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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 4h

Of course, the other missing political compass axis is “Golden <—> Soda Pop”

Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 4h

Sprint planning, three hours of customer calls, and a sprinkle of meetings that could well be titled “Now, explain to me exactly why this is fucked. No, not how”. Ahh Tuesday.

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Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 5h

My unhinged literary opinion is that there are too many traditional doors in fiction. Sliding doors or gtfo

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 4h

It’s clear that the primary purpose of the NYT’s puzzles section is to give millions of people something to be angry about every morning that isn’t their editorial standards.

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 20h

But I am just a plain simple menswear guy

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 14h

The original post has been deleted or I've been blocked, so my recreation of the greatest political compass of all time.

Y Axis: Good Faith / Bad Faith
X Axis: Can Read / Can't Read

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 14h

I was snarking a few days ago that the new political compass axes were “divorced dad energy” and “too online”, but this feels like an actually sensible response to the same stimulus.

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 14h

I guess it would be called “Runway, look”

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 14h

I’m not sure it counts as fully unhinged but I’ve long suspected that Hamlet is a fairly modest edit away from being a far better farce than it is a tragedy.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 23h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 14h

Hobby/creative shit I have given serious thought to getting back into in the last fortnight:
- sourdough
- drag
- sewing
- running
- podcasting

Fuckin’ autumn, my darlings. Fuckin’ autumn. The “all of the above” scenario doesn’t bear thinking about.

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Nitro Nine Milkshake @adamclegg.bsky.social · 14h

“We’re vibe casting.”

John immediately kicks tech bro very hard in the bollocks.

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Nitro Nine Milkshake @adamclegg.bsky.social · 14h

All I know is that if I was writing Hellblazer I would absolutely do a story where John had to deal with the consequences of a bunch of tech bros using AI to try and do magical rituals.

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 14h

this is a great YA book idea if you tweak it a bit, like, the kid stumbles in to getting hired to run the guys from the Bourne Identity or something, remotely. You’re juggling school and also the courier hits Bishkek at midnight, we need a team standing by to make the payload safe

Kate Devlin 🎃👻🍂 @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 15h

My 15yo child, unexpectedly: “Yeah, I have at least 3 LinkedIn accounts. All fake. I use them to check on my teachers’ qualifications. I keep getting job offers because I ticked something that said I used to work in middle management for Asda.”

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 14h

I mean yes but I would read the shit out of it.

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 16h

Fly Fishing by JR Hartley was the filthiest piece of pornography published in the post-war era. No wonder the old boy was delighted to track down a copy.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 23h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 16h

Only Connect and University Challenge automatically having to make way for a football match reminds me that I was born into a culture with questionable morals.

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Gordon Cole's hearing aid @dayglo-owl.bsky.social · Nov 25

One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five to speak to customer services,
Six to return to the main menu,
Seven to hear those options again

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 17h

...ok, so maybe I can explain it.

Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 17h

Partly it's that I have no time for artificial scarcity marketing jerkoffery, partly it's the reek of influencer zeitgeist confection, but mostly it's that I'm a simple curmudgeonly soul who just wants to see a thing for sale and be able to buy it.

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 18h

I can't explain it, but seeing people refer to a clothing brand's new product releases as "drops" provokes a visceral Freud-casebook-ass disgust reaction in me that taints the entire enterprise. A turd bobbing in the semiotic soup tureen.

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Hard Drive @hard-drive.net · 7d

REPORT: Princess Peach’s New Album, “Life of a Toadgirl” Features Track Entitled “Pipe” That Describes Mario’s Penis in Excruciating Detail.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 18h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 20h

Husband is away again, I’ve made no evening plans, have no chores that are both important and urgent, and I’m not too knackered from work to even think.

Is this where I do the butterfly meme and write “free time” on it?

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 20h

I had weird neck pain for a week and half and the only cause I could think of was “sleeping on a different mattress in Glasgow”

Fuckin’ meatsuit

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 23h

Oof! Hope you’re ok.

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