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@waxtadpole.bsky.social
Chicago cat geezer. Tea fanatic. What the advertising industry dubs "GenX." Gray ace. Neurodivergent. Neither proud nor ashamed of that. Frequently it's hard. But I do my best.
I've posted this on Xmas Day for like 15 years now. This @pattonoswalt.bsky.social routine is more an indelible part of the Christmas Spirit than anyone dare admit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq10...
Patton Oswalt - Christmas Shoes
YouTube video by billybobjomes
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I've posted this on Xmas Day for like 15 years now. This @pattonoswalt.bsky.social routine is more an indelible part of the Christmas Spirit than anyone dare admit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq10...
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I’m old enough to remember when CBS News would never have surrendered to a demagogic president or any other politician. Remember Edward R. Murrow?
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I’m old enough to remember when CBS News would never have surrendered to a demagogic president or any other politician. Remember Edward R. Murrow?
Typical AI - not only did Gemini spell Socks with an X, but it even lists them as having won a World Series, which they've obviously never done. Couldn't even spell Chiconga right.
For anyone worried AI will replace all of us.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
December 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Typical AI - not only did Gemini spell Socks with an X, but it even lists them as having won a World Series, which they've obviously never done. Couldn't even spell Chiconga right.
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The Ancestry ads are running, the price is low, and again people are buying #DNA kits as #Christmas gifts. Just this week on Reddit, there was a guy planning to surprise his wife with a DNA kit. 😣
Before you make grandma spit in a tube so you can send it off to #Ancestry, some things to consider: 🧵
Before you make grandma spit in a tube so you can send it off to #Ancestry, some things to consider: 🧵
December 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Ancestry ads are running, the price is low, and again people are buying #DNA kits as #Christmas gifts. Just this week on Reddit, there was a guy planning to surprise his wife with a DNA kit. 😣
Before you make grandma spit in a tube so you can send it off to #Ancestry, some things to consider: 🧵
Before you make grandma spit in a tube so you can send it off to #Ancestry, some things to consider: 🧵
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Newly Unsealed Batch Of Epstein Estate Photos Contains Rare Holographic Dershowitz
December 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Newly Unsealed Batch Of Epstein Estate Photos Contains Rare Holographic Dershowitz
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December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
All other presidents: "How DARE he step on local authority!"
Trump: "Our Leader has spoken. Who's Buddy Holly anyway? Woke-looking nerd."
apnews.com/article/budd...
Trump: "Our Leader has spoken. Who's Buddy Holly anyway? Woke-looking nerd."
apnews.com/article/budd...
Buddy Holly crosswalk in Texas hometown to be removed following governor's order on road safety
A crosswalk honoring Buddy Holly with a painted depiction of the rock and roll legend's iconic glasses will have to be removed from his hometown of Lubbock, Texas.
apnews.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
All other presidents: "How DARE he step on local authority!"
Trump: "Our Leader has spoken. Who's Buddy Holly anyway? Woke-looking nerd."
apnews.com/article/budd...
Trump: "Our Leader has spoken. Who's Buddy Holly anyway? Woke-looking nerd."
apnews.com/article/budd...
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“Looking directly into another person’s eyes while being physically intimate is a sick and unholy act,” said Utah Gov. Spencer Cox
Utah Bans Eye Contact During Sex
SALT LAKE CITY—With top lawmakers championing the measure as a restoration of Christian values currently under attack in mainstream America, the Utah State Legislature passed a bill Monday that bans a...
theonion.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“Looking directly into another person’s eyes while being physically intimate is a sick and unholy act,” said Utah Gov. Spencer Cox
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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Sometimes the music knows you more than you know the music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=brGe...
Todd Snider - Alright Guy 2018-10-09 Georgia Theater - Athens, Ga
YouTube video by Shaggy288
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Sometimes the music knows you more than you know the music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=brGe...
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“It is my miserable fate to possess more miscellaneous information about U.S. one-cent coins than, possibly, any other person on this planet,” @caity.bsky.social writes, in an investigation of what will happen to the penny now:
What Are We Going to Do With 300 Billion Pennies?
The government has no plan.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
“It is my miserable fate to possess more miscellaneous information about U.S. one-cent coins than, possibly, any other person on this planet,” @caity.bsky.social writes, in an investigation of what will happen to the penny now:
November 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Even after the passage of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, local officials and everyday people resisted the legalized abductions of Black Chicagoans. https://bit.ly/4oHpDVu
Chicago has always defied kidnappings of our neighbors - Chicago Reader
Even after the passage of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, local officials and everyday people resisted the legalized abductions of men, women, and children who had escaped slavery
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Even after the passage of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, local officials and everyday people resisted the legalized abductions of Black Chicagoans. https://bit.ly/4oHpDVu
Todd Snider was a stoned-out folkie who told great stories and made a lot of people happy. I'll always remember his concerts, him walking barefoot onstage, sitting on a chair (with his rug), and being Todd Snider. Take the act on the universe tour.
November 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Todd Snider was a stoned-out folkie who told great stories and made a lot of people happy. I'll always remember his concerts, him walking barefoot onstage, sitting on a chair (with his rug), and being Todd Snider. Take the act on the universe tour.
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This is me at 15. I’m a child.
I’m a CHILD.
I’m a CHILD.
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is me at 15. I’m a child.
I’m a CHILD.
I’m a CHILD.
This should be required viewing in middle schools.
November 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This should be required viewing in middle schools.
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No Starbucks 'til workers get more bucks
(and whatever else it is they are striking for)
(and whatever else it is they are striking for)
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
No Starbucks 'til workers get more bucks
(and whatever else it is they are striking for)
(and whatever else it is they are striking for)
Even good ideas - getting rid of the penny - are bungled badly by this administration. apnews.com/article/us-m...
US Mint in Philadelphia to press final penny as the 1-cent coin gets canceled
The U.S. Mint in Philadelphia is set to strike its last circulating penny as the president has canceled the 1-cent coin.
apnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Even good ideas - getting rid of the penny - are bungled badly by this administration. apnews.com/article/us-m...
I so need a hobby.
November 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I so need a hobby.
Momo & Harvey Beans, trying to snooze with phones in their faces. #Caturday #sleepingcats
November 2, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Momo & Harvey Beans, trying to snooze with phones in their faces. #Caturday #sleepingcats
Has anyone considered the possibility that a "Christian" AI could hasten Christ's return because the former turns out to be the antichrist? Cuz that's what I get from the description. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’
Patrick Gelsinger, executive chairman of Gloo, has made it his mission to advance Christian principles in Silicon Valley
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Has anyone considered the possibility that a "Christian" AI could hasten Christ's return because the former turns out to be the antichrist? Cuz that's what I get from the description. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
October 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House