kulturhack
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Bemused observer of the mid 21st Century, increasingly specializing in contextualization.
Greater Washington, DC
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Bemused observer of the mid 21st Century, increasingly specializing in contextualization.
Greater Washington, DC
Mastodon Presence:
@[email protected]
As a writer, the news report of Dear Leader being gifted a previously won Nobel prize interests me greatly.
On Mondy, I’ll try to open negotiations with John Banville because if there's one thing I've always wanted, it's the Man Booker Prize For Fiction.
Can't wait to update my Bluesky profile!
On Mondy, I’ll try to open negotiations with John Banville because if there's one thing I've always wanted, it's the Man Booker Prize For Fiction.
Can't wait to update my Bluesky profile!
January 16, 2026 at 5:25 PM
As a writer, the news report of Dear Leader being gifted a previously won Nobel prize interests me greatly.
On Mondy, I’ll try to open negotiations with John Banville because if there's one thing I've always wanted, it's the Man Booker Prize For Fiction.
Can't wait to update my Bluesky profile!
On Mondy, I’ll try to open negotiations with John Banville because if there's one thing I've always wanted, it's the Man Booker Prize For Fiction.
Can't wait to update my Bluesky profile!
Just caught up w/ Dear Leader cutting off child care funds for the whole country.
So let me repeat this back: On New Year’s Day voters wake up w/ unaffordable health insurance & no child care.
But don’t worry, construction of Dear Leader’s Triumphal Arch over the Potomac is on schedule. So yeah.
So let me repeat this back: On New Year’s Day voters wake up w/ unaffordable health insurance & no child care.
But don’t worry, construction of Dear Leader’s Triumphal Arch over the Potomac is on schedule. So yeah.
January 1, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Just caught up w/ Dear Leader cutting off child care funds for the whole country.
So let me repeat this back: On New Year’s Day voters wake up w/ unaffordable health insurance & no child care.
But don’t worry, construction of Dear Leader’s Triumphal Arch over the Potomac is on schedule. So yeah.
So let me repeat this back: On New Year’s Day voters wake up w/ unaffordable health insurance & no child care.
But don’t worry, construction of Dear Leader’s Triumphal Arch over the Potomac is on schedule. So yeah.
True: I have reached the age where entering the next 24 months of haircut appointments into my calendar feels like a condensed version off immortality, but hey, I’ll take it.
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
True: I have reached the age where entering the next 24 months of haircut appointments into my calendar feels like a condensed version off immortality, but hey, I’ll take it.
In which Pam Bondi shares her helpful guide about your excellent chance as a US citizen of being investigated by Donnie’s government in the near future.
(Via Washington Post reporting today.)
(Via Washington Post reporting today.)
December 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In which Pam Bondi shares her helpful guide about your excellent chance as a US citizen of being investigated by Donnie’s government in the near future.
(Via Washington Post reporting today.)
(Via Washington Post reporting today.)
If you’re part of Sane America and this doesn’t chill you to the bone, check yourself for a pulse.
In which Donnie The Wannabe Despot sees if he can lose that pesky “Wannabe” bit…
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
In which Donnie The Wannabe Despot sees if he can lose that pesky “Wannabe” bit…
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Trump administration prepares sweeping crackdown on leftist networks
The Justice Department’s program to root out violent “Antifa” extremism is raising First Amendment concerns.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
If you’re part of Sane America and this doesn’t chill you to the bone, check yourself for a pulse.
In which Donnie The Wannabe Despot sees if he can lose that pesky “Wannabe” bit…
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
In which Donnie The Wannabe Despot sees if he can lose that pesky “Wannabe” bit…
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Emboldened by its Peace Prize given to Donnie The Wannabe Despot, FIFA announces that Ted Lasso will be awarding the organization’s new prize for literature.
December 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Emboldened by its Peace Prize given to Donnie The Wannabe Despot, FIFA announces that Ted Lasso will be awarding the organization’s new prize for literature.
He’s hundreds of years old and his appearance changes.
His sled carries enough presents for all the children of the world, which means it’s bigger on the inside.
And finally, the only way he can make all his rounds in a single night is to time travel.
I rest my case: Santa is a Time Lord.
His sled carries enough presents for all the children of the world, which means it’s bigger on the inside.
And finally, the only way he can make all his rounds in a single night is to time travel.
I rest my case: Santa is a Time Lord.
December 6, 2025 at 4:50 AM
He’s hundreds of years old and his appearance changes.
