Ian McCullough
@imccullough.bsky.social
Former academic librarian, current used book dealer.
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Nov. 24, 2023: Pistons (2-14 overall) lose to Pacers in Indiana, suffer 13th-straight loss.
Nov. 24, 2025: Pistons (15-2 overall) beat Pacers in Indiana, win 13th-straight game.
Nov. 24, 2025: Pistons (15-2 overall) beat Pacers in Indiana, win 13th-straight game.
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Nov. 24, 2023: Pistons (2-14 overall) lose to Pacers in Indiana, suffer 13th-straight loss.
Nov. 24, 2025: Pistons (15-2 overall) beat Pacers in Indiana, win 13th-straight game.
Nov. 24, 2025: Pistons (15-2 overall) beat Pacers in Indiana, win 13th-straight game.
I immediately thought of the mid-80s atrocity “Dance of the Dwarfs”. Makes no sense. At. All. And not in the cool Husker Du sense.
i know this will shock a lot of you but movies can actually be bad. like, not bad as in "oh i don't this character's choices or this vibe isn't for me" but bad in "there is no logical connection between the scenes i'm being presented with"
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I immediately thought of the mid-80s atrocity “Dance of the Dwarfs”. Makes no sense. At. All. And not in the cool Husker Du sense.
Don’t change Akron
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Don’t change Akron
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During a tech bubble you don't need to make sure that whatever you're selling "is working", you just need a minimum viable demo and a herd of panicking investors afraid of losing out.
It was like this in 1998/99.
It was like this in 1998/99.
November 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
During a tech bubble you don't need to make sure that whatever you're selling "is working", you just need a minimum viable demo and a herd of panicking investors afraid of losing out.
It was like this in 1998/99.
It was like this in 1998/99.
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a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
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I wonder where Spo learned that play…
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I wonder where Spo learned that play…
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She doesn't know why. I'm getting pretty tired of bluesky moderation without explanation.
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Yo, @support.bsky.team, bring back @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Yo, @support.bsky.team, bring back @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
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if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.
Post a perfect album from the 90's that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
October 31, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90's that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
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The utterly disgraced Andrew Wakefield, who was struck off the UK medical register for dishonesty & failing to act in the best interests of vulnerable children, is now a key MAHA actor; he's seeing his dream come true (he falsely believed the combined MMR vaccine 'overloaded the immune system')
Q: The president has called for breaking up the MMR vaccine into 3 separate shots. Is that something you're going to direct ACIP to consider or take action on?
RFK Jr: We're looking at the feasibility of that now
Q: Can you say anything more?
RFK Jr: ... ... ...
RFK Jr: We're looking at the feasibility of that now
Q: Can you say anything more?
RFK Jr: ... ... ...
October 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The utterly disgraced Andrew Wakefield, who was struck off the UK medical register for dishonesty & failing to act in the best interests of vulnerable children, is now a key MAHA actor; he's seeing his dream come true (he falsely believed the combined MMR vaccine 'overloaded the immune system')
I am Sonic Youth is playing over the speakers at the grocery store years old.
October 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I am Sonic Youth is playing over the speakers at the grocery store years old.
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Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
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There's a reason you don't write about Trump being a pimp. nikwalk.substack.com/p/why-you-do...
Why you don't write about DJT being a Pimp
Dream Journal.
nikwalk.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There's a reason you don't write about Trump being a pimp. nikwalk.substack.com/p/why-you-do...
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If children who are not related to you do not call you “Aunt” or “Uncle” then you have no charisma and no light in your eyes.
I used to love how my daughter's little friend Neha, down the street, would call me "Uncle Jeff" when the girls were little.
October 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If children who are not related to you do not call you “Aunt” or “Uncle” then you have no charisma and no light in your eyes.
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I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
October 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
Trying to gin up a Mamdani controversy from an unofficial aunty is peak racist bullshit.
October 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Trying to gin up a Mamdani controversy from an unofficial aunty is peak racist bullshit.
The Democratic Party’s donor base has motivations antagonistic to their voting base, so all you have left is messaging because legislative success would spook their donors. So their anemic, focus-tested gruel (politics of joy anyone?) can’t get traction, and lands flat when it’s heard.
The core problem is that even if the Dems weren't means testing the media environment is so stacked against them that most people wouldn't know about agendas or legislative successes.
This gets at the core problem the Democrats have right now: Consultants keep telling them to focus on ‘kitchen table issues’ but they don’t have an inspiring kitchen table agenda! ‘Expanding drug price negotiation’ is technocratic and taxing the wealthy is something they refuse to deliver on.
October 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The Democratic Party’s donor base has motivations antagonistic to their voting base, so all you have left is messaging because legislative success would spook their donors. So their anemic, focus-tested gruel (politics of joy anyone?) can’t get traction, and lands flat when it’s heard.
It’s time to put in Paul Reed
October 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
It’s time to put in Paul Reed
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Oh @theonion.com, how I love you so.
October 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Oh @theonion.com, how I love you so.
Do not fall for the lies of Big G
For the record, I have all my life been pronouncing "gyre" with a g-sound and not a j-sound, and I understand that the j-sound version is recognized as the "correct" version, WHICH IS WRONG, also it's "gif" with a "g," anyone who says otherwise is a plant for Big J
October 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Do not fall for the lies of Big G
If Trump goes for a third term, Obama should run against him.
President Trump said he had an MRI earlier this month, telling reporters Monday that the results had been “perfect” but declining to say why his doctors had ordered the scan. He also reiterated that he was interested in serving a third term.
Trump Says a Recent M.R.I. Scan Was ‘Perfect,’ and He’d ‘Love’ a Third Term
President Trump made the comments on the second day of his trip to Asia. The Constitution limits presidents to two terms, but Mr. Trump has suggested he might try to circumvent it.
nyti.ms
October 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
If Trump goes for a third term, Obama should run against him.
Me watching the Pistons home opener “Who is this old dude for halftime? DJ Godfather? Whatever.” As it turns out, dude can cut it up with the best. Elite scratching.
October 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Me watching the Pistons home opener “Who is this old dude for halftime? DJ Godfather? Whatever.” As it turns out, dude can cut it up with the best. Elite scratching.