Talos_XLIV
@talos-xliv.bsky.social
Thinking about how we've come to find ourselves in this mess.
No lists.
No lists.
Edith Piaf and "La Vie en rose" would like a word.
December 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Edith Piaf and "La Vie en rose" would like a word.
I love this post, but couldn't resist. OTOH, this might be some nuanced, dry wit humor. I dunno.
December 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I love this post, but couldn't resist. OTOH, this might be some nuanced, dry wit humor. I dunno.
This guy? Healthy as a horse (on its way to the glue factory).
December 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This guy? Healthy as a horse (on its way to the glue factory).
Never defy Hollywood tropes.
December 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Never defy Hollywood tropes.
Same. So did the Mugato. On the other hand, the Gorn made me laugh, even as a kid.
December 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Same. So did the Mugato. On the other hand, the Gorn made me laugh, even as a kid.
I am definitely a Cream fan;-)
p.s. Now that my two favorite, small batch commercial eggnogs (light on nutmeg-&-cinnamon and heavy on the eggs-&-cream) are no longer produced, I make my own homemade 'nog. Never tried a Tom and Jerry, but would definitely give it a go if presented with one.
p.s. Now that my two favorite, small batch commercial eggnogs (light on nutmeg-&-cinnamon and heavy on the eggs-&-cream) are no longer produced, I make my own homemade 'nog. Never tried a Tom and Jerry, but would definitely give it a go if presented with one.
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I am definitely a Cream fan;-)
p.s. Now that my two favorite, small batch commercial eggnogs (light on nutmeg-&-cinnamon and heavy on the eggs-&-cream) are no longer produced, I make my own homemade 'nog. Never tried a Tom and Jerry, but would definitely give it a go if presented with one.
p.s. Now that my two favorite, small batch commercial eggnogs (light on nutmeg-&-cinnamon and heavy on the eggs-&-cream) are no longer produced, I make my own homemade 'nog. Never tried a Tom and Jerry, but would definitely give it a go if presented with one.
Or the owner of Oasis Breeze Tan and Spa. ("If you need a tan, I'm your man.")
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Or the owner of Oasis Breeze Tan and Spa. ("If you need a tan, I'm your man.")
Further research will be necessary to suss out and irrefutably establish the risk issues assoc'd w/ tattooing, but I've long felt it was eventually going to be the younger gen's equivalent of what smoking became for boomers.
Trading COPD for compromised immune systems? We're our own worst enemy.
Trading COPD for compromised immune systems? We're our own worst enemy.
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Further research will be necessary to suss out and irrefutably establish the risk issues assoc'd w/ tattooing, but I've long felt it was eventually going to be the younger gen's equivalent of what smoking became for boomers.
Trading COPD for compromised immune systems? We're our own worst enemy.
Trading COPD for compromised immune systems? We're our own worst enemy.
"You will be visited by three spirits."
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"You will be visited by three spirits."
Nice usage. (My French is practically non-existent, so I had to look it up.) Gave me new perspective on one of my favorite albums.
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Nice usage. (My French is practically non-existent, so I had to look it up.) Gave me new perspective on one of my favorite albums.
Good story!
What do you figure would be your chances of getting him to autograph this? (Still one of the greatest MLB bloopers of all time.)
What do you figure would be your chances of getting him to autograph this? (Still one of the greatest MLB bloopers of all time.)
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Good story!
What do you figure would be your chances of getting him to autograph this? (Still one of the greatest MLB bloopers of all time.)
What do you figure would be your chances of getting him to autograph this? (Still one of the greatest MLB bloopers of all time.)
Sir, this is a wine bar.
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Sir, this is a wine bar.
Ever since Trump's disgusting behavior towards the female, Bloomberg journalist while on Air Force One was revealed in the news, this one thing has constantly been on my mind.
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Ever since Trump's disgusting behavior towards the female, Bloomberg journalist while on Air Force One was revealed in the news, this one thing has constantly been on my mind.
Sometimes, the bots and trolls just make it too easy. This one just tried to follow me. Goodbye and good luck, Mary.
November 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Sometimes, the bots and trolls just make it too easy. This one just tried to follow me. Goodbye and good luck, Mary.
"He's not a sleeper. I'm not a sleeper."😂
I don't know about Bone Saw, but Trump does most of his sleeping while "working" in the Oval Office. #TheNodFather
I don't know about Bone Saw, but Trump does most of his sleeping while "working" in the Oval Office. #TheNodFather
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"He's not a sleeper. I'm not a sleeper."😂
I don't know about Bone Saw, but Trump does most of his sleeping while "working" in the Oval Office. #TheNodFather
I don't know about Bone Saw, but Trump does most of his sleeping while "working" in the Oval Office. #TheNodFather
They're going to allow Mr. "Everything's A National Security Emergency/Foreign Policy Issue; Here's my E.O." to operate with this? It's his GOOJF card for nearly every travesty he launches.