His sled carries enough presents for all the children of the world, which means it’s bigger on the inside.
And finally, the only way he can make all his rounds in a single night is to time travel.
I rest my case: Santa is a Time Lord.
His sled carries enough presents for all the children of the world, which means it’s bigger on the inside.
And finally, the only way he can make all his rounds in a single night is to time travel.
I rest my case: Santa is a Time Lord.
So I’m thinking that in the inevitable bio pic they should go with Jason Stratham and Adam Driver…
December 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
So I’m thinking that in the inevitable bio pic they should go with Jason Stratham and Adam Driver…
Am I the only one who mistook the turkey pardoning ceremony for a presser featuring Donnie, Noem and RFK The Lesser?
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Am I the only one who mistook the turkey pardoning ceremony for a presser featuring Donnie, Noem and RFK The Lesser?
Yes, a Federal judge ruled that Lindsey Halligan was an illegally appointed prosecutor, but on the other hand, she was voted Miss Congeniality.
So…yeah.
So…yeah.
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Yes, a Federal judge ruled that Lindsey Halligan was an illegally appointed prosecutor, but on the other hand, she was voted Miss Congeniality.
So…yeah.
So…yeah.
Come on, J Schools—graduate students knowing something more than he-said / she-said faux objectivity.
An MSNOW reporter filed a story on the sad Kennedy family news citing an “unofficial curse.”
Which, I suppose, differentiates it from all those, you know, honest-to-god curses plaguing the world.
An MSNOW reporter filed a story on the sad Kennedy family news citing an “unofficial curse.”
Which, I suppose, differentiates it from all those, you know, honest-to-god curses plaguing the world.
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Come on, J Schools—graduate students knowing something more than he-said / she-said faux objectivity.
An MSNOW reporter filed a story on the sad Kennedy family news citing an “unofficial curse.”
Which, I suppose, differentiates it from all those, you know, honest-to-god curses plaguing the world.
An MSNOW reporter filed a story on the sad Kennedy family news citing an “unofficial curse.”
Which, I suppose, differentiates it from all those, you know, honest-to-god curses plaguing the world.
Is it possible that the surprising cordiality of Donnie The Wannabe Despot to Mamdani is because Donnie in his increasing dotage thought he was talking to JD Vance?
Just askin’—because Occam’s Razor, man.
Just askin’—because Occam’s Razor, man.
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Is it possible that the surprising cordiality of Donnie The Wannabe Despot to Mamdani is because Donnie in his increasing dotage thought he was talking to JD Vance?
Just askin’—because Occam’s Razor, man.
Just askin’—because Occam’s Razor, man.
Though I am the curmudgeon who annually wishes to be put into a medically induced coma from Oct 30 to Jan 1 and thereby miss the trifecta of horror show holidays, I can’t resist entering into the Best Oblique Xmas Film debate with a rarely cited contender: Three Days Of The Condor.
November 23, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Though I am the curmudgeon who annually wishes to be put into a medically induced coma from Oct 30 to Jan 1 and thereby miss the trifecta of horror show holidays, I can’t resist entering into the Best Oblique Xmas Film debate with a rarely cited contender: Three Days Of The Condor.
While Lindsey Halligan made a very poor showing in the Comey grand jury segment of today’s proceedings, she did do better in both the evening gown and talent portions. So, yeah, at least there’s that…
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
While Lindsey Halligan made a very poor showing in the Comey grand jury segment of today’s proceedings, she did do better in both the evening gown and talent portions. So, yeah, at least there’s that…
Ooooh—my mistake!
All this discussion of the polititical status of Donnie The Wannabe Despot—they’ve been saying that he’s a “Lame DUCK.”
I thought they were calling him a…
Well, never mind. I don’t really feel dumb because it makes as much sense if not more *my* way.
Just sayin’.
All this discussion of the polititical status of Donnie The Wannabe Despot—they’ve been saying that he’s a “Lame DUCK.”
I thought they were calling him a…
Well, never mind. I don’t really feel dumb because it makes as much sense if not more *my* way.
Just sayin’.
November 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Ooooh—my mistake!
All this discussion of the polititical status of Donnie The Wannabe Despot—they’ve been saying that he’s a “Lame DUCK.”
I thought they were calling him a…
Well, never mind. I don’t really feel dumb because it makes as much sense if not more *my* way.
Just sayin’.
All this discussion of the polititical status of Donnie The Wannabe Despot—they’ve been saying that he’s a “Lame DUCK.”
