Nothings Monstered
@nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social
The name is a joke from Shakespeare This account is for whatever I feel like posting about. Mostly pictures that strike my fancy, posts about politics, disability, art, literature, et cetera The Bronx one-legged juggler // he
Two Circus Artists or Snake Charmer and Clown https://www.wikiart.org/en/max-beckmann/two-circus-artists-or-snake-charmer-and-clown
Amnesia 2 — Rolf Ohst, 2016 Oil on canvas 120 x 180 cm www.rolf-ohst.de/de/index.php
Leisure Time — Toraji Ishikawa, 1934 Color woodblock
"the sort of communication that makes an unelected institution appear unaccountable and illegitimate in a democracy."
Giles Wilkes@gilesyb.bsky.social · 22h agogiftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... "The Fed chair likes to praise financial markets, regardless of what they say; does not offer substantive economic explanations; is not overly concerned about logic and consistency" @chrisgiles.ft.com does to Warsh what Emily Wilson did to The Odessey
EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN SE ASIA Min 29.7 Tak HOTTEST AUGUST NIGHT EVER IN THAILAND Records smashed in every region of the country Min 28.4 Tagbilaran PHILIPPINES 27.2 Palu INDONESIA Thailand,Philippines and Indonesia have broken thousands of records for 1200+ consecutive days!
I watched cable news... I thought that less than 2% wins = complete mandate... We were told that this constituted a vibe shift and that the left should get with the fascist program.... What's changed? [OK offline again, lol]
I would take back the time that I would otherwise have wasted weed-whacking back attempts to install robot bloatware on my devices, and I would use it to do a little dance.
Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 5h agoMy answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.
War! What is it good for? Absolutely humongous oil company profits | First Dog on the Moon
War! What is it good for? Absolutely humongous oil company profits | First Dog on the Moon
Mission accomplished
theguardian.com
Missouri Republicans have relentlessly tried to destroy ballot initiatives after voters used them to protect abortion rights, legalize weed, raise the minimum wage, and reform redistricting. They are currently sabotaging a veto referendum that should have suspended the GOP's new House gerrymander
Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 16h agoMissouri Secretary of State Comes Up With Reason to Not Certify Challenge to New Republican Gerrymander talkingpointsmemo.com/news/missour...
NEW: Missouri voters have rejected Amendment 4, which Republicans had passed to make citizen-initiated constitutional amendments effectively impossible. It would have required initiatives to pass in every congressional district—not just statewide—giving the overwhelmingly red districts a veto
Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
I had to code and pronounce a time of death on a respiratory therapist colleague. There's a memorial plaque for her outside the emergency department to this day. I wrote and re-wrote my will. I will never forgive these ghouls trying to rewrite history and deny our experience.
Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d agoRFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>
My Gmail account is running out of storage, which got me to look up the start of that email address — July 2005. The last time I was at inbox zero.
I don't feel like putting in the effort of yelling about a statement from the administration, so instead I will simply state for the record that stupid arguments are stupid.
"It is not those who can inflict the most, but those who can suffer the most who will prevail." — Terence MacSwiney
I did a series of mutant animal cards for a game called "Cataclysm Arcade" and I put in a little nod to @evandorkin.bsky.social in this one if you know what to look for :)
