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PJB

@profbforbargain.bsky.social

Data scientist (rogue statistician), dreamer, seeker of lost imagination. Alternatively: thinker, loner, some kind of an ogre.

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Adam Conover @adamconover.net · 16h ago

My new special "Big Divorce Energy" drops October 23 on Youtube!

Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 19h ago

The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel is titled “things that are spooky”. We see a book of hexes, a skull, candles, a pentagram in blood, and vampire teeth. Pointing off panel we see a speech bubble that says “I love it”.
The second panel is titled “things that are cute”. We see a strawberry cake, a boba drink, a bunny plushie, and a cute notebook and pen. Again, we see a speech bubble pointing off panel that says “I love it”.
The third panel is titled “things that are spooky AND cute”. We see a row of cute decorative ghosts.
The fourth panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, completely freaking out at this combination.

Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 3d ago

Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon

bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 4d ago

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)

Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 4d ago

The image is of a four panel comic.
In panel one, we see a crow’s face. It says, “I AM DEATH’S MESSENGER”.
In panel two, we see the same crow’s face. It continues, “YOUR TIME IS NEAR”.
In panel four, we see the crow awkwardly hopping away from a stick figure.
In panel five, we see the grim reaper with the crow perched on his hand. The grim reaper says, “So you should probably fly away dramatically instead.”

PJB @profbforbargain.bsky.social · 6d ago

I hear Digger is a box office bomb. So why not watch this box office bomb instead? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nig...

The Night Digger - Wikipedia

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PJB @profbforbargain.bsky.social · 6d ago

Poltergeist, that part where the guy peels his face off in a bathroom mirror

Sleepy Hollow Reviews 🎃🐎@sleepingvillage.bsky.social · 7d ago

In honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child?

Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · last wk.

The image is of a four panel comic. The title reads "Poltergeist".
In the first panel we see a woman with a worried expression on her face. She says, "stuff keeps moving around my house."
In the second panel the same woman says "I'm terrified. I can't sleep."
In the third panel we see a ghost holding a candle and a pillow that reads "live laugh love". The ghost is zooming through the house.
In the fourth panel we see the same ghost hanging up a frame and thinking, "home decor is my passion".

PJB @profbforbargain.bsky.social · last wk.

And yet still no flying cars.

Star Trek Deep Space Nine Avery Brooks

Alt: Star Trek Deep Space Nine Avery Brooks with a disapproving look, and a caption saying "Not Happy"

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Will Burrows 🖖🥖🥀@reforest-kelley.bsky.social · last wk.

Avery Brooks is 78 today

Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 2w ago

The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, holding a red ball labeled "A SILLY MEME".
The second panel shows Sarah taking the ball and going through a door labeled "GROUP CHAT".
The third panel shows a group of women sitting together and consoling one woman in the center. The woman in the center is saying "...And that's how it happened. It's been the worst day of my life."
The fourth panel shows Sarah standing in the doorway behind them awkwardly holding the red ball.

✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨@kazrowe.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW VID! Lizzie Borden is famous for allegedly killing her parents with an axe in 1892, and according to the new season of Monster on Netflix, they deserved it. What's going on in this show, and who was the REAL Lizzie Borden? Come learn with me! Link below youtu.be/k9PMnYBPOGc

The Lizzie Borden Netflix Show is So Bad

YouTube video by Kaz Rowe

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 2w ago

You have to wait until the sixth paragraph of this piece before you learn, in the New York Times reporting on the murder of THEIR OWN EMPLOYEE, that the victim was a trans man who had been abused for being trans by the in-laws who murdered him. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...

Couple Accused of Killing Their Son-in-Law in Bay Area Park (Gift Article)

Jonathan McKinsey, an engineer who worked in the games department for The New York Times, was fatally shot Saturday in a San Francisco suburb. The police have accused his parents-in-law, both 76.

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Lizard @lizardky.bsky.social · 2w ago

No matter how bad you think AI is, it’s worse. This technology is not fit for purpose, and the nature of LLMs means it likely never will be.

Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave@wolven.blacksky.app · 2w ago

So uhhhhhh… Apparently meta's muse "AI" is just straight up doxxing people to strangers on FB marketplace??? This has the potential to hurt so so many people, and I genuinely wonder how long before they roll out a fix for it.

Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 2w ago

The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, working at a desk. A brain next to her says, "We need to take breaks!"
The second panel zooms in on Sarah's face. She is annoyed. She says, "What if I don't listen to you?"
The third panel shows the brain smiling.
The fourth panel shows the brain reaching towards a lever. The brain says, "I'LL MAKE YOU."

Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 3w ago

The image is of a four panel comic.
In the first panel we see Sarah, the protagonist, next to a stick figure labeled “AI”. The stick figure says, “my outputs look just like yours now.”
The second panel zooms in on Sarah’s face. Above her we see text reading “I think”.
The third panel zooms in closer on Sarah’s face. Text above her reads “you missed”.
The fourth panel shows Sarah drawing happily in a sunlit room. The text above her reads “the point”.

