Eli Bishop
@errorbar.bsky.social
Button-pushing by day, comics & theater by night. http://errorbar.net [he/him]
Honestly I feel dumber just having read the subhead that appears on the link there. "Criminalized", jfc, get over yourself dude.
December 13, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Honestly I feel dumber just having read the subhead that appears on the link there. "Criminalized", jfc, get over yourself dude.
DeBoer is a toxic fool and I have no desire to read him any more, so I haven't read this, but if he really said that a teenager in a small town couldn't have been a Kate Bush fan at that time, that sure is a silly thing to say. I was one. Heard her on "So", found her at the small-town record store.
December 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
DeBoer is a toxic fool and I have no desire to read him any more, so I haven't read this, but if he really said that a teenager in a small town couldn't have been a Kate Bush fan at that time, that sure is a silly thing to say. I was one. Heard her on "So", found her at the small-town record store.
Even on its own stupid terms their statement makes no sense. "Trying to appeal to common interests" and "asking for their dismissal" aren't mutually exclusive choices! If you try the first, and it fails and they're still gleefully abusive, you do the second. But no, they *never^ would. ???
December 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Even on its own stupid terms their statement makes no sense. "Trying to appeal to common interests" and "asking for their dismissal" aren't mutually exclusive choices! If you try the first, and it fails and they're still gleefully abusive, you do the second. But no, they *never^ would. ???
That might make sense if the POV being expressed was one that The Atlantic thought was stupid & would make a caricature of a leftist look bad— but I don't think that's the case. It's fully in line with a kind of reactionary centrism the magazine likes: any action against racism is woke foolishness.
December 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
That might make sense if the POV being expressed was one that The Atlantic thought was stupid & would make a caricature of a leftist look bad— but I don't think that's the case. It's fully in line with a kind of reactionary centrism the magazine likes: any action against racism is woke foolishness.
Like... if we had had a centuries-long history of enforcing a brutal caste system where styles of jeans denoted the castes, I'm pretty sure you wouldn't think styles of jeans were a totally arbitrary thing, even though from an objective ahistorical point of view of course they are.
December 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Like... if we had had a centuries-long history of enforcing a brutal caste system where styles of jeans denoted the castes, I'm pretty sure you wouldn't think styles of jeans were a totally arbitrary thing, even though from an objective ahistorical point of view of course they are.
So "but skin color is so arbitrary" misses the point, just like "but religion is arbitrary" missed the point in Northern Ireland-- where Catholic vs. Protestant was a clear marker for group identity, but the enmity was about what had been done to & by those groups long ago.
December 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
So "but skin color is so arbitrary" misses the point, just like "but religion is arbitrary" missed the point in Northern Ireland-- where Catholic vs. Protestant was a clear marker for group identity, but the enmity was about what had been done to & by those groups long ago.
...which wasn't only due to imagining that the majority were savages, but because historically the white ruling class had been an enemy and an oppressor. Same thing in the antebellum US South. Skin color was a proxy for a very specific group antagonism created by past sins.
December 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
...which wasn't only due to imagining that the majority were savages, but because historically the white ruling class had been an enemy and an oppressor. Same thing in the antebellum US South. Skin color was a proxy for a very specific group antagonism created by past sins.
It's never just literally about physical characteristics, it's about their idea of who is an ally or an enemy based on past social structures. In South Africa, it was an article of faith among white racists that if the indigenous majority ever achieved democratic power, they would massacre whites...
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It's never just literally about physical characteristics, it's about their idea of who is an ally or an enemy based on past social structures. In South Africa, it was an article of faith among white racists that if the indigenous majority ever achieved democratic power, they would massacre whites...
Oops, now *my* phone is throwing up on me. Oh wait, it was doing that anyway
December 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Oops, now *my* phone is throwing up on me. Oh wait, it was doing that anyway
If you think that me not liking these content-free reflexive "they'll just ignore it" posts that I see hundreds of people making constantly means you're not being "allowed" to have an opinion, I don't know how you can survive being on social media.
December 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
If you think that me not liking these content-free reflexive "they'll just ignore it" posts that I see hundreds of people making constantly means you're not being "allowed" to have an opinion, I don't know how you can survive being on social media.
OF COURSE they're going to make bullshit arguments and appeal. I have followed this case and others closely. It's stupid to pretend that that by itself means this ruling won't accomplish anything. If that were true, the man would be in CECOT now, or dead. The fight matters.
December 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
OF COURSE they're going to make bullshit arguments and appeal. I have followed this case and others closely. It's stupid to pretend that that by itself means this ruling won't accomplish anything. If that were true, the man would be in CECOT now, or dead. The fight matters.
