Coup Otter
@therealjimsanto.bsky.social
audio artist, noisemaker, writer, poet, web 1.0, neo-old New Yorker, ex-Catholic, science (quantum physics, cosmology, paleontology, archeology) & global history nerd. big fan of comic art online! #OnePiece https://linktr.ee/jimsanto
"Look on my frontal lobe, and despair!"
December 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
"Look on my frontal lobe, and despair!"
thinks he's Hitler
more like Chernenko
more like Chernenko
December 3, 2025 at 4:20 AM
thinks he's Hitler
more like Chernenko
more like Chernenko
i'm cataloging my brother's collection of 45s from roughly 1958-1963. not sure which brother. anyway, here's 1/10
YOU WERE MINE ~ The Fireflies (1959)
YouTube video by MrRJDB1969
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
i'm cataloging my brother's collection of 45s from roughly 1958-1963. not sure which brother. anyway, here's 1/10
with all that's going on, it feels timely to revisit this.
to *me*.
it feels timely to ME.
you probably don't give a shit.
fine, whatever. see if i care.
listen. you wanna know what haunts me?
what *happened* to Shadrach the Salamander?
WHAT. HAPPENED. 🔥✝️🔥✝️
#RFK #JFK #amphibians #etymology #wordnerd
to *me*.
it feels timely to ME.
you probably don't give a shit.
fine, whatever. see if i care.
listen. you wanna know what haunts me?
what *happened* to Shadrach the Salamander?
WHAT. HAPPENED. 🔥✝️🔥✝️
#RFK #JFK #amphibians #etymology #wordnerd
The New Adventures of Shadrach the Salamander 1/
December 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
with all that's going on, it feels timely to revisit this.
to *me*.
it feels timely to ME.
you probably don't give a shit.
fine, whatever. see if i care.
listen. you wanna know what haunts me?
what *happened* to Shadrach the Salamander?
WHAT. HAPPENED. 🔥✝️🔥✝️
#RFK #JFK #amphibians #etymology #wordnerd
to *me*.
it feels timely to ME.
you probably don't give a shit.
fine, whatever. see if i care.
listen. you wanna know what haunts me?
what *happened* to Shadrach the Salamander?
WHAT. HAPPENED. 🔥✝️🔥✝️
#RFK #JFK #amphibians #etymology #wordnerd
tonight, tonight
i unpinned Gemini
oh! sweet release!
i unpinned Gemini
oh! sweet release!
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
tonight, tonight
i unpinned Gemini
oh! sweet release!
i unpinned Gemini
oh! sweet release!
a closer loss is nevertheless progress
Don't know the final results here but looking like maybe a 15 pt swing toward the Dems from 2024. You absolutely can't extrapolate a special election to a midterm. But that kind of flip in a special is a Defcon 1, we're all going to die type warning for the House GOP.
December 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
a closer loss is nevertheless progress
i want to hate less
but it's hard right now
but it's hard right now
December 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
i want to hate less
but it's hard right now
but it's hard right now
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"Mr. President, the second article about you being sleepy old fuck has hit the New York Times"
December 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"Mr. President, the second article about you being sleepy old fuck has hit the New York Times"
🎄🧵💀
🎶 ’tis the season to starve people
Fa la la la la, la la la la 🎶
Fa la la la la, la la la la 🎶
Rollins: Joe Biden increased food stamp program funding by 40%. Now… we continue to roll that back… Just gratitude and joy for this work. So, so grateful to you.
December 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
🎄🧵💀
@joshtpm.bsky.social puts his finger on an important aspect of anti-AI sentiment: this is being pushed on us.
that said, anti-oligarchy is inseparable from the plain fact that AI is too often goddamn *annoying*.
everything's come to resemble a retail store with salespeople who won't leave you alone.
that said, anti-oligarchy is inseparable from the plain fact that AI is too often goddamn *annoying*.
everything's come to resemble a retail store with salespeople who won't leave you alone.
