Pretentious Octo (Jerm)
@pretentiousocto.bsky.social
Jerm; 30; Any-pronoun Andy. Currently in my WALT WHITMAN era.
Album enjoyer, Wikipedia crawler, and working through a comically long reading list.
Ask me about my RYM and my Letterboxd. Ask about books, but not about Goodreads.
Album enjoyer, Wikipedia crawler, and working through a comically long reading list.
Ask me about my RYM and my Letterboxd. Ask about books, but not about Goodreads.
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KLAASJE (MISS ORANJE DISCO DANCER) - “I love Revachol, though.” She looks around, the wind in her hair. “I hope she loves me too.”
February 2, 2026 at 6:13 AM
KLAASJE (MISS ORANJE DISCO DANCER) - “I love Revachol, though.” She looks around, the wind in her hair. “I hope she loves me too.”
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YOU - Yeah, we're f****ts, got a problem with it?!
January 29, 2026 at 5:48 PM
YOU - Yeah, we're f****ts, got a problem with it?!
I think if *I* were Google, and people were calling AI the "plagiarism machine", I would perhaps not advertise my AI by showing how good it is at plagiarizing things.
Google’s new world AI model tool let me generate a bunch of Nintendo-inspired games. Including one featuring Link with a paraglider! Gift link: www.theverge.com/news/869726/...
January 29, 2026 at 6:11 PM
I think if *I* were Google, and people were calling AI the "plagiarism machine", I would perhaps not advertise my AI by showing how good it is at plagiarizing things.
BlueSky has no idea the magnitude of putting a text box up top, subconsciously prompting you to share your fleeting thoughts of the moment. I pray for a Renaissance of angstposting and vagueposting the likes of which you've never seen
January 29, 2026 at 3:24 AM
BlueSky has no idea the magnitude of putting a text box up top, subconsciously prompting you to share your fleeting thoughts of the moment. I pray for a Renaissance of angstposting and vagueposting the likes of which you've never seen
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Look, it's been hard for me to figure out how to talk about the difference between healthy masculinity and bullshit, weak, fear-based control fantasies, but BOY HAS THIS WEEK MADE EVERYTHING MORE CLEAR.
January 28, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Look, it's been hard for me to figure out how to talk about the difference between healthy masculinity and bullshit, weak, fear-based control fantasies, but BOY HAS THIS WEEK MADE EVERYTHING MORE CLEAR.
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if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 AM
if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
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SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IS GOING TO HAPPEN
January 22, 2026 at 7:13 PM
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IS GOING TO HAPPEN
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They have fucking assault rifles and we have whistles and they’re scared shitless, because they know we’d rather be righteous and dead than ever be them.
January 15, 2026 at 3:56 AM
They have fucking assault rifles and we have whistles and they’re scared shitless, because they know we’d rather be righteous and dead than ever be them.
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Trump is using ICE like a secret police force. They’ve used Gestapo-like tactics to terrorize communities for nearly a year, and now they’re literally killing people. This can’t be America.
I was the first member of Congress to call for abolishing ICE. November’s elections can’t come soon enough.
I was the first member of Congress to call for abolishing ICE. November’s elections can’t come soon enough.
There is video of the shooting of a woman by ICE in Minneapolis circulating that shows an ICE agent repeatedly shooting her at point blank range while she tries to drive off. There was no obvious threat to any ICE agent.
January 7, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Trump is using ICE like a secret police force. They’ve used Gestapo-like tactics to terrorize communities for nearly a year, and now they’re literally killing people. This can’t be America.
I was the first member of Congress to call for abolishing ICE. November’s elections can’t come soon enough.
I was the first member of Congress to call for abolishing ICE. November’s elections can’t come soon enough.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
"male loneliness crisis" this, "crisis of masculinity" that. Silence. The crisis will continue until some of you finally comprehend Eridan Ampora and his arc/themes.
January 1, 2026 at 12:53 AM
"male loneliness crisis" this, "crisis of masculinity" that. Silence. The crisis will continue until some of you finally comprehend Eridan Ampora and his arc/themes.
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every conversation with a tech ceo
December 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
every conversation with a tech ceo
A Joker remake where the cause of his insanity is his inability to be selected as a finalist in The New Yorker's cartoon caption contest
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A Joker remake where the cause of his insanity is his inability to be selected as a finalist in The New Yorker's cartoon caption contest
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
Shuffalo, 1m 12s
Haters will say it's IMPOSSIBLE 🔥
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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/11/17
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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/11/17
Play Shuffalo: Monday, November 17, 2025
Can you make a longer word with each new letter?
www.newyorker.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Shuffalo, 1m 12s
Haters will say it's IMPOSSIBLE 🔥
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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/11/17
Haters will say it's IMPOSSIBLE 🔥
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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/11/17
Shuffalo, 1m 05s
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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/11/16
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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/11/16
Play Shuffalo: Sunday, November 16, 2025
Can you make a longer word with each new letter?
www.newyorker.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Shuffalo, 1m 05s
Not too bad today 😎
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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/11/16
Not too bad today 😎
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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2025/11/16
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Went to repost this and then depressingly saw it was from 8 months ago. This is still true, and I am now convinced it will remain true until there are successful primary challenges nationwide to the "roll over and play dead" Dems.
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Went to repost this and then depressingly saw it was from 8 months ago. This is still true, and I am now convinced it will remain true until there are successful primary challenges nationwide to the "roll over and play dead" Dems.
Christmastime is the biggest indicator that the marketing industry is creatively bankrupt. Same concepts recycled by different companies every year. Whoa! You guys made a dogshit version of "Carol of the Bells" with the lyrics changed to be about your dogshit product? Pitiful. Embarrassing.
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Christmastime is the biggest indicator that the marketing industry is creatively bankrupt. Same concepts recycled by different companies every year. Whoa! You guys made a dogshit version of "Carol of the Bells" with the lyrics changed to be about your dogshit product? Pitiful. Embarrassing.
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Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
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I have watched as so-called "compromise" positions on transgender people's rights have failed over and over--in statehouses, the Biden White House, and in liberal rhetoric. There is no middle ground acceptable to the politicians, activists, and billionaires obsessed with trans people and our lives.
November 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I have watched as so-called "compromise" positions on transgender people's rights have failed over and over--in statehouses, the Biden White House, and in liberal rhetoric. There is no middle ground acceptable to the politicians, activists, and billionaires obsessed with trans people and our lives.
[making a call on the phone] Yes, hello, the Hague? Can I get a warrant out for whoever wrote the "Calling All Thrillionaires" song?
October 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
[making a call on the phone] Yes, hello, the Hague? Can I get a warrant out for whoever wrote the "Calling All Thrillionaires" song?
"Do you think the end of the world is coming?"
"So says the preacher man... But I don't go by what he says."
"So says the preacher man... But I don't go by what he says."
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IS GOING TO HAPPEN
October 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"Do you think the end of the world is coming?"
"So says the preacher man... But I don't go by what he says."
"So says the preacher man... But I don't go by what he says."
A guy who stands up to give a toast at a wedding that goes: "I thought love was only true in fairly tales: meant for someone else, and not for me..."
September 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
A guy who stands up to give a toast at a wedding that goes: "I thought love was only true in fairly tales: meant for someone else, and not for me..."
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You’re telling me this guy is not a more desirable guy to promote than Gavin Newsom
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
August 22, 2025 at 2:51 AM
You’re telling me this guy is not a more desirable guy to promote than Gavin Newsom