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H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 1d

tangentially, I passed by Big Bang Theory Way (a real street in Pasadena) and overheard some teenagers saying "Big Bang Theory, that's the prequel to Young Sheldon"

paul khruangbin (Dan Lehner) @danlehner.bsky.social · 1d

I think everybody has a “Wallace Shawn from Young Sheldon” — my first one would probably be “Vincent Price, the guy who did the voice of Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective”

H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 1d

been thinking about McLuhan again. I feel like he has to be wrong somewhere but he's just so compelling

H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 4d

now listening music.youtube.com/watch?v=b__P...

Yakety Moog

YouTube video by Gil Trythall - Topic

music.youtube.com

H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 6d

www.alternatehistory.com/forum/thread... it's mostly about Africa actually, and the Zoroastrian Ainu/Nivkh is a bit character who might be fictional. pretty good all around though

Malê Rising

Near Birnin Kebbi April 1840 The man in the center of the hollow square was five and a half feet tall, although his stocky build and graying hair gave the impression of someone much larger. On his c...

www.alternatehistory.com

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H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 6d

one of the stories on alternatehistory.com had a Zoroastrian Ainu (or Nivkh, maybe, it's been a while)

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H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 6d

H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 6d

next he's gonna order the FBI to declassify the X-Files

H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 10d

(as an Angeleno) I think the Dodgers have won enough, plus the Blue Jays seem cool and it'd be funny to have a non-US team win this year

H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 11d

something funny about the Communist Manifesto being one of the best-selling books of all time

H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 11d

Woke 2: We Are No Longer Asking

i'm placing my mail-in ballot for California's November 2025 special election in my mailbox. i remembered to put the flag up, don't worry. actually i don't send things through the mail too often so it was a bit of a novelty. been thinking about getting into writing letters lately, although it could be tough to get in touch with people I'm not already talking to often since I probably don't know their addresses. something to figure out ig

H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 13d

went to the B-52s/Devo concert at the Hollywood Bowl last sunday. pretty great! they played a Family Guy clip during Rock Lobster, I couldn't believe my eyes

H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 16d

forgot to make a sign for today's protest but it was going to say WE DESERVE BETTER

H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 18d

it wasn't able to guess Charles Evans Hughes (1916 Republican Presidential candidate, Supreme Court justice before & after) but it knew who he was. incredible stuff. also guessed Alex Kamal from The Expanse without breaking a sweat

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H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 18d

hell yeah Lucian rocks

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H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 18d

peaked with Babylon 2 imo

H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 19d

hell yeah

A24's 40th anniversary Blu-Ray release of STOP MAKING SENSE, which I own now

H. P. Minecraft @fancyhat.bsky.social · 20d

considering just how devastating Old World diseases were in the Americas, I think it's unfortunately likely Europeans would've been in a position to conquer them anyway (take the Inka for example). what that conquest looks like could be pretty different though