” is like being “a little bit pregnant.” I guess once a year we have to re-up our Eff Megan Kelly posts. I don’t think she has much of a soul.
This series has had a lot of episodes.
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This series has had a lot of episodes.
I’m one of your constituents. I wonder if you’d consider mentoring a few younger politicos to maybe run instead of you in the next election? Thank you for your service.
November 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I’m one of your constituents. I wonder if you’d consider mentoring a few younger politicos to maybe run instead of you in the next election? Thank you for your service.
Yeah, I've never understood why the WWII generation's antipathy for younger people has been carried on by subsequent generations. "Rock and Roll isn't MUSIC." Just listen. Leonard Bernstein listened to his daughter's collection.
It's still variations on dismissing the young people out of hand.
It's still variations on dismissing the young people out of hand.
November 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Yeah, I've never understood why the WWII generation's antipathy for younger people has been carried on by subsequent generations. "Rock and Roll isn't MUSIC." Just listen. Leonard Bernstein listened to his daughter's collection.
It's still variations on dismissing the young people out of hand.
It's still variations on dismissing the young people out of hand.
Voice-overs on commercials always say "Ree-sees." But maybe that's special for the US market.
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Voice-overs on commercials always say "Ree-sees." But maybe that's special for the US market.
Stop! Thief! Give me back uh… somebody’s telephone book!
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Stop! Thief! Give me back uh… somebody’s telephone book!
Remind them who this Christ is.
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Remind them who this Christ is.