@stardaddy.bsky.social
Stardaddy of the Astronomica Podcast. Communist. He/Him.
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whoever figures out a way to bundle independent journalism subscriptions will be a hero
i know that this is an unpopular take, but everyone starting their own newsletter as a revenue stream is not a sustainable model for writing and reporting or for people who love and want to pay for media.
A lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience.
February 4, 2026 at 8:05 PM
whoever figures out a way to bundle independent journalism subscriptions will be a hero
I knew Patty Hearst was in on it ever since that hot dog made her lose control.
February 6, 2026 at 2:31 AM
I knew Patty Hearst was in on it ever since that hot dog made her lose control.
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A lot of the Male Loneliness Epidemic can be traced back to the fact that most cis dudes don’t participate in communal logistics.
I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.
Tho I will say, in his defense, he's not the first person to be confused by how quickly the romance authors & readers can whip up finely tuned logistics out of nothing. 😂
January 26, 2026 at 2:02 AM
A lot of the Male Loneliness Epidemic can be traced back to the fact that most cis dudes don’t participate in communal logistics.
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Yo' momma's so stupid she's lettin' folks tell her what her own eyes are seein'.
January 26, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Yo' momma's so stupid she's lettin' folks tell her what her own eyes are seein'.
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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the moment the second person comes into the frame to stand with his neighbor is so incredibly beautiful
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 9:01 PM
the moment the second person comes into the frame to stand with his neighbor is so incredibly beautiful
I know the police cause you trouble
They cause trouble everywhere
But when you die and go to Heaven
You'll find no policemen there
-Woody Guthrie, "Hobo's Lullaby"
They cause trouble everywhere
But when you die and go to Heaven
You'll find no policemen there
-Woody Guthrie, "Hobo's Lullaby"
January 25, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I know the police cause you trouble
They cause trouble everywhere
But when you die and go to Heaven
You'll find no policemen there
-Woody Guthrie, "Hobo's Lullaby"
They cause trouble everywhere
But when you die and go to Heaven
You'll find no policemen there
-Woody Guthrie, "Hobo's Lullaby"
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I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
you don't become a martyr because you were a saint, you become a saint because you were martyred
I agree that we can’t make Alex Pretti a Benedictine monk because that’s a trap, but we can talk about the good things we did because people will see and hear them and think “I do those things too”
January 25, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
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They wheeled this Nazi asshole into court in a wheelchair and he was still trying to hide his face in shame 76 years after World War II ended. That's the kind of commitment I'm looking for.
Ex-Nazi guard, 101, sentenced for role in 3,500 murders
He was sentenced to five years in prison for serving at the Nazis’ Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
www.nbcnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:14 AM
They wheeled this Nazi asshole into court in a wheelchair and he was still trying to hide his face in shame 76 years after World War II ended. That's the kind of commitment I'm looking for.
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They like cops so much that all we’re getting is cops. No roads, no bridges, no school funding, no culture money, just a bouquet of different types of cops
January 22, 2026 at 9:56 PM
They like cops so much that all we’re getting is cops. No roads, no bridges, no school funding, no culture money, just a bouquet of different types of cops
#ttrpg GM tip: The earlier you kill them, the more of your beautiful prep is preserved from their filthy, despoiling little player eyes. You made something perfect. The last thing you want is some half-drow bard/paladin rubbing his dumb homebrew feats all over it.
January 23, 2026 at 7:22 AM
#ttrpg GM tip: The earlier you kill them, the more of your beautiful prep is preserved from their filthy, despoiling little player eyes. You made something perfect. The last thing you want is some half-drow bard/paladin rubbing his dumb homebrew feats all over it.
Yall ever look off into the sky sometimes and think to yourself, I wonder who Pam Bondi is screaming at right now?
January 22, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Yall ever look off into the sky sometimes and think to yourself, I wonder who Pam Bondi is screaming at right now?
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Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
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Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026…
January 19, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026…
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As officials celebrate MLK today, remember that police across the country blanketed King with surveillance and wanted to sabotage his movement.
Newly Unveiled Photos of MLK Jr. Show Depth of NYPD’s Surveillance
After J. Edgar Hoover cast civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. as a “liar,” the New York City Police Department’s spy unit heeded the call.
theintercept.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:45 PM
As officials celebrate MLK today, remember that police across the country blanketed King with surveillance and wanted to sabotage his movement.
I hope that history won't remember Trump as merely another unthinkably cruel tyrant, murdering, and defiling, and greedily enriching himself in the pestilent twilight of yet one more republic; but that it won't forget he was also all along a whiny little bitch. It's a crucial detail.
January 19, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I hope that history won't remember Trump as merely another unthinkably cruel tyrant, murdering, and defiling, and greedily enriching himself in the pestilent twilight of yet one more republic; but that it won't forget he was also all along a whiny little bitch. It's a crucial detail.
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neolithic guys get pissed if you tell them their cultures are organized by the type of pots and jewelry they made. "we called ourselves the blood hunters" "we conquered villages far beyond this horizon" sorry bud you're the western linear pottery culture now
January 17, 2026 at 2:52 PM
neolithic guys get pissed if you tell them their cultures are organized by the type of pots and jewelry they made. "we called ourselves the blood hunters" "we conquered villages far beyond this horizon" sorry bud you're the western linear pottery culture now
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When Democrats folded in the last government shutdown—rescuing the GOP majority from itself and helping them pass a budget, giving validation to the Trump administration’s lawbreaking—the savvy politics knowers explained that folding was clearly worth it because it got the Epstein Files released.
No federal judge has the power or authority to make DOJ comply with the mandatory provisions of the Epstein Act, says Pam Bondi. It's unenforceable and meaningless. Essentially, DOJ is a lawless if not criminal enterprise, not a law enforcement agency, at this point.
January 17, 2026 at 3:33 PM
When Democrats folded in the last government shutdown—rescuing the GOP majority from itself and helping them pass a budget, giving validation to the Trump administration’s lawbreaking—the savvy politics knowers explained that folding was clearly worth it because it got the Epstein Files released.
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This makes me feel more patriotic than the national anthem ever could
January 16, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This makes me feel more patriotic than the national anthem ever could
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Suspiciously asking my wife who's funding her anytime she criticizes me
January 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Suspiciously asking my wife who's funding her anytime she criticizes me
AC so high, you can call me Slater
Only harmed by weapons +3 or greater
Only harmed by weapons +3 or greater
January 17, 2026 at 4:54 AM
AC so high, you can call me Slater
Only harmed by weapons +3 or greater
Only harmed by weapons +3 or greater
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Bari will never explicitly say "it's fine for masked agents of the state to murder civilians." But she will say, again and again, that the people who are upset about masked agents of the state murdering civilians are hysterical, illegitimate, censorious liars.
January 8, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Bari will never explicitly say "it's fine for masked agents of the state to murder civilians." But she will say, again and again, that the people who are upset about masked agents of the state murdering civilians are hysterical, illegitimate, censorious liars.