Kyle D. Long
@blatherscribe.bsky.social
Writer (unpublished), Egyptologist (unfinished), migraine (continuous), human (probably). Extra-large liminal space. Always add marinara. He/him. Profile thingy is a penglion by HumanDescent.
1) Good, obviously.
2) Why is Green Day playing the Destroying Families with Sports Betting Party Powered by Demolishing Independent Artists?
2) Why is Green Day playing the Destroying Families with Sports Betting Party Powered by Demolishing Independent Artists?
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong calls out Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump and more during a politically charged performance at the FanDuel Party powered by Spotify Super Bowl week concert.
Green Day tells ICE agents to ‘quit your job,’ calls out Epstein files at Super Bowl week party in San Francisco
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong calls out Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump and more during a politically charged performance at the FanDuel Party powered by Spotify Super Bowl week concert.
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 8:03 PM
1) Good, obviously.
2) Why is Green Day playing the Destroying Families with Sports Betting Party Powered by Demolishing Independent Artists?
2) Why is Green Day playing the Destroying Families with Sports Betting Party Powered by Demolishing Independent Artists?
Have we considered setting the IOC adrift on a small raft in the middle of the ocean? I feel as if it might fix some things. Keep them supplied with food, water, and sunscreen, sure, just... away with them. Far away.
The International Olympic Committee ruled that an image of Toussaint Louverture, born into slavery and and leader of the Haitian Revolution, on Haiti’s uniforms violated Olympic rules barring political symbolism
Haiti's Winter Olympics team shines a positive light even as IOC removes patriot from uniforms
Haiti is making a statement at the Milan Cortina Winter Games with two athletes proudly representing the nation.
apnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Have we considered setting the IOC adrift on a small raft in the middle of the ocean? I feel as if it might fix some things. Keep them supplied with food, water, and sunscreen, sure, just... away with them. Far away.
I wonder how much the journalists at the Washington Post might have softened this inevitable blow if, instead of helping Trump take and keep power, they had worked together to form independent newsrooms dedicated to ethical journalism.
February 4, 2026 at 4:57 PM
I wonder how much the journalists at the Washington Post might have softened this inevitable blow if, instead of helping Trump take and keep power, they had worked together to form independent newsrooms dedicated to ethical journalism.
When a newspaper begins printing fascist apologia, how long do journalists continuing to work there remain "good"?
February 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM
When a newspaper begins printing fascist apologia, how long do journalists continuing to work there remain "good"?
People focusing on the scope of the betrayal and her moderate reaction seem to be missing two things:
1) She is wealthy and wanted to remain wealthy, therefore
2) She kept her ex-husband's secrets and stood by silently as children were trafficked.
She's not a victim, she's a co-conspirator.
1) She is wealthy and wanted to remain wealthy, therefore
2) She kept her ex-husband's secrets and stood by silently as children were trafficked.
She's not a victim, she's a co-conspirator.
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 8:37 PM
People focusing on the scope of the betrayal and her moderate reaction seem to be missing two things:
1) She is wealthy and wanted to remain wealthy, therefore
2) She kept her ex-husband's secrets and stood by silently as children were trafficked.
She's not a victim, she's a co-conspirator.
1) She is wealthy and wanted to remain wealthy, therefore
2) She kept her ex-husband's secrets and stood by silently as children were trafficked.
She's not a victim, she's a co-conspirator.
So, first, holy shit, and second, does anyone else remember Will Stancil saying everyone should calm down because we were never going to lose Roe v Wade and no one would suffer any real harm if we did?
We need to hang these comments from his neck like albatri. 🧐
We need to hang these comments from his neck like albatri. 🧐
February 3, 2026 at 7:21 AM
So, first, holy shit, and second, does anyone else remember Will Stancil saying everyone should calm down because we were never going to lose Roe v Wade and no one would suffer any real harm if we did?
