Tod Mipple
@todmipple.bsky.social
Cosmopolitan. Perfect Martini in a pinch. Never Puritan. Rootless.
A Banksy take on the state of free speech in England, where it's a crime to even voice support for those who oppose the mass slaughter of innocent Palestinian civilians.
Titled: “Royal Courts of Justice London”
Titled: “Royal Courts of Justice London”
September 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A Banksy take on the state of free speech in England, where it's a crime to even voice support for those who oppose the mass slaughter of innocent Palestinian civilians.
Titled: “Royal Courts of Justice London”
Titled: “Royal Courts of Justice London”
Viceroy Displays Disdain to Subject
September 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Viceroy Displays Disdain to Subject
no bread, circuses
September 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM
no bread, circuses
It used to be that as goes California, so goes the nation, but lately it seems more like as goes Israel. With the second time as farce.
September 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
It used to be that as goes California, so goes the nation, but lately it seems more like as goes Israel. With the second time as farce.
In which the WaPo's Megan McArdle advises Lisa Cook to confess to mortgage fraud and promises to not fire her if she does.
August 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
In which the WaPo's Megan McArdle advises Lisa Cook to confess to mortgage fraud and promises to not fire her if she does.
Americans: Oy vey! What oh what can we do to stop the fascist takeover and demolition of our country? What?
Israelis:
Israelis:
August 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Americans: Oy vey! What oh what can we do to stop the fascist takeover and demolition of our country? What?
Israelis:
Israelis:
The blurb has been changed for the better now, it adds the words "the actions causing" [concern from the bench].
August 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The blurb has been changed for the better now, it adds the words "the actions causing" [concern from the bench].
Hmm. Wonder what he means by that. Also, who.
![Curtis Yarvin tweet, July 30, 2026:
No. We have only one problem. The problem is: our billionaires are n--ers.
They may be rich. But they're n--ier rich. The nature and function of their wealth is profoundly negrous [sic].
You can probably name exceptions. I can too. But in every way, the exceptions prove the rule.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gbmx37mi6oqpzpijwmut24x/bafkreiduxmsnexurtjsx6buy6fini5tteib2ovhu22mqhtoxenx7xi7hu4@jpeg)
July 31, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Hmm. Wonder what he means by that. Also, who.
Is this the best she can do? Old enough to remember the days of the "tax-hiking, government-expanding, latte-drinking, sushi-eating, Volvo-driving, New York Times-reading, body-piercing, Hollywood-loving left-wing freak show". Good times.
Yes, really. Here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4-v...
Yes, really. Here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4-v...
June 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Is this the best she can do? Old enough to remember the days of the "tax-hiking, government-expanding, latte-drinking, sushi-eating, Volvo-driving, New York Times-reading, body-piercing, Hollywood-loving left-wing freak show". Good times.
Yes, really. Here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4-v...
Yes, really. Here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4-v...
more predictable than the sun
June 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
more predictable than the sun
Here's a data point (snapped off Haaretz a few minutes ago). You might be surprised by who's pushing back
June 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Here's a data point (snapped off Haaretz a few minutes ago). You might be surprised by who's pushing back
In the 10,000 years since the Neolithic Revolution, scholars and philosophers have produced a vast corpus of human knowledge. But it turns out that a lot of it is mistaken, as it contradicts things Elon Musk believes. So he's going to fix it for us by re-writing the whole thing.
Thank you Mr. Musk!
Thank you Mr. Musk!
June 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
In the 10,000 years since the Neolithic Revolution, scholars and philosophers have produced a vast corpus of human knowledge. But it turns out that a lot of it is mistaken, as it contradicts things Elon Musk believes. So he's going to fix it for us by re-writing the whole thing.
Thank you Mr. Musk!
Thank you Mr. Musk!
Modern Republicans are a religious cult. They worship their leader as gods.
This Republican U.S. Rep from Florida venerates Benjamin Netanyahu so much he that he anoints his own little children with the Prime Minister of Israel's bodily fluids:
This Republican U.S. Rep from Florida venerates Benjamin Netanyahu so much he that he anoints his own little children with the Prime Minister of Israel's bodily fluids:
June 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Modern Republicans are a religious cult. They worship their leader as gods.
This Republican U.S. Rep from Florida venerates Benjamin Netanyahu so much he that he anoints his own little children with the Prime Minister of Israel's bodily fluids:
This Republican U.S. Rep from Florida venerates Benjamin Netanyahu so much he that he anoints his own little children with the Prime Minister of Israel's bodily fluids:
In Robbing Banks, John Dillinger Sidesteps Laws and Moves to Expand Wealth
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 23, 2025 at 5:05 AM
In Robbing Banks, John Dillinger Sidesteps Laws and Moves to Expand Wealth
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I suppose that if he declared that a force of attraction between objects with mass does not exist, the New York Times headline would say
Trump Casts Doubt on The Theory of Gravity in TV Interview
Trump Casts Doubt on The Theory of Gravity in TV Interview
May 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I suppose that if he declared that a force of attraction between objects with mass does not exist, the New York Times headline would say
Trump Casts Doubt on The Theory of Gravity in TV Interview
Trump Casts Doubt on The Theory of Gravity in TV Interview
Precisely the reason why I never read David Brooks
May 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Precisely the reason why I never read David Brooks
A sign of the times, taken today
April 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A sign of the times, taken today
Not woke, born (again)?
July 27, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Not woke, born (again)?
May 30, 2024 at 3:12 AM
This explains everything.
January 26, 2024 at 8:54 PM
This explains everything.
Aw c'mon. That is just so wrong. Everyone knows we're just grains of sand floating in an infinite void.
December 3, 2023 at 6:09 PM
Aw c'mon. That is just so wrong. Everyone knows we're just grains of sand floating in an infinite void.