David “Handsome Dave” Bishop
@gnuconsulting.com
Imperfect Feminist. Not here to make friends - here to make *great* friends. Dead Sexy. San Diego. He/him. Fuck terfs.
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Please please please let this unleash a tidal wave of Tarantino mockery. Don’t leave Zach on the battlefield alone, cowards.
it's 2025 and the gangly guy who appeared on a few seasons of The Office is now our only mirror to society
December 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Please please please let this unleash a tidal wave of Tarantino mockery. Don’t leave Zach on the battlefield alone, cowards.
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I have a joke about Oedipus, but you MFs wouldn't like it.
I have a joke about Orpheus, it's just behind me I'll
It's gone.
It's gone.
I have a joke about Sisyphus, but I, oh wait, let me start again. I have a joke about Sisyphus, but I, oh wait, let me start again. I have a joke about Sisyphus, but I, oh wait, let me start again. I have a joke about Sisyphus, but I, oh wait, let me start again.
December 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I have a joke about Oedipus, but you MFs wouldn't like it.
Actually, you *can't* make things up and then just say you can't make it up. And how do you know I'm right? Well: I'm not making that up!
Checkmate, libs.
Checkmate, libs.
The funny thing about making things up is that you can make up anything you want, including the fact that the thing you just made up hasn't been made up....
Kudlow is just lying to his viewers: "Unemployment is at rock bottom. These are real facts. I'm not making this stuff up. Unemployment claims are as low as they're ever going to get."
December 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Actually, you *can't* make things up and then just say you can't make it up. And how do you know I'm right? Well: I'm not making that up!
Checkmate, libs.
Checkmate, libs.
Anyone who can help my friend Randy out? Let’s make this a Christmas miracle.
Gonna widen my search here a little: has ANYONE seen the remote control to the star for my Christmas tree?
December 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Anyone who can help my friend Randy out? Let’s make this a Christmas miracle.
“Every human being, yes even that one, deserves basic human rights” was radical when Buddha said it, when Jesus said it, in the Hilf-Al-Fuhdul, in Genesis 1:27, and apparently remains radical thought today.
Maybe a couple/few more thousand years and it’ll sink in…
Maybe a couple/few more thousand years and it’ll sink in…
Hey folks "I fucking hate him and everything he stands for, the blood of millions is on his hands, and he needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for his crimes" is compatible with "even the worst people deserve basic human rights."
Things would be easier if it wasn't.
Things would be easier if it wasn't.
December 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“Every human being, yes even that one, deserves basic human rights” was radical when Buddha said it, when Jesus said it, in the Hilf-Al-Fuhdul, in Genesis 1:27, and apparently remains radical thought today.
Maybe a couple/few more thousand years and it’ll sink in…
Maybe a couple/few more thousand years and it’ll sink in…
To come back to this, I just finished @byharryconnolly.bsky.social's A Key, an Egg, an Unfortunate Remark and it was excellent. Urban fantasy + mystery and stand-alone (though I absolutely wouldn't mind going back to that world). Highly recommended if any of those things sound interesting to you.
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
To come back to this, I just finished @byharryconnolly.bsky.social's A Key, an Egg, an Unfortunate Remark and it was excellent. Urban fantasy + mystery and stand-alone (though I absolutely wouldn't mind going back to that world). Highly recommended if any of those things sound interesting to you.
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New Post! "...And Sometimes the Bear Gets You"
This was a hard one to write. It's difficult to be vulnerable, to admit when I screw up. But I also believe it's important to share those moments to ensure others know they're not alone, and that it can happen to any of us.
This was a hard one to write. It's difficult to be vulnerable, to admit when I screw up. But I also believe it's important to share those moments to ensure others know they're not alone, and that it can happen to any of us.
New Post! ...And Sometimes the Bear Gets You
I got scammed. This isn’t a story about how “…once upon a time, I got scammed.” It wasn’t a younger, less experienced, more trusting me. No.
bit.ly/4pf41A0
I got scammed. This isn’t a story about how “…once upon a time, I got scammed.” It wasn’t a younger, less experienced, more trusting me. No.
bit.ly/4pf41A0
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
New Post! "...And Sometimes the Bear Gets You"
This was a hard one to write. It's difficult to be vulnerable, to admit when I screw up. But I also believe it's important to share those moments to ensure others know they're not alone, and that it can happen to any of us.
