The Plaid Rat
@theplaidrat.bsky.social
I bang on keyboards and sometimes get paid for it.
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very 20th century of me to assume that threatening the chair of the federal reserve with frivolous legal action would have some effect on the markets
January 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM
very 20th century of me to assume that threatening the chair of the federal reserve with frivolous legal action would have some effect on the markets
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I feel like this is a solved problem. What on earth is more manly than eating Froot Loops out of a coffee mug while standing next to the refrigerator in your boxers
January 9, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I feel like this is a solved problem. What on earth is more manly than eating Froot Loops out of a coffee mug while standing next to the refrigerator in your boxers
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Imagine watching sitcoms in the 90s and having any sense of what malignant cancers the Will and Grace lady and the maintenance guy from NewsRadio would turn out to be for the world
January 8, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Imagine watching sitcoms in the 90s and having any sense of what malignant cancers the Will and Grace lady and the maintenance guy from NewsRadio would turn out to be for the world
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When historians are picking through the rubble of the American empire, they'll use quotes like these to demonstrate how much politics was just a TV show for a significant portion of the populace
January 7, 2026 at 11:33 PM
When historians are picking through the rubble of the American empire, they'll use quotes like these to demonstrate how much politics was just a TV show for a significant portion of the populace
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Don’t even bother with the antacids. They’re not going to save you this time
January 6, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Don’t even bother with the antacids. They’re not going to save you this time
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Me every morning since November 2024
January 3, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Me every morning since November 2024
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internet connection:
illbleed, screenshot, dreamcast (2001) www.mobygames.com/game/4368/il...
January 2, 2026 at 11:04 AM
internet connection:
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Thank God the year of hell is officially over!
Hey wait what’s that text that just started hovering over me?
Hey wait what’s that text that just started hovering over me?
January 1, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Thank God the year of hell is officially over!
Hey wait what’s that text that just started hovering over me?
Hey wait what’s that text that just started hovering over me?
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you gotta laugh at stuff or you’ll cry
December 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
you gotta laugh at stuff or you’ll cry
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Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.
January 1, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.
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Your teacher in 2005: don't use Wikipedia as a source! People can change it! Use dot gov sites!
Teacher in 2025: don't use dot gov sites, they say Tylenol causes autism. Wikipedia is curated by honest and trustworthy nerds who require real citations. 1
Teacher in 2025: don't use dot gov sites, they say Tylenol causes autism. Wikipedia is curated by honest and trustworthy nerds who require real citations. 1
December 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Your teacher in 2005: don't use Wikipedia as a source! People can change it! Use dot gov sites!
Teacher in 2025: don't use dot gov sites, they say Tylenol causes autism. Wikipedia is curated by honest and trustworthy nerds who require real citations. 1
Teacher in 2025: don't use dot gov sites, they say Tylenol causes autism. Wikipedia is curated by honest and trustworthy nerds who require real citations. 1
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pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
December 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
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Someone could tell me coffee was pure poison and back it up with hard evidence and I’d still have my two cups every single day, thanks
Coffee is a superfood, folks, don’t let anyone shame you for drinking a cup of black joe
December 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Someone could tell me coffee was pure poison and back it up with hard evidence and I’d still have my two cups every single day, thanks
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An assembly of the ultimate slackers, stoners, Florida men, and assorted ne’er-do-wells are gathered to Key West in order to correctly select the captain’s hat and preferred weed paraphernalia that belonged to the previous Jimmy
“the Jimmy Buffett” should be a reincarnated spiritual leader like the Dalai Lama. a living demigod of relaxation
December 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
An assembly of the ultimate slackers, stoners, Florida men, and assorted ne’er-do-wells are gathered to Key West in order to correctly select the captain’s hat and preferred weed paraphernalia that belonged to the previous Jimmy
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Trumpers have a howling void of angry insecurity where a soul should be. Unchecked power tastes like ashes in their mouth because they thought when they got it everyone would be forced to like and admire them even though they’re irredeemable assholes. But people still treat them like assholes.
