Christian πŸŒžπŸŒ€

@vidalporter.bsky.social

I love books and queer art. I teach grammar, but I'll never correct yours. He/him 🌈

In 1986, contracting HIV meant you were going to die, usually slowly, painfully, and alone. Now it's a chronic illness like hypertension. In 1986, gay and lesbian couples couldn't have their relationships legally recognized and had to adopt elaborate legal workarounds.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social Β· 17h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

dorian

@doriantaylor.com

air travel is one of those experiences that has gotten monotonically worse over my entire lifetime

question though: has *anything* in the last 40+ years genuinely gotten *better*?

like, there's *more* stuff, sure, but is any of it *better*?

2:58 PM Aug 4, 2026

Here you are celebrating while James Carville is crying like - wait no stop he’s not doing that he doesn’t know where he is, it’s 1994 for him and he’s demanding people get Jennifer Flowers on the phone. Aides are trying to corner him to change the diaper.

Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.

If you are a native English speaker, I probably teach grammar concepts to my ESL students you know but never think about like adjective order. We say adjectives in a certain order- size-color- pattern. (A large red and white striped coat instead of a striped red and white large coat)

If you are a native English speaker, I probably teach grammar concepts to my ESL students you know but never think about like adjective order. We say adjectives in a certain order- size-color- pattern. (A large red and white striped coat instead of a striped red and white large coat)

Before MAGA, they were Tea Party Republicans. Before that, they were just plain ole Republicans who voted for George HW Bush types because they believed these people secretly believed all their conspiracy theories, they just couldn't say it. *wink* *wink*

Christian πŸŒžπŸŒ€@vidalporter.bsky.social Β· 2d ago

I keep seeing this MadTV clip floating around where Nicole Sullivan plays this parody person we'd call MAGA today. People are like, how did MadTV predict the future? Ummmm, do people really think MAGA emerged fully formed in 2016? Those people existed before that!

I keep seeing this MadTV clip floating around where Nicole Sullivan plays this parody person we'd call MAGA today. People are like, how did MadTV predict the future? Ummmm, do people really think MAGA emerged fully formed in 2016? Those people existed before that!