Torsade
@torsade.bsky.social
I have three blogs on WordPress, Torsade Literary Space, Memories of a Midwestern Family, and The Cartoon House. I draft my fiction and poetry, post my cartoons, and write about my garden.
Soon we'll see a story headlined: "Foreign Visitors to America Hit Record Numbers", and we'll look for where this is covered by a respectable news organization and be unable to find it, but the first search result will be an AI historicization of it. (See record Thanksgiving travel).
December 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Soon we'll see a story headlined: "Foreign Visitors to America Hit Record Numbers", and we'll look for where this is covered by a respectable news organization and be unable to find it, but the first search result will be an AI historicization of it. (See record Thanksgiving travel).
Orquest. A neutral new word for summoning breakfast.
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Orquest. A neutral new word for summoning breakfast.
Worst American, of All Time. It's high time the Dartmouth Lacrosse team got on this.
December 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Worst American, of All Time. It's high time the Dartmouth Lacrosse team got on this.
Besides which, their lives are not the same as they were last year, and they know that perfectly well.
December 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Besides which, their lives are not the same as they were last year, and they know that perfectly well.
Also, this is not an emergency. They can actually make their own bills when they're in power. Just the exercise of thinking how they might make the internet safe for everyone, not just kids, would launch them on their way.
December 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Also, this is not an emergency. They can actually make their own bills when they're in power. Just the exercise of thinking how they might make the internet safe for everyone, not just kids, would launch them on their way.
Europe: Who is Bret Stephens?
December 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Europe: Who is Bret Stephens?
We fhould go back to the fpelling, fyntax, and typefetting of colonial America.
December 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
We fhould go back to the fpelling, fyntax, and typefetting of colonial America.
Or you buy a shirt or a pair of boots, and they advertise to you the exact thing you just bought.
December 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Or you buy a shirt or a pair of boots, and they advertise to you the exact thing you just bought.
Lesley Stahl, or anyone in this situation, should say, "You have the floor. Cite your examples, and be specific."
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Lesley Stahl, or anyone in this situation, should say, "You have the floor. Cite your examples, and be specific."
I'd love Bluesky to become a kind of magazine, where we can get news we trust and be engaged by longer posts, and get to discover useful information. Those who want to carp can stop and mute an account if they want a different experience.
December 8, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I'd love Bluesky to become a kind of magazine, where we can get news we trust and be engaged by longer posts, and get to discover useful information. Those who want to carp can stop and mute an account if they want a different experience.
A ham is pretty unhealthy, especially one without packaging.
December 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
A ham is pretty unhealthy, especially one without packaging.
Because they have to have the equipment set up to deliver the radio signal to his special "goosing" vest that keeps his heart beating.
December 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Because they have to have the equipment set up to deliver the radio signal to his special "goosing" vest that keeps his heart beating.
That was gonna be Pam's.
December 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
That was gonna be Pam's.
Who will be the Jamaican bobsled team.
December 6, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Who will be the Jamaican bobsled team.
Designed by AI, 3D printed, plausibly made of plastic.
December 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Designed by AI, 3D printed, plausibly made of plastic.
You need a much bigger globe to keep the zombies in the grave.
December 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
You need a much bigger globe to keep the zombies in the grave.
Maps should never be political. The only legitimate divisions are to get roughly equal populations in each district.
December 5, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Maps should never be political. The only legitimate divisions are to get roughly equal populations in each district.
Every influencer is doing a strong brow these days.
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Every influencer is doing a strong brow these days.
In the past, every morning you'd hear car engines revving over and over until they caught. That's a sound you rarely hear anymore.
December 4, 2025 at 6:49 AM
In the past, every morning you'd hear car engines revving over and over until they caught. That's a sound you rarely hear anymore.