David Czapka
@davidczapka.bsky.social
A GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION:
If you have not listened to No Doubt’s seminal 1995 album Tragic Kingdom in the last 20–30 years, you should know it’s waiting for you and it 💯 holds up.
(Did you forget that “You Can Do It” might be the best funk track since the ’70s? I bet you did!)
If you have not listened to No Doubt’s seminal 1995 album Tragic Kingdom in the last 20–30 years, you should know it’s waiting for you and it 💯 holds up.
(Did you forget that “You Can Do It” might be the best funk track since the ’70s? I bet you did!)
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
A GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION:
If you have not listened to No Doubt’s seminal 1995 album Tragic Kingdom in the last 20–30 years, you should know it’s waiting for you and it 💯 holds up.
(Did you forget that “You Can Do It” might be the best funk track since the ’70s? I bet you did!)
If you have not listened to No Doubt’s seminal 1995 album Tragic Kingdom in the last 20–30 years, you should know it’s waiting for you and it 💯 holds up.
(Did you forget that “You Can Do It” might be the best funk track since the ’70s? I bet you did!)
Not how I was expecting my afternoon to go, but hey, life’s a surprise, isn’t it?
olaf from frozen is standing in the snow and saying `` oh look at that , i 've been impaled '' .
ALT: olaf from frozen is standing in the snow and saying `` oh look at that , i 've been impaled '' .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Not how I was expecting my afternoon to go, but hey, life’s a surprise, isn’t it?
Reposted by David Czapka
Every bit of this only reinforces Joyce Carol Oates’ absolute roast of Elon Musk as fundamentally lacking in the ability to enjoy anything normally human. “I built a tool that can insult people in a social setting better than anything ever invented” is a real personal tell.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Every bit of this only reinforces Joyce Carol Oates’ absolute roast of Elon Musk as fundamentally lacking in the ability to enjoy anything normally human. “I built a tool that can insult people in a social setting better than anything ever invented” is a real personal tell.
I’ll be honest: I wasn’t expecting much out of Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig, but damn was I wrong. One of the finest examples I’ve ever read of minimalism of style producing a maximum of effect. Sheer brilliance. Read this book.
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I’ll be honest: I wasn’t expecting much out of Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig, but damn was I wrong. One of the finest examples I’ve ever read of minimalism of style producing a maximum of effect. Sheer brilliance. Read this book.
I guess the analytics didn’t tell the Cowboys that taking a 3-point lead with 3:38 to go would probably be a really good thing in a game like this.
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I guess the analytics didn’t tell the Cowboys that taking a 3-point lead with 3:38 to go would probably be a really good thing in a game like this.
I am proud to report that as of this evening, November 23, 2025—four days before Thanksgiving and a full month before Christmas—the lights have been successfully placed on the house.
a house with a sleigh pulled by reindeer in front of it at night
ALT: a house with a sleigh pulled by reindeer in front of it at night
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I am proud to report that as of this evening, November 23, 2025—four days before Thanksgiving and a full month before Christmas—the lights have been successfully placed on the house.
Reposted by David Czapka
the “thanksgiving food is bad” discourse raises its ugly head every year, but the truth remains that thanksgiving food can be amazing as long as you know how to cook. the problem is we’re throwing a few million sunday drivers directly into a grand prix
I think this is unfair to turkey. turkey is good but hard to cook well because it is so damn big. turkey *parts* are great but lack the esthetic appeal of a centerpiece bird.
it is tired to the point of cliche to say if turkey was good, people would make it more than once a year. but it is understated that at least one American explodes every Thanksgiving in a brave attempt to make the main dish more palatable
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
the “thanksgiving food is bad” discourse raises its ugly head every year, but the truth remains that thanksgiving food can be amazing as long as you know how to cook. the problem is we’re throwing a few million sunday drivers directly into a grand prix
I sure as shit did not have “MTG sounding like the voice of reason in her resignation statement” on my 2025 bingo card, but holy fuck, here we are.