This was a hard one to write. It's difficult to be vulnerable, to admit when I screw up. But I also believe it's important to share those moments to ensure others know they're not alone, and that it can happen to any of us.
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Bluesky people, do you need a break from the humdrum? Is the world ä little too harsh and unforgiving right now? Do you need a story with somebody who is like you, struggling to deal with ä weirdass and hostile world, but has a small gentle dream?
This show exists! Give it a go.
#detectorists
This show exists! Give it a go.
#detectorists
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Bluesky people, do you need a break from the humdrum? Is the world ä little too harsh and unforgiving right now? Do you need a story with somebody who is like you, struggling to deal with ä weirdass and hostile world, but has a small gentle dream?
This show exists! Give it a go.
#detectorists
This show exists! Give it a go.
#detectorists
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I've been thinking about this for a while and there is one, inescapable conclusion: ham sandwiches have to be the guiltiest looking motherfuckers around. They're getting indicted right and left while Tish James is over here 0 for 2.
And don't forget, ham sandwiches aren't even human! *smh*
And don't forget, ham sandwiches aren't even human! *smh*
Whatever you may think about the Tish James case, the defense's legal claims of vindictive prosecution and the evidence of a corrupt use of DOJ power just got ...
stronger (trying a second indictment) and
stronger (grand jury denial) and
stronger (DOJ determined to try again)
stronger (trying a second indictment) and
stronger (grand jury denial) and
stronger (DOJ determined to try again)
Grand jury declines to indict Letitia James again | CNN Politics
A grand jury voted against indicting New York Attorney General Letitia James after being asked to look at the mortgage fraud case against her a second time, according to multiple people familiar with ...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I've been thinking about this for a while and there is one, inescapable conclusion: ham sandwiches have to be the guiltiest looking motherfuckers around. They're getting indicted right and left while Tish James is over here 0 for 2.
And don't forget, ham sandwiches aren't even human! *smh*
And don't forget, ham sandwiches aren't even human! *smh*
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I DO CARE ABOUT YOUR SPOTIFY WRAPS AND OTHER END OF YEAR SUMMARIES OF THINGS THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY.
December 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I DO CARE ABOUT YOUR SPOTIFY WRAPS AND OTHER END OF YEAR SUMMARIES OF THINGS THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY.
Man, I am oh for two on beloved classics this week. I just gave up reading The Dragonbone Chair 3/4ths of the way through it. I kept waiting for the good part to kick in, and it never did. So many pages, so much history/backstory, so little plot or action.
December 2, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Man, I am oh for two on beloved classics this week. I just gave up reading The Dragonbone Chair 3/4ths of the way through it. I kept waiting for the good part to kick in, and it never did. So many pages, so much history/backstory, so little plot or action.
If only there was a single movie, tv show, or book over the past fifty years with the basic plot of “politician orders military to do illegal thing, military does, military is left holding the bag”. I bet if someone *did* make that, it would be popular.
I would think Bradley’s reputation would have been harmed by, you know, committing a war crime, not by somebody noticing he’d committed a war crime.
December 2, 2025 at 3:27 AM
If only there was a single movie, tv show, or book over the past fifty years with the basic plot of “politician orders military to do illegal thing, military does, military is left holding the bag”. I bet if someone *did* make that, it would be popular.
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I have a colleague at a Big 10 university who had a harassment campaign come after him. They removed his email addy from his profile page because of the abusive email messages.
I can imagine Mel might have requested this.
Faculty self-defense recommends this as a first step.
I can imagine Mel might have requested this.
Faculty self-defense recommends this as a first step.
Her contact info has also been scrubbed from the website. This is what unpersoning looks like.
December 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I have a colleague at a Big 10 university who had a harassment campaign come after him. They removed his email addy from his profile page because of the abusive email messages.
I can imagine Mel might have requested this.
Faculty self-defense recommends this as a first step.
I can imagine Mel might have requested this.
Faculty self-defense recommends this as a first step.
Just watched Pieces of April for the first time. I kinda feel bad that I didn’t like it more than I did, given how much people seem to love it. boxd.it/bTOz09
A ★★★ review of Pieces of April (2003)
The upside of being shot on digital in 2003 is that it gives the movie a fairly cinéma veríté feel, in that it looks very much like a home movie. The downside is it’s distracting how bad it is to actu...
boxd.it
December 1, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Just watched Pieces of April for the first time. I kinda feel bad that I didn’t like it more than I did, given how much people seem to love it. boxd.it/bTOz09
First episode is out. I liked it! It’s almost all setup (of course), but in a good “I can’t wait to see how this plays out” sorta way.