I thought they were calling him a…
Well, never mind. I don’t really feel dumb because it makes as much sense if not more *my* way.
Just sayin’.
The Epstein files vote in the House has seemingly revealed that there is a Sex Trafficking Causcus which apparently contains a single member.
I had no idea.
The more you know…
I had no idea.
The more you know…
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Epstein files vote in the House has seemingly revealed that there is a Sex Trafficking Causcus which apparently contains a single member.
I had no idea.
The more you know…
I had no idea.
The more you know…
Dear BBC:
Here’s how to fix Doctor Who—fire Russell T and Bad Wolf Productions, hire Mark Gatiss as show runner, and—most importantly—swap in Emma Thompson’s Zoe as the Doctor, leather jacket, haircut and all.
You’re welcome.
www.youtube.com/shorts/dGe0Q...
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Here’s how to fix Doctor Who—fire Russell T and Bad Wolf Productions, hire Mark Gatiss as show runner, and—most importantly—swap in Emma Thompson’s Zoe as the Doctor, leather jacket, haircut and all.
You’re welcome.
www.youtube.com/shorts/dGe0Q...
mstdn.social/@kulturhack/...
The doctor is out, but Zoë is in. #DownCemeteryRoad — Now Streaming
YouTube video by Apple TV
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November 19, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Dear BBC:
Here’s how to fix Doctor Who—fire Russell T and Bad Wolf Productions, hire Mark Gatiss as show runner, and—most importantly—swap in Emma Thompson’s Zoe as the Doctor, leather jacket, haircut and all.
You’re welcome.
www.youtube.com/shorts/dGe0Q...
mstdn.social/@kulturhack/...
Here’s how to fix Doctor Who—fire Russell T and Bad Wolf Productions, hire Mark Gatiss as show runner, and—most importantly—swap in Emma Thompson’s Zoe as the Doctor, leather jacket, haircut and all.
You’re welcome.
www.youtube.com/shorts/dGe0Q...
mstdn.social/@kulturhack/...
Life imitates art:
Border patrol agents smash car windows only to discover driver is an American citizen…
I can’t be the only one thinking of Walter and that Corvette. Just sayin’.
youtu.be/siZQX98TsJ0?...
apnews.com/video/man-fi...
mstdn.social/@kulturhack/...
Border patrol agents smash car windows only to discover driver is an American citizen…
I can’t be the only one thinking of Walter and that Corvette. Just sayin’.
youtu.be/siZQX98TsJ0?...
apnews.com/video/man-fi...
mstdn.social/@kulturhack/...
The Big Lebowski - Is This Your Homework Larry? (1080p)
YouTube video by WAusJackBauer
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Life imitates art:
Border patrol agents smash car windows only to discover driver is an American citizen…
I can’t be the only one thinking of Walter and that Corvette. Just sayin’.
youtu.be/siZQX98TsJ0?...
apnews.com/video/man-fi...
mstdn.social/@kulturhack/...
Border patrol agents smash car windows only to discover driver is an American citizen…
I can’t be the only one thinking of Walter and that Corvette. Just sayin’.
youtu.be/siZQX98TsJ0?...
apnews.com/video/man-fi...
mstdn.social/@kulturhack/...
The WSJ reports Donnie The Wannabe Despot is rolling back food tariffs to lower their cost.
That means the tariffs increased consumer costs, which Donnie has denied.
If we lose our democracy, for god’s sake don’t let it be to this moron.
apple.news/AvknzMEMgQy2...
mstdn.social/@kulturhack/...
That means the tariffs increased consumer costs, which Donnie has denied.
If we lose our democracy, for god’s sake don’t let it be to this moron.
apple.news/AvknzMEMgQy2...
mstdn.social/@kulturhack/...
Trump Implements Major Rollback of Food Tariffs — The Wall Street Journal
President moves to lower duties on beef, coffee and dozens of other goods as cost-of-living concerns rise
apple.news
November 15, 2025 at 5:22 AM
The WSJ reports Donnie The Wannabe Despot is rolling back food tariffs to lower their cost.
That means the tariffs increased consumer costs, which Donnie has denied.
If we lose our democracy, for god’s sake don’t let it be to this moron.
apple.news/AvknzMEMgQy2...
mstdn.social/@kulturhack/...
That means the tariffs increased consumer costs, which Donnie has denied.
If we lose our democracy, for god’s sake don’t let it be to this moron.
apple.news/AvknzMEMgQy2...
mstdn.social/@kulturhack/...