Thanks for crossing off at least 3 squares on my "self-righteous doomer who thinks they're a bold truth-teller and can't handle the slightest pushback" bingo card.
December 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Thanks for crossing off at least 3 squares on my "self-righteous doomer who thinks they're a bold truth-teller and can't handle the slightest pushback" bingo card.
I'd love it if everyone who reflexively posts "they'll just disregard it! nothing will happen!" etc. to spend at least 30 seconds reading & thinking about why Abrego Garcia is not in CECOT right now, and how much work Xinis & the defense have done to help him, which you are ignoring and mocking.
December 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I'd love it if everyone who reflexively posts "they'll just disregard it! nothing will happen!" etc. to spend at least 30 seconds reading & thinking about why Abrego Garcia is not in CECOT right now, and how much work Xinis & the defense have done to help him, which you are ignoring and mocking.
And I'd bet money that if the guy who's like "dishes, whatever" has any kind of desk or shelf or whatever that he needs to access regularly for necessary tasks, he'd be unhappy about people leaving extra shit there.
December 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
And I'd bet money that if the guy who's like "dishes, whatever" has any kind of desk or shelf or whatever that he needs to access regularly for necessary tasks, he'd be unhappy about people leaving extra shit there.
I think it's partly determined by who's using the kitchen more. The poster seems to think the only reason to not want a sink full of dishes is "I don't like how it looks" rather than "I have to keep dealing with your dishes whenever I need to use this sink for other things."
December 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I think it's partly determined by who's using the kitchen more. The poster seems to think the only reason to not want a sink full of dishes is "I don't like how it looks" rather than "I have to keep dealing with your dishes whenever I need to use this sink for other things."
The recent passing of Udo Kier reminded me of his amazingly gross and funny vibe in BLOOD FOR DRACULA, where Dracula looks like a hyper-rich middle-aged guy who has done all the drugs in the world and fucked himself up so bad that he can barely remember how to get blood.
December 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The recent passing of Udo Kier reminded me of his amazingly gross and funny vibe in BLOOD FOR DRACULA, where Dracula looks like a hyper-rich middle-aged guy who has done all the drugs in the world and fucked himself up so bad that he can barely remember how to get blood.
From all accounts, Miller has been like this for pretty much his entire life, long before he got anywhere near any position of power, and long before he was actually saying such things out loud in front of the public. It's a bad idea to think *everything* evil is just propaganda.
December 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
From all accounts, Miller has been like this for pretty much his entire life, long before he got anywhere near any position of power, and long before he was actually saying such things out loud in front of the public. It's a bad idea to think *everything* evil is just propaganda.
A troll is an actual human. Just one who has decided to say inflammatory shit for kicks. Actual humans do this all the time.
December 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
A troll is an actual human. Just one who has decided to say inflammatory shit for kicks. Actual humans do this all the time.
And that's also a really terrible example of "being honest about not knowing a lot." Claiming to have no real opinion, and saying it's just "data", while still totally framing it as advice and leaving the nature of the data unclear, is dishonest. He very clearly thinks he knows a lot.
December 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
And that's also a really terrible example of "being honest about not knowing a lot." Claiming to have no real opinion, and saying it's just "data", while still totally framing it as advice and leaving the nature of the data unclear, is dishonest. He very clearly thinks he knows a lot.
The clear message of this profile is that this is an interesting deep thinker and his book is important-- and that "you better 'signal resource' or you won't get laid" isn't a negative message because it's "data-driven." I don't care how vaguely liberal he is in some other way, that is shitty.
December 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The clear message of this profile is that this is an interesting deep thinker and his book is important-- and that "you better 'signal resource' or you won't get laid" isn't a negative message because it's "data-driven." I don't care how vaguely liberal he is in some other way, that is shitty.
"Pile-on"? People aren't reacting to some rando just sharing their thoughts - he's a media personality putting out a book and getting a glowing profile in the Guardian. And a key part of his message is, in a lot of people's opinion (& mine), pretty toxic. So we are allowed to say so.
December 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"Pile-on"? People aren't reacting to some rando just sharing their thoughts - he's a media personality putting out a book and getting a glowing profile in the Guardian. And a key part of his message is, in a lot of people's opinion (& mine), pretty toxic. So we are allowed to say so.
I understand this feeling, but like so many times when people post a "why isn't this in the news" comment, the answer is that it IS in the news. It's widely & prominently reported by national outlets.
November 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I understand this feeling, but like so many times when people post a "why isn't this in the news" comment, the answer is that it IS in the news. It's widely & prominently reported by national outlets.
If you want to change the subject to "I want people to go to jail, nothing else matters", there are one million other threads about that on Bluesky.
November 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
If you want to change the subject to "I want people to go to jail, nothing else matters", there are one million other threads about that on Bluesky.