Classic leftist rage bait, complete with an unflattering photo of Chuck Schumer who wasn't there. Are you being paid in dollars or rubles @distillsocial.bsky.social? A year from now "true leftists" will still insist this happened.

Lying about who he was does not honor his family, because then they are exposed to painful truths that they might not have been aware of previously. His work did not involve good-faith debate or spirited discourse. He engaged in the demonization of innocents and was in opposition to civil rights.

Bluesky has killed the outrage marketer grift. When everyone was confined to one place, plausible deniability existed. One could have happened across a comment from a usual target. But to carry comments from Bluesky over to Twitter to enrage one's audience makes one look like a stalker or weirdo.

What is the HARDEST line ever said in the history of cinema? 🎥

When this song was released in 2011 it was assumed to be about Dick Cheney or Henry Kissinger, evil destructive men who seemed immune to consequences. Now it's a crowded field — Putin, Trump, Netanyahu, Assad, Musk, Murdoch — and the still living Cheney barely merits a thought.

Having extracted every last drop of profit from an international rules based system, the greediest bastards who've ever lived have decided to do away with rules altogether so they can pick the corpse of democracy clean.

Trans cover band: Womanfred Womann's Gaia Band

This is who runs this account.

#NAFO #Fellas Question: is there a bonking protocol on Threads? With Putin desperate for a rescue by Trump, the bots and tankies are out in Twitter level force with all the usual BS. Here is a good sample thread. Please advise. Thanks! www.threads.com/@guru_merc/p...

Movies from my 1996 that never dimmed: WELL, I'LL TELL YE, THERE'LL BEEE NOOO BUTTER... IN HELL!!! "I'm gay!" "He's gay!" "Did you hear the news? He's gay! Norrr-mal viewwww. NORRR-MAL VIEWWWWW. Your besht? Losersh alwaysh whine about their besht. Winnersh go HOME and FUCK the PROM QUEEN.

convinced half the appeal of Strange New Worlds is the alluring fantasy of a supportive workplace with a caring and inspiring boss

I'm getting my highest ever Bluesky engagement because someone found my screenshot of a Jenny Nicholson post. While I came up with "crossing the Nicholson Line", proper credit to @jennynicholson.bsky.social putting that line into words. Lest mine estimable nemeses DECRY me for STOLEN VALOUR.

Albums from when I was 16 that I personally consider perfect. See the alt text for each. 1986 was a year when 80's music sped off a cliff. Still some great heights but mostly momentum, with an abyss of cringe below. Even great artists were calcifying into soft rock for department store soundtracks.

It should be illegal to require email verification and not send the email. Disqus once sent me in circles because they blacklisted my address on THEIR end and still said the email had been sent. Now it's PG&E's account migration. No it's not being bounced or filtered. I'm fully tech literate.

My Fantastic Fours

I served absinthe to Martin Starr at around 2am in the open desert. Got to thank him for Silicon Valley.

#NAFO #Fellas Alert: Tankie spouting Kremlin garbage @umfuld .bsky .social‬ Engagement: Report, mock, block? Remediation: Seems to be a real person upset by woke movies and openly antisemitic. Replied out of nowhere with Putinese when I complimented @ksvarnon.bsky.social's work.

I came of age just in time (1988) to get a CALLING CARD that let me call anywhere from a pay phone without coins. You'd call the card's free 1-800 number, enter your account and the desired number, and after about twenty beep boops your call went through. ANY PAY PHONE. I was a man of the world!

Thank you @jamesgunn.bsky.social for Edi Gathegi as a hero who triumphs instead of getting cheaply killed off. I hope he someday takes out Kevin Bacon. Mr. Terrific was an inspired way to give Superman a Batman, minus the real world baggage, who can take on Kryptonian-level challenges.

ST:TNG should have used Nilo Rodis' concept art for Romulans from The Search For Spock. Originally the Bird Of Prey crew were Romulan with Edward James Olmos as Kruge. The TNG Romulans would have been spared those bowl cuts and silver quilted pointy shoulder pads. And probably a lot less cranky.

DUNE 3: JARED LETO ATREIDES AND THE MULTIVERSE OF MUAD'DIB HAROLD AND MUAD'DIB wait no one would be angry about that.

I agree with everything but "They are not Republicans." This is who Republicans are. This is what Republicans will not stand up against. This is what Republicans have pandered to for decades. This is what Republicans did not indict after January 6. Letting Trump run again created this.

It's amazing to me how closely populist nationalist politics hews to a classic tragic structure. An unsettled protagonist makes a conscious or unconscious choice to live in a fantasy. Initially, they feel great. The choice is rewarded. Then they're torn the fuck apart by Furies.

