Ken Applebaum
@defendedbe.bsky.social
The artist formerly known as @License_Farm
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Ken Applebaum
@defendedbe.bsky.social
· Nov 29
Well! This was a pleasant surprise: @hyperallergic.com featured my piece "Shwag [sic] Armor, N.Y." in their write-up of the Employee Art Show, which closes after this weekend, if you care to see it in person. hyperallergic.com/969864/over-...
Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19.
Usually I'd put up BOINGO or DISCO VOLANTE or UNDERTOW, so let's get a bit more variety in the mix.
Usually I'd put up BOINGO or DISCO VOLANTE or UNDERTOW, so let's get a bit more variety in the mix.
February 16, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19.
Usually I'd put up BOINGO or DISCO VOLANTE or UNDERTOW, so let's get a bit more variety in the mix.
Usually I'd put up BOINGO or DISCO VOLANTE or UNDERTOW, so let's get a bit more variety in the mix.
Reposted by Ken Applebaum
More of this. They should not be able to be in public without being spoken to like this.
Trump’s Treasury Secretary received an unexpected reality check during a dinner in Washington, D.C.
February 14, 2026 at 2:20 AM
More of this. They should not be able to be in public without being spoken to like this.
Reposted by Ken Applebaum
Urge your reps to ban Surveillance Pricing and boycott any business that uses it. If it’s allowed to take root, you will be robbed for the rest of your lives.
(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.
February 15, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Urge your reps to ban Surveillance Pricing and boycott any business that uses it. If it’s allowed to take root, you will be robbed for the rest of your lives.
Like many others, I've been sick all week, tho I also wonder if allergies are involved, as my eyes have been itchy & watery. I wore a mask all day: I was hoarse & miserable for the latter half. When I got home I had a coughing jag so bad I got worried, but some cough medicine tamed it. Still, wtf?
February 15, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Like many others, I've been sick all week, tho I also wonder if allergies are involved, as my eyes have been itchy & watery. I wore a mask all day: I was hoarse & miserable for the latter half. When I got home I had a coughing jag so bad I got worried, but some cough medicine tamed it. Still, wtf?
If anyone ever doubts my professionalism and commitment to protecting our exhibits, I didn't hesitate to tell the amply-bosomed young woman in a low-cut shirt not to lean on top of a display case, depriving whoever might enjoy the view the opportunity.
Not me, though: I'm a rock. A fossil, even.
Not me, though: I'm a rock. A fossil, even.
February 15, 2026 at 12:48 AM
If anyone ever doubts my professionalism and commitment to protecting our exhibits, I didn't hesitate to tell the amply-bosomed young woman in a low-cut shirt not to lean on top of a display case, depriving whoever might enjoy the view the opportunity.
Not me, though: I'm a rock. A fossil, even.
Not me, though: I'm a rock. A fossil, even.
The cruelty is the point.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 14, 2026 at 5:46 PM
The cruelty is the point.
I spontaneously recalled this PSA last night. If they hoped to reach kids with a similar message nowadays it'd have to be 5 seconds long and nothing but explosions. youtu.be/tY3C8kz0aeA
National Science Foundation PSA, 1988
YouTube video by Chuck D's All-New Classic TV Clubhouse
youtu.be
February 14, 2026 at 3:13 PM
I spontaneously recalled this PSA last night. If they hoped to reach kids with a similar message nowadays it'd have to be 5 seconds long and nothing but explosions. youtu.be/tY3C8kz0aeA
I'd been stuck on a team w/1 MAGA moron all day, so I probably shouldn't have asked another,
- Ya still like Tr*mp?
"I just got $2K from him!"
- In Chuck E. Cheese tokens?
How worthless their morals to prostitute them so cheaply. Tr*mp is a libel against America.
Better a liberal than a libel.
- Ya still like Tr*mp?
"I just got $2K from him!"
- In Chuck E. Cheese tokens?
How worthless their morals to prostitute them so cheaply. Tr*mp is a libel against America.
Better a liberal than a libel.
February 14, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I'd been stuck on a team w/1 MAGA moron all day, so I probably shouldn't have asked another,
- Ya still like Tr*mp?
"I just got $2K from him!"
- In Chuck E. Cheese tokens?
How worthless their morals to prostitute them so cheaply. Tr*mp is a libel against America.
Better a liberal than a libel.
- Ya still like Tr*mp?
"I just got $2K from him!"
- In Chuck E. Cheese tokens?
How worthless their morals to prostitute them so cheaply. Tr*mp is a libel against America.
