Rubyvroom
@rubyvroom.bsky.social
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I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
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If you happen to be looking for bad redactions in a large set of data files today for some reason, there's an open source tool for that.
Y’all know we have a tool for finding exactly these kinds of bad redactions, right? free.law/open-source-...
December 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
If you happen to be looking for bad redactions in a large set of data files today for some reason, there's an open source tool for that.
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Remember kids, if you're working today, no you're not. It's Christmas Eve Eve. Put 8 hours of fake meetings on your outlook calendar. You're meeting with Santa. Take a dozen smoke breaks and feed a reindeer. Dasher and Dancer love Newports. This work week is over if you believe it is.
December 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Remember kids, if you're working today, no you're not. It's Christmas Eve Eve. Put 8 hours of fake meetings on your outlook calendar. You're meeting with Santa. Take a dozen smoke breaks and feed a reindeer. Dasher and Dancer love Newports. This work week is over if you believe it is.
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I’m reminded of watching two old ladies ask a teenage goth for directions and she politely told them and when she was out of earshot one lady said “You know where you are with a goth”
Things are Terrible, but this isn't.
Be weird.
Be weird.
December 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I’m reminded of watching two old ladies ask a teenage goth for directions and she politely told them and when she was out of earshot one lady said “You know where you are with a goth”
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Tell me you don't see it
December 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Tell me you don't see it
Saw the trailer for The Odyssey. Uh, that was extremely, incredibly, aggressively Mid.
December 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Saw the trailer for The Odyssey. Uh, that was extremely, incredibly, aggressively Mid.
#PeoplesPop25 I love this final list because a lot of times the tracks chosen are not the Single or the consensus pick for each artist, so I'm still picking up a lot of new songs. Excellent! To the playlist!
December 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
#PeoplesPop25 I love this final list because a lot of times the tracks chosen are not the Single or the consensus pick for each artist, so I'm still picking up a lot of new songs. Excellent! To the playlist!
#PeoplesPop25 WAY more of my challenge picks made the final list than I was anticipating given I wasn't here on nominations day to Main anything. Six out of seven picks! Either I'm basic or we all have incredible taste.
December 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
#PeoplesPop25 WAY more of my challenge picks made the final list than I was anticipating given I wasn't here on nominations day to Main anything. Six out of seven picks! Either I'm basic or we all have incredible taste.
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The Italian cover of Absolution, from my wonderful publisher there, Einaudi. Out next year. Translated by Cristiana Mennella. The artist is Lorenzo Ceccotti and the inspiration here is the biologist's expedition in part 1 of the novel. Just a stunning cover. Amazing.
December 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The Italian cover of Absolution, from my wonderful publisher there, Einaudi. Out next year. Translated by Cristiana Mennella. The artist is Lorenzo Ceccotti and the inspiration here is the biologist's expedition in part 1 of the novel. Just a stunning cover. Amazing.
Other honorable mentions. The Sabrina Carpenter album is not as consistent as the previous but the highs are higher. Manchild is great, and so is When Did You Get Hot? Several Lola Young songs were quite nice. Lady Gaga too. Turnstile is a delightful discovery. PinkPantheress finally won me over.
December 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Other honorable mentions. The Sabrina Carpenter album is not as consistent as the previous but the highs are higher. Manchild is great, and so is When Did You Get Hot? Several Lola Young songs were quite nice. Lady Gaga too. Turnstile is a delightful discovery. PinkPantheress finally won me over.
#PeoplesPop25 7/7 Last Pick. I have not been strategic. This isn't going to get very far. But I simply haven't heard a lyric that surpasses "God damn baby you drink like Hemingway / But your writing's no good and your songs all sound the same" all year. youtu.be/OD6DdnPpZd4?...
girl in red - Hemingway (Official Video)
YouTube video by girlinredVEVO
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
#PeoplesPop25 7/7 Last Pick. I have not been strategic. This isn't going to get very far. But I simply haven't heard a lyric that surpasses "God damn baby you drink like Hemingway / But your writing's no good and your songs all sound the same" all year. youtu.be/OD6DdnPpZd4?...
#PeoplesPop25 I probably should be playing more strategically here but I am appalled that this isn't even on the nominations list. I would put it in the "Strange Bop" category. youtu.be/B6QUT0Re_8Q?...
Water From Your Eyes - "Playing Classics" (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Water From Your Eyes
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
#PeoplesPop25 I probably should be playing more strategically here but I am appalled that this isn't even on the nominations list. I would put it in the "Strange Bop" category. youtu.be/B6QUT0Re_8Q?...
#PeoplesPop25 I really think Chappell Roan's songcraft which was already at a high level is improving by leagues with each new release. This is a grower, not as immediately gripping but the little details really add up to a crushing, heartrending whole.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=woLf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=woLf...
Chappell Roan - The Subway (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by ChappellRoanVEVO
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
#PeoplesPop25 I really think Chappell Roan's songcraft which was already at a high level is improving by leagues with each new release. This is a grower, not as immediately gripping but the little details really add up to a crushing, heartrending whole.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=woLf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=woLf...
#PeoplesPop25 If there was a better funky party dance track this year than SUGAR ON MY TONGUE then... send it my way because there are not nearly enough of these this year. Anyway my #1 most played youtu.be/ljHdccyQbT4?...
SUGAR ON MY TONGUE (Official Video)
YouTube video by Tyler, The Creator
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
#PeoplesPop25 If there was a better funky party dance track this year than SUGAR ON MY TONGUE then... send it my way because there are not nearly enough of these this year. Anyway my #1 most played youtu.be/ljHdccyQbT4?...
#PeoplesPop25 Second pick youtu.be/eTBGUswrBvo?... Groovy!
Gelli Haha - Normalize (Official Video)
YouTube video by Innovative Leisure
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
#PeoplesPop25 Second pick youtu.be/eTBGUswrBvo?... Groovy!
@peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social I only caught on today that we were starting and I'm not online tomorrow so I hope it's acceptable to post seven tracks on the last day. If not, you can count this one as my nomination. #PeoplesPop25 youtu.be/6Kjz89xYmS4?...
Wet Leg - catch these fists (Official Video)
YouTube video by WetLegVEVO
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
@peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social I only caught on today that we were starting and I'm not online tomorrow so I hope it's acceptable to post seven tracks on the last day. If not, you can count this one as my nomination. #PeoplesPop25 youtu.be/6Kjz89xYmS4?...
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
What's poignant about watching Christmas Vacation in 2025 is how much of the plot revolves around Clark's promised Christmas Bonus -- a practice that has been largely phased out by now for anyone who ever had access to this year-end windfall. Does anyone still get Christmas bonuses?
December 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
What's poignant about watching Christmas Vacation in 2025 is how much of the plot revolves around Clark's promised Christmas Bonus -- a practice that has been largely phased out by now for anyone who ever had access to this year-end windfall. Does anyone still get Christmas bonuses?
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Don't let people enjoy things. If someone enjoys something you don't, they're wrong. Also you're wrong for thinking they're wrong. Also the thing itself is wrong. Everyone go to jail
December 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Don't let people enjoy things. If someone enjoys something you don't, they're wrong. Also you're wrong for thinking they're wrong. Also the thing itself is wrong. Everyone go to jail
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I could literally watch 600 more knives out films
December 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I could literally watch 600 more knives out films
"Doormats" would really imply the opposite of cutting off contact, wouldn't it? That the kids were staying around and mistreating their parents, rather than fleeing them? Makes me think this is the Moms' natural state of grievance that probably made their kids run screaming in the first place.
Welcome to the pissed-off parent pushback: After years of therapists and others encouraging adult children to cut ties with families they deem harmful or “toxic,” estranged parents are speaking out on.wsj.com/4s49U52
These Moms Are Done Being ‘Doormats’ for Their Estranged Children
Parents publicly blast their adult offspring for cutting them off, drawing tens of thousands of online followers.
on.wsj.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"Doormats" would really imply the opposite of cutting off contact, wouldn't it? That the kids were staying around and mistreating their parents, rather than fleeing them? Makes me think this is the Moms' natural state of grievance that probably made their kids run screaming in the first place.
My moment of joy this year was the dance sequences in Sinners, specifically the time-collapsing number where every genre and period appeared and melted together. Transcendent, I ascended into heaven for a few minutes.
2025 has been a rough year. What's one piece of art that's brought you absolute joy despite everything?
December 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
My moment of joy this year was the dance sequences in Sinners, specifically the time-collapsing number where every genre and period appeared and melted together. Transcendent, I ascended into heaven for a few minutes.
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boy i cannot imagine anything more fucking embarrassing, as a white man, than writing a piece about how the reason my career sucks is the game isnt rigged for me enough
One problem with this take is the number of high profile white millennial men in the media...
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
December 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
boy i cannot imagine anything more fucking embarrassing, as a white man, than writing a piece about how the reason my career sucks is the game isnt rigged for me enough
Andre Braugher duh
This is a fun question—best “serious” actor in a comedic role of the last decade?
It’s so much easier for comic actors to do drama than vice versa. Look at Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine or Truman Show, and then look at De Niro’s comedies, they’re terrible
December 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Andre Braugher duh