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No kings, no slaves, no Nazis. We had wars about this!
My mind insists upon trying to make this skeet fit the meter of William Carlos Williams' "This Is Just To Say."
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
My mind insists upon trying to make this skeet fit the meter of William Carlos Williams' "This Is Just To Say."
Apparently @bigfootrotica.bsky.social made it to Indiana at some point.
August 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Apparently @bigfootrotica.bsky.social made it to Indiana at some point.
Can't happen soon enough!
Literally, based on the full results.
Literally, based on the full results.
July 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Can't happen soon enough!
Literally, based on the full results.
Literally, based on the full results.
It never ceases to amaze me how readily Bluesky identifies me as a lesbian-reared straight guy.
June 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It never ceases to amaze me how readily Bluesky identifies me as a lesbian-reared straight guy.
Note that the word "imagine" is repeated in this quote.
That's because--speaking as someone with experience of being a straight white guy in 2016--the imagination of right-wingers is the only place where this hypothetical ever actually happened.
That's because--speaking as someone with experience of being a straight white guy in 2016--the imagination of right-wingers is the only place where this hypothetical ever actually happened.
![An excerpt from someone misnamed "The Redneck Intellectual." Look for it on DuckDuckGo or something if you want the entirety; I don't.
Imagine the plight of, let us say, a 23-year-old young man in the year 2016. Imagine that he's been told every single day from kindergarten to the end of college that he's racist, sexist, and homophobic by virtue of being white, male, and heterosexual. Further imagine that he was falsely diagnosed by his teachers in grade school with ADD/ADHD and put on Ritalin because, well, he's an active boy. And then his teachers tell him when he's 12 that he might not actually be a boy, but rather that he might be a girl trapped in [sic] boy's body. And let us also not forget that he's also been told by his teachers and professors that the country his parents taught him to love was actually founded in sin and is therefore evil. To top it all off: he didn't get into the college and then the law school of his choice despite having test scores well above those who did.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ffbswkdoggrseo7zdiyj46p3/bafkreib2iueojtscun2drkjtqlz536q4txqaqumfrpkhim3zrycx43orne@jpeg)
April 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Note that the word "imagine" is repeated in this quote.
That's because--speaking as someone with experience of being a straight white guy in 2016--the imagination of right-wingers is the only place where this hypothetical ever actually happened.
That's because--speaking as someone with experience of being a straight white guy in 2016--the imagination of right-wingers is the only place where this hypothetical ever actually happened.
Another grim chapter in #DriversDestroyDC: a Maryland driver hit and killed a pedestrian at 6th and M SW, the intersection closest to my home. I walked across it four times today.
MPD has closed the intersection to do a full investigation. AFAICT the vehicle has $3684 in unpaid fines.
MPD has closed the intersection to do a full investigation. AFAICT the vehicle has $3684 in unpaid fines.
April 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Another grim chapter in #DriversDestroyDC: a Maryland driver hit and killed a pedestrian at 6th and M SW, the intersection closest to my home. I walked across it four times today.
MPD has closed the intersection to do a full investigation. AFAICT the vehicle has $3684 in unpaid fines.
MPD has closed the intersection to do a full investigation. AFAICT the vehicle has $3684 in unpaid fines.
I feel it's a little earlier.
April 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I feel it's a little earlier.
Post a movie from the year you turned 18.
This is a thaumatrope, a bone disk with a picture of a chamois in a different pose on each side. Twirling a string run through the central hole creates a two-step flip book animation of the chamois running. Magdalenian Culture, ca. 16000 BCE.
This is a thaumatrope, a bone disk with a picture of a chamois in a different pose on each side. Twirling a string run through the central hole creates a two-step flip book animation of the chamois running. Magdalenian Culture, ca. 16000 BCE.
April 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Post a movie from the year you turned 18.
This is a thaumatrope, a bone disk with a picture of a chamois in a different pose on each side. Twirling a string run through the central hole creates a two-step flip book animation of the chamois running. Magdalenian Culture, ca. 16000 BCE.
This is a thaumatrope, a bone disk with a picture of a chamois in a different pose on each side. Twirling a string run through the central hole creates a two-step flip book animation of the chamois running. Magdalenian Culture, ca. 16000 BCE.
I am reminded of this quote from a 1903 story by H.G. Wells.
(Almost immediately afterwards, the "devitalized townsmen" who are "poor amateurs at war" crush the speaker's army with a column of what we would recognize today as tanks.)
(Almost immediately afterwards, the "devitalized townsmen" who are "poor amateurs at war" crush the speaker's army with a column of what we would recognize today as tanks.)
