Aberrant Eremite
@aberrant-eremite.bsky.social
Historian, fiction writer, father. I used to be eccentric, but now I have a diagnosis.
Yeah, Florida is the laboratory for evil things that then spread to the rest of the nation. I knew Trump could beat Hillary because I had recently seen a woman with decades of distinguished public service lose the gubernatorial election to a man whose only qualification was massive fraud.
December 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Yeah, Florida is the laboratory for evil things that then spread to the rest of the nation. I knew Trump could beat Hillary because I had recently seen a woman with decades of distinguished public service lose the gubernatorial election to a man whose only qualification was massive fraud.
Thank you for writing this! I feel seen. My experience was very much the "Cassandra" pattern you describe. I had a similar experience during the Iraq war, but this is worse.
December 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Thank you for writing this! I feel seen. My experience was very much the "Cassandra" pattern you describe. I had a similar experience during the Iraq war, but this is worse.
I thought Melanie Martinez wished she were Lana del Rey.
December 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I thought Melanie Martinez wished she were Lana del Rey.
Yes, that's the one I came here to post! You beat me to it.
December 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Yes, that's the one I came here to post! You beat me to it.
And when the heater wasn't working they were so cold!
December 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
And when the heater wasn't working they were so cold!
I was one of those kids who was handed down a waterbed! It was so hard to get into and out of!
December 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I was one of those kids who was handed down a waterbed! It was so hard to get into and out of!
Oh yes! I bet that a lot of Americans remember the pillorying of the Dixie Chicks better than they do Abu Ghraib.
December 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Oh yes! I bet that a lot of Americans remember the pillorying of the Dixie Chicks better than they do Abu Ghraib.
I just assumed that Hegseth had spread the geographic range of his killing spree and that he was ordering strikes on, like, California surfers.
December 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I just assumed that Hegseth had spread the geographic range of his killing spree and that he was ordering strikes on, like, California surfers.
No, I pronounce the "a" differently.
December 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
No, I pronounce the "a" differently.
Feeling smug about buying a Kobo instead.
December 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Feeling smug about buying a Kobo instead.
I picked this up the last time and I'm very glad I did!
December 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I picked this up the last time and I'm very glad I did!
They sure do hate Black people who are obviously smarter than they are!
December 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
They sure do hate Black people who are obviously smarter than they are!
Notorious thief boasts about stealing.
December 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Notorious thief boasts about stealing.
I hate sans serif fonts! But not because they're woke.
December 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I hate sans serif fonts! But not because they're woke.
That's what I said!
December 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
That's what I said!
AI leads to America's Cannae. Yeah, that sounds about right.
December 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
AI leads to America's Cannae. Yeah, that sounds about right.
His next step: ban quarantines!
December 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
His next step: ban quarantines!
I didn't know that, but I can spot a sociopath. Guys like Altman always have something like this in their backgrounds.
December 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I didn't know that, but I can spot a sociopath. Guys like Altman always have something like this in their backgrounds.
More than half of Americans have retirement plans?! Fuck, I'm poor.
December 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
More than half of Americans have retirement plans?! Fuck, I'm poor.
Well, they call him "Roller" *now*.
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Well, they call him "Roller" *now*.
That looks like the sort of thing that would make a hard man humble.
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
That looks like the sort of thing that would make a hard man humble.