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Writer. Broke. Bylines: The Intercept, Heckle, Bella Caledonia, The National, The Herald, Source, Jacobin, openDemocracy. Scotland's leading expert on Elvis Presley-related sandwiches.

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The Klingon chef from DS9 is on sandwichnet, but never reads the comments - he's just there to share his art

14.03.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Help is on the way! Duck Soup
Help is on the way! Duck Soup YouTube video by Unicorn

youtu.be/BhPFQhhyFGY?...

14.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œwoke zamboni” is, objectively speaking, the coolest possible vehicle

14.03.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 2424 πŸ” 546 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 8

objection your honor, my client is being brutally owned online

14.03.2026 00:53 πŸ‘ 4593 πŸ” 867 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 14

I wrote about an all-time favorite media genre of mine: the Sleeper Cell Panic story. It addition to helping prop up the war effort against Iran and pressuring Dems to abandon their (token) DHS reforms, it has the added bonus of promoting mindless paranoia and racial profiling.

11.03.2026 21:39 πŸ‘ 240 πŸ” 98 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

I wrote about congressional Democrats’ incoherent, AIPAC-friendly, lawyerly messaging strategy around Iran that largely focuses on Trump’s supposed lack of β€œplanning” and β€œconsulting Congress,” while deemphasizingβ€”or outright ignoringβ€”clear demands to immediately end the war.

13.03.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 488 πŸ” 138 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3
Strait traffic: Iran is considering allowing a limited number of oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, provided that the cargo is traded in Chinese yuan, a senior Iranian official told CNN.

Strait traffic: Iran is considering allowing a limited number of oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, provided that the cargo is traded in Chinese yuan, a senior Iranian official told CNN.

lol

13.03.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 9

"It's literally in the article, Mensa Boy" is an instantly immortal comeback.

13.03.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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how did I not know that James Gandolfini was Bacchus at Mardi Gras 2007

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Are they not still busy attacking journalists for accurately quoting him?

13.03.2026 20:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wisely avoids mentioning the name of this argument's chief proponent, lest he be summoned. But if you know, you know.

13.03.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Post a great photo of a musician.

13.03.2026 12:07 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 31
screenshot of three consecutive posts on Bluesky:

Greg Pak
thunder in brooklyn

Susan Rinkunas
thunder so loud in brooklyn that my cat just scurried so fast across the wood floor it sounded like tap shoes

CHOAM: Spaceknight 
people are so mad Zohran Mamdani's wife is hot

screenshot of three consecutive posts on Bluesky: Greg Pak thunder in brooklyn Susan Rinkunas thunder so loud in brooklyn that my cat just scurried so fast across the wood floor it sounded like tap shoes CHOAM: Spaceknight people are so mad Zohran Mamdani's wife is hot

Look the feed made a poem

12.03.2026 12:41 πŸ‘ 2898 πŸ” 433 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 8

Just saying, if you're part of a profession not exactly famous for turning up at the office rain or shine, maybe keep your mouth buttoned on this one

13.03.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
From Andy McIver's Herald column:
'This week, we heard that Scotland’s public services are underperforming, that the Scottish Government sickness rates are higher than other UK government departments, and that civil servants are refusing to come to the office. Andy Maciver argues that we need to go back to the future by getting back to the office.'

From Andy McIver's Herald column: 'This week, we heard that Scotland’s public services are underperforming, that the Scottish Government sickness rates are higher than other UK government departments, and that civil servants are refusing to come to the office. Andy Maciver argues that we need to go back to the future by getting back to the office.'

'The Covid pandemic, in theory, should have instilled in us a lifelong resilience, but in the UK and particularly in Scotland it appears to have done the opposite. Far from teaching us that the ability of a human to cope and adapt is limitless, too many of us have decided that our wellbeing is a government responsibility and that our happiness is a right which, if not granted, deserves compensation.
Many people - and as Mr O’Brien’s revelations show, particularly young people - have allowed mild unhappiness and physical niggles to become overly medicalised, resulting in a requirement to claim social security, or a requirement to be absent from work, or a requirement to work from home, or a combination of these.'

