Michael Bazemore is just fucking over it.
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Technical trainer and occasional historian. Erstwhile medievalist. Now practicing the Wudang 108 form of Taijiquan and delivering sizzling takes. Walking the elements and holding the gates in North Carolina.
Frank should take a moment to consider his part in this. Not in anti-vaxx, at least not as far as I know, but for his role in debasing political language to make shitty ideas palatable, which has definitely helped Republicans in the last, oh, 30 years or so. Seriously. Fuck that guy.
Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Frank should take a moment to consider his part in this. Not in anti-vaxx, at least not as far as I know, but for his role in debasing political language to make shitty ideas palatable, which has definitely helped Republicans in the last, oh, 30 years or so. Seriously. Fuck that guy.
Where Your Eyes Don't Go
Name your fav They Might Be Giants song.
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Where Your Eyes Don't Go
There can be only one, Charlie Brown.
I’m not the guy you kill, Charlie Brown. I’m the guy you buy!
This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
There can be only one, Charlie Brown.
So, Wicked 2...kind of underwhelming, no? Or overwhelming, but not in a good way?
November 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
So, Wicked 2...kind of underwhelming, no? Or overwhelming, but not in a good way?
I had the shit 'til it all got smoked.
I kept the promise 'til the vow got broke.
I got to drink from the Loving Cup.
I stood on the bank 'til the river ran up.
I saw the bride in her wedding gown.
I was in the house 'til the house burned down.
I kept the promise 'til the vow got broke.
I got to drink from the Loving Cup.
I stood on the bank 'til the river ran up.
I saw the bride in her wedding gown.
I was in the house 'til the house burned down.
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I had the shit 'til it all got smoked.
I kept the promise 'til the vow got broke.
I got to drink from the Loving Cup.
I stood on the bank 'til the river ran up.
I saw the bride in her wedding gown.
I was in the house 'til the house burned down.
I kept the promise 'til the vow got broke.
I got to drink from the Loving Cup.
I stood on the bank 'til the river ran up.
I saw the bride in her wedding gown.
I was in the house 'til the house burned down.
Reposted by Michael Bazemore is just fucking over it.
OPINION: " There was a reason pro-slavery businessmen and thinkers were energized by the prospect of an American Egypt: Many Southern planters imagined themselves as guardians of a hierarchical and aristocratic system, one grounded in landownership, tradition and honor," Charles Vanthournout writes.
Opinion | How America Used Egypt to Justify Racism and Slavery
Charles Vanthournout writes about how ancient Egypt shaped slavery and liberation in the American South.
buff.ly
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
OPINION: " There was a reason pro-slavery businessmen and thinkers were energized by the prospect of an American Egypt: Many Southern planters imagined themselves as guardians of a hierarchical and aristocratic system, one grounded in landownership, tradition and honor," Charles Vanthournout writes.
So. I turned off the AI features on my gmail account today. Suddenly I have over 19,000 emails in my inbox. dating back to 2019. I had my inbox down to under 100 earlier in the day. Is Google being a dick?
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
So. I turned off the AI features on my gmail account today. Suddenly I have over 19,000 emails in my inbox. dating back to 2019. I had my inbox down to under 100 earlier in the day. Is Google being a dick?
New you can use.
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:44 AM
New you can use.
The good news: apparently he can't do this.
The bad news: the Roberts Court exists.
The bad news: the Roberts Court exists.
Trump says he’s ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somali refugees in Minnesota “immediately.”
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The good news: apparently he can't do this.
The bad news: the Roberts Court exists.
The bad news: the Roberts Court exists.
How long before Trump pardons them?
Gavin and Tanner, planned and trained for nearly a year, legal documents say, in an elaborate attempt to invade a Haitian island, kill its Black men, enslave its Black women and Black children and fulfill their "rape fantasies."
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
NTX men planned to murder men, enslave women on foreign island: Indictment
Two North Texas men have been indicted for an alleged scheme to sail to a foreign island, murder all the men, and enslave the women and children.
www.fox4news.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
How long before Trump pardons them?
Something something prior restraint?
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Something something prior restraint?
Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born on the exact same day.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born on the exact same day.
