the mjl (michael j leblanc)
@themjl.bsky.social
Engineer. Musician. Wily Chaote. Full-Stack Acerbic Humanist.
Bandcamp: https://thebellmechanical.bandcamp.com/
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/the_bell_mechanical
Musings: https://nopeanutsinchurch.com/
Middle of Massachusetts. USENET refugee.
Bandcamp: https://thebellmechanical.bandcamp.com/
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/the_bell_mechanical
Musings: https://nopeanutsinchurch.com/
Middle of Massachusetts. USENET refugee.
Insert the "HE ADMIT IT!" GIF, here.
Blockity Block!
Blockity Block!
October 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Insert the "HE ADMIT IT!" GIF, here.
Blockity Block!
Blockity Block!
Brand New GuyBro, Same Old Subtext...🤷♂️
October 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Brand New GuyBro, Same Old Subtext...🤷♂️
It occurred to me that I had never ACTUALLY READ this book. (Just never had it assigned, tbh). Animal Farm, yes. But not this one.
Time to correct this.
(eBay is your friend!)
Time to correct this.
(eBay is your friend!)
October 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It occurred to me that I had never ACTUALLY READ this book. (Just never had it assigned, tbh). Animal Farm, yes. But not this one.
Time to correct this.
(eBay is your friend!)
Time to correct this.
(eBay is your friend!)
Also... Portland is one of the few major cities that's still more than 2/3rds White.
If they're trying to get the Normie-Americans on their side? Probably not the best choice of locale.
If they're trying to get the Normie-Americans on their side? Probably not the best choice of locale.
October 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Also... Portland is one of the few major cities that's still more than 2/3rds White.
If they're trying to get the Normie-Americans on their side? Probably not the best choice of locale.
If they're trying to get the Normie-Americans on their side? Probably not the best choice of locale.
I semi-randomly searched a specific track of mine I know is out there. Just to see what AI would do to a tiny little data point like yours-truly.
This was google-ai's summary:
(I am... not Israeli. And there's only one of me, last time I checked).
AI apocalypse. Still cancelled...? 😂
This was google-ai's summary:
(I am... not Israeli. And there's only one of me, last time I checked).
AI apocalypse. Still cancelled...? 😂
October 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I semi-randomly searched a specific track of mine I know is out there. Just to see what AI would do to a tiny little data point like yours-truly.
This was google-ai's summary:
(I am... not Israeli. And there's only one of me, last time I checked).
AI apocalypse. Still cancelled...? 😂
This was google-ai's summary:
(I am... not Israeli. And there's only one of me, last time I checked).
AI apocalypse. Still cancelled...? 😂
actual footage from inside Bari Weiss' head...
October 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
actual footage from inside Bari Weiss' head...
DAYUM.
Even Ars Technica has fallen...🤷♂️
Even Ars Technica has fallen...🤷♂️
![An ars technica reply, criticizing US vs CH space policy. IMO, anodyne claims. Are my claims valid? Invalid? We shall never know. Nobody engaged them, one way or the other. But 15 cowards had their feelings hurt. Here's the text: "The saddest part is that this is a Cultural issue, not really a technological one: The USA is run by Private Equity, now. US access to Space has essentially been totally privatized.
We're already at the point where NOBODY in the US gets access to space, now, w/o paying at least one Billionaire his Toll. I'm just barely old enough to remember the tail end of "the Golden Age of Space" (1969-1975), and this definitely wasn't The Vision, back then.
[Folks: "Dune" was meant as a cautionary tale. Not an instruction manual.]
Meanwhile, China, a country run by Engineers, has no such restriction. The govt does as it pleases, when it pleases. No Billionaires, required.
Barring some MASSIVE changes in the US, very soon, the next words spoken from the Moon are almost certain to be Mandarin... ¯\(ツ)/¯"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gatichkowq5mzjkdkkg6k54q/bafkreif6k4p3w6l76kzq447iswwfg2ojeoirtxoml6fxi2gnhmwh5tez6u@jpeg)
October 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
DAYUM.
Even Ars Technica has fallen...🤷♂️
Even Ars Technica has fallen...🤷♂️
Drudge (of all people!) understands the assignment...
September 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Drudge (of all people!) understands the assignment...
Um, Er… this painting. Guy looks kinda familiar.
Is this film Prophecy? 😂😬🤷♂️
Is this film Prophecy? 😂😬🤷♂️
September 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Um, Er… this painting. Guy looks kinda familiar.
Is this film Prophecy? 😂😬🤷♂️
Is this film Prophecy? 😂😬🤷♂️
actually, I must update this. maybe 15% of my personal feed is marked like this one:
September 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
actually, I must update this. maybe 15% of my personal feed is marked like this one:
oops... found it!
maybe 1 in 6 of the accounts on my feed have this?
And it is ALL simple shit like this. No threats. No terrorism.
WTF, ZUCK? YOU WANT THE ABC/DISNEY TREATMENT? BECAUSE THIS IS HOW YOU GET THE FUCKING ABC/DISNEY TREATMENT!
maybe 1 in 6 of the accounts on my feed have this?
And it is ALL simple shit like this. No threats. No terrorism.
WTF, ZUCK? YOU WANT THE ABC/DISNEY TREATMENT? BECAUSE THIS IS HOW YOU GET THE FUCKING ABC/DISNEY TREATMENT!
September 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
oops... found it!
maybe 1 in 6 of the accounts on my feed have this?
And it is ALL simple shit like this. No threats. No terrorism.
WTF, ZUCK? YOU WANT THE ABC/DISNEY TREATMENT? BECAUSE THIS IS HOW YOU GET THE FUCKING ABC/DISNEY TREATMENT!
maybe 1 in 6 of the accounts on my feed have this?
And it is ALL simple shit like this. No threats. No terrorism.
WTF, ZUCK? YOU WANT THE ABC/DISNEY TREATMENT? BECAUSE THIS IS HOW YOU GET THE FUCKING ABC/DISNEY TREATMENT!
oops, spoke too soon... it's on the Threads Web App, too!
September 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
oops, spoke too soon... it's on the Threads Web App, too!
Meanwhile, over on Threads, they're marking random accounts with an 'Antifa' label...
So Zuck's apparently quite happy to slander/libel ordinary people by pretending there's such an organization named 'ANTIFA'.
This is a BIG PROBLEM, folks. 😡
So Zuck's apparently quite happy to slander/libel ordinary people by pretending there's such an organization named 'ANTIFA'.
This is a BIG PROBLEM, folks. 😡
September 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Meanwhile, over on Threads, they're marking random accounts with an 'Antifa' label...
So Zuck's apparently quite happy to slander/libel ordinary people by pretending there's such an organization named 'ANTIFA'.
This is a BIG PROBLEM, folks. 😡
So Zuck's apparently quite happy to slander/libel ordinary people by pretending there's such an organization named 'ANTIFA'.
This is a BIG PROBLEM, folks. 😡
I like this one, too (Jack Chick Tract in reverse!)
September 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I like this one, too (Jack Chick Tract in reverse!)
So, Tuesday is the Rapture? Cool!
Step One:
Step One:
September 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
So, Tuesday is the Rapture? Cool!
Step One:
Step One:
Spoiler Alert...!
September 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Spoiler Alert...!
evergreen gif...
September 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
evergreen gif...
