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· Jan 21
If you just arrived here and are following me, hi! I have a couple lists in my profile you might be interested in. You might even be on one, if you are just getting back into an old account. If you want to be taken off, just let me know.
Otherwise, there’s a cheese tray and crudite in the back….
Otherwise, there’s a cheese tray and crudite in the back….
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Season's greetings, ya filthy animals
There's No Lights on the Christmas Tree, Mother
Written by Alex Harvey and originally performed by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band.
The mob's in town
And the guns are out
And Louie knows what it's all about
He's gunning down the cops with machine
soundcloud.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Season's greetings, ya filthy animals
"Cat shit on the altar": www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/w...
神台貓屎 (san4 toi4 maau1 si2 | ) : disgusting, unwelcome - CantoDict
CantoDict: an Online Collaborative Chinese (Cantonese) Dictionary.
www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
"Cat shit on the altar": www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/w...
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‘“I’ve been a fool in most things,” said Mortimer quietly, “but I'm not such a fool as not to believe in Pan when I'm down here. And if you're wise you won't disbelieve in him too boastfully while you're in his country.”’ — ‘The Music on the Hill’ (1911)
‘Saki’ (H.H. Munro) was born #OTD in 1870.
‘Saki’ (H.H. Munro) was born #OTD in 1870.
December 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
‘“I’ve been a fool in most things,” said Mortimer quietly, “but I'm not such a fool as not to believe in Pan when I'm down here. And if you're wise you won't disbelieve in him too boastfully while you're in his country.”’ — ‘The Music on the Hill’ (1911)
‘Saki’ (H.H. Munro) was born #OTD in 1870.
‘Saki’ (H.H. Munro) was born #OTD in 1870.
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He was driving through Davie when an FHP trooper knocked on his window, informing him his license plate cover violated a new state law. Moments later immigrations agents swarmed the car.
It's an example, some say, of how the confusing new law could become another tool to stop and detain immigrants.
It's an example, some say, of how the confusing new law could become another tool to stop and detain immigrants.
Florida’s new license plate law leads to immigration detention and a wrongful arrest in Broward
A new Florida law makes it a criminal misdemeanor to have anything obscuring one’s license plate. Some say the law could become another tool to stop and detain immigrants.
www.sun-sentinel.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
He was driving through Davie when an FHP trooper knocked on his window, informing him his license plate cover violated a new state law. Moments later immigrations agents swarmed the car.
It's an example, some say, of how the confusing new law could become another tool to stop and detain immigrants.
It's an example, some say, of how the confusing new law could become another tool to stop and detain immigrants.
Strange musical lesson: It was during a conversation with Bob "Elusive Butterfly" Lind that I learned something I'd never considered about doowop music.
"Back then, where I was from, that stuff was considered *dangerous*, man!" he told me.
It had always sounded so melodic & sweet to me....
"Back then, where I was from, that stuff was considered *dangerous*, man!" he told me.
It had always sounded so melodic & sweet to me....
December 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Strange musical lesson: It was during a conversation with Bob "Elusive Butterfly" Lind that I learned something I'd never considered about doowop music.
"Back then, where I was from, that stuff was considered *dangerous*, man!" he told me.
It had always sounded so melodic & sweet to me....
"Back then, where I was from, that stuff was considered *dangerous*, man!" he told me.
It had always sounded so melodic & sweet to me....
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The insane part is Max Martin has admitted that "Since U Been Gone" is a loving and skillful re-write of "Maps" only with a proper Cheiron chorus.
Ted was ahead of us all, @cmolanphy.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBr5...
Ted was ahead of us all, @cmolanphy.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBr5...
Ted Leo - Since U Been Gone / Maps
YouTube video by dropitlikeitssoap
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:13 AM
The insane part is Max Martin has admitted that "Since U Been Gone" is a loving and skillful re-write of "Maps" only with a proper Cheiron chorus.
Ted was ahead of us all, @cmolanphy.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBr5...
Ted was ahead of us all, @cmolanphy.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBr5...
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The moment I became the Joker
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The moment I became the Joker
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what is this: charcoal mixed with saliva and - is that ANIMAL FAT?! oh boy, when i find out who's doing this they're in SO MUCH TROUBLE
www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
December 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
what is this: charcoal mixed with saliva and - is that ANIMAL FAT?! oh boy, when i find out who's doing this they're in SO MUCH TROUBLE
www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
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Beneath the unclouded and mild azure sky, upon the fair face of the pleasant sea, wafted by the joyous breezes, that great mass of death floats on and on, till lost in infinite perspectives.
December 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Beneath the unclouded and mild azure sky, upon the fair face of the pleasant sea, wafted by the joyous breezes, that great mass of death floats on and on, till lost in infinite perspectives.
