Karin / 카릭 / 영자

stg, I turn my back on the internet for 24 hours and ...

Okay, now that I've caught up on this Mechahitler thing, a poll:

A) a textbook example of the good old GIGO principle, or,

B) actually a Mechanical Turk type situation and it's actually the Muskrat himself just flapping his id again

yall do not engage, argue with, put on blast, et al, dumbasses who can't wait to say "they voted for this!" about states struck by disaster. block them. block them the 2nd you see their garbage. take joy in knowing that you are limiting their toxic reach. they are dumbasses. they belong on twitter.

Pretty disingenuous to put an "I bought this before we knew Elon was crazy" bumper sticker on your Cybertruck.

Victorianists will join in the screaming if that's okay with you.

Ignatz Semmelweis did not die in an asylum for you shitheads to backslide to a pre-germ theory state of mind.

Wondering today what it must have been like to live in pre-industrial societies, where it might be months or even years before you heard about world-shaking events, and your horizon didn't extend much further beyond the next town.

Walked past Neil Tennant in the lobby of the Hammersmith Apollo after one of Kate Bush's shows.

Often I'm grouchy about the #TonyAwards because the Hollywood to Broadway pipeline irritates me to no end, but now I know about the utterly charming Maybe Happy Ending, which has some of the loveliest showtunes I've heard in ages. So thanks for that.

It's so rare now that I actually open up bsky and start laughing this much at what I see, so I'm going to enjoy this while it lasts.

IYKYK

(Opens Bluesky)
(Skims)

Well that's enough for the day.

FUCKING FINALLY

Times two, even!

#doctorwho
#spoilers
#iykyk

From: ISB HR
To: Imperial Security Bureau team members

Please remember to complete your required infosec training before the end of the current cycle.

As always, our goal is 100% compliance. No exceptions. A non-compliance report will be sent to Major Partagaz.

Long live the Empire.

Buddy they won't even let me hump the—

All That Jazz (1979): Hello Loneliness, I Think I'm Gonna Die Bob Fosse's 'All that Jazz' is at once a confession, a self-promotion, a showbiz love letter, an apology, and a middle finger.

"Bob Fosse's ALL THAT JAZZ is at once a confession, a self-promotion, a showbiz love letter, an apology, and a middle finger."

Tour souvenir tote bag and replica art for the cover of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' album Wild God.

Somehow I ended up with two of these. If someone wants it, DM me. First come first served.

Choice quotes from this guy:
"'Sign in as a UT student'? Are you kidding me?"
"I don't even know what a digital wallet is!"
"Have you ever sold a ticket to a member of the public before?"
I get it; e-tickets can be a puzzle, but there's no call to abuse the box office worker who's trying their best.

Me when my kid agrees to try a new restaurant.

I loved that book, but I also adore jumping spiders, so I was definitely in the target audience.

Never fuck with kid logic. You will be defeated.

Has anyone written anything about how the innate Puritanism of American culture makes Americans particularly vulnerable to wellness grifts?

An envelope labeled "Official 2025 Democratic Priorities Survey".

Seriously contemplating taking a big red sharpie and just scrawling "FUCKING *DO SOMETHING*" across the survey and sending it back.

I'd watch it.

repost if you got a Eagan Wintertide Scholarship as a kid, but as an adult you’re struggling with anxiety and depression.

Same situation in Austin tomorrow, looks like. This is fine.

There should be a tribute to David Lynch, where they just show 60 seconds of a static shot of a steam filled underground corridor, with a flickering fluorescent light backed with ominous washing and a distant scream

What if something good happened

Maybe we weren’t meant to wake up and read 20 terrible things immediately.