Better a liberal than a libel.
A low-key Gothic Lolita was in my gallery: like, an obvious example, tho she hadn't gone all-out today.
She also apparently hadn't showered in a minute, because there was a palpable FUNK wafting off her.
Of course that's gross, but you've got to admit: "Loli B.O." goes fuckin' HARD as a band name.
She also apparently hadn't showered in a minute, because there was a palpable FUNK wafting off her.
Of course that's gross, but you've got to admit: "Loli B.O." goes fuckin' HARD as a band name.
February 13, 2026 at 6:16 PM
A low-key Gothic Lolita was in my gallery: like, an obvious example, tho she hadn't gone all-out today.
She also apparently hadn't showered in a minute, because there was a palpable FUNK wafting off her.
Of course that's gross, but you've got to admit: "Loli B.O." goes fuckin' HARD as a band name.
She also apparently hadn't showered in a minute, because there was a palpable FUNK wafting off her.
Of course that's gross, but you've got to admit: "Loli B.O." goes fuckin' HARD as a band name.
Maybe after MAGA Congress critters get done investigating Bad Bunny for subversive lyrics they can get back to the true cypher they've ignored for decades:
LOUIE LOUIE
#iykyk
vault.fbi.gov/louie-louie-...
LOUIE LOUIE
#iykyk
vault.fbi.gov/louie-louie-...
Louie Louie (The Song)
In 1963, a rock group named the Kingsmen recorded the song “Louie, Louie.” The popularity of the song and difficulty in discerning the lyrics led some people to suspect the song was obscene. The FBI w...
vault.fbi.gov
February 13, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Maybe after MAGA Congress critters get done investigating Bad Bunny for subversive lyrics they can get back to the true cypher they've ignored for decades:
LOUIE LOUIE
#iykyk
vault.fbi.gov/louie-louie-...
LOUIE LOUIE
#iykyk
vault.fbi.gov/louie-louie-...
Before bed I'd considered resetting my alarm 30 mins earlier to shave my head before showering: it's been weeks & I look my age. I passed out before I could, but I needn't have bothered: the cat knocked my phone & glasses off of a dresser almost exactly when I would've set it. Thx, elderly asshole!
February 13, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Before bed I'd considered resetting my alarm 30 mins earlier to shave my head before showering: it's been weeks & I look my age. I passed out before I could, but I needn't have bothered: the cat knocked my phone & glasses off of a dresser almost exactly when I would've set it. Thx, elderly asshole!
Ken-coded characters
February 13, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Ken-coded characters
B/c one of the dryers at the laundromat glitched while I took home my groceries I had to wait almost 20 mins for it to finish. This gave the older Chinese gentleman who runs it time to tell me about how he almost died from fluid in his lungs this week. I'm glad I engender trust for such disclosure.
February 13, 2026 at 12:37 AM
B/c one of the dryers at the laundromat glitched while I took home my groceries I had to wait almost 20 mins for it to finish. This gave the older Chinese gentleman who runs it time to tell me about how he almost died from fluid in his lungs this week. I'm glad I engender trust for such disclosure.
Henry Rollins, who at the time went by Henry Garfield. He technically didn't graduate from there, having transferred for his senior year. An administrator who was still there when I attended in the early '90s told me, "He was the only boy I can recall who kept snakes in his locker."
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
guys i just found out i went to the same high school as howard lutnick. please respect my privacy at this time.
February 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Henry Rollins, who at the time went by Henry Garfield. He technically didn't graduate from there, having transferred for his senior year. An administrator who was still there when I attended in the early '90s told me, "He was the only boy I can recall who kept snakes in his locker."
She is, of course, a reprehensible AG & human, but one must pity Pam Bondi: she's been exploited her entire life, yet unlike Epstein & Trump's other victims, she couldn't deal w/her shame by either moving on or exposing them, but internalized that "strength" meant victimizing others on their behalf.
February 12, 2026 at 6:11 AM
She is, of course, a reprehensible AG & human, but one must pity Pam Bondi: she's been exploited her entire life, yet unlike Epstein & Trump's other victims, she couldn't deal w/her shame by either moving on or exposing them, but internalized that "strength" meant victimizing others on their behalf.
I had considered going to an estate sale in the area this morning, but a cough that was on the margins for a couple days finally broke thru last night: my Wed has been sacrificed on the altar of recovery. I don't want to have to call out Fri: I have days coming up for which I plan to spend the PTO.
February 12, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I had considered going to an estate sale in the area this morning, but a cough that was on the margins for a couple days finally broke thru last night: my Wed has been sacrificed on the altar of recovery. I don't want to have to call out Fri: I have days coming up for which I plan to spend the PTO.
I never watched DAWSON'S CREEK: it was a bit after when I would've had any interest in teen soap operas, my dalliance with SMALLVILLE notwithstanding. But James Van Der Beek passing of cancer at just 48 w/i a week of my college comrade ALSO succumbing at 48 really is doing a number (#50) on my head.
February 11, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I never watched DAWSON'S CREEK: it was a bit after when I would've had any interest in teen soap operas, my dalliance with SMALLVILLE notwithstanding. But James Van Der Beek passing of cancer at just 48 w/i a week of my college comrade ALSO succumbing at 48 really is doing a number (#50) on my head.
Reposted by Ken Applebaum
He'll never resign. He'll have to be dragged out of the WH kicking and screaming. Which I would pay for front row seats to watch.
America, we need to get in the streets. Protest, strike, whatever. We need resignations and investigations.
February 11, 2026 at 3:28 PM
He'll never resign. He'll have to be dragged out of the WH kicking and screaming. Which I would pay for front row seats to watch.
Mos ago I decided that as soon as I turn 50 I'll stop perusing anyone below the age of 35 on dating apps: if they weren't born before I became a legal adult I have no business pursuing them. I've yet to make the adjustment, but I already feel like those in their early 30s are practically children.
February 11, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Mos ago I decided that as soon as I turn 50 I'll stop perusing anyone below the age of 35 on dating apps: if they weren't born before I became a legal adult I have no business pursuing them. I've yet to make the adjustment, but I already feel like those in their early 30s are practically children.
I'd not mind having a #dream that I solicited a, um, "pro" for a gangbang at an old workplace in a conference room it didn't have w/"regulars" I didn't recognize if it ever became, yk, a gangbang. Instead the whole scene morphed into something like a David Byrne concert as directed by Jim Jarmusch.
February 11, 2026 at 11:49 AM
I'd not mind having a #dream that I solicited a, um, "pro" for a gangbang at an old workplace in a conference room it didn't have w/"regulars" I didn't recognize if it ever became, yk, a gangbang. Instead the whole scene morphed into something like a David Byrne concert as directed by Jim Jarmusch.
Funny how someone who is all about their fears, er, that is, their BOUNDARIES takes deep personal offense at being asked, in as diplomatic terms as possible, to respect someone else's boundaries.
"Funny".
"Funny".
February 11, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Funny how someone who is all about their fears, er, that is, their BOUNDARIES takes deep personal offense at being asked, in as diplomatic terms as possible, to respect someone else's boundaries.
"Funny".
"Funny".
February 11, 2026 at 2:18 AM
I still use 2 Meta products (Fb & WhatsApp) and Google out the wazoogle, so I can't get TOO smug; regardless, I'm glad to be GenX enough to have never taken to Instagram, Discord, TikTok, Amazon or most of the svcs/platforms now openly invasive &/or bankrolling fascism &/or selling "A.I." snakeoil.
February 10, 2026 at 11:51 PM
I still use 2 Meta products (Fb & WhatsApp) and Google out the wazoogle, so I can't get TOO smug; regardless, I'm glad to be GenX enough to have never taken to Instagram, Discord, TikTok, Amazon or most of the svcs/platforms now openly invasive &/or bankrolling fascism &/or selling "A.I." snakeoil.
Is that @jjjacksfilms.bsky.social?
February 10, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Is that @jjjacksfilms.bsky.social?
For reasons beyond my ken (heh), #ravedj is fighting me w/1 #mashup but not others. This is hardly the 1st I've done using #Adele, but the inaugural try for #ChappellRoan.
rave.dj/587ufQkoH2YTbA
Adele x Chappell Roan = "Pink Skyfall Club"
rave.dj/587ufQkoH2YTbA
Adele x Chappell Roan = "Pink Skyfall Club"
Skyfall Pony Club - RaveDJ
Mashup featuring Adele & Chappell Roan made at rave.dj
rave.dj
February 10, 2026 at 8:21 PM
For reasons beyond my ken (heh), #ravedj is fighting me w/1 #mashup but not others. This is hardly the 1st I've done using #Adele, but the inaugural try for #ChappellRoan.
rave.dj/587ufQkoH2YTbA
Adele x Chappell Roan = "Pink Skyfall Club"
rave.dj/587ufQkoH2YTbA
Adele x Chappell Roan = "Pink Skyfall Club"