Deontological Warfare
@clockworklady.bsky.social
I really don't know clouds at all.
As seen in (a very brief quote in) The New Yorker.
She/her. Sapphic bi. Trans rights are human rights, black lives matter, the first Pride was a riot. Enjoy the cornfield and cute, sexy narcolepsy.
As seen in (a very brief quote in) The New Yorker.
She/her. Sapphic bi. Trans rights are human rights, black lives matter, the first Pride was a riot. Enjoy the cornfield and cute, sexy narcolepsy.
Pinned
"I don't handle rejection well" is a statement that may be true about me but it overlooks the laundry list of other things I don't handle well.
Something that came up when talking with @cobaltlily.bsky.social - we joke about the Revolution being leftist secular Rapture, but memestocks/crypto fantasies are functionally right-wing secular Rapture just as surely. "You don't need to do anything, just arrive at the right moment."
February 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Something that came up when talking with @cobaltlily.bsky.social - we joke about the Revolution being leftist secular Rapture, but memestocks/crypto fantasies are functionally right-wing secular Rapture just as surely. "You don't need to do anything, just arrive at the right moment."
"COOP, IT'S GORDON COLE! TURNS OUT DIANE IS IN A CLOSET FULL OF MOVIES AND SHE'S GOT A LOT TO TALK ABOUT, HENCE WHY SHE HASN'T BEEN ANSWERING YOUR VOICE MEMOS! THE BOYS AT QUANTICO ARE WORKING ON A SYSTEM FOR FEEDING YOUR TAPES INTO THE CLOSET FOR HER, COOP!"
opened YouTube and literally yelled seeing this on my front page
Laura Dern’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:32 PM
"COOP, IT'S GORDON COLE! TURNS OUT DIANE IS IN A CLOSET FULL OF MOVIES AND SHE'S GOT A LOT TO TALK ABOUT, HENCE WHY SHE HASN'T BEEN ANSWERING YOUR VOICE MEMOS! THE BOYS AT QUANTICO ARE WORKING ON A SYSTEM FOR FEEDING YOUR TAPES INTO THE CLOSET FOR HER, COOP!"
No, what I am feeling about the bitcoin crash is not schadenfreude.
"Schadenfreude" means "shameful joy" and I do not feel one whit of shame.
"Schadenfreude" means "shameful joy" and I do not feel one whit of shame.
February 6, 2026 at 5:04 AM
No, what I am feeling about the bitcoin crash is not schadenfreude.
"Schadenfreude" means "shameful joy" and I do not feel one whit of shame.
"Schadenfreude" means "shameful joy" and I do not feel one whit of shame.
filling my neighbor's car with a swam of angry biting but non-lethal beetles y'all want anything
February 5, 2026 at 4:03 AM
filling my neighbor's car with a swam of angry biting but non-lethal beetles y'all want anything
February 4, 2026 at 7:34 PM
if by coincidence part of the conspiracy theory lines up with reality, you might think that it means the theory was correct, but consider the following: no
it is worth saying quite loudly that the conspiracy theories are still not correct
I really, REALLY do not like the flourishing "wow, it turns out conspiracy theories are correct!"
February 2, 2026 at 6:40 AM
if by coincidence part of the conspiracy theory lines up with reality, you might think that it means the theory was correct, but consider the following: no
Sure, it's an outfit, but it's being worn by someone awful enough that I really don't care.
February 2, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Sure, it's an outfit, but it's being worn by someone awful enough that I really don't care.
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Idk if trans kids these days know this but back in my day you could just walk into a RadioShack and walk out with one of these puppies
February 1, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Idk if trans kids these days know this but back in my day you could just walk into a RadioShack and walk out with one of these puppies
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Why didnt Trump rig this? 🧐🧐🧐
Holy fucking shit!
That’s a 32-point over performance AND a flip!!
That’s a 32-point over performance AND a flip!!
February 1, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Why didnt Trump rig this? 🧐🧐🧐
This is insulting specifically to Transformers and a compliment to the RX-78.
A real "oh, he's so lucky, she could do better" moment.
A real "oh, he's so lucky, she could do better" moment.
this is the actual solution to the "what do you call the RX-78" discussion all over the TL
January 30, 2026 at 3:18 PM
This is insulting specifically to Transformers and a compliment to the RX-78.
