Meatba'al
@vance.bsky.social
Writer/Irish-born American dumbass. Working (very slowly) on a reference book about the 3DO. Voted funniest man on the northbound Metro Blue Line.
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Meatba'al
@vance.bsky.social
· Oct 16
BBC announcer voice: At 6pm we'll be showing Sex Secrets of the Druids, and at 8 it's the entire panel at QI talking about Brexit and randomly pointing a loaded revolver at each other.
Guy looks like those freakish Road Rash mock-ups.
January 30, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Guy looks like those freakish Road Rash mock-ups.
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An old story I heard about a grandpa telling their grandson before going to get hammered on his 21st birthday to drink 2 full glasses of olive oil so it "coats his stomach" so he can drink more alcohol, and as soon as he got to the bar he violently shit his pants.
January 28, 2026 at 2:08 AM
An old story I heard about a grandpa telling their grandson before going to get hammered on his 21st birthday to drink 2 full glasses of olive oil so it "coats his stomach" so he can drink more alcohol, and as soon as he got to the bar he violently shit his pants.
Folks, I'm begging you to not allow your hobbies to become your personality. The results aren't great.
My fucking god guys there's a command called MAN
IT STANDS FOR manual
You write it before any other command and it outputs a manual page for that
Damn let me tell there's even things like FORUMS and very well organized WIKIS with detailed instructions on how your os works and fixing common problems
IT STANDS FOR manual
You write it before any other command and it outputs a manual page for that
Damn let me tell there's even things like FORUMS and very well organized WIKIS with detailed instructions on how your os works and fixing common problems
The Linux Guys could write a very well-organized manual and I imagine that would help adoption a lot. Everybody says it's a helpful learning ecosystem but if you have a problem, all the responses assume you have a PhD in computer science.
January 30, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Folks, I'm begging you to not allow your hobbies to become your personality. The results aren't great.
Seeing varying reports that they met when she was either 16 or 19, but either way imagine going from that to 37 before admitting to yourself that you can do better than the "YOU CAN DO EEEEET" guy and just having to figure out who you are without that shit co-opting your worldview.
Rob Schneider, 62, Faces Heartbreak as 37-Year-Old Wife Files for Divorce After 14 Years
Rob Schneider, 62, Faces Heartbreak as 37-Year-Old Wife Files for Divorce After 14 Years
After nearly 15 years together, Rob Schneider and his wife Patricia Azarcoya Schneider are officially ending their marriage. Court documents obtained in January show that Patricia, a 37-year-old Mexi…
www.comicbasics.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Seeing varying reports that they met when she was either 16 or 19, but either way imagine going from that to 37 before admitting to yourself that you can do better than the "YOU CAN DO EEEEET" guy and just having to figure out who you are without that shit co-opting your worldview.
If GameStop cashed in everything it had to leverage, it would wind up operating two Togo's sandwich shops on the side.
GameStop CEO says he is considering a major public company acquisition – WSJ.
January 30, 2026 at 4:24 AM
If GameStop cashed in everything it had to leverage, it would wind up operating two Togo's sandwich shops on the side.
The Linux Guys could write a very well-organized manual and I imagine that would help adoption a lot. Everybody says it's a helpful learning ecosystem but if you have a problem, all the responses assume you have a PhD in computer science.
"You gotta learn Linux," I know I know. That's like saying you need to get into fixie bikes to exercise, but whatever.
January 30, 2026 at 3:42 AM
The Linux Guys could write a very well-organized manual and I imagine that would help adoption a lot. Everybody says it's a helpful learning ecosystem but if you have a problem, all the responses assume you have a PhD in computer science.
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College money well spent and needed.
Rice students created an interactive map exposing ICE raids across the country as they're unfolding.
Soon it will be a map of ICE raids and ICE murders.
Keep reminding Schumer and Dems.
Rice students created an interactive map exposing ICE raids across the country as they're unfolding.
Soon it will be a map of ICE raids and ICE murders.
Keep reminding Schumer and Dems.
Rice students expose ICE raids with new interactive map
It's a nationwide digital spotlight on ICE arrests and detention centers.
www.chron.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:59 PM
College money well spent and needed.
Rice students created an interactive map exposing ICE raids across the country as they're unfolding.
Soon it will be a map of ICE raids and ICE murders.
Keep reminding Schumer and Dems.
Rice students created an interactive map exposing ICE raids across the country as they're unfolding.
Soon it will be a map of ICE raids and ICE murders.
Keep reminding Schumer and Dems.
An email my buddy got from consumer reports detailing people receiving up to 800% energy rate hikes during the cold snap, because of data centers.
We should be physically raiding these places, is legitimate self-defense
We should be physically raiding these places, is legitimate self-defense
January 30, 2026 at 2:39 AM
An email my buddy got from consumer reports detailing people receiving up to 800% energy rate hikes during the cold snap, because of data centers.
We should be physically raiding these places, is legitimate self-defense
We should be physically raiding these places, is legitimate self-defense
It is
January 30, 2026 at 1:43 AM
It is
We have the numbers to make rich people very, very scared, but not the unity.