Lindsay Ellis @lindsayellis.bsky.social · 3w ago

frodoitsdone.gif www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjPR...

I Tested Every Cruise Line to Find the Least Evil

YouTube video by Lindsay Ellis

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✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨@kazrowe.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEW VID! In the 18th century, a mysterious beast began killing French peasants of the Gévaudan region. A ton of peasants, in fact. The beast evaded all attempts to kill it and seemed to be not only visually monstrous but demonic in nature. Was it really a monster? youtu.be/F-lGKOGfc8g?...

Was There Really A Monster Terrorizing 18th Century Rural France?

YouTube video by Kaz Rowe

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Amelia Sandrine Reisinger 🏳️‍⚧️@ameliasandrine.com · 3w ago

Gonna start referring to Democrats who take anti-trans stances as “Biological Republicans”

Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 4w ago

They said guys named Luke had to lose all of our rights next. It was our turn to do that. Also we had to shut the fuck up about it. Just the luck of the draw I suppose. Anything to save democracy.

Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 4w ago

The image is of a four panel comic.
The title for the first two panels is "Young Me".
In panel one we see a young version of Sarah, the protagonist. She says, "I want to achieve great things".
In panel two we zoom in a little on young Sarah's face. She continues, "An astounding career! An amazing house! World peace!"
The title for the last two panels is "Adult Me".
In panel three we see adult Sarah, looking down.
In panel four we zoom out and see she is in front of a basil plant. She simply says "I want to grow a basil plant".

Adam Conover @adamconover.net · 4w ago

Can the media please stop platforming these losers?

PJB @profbforbargain.bsky.social · last mo.

We have a trailer #Avatar #SevenHavens www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhdh...

Avatar: Seven Havens | Official Trailer | Paramount+

YouTube video by Avatar Legends

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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · last mo.

The image is of a four panel comic.
In panel one we see Sarah, the protagonist, lying in bed with the lights out. She says, "Is everyone ready for sleep?"
In panel two we see a brain, heart, and stomach. They say, "Yes!" "Yup!" and "Yep!"
In panel three we see a bladder, squirming. A speech panel says "Bladder?"
In panel four the bladder looks up. It says, weakly, "I don't know".

Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · last mo.

Conservatives have a major political interest in rejecting Lindsay Clancy’s legal defense. If they concede postpartum psychosis is real, they’ll also have to admit that pregnancy and childbirth are dangerous for women’s mental health. And that could take down their abortion politics entirely

The Real Stakes of the Lindsay Clancy Gender War

Conservatives are using a Massachusetts murder case to argue for an end to women’s voting rights

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VIZ Media @viz.com · last mo.

The legend Rumiko Takahashi draws Inuyasha and Kagome together for the first time in forever

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · last mo.

I don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder. theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...

The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”

“The boat strikes are, perhaps, the most stark testament to the lawlessness of the Trump administration.”

theintercept.com

PJB @profbforbargain.bsky.social · last mo.

There were quite a few films that came out when I was 20. Not an easy choice.

Eyes Wide Shut

Alt: Short scene from Eyes Wide Shut where presumably a woman (smaller frame, feminine mask with a tear) and a man (larger frame, bauta mask) turn toward the camera from the mezzanine, looking down at what is presumably Tom Cruise's character perspective.

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Nikki A Art (COMMS OPEN)@nikkiaart.bsky.social · last mo.

Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?

Le Ca-ghoul @lecagle.bsky.social · last mo.

I will forever admire Wendell Berry's insistence on living his values through to their natural conclusions and relentlessly ripping through layers of politeness and habit to hold up for judgment those who do not.

Questionnaire
by Wendell Berry

How much poison are you willing
to eat for the success of the free
market and global trade? Please
name your preferred poisons.

For the sake of goodness, how much
evil are you willing to do?
Fill in the following blanks
with the names of your favorite
evils and acts of hatred.

What sacrifices are you prepared
to make for culture and civilization?
Please list the monuments, shrines,
and works of art you would
most willingly destroy

In the name of patriotism and
the flag, how much of our beloved
land are you willing to desecrate?
List in the following spaces
the mountains, rivers, towns, farms
you could most readily do without.

State briefly the ideas, ideals, or hopes,
the energy sources, the kinds of security;
for which you would kill a child.
Name, please, the children whom
you would be willing to kill.

Cate Denial@cjdenial.bsky.social · last mo.

RIP Wendell Berry. This poem always got me right in the gut. writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php%3F...

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · last mo.

Death by intentional neglect is the characteristic method of murder in concentration camps

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · last mo.

A 76-year-old green card holder with stage 4 cancer was arrested at his citizenship application interview and has been held by ICE for two months. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Loreto Javar, a green card holder who’s lived in the United States for over three decades and is being treated for Stage 4 prostate cancer, has been held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma for more than two months.

A 76-year-old retired hotel worker who lives in Fife with his wife and daughter, Javar was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials June 23 during an interview for his U.S. citizenship application in Tukwila. He was receiving ongoing cancer treatment when he was taken into ICE custody, his family said, and has missed several medical appointments since his arrest.