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· Sep 30
I guess no matter what social media platform is developed, and no matter how hard they try to make it a friendly and safe place, there will always be an element of humanity that logs in with "Can you believe the horrible shit going on the place we just escaped?" providing screengrabs and videos.
Life's been a roller-coaster lately, and time's been stampeding along without hindrance or relent.
But. We got to see Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's holiday show last night, excellent seats, for free. That's not bad.
But. We got to see Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's holiday show last night, excellent seats, for free. That's not bad.
December 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Life's been a roller-coaster lately, and time's been stampeding along without hindrance or relent.
But. We got to see Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's holiday show last night, excellent seats, for free. That's not bad.
But. We got to see Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's holiday show last night, excellent seats, for free. That's not bad.
The soullessness, the entitlement …
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The soullessness, the entitlement …
Dude asked me to update usage in our docs. Didn't say which doc, so I went with the one he commented on.
He said, snottily, that was the wrong doc and pointed me to another.
I cleaned that up, and he said it was too late to work on that one.
He's lucky we're working remotely. #AmEditing
He said, snottily, that was the wrong doc and pointed me to another.
I cleaned that up, and he said it was too late to work on that one.
He's lucky we're working remotely. #AmEditing
December 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Dude asked me to update usage in our docs. Didn't say which doc, so I went with the one he commented on.
He said, snottily, that was the wrong doc and pointed me to another.
I cleaned that up, and he said it was too late to work on that one.
He's lucky we're working remotely. #AmEditing
He said, snottily, that was the wrong doc and pointed me to another.
I cleaned that up, and he said it was too late to work on that one.
He's lucky we're working remotely. #AmEditing
Not a great sign, when I can carve 2/3 of my work Inbox's load just by previewing and deleting the junk mail.
December 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Not a great sign, when I can carve 2/3 of my work Inbox's load just by previewing and deleting the junk mail.
I had a joke about Narcissus that required some reflection.
I had a joke about Narcissus but I took a long hard look at myself first
Yeah, my joke about Daedalus got a little too labyrinthine
December 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I had a joke about Narcissus that required some reflection.
This was a nonsense project I rewarded myself with, after a full day of cleaning the apartment.
In Old Norse it says STEIKJA, "cooking over flame," and I'll post it nearby when I grill. Which may not be for half a year, but I wanted to do this at any rate.
In Old Norse it says STEIKJA, "cooking over flame," and I'll post it nearby when I grill. Which may not be for half a year, but I wanted to do this at any rate.
December 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This was a nonsense project I rewarded myself with, after a full day of cleaning the apartment.
In Old Norse it says STEIKJA, "cooking over flame," and I'll post it nearby when I grill. Which may not be for half a year, but I wanted to do this at any rate.
In Old Norse it says STEIKJA, "cooking over flame," and I'll post it nearby when I grill. Which may not be for half a year, but I wanted to do this at any rate.
#Republicans #conservatives are a death cult.
WELKER: Is there any hard evidence showing this particular boat was headed to the US?
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
December 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
#Republicans #conservatives are a death cult.
My grandfather was a terrorist, so I suppose that makes me quarter-terrorist. I don't really practice anymore, I'm kinda secular terrorist. But my terror-mom can still guilt me into going to terror-church for terror-holidays, like Christmassmurder and Valentine's Day.
December 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
My grandfather was a terrorist, so I suppose that makes me quarter-terrorist. I don't really practice anymore, I'm kinda secular terrorist. But my terror-mom can still guilt me into going to terror-church for terror-holidays, like Christmassmurder and Valentine's Day.
While looking up VoteVets' activism to have Hegseth removed as Defense Secretary, I found a year-old news clip of him stepping down from leadership of two #conservative veterans groups due to financial mismanagement and sexual assault. Seems Trump saw those as qualifying factors. #Republicans
Pete Hegseth forced to step down from leading conservative veterans groups
YouTube video by WHAS11
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December 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
While looking up VoteVets' activism to have Hegseth removed as Defense Secretary, I found a year-old news clip of him stepping down from leadership of two #conservative veterans groups due to financial mismanagement and sexual assault. Seems Trump saw those as qualifying factors. #Republicans
Yeah, I think people forgot how to be an audience.
It comes with responsibility.
It comes with responsibility.
December 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Yeah, I think people forgot how to be an audience.
It comes with responsibility.
It comes with responsibility.
I'm a doomer
I'm a gloomer
I'm a midnight shroomer
"I recognize you're going through issues, but Is that really the message we want for this song? What else ya got?"
I'm a dasher
I'm a dancer
I'm a midnight prancer
"I'm coming out to check your pupils, Steve."
I'm a gloomer
I'm a midnight shroomer
"I recognize you're going through issues, but Is that really the message we want for this song? What else ya got?"
I'm a dasher
I'm a dancer
I'm a midnight prancer
"I'm coming out to check your pupils, Steve."
December 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I'm a doomer
I'm a gloomer
I'm a midnight shroomer
"I recognize you're going through issues, but Is that really the message we want for this song? What else ya got?"
I'm a dasher
I'm a dancer
I'm a midnight prancer
"I'm coming out to check your pupils, Steve."
I'm a gloomer
I'm a midnight shroomer
"I recognize you're going through issues, but Is that really the message we want for this song? What else ya got?"
I'm a dasher
I'm a dancer
I'm a midnight prancer
"I'm coming out to check your pupils, Steve."
This was freakin' hilarious, packed with good advice at every turn. Overlook it to your detriment; look it over to your gain.
December 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This was freakin' hilarious, packed with good advice at every turn. Overlook it to your detriment; look it over to your gain.
#Republicans #Conservatives are a death cult.
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
#Republicans #Conservatives are a death cult.
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Shopping small is meaningful!
November 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Shopping small is meaningful!
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I'm seeing a lot of “ascribe” where “subscribe” is called for. To what can we ascribe this trend?
![I don't ascribe [sic] to the sparkly dress pressure](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r26ebrk2v3kxvg2qz5b63xh3/bafkreids5qim4smsw3l7a4gnt6bcv4wr377vrdxwdj2q2sgcgkqwdrni34@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I'm seeing a lot of “ascribe” where “subscribe” is called for. To what can we ascribe this trend?
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Angela's Ashes – Frank McCourt
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors – Roddy Doyle
Gulliver's Travels – Jonathan Swift
Dubliners – James Joyce
JS Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales – Sheridan Le Fanu
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors – Roddy Doyle
Gulliver's Travels – Jonathan Swift
Dubliners – James Joyce
JS Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales – Sheridan Le Fanu
Introduce yourself by naming five books by Irish writers that you have read.
Seven Steeples (Sara Baume)
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing (Eimear McBride)
Under the Net (Iris Murdoch)
Night (Edna O'Brien)
Nora (Nuala O'Connor)
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing (Eimear McBride)
Under the Net (Iris Murdoch)
Night (Edna O'Brien)
Nora (Nuala O'Connor)
December 4, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Angela's Ashes – Frank McCourt
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors – Roddy Doyle
Gulliver's Travels – Jonathan Swift
Dubliners – James Joyce
JS Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales – Sheridan Le Fanu
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors – Roddy Doyle
Gulliver's Travels – Jonathan Swift
Dubliners – James Joyce
JS Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales – Sheridan Le Fanu
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James's writing is rewarding in its own right, but I also recommend reading him for who he strikes me as a writer. Someone who writes because he can't help otherwise. As a way of being in the world, of processing being in it. Not for glory—though who turns down an audience? Who writes to write.
Hey, it's gift-buying season. I've written books for people who like words and language and writing.
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The Truth About English
Most of what you were taught about language in school is wrong, and what’s right mostly isn’t right for the reasons you thought. James Harbeck has an MA in linguistics, a PhD in theatre, and more than...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
James's writing is rewarding in its own right, but I also recommend reading him for who he strikes me as a writer. Someone who writes because he can't help otherwise. As a way of being in the world, of processing being in it. Not for glory—though who turns down an audience? Who writes to write.
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People get so upset over words.
I don't even like to say the word "word".
I've been calling it the w-word
but that doesn't really solve the problem.
I don't even like to say the word "word".
I've been calling it the w-word
but that doesn't really solve the problem.
November 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
People get so upset over words.
I don't even like to say the word "word".
I've been calling it the w-word
but that doesn't really solve the problem.
I don't even like to say the word "word".
I've been calling it the w-word
but that doesn't really solve the problem.
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If I could be any animal I'd be a human but a really good one.
December 1, 2025 at 6:19 AM
If I could be any animal I'd be a human but a really good one.
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Legislative Update from Rep. Mike Freiberg - Tuesday, December 2, 2025 #mnleg www.house.mn.gov/members/Prof...
Rep. Mike Freiberg - Legislative Update from Rep. Mike Freiberg
www.house.mn.gov
December 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Legislative Update from Rep. Mike Freiberg - Tuesday, December 2, 2025 #mnleg www.house.mn.gov/members/Prof...
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Just yesterday I got, "You used to work at OED? Did you quit in a righteous rage when they put in the wrong sense of _literally_?"
I flummoxed him by replying, "No, that happened in 1908, so a bit before my tenure there."
I flummoxed him by replying, "No, that happened in 1908, so a bit before my tenure there."
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Just yesterday I got, "You used to work at OED? Did you quit in a righteous rage when they put in the wrong sense of _literally_?"
I flummoxed him by replying, "No, that happened in 1908, so a bit before my tenure there."
I flummoxed him by replying, "No, that happened in 1908, so a bit before my tenure there."
You've got your wak min closet, you got your coat bath, you got your Jack & Jil full bathroom with three sinks and no other facilities, and just look at that great room.
No living architect has been so audacious as to omit any door into a building. Game over, meatpuppets.
No living architect has been so audacious as to omit any door into a building. Game over, meatpuppets.
December 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
You've got your wak min closet, you got your coat bath, you got your Jack & Jil full bathroom with three sinks and no other facilities, and just look at that great room.
No living architect has been so audacious as to omit any door into a building. Game over, meatpuppets.
No living architect has been so audacious as to omit any door into a building. Game over, meatpuppets.
Top Ten Facts About Flash Gordon
1) He's a man
2) He has a man's courage
3) He's nothing but a man
4) But he can never fail
5) Gordon's alive
6) But he only has 14 hours to save the earth
(further bulletins as events warrant)
1) He's a man
2) He has a man's courage
3) He's nothing but a man
4) But he can never fail
5) Gordon's alive
6) But he only has 14 hours to save the earth
(further bulletins as events warrant)
December 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Top Ten Facts About Flash Gordon
1) He's a man
2) He has a man's courage
3) He's nothing but a man
4) But he can never fail
5) Gordon's alive
6) But he only has 14 hours to save the earth
(further bulletins as events warrant)
1) He's a man
2) He has a man's courage
3) He's nothing but a man
4) But he can never fail
5) Gordon's alive
6) But he only has 14 hours to save the earth
(further bulletins as events warrant)
I'll take "Wry Witticisms Twain Never Said" for $800, Alex.
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November 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I'll take "Wry Witticisms Twain Never Said" for $800, Alex.
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