A real "oh, he's so lucky, she could do better" moment.
A real "oh, he's so lucky, she could do better" moment.
The Bureau of Reasonable Bluesky Posters have moved our Posting Vibe Clock from "Deranged" to "Feral."
January 29, 2026 at 4:53 AM
The Bureau of Reasonable Bluesky Posters have moved our Posting Vibe Clock from "Deranged" to "Feral."
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The Internet was based on Ben Franklin's notes* so it's really from 1780 basically.
* The notes in question: "It woulde be agreeable to My Conftitution if, upon my Confeption of looking upon a comely maiden bereft of Clothef, I could conjure a clear Picture of thif upon a mirror Promptly."
* The notes in question: "It woulde be agreeable to My Conftitution if, upon my Confeption of looking upon a comely maiden bereft of Clothef, I could conjure a clear Picture of thif upon a mirror Promptly."
November 27, 2024 at 5:58 PM
The Internet was based on Ben Franklin's notes* so it's really from 1780 basically.
* The notes in question: "It woulde be agreeable to My Conftitution if, upon my Confeption of looking upon a comely maiden bereft of Clothef, I could conjure a clear Picture of thif upon a mirror Promptly."
* The notes in question: "It woulde be agreeable to My Conftitution if, upon my Confeption of looking upon a comely maiden bereft of Clothef, I could conjure a clear Picture of thif upon a mirror Promptly."
This picture looks like Space Oddity feels.
“The Space Shuttle Challenger, atop a mobile launch platform, slowly moves through Florida fog to Launch Pad 39A in preparation for its first liftoff, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, US, 30th November 1982"
(via www.flickr.com/photos/sdasm...)
(via www.flickr.com/photos/sdasm...)
January 28, 2026 at 6:23 PM
This picture looks like Space Oddity feels.
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ok, but WHY is the proof in the pudding? and who put it there? Now we're just sitting here with pudding covered proof and a mess on our hands.
January 28, 2026 at 5:43 PM
ok, but WHY is the proof in the pudding? and who put it there? Now we're just sitting here with pudding covered proof and a mess on our hands.
BUDD: "So lemme get this straight. They're gonna prevent change... by stopping people from voting?"
BILL: "Nah. Voting doesn't actually matter or change things, they're just going to stop you from doing it."
BUDD: "Huh. Why're they doin' that?"
BILL: "I dunno. I guess they thought it sounded cool."
BILL: "Nah. Voting doesn't actually matter or change things, they're just going to stop you from doing it."
BUDD: "Huh. Why're they doin' that?"
BILL: "I dunno. I guess they thought it sounded cool."
lifelong nonvoter here, who unlike you isn't deluded into thinking voting matters (it doesn't and couldn't possibly change anything): Trump is obviously going to prevent you from voting, because everything he's doing is dedicated to making sure you can't vote
That's weird, people told me that Trump could effectively lock down voting in states by flooding the streets with ICE agents.
It's almost like the loudest voices on here are just straight-up wrong or something!
It's almost like the loudest voices on here are just straight-up wrong or something!
January 28, 2026 at 4:27 PM
BUDD: "So lemme get this straight. They're gonna prevent change... by stopping people from voting?"
BILL: "Nah. Voting doesn't actually matter or change things, they're just going to stop you from doing it."
BUDD: "Huh. Why're they doin' that?"
BILL: "I dunno. I guess they thought it sounded cool."
BILL: "Nah. Voting doesn't actually matter or change things, they're just going to stop you from doing it."
BUDD: "Huh. Why're they doin' that?"
BILL: "I dunno. I guess they thought it sounded cool."
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I'm coming around to the idea that the firebomb-a-walmart people who are complaining about voting aren't just dooming, they fundamentally do not believe in democracy.
We're fighting for liberal democracy, they're fighting to be the ones in charge of a dictatorship. Those two are incompatible.
