Counterpoint: fuck that guy!

Leo Enright@ollopa11.bsky.social · 2d ago

I am saddened by the tone of commentary in this place about my former BBC colleague. The level of vitriol seems more suited to the other place. I worked with Rod at the Today programme. He took no prisoners, but he was witty and personally capable of genuine warmth. My sympathy to his family.

Extraordinarily wild to see people doing islamo-bolshevism. The more things change man

gentle reminder that if you care about screenreader accessibility, many "atypical fonts" that people use on social media do not read properly on a screenreader because they're based on symbols with their own names. superscript and subscript will not read aloud as words.

Goddamnit, i wanna read your blog GET OFF SUBSTACK

If you don't want people to talk shit about you when you die, don't be a shit in life.

Being undocumented in the United States is not a crime. Being undocumented in the United States is not a crime. Being undocumented in the United States is not a crime. Being undocumented in the United States is not a crime. Being undocumented in the United States is not a crime.

I have 0 reach on here but looking for some help finding places to crash in Chicago and Kansas City while on tour this month if anyone can share or DM me if you or someone you know has a floor or a couch or whatever where me and one other person can spend a night pls!!! ♡

evelyn gray@evelynfloragray.bsky.social · 3w ago

hitting the road next month for a handful of out of town shows!! pls come out and say hi if I'll be in your city =)

this mister six-looking motherfucker announced he was leaving the democratic party weeks ago, but he thinks he can still threaten us with a good time lmao

Donie O’Sullivan@donie.bsky.social · 4d ago

"I am not going to be in the same party with Hasan Piker ... if he becomes a force in the Democratic Party, I am out of here," James Carville says on Fox this morning. Reminder: The Left Insurgency airs tonight on CNN at 8p ET.

Pretty sure this 🧵 just demonstrated why having to use the transcript AI at work has been so upsetting on a deep level (Besides the obvious)

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 4d ago

I like this notetaking example. it is a good case of how gender works. Notetaking has never been about producing a transcript. It is a bureaucratic skill in the 20th c. organixarion because it is SENSEMAKING. Those women socialized to take notes? They have been doing men’s metacognition for them

There is no such thing as apolitical.

Why won't people leave the Nazi bars? Between X and Substack, I've lost a lot of respect for a lot of people. Especially the big name accounts with +10k followers. Come on. Do better.

"God save these babies of the '80s"

Reagan's Kids

YouTube video by That Handsome Devil - Topic

music.youtube.com

Ok, if on a USA domestic flight, some god-botherer starts preaching - Initiating a stadium sing-along of "We Will Rock You" might be the best response. Will report back iffin' i get the chance.

The Girl of Lemongrab@mc-hesher.bsky.social · last wk.

*standing up on the plane* I see a little silhouetto of a man. Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango? Passengers, top volume: THUNDERBOLTS AND LIGHTNING, VERY VERY FRIGHTENING ME Captain and copilot taking turns, tiny voices crackling on intercom: Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, Galileo

Today's roughest call: Spoke to the spouse of someone who's Parkinson's had caused a rapid-onset cognitive decline, including hallucinations. It's rough on the whole family!

Chronic Illness Humor@chronicillness.bsky.social · last wk.

#satire

Starting my first game of City Skylines. Pray for me.

Ket.

"Stumpus Well"@philipmarks87.bsky.social · last wk.

Look, another adorable cat!

It has been entirely too long since i was on a train.

I actually quite enjoy man pain

Ernest Luckman@ernieluckman.bsky.social · last wk.

My girlfriend doesn’t like them because they’re just man pain and yup Thats totally fair.

For the record, i went on to emphatically agree with her & that id heard the same thing Asparagus is good for you, kid.

fanatical anti-AI luddite@3ahiru.bsky.social · last wk.

SiL, prior to kids: "I will NEVER lie to my children!" SiL, with 2 kids: starts asking me at the table if I've heard how much Iron Man loves asparagus so nephew will finish his dinner.

Nobody wants to hear your Odyssey jokes

i should play untitled goose game again

Switch, Fated Zombie Fuckdoll@switch-is.online · last wk.

as far back as i can remember, i always wanted to be a problem

SiL, prior to kids: "I will NEVER lie to my children!" SiL, with 2 kids: starts asking me at the table if I've heard how much Iron Man loves asparagus so nephew will finish his dinner.

Zach Weinersmith@zachweinersmith.bsky.social · last wk.

Hey parents of bsky: What are some theories of parenting you were very confident in right up until you had your own kids?

"You don't build kids, you meet them." Is something more parents need to recognise and accept. Failure to do so (in my opinion) is a large driver of adult kids going no-contact.

Zach Weinersmith@zachweinersmith.bsky.social · last wk.

Probably the biggest one for me, which I think I partially believed but believed more after having the actual kids is that the main thing parents do is provide food, stability, and love. The rest is up to genes and chance. You don't build kids, you meet them.

"and that's the tooth!"

Hourly Simpsons@hourlysimpsons.bagpuss.org · last wk.

M A S K I N G

It is a night for cake.

natou@tichatnwa.bsky.social · 2w ago

there is a place called 'insomnia cookies' i do not want cookies i want a cake

Some appetizers are bad.

Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · 2w ago

Bat that dropped onto table at SoCal restaurant had rabies, officials say