Who would be involved in crafting this bill's language? Ira, I'm surprised your head didn't explode.
Who would be involved in crafting this bill's language? Ira, I'm surprised your head didn't explode.
![(1) The Attorney general may withhold or redact the segregable portions of records that—
[. . .]
(E) contain information specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and are in fact properly classified pursuant to such Executive order.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pmlg6ikexvucszleh2zcuwhk/bafkreicn6vmiyoylrj3tmmasatipwqkgeh3gzxx4yizwqknjbnl7i2zpbq@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
They're going to allow Mr. "Everything's A National Security Emergency/Foreign Policy Issue; Here's my E.O." to operate with this? It's his GOOJF card for nearly every travesty he launches.
Who would be involved in crafting this bill's language? Ira, I'm surprised your head didn't explode.
Who would be involved in crafting this bill's language? Ira, I'm surprised your head didn't explode.
Thanks to the sophomoric Nuzzi excerpts, I now cannot get this laughably bad film out of my head.
November 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Thanks to the sophomoric Nuzzi excerpts, I now cannot get this laughably bad film out of my head.
A Cruz-Vance debate you say?
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A Cruz-Vance debate you say?
Hey, at least he has that Ghostbusters II appearance on his CV.
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Hey, at least he has that Ghostbusters II appearance on his CV.
And so it goes . . .
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
And so it goes . . .
I'd give it a try, but I've never been a big fan of southern-style banana pudding. (It's just ok for me.) Do love me some Bananas Foster, though.
Enjoy your ice cream!
Enjoy your ice cream!
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I'd give it a try, but I've never been a big fan of southern-style banana pudding. (It's just ok for me.) Do love me some Bananas Foster, though.
Enjoy your ice cream!
Enjoy your ice cream!
This July 2025 Wired article* made a very similar argument re "weaponized interdependence" and pointed to these types of actions being taken by European allies—to the detriment of American power. www.wired.com/story/enshit...
*(Paywalled & no ability to share. Sorry.☹️)
*(Paywalled & no ability to share. Sorry.☹️)
![Ever since Trump retook office in January, in fact, rapid enshittification has become the organizing principle of US statecraft. This time around, Trumpworld understands that—in controlling the infrastructure layer of global finance, technology, and security—it has vast machineries of coercion at its disposal. As Mark Carney, the prime minister of Canada, recently put it, “The United States is beginning to monetize its hegemony.”
So what is an ally to do? Like the individual consumers who are trapped by Google Search or Facebook as the core product deteriorates, many are still learning just how hard it is to exit the network. And like the countless startups that have attempted to create an alternative to Twitter or Facebook over the years—most now forgotten, a few successful—other allies are now desperately scrambling to figure out how to build a network of their own.
[. . .]
European governments and banks often run on cloud computing provided by big US multinationals like Amazon and Microsoft, and leaders on the continent have begun to fear that Trump could choke off EU governments’ access to their own databases. Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, has claimed this scenario is “exceedingly unlikely” and has offered Europeans a “binding commitment” that Microsoft will vigorously contest any efforts by the Trump administration to cut off cloud access, using “all legal avenues available.” But Microsoft has failed to publicly explain its reported denial of email access to the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor. And Smith’s promise may not be enough to ward off Europeans’ fears, to say nothing of the Trump administration’s advances. The European Commission is now in advanced negotiations with a European provider to replace Microsoft’s cloud services, and the Danish government is moving from Microsoft Office to an open source alternative.
Link: https://www.wired.com/story/enshittification-of-american-power/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pmlg6ikexvucszleh2zcuwhk/bafkreid3ikgb6pqttrcqhey7zbdevcqrfai24m5svkihrtk7oo4fnoty6y@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This July 2025 Wired article* made a very similar argument re "weaponized interdependence" and pointed to these types of actions being taken by European allies—to the detriment of American power. www.wired.com/story/enshit...
*(Paywalled & no ability to share. Sorry.☹️)
*(Paywalled & no ability to share. Sorry.☹️)
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I don't know exactly where this one ranks in Trump's personal Pantheon of Ignorance, but it's got to be up there with this April 23, 2020 White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing moment (from the original WH transcript):
I don't know exactly where this one ranks in Trump's personal Pantheon of Ignorance, but it's got to be up there with this April 23, 2020 White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing moment (from the original WH transcript):
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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I don't know exactly where this one ranks in Trump's personal Pantheon of Ignorance, but it's got to be up there with this April 23, 2020 White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing moment (from the original WH transcript):
I don't know exactly where this one ranks in Trump's personal Pantheon of Ignorance, but it's got to be up there with this April 23, 2020 White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing moment (from the original WH transcript):