zota
@zota.bsky.social
Technology therapist, gonzo designer, grey-hat historian.
Los Angeles.
Los Angeles.
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We are not out of the woods, not by a long shot.
The horrors are here, they have not receded.
At the same time, the regime has overplayed its hand and failed in its efforts of total consolidation of power.
I don't see a path to their realizing totalitarian control.
The horrors are here, they have not receded.
At the same time, the regime has overplayed its hand and failed in its efforts of total consolidation of power.
I don't see a path to their realizing totalitarian control.
December 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We are not out of the woods, not by a long shot.
The horrors are here, they have not receded.
At the same time, the regime has overplayed its hand and failed in its efforts of total consolidation of power.
I don't see a path to their realizing totalitarian control.
The horrors are here, they have not receded.
At the same time, the regime has overplayed its hand and failed in its efforts of total consolidation of power.
I don't see a path to their realizing totalitarian control.
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Today is the birthday of writer & artist Fletcher Hanks (Dec. 1, 1889-Jan. 22, 1976). He was only active in the comic industry for three years but is remembered for his unique style & unusual creations such as Stardust the Super Wizard & Fantomah.
December 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Today is the birthday of writer & artist Fletcher Hanks (Dec. 1, 1889-Jan. 22, 1976). He was only active in the comic industry for three years but is remembered for his unique style & unusual creations such as Stardust the Super Wizard & Fantomah.
The little things sometimes stick out from the chronic horror.
December 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The little things sometimes stick out from the chronic horror.
Hey how's it going?
My major organs /appear/ well-perfused, how about you?
My major organs /appear/ well-perfused, how about you?
major organs appear well-perfused
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December 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Hey how's it going?
My major organs /appear/ well-perfused, how about you?
My major organs /appear/ well-perfused, how about you?
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And I don't know if the answer is: everyone is too traumatized to do work and we need to reinvent society. Or if it's more like: generations are losing their cognitive abilities and willpower due to destructive technologies. Or: we all have post-viral brain damage. Or: all of the above.
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
And I don't know if the answer is: everyone is too traumatized to do work and we need to reinvent society. Or if it's more like: generations are losing their cognitive abilities and willpower due to destructive technologies. Or: we all have post-viral brain damage. Or: all of the above.
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Psst. Hey buddy.
*opens coat*
Logs from 500 year old oaks grown in the forests of Bercé. Planted by the Sun King. Suitable for the royal navy or cathedral of your choice. Gotta move em quick.
*opens coat*
Logs from 500 year old oaks grown in the forests of Bercé. Planted by the Sun King. Suitable for the royal navy or cathedral of your choice. Gotta move em quick.
November 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Psst. Hey buddy.
*opens coat*
Logs from 500 year old oaks grown in the forests of Bercé. Planted by the Sun King. Suitable for the royal navy or cathedral of your choice. Gotta move em quick.
*opens coat*
Logs from 500 year old oaks grown in the forests of Bercé. Planted by the Sun King. Suitable for the royal navy or cathedral of your choice. Gotta move em quick.
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I don't think every or even most journalists are this utterly corrupt. The investigative folks I know have always conducted themselves pretty scrupulously, and I'm currently forced to conclude that's why they haven't hit the big-time
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I don't think every or even most journalists are this utterly corrupt. The investigative folks I know have always conducted themselves pretty scrupulously, and I'm currently forced to conclude that's why they haven't hit the big-time
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
Watch out! My outfit's ridiculous!
In the club looking so conspicuous!
And rawr! These women all on the prowl!
If you hold the head steady, I'ma milk the cow!
And forget about game, I'ma spit the Truth!
I won't stop 'til I get 'em in their birthday suit!
In the club looking so conspicuous!
And rawr! These women all on the prowl!
If you hold the head steady, I'ma milk the cow!
And forget about game, I'ma spit the Truth!
I won't stop 'til I get 'em in their birthday suit!
November 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Watch out! My outfit's ridiculous!
In the club looking so conspicuous!
And rawr! These women all on the prowl!
If you hold the head steady, I'ma milk the cow!
And forget about game, I'ma spit the Truth!
I won't stop 'til I get 'em in their birthday suit!
In the club looking so conspicuous!
And rawr! These women all on the prowl!
If you hold the head steady, I'ma milk the cow!
And forget about game, I'ma spit the Truth!
I won't stop 'til I get 'em in their birthday suit!
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ok but hear me out
November 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
ok but hear me out
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if you get your credit card out to find out what happens you’ve strayed too far from god’s light
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 AM
if you get your credit card out to find out what happens you’ve strayed too far from god’s light
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Immantise the eschaton. That’s what we’re going to do folks. We’re going to immantentise – such a beautiful word, it means bring forward or make immediate – the eschaton. You’re going to love the eschaton. The Democrats, they say no, don’t immantentise the eschaton – well we’re going to do it folks
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Immantise the eschaton. That’s what we’re going to do folks. We’re going to immantentise – such a beautiful word, it means bring forward or make immediate – the eschaton. You’re going to love the eschaton. The Democrats, they say no, don’t immantentise the eschaton – well we’re going to do it folks
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Would someone who knows where this dude is located please superglue a shiny, very hard white plastic pill to his tongue for me please?
