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Martin The Mess a.k.a. Big Brother

@martinthemess.bsky.social

Science Fiction, Science Fact, History and Alternate History, Humor and Political Philosophy. Always Watching. Formerly @Back2Babylon5 on that other place with the Musky odor.

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Jake Berman@lostsubways.com · 4w ago

this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/?

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 4w ago

Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.

Michael Baumann@baumann.bsky.social · 3d ago

RIP Tim Curry, who had the range to star in the two greatest movies about a mutiny in the middle of a transatlantic sea voyage, and also the crew occasionally breaks into song

Tim Curry as Dr. Petrov in The Hunt for Red OctoberTim Curry as Long John silver in Muppet Treasure Island, and also Sweetums
Martin The Mess a.k.a. Big Brother@martinthemess.bsky.social · 2w ago

I recently started rewatching HEROES for the first time since it originally aired. Damn, that was actually a really good show, and she was fantastic in it. Really sad to see her gone at such a young age. Gonna have to retire one of the few memes I made myself, too.

Disambiguation meme showing the difference between NYC's Hayden Planetarium and Hollywood actress Hayden Panettiere.
NBC News@nbcnews.com · 2w ago

Hayden Panettiere became a millennial icon for her roles in “Heroes” and “Nashville” while she struggled down a career path that she embraced, but had not chosen for herself, littered with Hollywood sexism, postpartum depression, addiction, domestic abuse and, ultimately, loss.

Martin The Mess a.k.a. Big Brother@martinthemess.bsky.social · 3w ago

It's the non-vegetarian version of Dr. Kellogg and the rest of the Enema Cult nutjobs who invented breakfast cereals to discourage masturbation. Why does American culture keep burping up this Kind of Guy at regular intervals?

Your stool sir, is pathetic

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Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 4w ago

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

To O’Mara, the diet is not just a temporary means of losing weight but a way to eat for good. He has been doing it for 10 years, and credits it with turning his life around. At one point in our conversation he pulled up the Bristol Stool Chart, which ranges from Type 1 (“separate, hard pellets”) to Type 7 (“watery, no solid pieces”). O’Mara is consistently delivering Type 4 (“smooth, soft, like a snake”), with pointed ends, indicative of healthy rectal function, he told me. “When you start eating healthy, you don’t need toilet paper,” he claimed. “Animals in the wild have no residual stool on their anus.” He described a proper bowel movement to me this way: odorless, wipe-free, over in three to seven seconds and “nearly orgasmic.” “I could have a bowel movement behind a sheet at a dinner party in the corner of the room,” he said, “and nobody would know.”
Martin The Mess a.k.a. Big Brother@martinthemess.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I've long thought that a useful improvement on the guillotine would be a large hydraulic or pneumatic press to crush a victim's head in a fraction of a second, destroying the brain faster than it can meaningfully register pain, thus satisfying the requirement that death be quick and painless.

Josh Fruhlinger@jfruh.bsky.social · 2mo ago

in my most memorable 8th grade biology class, my teacher listed all the forms of execution and made us go around the room and pick which one we'd prefer. then she described in graphic detail how each one kills you. gas chamber is particularly grotesque for the record!