I mean, i think the argument has been that the economy of words, that terse muscularity, is a/of value for elites; it signals their place in a hierarchy and their relative power. Think executive summary.

G-d help me I’m back at it again

this is the internal monologue of anyone older than me

The New York Times saw Claudine Gay as someone to hold accountable and Jeffrey Epstein as a source to nurture and protect. What a disgusting newspaper.

Glad to see a million of you dorks made the same joke

The elections were last week. Last week!!

I will be Steam Machining I do believe

G-d help me I’m back at it again

religious studies teacher: you know who else said “DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT”? Jesus as depicted in the gospel of mark.

It’s all completely fine. It’s fine!

“Gmax” also ghislaine’s xbox live handle

Reading Baudrillard before 2020: "This guy has some excellent lines and occasionally some insight into modern societies." Reading Baudrillard after 2020: "This man is a provides the key analytical framework to understand our times, and that's why we're screwed."

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. (1/20) #blueskyartchallenge

Like look at this. This isn’t about genuinely representing nation’s great struggle or a dream or victory. It’s about making something that looks like it would be about a great cultural struggle or dream or victory. It’s “this thing looks like this other thing”

The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.

Joyce Carol Oates has inspired legions via @maiamindel.bsky.social

Montclair State is getting rid of its humanities departments. 🤬🤬🤬

"Distinctive signs, full signs, never seduce us." - The Ecstasy of Communication

“Pasta la vista”—once a simple schoolyard jape. In 2025, our horrifying reality

How exciting

super mario

"I got lost in Heathrow because I can't read signs" okay man but also are you not aware that you can just not tell everyone that, you're allowed to just sit quietly with your shame and no one would ever know

Last night I was sitting at my workbench doing 40k stuff and I put a crucial piece down for a second and now it’s just straight up gone, putting completion of the unit in jeopardy. Quite pissed abt it

Hot Pipe Season is upon us…

"Backroom Blitz" PICARO! Early Modern Fantasy-Roleplay from @stillfleet.bsky.social and @plusoneexp.bsky.social 2025

it is not a moral imperative to let a salesman excite you

sandwich

“Economic genocide” is that good

CVS is best thought of as a kind of interactive museum exhibit where you can experience everything that has gone badly wrong with American capitalism.

TIL that "oval" means "egg-ish", which is should have been obvious all along

"Here eyes close, and yet an obscure force stirs within her." - Seduction

God he’s so funny

Rainy day in Newark

It is fucking insane to me that senate democrats bailed him out

'Tuareg' game box art by Alfonso Azpiri (1988) #gameart #videogames

This term is so social media-brained. Coined by people who can't imagine themselves without an audience, or that anyone could genuinely want to pass time in any other form than Stare at Phone

Almayer's folly - 1951 https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/20138

You cannot separate the current nightmare we now inhabit from the collapse/crisis in how rich, powerful middle-aged men perceive masculinity, especially their own insecurities.

It was a beautiful autumn day in Central Park yesterday.

Indulge in the flavors of Venezuela with our traditional grilled meat feast! 🇻🇪 Each bite is a celebration of Venezuelan cuisine, where tradition meets taste.

The NYT political reporting crew keeps telling us over and over again who they are rooting for and what sorts of politics they want to see win

My dad is the little kid with the white tux jacket

House Foods in the house tonight

I wrote about why I can't sleep at night: the devaluation of so many things (critical thinking, creativity) I thought were paramount. lithub.com/when-we-deva...

I'm not sure what's more infuriating: that they're inventing hate crimes or their absolute inability to imagine that leftist Jews have full and robust Jewish lives

Kazak prayer rug

It would be impossible to overstate how deranged and fascistic the US government’s social media accounts have become. Protect “the west” against Spanish speaking Catholics?