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Would someone who knows where this dude is located please superglue a shiny, very hard white plastic pill to his tongue for me please?
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PULLET TRAIN
A train crew found a loose chicken on an N train this morning—and couldn’t get it to leave.
Loose chicken fouls N train as subway stowaway slows morning commute
A loose chicken gave new meaning to “free range,” scoring a gratis subway ride to Coney Island on the N train Thursday morning after it was discovered fouling a subway car in storage.
www.nydailynews.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 AM
PULLET TRAIN
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There's an endless array of shapes that could use stairs, chair, and ladders.
They keep designing human bipeds because people like Elon are afraid to admit their desire for tentacle monsters and centaurs.
They keep designing human bipeds because people like Elon are afraid to admit their desire for tentacle monsters and centaurs.
November 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
There's an endless array of shapes that could use stairs, chair, and ladders.
They keep designing human bipeds because people like Elon are afraid to admit their desire for tentacle monsters and centaurs.
They keep designing human bipeds because people like Elon are afraid to admit their desire for tentacle monsters and centaurs.
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Happy birthday to the Soviet linguist Yuri Knorozov who casually deciphered the Mayan script in 1952 and got pissed when editors removed his cat as co-author on papers or cropped her out of his author headshot (the only picture of himself he even liked)
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Happy birthday to the Soviet linguist Yuri Knorozov who casually deciphered the Mayan script in 1952 and got pissed when editors removed his cat as co-author on papers or cropped her out of his author headshot (the only picture of himself he even liked)
Will Stancil waggling his bare ass at the internet: "We already have cities and no one wants to live in them. Do you think that opinion is bad? Am I very bad boy?"
This isn’t true, we have built lots of non-sprawly places, and while they’re good and I like them and want to build more, one thing that hasn’t happened is that people have in any real way abandoned sprawl for these places
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Will Stancil waggling his bare ass at the internet: "We already have cities and no one wants to live in them. Do you think that opinion is bad? Am I very bad boy?"
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apropos of nothing in particular, Saudi Arabia has a population of 35 million but only 19 million are citizens, in part because only Muslims can be citizens of Saudi Arabia, so the ~2 million Christians in the country are “foreign workers” forever, even if born there
November 19, 2025 at 2:40 AM
apropos of nothing in particular, Saudi Arabia has a population of 35 million but only 19 million are citizens, in part because only Muslims can be citizens of Saudi Arabia, so the ~2 million Christians in the country are “foreign workers” forever, even if born there
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YES the cake has THUMB TABS
November 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
YES the cake has THUMB TABS
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Local independent outlets like @lataco.bsky.social have been doing great work covering the ICE raids, but absent a) strong opposition from elected officials, b) acknowledgement from @mayor.lacity.gov, and c) more mainstream coverage, people will continue to be at risk.
DAILY MEMO: More Than 30 People Taken in At Least 30 Raids During Saturday Through Monday Rains
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Local independent outlets like @lataco.bsky.social have been doing great work covering the ICE raids, but absent a) strong opposition from elected officials, b) acknowledgement from @mayor.lacity.gov, and c) more mainstream coverage, people will continue to be at risk.
To all the xenomorphs, face-suckers, drippy weirdos! You. Are. Beautiful!
[opens fire]
[opens fire]
Unsurprisingly, Weyland-Yutani’s default security android is modeled after a German DJ. They fight for Planet Bass.
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 AM
To all the xenomorphs, face-suckers, drippy weirdos! You. Are. Beautiful!
[opens fire]
[opens fire]
Cooperative societies looking at Predator technology: “Where do they get all those wonderful toys?”
Badlands was fun and while I typically don't care about this sort of thing, it's hard to see how a culture like the Yautja could ever cooperate long enough to develop space travel.
Nobody has ever done anything interesting or unexpected with the culture of the Predators onscreen, that they probably aren't ever going to, and I think I've just made my peace with it
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Cooperative societies looking at Predator technology: “Where do they get all those wonderful toys?”
Predator Badlands:
A lovable runt teams up with the android torso of “girl explaining” meme and baby sonic the hedgehog to fight corporate evil and make Thanksgiving awkward
A lovable runt teams up with the android torso of “girl explaining” meme and baby sonic the hedgehog to fight corporate evil and make Thanksgiving awkward
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Predator Badlands:
A lovable runt teams up with the android torso of “girl explaining” meme and baby sonic the hedgehog to fight corporate evil and make Thanksgiving awkward
A lovable runt teams up with the android torso of “girl explaining” meme and baby sonic the hedgehog to fight corporate evil and make Thanksgiving awkward
November 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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last night at a bar I learned that they improved pinball by making machines that are entirely computers and they’re much better than what we had before
November 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
last night at a bar I learned that they improved pinball by making machines that are entirely computers and they’re much better than what we had before