Jim Kiley
@jhkiley.bsky.social
I lift weights, I act, I improvise, I play & run & used to write role-playing games. I have a job & family that I like. I enjoy cheese. | he/him | The Paris of Appalachia
Gotta admit that "Dim Philby" is an excellent insult.
"Dmitriev succeeded, as he told Ushakov he would do, in getting the White House to pass off the Russian plan as their own." @emptywheel.bsky.social www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/26/t...
The Dim Philby Leaks - emptywheel
The release of transcripts showing that the Ukraine "piece" plan that Trump claimed to be his own was in fact simply the Russian plan could have the same effect the discovery of Mike Flynn's back chan...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Gotta admit that "Dim Philby" is an excellent insult.
There we go - Trib article says they did in fact return to work. triblive.com/business/pit...
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
There we go - Trib article says they did in fact return to work. triblive.com/business/pit...
So hey, the Post-Gazette workers who were on strike - the expectation was that they'd be able to return to work yesterday. Did they return to work? Anybody know?
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
So hey, the Post-Gazette workers who were on strike - the expectation was that they'd be able to return to work yesterday. Did they return to work? Anybody know?
The following words will make your life easier and more pleasant: Star Wars is for children, and that's ok.
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The following words will make your life easier and more pleasant: Star Wars is for children, and that's ok.
Last night the cashier at Sheetz asked how I was doing; I said "I'm fabulous!" She replied "Really?" and I admitted that I was shooting for fabulous but really just hoping for decent.
She gave me a tiny blue resin duck and told me to be fabulous. It is now on my desk.
She gave me a tiny blue resin duck and told me to be fabulous. It is now on my desk.
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Last night the cashier at Sheetz asked how I was doing; I said "I'm fabulous!" She replied "Really?" and I admitted that I was shooting for fabulous but really just hoping for decent.
She gave me a tiny blue resin duck and told me to be fabulous. It is now on my desk.
She gave me a tiny blue resin duck and told me to be fabulous. It is now on my desk.
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OK so here is my Music Theory Explainer for why Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” is a genius piece of songwriting.
First, you have to be aware that Cohen is of Jewish extraction (It’s in the name - Cohen).
Next, know that figuring out which key Hallelujah is in, is not easy or straightforward —
First, you have to be aware that Cohen is of Jewish extraction (It’s in the name - Cohen).
Next, know that figuring out which key Hallelujah is in, is not easy or straightforward —
June 17, 2024 at 7:21 PM
OK so here is my Music Theory Explainer for why Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” is a genius piece of songwriting.
First, you have to be aware that Cohen is of Jewish extraction (It’s in the name - Cohen).
Next, know that figuring out which key Hallelujah is in, is not easy or straightforward —
First, you have to be aware that Cohen is of Jewish extraction (It’s in the name - Cohen).
Next, know that figuring out which key Hallelujah is in, is not easy or straightforward —
my understanding is that if my NYT crossword streak reaches one year I get to hurl a drink at Will Shortz, can anyone confirm
November 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
my understanding is that if my NYT crossword streak reaches one year I get to hurl a drink at Will Shortz, can anyone confirm
Ok Mason ok
a man in a plaid shirt is sitting in front of a bale of hay
Alt: a man in a plaid shirt is sitting in front of a bale of hay
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November 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Ok Mason ok
Can't imagine a defender getting low enough that Jaylen Warren could hurdle him
November 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Can't imagine a defender getting low enough that Jaylen Warren could hurdle him
The new concussion-reducing (?) helmets that quarterbacks now wear make them all look like the Great Gazoo
a cartoon character says hello dumb dumb on a green background
Alt: a cartoon character says hello dumb dumb on a green background
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The new concussion-reducing (?) helmets that quarterbacks now wear make them all look like the Great Gazoo
once again I must request that if you used to sell apps that worked great but now are garbage, please take your AI summaries and your handy AI assistants and put them in your butt
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
once again I must request that if you used to sell apps that worked great but now are garbage, please take your AI summaries and your handy AI assistants and put them in your butt
my levels of give-a-shit this morning are so low that I may have to ask Congress for permission to tap into the federal give-a-shit strategic reserve
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
my levels of give-a-shit this morning are so low that I may have to ask Congress for permission to tap into the federal give-a-shit strategic reserve
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Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar:
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
Personally, I will be trying to avoid the notice of Joyce Carol Oates and Kendrick Lamar for the rest of my natural life
I need Joyce Carol Oates to be mean to me online so I can get my life together
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar:
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
Funny how much messier my home office is when I've promised myself I'd write after I straighten it up.
November 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Funny how much messier my home office is when I've promised myself I'd write after I straighten it up.
Incredible
November 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Incredible
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2) I’m sorry but this guy is running in a massive urban area, with lots of young people and also I dunno cities are always the hyperblue dots on the US map so hmmmm ok hold on I can’t figure out why his wily “being a lefty” tactic worked
November 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
2) I’m sorry but this guy is running in a massive urban area, with lots of young people and also I dunno cities are always the hyperblue dots on the US map so hmmmm ok hold on I can’t figure out why his wily “being a lefty” tactic worked
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So far election night USA seems to be a real referendum on “normal people are already sick of this shit”
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
So far election night USA seems to be a real referendum on “normal people are already sick of this shit”
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this is objectively hilarious
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
this is objectively hilarious
Fellow Everton fans, can you help me understand Beto?
November 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Fellow Everton fans, can you help me understand Beto?
Gobble-rito or gobbler-ito?
November 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Gobble-rito or gobbler-ito?
@hitchdied.bsky.social I assume you saw this
October 31, 2025 at 1:25 AM
@hitchdied.bsky.social I assume you saw this
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This is just to say
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
Once upon a desert sandy
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
There was an old man you could gaze
At his works in despair in a daze
If you looked upon them
And were mere mortal men
'Ozymandias mighty', it says
At his works in despair in a daze
If you looked upon them
And were mere mortal men
'Ozymandias mighty', it says
October 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This is just to say
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
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I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
I have a meeting today entitled "Cross functional scrum of scrums touch point" and I think that that is everything wrong with corporate America in a single invite
October 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I have a meeting today entitled "Cross functional scrum of scrums touch point" and I think that that is everything wrong with corporate America in a single invite