A favorite of mine: until earlier this year there was still a living grandson of John Tyler, who was president 1841-1845.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 AM
A favorite of mine: until earlier this year there was still a living grandson of John Tyler, who was president 1841-1845.
I would just point out to Mayor-elect Mamdani that trump has been spending a fair amount of time with Mister Bone Saw lately.
Watch yourself, Zohran. We need you out here.
Watch yourself, Zohran. We need you out here.
BREAKING
President Trump says he will be meeting with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Friday at the White House.
President Trump says he will be meeting with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Friday at the White House.
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I would just point out to Mayor-elect Mamdani that trump has been spending a fair amount of time with Mister Bone Saw lately.
Watch yourself, Zohran. We need you out here.
Watch yourself, Zohran. We need you out here.
Missing the key to your front door?
Problematic Schlage gap.
Problematic Schlage gap.
Many scenes from the first Star Trek pilot missing because the finished print was cut up to make "The Menagerie" and presumed destroyed for decades?
Problematic Cage gap.
Problematic Cage gap.
Your Star Trek Voyager season 1 DVD goes directly from episode 4 to episode 6?
Problematic Phage gap.
Problematic Phage gap.
November 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Missing the key to your front door?
Problematic Schlage gap.
Problematic Schlage gap.
Gray Wooly
Your GI JOE name is the color of your shirt followed by your first pet's name.
GO.
GO.
November 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Gray Wooly
I'm seriously rethinking my opposition to capital punishment.
Man pardoned by Trump for storming the Capitol on J6 arrested in Florida on child molestation charges "tried to use an anticipated Jan. 6 payout to silence the victim."
Reports @nbcnews.com
Reports @nbcnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I'm seriously rethinking my opposition to capital punishment.
Can I pleasepleasePLEASE go back to not knowing who Olivia Nuzzi is?
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Can I pleasepleasePLEASE go back to not knowing who Olivia Nuzzi is?
So many billionaires, so few guillotines.
The net worth held by the top 0.1% of households in the U.S. reached $23.3 trillion in the second quarter this year, from $10.7 trillion a decade earlier, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
The Ultrarich Are Spending a Fortune to Live in Extreme Privacy
In Miami and elsewhere, the wealthy are moving in increasingly private spheres, shelling out big money to bypass the indignities of public life.
www.wsj.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
So many billionaires, so few guillotines.
Bill Watterson left a mountain of money on the table, refusing to allow his creation to be turned into a marketing juggernaut like Garfield and Peanuts, practically daring Universal to replace him, to pursue his vision. He walked away at the top of his game. C&H is still the best.
40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.
November 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Bill Watterson left a mountain of money on the table, refusing to allow his creation to be turned into a marketing juggernaut like Garfield and Peanuts, practically daring Universal to replace him, to pursue his vision. He walked away at the top of his game. C&H is still the best.
Reposted by Michael Bazemore is just fucking over it.
NYT: A wise and deeply moving letter to the editor from a retired history teacher Liz Zucker.
“Ignorance is not bliss. It’s just ignorance.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
“Ignorance is not bliss. It’s just ignorance.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
NYT: A wise and deeply moving letter to the editor from a retired history teacher Liz Zucker.
“Ignorance is not bliss. It’s just ignorance.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
“Ignorance is not bliss. It’s just ignorance.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
Fuck. That.
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Fuck. That.
Superman. It was exactly what this shitty year needed.
Without saying Sinners, name your film of the year.
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Superman. It was exactly what this shitty year needed.
Yeah. We're kinda perverts.
Signed,
A Straight
Signed,
A Straight
I am finding out way too much about straight people and their sex lives KEEP IT IN THE BEDROOM
a woman is sitting on a couch with her arms outstretched and saying enough .
ALT: a woman is sitting on a couch with her arms outstretched and saying enough .
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Yeah. We're kinda perverts.
Signed,
A Straight
Signed,
A Straight
First from his job. Then out of a cannon. Into the fucking sun.
So I say this as a proud academic labor union member who believes deeply in the importance of tenure to the academic mission:
FIRE
LARRY
SUMMERS
FIRE
LARRY
SUMMERS
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
First from his job. Then out of a cannon. Into the fucking sun.