It’s official—I’m turning in the last of my Cool Hunting credentials.
I just read a report in the tech press saying that Apple’s new iPhone Pocket was almost sold out.
A neon-hued jockstrap for a phone as an object of desire? I did not see that one coming.
I just read a report in the tech press saying that Apple’s new iPhone Pocket was almost sold out.
A neon-hued jockstrap for a phone as an object of desire? I did not see that one coming.
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It’s official—I’m turning in the last of my Cool Hunting credentials.
I just read a report in the tech press saying that Apple’s new iPhone Pocket was almost sold out.
A neon-hued jockstrap for a phone as an object of desire? I did not see that one coming.
I just read a report in the tech press saying that Apple’s new iPhone Pocket was almost sold out.
A neon-hued jockstrap for a phone as an object of desire? I did not see that one coming.
MSNBC just declared Spanberger is the next Governor of Virginia.
As a Dem voter in the People’s Republic Of Northern Virginia, as always, Sane America, you are very welcome.
And please let me be the first to say it: Winsome, lose some.
As a Dem voter in the People’s Republic Of Northern Virginia, as always, Sane America, you are very welcome.
And please let me be the first to say it: Winsome, lose some.
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
MSNBC just declared Spanberger is the next Governor of Virginia.
As a Dem voter in the People’s Republic Of Northern Virginia, as always, Sane America, you are very welcome.
And please let me be the first to say it: Winsome, lose some.
As a Dem voter in the People’s Republic Of Northern Virginia, as always, Sane America, you are very welcome.
And please let me be the first to say it: Winsome, lose some.
Well, it’s the end of Daylight Savings Time, so this year I’m turning the clocks back to November 6, 2012.
Fingers crossed it works.
Fingers crossed it works.
November 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Well, it’s the end of Daylight Savings Time, so this year I’m turning the clocks back to November 6, 2012.
Fingers crossed it works.
Fingers crossed it works.
Got early voting done today. I did my part once again to save Democracy in Virginia and, in turn, the nation.
And as always, you’re very welcome, Sane America.
If you’re voting this Tuesday, there’s only two choices: Democrat or Fascism. One is not perfect, but the other is deeply, blindly wrong.
And as always, you’re very welcome, Sane America.
If you’re voting this Tuesday, there’s only two choices: Democrat or Fascism. One is not perfect, but the other is deeply, blindly wrong.
November 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Got early voting done today. I did my part once again to save Democracy in Virginia and, in turn, the nation.
And as always, you’re very welcome, Sane America.
If you’re voting this Tuesday, there’s only two choices: Democrat or Fascism. One is not perfect, but the other is deeply, blindly wrong.
And as always, you’re very welcome, Sane America.
If you’re voting this Tuesday, there’s only two choices: Democrat or Fascism. One is not perfect, but the other is deeply, blindly wrong.
Report from war-torn Washington DC:
Wonder what the occupying national guard (aka the shock troops of Donnie The Wannbe Despot) are going to make of annual gay Halloween parade in Georgetown?
Steady on men—drag queens aren’t dangerous.
Wonder what the occupying national guard (aka the shock troops of Donnie The Wannbe Despot) are going to make of annual gay Halloween parade in Georgetown?
Steady on men—drag queens aren’t dangerous.
October 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Report from war-torn Washington DC:
Wonder what the occupying national guard (aka the shock troops of Donnie The Wannbe Despot) are going to make of annual gay Halloween parade in Georgetown?
Steady on men—drag queens aren’t dangerous.
Wonder what the occupying national guard (aka the shock troops of Donnie The Wannbe Despot) are going to make of annual gay Halloween parade in Georgetown?
Steady on men—drag queens aren’t dangerous.
The BBC has announced another Doctor Who series, but no longer in partnership with Disney.
Fingers crossed it begins with Peter Capaldi regaining consciousness on the floor of the TARDIS and saying “Oh, thank god! What a horrible dream!”
Fingers crossed it begins with Peter Capaldi regaining consciousness on the floor of the TARDIS and saying “Oh, thank god! What a horrible dream!”
October 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The BBC has announced another Doctor Who series, but no longer in partnership with Disney.
Fingers crossed it begins with Peter Capaldi regaining consciousness on the floor of the TARDIS and saying “Oh, thank god! What a horrible dream!”
Fingers crossed it begins with Peter Capaldi regaining consciousness on the floor of the TARDIS and saying “Oh, thank god! What a horrible dream!”