I've mentioned this quietly, but - since the summer my hobby has been making this ambitious murder mystery podcast. A story. Narrated by me, with a mouthwatering cast. Partly interactive. Trailer is coming tomorrow but if you like the sound of this, please follow @murderbastard.bsky.social.
November 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
First episode is out. I liked it! It’s almost all setup (of course), but in a good “I can’t wait to see how this plays out” sorta way.
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William Faulkner once said, "The 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies." Behold the Faulkner Scale: judging a work by how many women were stomped on to get it.
The more women, the more clarity.
The more women, the more clarity.
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
William Faulkner once said, "The 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies." Behold the Faulkner Scale: judging a work by how many women were stomped on to get it.
The more women, the more clarity.
The more women, the more clarity.
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ugh, inflation is relentless. have you even seen how much trump coin it costs for a pardon these days? biden really screwed us.
November 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
ugh, inflation is relentless. have you even seen how much trump coin it costs for a pardon these days? biden really screwed us.
I feel like a whole lot of you could use this. Enjoy!
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I feel like a whole lot of you could use this. Enjoy!
I’m not a religious person but having The Who’s of Whoville shelling Black Friday sales for Walmart is a fucking sin.
November 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I’m not a religious person but having The Who’s of Whoville shelling Black Friday sales for Walmart is a fucking sin.
I see what you did there, Liz, and I don’t like it. 😑
Felchgiving 2025 will go down in the annals of history.
at thanksgiving, being urged to explain what felching is
November 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I see what you did there, Liz, and I don’t like it. 😑
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Oh! Speaking of flatulence! I have a new "pull my finger" gag for you to try:
Tell your closest friend you're worried you have bad breath, and ask them to sniff it.
When you breathe on them and they sniff, fart audibly. I think they'll freak.
I'd try it myself but I'm divorced for some reason
Tell your closest friend you're worried you have bad breath, and ask them to sniff it.
When you breathe on them and they sniff, fart audibly. I think they'll freak.
I'd try it myself but I'm divorced for some reason
November 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Oh! Speaking of flatulence! I have a new "pull my finger" gag for you to try:
Tell your closest friend you're worried you have bad breath, and ask them to sniff it.
When you breathe on them and they sniff, fart audibly. I think they'll freak.
I'd try it myself but I'm divorced for some reason
Tell your closest friend you're worried you have bad breath, and ask them to sniff it.
When you breathe on them and they sniff, fart audibly. I think they'll freak.
I'd try it myself but I'm divorced for some reason
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I get it but actually insurance is not like anything else we ever buy. It’s like if we paid the grocery store regularly but sometimes went three years without eating anything but a salad every six months, and then got in a car accident and needed five years worth of celery in an hour.
Imagine paying a large monthly fee to shop at a supermarket, then paying again for the actual groceries, then getting an extra charge months later because one ingredient in an item you bought came from a farmer associated with a different store.
This post is about healthcare.
This post is about healthcare.
November 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I get it but actually insurance is not like anything else we ever buy. It’s like if we paid the grocery store regularly but sometimes went three years without eating anything but a salad every six months, and then got in a car accident and needed five years worth of celery in an hour.
I'm listening to The Universe: Abridged Beyond the Point of Usefulness by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social as read by @philplait.bsky.social and just the introduction had me giggling so much I had to pause the book.
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I'm listening to The Universe: Abridged Beyond the Point of Usefulness by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social as read by @philplait.bsky.social and just the introduction had me giggling so much I had to pause the book.
My most popular holiday story is much shorter than others. Here it is in full:
Me: Huh. I’ve never had dried oranges before. This is kind of nice.
My wife: Please stop eating the potpourri.
Me: Huh. I’ve never had dried oranges before. This is kind of nice.
My wife: Please stop eating the potpourri.
November 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My most popular holiday story is much shorter than others. Here it is in full:
Me: Huh. I’ve never had dried oranges before. This is kind of nice.
My wife: Please stop eating the potpourri.
Me: Huh. I’ve never had dried oranges before. This is kind of nice.
My wife: Please stop eating the potpourri.