Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.
Hogan
@hogan590.bsky.social
Retired biblioprole, overeducated dogwalker. Maybe things will get a little better in the morning. Me: he/him/his. You: as you wish.
One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?”
Dr Dean Burnett@drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 3d ago"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.
Gosh, the discourse on here is depressing this evening. Here's Ozzy taking a nap in a basin, for anyone who needs it.
The Works Progress Administration was created in May 1935 as part of the New Deal to provide jobs to the unemployed during the Great Depression. One of the WPA’s most idealistic goals was to send books and librarians to areas where there were none. Read more: https://bit.ly/4hkgtNC #ALA150
Today, Oct 4, is the feast of St. Francis of Assisi: the day when you can bring your pets to church for a blessing.
Som say the world will end in evites, Some promotions. From what I've seen of desperate hosts, I think evites are favored most. But if I can have two world-end notions, I think I know enough of ads To say I also hate promotions And think we've got it coming From that or many other of our bads.
Ariel Edwards-Levy@aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 6d agosome say the world will end in promos/some say in evites
"I should get to sit down when I work but you shouldn't" is a great high level summary of labor disputes
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last wk.TSA says it is removing chairs at document checks in airports, requiring staff to stand for their shift. TSA explained the reason as twofold: to ensure its employees meet its fitness standards and to create an amiable environment for travelers.
Writing something where I will be liberally citing @lilymasonphd.bsky.social's latest and realizing that I can't cite every single thing I would like to because then I'm just reprinting her work. So, I've gotta thread about it instead. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
correlation isnt causation but ive noticed america didnt start losing wars to iran until the trans ban
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Hegseth: "It's worth saying again so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that -- no fatties no trannies no beardos no weirdos no wimps no radicals. Just warriors."
Maybe he and Dershowitz can get their own island.
Yonette Joseph@sugarcane99.bsky.social · last wk.Public anger comes for John Roberts The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.” Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
HOLY PA-01 SCOOP IN POLITICO!! Brian Fitzpatrick's awful ads seem to show a bunch of news headlines. But those deceptive quotes didn't come from actual news reports - they were written by one of his wedding guests, a felon who was once on the payroll of his own campaign, who self-published them!
The source of Brian Fitzpatrick’s campaign ad attack fodder: A guest at his own wedding
Self-published articles from a longtime ally are showing up in the vulnerable Pennsylvania Republican’s attack ads.
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“We’re making a machine that’s a guy who sets up a table and a sign that says “change my mind” and you have to argue with it forever.”
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · last wk.Eugenics 🤝 ai www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h...
See, those tariff revenues are his money. Well, it's actually Russ Vought's money, but Russ lets him pretend.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump: "Because of tariffs, we are taking in hundreds of billions of dollars of profits. It's one of the reasons I can offer, if Republicans win the House and Senate, $5,000 to every adult. We can do it and the Democrats can't, because the Democrats don't have any income."
As an affirmed dog lover, I have a few things to say. (1) Dogs are harder than people admit. They take a lot of work. They need constant exercise and mental stimulation, especially those with working dog heritage of any kind. Dogs are hard.
Manisha Krishnan@manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 2w agokind of obsessed with the fact that there's an AA-style support group called Dogs Anonymous for owners who don't want to publicly admit they can't stand their dogs. by @jasooooon.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/inside...
I reviewed @profdarryljones.bsky.social's new biography of M. R. James. Long-awaited by fans, and surely the most important book about MRJ yet to appear this century: drfrancisyoung.com/2026/09/28/r... 📚👻📜
Review: ‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ by Darryl Jones
Darryl Jones, For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James (Oxford University Press, 2026), 437pp. M. R. James did not make it easy for anyone to write his biography. He introduced this difficult…
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this is my first run in with the #CountryRockSunday hashtag so I hope I’m doing this correctly this is peak collaboration.
Loretta Lynn & Jack White Portland Oregon (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Great Old Music
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If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber’d here While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend: if you pardon, we will mend; And, as I am an honest Puck, Show is over, off you fuck.
Mark Wallace@wallaceme.bsky.social · 2w agoOk don’t let’s get carried away but I found something genuinely good on Threads.
They sent my client a cease-and-desist letter for this ad in PA's hotly contested 6th Senate District. As I wrote back, "We will neither cease nor desist from engaging in this truthful, accurate speech." Here's the "Data Senator" ad which Republicans don't want Lower Bucks residents to see.
Data Senator
YouTube video by Eileen Albillar
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Adam Bonin@adambonin.bsky.social · 2w ago👀
I feel like society is running on Aldous Huxley software and the government is running on George Orwell software
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoabsolutely demented. like a scene from a horror movie