Entering a bank by trying to park outside but you're inexperienced and instead of slowing down the car lurches forward several times and crashes into the lobby and in exasperation you yell god dammit THIS IS A STICK SHIFT.

Lying and saying "Kamala would have done the same" is really separating those who made legitimate protest votes from those who desire cover for their racism and sexism. Because a protest voter, any legitimate protestor actually, understands sacrifice and accepts it.

Suddenly I'm a Dodgers fan.

Three for one: Speed finally meets speedster legend Northstar after a date with Prodigy.

The way ICE lies about line cooks (calling them gang members) is the same way beat cops lie about black kids going to school (calling them drug dealers) and vice cops lie about trans women going grocery shopping (calling them sex workers).

On the three-year anniversary of the verdict in Depp v. Heard, I wrote about realizing the terrible truth that she was, in fact, the victim—and seeing the DARVO playbook weaponized against endless women online and in the courts ever since. spitfirenews.com/p/what-we-di...

Because it always comes up when I talk about Depp v. Heard, a victim of abuse fighting back is not abusive in and of itself. It’s self defense and reactive. Sometimes victims initiate violence after being physically abused many times before. That doesn’t make them abusers, too.

On WORLD GOTH DAY let's shout out Ildico, last wife of Attila the Hun, who on their wedding night somehow choked to death on his own blood. Ildico was simply SHOCKED by her husband's demise. (1/3) #WorldGothDay #WorldGothDay2025

Here's another lesson that can be applied across the board. Racism can make you money, but it will never get you bodies. A small number of wealthy sugar bigots may fund your career, but they'll never bring you legitimate fans. Your product will rot in warehouses and your followers will be bots.

My feed is full of angry posts over misleading headlines. Hogg and Kenyatta are suspiciously being forced to re-run for their DNC vice chair positions. They have not been "ousted", they're still vice chairs for now. But rage bait gets instant engagement by people who only read headlines.

"Join Us" and "When Will You Die" represent for They Might Be Giants at the Tesla protest while they're here in San Francisco! @tmbg.bsky.social

You know what ol' Jack Burton says at a time like this. "Who!?"

At the #TeslaTakedown protest I was kindly gifted an origami Slava-U-Crane.

Malignant excuse for a human being who can't seem to live without actively causing needless harm and destruction. His entire existence is irredeemable. No wonder he likes Putin. They have so much in common.

Again?... list of genocide factors 0) intent to destroy a targeted group 1) Killing group members 2) bodily or mental harm 3) conditions calculated to bring about physical destruction 4) measures intended to prevent births 5) Forcibly transferring children🔽 #UkrainianView #UaView

Begging everyone in California to attend your local school board meeting and work like hell to keep MAGA racists & transphobes away from public school kids.

The only thing better than this is when it's your friends and neighbors. For example the Mom who hosts bingo parties is also Joan Crawford. #MisfitCabaret "Cinephilia" plays again 8pm tonight at Great American Music Hall. There is nothing like it.

Congressional ofices are much more receptive to calls for Ukraine legislation right now. 70% of the country wants the U.S. to support Ukraine and defeat Putin. This is a popular piece of legislation that costs nothing and provides a diplomatic backstop to peace negotiations. Call Congress!

So Trump's "roll over and surrender" strong respected business genius strategy isn't just for Russia. China and Russia should compete for who can extract the most concessions from our out of his depth real estate conman chief executive.

Watching trump fold on tariffs shouldn't surprise you. He folded to Russia before we even negotiated.

My protest sign for #HandsOff was also a shoutout to Brooklyn's ambassadors of love.

“When I voted enthusiastically for the concentration camps I didn’t know you’d stab me and my 401K in the back.”

With so many things to urgently protest, I appreciate anyone who can deftly remind you that Ukraine and Zelensky deserve our support, and that Putin is also a major source of OUR problems.

The most important thing you must share today. Trump is destroying your life savings and ability to make a living for 1 reason: he wants to make us all beggars who bow to him, his donors and his family. Not sure why @chrismurphyct.bsky.social hasn’t posted this here but can’t be posted enough.

I'm 18. The economy enters a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican president is responsible. I'm 29. There is once-in-a-century pandemic that leads to a once-in-century-recession. A Republican is responsible. I'm 35. Tarriffs trigger a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican is responsible.

Any "problem" with trans people is a contrived persecution of an already marginalized group. In 2017 56 retired generals and admirals OPPOSED Trump's new transgender military ban as a loss of talent and cohesion. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social please don't go down this road. Just call it what it is.

This is my favorite X-Men lineup. (Or maybe it's the cast of Drag Bingo at a neighborhood bar on a lovely Saturday. Is there a difference?) #xmen #emmafrost #bronze