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Your yearly reminder that “holiday” celebrations that only include Christian traditions are not, in fact, inclusive even if you don’t use the word Christmas, so tbh I’d rather you just say it’s Christmas.
Until a few years ago, ugly holiday sweaters didn’t exist. They’re ugly Christmas sweaters, with some generic Jewish iconography to be “inclusive.” But the truth is, when I have to buy one to wear to a work party, I feel like I’m in another culture’s drag.
November 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Your yearly reminder that “holiday” celebrations that only include Christian traditions are not, in fact, inclusive even if you don’t use the word Christmas, so tbh I’d rather you just say it’s Christmas.
Gail has the best shenanigans ever. She'll probably knit you one too, if you send her the wool. Each shenanigan takes her a dozen fortnights if it's the whole nine yards. Mine fits like an iron fist.
People on Threads are still mad at my harmless shenanigans and it's kind of remarkable.
a woman in a black sweater is making a funny face and the words why are behind her
ALT: a woman in a black sweater is making a funny face and the words why are behind her
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November 19, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Gail has the best shenanigans ever. She'll probably knit you one too, if you send her the wool. Each shenanigan takes her a dozen fortnights if it's the whole nine yards. Mine fits like an iron fist.
If you see this, post a Bird.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If you see this, post a Bird.
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I have to admire how he stays on point
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I have to admire how he stays on point
Yeah I wish I'd known before I bought these two beef sides
Frankenstein is a metaphor for the dangers of reanimating corpses with electricity
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Yeah I wish I'd known before I bought these two beef sides
Oddly enough, we did have amendments to the constitution around these times; & maybe we didn't do enough of these things, but we very much did pass 2 amendments re voting & other civil rights after the Civil War
We needed to have another Constitution after the Civil War and another in the late 60’s/early 70’s to solidify the gains of the Civil Rights and Women’s movements. Maybe throw an extra in during the Great Depression to establish a robust welfare state with positive liberties.
June 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Oddly enough, we did have amendments to the constitution around these times; & maybe we didn't do enough of these things, but we very much did pass 2 amendments re voting & other civil rights after the Civil War
If you read music theory too hard you become pure bebop
If you read theory hard enough you become a historian, this is absolutely the case
even as a theorist I feel like I half agree with this
June 9, 2025 at 5:16 AM
If you read music theory too hard you become pure bebop
We had the sacred scrolls
June 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
We had the sacred scrolls
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March 30, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Lamar/Rundberg, where fuck trump energy lives yet
February 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Lamar/Rundberg, where fuck trump energy lives yet
It keeps autocorrecting to "gay minge"
February 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
It keeps autocorrecting to "gay minge"
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"It's lies wrapped in hyperbole covered in a thick demi-glace of bullshit." Call it whatever you want, but I'm calling it what it is. Fascism. michaelianblack.substack.com/p/dropping-t...
Dropping the F Bomb
I write today from the gorgeous hilltop village of Ménerbes, famous for being the home of surrealist artist and photographer, Dora Maar.
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January 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"It's lies wrapped in hyperbole covered in a thick demi-glace of bullshit." Call it whatever you want, but I'm calling it what it is. Fascism. michaelianblack.substack.com/p/dropping-t...
same, also I do like Forbidden Planet (1956) better than Percy Stow's The Tempest (1908)
His Girl Friday. The Maltese Falcon (but not, admittedly, The Maltese Bippy). I like the original Scarface best, but way more people prefer the DePalma remake, same goes for The Thing.
When has a remake of a great movie improved upon it? Has this…ever happened?
January 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
same, also I do like Forbidden Planet (1956) better than Percy Stow's The Tempest (1908)
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Texans: Remember to cover your outside faucets, it's going to be very cold 🥶
January 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Texans: Remember to cover your outside faucets, it's going to be very cold 🥶
Forget it, Jake
“I don’t understand what produce in the Central Valley has to do with fires in LA” this is the subject of one of the most famous movies ever made, in which it is explained to Jack Nicholson at length by the director of The Maltese Falcon
January 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Forget it, Jake
How did this kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism become illegal to build in most American cities?
“Americans did not choose car dependency. We didn’t vote for it, and it was not the winner in a free market competition. The real answer is complex, but a single turning point reveals an essential part of the story.”
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The 100-Year Road to Car Dependency in the US
October 8, 2024, marks the centennial of the publication of what would soon become the Los Angeles Traffic Ordinance — a landmark on the road toward our car-dominated status quo.
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January 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
How did this kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism become illegal to build in most American cities?
I like how there's still room for a fifth & possibly sixth unspecified gender to be discovered at a later date
December 31, 2024 at 3:37 PM
I like how there's still room for a fifth & possibly sixth unspecified gender to be discovered at a later date
Brunch is the manifestation of sloth, of eating the first meal of the day with a mindful mindlessness and no consideration for deadlines. It is always a good time for brunch.
An important part of growing up is realizing that brunch at 2pm is insane. It's obviously supposed to be at 10 or 11. Not breakfast, not lunch, something in between. Anything later is sloth.
December 31, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Brunch is the manifestation of sloth, of eating the first meal of the day with a mindful mindlessness and no consideration for deadlines. It is always a good time for brunch.
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It’s the Cybertruck Administration
December 19, 2024 at 5:45 PM
It’s the Cybertruck Administration
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The whole API is a pile of files in a S3 bucket. I have a Python script that generates a bajillion JSON files, one per ZIP code. I put that behind Cloudfront, and don't bother with API keys or anything. It costs me upwards of several dollars a year in hosting costs. github.com/waldoj/frost...
GitHub - waldoj/frostline: A dataset, API, and parser for USDA plant hardiness zones.
A dataset, API, and parser for USDA plant hardiness zones. - waldoj/frostline
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December 19, 2024 at 5:06 AM
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