I'm glad Hunter S. Thompson didn't live to see the modern political era. I don't think I would've liked his take on the whole business. I'm glad though that his legacy lives on in people like pisspiggranddad who is doing some of the funniest reporting ever

This is going to sound corny but my husband makes the same two jokes every time they're relevant and I absolutely love him for it. Like I'm so happy we have to do paperwork to break up because I love this dopey fucker and his dumbass puns.

Man it's a hot one

dick suck, who played for both teams in 69

Jon Bois@jonbois.bsky.social · last mo.

researching baseball

Seeing summaries of Hedwig and the Angry Inch as "following a botched gender confirmation surgery" makes me think things like maybe "wokeness has actually gone too far" because wtf that's not even close to what the story is about.

Sitting here thinking about how a piece of shit like Clint Eastwood could make a masterpiece like "Unforgiven"

When I go down, I hope it's to "Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap.

This book is so bad that when my colleagues and I (all trauma specialists specifically in IPV/SV) read it for our office book club we could hear each other yelling about it through the walls. Fuck this book and this man's shitty fucking science and gross ass writing.

If Books Could Kill@ifbookspod.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Episode 53: The Body Keeps The Score In 2014, a Dutch researcher revolutionized our understanding of trauma with insights like "don't talk about it" and "get a massage."

Know what TV show actually wouldn’t get made today? The Twilight Zone. Half of these fuckin’ episodes are about fascism.

This was an excellent episode except that they missed how a few years later this all got repackaged as resiliency

If Books Could Kill@ifbookspod.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Episode 51: Grit In 2013, education reformers decided to fix America's schools the old-fashioned way: By consulting the 16th most popular Ted Talk.  podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

I have been sick for two weeks with various infections, one of which landed me in the ER, and all I can think to myself is "why am I so tired?"

My friend is dead as of last Wednesday and I can't stop spontaneously crying. Also small but ultimately not devastating bad things keep happening. I slipped on ice and hurt myself. I lost a job opportunity. I stubbed my toe. I'm so fucking tired already of crying at these things.

Suicide is never the answer

It is legitimately weird to be reading CoD Ghost/Soap porn while in reality middle aged men are wearing Ghost’s mask while murdering and kidnapping people in American cities. Like sorry I can't you seriously. My only context for this cosplay is Ghost pathetically simping for Soap over comms.

Hearing songs from my misspent teenage years in major television shows in my 30s is weird. Like I have vivid memories of listening to Feist and Scout Niblet that have nothing to do with queer romance. Well...male queer romance at least...

The theme of 2026 seems to be balancing the individual need to survive day to day in the US with the mounting horror of witnessing atrocities committed by the place where you live.

You know what's super chill and cool and not at all a living nightmare? Experiencing almost nonstop tension headaches and migraines for months and spending most of today writhing in pain and vomiting. Just normal body stuff I guess.

Spending today listening to @notalawyer.bsky.social tell me about rich and powerful psychopaths. At least he has reassured me our friendship is real and not parasocial.

Listening to a podcast episode about copaganda reminds me of how much of my early interest in being a detective was informed by the X-Files. I wanted to be Mulder so badly, in so small part because I likely wanted to have sexual tension with Scully.

This is me every day when I wake up

Reposting again because I find something new in this monologue each time I watch it. This time it's "how much lunch meat you can spare." And absolutely psychotic way to phrase that.

Ah haven't seen Blankets come up for a book ban in a while. To be clear, comics have ratings and libraries have age guided designations for books. This is, once again, fucking dumb.

Jen St. Denis@jenstden.bsky.social · last yr.

It's always the same three books. Without fail.

These mother fuckers just want a butler or a personal assistant or some shit. They want Alfred because they all like to fantasize about being Bruce Wayne. These men would rather make AI do the work they've been off loading into women for decades than learn to do themselves.

Drew Harwell@drewharwell.com · last yr.

Wouldn't do this in a million years

I just had to reschedule an appointment with a headache specialist and their earliest available date was January 8 which is cool for me, the person with debilitating headaches and migraines. Meanwhile I have to be reminded every day that billionaires exist.

Fuck cars

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · last yr.

One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.

Please don't put in the newspaper that 28 children laughed at me

Ah yes the update to obscenity laws that will criminalize queer and trans people, librarians, sex educators, and artists. This has been a long time coming and they have laid the groundwork for this to pass perfectly by constantly equating porn with anything potentially sex related.

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · last yr.

Well, here we go. The GOP has just introduced a bill to effectively outlaw all pornography. The bill dismantles the Supreme Court's Miller Test for obscenity, removing provisions that the content be patently offensive to community standards. dailycaller.com/2025/05/08/n...

This doesn't surprise me given they hired Jud Meyers, another embezzler who used his connections in comics to fuck over everyone he knew. IDW's e suite was just full of crooks that we'll likely end up hearing about for years.

Matt Bors@mattbors.bsky.social · last yr.

As comics grasp for new ways to make money, I am struck by this innovative method: embezzling money from movie projects based on comics that never existed. He's going to jail—okay so simply avoid that part and it works. www.comicsbeat.com/former-idw-e...