'The Covid pandemic, in theory, should have instilled in us a lifelong resilience, but in the UK and particularly in Scotland it appears to have done the opposite. Far from teaching us that the ability of a human to cope and adapt is limitless, too many of us have decided that our wellbeing is a government responsibility and that our happiness is a right which, if not granted, deserves compensation. Many people - and as Mr O’Brien’s revelations show, particularly young people - have allowed mild unhappiness and physical niggles to become overly medicalised, resulting in a requirement to claim social security, or a requirement to be absent from work, or a requirement to work from home, or a combination of these.'

'Life is best lived when we look to the future. But life is best understood when we look to the past. This is a time to look to the past, and remember that our greatest economic and social successes as a country came when we worked, occasionally at home, but normally in an office, sometimes feeling 100%, sometimes not, doing fair day’s work for a fair day’s pay.'

'Life is best lived when we look to the future. But life is best understood when we look to the past. This is a time to look to the past, and remember that our greatest economic and social successes as a country came when we worked, occasionally at home, but normally in an office, sometimes feeling 100%, sometimes not, doing fair day’s work for a fair day’s pay.'

Andy, quick question - before we discuss whether or the not the government has any responsibility for the welfare of its citizens, or the wisdom of forcing sick people to go into the office post-Covid... where exactly was the column written from?

13.03.2026 20:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

See also: "No, I do not need a 'quick summary by CoPilot', because I WROTE THE FUCKING ARTICLE"

13.03.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the uk government persecuted a man with a credit on a dungeons & dragons album

13.03.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

someone i know found out about the mo chara terror charges AFTER watching the kneecap movie on netflix and it's got me thinking there must exist at least one person who found out about the case after enjoying the kneecap song on the dungeons & dragons movie soundtrack

13.03.2026 01:33 πŸ‘ 195 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 0
Star Trek Voyager scene. We're in an old stoney brickey small church environment and the EMH Doctor seems to be back on his bullshit. He's wearing priestly clothing, all black, and pointing with rage and fury, his face all tense and snarled and he's gritting his (holographic) teeth. Closed caption reads, "Sinners, all of you." 
TBH it feels like an exclamation point would fit better here but closed captions sometimes miss the intensity. So please, dear reader, you have my encouragement to read it with a ! At the end because that's the "vibe".

Star Trek Voyager scene. We're in an old stoney brickey small church environment and the EMH Doctor seems to be back on his bullshit. He's wearing priestly clothing, all black, and pointing with rage and fury, his face all tense and snarled and he's gritting his (holographic) teeth. Closed caption reads, "Sinners, all of you." TBH it feels like an exclamation point would fit better here but closed captions sometimes miss the intensity. So please, dear reader, you have my encouragement to read it with a ! At the end because that's the "vibe".

27.02.2026 17:42 πŸ‘ 677 πŸ” 127 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 13
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watching a random movie on netflix: unpleasant, disappointing

watching a random movie on tubi: extraordinary, a blessing

31.08.2025 02:44 πŸ‘ 810 πŸ” 171 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 12
Gerard Baker: 'It's as if many in the West want Iran war to fail'

Gerard Baker: 'It's as if many in the West want Iran war to fail'

'Sometimes, I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.'

'Sometimes, I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.'

13.03.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We've got a lot of problems to take care of but after we deal with all those let's get rid of "Trailer starts now" at the beginning of trailers on YouTube. When the fuck else would they start

12.03.2026 03:18 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mine is β€œListen here you stupid computer, it tastes filthy”. I think this literally every time I see AI slop

11.03.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 366 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

They asked him if he had family in Mexico they could help emigrate to the US (he doesn't, because he's not Mexican). They offered him money, and he refused that, too. As they released him, they shot him.

12.03.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 128 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When Vikings don't wanna cuss they say "what the hec."

12.03.2026 01:50 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

we expelled them, blacklisted them, called cops to beat the shit out of them, and deported them. why aren't they protesting again? i'm very smart

12.03.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 505 πŸ” 98 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 2
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SAM ALTMAN: "We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter."
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Chief Nerd CHIEF NERD @TheChiefNerd X.com SAM ALTMAN: "We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter." 1:22 3:36 AM β€’ 3/12/26 β€’ 1.7M Views

Upside down, by the ankles, and then treat him like a piΓ±ata.

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