The trains are slow so let’s see if I pee my pants or make it home.
FormerGregSamsa
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All phenomena are fleeting. He/him. For those who don't know me from other social media sites: Waffles (Waf) is the name of our dog, not the name of my husband. [Update: Waf was. Marlowe is now our dog's name, not my husband's. Waf is now a name for love.]
Ok two things. I am from AL and even I would suggest perhaps sealing off that state for a while. Also: this asshole lives in Florida.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 51m agoTuberville: "If we don't straighten out this country's voting and immigration system, we're not gonna make it. It's gonna be over. I'm gonna go back to Alabama and hey, we might build a 30-foot wall around our state."
I agree with this but will admit my hard line is Tom Cruise. I do watch the films/tv shows of most other Scientologists--not like, seek-out sort of watch, but I will watch. But Tom Cruise can go fuck himself off a cliff.
Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · 2h ago1. I will never understand how people can stop watching someone’s movies or TV shows, or stop listening to their music, if they so much as hit the like button on a conservative’s post, but will keep supporting Scientologists.
Also, Oppenheimer being better than Dr. Strangelove should get you put on an ice floe.
Dan Schkade@danschkade.bsky.social · 15h agoListen, strokes/folks etc, but "Batman Begins > Barry Lyndon" should trigger a wellness check
I hadn't really been paying attention, but damn. El-Sayed looks like a football player, in a good way.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h agoEl-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
I can't argue. Especially the last two, though I'd go with Seasons of Mist rather than Brief Lives.
BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · yesterdayalright let's do real discourse: five books *by bad people* that are still good or great books V.S. Naipaul, A BEND IN THE RIVER Allison Pearson, I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT Kevin Myers, WATCHING THE DOOR Yukio Mishima, CONFESSIONS OF A MASK Neil Gaiman, BRIEF LIVES.
Wait. Did Jeanine Pirro--of all people--try to hold a one-woman intervention with Trump?
Jesse Thorn@jessethorn.bsky.social · 16h agoIt’s just so bonkers and so dumb, just every part of it www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
I regret to say that the more I'm told 'do not look!' the more I want to see. Fortunately it isn't in my feed and I'm not seeking it out, but you people warning me are making me morbidly curious.
rudetuesday@rudetuesday.bsky.social · 17h agoDon't go looking for the video footage. It's awful. If you do see it, play Tetris for about 20 minutes or so. Science: www.sciencealert.com/advice-to-pl... Play Tetris online in your browser: play.tetris.com
I know who I want to win even though I'm not in the state, but I know who I would prefer to hear speak no matter what state I'm in.
Andrew Roth@roththereporter.bsky.social · 17h agoAbdul El-Sayed will be speaking by no later than 1 am, his campaign says, as the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate remains too close to call. Haley Stevens also expected to speak soon from about 1.5 miles down the road.
Not the best answer, but AN answer: Movie theaters. Do you know that just 20 years ago, you'd have to show up, wait in line sometimes for hours to buy a physical ticket, then stand in another line, AND THEN DO A LANDRUSH to get a good seat? Now you mostly buy assigned seats online when you want.
neutral@neutral.zone · 18h agoYou know what’s gotten better in the last 40 years? Me. There’s also more of me, which is probably not ideal, but you take the good with the bad.
Democratic party better accept these changes or they're no longer a party.
VoteHub@votehub.com · 21h agoMichigan U.S. Senate Democratic Primary Kent County Absentee: 🟣 Abdul El-Sayed – 4,106 (55.4%) 🟠 Haley Stevens – 2,895 (39.1%)
"several people reached out to me with condolences thinking we were friends, but the fact is I loathed him" I hate I've had the same response to some people I've known. nekocase.substack.com/p/in-what-fu...
IN WHAT FUCKING UNIVERSE?
This last week I was just cookin’ along minding my business when I suddenly found myself quite depressed.
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Again. I'm gonna take people's word for it. I'm not watching all this. OH: If a documentary about one of your senators didn't do squat, and if this doesn't do anything, then you I dunno should rise up/vote them all out and get better representation because even as a former AL guy.... I dunno man.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23h agoMy reaction watching this train wreck of a dumpster fire of a shitshow of an interview:
Imma take your word for it. I'm not watching 30 minutes of this guy talk bullshit.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 23h ago🤯 Rep. Max Miller's interview with Jake Tapper was one of the most self-destructive things I've ever witnessed on cable news. Here's the whole thing:
Yup. I'm a monster. I dog-ear all the time. I did try to do the 'no, just mark the book with a piece of paper or SOMETHING, ANYTHING' but I dog-ear. Revoke my library card.
David Niall Wilson@davidniallwilson.com · 23h ago14) I do not. I will find a bookmark before I mess up a book like that. On another subject though, to publish a long out of print book in digital I have clipped the spine out of a LOT of books to scan them...
Next Buc-ees will be filing a copyright lawsuit against Naked Gun because of the 'nice beaver' joke. www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Days after John Oliver's dare, Buc-ee's sues again
Buc-ee's is suing a family-owned mini mart over its beaver logo, days after John Oliver mocked the chain's history of trademark lawsuits.
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Oh no I've stalled! Do I get number 9?
FormerGregSamsa@formergregsamsa.bsky.social · yesterdayMe too if so inclined.
What the absolute fuck is wrong with all of these people? Like, I'd advise anyone visiting the WH to take hand sanitizer and absolutely refuse to shakes hands with anyone and probably avoid touching any surfaces or sitting on furniture. Just sorta... hover if you can.
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · yesterdayOh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
was alerted by a reader that the bloom county house is for sale, though apparently in some disrepair www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
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Ok but so like I mean… I’ve done community theatre and I get it.
Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterdayin insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...