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Middle-aged union member and newspaper subscriber. I Don't Even Own a Television was a good podcast: I don't have the files, if you want them, try the Facebook group.

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I *thought* so!!

05.02.2026 06:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ahh, but the question...is "For who?"...

05.02.2026 06:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am here to remind you that to me, a middle-aged person, everyone under 25 looks like an actual child. I was recently served at a bar by a man who appeared -- to my aged eyes -- to be a freshman in high school. They know what they're doing when they hit on a teen, and they choose not to know it.

04.02.2026 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 131    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Yes, @mattyglesias.bsky.social has also argued, in The Atlantic (of course), that older men pursuing sexual relationships with sixteen year olds is not pedophilia.

03.02.2026 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 852    πŸ” 186    πŸ’¬ 128    πŸ“Œ 193

Don't threaten ME with a good time. This is David Carradine, by the way.

05.02.2026 03:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

you feel something on your neck--BORK--a finger... now a hand--BORK--another hand and they... they...--BORK!--they start to squeeze

05.02.2026 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

watching some old muppet shows. how did i not remember that the swedish chef has real human hands. incredibly fucked up

05.02.2026 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 118    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1

*Tarantino furiously jerkin’ it*

05.02.2026 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …

The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!

This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...

05.02.2026 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4319    πŸ” 1604    πŸ’¬ 130    πŸ“Œ 154

It's crazy that House of the Dragon completely reuses the Game of Thrones theme. It should be a jazzy remix, like SVU.

05.02.2026 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

"Helluva shot, Hans. HELLuva shot."

05.02.2026 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i remember doing a zine cover featuring a recent x-ray of the aftermath of a frenchman bunker-busting himself with an unexploded artillery shell. i think spice world was in theaters. this happens every year. it's like the swallows returning to capistrano, except it's krupp returning to a french anus

05.02.2026 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 205    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 3
The WHY and HOW of Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe - Alt Hit Wonders
YouTube video by Trash Theory The WHY and HOW of Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe - Alt Hit Wonders

NEW VIDEO: A potential start to a new series, a look at the hows and whys of oddball 90s modern rock hits. This time a dive into the Swedish band Whale, their wordily titled Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe and its unforgettably weird music video. Take a look!

youtu.be/6ANdT88ToIo

30.01.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 9

The queen reading this post

05.02.2026 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Did she by any chance follow up with
"what that thing do?"?

05.02.2026 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Wizard of Oz

05.02.2026 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Are you sure she wasn't looking at your hinder?

05.02.2026 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I saw a print of this last friday at the Oakland Museum of CA. A woman walked in behind me, looked at it and said β€œfuuuuuck”

05.02.2026 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

was really overwhelmed with a desire to draw this. sorry

04.02.2026 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1718    πŸ” 104    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 7
A train announcement board thing with the headline β€œWhat I lack in physical strength, I make up for in public hair”

A train announcement board thing with the headline β€œWhat I lack in physical strength, I make up for in public hair”

We got one of these things for the office and every time the newest headline alarms me anew.

04.02.2026 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3338    πŸ” 259    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 11

When I listen to
Godflesh? My neighbors also
Listen to Godflesh

04.02.2026 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
mclusky "i know computer"
YouTube video by Ipecac Recordings mclusky "i know computer"

please note I do not know computer

www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2OO...

04.02.2026 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 95    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

i spent two years writing a book that wrapped with β€œai” as an anti-worker project cooked up by the billionaire class and he just tweeted it out dot meme

04.02.2026 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

lmao fire Chris Drury

04.02.2026 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.

04.02.2026 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 11303    πŸ” 3015    πŸ’¬ 210    πŸ“Œ 221

Been working on a piece for a while (and he just...tweeted it out) about this as the far-right version of the Cultural Revolution. They have no constructive goal, just a drive to make every "intellectual" suffer. If they could send everyone with a BA to Qinghai (Montana) to dig ditches, they would.

04.02.2026 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 357    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2
Star Trek Picard scene. An older Worf is shown, white eyebrows and goatee. There's a 'Mr. Worf Goes to a Rave' feel, with what looks like confetti dropping over him, blacklighting, and abstract art on the walls behind him, presumably drawn in Tide.  Closed caption reads, "Beheadings are on Wednesdays."

Star Trek Picard scene. An older Worf is shown, white eyebrows and goatee. There's a 'Mr. Worf Goes to a Rave' feel, with what looks like confetti dropping over him, blacklighting, and abstract art on the walls behind him, presumably drawn in Tide. Closed caption reads, "Beheadings are on Wednesdays."

04.02.2026 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 819    πŸ” 213    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 14

journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact

04.02.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2796    πŸ” 539    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 40

Incredible. They destroyed a great newspaper because they hated the people who actually paid for it and read it so much that they'd rather scrap the paper if they couldn't get Tucker Carlson's audience bsky.app/profile/maxt...

04.02.2026 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5367    πŸ” 1219    πŸ’¬ 153    πŸ“Œ 43

Erotically charged eating-each-other all-male incestuous tribute to Van Morrison, Man Vore I Son

04.02.2026 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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