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I made a Chrome extension that swaps Times New Roman for Calibri on every site or just .gov. It also had Open Sans and Open Dyslexic, because f**k these people.
I’m waiting for Google’s approval for it to install automatically, but you can download it and install it in 90 seconds. Instructions 👇
I’m waiting for Google’s approval for it to install automatically, but you can download it and install it in 90 seconds. Instructions 👇
ReCalibri
They always make us do everything ourselves, anyway
Dr.eamer.dev
December 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I made a Chrome extension that swaps Times New Roman for Calibri on every site or just .gov. It also had Open Sans and Open Dyslexic, because f**k these people.
I’m waiting for Google’s approval for it to install automatically, but you can download it and install it in 90 seconds. Instructions 👇
I’m waiting for Google’s approval for it to install automatically, but you can download it and install it in 90 seconds. Instructions 👇
"Boosting profits, under this line of thinking, requires either selling more of the company’s existing goods or services, or finding new goods or services to sell. This misunderstanding made me genuinely optimistic when Deadspin and our sister sites were purchased by a private equity firm..."
There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business
I learned many surprising lessons from my 20 months as editor-in-chief of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
"Boosting profits, under this line of thinking, requires either selling more of the company’s existing goods or services, or finding new goods or services to sell. This misunderstanding made me genuinely optimistic when Deadspin and our sister sites were purchased by a private equity firm..."
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You've heard of elf on a shelf. Now get ready for... 🔭
December 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
You've heard of elf on a shelf. Now get ready for... 🔭
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Holiday spirit has evaporated.
Trying to stay positive.
1 like = 1 attempt to summarize a classic Mythos story in a single skeet
Trying to stay positive.
1 like = 1 attempt to summarize a classic Mythos story in a single skeet
December 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Holiday spirit has evaporated.
Trying to stay positive.
1 like = 1 attempt to summarize a classic Mythos story in a single skeet
Trying to stay positive.
1 like = 1 attempt to summarize a classic Mythos story in a single skeet
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December 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“The AI can't do your job, but an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that *can't* do your job.”
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“The AI can't do your job, but an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that *can't* do your job.”
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The Fall of Mark Welsh
The Fall of Mark Welsh - Lawyers, Guns & Money
It’s about the domination of every social and political institution: During the short meeting at the Texas Capitol, Abbott peppered Welsh with questions about the comments Texas Scorecard had dug up, and about Welsh’s views on diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. Abbott was apparently unsatisfied by Welsh’s answers, according to five people briefed on the […]
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Fall of Mark Welsh
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screw wikipedia, we deserve a proper oral history written by a badass academic
December 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
screw wikipedia, we deserve a proper oral history written by a badass academic
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I understand what about the capitalist hellscape pushes people to think this way, but I also think that deciding things are only worth knowing if they help at your job is needlessly giving the game away to those genuinely evil forces.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I understand what about the capitalist hellscape pushes people to think this way, but I also think that deciding things are only worth knowing if they help at your job is needlessly giving the game away to those genuinely evil forces.
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President Convicted Felon orders National Park Service gift shops to purge all items referring to diversity, which will be tough when it comes to historic sites involving the Civil War & slavery, such as Kingsley Plantation in #Florida. www.eenews.net/articles/tru... h/t @sejorg.bsky.social
Trump admin orders parks to purge shops of DEI, trans references
The review comes as the White House leans heavily on parks as the vanguard of next year’s celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the
www.eenews.net
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
President Convicted Felon orders National Park Service gift shops to purge all items referring to diversity, which will be tough when it comes to historic sites involving the Civil War & slavery, such as Kingsley Plantation in #Florida. www.eenews.net/articles/tru... h/t @sejorg.bsky.social
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The same bit from the other end. My school made me take science classes, as part of being a well rounded student, and I loved it all so much I switched from pre-law to engineering. Very few 18 year olds know what they want, or understand the options. The "consumer" model is anti-person.
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The same bit from the other end. My school made me take science classes, as part of being a well rounded student, and I loved it all so much I switched from pre-law to engineering. Very few 18 year olds know what they want, or understand the options. The "consumer" model is anti-person.
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The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
new iOS update is sleek and also defaults in Music to “you must want songs transition as they would on a dance floor.” so many people will wonder why they can’t just listen to an album. Apps > Music > Song Transitions > toggle off.
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
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one thing about these arguments that college should be directly job-relevant is that it's REALLY HARD TO GAME OUT what specific skills will be needed in 4 years, let alone 10, 15, ESPECIALLY in technical fields. Even strictly instrumentally, critical thinking and broad coverage is a better answer.
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
one thing about these arguments that college should be directly job-relevant is that it's REALLY HARD TO GAME OUT what specific skills will be needed in 4 years, let alone 10, 15, ESPECIALLY in technical fields. Even strictly instrumentally, critical thinking and broad coverage is a better answer.