We need to hang these comments from his neck like albatri. 🧐
We need to hang these comments from his neck like albatri. 🧐
Poverty. My grandfather's family came from the shores of Lake Como, the most beautiful lake in the world, where they *really* don't like poor people cluttering up their views. My grandmother was Sicilian, and apparently there was some kind of conflict. So poverty with a side of an unhappy Mafia Don.
Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here?
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
February 3, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Poverty. My grandfather's family came from the shores of Lake Como, the most beautiful lake in the world, where they *really* don't like poor people cluttering up their views. My grandmother was Sicilian, and apparently there was some kind of conflict. So poverty with a side of an unhappy Mafia Don.
At least I know I'm safe because I use incognito mode! (imagine a superhero-cape-blowing-in-the-very-dramatic-wind emoji, but sarcastic)
People have NO idea how much personal data they generate constantly and how much it can be used to predict your exact behaviors, interests, and discussion topics. You are being tracked and profiled unless you take steps to prevent it. It is not being done by your phone listening to you 24/7.
February 2, 2026 at 6:35 PM
At least I know I'm safe because I use incognito mode! (imagine a superhero-cape-blowing-in-the-very-dramatic-wind emoji, but sarcastic)
Uh... If you can win a Tony for contributions that don't even get your name on the play's Wikipedia page, and a Grammy for someone else's music, then I'm going to start claiming awards based on the movies I've watched. 🧐
Steven Spielberg has won his first ever Grammy and achieved EGOT status.
February 2, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Uh... If you can win a Tony for contributions that don't even get your name on the play's Wikipedia page, and a Grammy for someone else's music, then I'm going to start claiming awards based on the movies I've watched. 🧐
My mom went to an Air Force high School in Germany. As a senior, she knew of a freshman named Priscilla. She remembers watching limousines pull up to the school so this 14-year-old child could "date" an adult man.
That man is the King of Rock and Roll, and we call that child rape a love story.
That man is the King of Rock and Roll, and we call that child rape a love story.
there were multiple different countdown clocks until the Olsen twins turned 18
reddit had its infamous 'jailbait' community online until late 2011
all of this shit was just out in the open, it was awful
reddit had its infamous 'jailbait' community online until late 2011
all of this shit was just out in the open, it was awful
I feel like maybe it’s a function of everyone online being born in 2002 but I don’t think most people realize how openly and explicitly pedophilic american culture was until like… maybe 10 years ago
February 1, 2026 at 7:50 PM
My mom went to an Air Force high School in Germany. As a senior, she knew of a freshman named Priscilla. She remembers watching limousines pull up to the school so this 14-year-old child could "date" an adult man.
That man is the King of Rock and Roll, and we call that child rape a love story.
That man is the King of Rock and Roll, and we call that child rape a love story.
People making jokes about this might want to consider that they are also mocking the wife Gates passed the STD to, and someone who in the best case scenario was a sex worker who couldn't refuse clients with STDs, and more probably an underage victim of sex trafficking.
Bill Gates allegedly caught an STD when he cheated on then-wife Melinda Gates, newly released emails in the Jeffrey Epstein files revealed.
Bill Gates Shocker! Billionaire Got an STD After Cheating on His Wife With 'Russian Girls,' Jeffrey Epstein Files Claim
okmagazine.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:14 AM
People making jokes about this might want to consider that they are also mocking the wife Gates passed the STD to, and someone who in the best case scenario was a sex worker who couldn't refuse clients with STDs, and more probably an underage victim of sex trafficking.
It's almost funnier knowing that since it's Norwegian (and should be Jo Nesbø, btw, shame on Netflix), it's Detective Hoo-leh. 😁
These fraught times call for a show with what is either an intentionally or unintentionally hilarious title, and which I will be talking about for the rest of the year
January 29, 2026 at 3:40 AM
It's almost funnier knowing that since it's Norwegian (and should be Jo Nesbø, btw, shame on Netflix), it's Detective Hoo-leh. 😁
If this quisling bullshit unites @democrats.org, then every Democrat so united needs to be primaried and turfed out of office and politics in general.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:09 PM
If this quisling bullshit unites @democrats.org, then every Democrat so united needs to be primaried and turfed out of office and politics in general.