AI, ‘Populism’ and the Centibillionaire Shangri-La
A few days ago, I was looking at one of the many...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
@joshtpm.bsky.social puts his finger on an important aspect of anti-AI sentiment: this is being pushed on us.
that said, anti-oligarchy is inseparable from the plain fact that AI is too often goddamn *annoying*.
everything's come to resemble a retail store with salespeople who won't leave you alone.
that said, anti-oligarchy is inseparable from the plain fact that AI is too often goddamn *annoying*.
everything's come to resemble a retail store with salespeople who won't leave you alone.
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i woke up with hate in my heart
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
i woke up with hate in my heart
np
Maraba, by Abdullah Ibrahim
from the album 3
abdullahibrahim.bandcamp.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
np
np
Barakat, by Abdullah Ibrahim
from the album 3
abdullahibrahim.bandcamp.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
np
np
Rome, by Benjamin Miller
from the album Born For Years
livingrecords.bandcamp.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
np
!!!
BREAKING NEWS: DEVIN WILLIAMS SIGNS W/ NEW YORK METS!!!
Here’s the quick breakdown.
#BaseballBanterBroadcast #MLB #MLBHotStove #DevinsWilliams #NewYorkMets #LGM #MLBFreeAgency #Airbender
Here’s the quick breakdown.
#BaseballBanterBroadcast #MLB #MLBHotStove #DevinsWilliams #NewYorkMets #LGM #MLBFreeAgency #Airbender
December 2, 2025 at 2:55 AM
!!!
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i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
may i ask
what this is about?
who this person is?
please
please help me understand
everything i know
i've learned from
comment threads
what this is about?
who this person is?
please
please help me understand
everything i know
i've learned from
comment threads
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
may i ask
what this is about?
who this person is?
please
please help me understand
everything i know
i've learned from
comment threads
what this is about?
who this person is?
please
please help me understand
everything i know
i've learned from
comment threads
crisply argued, and with authority! anyone suggesting this is either a con man or a mark
h/t @davidgerard.co.uk
h/t @davidgerard.co.uk
Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.
There is a rush for AI companies to team up with space launch/satellite companies to build datacenters in space. TL;DR: It's not going to work.
taranis.ie
December 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
crisply argued, and with authority! anyone suggesting this is either a con man or a mark
h/t @davidgerard.co.uk
h/t @davidgerard.co.uk
imagine:
you walk up to a person, show them an image, and ask, "What do you think about this?
the person replies, "I'm sorry, I can't say; I'm blind. Would you please describe it for me?"
do you:
A) describe it for them
or
B) say to them, "Your opinion is not worth the effort," and walk away
???
you walk up to a person, show them an image, and ask, "What do you think about this?
the person replies, "I'm sorry, I can't say; I'm blind. Would you please describe it for me?"
do you:
A) describe it for them
or
B) say to them, "Your opinion is not worth the effort," and walk away
???
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
imagine:
you walk up to a person, show them an image, and ask, "What do you think about this?
the person replies, "I'm sorry, I can't say; I'm blind. Would you please describe it for me?"
do you:
A) describe it for them
or
B) say to them, "Your opinion is not worth the effort," and walk away
???
you walk up to a person, show them an image, and ask, "What do you think about this?
the person replies, "I'm sorry, I can't say; I'm blind. Would you please describe it for me?"
do you:
A) describe it for them
or
B) say to them, "Your opinion is not worth the effort," and walk away
???
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Reposted by Coup Otter
Reposted by Coup Otter
My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com
"The soft-spoken Pribble, who has the pale physique of a man who has spent his career in the electronic caves that are recording studios..."
oh NO, is that how y'all see ME?!? 🥺
oh NO, is that how y'all see ME?!? 🥺
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"The soft-spoken Pribble, who has the pale physique of a man who has spent his career in the electronic caves that are recording studios..."
oh NO, is that how y'all see ME?!? 🥺
oh NO, is that how y'all see ME?!? 🥺
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"Manifesting an Alternate Reality." Comics published twice a week at www.runofthehouse.net. #comics #webcomics #humor #pets #cats
December 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"Manifesting an Alternate Reality." Comics published twice a week at www.runofthehouse.net. #comics #webcomics #humor #pets #cats