Peter Lougee
@peterlougee.bsky.social
Coffee black, whisky neat. Morgenmuffel.
Me: *puts down phone to take a break from the news*
Also me: *watches show about a friendly serial killer to unwind*
Also me: *watches show about a friendly serial killer to unwind*
September 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Me: *puts down phone to take a break from the news*
Also me: *watches show about a friendly serial killer to unwind*
Also me: *watches show about a friendly serial killer to unwind*
OH:
Table of 4, all wearing MAGA hats:
Guy: It was good to see him again
Woman: yeah, we hadn’t seen him since January 6th!
Table of 4, all wearing MAGA hats:
Guy: It was good to see him again
Woman: yeah, we hadn’t seen him since January 6th!
January 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
OH:
Table of 4, all wearing MAGA hats:
Guy: It was good to see him again
Woman: yeah, we hadn’t seen him since January 6th!
Table of 4, all wearing MAGA hats:
Guy: It was good to see him again
Woman: yeah, we hadn’t seen him since January 6th!
Reposted by Peter Lougee
Mark Zuckerberg cited a "cultural tipping point" to justify dumping fact-checks and relaxing hate speech rules. I wrote about how, for Meta, these kinds of tipping points seem to come along every four years. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Meta’s ‘tipping point’ is about aligning with power
Behind Mark Zuckerberg’s lofty rhetoric lies a cold business calculation.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Mark Zuckerberg cited a "cultural tipping point" to justify dumping fact-checks and relaxing hate speech rules. I wrote about how, for Meta, these kinds of tipping points seem to come along every four years. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Defending against Giant Bug Monsters….the true meaning of Christmas
December 25, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Defending against Giant Bug Monsters….the true meaning of Christmas
Reposted by Peter Lougee
“Business!” cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. “Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!”
December 25, 2024 at 4:07 AM
“Business!” cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. “Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!”
Can we stop living in interesting times yet?
December 3, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Can we stop living in interesting times yet?
“Let’s refresh our tech before the tariffs hit” he says, like a crazy person only to become depressed because it isn’t crazy
December 1, 2024 at 8:32 PM
“Let’s refresh our tech before the tariffs hit” he says, like a crazy person only to become depressed because it isn’t crazy
Reposted by Peter Lougee
"Faster than light?"
"Anything can be achieved," the alien's translation device said, "by balancing the four fundamental chkoi."
"You mean gravity, electromagnetism, and the nuclear forces?"
"No, the fundamental chkoi."
"What are they?"
"Spite, tiredness, hope, and 'fuck it'."
#MicroFiction
"Anything can be achieved," the alien's translation device said, "by balancing the four fundamental chkoi."
"You mean gravity, electromagnetism, and the nuclear forces?"
"No, the fundamental chkoi."
"What are they?"
"Spite, tiredness, hope, and 'fuck it'."
#MicroFiction
May 13, 2024 at 3:29 PM
"Faster than light?"
"Anything can be achieved," the alien's translation device said, "by balancing the four fundamental chkoi."
"You mean gravity, electromagnetism, and the nuclear forces?"
"No, the fundamental chkoi."
"What are they?"
"Spite, tiredness, hope, and 'fuck it'."
#MicroFiction
"Anything can be achieved," the alien's translation device said, "by balancing the four fundamental chkoi."
"You mean gravity, electromagnetism, and the nuclear forces?"
"No, the fundamental chkoi."
"What are they?"
"Spite, tiredness, hope, and 'fuck it'."
#MicroFiction