The Curmudgeon
@thecurmudgeon.bsky.social
Aging left wing punk just trying to organize the working class and make some cool stuff along the way.
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today on IHTOV:
today is the first anniversary of the day IHTOV launched. i wrote a little something about the experience, the joy, and the work. thanks a million for making IHTOV a success
ihavethatonvinyl.com/liner-notes/...
today is the first anniversary of the day IHTOV launched. i wrote a little something about the experience, the joy, and the work. thanks a million for making IHTOV a success
ihavethatonvinyl.com/liner-notes/...
First Anniversary
On the first anniversary of IHTOV
ihavethatonvinyl.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
today on IHTOV:
today is the first anniversary of the day IHTOV launched. i wrote a little something about the experience, the joy, and the work. thanks a million for making IHTOV a success
ihavethatonvinyl.com/liner-notes/...
today is the first anniversary of the day IHTOV launched. i wrote a little something about the experience, the joy, and the work. thanks a million for making IHTOV a success
ihavethatonvinyl.com/liner-notes/...
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Mom’s a lib, Calvin is a lefty.
December 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Mom’s a lib, Calvin is a lefty.
Me when it happens.
December 16, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Me when it happens.
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Broke out a section from my Space Liberals video that is directed squarely at those on the Right. What do you want?
youtu.be/2ym14wOGUyc?...
youtu.be/2ym14wOGUyc?...
Part III: What Do Fascist Even Want?
YouTube video by Death to the Algorithm
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Broke out a section from my Space Liberals video that is directed squarely at those on the Right. What do you want?
youtu.be/2ym14wOGUyc?...
youtu.be/2ym14wOGUyc?...
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made a post about the zine so you don't have to go looking for the post here if you want to purchase ihavethatonvinyl.com/liner-notes/...
Introducing: The IHTOV Zine
In honor of IHTOV’s first anniversary on December 17th, we have made a zine commemorating ten pieces from over the course of that year, chosen by a small committee.
ihavethatonvinyl.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
made a post about the zine so you don't have to go looking for the post here if you want to purchase ihavethatonvinyl.com/liner-notes/...
Broke out a section from my Space Liberals video that is directed squarely at those on the Right. What do you want?
youtu.be/2ym14wOGUyc?...
youtu.be/2ym14wOGUyc?...
Part III: What Do Fascist Even Want?
YouTube video by Death to the Algorithm
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Broke out a section from my Space Liberals video that is directed squarely at those on the Right. What do you want?
youtu.be/2ym14wOGUyc?...
youtu.be/2ym14wOGUyc?...
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I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
Damn.
December 15, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Damn.
There was a collection of DIY compressors made with a 3D printer by the look of it but I cannot remember what the fuck they were called. It's killing me.
December 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
There was a collection of DIY compressors made with a 3D printer by the look of it but I cannot remember what the fuck they were called. It's killing me.
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exciting IHTOV news: i made a zine! in honor of the first anniversary of IHTOV (12/17), i put together ten stories from the site chosen by a small committee. they are stories that really bring home the idea of what our records mean to us 1/3
December 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
exciting IHTOV news: i made a zine! in honor of the first anniversary of IHTOV (12/17), i put together ten stories from the site chosen by a small committee. they are stories that really bring home the idea of what our records mean to us 1/3
Here's to 100 more!
Elastic limbs, fantastical accents and crackling sexual chemistry: Dick Van Dyke turns 100
Elastic limbs, fantastical accents and crackling sexual chemistry: Dick Van Dyke turns 100
The goofy star of Mary Poppins becomes a centenarian on Saturday. And what a precocious performer he has proved, sustaining scrappy mischief through seven decades of mainstream entertainment
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Here's to 100 more!
Part of life is knowing your roles in other people's life. My is and always has been the backup friend. I'm the guy you hang out with when everyone else is busy. I'm rarely introduced to my friends friends.
December 13, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Part of life is knowing your roles in other people's life. My is and always has been the backup friend. I'm the guy you hang out with when everyone else is busy. I'm rarely introduced to my friends friends.
I'm constantly reminded that I'm gonna die alone.
December 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I'm constantly reminded that I'm gonna die alone.
It cost me $150 a month to heat and power my 700sqft house that I keep at 69 degrees (nice). This is before they build a useless data center in town. I don't know how you other folks are pulling it off.
