Charming Flycatcher
@palewarbler.bsky.social
Librarian, birder, artsy. A man can’t even ramble no more.
Pinned
Still looking for a (70s I think) training film I saw at The Vortex Room in 2009. 16mm. Sales training - specifically for liquor wholesalers selling to retail stores. Breaks the fourth wall. Breaks an actual wall. Guest star some guy with Love Boat/ Fantasy Island vibes.
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This is the other thing about all this. It's not like there's a big, substantive affordability platform Democrats have all agreed on that we're supposed to be choosing instead of immigration, Trump's abuses of power and all the rest. People are just saying the word "affordability" right now.
what bills to bring prices down do you have drafted up chuck
January 15, 2026 at 6:28 PM
This is the other thing about all this. It's not like there's a big, substantive affordability platform Democrats have all agreed on that we're supposed to be choosing instead of immigration, Trump's abuses of power and all the rest. People are just saying the word "affordability" right now.
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it's the big day
January 14, 2026 at 11:16 PM
it's the big day
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I learned to drive in the parking lot of Scott Adams’s cube job. Weird guy
January 13, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I learned to drive in the parking lot of Scott Adams’s cube job. Weird guy
I hope ice agents consider that things are hopeless and there’s only one way out from the lifetime of poor decision making that’s led them to where they are.
January 12, 2026 at 7:24 PM
I hope ice agents consider that things are hopeless and there’s only one way out from the lifetime of poor decision making that’s led them to where they are.
Went to the bike shop yesterday and bought a new bike. Just need to wait a week for them to get the right size in. Pretty stoked. 🚴
January 10, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Went to the bike shop yesterday and bought a new bike. Just need to wait a week for them to get the right size in. Pretty stoked. 🚴
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"what are we going to do with 20,000 ICE agents if we abolish ice" well to start with I think we should all literally spit on them in public for the rest of their lives
January 7, 2026 at 10:24 PM
"what are we going to do with 20,000 ICE agents if we abolish ice" well to start with I think we should all literally spit on them in public for the rest of their lives
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It was not "domestic terrorism.” It was state sanctioned violence.
A family will forever live with the pain caused by the admin's reckless and deadly actions.
Abolishing ICE is not enough. They must be held accountable.
A family will forever live with the pain caused by the admin's reckless and deadly actions.
Abolishing ICE is not enough. They must be held accountable.
Rep. Omar: Trump admin’s take on MN shooting is ‘delusional,’ ‘we’ve all seen the video’ | CNN
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar joins The Lead.
www.cnn.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:50 AM
It was not "domestic terrorism.” It was state sanctioned violence.
A family will forever live with the pain caused by the admin's reckless and deadly actions.
Abolishing ICE is not enough. They must be held accountable.
A family will forever live with the pain caused by the admin's reckless and deadly actions.
Abolishing ICE is not enough. They must be held accountable.
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Trump & RFK Jr.'s coterie of bootlicking doctors are real pieces of shit, we argue in the British Medical Journal, essentially.
Link: www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Link: www.bmj.com/content/392/...
January 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Trump & RFK Jr.'s coterie of bootlicking doctors are real pieces of shit, we argue in the British Medical Journal, essentially.
Link: www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Link: www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
January 3, 2026 at 2:24 PM
it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
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A message for you all to carry through the year
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 AM
A message for you all to carry through the year
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An astonishing percentage of Americans are open to car-free living.
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
Many Americans Are Open to Car-Free Living — Human Transit
Is Americans a “car culture” or are they “car dependent”? Do they drive because they love driving, or are they in an unhealthy relationship with a substance it would be happy to do without? Obviousl...
humantransit.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
An astonishing percentage of Americans are open to car-free living.
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
Signed up for a letterpress class but it's not until March. Going to lose my mind pre-researching.
December 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Signed up for a letterpress class but it's not until March. Going to lose my mind pre-researching.
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In conclusion, this should win Best Picture:
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
In conclusion, this should win Best Picture:
Is it Chip Chip like Doritos, or Cheep Cheep like a little birdy?
youtu.be/QgppI8Th_M8?...
youtu.be/QgppI8Th_M8?...
CHIP CHIP "So Close To Heaven" (Radio Version) Italo Disco (129 BPM) Rare 12" Single (1987)
YouTube video by Italo and Euro 80's Dance
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Is it Chip Chip like Doritos, or Cheep Cheep like a little birdy?
youtu.be/QgppI8Th_M8?...
youtu.be/QgppI8Th_M8?...
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"Afraid of appearing partisan, the Obama administration looked the other way when it came to prosecuting war criminals and torturers. The lack of confrontation is coming back to haunt us."
Every previous administration left unaccountable for its crimes is a lesson in why not to repeat the mistake.
Every previous administration left unaccountable for its crimes is a lesson in why not to repeat the mistake.
A Case for Transitional Justice
If sunlight is the best disinfectant, a failure to apply it leaves a festering wound, with complications that continue to amass.
fellowtravelersblog.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"Afraid of appearing partisan, the Obama administration looked the other way when it came to prosecuting war criminals and torturers. The lack of confrontation is coming back to haunt us."
Every previous administration left unaccountable for its crimes is a lesson in why not to repeat the mistake.
Every previous administration left unaccountable for its crimes is a lesson in why not to repeat the mistake.
Looking for a used "dirty 30s" Recording King
December 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Looking for a used "dirty 30s" Recording King
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Bari Weiss’ two accomplishments so far are hosting an interview that she desperately wanted people to watch (but they didn’t) and trying to spike a news story that she desperately wanted nobody to watch (but they did)
December 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Bari Weiss’ two accomplishments so far are hosting an interview that she desperately wanted people to watch (but they didn’t) and trying to spike a news story that she desperately wanted nobody to watch (but they did)
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Let's come together to prevent elder abuse.
@theonion.com
@theonion.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Let's come together to prevent elder abuse.
@theonion.com
@theonion.com
Boss-cucked mindset
The Grammy Award–winning artist turned tech entrepreneur advises Gen Zers to forget about work-life balance if they want to emulate his success. trib.al/RGSO9CT
Will.i.am grinds from 5-to-9 after his 9-to-5—because work-life balance is for people 'working on someone else’s dream' and not for visionaries | Fortune
Will.i.am tells Gen Z to ditch work-life balance: ‘Those words don’t compute for the materializers’
trib.al
December 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Boss-cucked mindset
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Simply
Having
A wonderful
Having
A wonderful
December 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Simply
Having
A wonderful
Having
A wonderful
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is he announcing a ground war or like the worst steak knives ever made and also they’re gold, it’s simply too early to say
December 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
is he announcing a ground war or like the worst steak knives ever made and also they’re gold, it’s simply too early to say
David Sacks looks like how I imagined mugwumps from The Naked Lunch.
December 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
David Sacks looks like how I imagined mugwumps from The Naked Lunch.