This is very cool and also an object lesson in why alt text is good. These are all circular logos with a bird in the phoenix rising posture of the Rebel Alliance logo. Unfortunately I can't identify the birds. Alt text shares useful information for people with and without visual impairments alike.
Several state citizens have created Rebel Alliance logos using their state bird. Here are a few. Share yours if I missed any. Here is New York, Maine, and Arizona
January 26, 2026 at 11:48 PM
This is very cool and also an object lesson in why alt text is good. These are all circular logos with a bird in the phoenix rising posture of the Rebel Alliance logo. Unfortunately I can't identify the birds. Alt text shares useful information for people with and without visual impairments alike.
Oh, my heart...
There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:
January 25, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Oh, my heart...
Everyone stop dunking on the vice president, he's 100% correct.
It took two hours, forty minutes.
It took two hours, forty minutes.
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Everyone stop dunking on the vice president, he's 100% correct.
It took two hours, forty minutes.
It took two hours, forty minutes.
1) Good,
2) Put some helmets on, hitting your head on the ground is dangerous, too (ask me how I know),
3) In a just world we'd expand this to replace football for all genders, because everyone deserves to graduate without CTE.
2) Put some helmets on, hitting your head on the ground is dangerous, too (ask me how I know),
3) In a just world we'd expand this to replace football for all genders, because everyone deserves to graduate without CTE.
BREAKING | Nebraska is adding a 25th varsity sport.
Women's flag football, coming soon to Nebraska Athletics.
Details here:
journalstar.com/sports/huske...
Women's flag football, coming soon to Nebraska Athletics.
Details here:
journalstar.com/sports/huske...
Nebraska to add women's flag football as Huskers' 25th varsity sport
Nebraska Athletics is adding women’s flag football as its 25th varsity sport, making the Huskers the first Power 4 program to sponsor the sport.
journalstar.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:16 PM
1) Good,
2) Put some helmets on, hitting your head on the ground is dangerous, too (ask me how I know),
3) In a just world we'd expand this to replace football for all genders, because everyone deserves to graduate without CTE.
2) Put some helmets on, hitting your head on the ground is dangerous, too (ask me how I know),
3) In a just world we'd expand this to replace football for all genders, because everyone deserves to graduate without CTE.
What the hell?
"Hey, we saw that you like filming yourselves breaking the law and brutalizing innocent people. So we'd like to pay you more money and give you free cameras to help you with your hate-streaming career." 🧐
"Hey, we saw that you like filming yourselves breaking the law and brutalizing innocent people. So we'd like to pay you more money and give you free cameras to help you with your hate-streaming career." 🧐
January 16, 2026 at 8:21 PM
What the hell?
"Hey, we saw that you like filming yourselves breaking the law and brutalizing innocent people. So we'd like to pay you more money and give you free cameras to help you with your hate-streaming career." 🧐
"Hey, we saw that you like filming yourselves breaking the law and brutalizing innocent people. So we'd like to pay you more money and give you free cameras to help you with your hate-streaming career." 🧐
This misleading headline seems carefully designed to reduce confidence in Wikipedia as it fights for its continued existence as the Last Unenshittified Website. They're just making "AI" companies pay for what they've been doing all along. So why present it this way? 🧐
Wikimedia Foundation announces new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity and others
Wikimedia Foundation announces new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity and others | TechCrunch
The AI partnerships allow companies to access the org's content, like Wikipedia, at scale.
techcrunch.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This misleading headline seems carefully designed to reduce confidence in Wikipedia as it fights for its continued existence as the Last Unenshittified Website. They're just making "AI" companies pay for what they've been doing all along. So why present it this way? 🧐
Because someone I follow is enthusing about it, I feel the need to call mournfully into the void:
"Chiropractic" is not medicine. It is a spiritualist hoax turned into fake medicine because that's more profitable. At best it releases endorphins from the damage it inflicts, which can be severe.