December 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
It cost me $150 a month to heat and power my 700sqft house that I keep at 69 degrees (nice). This is before they build a useless data center in town. I don't know how you other folks are pulling it off.
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Yea I get the wishful thinking that some litigious mega corp will sue and put the brakes on AI video but this is how it’s gonna go. The suits will pay eachother off and everyone whose labor gets sold in the deal can fuck off.
Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will let the AI platform use its characters to make social-media videos.
Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora
The three-year licensing deal will let users generate videos of more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar characters.
on.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Yea I get the wishful thinking that some litigious mega corp will sue and put the brakes on AI video but this is how it’s gonna go. The suits will pay eachother off and everyone whose labor gets sold in the deal can fuck off.
Watching my bosses program a robot to replace me. Fun times.
December 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Watching my bosses program a robot to replace me. Fun times.
Sick, depressed, tired. I hate winter.
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Sick, depressed, tired. I hate winter.
I'm slightly sick. I hate being slightly sick because I know it'll last for weeks. I'd rather be near death for 24 and get it over with, one way or another.
December 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I'm slightly sick. I hate being slightly sick because I know it'll last for weeks. I'd rather be near death for 24 and get it over with, one way or another.
How am I single? The bar seems so low. (This is sarcasm. I know why im single but it's not because of shit like this.)
I had a recent date tell me he travels constantly because he doesn’t want to deal with anything “heavy” and when I asked what that meant, he shrugged and said anything that made him uncomfortable. He did not like it when I pointed out that being uncomfortable was just part of being human.
December 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
How am I single? The bar seems so low. (This is sarcasm. I know why im single but it's not because of shit like this.)
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Posting this one last time because I worked hard on it.
Here it is. My newest video on Death to the Algorithm, Space Liberals: An Andor Review (sorta). It took six months but it looks much better, is 56 mins long, and has puppets! Enjoy & subscribe!
youtu.be/flu0lYWWPL8?...
youtu.be/flu0lYWWPL8?...
Space Liberals: An Andor Review (sorta)
YouTube video by Death to the Algorithm
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Posting this one last time because I worked hard on it.
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tapping the sign
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
tapping the sign
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I wrote about CNN partnering with a gambling app that lets you wager on famine in Gaza, what this shift portends in our media, the obvious moral hazards of this arrangement, and “news” as politically impotent, disempowering spectator sport
The network will integrate betting odds for life-and-death issues into its coverage. What could possibly go wrong?
By @ahjohnson.bsky.social
By @ahjohnson.bsky.social
CNN partners with Kalshi, a gambling app that lets you wager on starvation in Gaza
The network will integrate betting odds for life-and-death issues into its coverage. What could possibly go wrong?
therealnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I wrote about CNN partnering with a gambling app that lets you wager on famine in Gaza, what this shift portends in our media, the obvious moral hazards of this arrangement, and “news” as politically impotent, disempowering spectator sport
Posting this one last time because I worked hard on it.
Here it is. My newest video on Death to the Algorithm, Space Liberals: An Andor Review (sorta). It took six months but it looks much better, is 56 mins long, and has puppets! Enjoy & subscribe!
youtu.be/flu0lYWWPL8?...
youtu.be/flu0lYWWPL8?...
Space Liberals: An Andor Review (sorta)
YouTube video by Death to the Algorithm
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Posting this one last time because I worked hard on it.
This has been a great series. I would love for Noah to do more. Maybe Tom Waits Austin City Limits and Neil Young Live at Massey Hall.
The last of my Mercury Studios videos is up now. If you only watch one, make it this one. I'm very proud of my work here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz89...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz89...
Nina Simone Explained In A Single Performance
YouTube video by Mercury Studios
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This has been a great series. I would love for Noah to do more. Maybe Tom Waits Austin City Limits and Neil Young Live at Massey Hall.
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We are tabling today at 7pm and tomorrow at 1:30pm at a screening from @means.tv at the State Theater in Ann Arbor for the film Earth's Greatest Enemy. Come on out!
youtu.be/rphBWk15_h4?...
youtu.be/rphBWk15_h4?...
EARTH'S GREATEST ENEMY | OFFICIAL TRAILER
YouTube video by Empire Files
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We are tabling today at 7pm and tomorrow at 1:30pm at a screening from @means.tv at the State Theater in Ann Arbor for the film Earth's Greatest Enemy. Come on out!
youtu.be/rphBWk15_h4?...
youtu.be/rphBWk15_h4?...