People argue that America is a democracy, America has the White House. I say: slavery was abolished there half a century ago. The anti-slave war ended in 1865. Since then multimillionaires have mushroomed. They have the whole of America in their financial grip.
January 30, 2026 at 1:42 AM
We have the numbers to make rich people very, very scared, but not the unity.
The absolute best thing about owning an old dog is that you and your partner get to send each other up-to-the-minute poop updates with photos.
January 29, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The absolute best thing about owning an old dog is that you and your partner get to send each other up-to-the-minute poop updates with photos.
Oh shit, he's gonna try to make another film comeback, isn't he?
January 29, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Oh shit, he's gonna try to make another film comeback, isn't he?
We have this one train that the crew calls The Jerry Springer Express because everybody on the boarding platform acts like a tweaker lunatic.
January 29, 2026 at 7:41 AM
We have this one train that the crew calls The Jerry Springer Express because everybody on the boarding platform acts like a tweaker lunatic.
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Have a drink on me, Rob!
January 29, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Have a drink on me, Rob!
Fireworks just started going off over downtown Los Angeles, really expensive display.
Yard radio crackles. "Happy New Year, fellas."
"I thought we were finally under attack!"
I just watch from the bridge at work, trying to remember how these things made me feel as a kid.
Yard radio crackles. "Happy New Year, fellas."
"I thought we were finally under attack!"
I just watch from the bridge at work, trying to remember how these things made me feel as a kid.
January 28, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Fireworks just started going off over downtown Los Angeles, really expensive display.
Yard radio crackles. "Happy New Year, fellas."
"I thought we were finally under attack!"
I just watch from the bridge at work, trying to remember how these things made me feel as a kid.
Yard radio crackles. "Happy New Year, fellas."
"I thought we were finally under attack!"
I just watch from the bridge at work, trying to remember how these things made me feel as a kid.
This guy, for the record
January 28, 2026 at 5:37 AM
This guy, for the record
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It's all fun and games when you're able to convince yourself that all those people who hate you only exist on social media, not so much when you start seeing enormous numbers of those people rapidly organizing to ferociously resist you on the street in a frighteningly disciplined fashion
January 26, 2026 at 8:23 PM
It's all fun and games when you're able to convince yourself that all those people who hate you only exist on social media, not so much when you start seeing enormous numbers of those people rapidly organizing to ferociously resist you on the street in a frighteningly disciplined fashion
Looks like I pulled the cat's head off
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Looks like I pulled the cat's head off
Big problem here is that the government's primary monopoly is violence, and even if elected officials go hard against ICE, the entire apparatus is going to be very reluctant to actually stop them and interfere with their own main business.
January 26, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Big problem here is that the government's primary monopoly is violence, and even if elected officials go hard against ICE, the entire apparatus is going to be very reluctant to actually stop them and interfere with their own main business.
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This hit so fucking hard today.
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This hit so fucking hard today.
Well played.
Ikogaan mikwam! = Ice out!
Ojibwe word of the day! Learning languages is fun and honors our ancestors and future generations. Follow #Ojibwe WOD: www.youtube.com/@anton.treuer Miigwech (thank you)! #ice
Ojibwe word of the day! Learning languages is fun and honors our ancestors and future generations. Follow #Ojibwe WOD: www.youtube.com/@anton.treuer Miigwech (thank you)! #ice
January 26, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Well played.
Other M is an example that while theme is important to a great narrative, putting it ahead of plot turns it into a horrible mess
Especially if the theme is "Women are silly-billy children who can't handle their emotions, which are all based on being baby crazy."
That's how you get the Bottle Ship.
Especially if the theme is "Women are silly-billy children who can't handle their emotions, which are all based on being baby crazy."
That's how you get the Bottle Ship.
January 26, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Other M is an example that while theme is important to a great narrative, putting it ahead of plot turns it into a horrible mess
Especially if the theme is "Women are silly-billy children who can't handle their emotions, which are all based on being baby crazy."
That's how you get the Bottle Ship.
Especially if the theme is "Women are silly-billy children who can't handle their emotions, which are all based on being baby crazy."
That's how you get the Bottle Ship.
People are largely paying for it with their time and organizing expertise.
An important point is that the right is very good at leveraging wealth to AstroTurf movements. Doing things without money is an absurd, alien notion to them.
An important point is that the right is very good at leveraging wealth to AstroTurf movements. Doing things without money is an absurd, alien notion to them.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 8:00 PM
People are largely paying for it with their time and organizing expertise.
An important point is that the right is very good at leveraging wealth to AstroTurf movements. Doing things without money is an absurd, alien notion to them.
An important point is that the right is very good at leveraging wealth to AstroTurf movements. Doing things without money is an absurd, alien notion to them.
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I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
January 25, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
"You may think ICE is bad, but wait till you see the price of milk under Trump..."
There are about 100 protesters outside Schumer’s building in the middle of the blizzard urging him to whip Dem votes against any more ICE/CBP funding.
January 25, 2026 at 7:55 PM
"You may think ICE is bad, but wait till you see the price of milk under Trump..."