Sean Kelly
@storyslug.bsky.social
Freelance writer, "ex-patri-twit," coined the term "Same panic, different disco."
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The thing about Trump stories is that they always have that extra layer of stupidity that you’re not expecting. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The thing about Trump stories is that they always have that extra layer of stupidity that you’re not expecting. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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In 1924, Calvin Coolidge's 16-yr-old son played tennis on the White House grounds w/o wearing socks. He got a blister and was dead from infection a week later.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
For a yr, I've been working on a series for The New Atlantis about the vast systems that underlie our lives. Our ancestors built them up over decades to fend off hunger, thirst, darkness and disease. But too few of us know about them—and they're all at risk. The conclusion is now available online:
Why We Are Better Off Than a Century Ago
Our ancestors built grand public systems to conquer hunger, thirst, darkness, and squalor. That progress can be lost if we forget it.
www.thenewatlantis.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In 1924, Calvin Coolidge's 16-yr-old son played tennis on the White House grounds w/o wearing socks. He got a blister and was dead from infection a week later.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
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Not me bursting into tears because the guy at the grocery store is buying 40 cans of Fancy Feast turkey and gravy for his feral cat rescue Thanksgiving dinner 🥹
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Not me bursting into tears because the guy at the grocery store is buying 40 cans of Fancy Feast turkey and gravy for his feral cat rescue Thanksgiving dinner 🥹
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brining the turkey in Monster energy this year to offset the tryptophan
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
brining the turkey in Monster energy this year to offset the tryptophan
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Sometimes a little piece of terrible writing gets stuck in my mind.
Everyone was focused on how awful that “100 Greatest Comedies” list was. They were right. It was awful.
I’m stuck on the writer referring to Cleavon Little as a “scene stealer” in BLAZING SADDLES.
He’s the star of the movie.
Everyone was focused on how awful that “100 Greatest Comedies” list was. They were right. It was awful.
I’m stuck on the writer referring to Cleavon Little as a “scene stealer” in BLAZING SADDLES.
He’s the star of the movie.
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Sometimes a little piece of terrible writing gets stuck in my mind.
Everyone was focused on how awful that “100 Greatest Comedies” list was. They were right. It was awful.
I’m stuck on the writer referring to Cleavon Little as a “scene stealer” in BLAZING SADDLES.
He’s the star of the movie.
Everyone was focused on how awful that “100 Greatest Comedies” list was. They were right. It was awful.
I’m stuck on the writer referring to Cleavon Little as a “scene stealer” in BLAZING SADDLES.
He’s the star of the movie.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I wonder how many times a week Trump gathers his cabinet to ask where they're at on a "Freejack" scenario, where they load his consciousness into the body of a much-younger Emilio Estevez.
At his personal urging, Donald Trump’s benefactors confirm that they are looking into “making it the late 1980s again”
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I wonder how many times a week Trump gathers his cabinet to ask where they're at on a "Freejack" scenario, where they load his consciousness into the body of a much-younger Emilio Estevez.
Hey, uh, Nintendo: Donald Trump says he wants a sequel to the 2002 GameCube game "Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem." No need to check, he's very busy, but he definitely said it.
‘Rush Hour 4’ is officially in the works.
This comes after Donald Trump personally requested Paramount to revive the franchise.
This comes after Donald Trump personally requested Paramount to revive the franchise.
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Hey, uh, Nintendo: Donald Trump says he wants a sequel to the 2002 GameCube game "Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem." No need to check, he's very busy, but he definitely said it.
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The best thing I learned from Macaulay Culkin at last night’s Home Alone screening is that his 4yo son loves the movie, thinks of himself as Kevin, and has no idea that that’s his dad. Culkin is attempting to hide that fact for as long as possible
a young boy is smiling and says `` i made my family disappear '' .
ALT: a young boy is smiling and says `` i made my family disappear '' .
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November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The best thing I learned from Macaulay Culkin at last night’s Home Alone screening is that his 4yo son loves the movie, thinks of himself as Kevin, and has no idea that that’s his dad. Culkin is attempting to hide that fact for as long as possible
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Hello, police? I'd like to report a robbery.
