One of the most prevalent storylines in TOS was “omg nooooo this planet is governed by a malicious computer”, and there were also at least a couple “the nazis were bad” episodes. If you think TOS wasn’t political or woke, you didn’t watch TOS.

Trump and the Scooby Gang are out looking for the antisemitism on college campuses, but the calls are coming from inside the house.

I'm a proud Hungarian, but we have a dark, dark history www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkRw...

"I remember the first time I met Johnny Carson and he gave me some advice. He said, 'Just be yourself.' Until he saw who I was, and then he said, 'Have you got anyone else you can be?'" —Conan O'Brien

Once again, the stock market is not "the economy;" it's a mood ring for the plutocracy

For cis folks who haven't been following the NYT / AMA story, the basics are: The NYT has been caught in a typical transphobic lie and the only unusual part is the AMA has sort of pushed back.

Obama, for all his faults, did basic adult things like "think through a problem" and "lets maybe not do crazy shit" and never asked America to hold his beer. OTOH, take something like the Syria red line. That was an ego-driven and immature move! even he fucked up! no adults! we're all stupid!

I learned today that there’s a copy of the script of the episode of The Simpsons where Nelson knocks over the Sunsphere in Knoxville Tennessee in the (still standing) Sunsphere in Knoxville Tennessee.

SELF-CARE TIP: If you're not Rob Schneider, remind yourself that at least you're not Rob Schneider.

Sitting in a bar. Game show on TV. Question is, "What host on The View was the daughter of a U.S. senator?" Contestant says "Whoopi Goldberg." My soul left my body

From the halls of Mar-a-Lago To the crates of Epstein's files We will fight to save Trump's honor While he sits upon his piles Not a finger will Pete Hegseth lift To prevent these bloody scenes They will send into a pointless war The United States Marines

"You are no longer protected by any right" Who said that, Chief Justice Roberts?

It really is something how much being in the Trump cult demands that you make an ass out of yourself in front of the entire world like this

Eat shit Shakespeare

At most we need three tv shows. One funny, one serious, one for kids

If you install a White House app on your phone, you deserve what's coming to you good and hard

Way too many of you follow and repost shit from blue wave grifting accounts. And you need to just block those and follow real humans, not trying to make money off you for giving a shit.

Guy behind me is telling his girlfriend the plot of "The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh"

I know I'm old, but the fact that Jack Fleming has been dead for 25 years breaks my brain. For kids of my generation, he was the sound of the Steelers and WVU football. #radio #pittsburgh

Omg a Kat burglar

The new Pennsylvania “Real ID” would not be enough proof to register to vote under the proposed SAVE America Act, experts say. Older residents, the disabled and rural Pennsylvanians also would have difficulty getting the documents the law would require: almanac.tubecityonline.com/almanac/?e=4...

According to our sportscast, Tiger Woods was in Florida to "compete in a virtual golf tournament." "Virtual golf"? Quite a career arc the man is having

Now until 3 pm Eastern US time!

I have a jam-packed program today of mostly 1950s and early '60s music — along with a few new ones from Mise en Scene, The Sarandons, and more. Music, news, sports and weather ... Radio 9 puts it all together! 12 - 3 pm on WRCT 88.3FM and Tube City Online Radio - www.tubecityonline.com/radio

do you think Hello Kitty uses a toilet or a litterbox?

I'll paint any car, any color, $99.95! No ups, no extras!

I'm writing my own eulogy because I don't want my family to say I was a control freak.

NYT quoting AOC when she says “um”: This dumb girl can’t talk NYT quoting Trump after sticking a fork up his nose into his brain and rambling about sharpie pens: Doth thine lion howl with instincts known not learned by man, or sound his sonorous roar as prophecy to gaze back upon history itself?

I don't think trans people should be imprisoned for 5 years because they have to pee

Anyway, start here. It's four parts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ14... This guy was the fucking Zelig of enshittification. He just kept popping up wherever something bad happened. Cryptocurrency? Yep. Gamergate? Yep. Funding anti-trans hate? Yep. AI slop infesting education? Yep.

I just finished Behind the Bastards' series on how Jeffrey Epstein was at the center of everything that ruined the Internet and U.S. society. This may be controversial, but I don't care: The more I hear about this Epstein fella, the less I like him @iwriteok.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social

America's Very Special Boy has a sad

“The McKeesport Daily News wasn’t just something you read — it was something you shared,” says Tim Kunes of #McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center. The center and Tube City Online are inviting former employees to celebrate the newspaper May 3: almanac.tubecityonline.com/almanac/?e=4...

RFK Jr. gets to Paul Skenes during off-season, convinces Pirates' ace to refuse the vaccine.

Today's earworm. R A G G M O P P RAGG MOPP youtu.be/Ul1_X6osfMQ?... #earworm #1950s #oldiesbutgoodies

NGL, I'm captivated by these new shirts at temu

Just now got another one

Not just Europeans. Years ago, an online friend from New Zealand messaged me excitedly to say, "I'm going to be in town and would love to see you for lunch!" I said, "You're coming to Pittsburgh?" She said, "No, New York City, but I thought I'd pop over to Pittsburgh some afternoon."

Basically all news at this point is either small c conservative or capital f fascist and this is very bad for the obvious reasons but there’s some small consolation in everyone gradually reaching the same consensus that Bari Weiss is a flailing incompetent

I think it says a lot about someone if “should we use the app that is 90% Nazi shit, bots, and child porn” is a tough call or something that needs to be thought out for more than 15 seconds. A cool thing about having literally any principles is that you can skip a lot of “analysis“ like this.

It could be worse. It could be Jeff Dunham and his racist puppets

For those who missed out last night, there’s a whole new load of stuff at the St. Remedius site, including the original Revolution Science Fiction article that inspired the St. Remedius saga in the first place. stremedius.com

People will some day look on this era with the same disgust that most of us now look on the era of segregated baseball, Jim Crow railroad cars, and "whites-only" water fountains

they really treat him like a make-a-wish kid

Without lending any credence to that smug looking Atlantic article, yes many schools cracked down on things like encampments, but protests adapted and continued thru Nov 2024. What happened? Harris lost the election & the groups organizing college protests stopped. Its really as simple as that.

I guess someone still does gender-affirming care

I'm so lazy, I took lessons on a player piano!

instead of watching the new harry potter trailer, why not pick up some horror books by trans and nb writers for the trans rights readathon?? there are so many good options. For example, check out some of these writers: