Douglas Menagh
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Douglas Menagh
@douglas-menagh.bsky.social
Writer, words in New Noise, Memoir Mixtapes, Alt Press, Aquarium Drunkard, and Drunk Monkeys.
I watched IT Chapter 2 the other day and didn’t realize he was in it. Very unfortunate news.
I bumped into James Ransone when I was at the movies years ago. I didn't say anything to him, but he could tell I recognized him. I saw him again as we all left the theater. I wanted to tell him how much I loved his work, but he was with friends and so was I. RIP Ziggy Sobotka.
December 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Ironic considering that David Brooks has a child bride.
David Brooks writing about how there was nothing to see with the Epstein Files while not disclosing *he was in them* is at least a Nuzzi-level journalistic scandal

What I'm saying is, get ready to see a nude painting of David Brooks in the NYT within weeks
December 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
All I want for Christmas…
xmas miracles DO happen, you know...
i think we should all commit ourselves to, at minimum, a national 3 day party When It Happens. one bottle of champagne in the back of your closet is no longer adequate. be prepared
December 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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It's time for slower art. The constant churn and grind pushed by techno capitalism has reached its inevitable conclusion with AI slop. Let's make our best work and be patient with our process. Let's release art that's worth stopping for and savoring. Let's show each other what humans can do
December 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The US media cheering both her and America going to war with Venezuela is making me to lose my mind.
lmao the nobel peace prize laurate cheering on the u.s.'s criminal seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker is the perfect encapsulation of Our Stupid Times
December 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My favorite albums this year were by Viagra Boys, Wet Leg, King Gizzard, Die Spitz, Castle Rat, and Agriculture.
December 6, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Good for her.
Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
December 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Bored: Spotify wrapped.
Floored: record hauls.
Happy "we weren't that serious about quitting spotify after all" day to everyone who celebrates
December 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Cleaning my cast iron has become a whole project.
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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A cool way to keep yourself from having genocide in your nickname is to not have funded and armed a genocide
Leftoids who call Joe Biden “Genocide Joe” are very stupid people who deserve to be ignored for all eternity.
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Googling it these days is suspect, frankly, too.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.

Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It sure seems like everything went to compete and utter shite after that. My heart still breaks.
I refuse to believe this was a decade ago!
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The highlight of my day today was spotting Paul Simonon on an advertisement.
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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got a fun (and long!) story in this one, history of microscopy, scientific espionage, cosmicism...hell, it's got everything!
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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“Consciousness, unprovable by scientific standards, is forever, then, the impossible phantom in the predictable biologic machine, and your every thought a genuine supernatural event. Your every thought is a ghost, dancing.”

Happy 72nd birthday to the great mage Alan Moore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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“We owe it to our young people not to lie to them anymore. A democracy whose citizens operate with fundamentally different understandings of the past and its implications cannot sustain itself.”
I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”
Tell Students the Truth About American History
We owe it to Americans of all ages to be honest about the country’s past, including its contradictions.
www.theatlantic.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Sandahl Bergman in Conan the Barbarian (1982)
November 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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"one day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this"
November 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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where does a country with literally zero standards draw the line
November 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Killer collab befween Charli XCX and John Cale.
youtu.be/Xgp7wlBfASA?...
Charli xcx - House featuring John Cale (Official Video)
YouTube video by Charli xcx
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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A Word:
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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throw all the bums outta office
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
If you like Pre-Jackson Tolkien adaptations, Bo Hansson’s “Lord of the Rings” prog rock album is great.
I think the Rankin/Bass version of The Hobbit is likely going to be the best adaptation of Tolkien's novel that we're ever going to get. Its art design runs the gamut from rustic to creepy to lovely, and its assortment of songs lend it a fairy tale quality that really fits the story.
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Shoutout to The Hobbit’s 70s folk rock soundtrack. It goes to show that music is as important to a Tolkien adaptation as the visuals.
incredible voice acting too...orson bean as biblo, hans conreid as thorin, fuckin' john huston as gandalf AND richard boone as the voice of Smaug!!!!
I think the Rankin/Bass version of The Hobbit is likely going to be the best adaptation of Tolkien's novel that we're ever going to get. Its art design runs the gamut from rustic to creepy to lovely, and its assortment of songs lend it a fairy tale quality that really fits the story.
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I love mainlining Mamdani content.
Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM