Bruce Desertrat
@brucedesertrat.bsky.social
It isn’t the players that are the problem. They’re not the ones making deals with the streaming services. It’s just enshittification on action.
November 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
It isn’t the players that are the problem. They’re not the ones making deals with the streaming services. It’s just enshittification on action.
This is what happens when you staff the entire Admiistration from a giant box of "Oops! All Baghdad Bob's!"
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is what happens when you staff the entire Admiistration from a giant box of "Oops! All Baghdad Bob's!"
No, you grinning ghoul, you don't have to 'concoct' anything. The BLS can and will collect the actual data; it's just going to be late.
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
No, you grinning ghoul, you don't have to 'concoct' anything. The BLS can and will collect the actual data; it's just going to be late.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal"
..with some notable exceptions...
..with some notable exceptions...
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal"
..with some notable exceptions...
..with some notable exceptions...
Really big “Trading Places” ‘Turn the machines back on!’ energy.
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Really big “Trading Places” ‘Turn the machines back on!’ energy.
Alas, this time around, like in 2008, they'll get bailed out by wee the stinky pipples.
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Alas, this time around, like in 2008, they'll get bailed out by wee the stinky pipples.
Actually we may have to invite the British Army back for a 'barbeque'....
October 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Actually we may have to invite the British Army back for a 'barbeque'....
Murc's Law is a cruel and implacable mistress
October 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Murc's Law is a cruel and implacable mistress
I do not think this is appeasement any more. I think that his old persona was the mask, not the new racist fascist one
October 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I do not think this is appeasement any more. I think that his old persona was the mask, not the new racist fascist one
And he doesn't live in Alabama, either.
October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
And he doesn't live in Alabama, either.
"It's all the squares, Katie"
October 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"It's all the squares, Katie"
A tiny bit of the Scouring of the Shire did get included as part of what Frodo saw in Galadriel's mirror; they actually filmed a lot of it before Jackson decided to cut it out of the film.
October 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A tiny bit of the Scouring of the Shire did get included as part of what Frodo saw in Galadriel's mirror; they actually filmed a lot of it before Jackson decided to cut it out of the film.
Literally the first thing Hitler did. Fascists are not cold, calculating people. They greatly value emotion over reason.
October 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Literally the first thing Hitler did. Fascists are not cold, calculating people. They greatly value emotion over reason.
That dastardly non-criminal!!!!
September 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
That dastardly non-criminal!!!!
This requires his Cabinet do it. He surrounds himself with loyal lickspittles and incompetents who will never go against him.
September 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This requires his Cabinet do it. He surrounds himself with loyal lickspittles and incompetents who will never go against him.
It's also why hay fever was rare when 80% of the US population didn't work in agriculture. The US population didn't change to more urban than rural until the 1920 census.
September 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
It's also why hay fever was rare when 80% of the US population didn't work in agriculture. The US population didn't change to more urban than rural until the 1920 census.
That didn't manifest a rise until the 1990's
September 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
That didn't manifest a rise until the 1990's
That's what killed the one in Bobby Brainworm's head.
September 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
That's what killed the one in Bobby Brainworm's head.
It will have to get past the SCROTUS 6 eventually and since their base philosophy is that "If A Republican President Does It, It's Not Illegal" I will not hold my breath.
September 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It will have to get past the SCROTUS 6 eventually and since their base philosophy is that "If A Republican President Does It, It's Not Illegal" I will not hold my breath.
We need to get Bobby Brainworm to investigate the sudden epidemic of morbid obesity in face-eating leopards...
September 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We need to get Bobby Brainworm to investigate the sudden epidemic of morbid obesity in face-eating leopards...
Burn the place down so they can squat in the ashes as kings? Somehow their plan seems to be awfully Underpants Gnomes-level wishful thinking.
September 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Burn the place down so they can squat in the ashes as kings? Somehow their plan seems to be awfully Underpants Gnomes-level wishful thinking.
RFK Jr in a hooters uniform....now where did I put that drum of industrial strength brain bleach...
September 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
RFK Jr in a hooters uniform....now where did I put that drum of industrial strength brain bleach...
Well, he's using the lawyers of the DC firms who caved to his threats for defending the 'wrong' people. They just have to transcribe his rants, present them to the courts and pray that they don't get sanctioned out of the Bar.
September 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Well, he's using the lawyers of the DC firms who caved to his threats for defending the 'wrong' people. They just have to transcribe his rants, present them to the courts and pray that they don't get sanctioned out of the Bar.