s’more of babylon
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goddamned sputnik
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The thing about Casablanca being the greatest film of all time is people don't believe you and then they watch it
You ever stop and think about CASABLANCA? You ever stop and think about "Welcome back to the fight, this time, I know our side will win?" You ever think about a bar full of people defiantly singing La Marseillaise, played by a soundstage full of Jewish refugees? You ever think about CASABLANCA??????
February 15, 2026 at 12:26 PM
The thing about Casablanca being the greatest film of all time is people don't believe you and then they watch it
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It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
February 13, 2026 at 11:26 AM
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
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HER: you better not be slutty archer death when I get there
ME:
ME:
‘Tödlein’, Death as an archer.
Made from pear wood.
Dated to before 1519; artist: Hans Leinberger
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Made from pear wood.
Dated to before 1519; artist: Hans Leinberger
www.khm.at/kunstwerke/t...
February 11, 2026 at 3:38 PM
HER: you better not be slutty archer death when I get there
ME:
ME:
perhaps you would like to see a picture of my cat? if so, here she is! if not, no worries.
February 10, 2026 at 4:30 AM
perhaps you would like to see a picture of my cat? if so, here she is! if not, no worries.
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It has a certain, as the french say, [Tim Allen grunt]
February 8, 2026 at 6:18 PM
It has a certain, as the french say, [Tim Allen grunt]
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this is a thick bilbo household always has been always will be
December 28, 2024 at 3:19 AM
this is a thick bilbo household always has been always will be
as a s’more myself, I concur (that’s such a good cat name)
February 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
as a s’more myself, I concur (that’s such a good cat name)
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i think in the name of fairness the producers of the baldur's gate tv show should demand that tv writers do at least a year of running around in circles doing unpaid writing tests before they're allowed to write for the show
February 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
i think in the name of fairness the producers of the baldur's gate tv show should demand that tv writers do at least a year of running around in circles doing unpaid writing tests before they're allowed to write for the show
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You want me to send an email? The thing Jeffrey Epstein loved doing??
February 2, 2026 at 9:42 PM
You want me to send an email? The thing Jeffrey Epstein loved doing??
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As a side note, it’s funny to see so many of these emails with thirsty academics repeatedly enact Marx’s bit in the 1844 Manuscripts about the power of money. “Oh Mr Epstein, your house in New York is enormous and, unrelatedly, your questions at dinner were so intelligent, so insightful, so deep.”
![That which is for me through the medium of money - that for which I can pay (i.e., which money can buy) - that am I myself, the possessor of the money. The extent of the power of money is the extent of my power. Money's properties are my - the possessor's - properties and essential powers. Thus, what I am and am capable of is by no means determined by my individuality. I am ugly, but I can buy for myself the most beautiful of women.
Therefore I am not ugly, for the effect of ugliness - its deterrent power - is nullified by money. I, according to my individual characteristics, am lame, but money furnishes me with twenty-four feet.
Therefore I am not lame. I am bad, dishonest, unscrupulous, stupid; but money is honoured, and hence its possessor. Money is the supreme good, therefore its possessor is good. Money, besides, saves me the trouble of being dishonest: I am therefore presumed honest. I am brainless, but money is the real brain of all things and how then should its possessor be brainless? Besides, he can buy clever people for himself, and is he who has [In the manuscript: is. - Ed.] power over the clever not more clever than the clever? Do not I, who thanks to money am capable of all that the human heart longs for, possess all human capacities? Does not my money, therefore, transform all my incapacities into their contrary?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:myqic77tkmdhmaufgkvj43hr/bafkreidpuxbx764xh7vobavcnvs3v2lo5fnfi6dukfrmk3ygxmseznkyxi@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 PM
As a side note, it’s funny to see so many of these emails with thirsty academics repeatedly enact Marx’s bit in the 1844 Manuscripts about the power of money. “Oh Mr Epstein, your house in New York is enormous and, unrelatedly, your questions at dinner were so intelligent, so insightful, so deep.”