We're fighting for liberal democracy, they're fighting to be the ones in charge of a dictatorship. Those two are incompatible.
yes correct voting is the one and only way citizens in a democracy directly wield political power
unless you are firebombing a walmart anything else you are doing in the political sphere has an effectiveness that ultimately functions via voting
unless you are firebombing a walmart anything else you are doing in the political sphere has an effectiveness that ultimately functions via voting
It was beaten into my head growing up that voting is the MOST IMPORTANT THING you can do, that it's what political action IS. And yes, ive had several liberal friends/family tell me that if I want better things I need to vote for them. Thats that. They literally can't imagine anything more.
January 27, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I'm coming around to the idea that the firebomb-a-walmart people who are complaining about voting aren't just dooming, they fundamentally do not believe in democracy.
We're fighting for liberal democracy, they're fighting to be the ones in charge of a dictatorship. Those two are incompatible.
We're fighting for liberal democracy, they're fighting to be the ones in charge of a dictatorship. Those two are incompatible.
"I can't argue with that logic" as a statement of absence.
look at these flat earthers, they still think earth is real
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 AM
"I can't argue with that logic" as a statement of absence.
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LISTEN UP 🗣️ LIBS 😏😏 you better get ready 👀 to PICK A GENDER ⚧️🚫 cuz there's ONLY 2️⃣
January 28, 2026 at 4:37 AM
LISTEN UP 🗣️ LIBS 😏😏 you better get ready 👀 to PICK A GENDER ⚧️🚫 cuz there's ONLY 2️⃣
"I have to fight so hard to make myself understood."
Sounds like you're a champ at communication, a skill which famously only involves one person.
Sounds like you're a champ at communication, a skill which famously only involves one person.
January 28, 2026 at 4:20 AM
"I have to fight so hard to make myself understood."
Sounds like you're a champ at communication, a skill which famously only involves one person.
Sounds like you're a champ at communication, a skill which famously only involves one person.
There are few solutions, but with a life of therapy, you can experience a largely normal life that does not involved weeping openly at a single peach whilst wearing a low-cut shirt and smoking a cigarette.
My thoughts are with all the persons experiencing Frenchness.
January 27, 2026 at 11:03 PM
There are few solutions, but with a life of therapy, you can experience a largely normal life that does not involved weeping openly at a single peach whilst wearing a low-cut shirt and smoking a cigarette.
Writing something like this is disqualifying you from ever being taken seriously just from the tortured non-logic evident in the statement. (Screencapped for the inevitable block/delete.)
January 27, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Writing something like this is disqualifying you from ever being taken seriously just from the tortured non-logic evident in the statement. (Screencapped for the inevitable block/delete.)
Incrementalism works. Incrementalism is good. Incrementalism is how you turn a mountain into a paved road. It's a tool the right has long weaponized in its arsenal, and if you can't understand that an incremental step is important you are unable to engage with the reality of wielding power.
One issue on the left - and it has been an issue for a while, is kind of a disbelief in incrementalism.
Like we see it with people criticizing people celebrating a small win. We get the work is not done! But progress is progress.
Like we see it with people criticizing people celebrating a small win. We get the work is not done! But progress is progress.
January 27, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Incrementalism works. Incrementalism is good. Incrementalism is how you turn a mountain into a paved road. It's a tool the right has long weaponized in its arsenal, and if you can't understand that an incremental step is important you are unable to engage with the reality of wielding power.
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every year the Academy Awards once again fail to give Zap Rowsdower his due
January 22, 2026 at 4:33 PM
every year the Academy Awards once again fail to give Zap Rowsdower his due
In The Shawshank Redemption, when Andy Dufresne writes a letter a week requesting funds for the prison library, he finally gets a response saying "here's some money, please stop sending us letters" after six years.
He promptly says he'll start sending two letters a week instead of one.
He promptly says he'll start sending two letters a week instead of one.
it is both true that firing bovino doesn’t change a whole lot in terms of policy and also true that they have put a lot of money, time and effort into trying to make him the “never back down, fuck you, we own this place” face of the operation, and unceremoniously kicking him to the curb is a retreat
January 27, 2026 at 1:35 AM
In The Shawshank Redemption, when Andy Dufresne writes a letter a week requesting funds for the prison library, he finally gets a response saying "here's some money, please stop sending us letters" after six years.
He promptly says he'll start sending two letters a week instead of one.
He promptly says he'll start sending two letters a week instead of one.
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