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Hello, police? I'd like to report a robbery.
Ben Franklin famously liked 'em *old.*
when you think about it jeff epstein was kind of like the modern day ben franklin
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Ben Franklin famously liked 'em *old.*
Sean Duffy doesn't have to take off his belt, take his laptop out of the bag, get yelled at, spend three hours at a layover in Atlanta, or wedge himself into a 14"-wide seat. He flies in government-owned private jets on his own schedule and is mocking you for trying to be comfortable.
Trump's secretary of transportation Sean Duffy is scolding Americans to "dress professionally" for holiday travel at airports and such.
Democratic lawmakers, this is said in love: if you're not mocking these assholes relentlessly over this, then what are we even doing here?
Democratic lawmakers, this is said in love: if you're not mocking these assholes relentlessly over this, then what are we even doing here?
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Sean Duffy doesn't have to take off his belt, take his laptop out of the bag, get yelled at, spend three hours at a layover in Atlanta, or wedge himself into a 14"-wide seat. He flies in government-owned private jets on his own schedule and is mocking you for trying to be comfortable.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Pour one out, folks- I have once again realized that a confused social interaction I had ten years ago was probably a girl trying to hook up with me.
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Pour one out, folks- I have once again realized that a confused social interaction I had ten years ago was probably a girl trying to hook up with me.
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so many to choose from
November 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
so many to choose from
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this is one of my favorite far sides. it’s silky and has an even greater hallucinatory quality than his usual stuff and it just gets me every time, but i rarely see it listed among the best of the strip
November 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
this is one of my favorite far sides. it’s silky and has an even greater hallucinatory quality than his usual stuff and it just gets me every time, but i rarely see it listed among the best of the strip
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good work guys you picked a fight in which Dems can stand up out of their permanent defensive crouch and go “our guy is a fucking astronaut and you’re an alcoholic tv host”
Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
good work guys you picked a fight in which Dems can stand up out of their permanent defensive crouch and go “our guy is a fucking astronaut and you’re an alcoholic tv host”
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I don’t know why everyone is talking about Star Wars today but let’s just rewatch this. “It’s here and it’s not visiting anymore.”
Andor | Maarva Andor’s Monologue | Disney+
YouTube video by Star Wars
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November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I don’t know why everyone is talking about Star Wars today but let’s just rewatch this. “It’s here and it’s not visiting anymore.”
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“Bad luck, Ghorman.”
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
“Bad luck, Ghorman.”
"Am I Awake?"
Name your fav They Might Be Giants song.
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"Am I Awake?"
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In Sonic the Hedgehog 2, you activate cheats by going to the Options menu, and, under the Sound Test, selecting the following sound files and pressing "B":
19 - 65 - 9 - 17: Go-to-any-level
4 - 1 - 2 - 6: activates "Super Sayian Sonic"
1 - 9 - 9 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 4: activates debug mode
19 - 65 - 9 - 17: Go-to-any-level
4 - 1 - 2 - 6: activates "Super Sayian Sonic"
1 - 9 - 9 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 4: activates debug mode
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In Sonic the Hedgehog 2, you activate cheats by going to the Options menu, and, under the Sound Test, selecting the following sound files and pressing "B":
19 - 65 - 9 - 17: Go-to-any-level
4 - 1 - 2 - 6: activates "Super Sayian Sonic"
1 - 9 - 9 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 4: activates debug mode
19 - 65 - 9 - 17: Go-to-any-level
4 - 1 - 2 - 6: activates "Super Sayian Sonic"
1 - 9 - 9 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 4: activates debug mode
Mac & Cheese is a year-round food. I like mac & cheese, but Thanksgiving does not feel any less Thanksgiving without it.
That said, I also don't consider ham essential to this holiday.
That said, I also don't consider ham essential to this holiday.
with charity and goodwill, i must here part ways with rolls.
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Mac & Cheese is a year-round food. I like mac & cheese, but Thanksgiving does not feel any less Thanksgiving without it.
That said, I also don't consider ham essential to this holiday.
That said, I also don't consider ham essential to this holiday.
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Trump drawing anything
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Trump drawing anything