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Michael Seraphim
@mseraphimsl.bsky.social
· Dec 17
This is my pinned post that links to my threads of Medieval Popes behaving badly. It's a humorous, slightly fast and loose retelling of the stories of some appalling Medieval Popes. When I have a new one, I'll reply with a link to the start of it. Enjoy!
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I've been laughing at this all day. All three of these people nailed it. 10/10, no notes.
December 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I've been laughing at this all day. All three of these people nailed it. 10/10, no notes.
Another thing, kind of obvious from the chart, is that the dollars per worker hour has gone through the roof in the last 40 years. Companies are making gigantic revenues but worker wages have been fairly flat by comparison. The people working these jobs should be rolling in money and mostly aren't.
Dear god, man, you came back for another round of this? You do realize that the skills base that high-productivity production relies on is now heavily college-based. right? American manufacturing output *has* gone up while employment goes down. You are not getting back the Fordist compact...
December 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Another thing, kind of obvious from the chart, is that the dollars per worker hour has gone through the roof in the last 40 years. Companies are making gigantic revenues but worker wages have been fairly flat by comparison. The people working these jobs should be rolling in money and mostly aren't.
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😂😂😂
December 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
😂😂😂
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On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”
December 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”
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God bless your crooked little heart
December 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
God bless your crooked little heart
It's a hot soup kind of night.
December 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
It's a hot soup kind of night.
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Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag
YouTube video by Every Frame a Painting
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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MAY THE LORD SMITE YOU WITH A PESTILENCE AND BOILS
May 14, 2024 at 3:05 AM
MAY THE LORD SMITE YOU WITH A PESTILENCE AND BOILS
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This will be the only thing I ever hear ever again.
December 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This will be the only thing I ever hear ever again.
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ok, this is my favorite so far:
October 17, 2024 at 3:18 PM
ok, this is my favorite so far:
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We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
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wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
August 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
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At first you're like, why does this have a wiki page
Then you find out it might be the best wiki page ever
Then you find out it might be the best wiki page ever
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
At first you're like, why does this have a wiki page
Then you find out it might be the best wiki page ever
Then you find out it might be the best wiki page ever
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From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
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Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
![I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor or degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes" When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:egd33s7iuqsmwlwab6mbtrqi/bafkreiaaicjid4jg3oongeah73ukqvwsqv4vwbp75q4f755nldtcfermhi@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
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Me: *dramatically complains of sore throat*
Wife: “don’t worry, you can’t die of a sore throat”
Me: *gestures at casualty list*
Wife: “don’t worry, you can’t die of a sore throat”
Me: *gestures at casualty list*
November 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Me: *dramatically complains of sore throat*
Wife: “don’t worry, you can’t die of a sore throat”
Me: *gestures at casualty list*
Wife: “don’t worry, you can’t die of a sore throat”
Me: *gestures at casualty list*
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Time to post this banger again
January 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Time to post this banger again
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Not that you asked, but here's a thread of intriguing (real!) food facts to amuse/bore your friends and family.
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Not that you asked, but here's a thread of intriguing (real!) food facts to amuse/bore your friends and family.
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
It me!
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
It me!
Emergency beach view:
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Emergency beach view:
History isn't still in the past. This crime was over a century ago and still had living witnesses until today. Ruby Bridges is younger than Donald Trump!
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
History isn't still in the past. This crime was over a century ago and still had living witnesses until today. Ruby Bridges is younger than Donald Trump!