March 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I am reminded of this quote from a 1903 story by H.G. Wells.
(Almost immediately afterwards, the "devitalized townsmen" who are "poor amateurs at war" crush the speaker's army with a column of what we would recognize today as tanks.)
(Almost immediately afterwards, the "devitalized townsmen" who are "poor amateurs at war" crush the speaker's army with a column of what we would recognize today as tanks.)
Trump take egg.
(An additional four cents may not seem like much, but it’s eyebrow-raising given the zero egg in a medium Americano.)
(An additional four cents may not seem like much, but it’s eyebrow-raising given the zero egg in a medium Americano.)
February 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Trump take egg.
(An additional four cents may not seem like much, but it’s eyebrow-raising given the zero egg in a medium Americano.)
(An additional four cents may not seem like much, but it’s eyebrow-raising given the zero egg in a medium Americano.)
I would be incredulous too, if I thought voters believed I should handcuff myself to a lamppost and get arrested. Handcuffing myself to a lamppost would be pointless! If I had to handcuff myself to something before getting arrested, I'd make it the Treasury Department doors or something.
February 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I would be incredulous too, if I thought voters believed I should handcuff myself to a lamppost and get arrested. Handcuffing myself to a lamppost would be pointless! If I had to handcuff myself to something before getting arrested, I'd make it the Treasury Department doors or something.
If you see this, post a fictional artist/band that you would love to see live.
January 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
If you see this, post a fictional artist/band that you would love to see live.
Post your favorite Pokémon. Wrong answers only.
January 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Post your favorite Pokémon. Wrong answers only.
Unlike you, I get my news from a reliable source.
January 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Unlike you, I get my news from a reliable source.
Speaking as an editor myself, the Times' (UK) editor *really* screwed up here. The correct lede is "Women, think carefully before you take a husband. Will your success make him sad? There's a chance you might select this kind of loser, rather than kicking him to the curb like he deserves."
January 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Speaking as an editor myself, the Times' (UK) editor *really* screwed up here. The correct lede is "Women, think carefully before you take a husband. Will your success make him sad? There's a chance you might select this kind of loser, rather than kicking him to the curb like he deserves."
A statement from my mayor, with whom I am on the whole not impressed. And it's a statement of optimism about the possibility of working with Trump where their interests overlap, a sentiment I despise from most elected officials. And yet: I will absolutely cut her some slack here. (1/x)
December 31, 2024 at 3:57 PM
A statement from my mayor, with whom I am on the whole not impressed. And it's a statement of optimism about the possibility of working with Trump where their interests overlap, a sentiment I despise from most elected officials. And yet: I will absolutely cut her some slack here. (1/x)
Well, yeah. Who'd want to live in a country where a once-inspiring democracy is sliding into authoritarianism and extremists are openly planning eliminationist campaigns against religious and racial minorities?
December 28, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Well, yeah. Who'd want to live in a country where a once-inspiring democracy is sliding into authoritarianism and extremists are openly planning eliminationist campaigns against religious and racial minorities?
Life in DC: closing the sidewalks on both sides of the street and putting up a sign on each side telling pedestrians to cross the street, rather than close precious parking spaces or travel lanes.
December 17, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Life in DC: closing the sidewalks on both sides of the street and putting up a sign on each side telling pedestrians to cross the street, rather than close precious parking spaces or travel lanes.
Motor vehicles in DC provide a parade of long-expired “temporary” tags from the suburbs, an option that is cheaper than registering a vehicle and gets you out of parking tickets and automated enforcement.
December 9, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Motor vehicles in DC provide a parade of long-expired “temporary” tags from the suburbs, an option that is cheaper than registering a vehicle and gets you out of parking tickets and automated enforcement.
Quote with an image to show who you heard at your first concert. Name the artist(s) in the Alt text.
December 7, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Quote with an image to show who you heard at your first concert. Name the artist(s) in the Alt text.
A problem particularly common among the well-paid.
November 30, 2024 at 4:56 PM
A problem particularly common among the well-paid.
I see that, in honor of the 609th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, the publisher of the Washington Post has delivered the absolute polar opposite of the St. Crispin's Day speech.
In response, I canceled my subscription ten minutes ago.
In response, I canceled my subscription ten minutes ago.
October 25, 2024 at 6:50 PM
I see that, in honor of the 609th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, the publisher of the Washington Post has delivered the absolute polar opposite of the St. Crispin's Day speech.
In response, I canceled my subscription ten minutes ago.
In response, I canceled my subscription ten minutes ago.