Doctor Memory
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Just another bozo on this bus: please deflate your shoes before entering. The artist formerly known as dr_memory@twit (and same on livejournal, remember them?) and currently also known as @memory@blank.org on mastodon. Banner photo by @lifewinning.com
FACE/OFF and it's not particularly close. Is the entire premise dumb as hell even by action movie standards? Friends, it's even dumber than that. Does it matter in the slightest? Friends, it does not, because every last person involved TOTALLY COMMITS to it.
☀️ Starshine@starshine.bsky.social · 22h agoWhat’s everyone’s favorite dumb action movie (laudatory)
I think it is remarkable to the extent the opposition party is still largely silent about the extrajudicial gulag archipelago that the sitting administration is using to turn innocent immigrants into political prisoners and slaves in third nations
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 2h agoCORRECTION: After looking at the flight data a little closer, there were SIX third-country removals, with an additional stop in Equatorial Guinea -- where migrants already trapped there say officials are beating them and threatening them at gunpoint.
Welp, here it is: the bit of bluesky Discourse™ that is going to drive me fully around the bend. Rare != important. No one is ripping irreplaceable manuscripts out of the hands of antiquarians. Buying books in bulk is not a nefarious activity. You can do it yourself if you like: booksbythefoot.com
if you are a restaurant in Los Angeles and you cannot compete with a taco truck you should not be a restaurant in Los Angeles. this is very basic “slowest zebra on the savanna” stuff
Babadookakis@ryanwu2438.bsky.social · 23h agoKaren Bass reelection update: the mayor has come out as anti-taco stand. In Los Angeles.
…well, this should be fun. It’s probably everyone telling me how awesome and correct my opinions are and also I’m extremely attractive, right?
Elections are long and unpredictable things, and in general predicting an outcome this early based on one statement is silly. But the incumbent mayor of Los Fucking Angeles just came out against _taco stands_. How do you even have political instincts that bad?
Babadookakis@ryanwu2438.bsky.social · 23h agoKaren Bass reelection update: the mayor has come out as anti-taco stand. In Los Angeles.
Three episodes into Ted Lasso S4 and I cannot easily express how much I miss Anthony Stewart Head. This show really needed an antagonist for the characters to bounce off of, and minus that there's shockingly little left other than rote cringe comedy.
Hi. Good morning, downtown Berkeley voters. Do not, under any circumstances, vote for this candidate who thinks bike lanes are gentrification.
A series that was produced, it should be noted, with a budget of approximately fifteen pounds and whatever amount of pocket change the BBC director could find in his pockets that week.
catsinfrance@catsinfrance.bsky.social · yesterdayI watched 'I, Claudius' last night and it really is brilliant. It doesn't age. Excellent acting and script. The very best of BBC drama. In particular, Derek Jacobi and John Hurt were mesmerising.
1991, early October. I’m in the passenger seat of a car driving back to Philly from my college in western MA. Jason, the driver, pulls a cassette tape out from his bag and says “Listen. This is IMPORTANT” and slots it in. Which is how I heard “Smells Like Teen Spirit” for the first time.
Kath Barbadoro@kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 2d agoDo you have any striking moments of hearing a song for the first time? I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard a milli (shitfaced at a college party naturally but I remember everything about it due to the momentousness of experiencing a milli)
The Hunts Point Cooperative has strung out and stalled redevelopment of this facility for ~20 years now -- effectively holding the city's produce supply hostage. Enough.
Spectrum News NY1@spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · yesterdayThe goal was to reduce pollution for an estimated 13,000 Bronx residents while preserving the market and jobs in the community. Read More: http://specne.ws/qmV8Hj
These are the only two shareable pictures I have of the cats (gray is Wally, torbie is Doris):
Shecky@shecky.bsky.social · last wk.FRIENDS IN THE NYC AREA: Okay, this is a tough one, but please bear with me. My wife's lifelong friend has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is desperately seeking a home for his two cats when that time comes. The elder, Wally, is something like 13 years old and DELIGHTFULLY dim. The younger, Doris,
fucked up that polymarket is a dystopian tech company rather than a place you go to buy fresh produce from the local farmer and her three boyfriends
What's your favorite Bible verse? Wrong answers only.
Adam Windstorm@neohumanoid.bsky.social · 2d agoWhat's your favorite Bible verse? Wrong answers only.
Okay you wastrels. There was a household miscommunication and I am now in possession of a bottle of _sweet_ white vermouth. Other than I guess just pouring it over ice or making very pale Negronis, what on earth should I do with this?
Hey, we saw you from across the bar and we’re utterly repulsed by your vibe. Can we write a song about you?
Ironically the most consequential and long-lasting effect of the anti-bus protests was really the creation of the YIMBY movement as we know it. techcrunch.com/2014/04/14/s...
How Burrowing Owls Lead To Vomiting Anarchists (Or SF's Housing Crisis Explained) | TechCrunch
Today, the tech industry is apparently on track to destroy one of the world's most valuable cultural treasures, San Francisco, by pushing out the diverse
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Fischer 🛠️🚇@fischer.bsky.social · 2d agokind of funny to look back on. did any of this work? no. were they at least fighting the good fight? absolutely not lol sfstandard.com/2026/08/16/g...
alright you fuckers (not you, beautiful people) be fucking normal about @jamellebouie.net being back or we're going to get the hose.
Put. Up. A. Goddamn. Sign.
Jonathan Berk 🏠@berkie1.bsky.social · 5d agoHistoric preservation matters. But it must have limits. The fact that a famous person once lived somewhere should not justify preserving an architecturally insignificant farmhouse left to rot for decades, especially when it's blocking desperately needed housing. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/16/m...
Fun fact: the head of the Department of Health and Human Services has called MRNA therapeutics a "failed technology" and this year cancelled all federal research grants in the field. Gonna be interesting to see if moderna can get approval even with a readout this earthshaking.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 2d agoResult in high-risk patients validates decades of research into mRNA-based therapeutic cancer vaccines. on.wsj.com/4zwRduC
Today's transit thread: The time the LIRR tried out faregates and magnetic fare cards. It was 1964, all three commuter lines are in varying amounts of trouble. NY State was on the verge of buying the LIRR and attempting -- with Conn, RI and Mass -- to rescue the commuter portions of the NH&H.
You see this with drug testing in sports as well: cycling and MLB, which took testing/crackdowns on PEDs seriously, got a rep as “dirty,” especially to a US audience; the NFL/NBA, who take a more relaxed view, manage to avoid the stigma entirely.
William B. Fuckley@opinionhaver.bsky.social · 3d agoI kind of depressingly think that a downside of openness is that large swathes of the population are basically incapable of really modeling selection bias in their head, and so countries and institutions that make some effort at accountability and transparency look 'worse' to them.
A massive crisis is developing in the west over dwindling water. You are going to hear a lot of bullshit. Just remember this: The solution is to stop growing animal feed & vegetables in the desert. That’s it. That’s all we have to do. Just grow stuff that needs water where it rains on the regular.
Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 4d agoThe ag lobby really, really, really, really, really, really, really wants you to think AI is the reason reservoirs are going empty. It's not. It's agriculture.
RIP to Frank Beard, the drummer for the least probable band to hold the title of Horniest To Ever Do It
My dad ended up at a strip club with his friends after game six of the 1991 World Series. They got a drink and were confused why nobody was dancing, then they looked up to the VIP lounge where ZZ Top was drinking champagne out of the bottle, surrounded by every stripper working.