November 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I sure as shit did not have “MTG sounding like the voice of reason in her resignation statement” on my 2025 bingo card, but holy fuck, here we are.
That “LET’S GO HAILEE’S HUSBAND” sign got a real good laugh out of me.
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 AM
That “LET’S GO HAILEE’S HUSBAND” sign got a real good laugh out of me.
Reposted by David Czapka
If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
The swastika is a hate symbol.
The noose is a hate symbol.
The Confederate flag is a hate symbol.
If you think any of these statements are up for even the slightest degree of debate, let me know so I can block you as quickly as possible.
The noose is a hate symbol.
The Confederate flag is a hate symbol.
If you think any of these statements are up for even the slightest degree of debate, let me know so I can block you as quickly as possible.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The swastika is a hate symbol.
The noose is a hate symbol.
The Confederate flag is a hate symbol.
If you think any of these statements are up for even the slightest degree of debate, let me know so I can block you as quickly as possible.
The noose is a hate symbol.
The Confederate flag is a hate symbol.
If you think any of these statements are up for even the slightest degree of debate, let me know so I can block you as quickly as possible.
Reposted by David Czapka
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
“Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)” by Cobra Starship. It’s generic pop-punk with truly awful lyrics, but that chorus absolutely SOARS.
[Bonus points for the movie not being very good either.]
[Bonus points for the movie not being very good either.]
In honor of me listening to "Blurry" by Puddle of Mudd several times, what's a song you love that isn't very good by a band/group/artist that isn't very good either
November 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)” by Cobra Starship. It’s generic pop-punk with truly awful lyrics, but that chorus absolutely SOARS.
[Bonus points for the movie not being very good either.]
[Bonus points for the movie not being very good either.]
Presented without comment, but I’m definitely internally screaming.
www.instagram.com/p/DQ68odgEYX4/
www.instagram.com/p/DQ68odgEYX4/
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Presented without comment, but I’m definitely internally screaming.
www.instagram.com/p/DQ68odgEYX4/
www.instagram.com/p/DQ68odgEYX4/
Now that the USL1 season is officially over, I’m giving serious consideration to acquiring a trumpet for the 2026 @unionomaha.bsky.social campaign…
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Now that the USL1 season is officially over, I’m giving serious consideration to acquiring a trumpet for the 2026 @unionomaha.bsky.social campaign…
Reposted by David Czapka
Union Omaha One Knox
🤝
Shutting out Spokane in league finals
🤝
Shutting out Spokane in league finals
November 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Union Omaha One Knox
🤝
Shutting out Spokane in league finals
🤝
Shutting out Spokane in league finals
DPI on underthrown long balls are a plague on the NFL.
November 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
DPI on underthrown long balls are a plague on the NFL.
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
November 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
The Kids™ have got to be losing their minds right now.
November 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Kids™ have got to be losing their minds right now.
That’s USTEDA Tagovailoa to you now.
November 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
That’s USTEDA Tagovailoa to you now.
Read the whole thread, please.
IOW, the only reason it would make sense to do that is if you didn't give a damn about overall crime rates, but you really hated young people. Replace "young people" with "immigrants" in this thought experiment and all three things are happening now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Read the whole thread, please.
“Gay pushed far right” in the NFL Madrid game hits WAY different after this past week.
November 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“Gay pushed far right” in the NFL Madrid game hits WAY different after this past week.
Ruby Bridges is younger than both of my parents.
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Ruby Bridges is younger than both of my parents.
Started reading @itsafronomics.bsky.social’s The Double Tax last night…and didn’t go to bed until I finished it at 3:00am. Super informative—and, frankly, enraging—I loved that it was not only backed with facts but also came with a clear set of action plans for the future. READ THIS.
November 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Started reading @itsafronomics.bsky.social’s The Double Tax last night…and didn’t go to bed until I finished it at 3:00am. Super informative—and, frankly, enraging—I loved that it was not only backed with facts but also came with a clear set of action plans for the future. READ THIS.