Trump crony has embarrassing meltdown after more Kennedy Center performers quit www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Trump crony has embarrassing meltdown after more Kennedy Center performers quit
The Trump administration is lashing out at performers who have chosen to cancel performances at the Kennedy Center following Donald Trump’s recent decision to deface the cultural institution with ...
www.dailykos.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Trumpers have a howling void of angry insecurity where a soul should be. Unchecked power tastes like ashes in their mouth because they thought when they got it everyone would be forced to like and admire them even though they’re irredeemable assholes. But people still treat them like assholes.
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This looks like Sinbad died and got reincarnated as a chair.
December 30, 2025 at 3:40 AM
This looks like Sinbad died and got reincarnated as a chair.
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All of my news sources:
- Requires email address
- cookie policy
- When you click the cookie policy, our scripts autofire to every tracker imaginable
- Have an email with a tracking cookie in it
- "We won't sell your data"
- Immediately sells data
- Mobile/Desktop totally inconsistent
Not techdirt
- Requires email address
- cookie policy
- When you click the cookie policy, our scripts autofire to every tracker imaginable
- Have an email with a tracking cookie in it
- "We won't sell your data"
- Immediately sells data
- Mobile/Desktop totally inconsistent
Not techdirt
Call me crazy, but I do think it's important for news orgs to work on business models that don't treat their readers like enemies, just like I thought the same of record labels decades ago. Too many business models are antagonistic. We can fix that.
You Shouldn’t Have To Hate Your News Source To Support It
Last week, I pointed out that part of the reason for running our current fundraiser (donate $100 or more and you’ll get our first commemorative challenge coin) is to show that it is possible to have a successful media business model that…
Last week, I pointed out that part of the reason for running our current fundraiser (donate $100 or more and you’ll get our first commemorative challenge coin) is to show that it is possible to have a successful media business model that…
December 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
All of my news sources:
- Requires email address
- cookie policy
- When you click the cookie policy, our scripts autofire to every tracker imaginable
- Have an email with a tracking cookie in it
- "We won't sell your data"
- Immediately sells data
- Mobile/Desktop totally inconsistent
Not techdirt
- Requires email address
- cookie policy
- When you click the cookie policy, our scripts autofire to every tracker imaginable
- Have an email with a tracking cookie in it
- "We won't sell your data"
- Immediately sells data
- Mobile/Desktop totally inconsistent
Not techdirt
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So, is there a MRS. Scrub Dadd—oh I’m so sorry, you folks have a good night
December 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
So, is there a MRS. Scrub Dadd—oh I’m so sorry, you folks have a good night
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People on here will post anything. 'Adam Sandler is one of our greatest living actors.' No he isn't. That isn’t true.
December 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
People on here will post anything. 'Adam Sandler is one of our greatest living actors.' No he isn't. That isn’t true.
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I think this is true and one reason why I dislike the casual bashing of libs, wine-moms/soccer-moms, MSNBC watchers etc instead of the criticism of specific elite institutions and individuals for junkyard dog defense of indefensible government policies
December 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I think this is true and one reason why I dislike the casual bashing of libs, wine-moms/soccer-moms, MSNBC watchers etc instead of the criticism of specific elite institutions and individuals for junkyard dog defense of indefensible government policies
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I do not fear the Menswear Guy. what's he going to tell me about myself that I am not already acutely aware of. "you dress like you don't respect yourself" good eye ace
The fact the Menswear Guy is actively dunking on the Bsky user base now instead of just cross-posting the threads where he does that to Twitter users should terrify all of us.
true. that's bc you've allowed your sense of style to be narrowly defined by fashion brands, instead of thinking about it in terms of cultural history. over the course of the 20th century, many groups have dressed well, even if they didn't conform to fashion trends or bourgeois respectability
December 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I do not fear the Menswear Guy. what's he going to tell me about myself that I am not already acutely aware of. "you dress like you don't respect yourself" good eye ace
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Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
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this song goes out to anyone who ever got a handjob in a threadless t-shirt,
December 27, 2025 at 5:13 AM
this song goes out to anyone who ever got a handjob in a threadless t-shirt,
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"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.