Ess Dub
@swilkes.bsky.social
“I would prefer not to.” Oddities, commentary, notions, plants.
This should be the final word on Epstein and his typing. It’s not that he didn’t know spelling and grammar; it’s that he believed that everyone else on earth was beneath him. He and Trump were pals because they matched in their titanic narcissism.
Several factors can flow into this: age, gender, class, personal familiarity — but ultimately it’s about power. Do you need to worry about making a good impression on this person or not
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This should be the final word on Epstein and his typing. It’s not that he didn’t know spelling and grammar; it’s that he believed that everyone else on earth was beneath him. He and Trump were pals because they matched in their titanic narcissism.
FUCK.
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
FUCK.
Having my morning coffee with a little cardamom in honor of Mayor-Elect Mr. Cardamom. Congratulations NYC!
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Having my morning coffee with a little cardamom in honor of Mayor-Elect Mr. Cardamom. Congratulations NYC!
No-recipe minestrone:
1. sauté in olive oil onions, garlic until soft
2. add any combo of these: diced bell pepper, leek, carrot, celery, cabbage, potato, other long-cooking veg, sauté until soft
3. add one of the these (optional): diced pancetta, sausage (veg or meat), salami, sauté /1
1. sauté in olive oil onions, garlic until soft
2. add any combo of these: diced bell pepper, leek, carrot, celery, cabbage, potato, other long-cooking veg, sauté until soft
3. add one of the these (optional): diced pancetta, sausage (veg or meat), salami, sauté /1
IT IS TIME FOR BLUESKY RECIPE POSTING
do you have a cheap, healthy, low-cost recipe? post it here! or quote tweet this post. or dunk on me for something I don't care just post easy meals that people can make right now.
do you have a cheap, healthy, low-cost recipe? post it here! or quote tweet this post. or dunk on me for something I don't care just post easy meals that people can make right now.
November 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
No-recipe minestrone:
1. sauté in olive oil onions, garlic until soft
2. add any combo of these: diced bell pepper, leek, carrot, celery, cabbage, potato, other long-cooking veg, sauté until soft
3. add one of the these (optional): diced pancetta, sausage (veg or meat), salami, sauté /1
1. sauté in olive oil onions, garlic until soft
2. add any combo of these: diced bell pepper, leek, carrot, celery, cabbage, potato, other long-cooking veg, sauté until soft
3. add one of the these (optional): diced pancetta, sausage (veg or meat), salami, sauté /1
TIL Curtis Sliwa got caught cheating in a matzoh ball eating contest. TIL also that it is possible to cheat in a matzoh ball eating contest.
Was honored to help @chana.bsky.social edit this deep dive compilation of Curtis Sliwa lore gathered over weeks. There is so much jaw-dropping material, we simply could not bear to make it shorter than 76 slides.
I’m sorry but you still don’t know enough about Curtis Sliwa
I’m sorry but you still don’t know enough about Curtis Sliwa
docs.google.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
TIL Curtis Sliwa got caught cheating in a matzoh ball eating contest. TIL also that it is possible to cheat in a matzoh ball eating contest.
Enough of them realized that this country would collapse in hours if the price of coffee went too high.
🚨 The Senate votes 52-48 to overturn President Trump's 50 percent tariffs on Brazil. 5 GOP Senators break ranks to vote against Trump: Collins ME, McConnell KY, Murkowski AK, Paul KY, and Tillis NC.
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Enough of them realized that this country would collapse in hours if the price of coffee went too high.
Genuinely the moment in US (and to a significant extent, world) history in my own lifetime where shit went deeply, deeply wrong. If you believe, as I do, that a Gore admin would’ve likely prevented 9/11, then even more so.
[kicks in door, screaming] BUSH V GORE
October 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Genuinely the moment in US (and to a significant extent, world) history in my own lifetime where shit went deeply, deeply wrong. If you believe, as I do, that a Gore admin would’ve likely prevented 9/11, then even more so.
I’m a bucatini hater. I like short tube pasta, but long tube? The sauce can’t get in there, so what’s the point?
a second day of the same discourse? no. no thank you.
instead I need you to name your least favorite pasta shape
instead I need you to name your least favorite pasta shape
October 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’m a bucatini hater. I like short tube pasta, but long tube? The sauce can’t get in there, so what’s the point?
I’m gonna have to break with the dictionary here and insist that “butt naked” is is own thing, and legit.
Not to be THAT dictionary, but…
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
October 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I’m gonna have to break with the dictionary here and insist that “butt naked” is is own thing, and legit.
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There are no kings in America, except the several restaurants around the country named Pho King. 🍜
There are no kings in America except Abe Froman, the Sausage King of Chicago.
See some of you out and about around town this weekend.
See some of you out and about around town this weekend.
