Every 30 mins this account will automatically choose a random video from the "VHS Vault" collection on Archive.org, take a screenshot at a random timestamp and post it here. Might be NSFW, who knows.

Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.

One of the continuing lessons in my life is, every word my grandma used in substitution for "bad language" or "name calling" in front of children is usually profoundly racist. This one is today's. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maroons

Not to yuck peoples yum but if they can let Patton Oswalt back in for doing the exact same damn thing then they can also reinstate Link.

East Van crows

I’m back. substack.com/@sarahkendzi...

As a member of the community Bluesky's mods and CEO openly despise, I know that pointing out hypocrisy is futile. ...but the Department of War literally put up a video showing them murdering Venezuelans at sea, and plainly stating intent to murder more people. Y'all aren't even trying, are you.

SNAP benefits went through for me this month. I might have misted up at the checkout line a little. However, as of this morning we have learned that my -spouse- will get kicked off the plan because working 80 hours a week on art commissions doesn't -earn enough money- to qualify. So that's fun.

From czech.hunter.schafer on IG

RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

here ya go

And this is how I heard about Dick Cheney. I love the Internet sometimes.

Seasons greetings from the Proctologist's waiting lounge. I'm going as an Intrusive Thought.

i am very exhausted by disinformation about the cost of transition healthcare. it costs less than $100 for 1-2 years of hormones, depending on your exact sourcing. presenting HRT as impossibly expensive and inaccessible to people who need HRT but don't know how is equivalent to medical gatekeeping.

*Pterodactyl noises* 🤣

...okay you know what If I can read AND understand this? ...I can learn to code. Time to stop being a scaredycat.

Since the Bluesky team is bigoted against Link, he is unable to conduct Mutual Fund Friday, and so in his absence we must do it for him. SNAP benefits disappearing means a LOT of people mightily struggling. So can we try?? :) If you need help, drop your links below. Everyone else share & donate.

well this kicks ass www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

My spouse has charmed and whispered three of the feral cats in our neighborhood into our bathroom and to the humane society. It appears that I have become a reluctant cat farmer.

youtu.be/Y4FrnrD7jCA?... This is so gloriously weird it knocked me out of my late night doomscroll. I'm reposting it because maybe it will do the same for others.

Since Link is banned, his mutual aid Fridays have gone with him. This was one of the most altruistic things I’ve seen anyone on this site do. In light of this, I’m gonna try to fill the gap. Drop your mutual aid requests under this thread and I will repost them for as long as I can.

*Breaks down GIGGLING at the Cha Cha Slide Dance and the Ukulele Brigade* Scawwy Anteefuuuh's Wayne of tewwuh Gonna destwoy da nashon Vayowwent Agenduh O no

Good afternoon. I've been listening to Ladytron a lot lately, and just recently remembered that Destroy Everything you Touch had a wonderfully weird music video. That first came out in 2005. 20 years ago. ...What even IS time? youtu.be/J2MdJKYsapg?...

Oh Portland. 💚

*Long sigh* Ok look. I also updated my survival kits this week. It was on my mind. I'm staying HERE, dammit, but I've always got my ears and whiskers out for options in case shit gets bad or cuts out fast. Working on a neocities under the same name, too. mastodon.social/@grimmdrewit

I am the kind of lactose intolerant which leads to stuffy nose and bad sleep apnea at night, so I can't have anything with heavy cream in it without consequences. Tonight I made chicken Florentine with coconut cream instead of dairy and I am SO SMUG ABOUT IT.

I used tektite.cc to migrate to the myatproto.social instance on Blacksky. And it looks like it worked? That's pretty cool. I only halfway understand what I did, but halfway is a start.

I think I figured out how to migrate to another instance? Some of my feeds are broken, but otherwise I don't see anything too messed up. Can't sign into Bluesky, doing this from the Blacksky website. So I'll try a post!

1) I'm a contrary son of a bitch 2) Poverty 3) Labyrinthine Paperwork 4) Language Barrier 5) Lack of international connections or support 6) No high-demand skillsets 7) Starting over from scratch again @ 40 is a PITA 8) My spouse is allergic to cities And dangit, this is my home.

*weary sigh* Looks like it's time to relearn How the Internet Works, again. I don't know what I don't know but I DO know I feel boxed in (and condescended to) and I don't like that. Maybe I'll go play around in Spacehey or nekoweb or neocities, relearn how this all works again.

I guess if you're eating your feelings you can do worse than delicious waffles with left berries.

May the CEO of Bluesky someday make the kind of ally who sets up a private chat somewhere so she doesn't post through it on main every time us trans ppl knock on her ivory tower, and steals her phone when she's about to. And helps her hire an actual comms team.

*Jean Baudrillard Simulacra and Simulation voice* The escalator is a metaphor...

It's been a minute since Wisconsin has poleaxed me with Culture Shock. I was beginning to think my West Coast ass had acclimated.

My spouse and I have an evening routine that has been slowly saving my sanity. After we put the chickens in for the night, we make dinner, do dishes, and prepare lunch for work the following day, and take turns reading aloud to each other from a book.

So did Jesus see his shadow yet or do we wait till the end of the week to find out if we have another seven years of Tribulations?

Today's Grumpy old man moment: Social media silos that will not let you view content "Unless you are signed up/signed in" to their ecosystem. I PEE on your walled gardens, sir!

And there it is. Son of a bitch.

Oh my God I've been looking for this.💚

Even more annoying would be to send certified mail so someone has to sign for it.

Make sure to address it to Dana Walden. Flood that physical inbox!

Another option: Chairman of the Board The Walt Disney Company 500 South Buena Vista Street Burbank, California 91521-0931

Ohhh. *Grins and gets my stationery out*

As an old who survived the 80s when many many did not: These fascist freaks are perfectly serious and now, like then, we will not let them win.

update: male loneliness epidemic solved