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FOUCAULT: I wrote "Panopticism" to show how people are enculturated to think of themselves as subjects and agents of surveillance
CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY: at last we have invented the Panopticon from Foucault's famous essay "Panopticism"!
FOUCAULT: Jeremy Bentham invented the panopticon in the 1790s
CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY: at last we have invented the Panopticon from Foucault's famous essay "Panopticism"!
FOUCAULT: Jeremy Bentham invented the panopticon in the 1790s
January 26, 2026 at 11:17 PM
FOUCAULT: I wrote "Panopticism" to show how people are enculturated to think of themselves as subjects and agents of surveillance
CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY: at last we have invented the Panopticon from Foucault's famous essay "Panopticism"!
FOUCAULT: Jeremy Bentham invented the panopticon in the 1790s
CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY: at last we have invented the Panopticon from Foucault's famous essay "Panopticism"!
FOUCAULT: Jeremy Bentham invented the panopticon in the 1790s
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taking a stand against the short jokes. not much of one. but,
January 23, 2026 at 9:02 PM
taking a stand against the short jokes. not much of one. but,
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the livejournal feature where you could change your icon to indicate different tonalities in which to read your posts was too powerful. They had to kill it to bring on the Long Night
January 23, 2026 at 6:54 PM
the livejournal feature where you could change your icon to indicate different tonalities in which to read your posts was too powerful. They had to kill it to bring on the Long Night
everyone who's ANYONE is playing Commonwealth.
make an awful little social-climbing freak in a decadent far future! gamble! court lovers! challenge rivals to monomachy! throw fabulous fetes! march out to battle! and above all, praise the autarch, whose haters wait upon his table of success.
make an awful little social-climbing freak in a decadent far future! gamble! court lovers! challenge rivals to monomachy! throw fabulous fetes! march out to battle! and above all, praise the autarch, whose haters wait upon his table of success.
COMMONWEALTH is OUT NOW.
It is a "far-future social climbing simulation" inspired by En Garde!, The Book of the New Sun, and Barry Lyndon.
@nictringali.bsky.social did the layout and graphic design and the cover and interior art is from @amandalee.bsky.social
👉 modality.itch.io/commonwealth 🍷🌹
It is a "far-future social climbing simulation" inspired by En Garde!, The Book of the New Sun, and Barry Lyndon.
@nictringali.bsky.social did the layout and graphic design and the cover and interior art is from @amandalee.bsky.social
👉 modality.itch.io/commonwealth 🍷🌹
COMMONWEALTH by Michael Hansen
A far-future social climbing simulation
modality.itch.io
January 23, 2026 at 6:57 PM
everyone who's ANYONE is playing Commonwealth.
make an awful little social-climbing freak in a decadent far future! gamble! court lovers! challenge rivals to monomachy! throw fabulous fetes! march out to battle! and above all, praise the autarch, whose haters wait upon his table of success.
make an awful little social-climbing freak in a decadent far future! gamble! court lovers! challenge rivals to monomachy! throw fabulous fetes! march out to battle! and above all, praise the autarch, whose haters wait upon his table of success.
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today is for the ladies to have fun. its new years eve not new year's steve
December 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
today is for the ladies to have fun. its new years eve not new year's steve
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New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
December 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
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Game designer: After lots of hard work we’re proud to announce we’ve created the Wheel of Saṃsāra from the ancient Buddhist classic Don’t Get Trapped in the Wheel of Saṃsāra
December 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Game designer: After lots of hard work we’re proud to announce we’ve created the Wheel of Saṃsāra from the ancient Buddhist classic Don’t Get Trapped in the Wheel of Saṃsāra
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insanely good thing to say when you enter a room
December 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
insanely good thing to say when you enter a room
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
Penda’s Fen is good. this isn’t why it’s good specifically but it’s not NOT why it’s good, either
bought the Strange Attractor press book about Penda's Fen in part because it contains the script and we needed to know if she actually called the cat "Bitchface" in the film
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Penda’s Fen is good. this isn’t why it’s good specifically but it’s not NOT why it’s good, either
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me after sleeping like absolute shit
November 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
me after sleeping like absolute shit
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