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Intellectual Homer Simpson

@scottyramone.bsky.social

240 followers 420 following 2.1K posts

I’m Scott: recovering journalist and aspiring late-in-life novelist currently managing a warehouse. Single dad. I contain multitudes. Passionate about dinosaurs. I try to make art sometimes. An absolute delight. He/Him/Y’all

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Intellectual Homer Simpson @scottyramone.bsky.social · Aug 6

In a bid to attract more followers,* I will post one interesting/weird thing about me each day unless I forget or fall into a funk where I determine I am irredeemably boring.

*Honestly, to aid in my literary ambitions.

A thread 🧵

Follow along below 👇

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 4h

this is the play in which sheldon rankins conjured a scorigami out of absolutely nothing. 30-29 had happened plenty of times and so had 37-29. scorigami only happened because the refs didn't make them stick around for the extra point

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 4h

Texans win on a thicc pick six

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Intellectual Homer Simpson @scottyramone.bsky.social · 5h

Right! I’m not nearly as handy as a lot of my buddies (including a large handful of woman buddies), but I know the basics.

More importantly, I know when I *DON’T* know.

These Tech Bros would stick their hand in a garbage disposal with the power still hooked up if you let them.

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Intellectual Homer Simpson @scottyramone.bsky.social · 5h

@ossoff.senate.gov

No healthcare extensions, no reopening the government.

I say that as someone with good insurance through my employer.

Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 5h

From what I have seen so far this does not seem like a good deal:

Intellectual Homer Simpson @scottyramone.bsky.social · 5h

@warnock.senate.gov

Rev. Senator, this is not how you react when you have leverage.

Please pass this along.

Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 5h

From what I have seen so far this does not seem like a good deal:

Intellectual Homer Simpson @scottyramone.bsky.social · 5h

*Ford F250* obviously.

Intellectual Homer Simpson @scottyramone.bsky.social · 6h

Georgia fall is about to enter the phase of “have ALL your clothes available.”

Luke Martin @lukermartin.bsky.social · 7h

It's currently 76 degrees and I'm out playing disc golf in shorts.

There's a freeze warning for Monday night. I'm not built for this.

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 10h

lol she got his ass and he knows it

Joyce Carol Oates
@Joyce... 17h O
So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates— scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the
"most wealthy person in the world."

Elon Musk ' @elonmusk
X.com
Oates is a liar and delights in being mean.
Not a good human.

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Intellectual Homer Simpson @scottyramone.bsky.social · 6h

1. Ask any dude extolling the virtues of being an Alpha Male to change a tire on a Fire F250.

2. Film it.

3. Show it at 2.5x speed and set it to the theme from the Benny Hill Show.

4. Point and laugh.

Or just skip to #4.

Mike G. @mestizoqueso.bsky.social · 8h

I’m sorry, but a goofy looking guy who grew up a privileged son of a pediatrician and has a phd in social theory from the university of Goethe and started in tech by investing an inheritance left to him by his grandfather talking about being a “dude” is very, very funny to me.

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Wil Wheaton @wilwheaton.net · 6h

After the largest peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations in American history, and a blue wave election where voters clearly and loudly said FIGHT ALL OF THIS CHAOS, it is malpractice and disqualifying for an elected Democrat to suggest caving to Trump.

I'm looking in your direction, Chuck Schumer.

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Intellectual Homer Simpson @scottyramone.bsky.social · 22h

When your base premise is absolute drivel, I won’t even read the body to see the multitude of ways you have tortured logic.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22h

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“A.I. is no less a form of intelligence than digital photography is a form of photography,” the philosopher Barbara Gail Montero writes in a guest essay. “And now A.I. is on its way to doing something even more remarkable: becoming conscious.”

Opinion | A.I. Is Already Intelligent. This Is How It Becomes Conscious.

Skeptics overlook how our concepts change.

nyti.ms

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Kyle Swanson, MD, FAANS, FCNS @kiswanson.medsky.social · 1d

Ryan Moulton
@moultano
Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists. You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth, made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?

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Intellectual Homer Simpson @scottyramone.bsky.social · 1d

Big win. Embrace it! I am incredibly proud of you (as a friend, not in a patronizing way!!)

How was the event itself?

Intellectual Homer Simpson @scottyramone.bsky.social · 1d

Panning to catch up and then work backward through the past entires. It’s just beautiful to see all the connections being made.

Intellectual Homer Simpson @scottyramone.bsky.social · 1d

Just finished the first two episodes of #Pluribus and holy shit it’s going to be rattling around in my brain for some time.

Intellectual Homer Simpson @scottyramone.bsky.social · 2d

At lunch today the register cleared before the young lady noted my change.

I had given her a $10 for a $9.58 meal.

The screen was blank. She started counting on her fingers. She stopped. She restarted.

“42 cents,” I said.

Her look said I had performed eldritch sorcery, not arithmetic.

a cartoon character says " the very instant i became old " in front of a red phone

ALT: a cartoon character says " the very instant i became old " in front of a red phone

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Intellectual Homer Simpson @scottyramone.bsky.social · 2d

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck

Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social · 2d

I regret to inform you that the only way to finish your novel is to keep writing.

Intellectual Homer Simpson @scottyramone.bsky.social · 2d

The last couple of outings in the Predator franchise have been fun!

I’ll check out Badlands this weekend and see if my opinion stands.

Intellectual Homer Simpson @scottyramone.bsky.social · 2d

I fucking love this piece every time you post it.

In my mind it’s: What if Galadriel had Blondie and Donna Summers on loop repeat and she fucking wanted you to KNOW it. [Complimentary]

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Intellectual Homer Simpson @scottyramone.bsky.social · 2d

That’s the oven talking. Take the hammer out of the kitchen and you’ll know I’m right!

Intellectual Homer Simpson @scottyramone.bsky.social · 2d

Got turned on to this podcast today by @kierongillen.bsky.social’s feed and started a deep dive into “Dazed and Confused.” If you enjoy deep (like DEEP deep) dives into Rock n Roll, I am already enjoying the hell out of this one!

Will update as I digest more episodes.

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

Music History Podcast · Updated Bimonthly · Andrew Hickey presents a history of rock music from 1938 to 1999, looking at five hundred songs that shaped the genre.

podcasts.apple.com

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Intellectual Homer Simpson @scottyramone.bsky.social · 2d

Correcting my oversight.

A snake is in a baby’s crib. Its large stomach—apparently containing the baby—prevent’s the snake from slithering out.

Intellectual Homer Simpson @scottyramone.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t check my email before noon Eastern. My bad.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 2d

I want to see a Family Ties reboot called "Keaton" about a mid 50's Alex Keaton selling his soul out to MAGA while secretly hating himself.

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Intellectual Homer Simpson @scottyramone.bsky.social · 2d

Hey @stellagarp.bsky.social is it Post a Really Dark Far Side Panel today and I just didn’t get the memo?

Serge Broom @sergebroom.bsky.social · 2d

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 2d

It's that time of year when Halloween decorations haven't all come down, and Christmas decorations are about to start going up. We're in...the Tim Burton Zone.

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