"Chiropractic" is not medicine. It is a spiritualist hoax turned into fake medicine because that's more profitable. At best it releases endorphins from the damage it inflicts, which can be severe.
January 14, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Because someone I follow is enthusing about it, I feel the need to call mournfully into the void:
"Chiropractic" is not medicine. It is a spiritualist hoax turned into fake medicine because that's more profitable. At best it releases endorphins from the damage it inflicts, which can be severe.
"Chiropractic" is not medicine. It is a spiritualist hoax turned into fake medicine because that's more profitable. At best it releases endorphins from the damage it inflicts, which can be severe.
I've never opened ChatGPT for any purpose whatsoever, and never will. And I'm presently in a place where I cannot write, because my 24/7 migraine gets worse with any mental or physical activity. Stealing from writers is not writing.
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
January 14, 2026 at 3:19 PM
I've never opened ChatGPT for any purpose whatsoever, and never will. And I'm presently in a place where I cannot write, because my 24/7 migraine gets worse with any mental or physical activity. Stealing from writers is not writing.
Repost this with your home river!
I partly grew up near the Monocacy River in MD, though I wasn't very outdoorsy so I can't really claim it. And an honorable mention to the Everglades, the River of Grass, and its resident alligators who occasionally tried to eat me. 😁
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lc6...
I partly grew up near the Monocacy River in MD, though I wasn't very outdoorsy so I can't really claim it. And an honorable mention to the Everglades, the River of Grass, and its resident alligators who occasionally tried to eat me. 😁
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lc6...
January 13, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Repost this with your home river!
I partly grew up near the Monocacy River in MD, though I wasn't very outdoorsy so I can't really claim it. And an honorable mention to the Everglades, the River of Grass, and its resident alligators who occasionally tried to eat me. 😁
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lc6...
I partly grew up near the Monocacy River in MD, though I wasn't very outdoorsy so I can't really claim it. And an honorable mention to the Everglades, the River of Grass, and its resident alligators who occasionally tried to eat me. 😁
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lc6...
Thirty-plus years I've been predicting that treating Darth Vader and other villains as protagonists, and favoring the aesthetics of evil, would lead us to very dark places, and being derided for it. When I say I hate being right, this is what I mean.
Damn, sure is a good thing we've all agreed to not examine and critique the pop culture we consume in light of the world we live in. Excellent decision, really saves us a lot of discomfort.
January 11, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Thirty-plus years I've been predicting that treating Darth Vader and other villains as protagonists, and favoring the aesthetics of evil, would lead us to very dark places, and being derided for it. When I say I hate being right, this is what I mean.
I've been thinking about this a bit lately, and the conclusion I've reached is that obviously saying "fuck" is no reason to clutch pearls, but I would also like elected officials to avoid it. Faux outrage be damned, but it's so often empty and performative.
To wit: What is Frey actually *doing*?
To wit: What is Frey actually *doing*?
People out there annoyed at politicians saying “fuck” should spend a little more time fighting fascism and a lot less time policing the usage of a word you can hear in a PG-13 movie.
January 10, 2026 at 6:17 PM
I've been thinking about this a bit lately, and the conclusion I've reached is that obviously saying "fuck" is no reason to clutch pearls, but I would also like elected officials to avoid it. Faux outrage be damned, but it's so often empty and performative.
To wit: What is Frey actually *doing*?
To wit: What is Frey actually *doing*?
And I thought I'd seen it all when our dog Bear (black German shepherd, about 120 lbs) played with my cat Spike (tiny tabby who thought he was a big tough bulldog, about 5 lbs). 😁
January 9, 2026 at 10:55 PM
And I thought I'd seen it all when our dog Bear (black German shepherd, about 120 lbs) played with my cat Spike (tiny tabby who thought he was a big tough bulldog, about 5 lbs). 😁