Brendan
@ninthhostage.bsky.social
I think of creative ways to end the world for a living, and how to protect shareholder value to the bitter end | 📍Philadelphia
Check out a history of the first six months of the Philadelphia Home Defense Reserve - a little known paramilitary organization from the first world war
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Regarding the Purpose of the Philadelphia Home Defense Reserve
Part I on the History of the P.H.D.R.
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April 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Check out a history of the first six months of the Philadelphia Home Defense Reserve - a little known paramilitary organization from the first world war
open.substack.com/pub/pigeondr...
open.substack.com/pub/pigeondr...
Philadelphia friends: I wrote an essay on the history of the structure of city council, and how that relates to councilmanic prerogative - you can see it here: open.substack.com/pub/pigeondr...
Jackals and Bosses
A look at the history of the structure & powers of the Philadelphia City Council
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February 24, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Philadelphia friends: I wrote an essay on the history of the structure of city council, and how that relates to councilmanic prerogative - you can see it here: open.substack.com/pub/pigeondr...
bluesky got milkshake ducked?
July 15, 2023 at 4:44 PM
bluesky got milkshake ducked?
smdh all these people hopping on blue sky who haven't read the book first
July 1, 2023 at 8:59 PM
smdh all these people hopping on blue sky who haven't read the book first
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One nice benefit of Elon completely fucking up Twitter is the VC’s and Investors can shut up now about operating a tach business with only 20% of your staff
July 1, 2023 at 8:09 PM
One nice benefit of Elon completely fucking up Twitter is the VC’s and Investors can shut up now about operating a tach business with only 20% of your staff
when you go to a bar that has no beer taps - that's when you know
May 28, 2023 at 7:30 PM
when you go to a bar that has no beer taps - that's when you know
the almost compulsive snideness that some CS / eng people display when someone questions their credentials / suggests that an eng background doesn’t make you an intellectual ubermensch is quite unbecoming
May 11, 2023 at 10:22 PM
the almost compulsive snideness that some CS / eng people display when someone questions their credentials / suggests that an eng background doesn’t make you an intellectual ubermensch is quite unbecoming
do any of the people behind those websites actually have philosophy backgrounds?
May 11, 2023 at 7:48 PM
do any of the people behind those websites actually have philosophy backgrounds?
ah I see we’re still doing the 2009 era “if you post on facebook facebooks owns your photos post this faux legal disclaimer under your photos to protect yourself” thing
April 19, 2023 at 7:36 PM
ah I see we’re still doing the 2009 era “if you post on facebook facebooks owns your photos post this faux legal disclaimer under your photos to protect yourself” thing
yesss - one of my fav philly photographers is here - check out his work
April 18, 2023 at 9:23 PM
yesss - one of my fav philly photographers is here - check out his work
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My coffee art today is a cat letting off an atomic bomb
April 16, 2023 at 7:12 PM
My coffee art today is a cat letting off an atomic bomb
muted my first account on here … someone from twitter who I have blocked and do not wish to see in the TL … felt good
April 16, 2023 at 11:02 PM
muted my first account on here … someone from twitter who I have blocked and do not wish to see in the TL … felt good
I can’t help myself every time I listen to a new all in episode I have a gremlin in my ear whispering “wow @generativist.xyz would absolutely hate this … I should non consensually live tweet this episode to him”
April 15, 2023 at 5:54 PM
I can’t help myself every time I listen to a new all in episode I have a gremlin in my ear whispering “wow @generativist.xyz would absolutely hate this … I should non consensually live tweet this episode to him”
one of my most vinidicated takes of all time
April 13, 2023 at 11:20 PM
one of my most vinidicated takes of all time
I'll do this here b/c not to many people who I don't care to deal with are here
the trad/conservative thing of refusing to acknowlege people who do porn/sw are regular people with agency is subjecting them to the same kind of objectification & dehumanization that they claim theyre saving them from
the trad/conservative thing of refusing to acknowlege people who do porn/sw are regular people with agency is subjecting them to the same kind of objectification & dehumanization that they claim theyre saving them from
April 13, 2023 at 10:29 PM
I'll do this here b/c not to many people who I don't care to deal with are here
the trad/conservative thing of refusing to acknowlege people who do porn/sw are regular people with agency is subjecting them to the same kind of objectification & dehumanization that they claim theyre saving them from
the trad/conservative thing of refusing to acknowlege people who do porn/sw are regular people with agency is subjecting them to the same kind of objectification & dehumanization that they claim theyre saving them from
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You’ve heard of data lakes, drain the lake with data whirlpools. From the founders of the /dev/null filesystem
April 13, 2023 at 7:31 PM
You’ve heard of data lakes, drain the lake with data whirlpools. From the founders of the /dev/null filesystem
you can always tell your surrounded by a bunch of nerds when you search “latex” and all the posts are people talking about typesetting
April 13, 2023 at 7:36 PM
you can always tell your surrounded by a bunch of nerds when you search “latex” and all the posts are people talking about typesetting
the line with statement eyewear between “cool signature look” and “impossible to take you seriously with that on your face” is <razor> thin
April 13, 2023 at 4:12 PM
the line with statement eyewear between “cool signature look” and “impossible to take you seriously with that on your face” is <razor> thin
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first date idea: you finish this ticket for me. also i’m married so find a date first and then you both do it. or just one of you, i don’t care. sprint ends friday
April 12, 2023 at 7:31 PM
first date idea: you finish this ticket for me. also i’m married so find a date first and then you both do it. or just one of you, i don’t care. sprint ends friday
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wait this is a good idea should i do this
be Adam Levine instead he’s not on here yet
April 12, 2023 at 12:40 AM
wait this is a good idea should i do this