June 14, 2025 at 5:05 AM
There are no kings in America, except the several restaurants around the country named Pho King. 🍜
Literally in 2004 I witnessed the University of Washington’s College Republicans holding an “Affirmative Action Bakesale” in front of the student union building, where I was working at the time. They have, in fact, always been like this.
"they've always been like this" is always a tempting savvy take but it is just not true that Republican staffers were 100 percent open Nazis back in 2004, or hell even 2014. they just weren't
there have been a lot of responses to this arguing that young Republicans were motivated by such feelings but didn't express them openly
and I think a crucial lesson of the Trump era is that there is great value in people not expressing these things openly! that's a big and decisive change!
and I think a crucial lesson of the Trump era is that there is great value in people not expressing these things openly! that's a big and decisive change!
October 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Literally in 2004 I witnessed the University of Washington’s College Republicans holding an “Affirmative Action Bakesale” in front of the student union building, where I was working at the time. They have, in fact, always been like this.
Reposting for next weekend’s No Kings day.
There are no kings in America, except the several restaurants around the country named Pho King. 🍜
There are no kings in America except Abe Froman, the Sausage King of Chicago.
See some of you out and about around town this weekend.
See some of you out and about around town this weekend.
October 14, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Reposting for next weekend’s No Kings day.
Both “Andventures in Babysitting” and “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle” are films based on Homer’s The Odyssey.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Both “Andventures in Babysitting” and “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle” are films based on Homer’s The Odyssey.
My favorites of these elsewhere are Houston St. in NYC and Couch St. in Portland.
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
My favorites of these elsewhere are Houston St. in NYC and Couch St. in Portland.
Puyallup, Sequim, geoduck, and sometimes Puget.
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Puyallup, Sequim, geoduck, and sometimes Puget.
I got a pic of my grandmother’s high school yearbook photo and senior bio from a complete stranger on twitter whose grandfather was in the same class. That was nice.
Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?
October 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I got a pic of my grandmother’s high school yearbook photo and senior bio from a complete stranger on twitter whose grandfather was in the same class. That was nice.
Go dawgs! (most of) the kids are all right. 💜💛
Wow, the University of Washington's Psych 201 class does *not* play
go fuckin Huskies
Nazi UW students fuck off
go fuckin Huskies
Nazi UW students fuck off
October 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Go dawgs! (most of) the kids are all right. 💜💛
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Gen X was right about sellouts
US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’
US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’
Usual supporters of free speech are under fire for signing on to Riyadh festival despite the government’s human rights abuses
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Gen X was right about sellouts
I’m firmly team text. I will not watch a video on my phone to receive information (I’ll watch a vid for entertainment sometimes). I wish accessibility enthusiasts on this site were as ardent about including subtitles in videos as they are about alt text for pics.
The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
September 30, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I’m firmly team text. I will not watch a video on my phone to receive information (I’ll watch a vid for entertainment sometimes). I wish accessibility enthusiasts on this site were as ardent about including subtitles in videos as they are about alt text for pics.
Apparently I have Thoughts about the existence of Peanuts-themed Clue.
Peppermint Patty has it in her, but lacks the executive function to follow through with it. She’d enlist Marcie, but Clue rules don’t allow conspiracy. Lucy is openly homicidal, but would do it with her bare hands, obviating a critical component of the Clue game.
September 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Apparently I have Thoughts about the existence of Peanuts-themed Clue.
Why does Andreesen’s head look pointier with each successive photo of him I see?
Oh, rest assured, in the hands of oligarchs Ellison and Andreessen, the new algorithm will be 100% FASCIST.
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September 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Why does Andreesen’s head look pointier with each successive photo of him I see?
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I don't think pointing out the fascists' 'hypocrisy' is a good use of time. It's not hypocrisy, it's hierarchy. They actually do believe that they have the right and obligation to dominate you because they are superior to you. They are using their power not being hypocritical.
September 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I don't think pointing out the fascists' 'hypocrisy' is a good use of time. It's not hypocrisy, it's hierarchy. They actually do believe that they have the right and obligation to dominate you because they are superior to you. They are using their power not being hypocritical.
D is my obvious choice. What’s challenging about this map is the choice to split Italy into 3 sectors.
For the rest of your life, you can only eat food from one of these regions. Which do you choose?
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September 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
D is my obvious choice. What’s challenging about this map is the choice to split Italy into 3 sectors.
Hey Bay area: hire Dyna!
I need work, preferably in the San Francisco Bay area.
I'm an experienced graphic designer/art director. I can draw fairly competently. I write better than average and have written 2 professionally published books. Good storyteller, know some celebrity gossip. Not stupid
I could break rocks, too.
I'm an experienced graphic designer/art director. I can draw fairly competently. I write better than average and have written 2 professionally published books. Good storyteller, know some celebrity gossip. Not stupid
I could break rocks, too.
September 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Hey Bay area: hire Dyna!