Potempkin Village Idiot
@ixak.bsky.social
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Baltimore climate dad anthropologist fighting existential terror w/ existential counter-terrorism. The soft underbelly of the cutting edge. Working on resilience, local governance, urban gardening, tool repair, fermentation. https://medium.com/@ixak
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Conversation w/ my son:

Him: What was your favorite movie when you were a kid?

Me: Short Circuit

What's it about?

A robot who comes to life.

What was your favorite movie when you became a grownup?

Blade Runner

What's it about?

A guy who hunts and kills robots who have come to life.
Dads hate it when the kids mess with their thermostatic preferences. "Open a damn Overton window if you're too hot!"
One of my principal ongoing life-missions is supporting the development and distribution of dumb jokes, so I'm glad I could be here for this.
Bechdel. My phone autocorrected to Bechtel.
Man oeuvres always fail the Bechtel test.
I'll try to snap some photos when I get back home.
Don't bring smart to a stupid-fight.
Shocking that they would hire a person who hasn't at least been an intern at the American Enterprise Institute.
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“many prominent young republicans are actual Nazis” is a self-censoring fact at this point

normie swing voters will literally refuse to believe it and the media refuses to report it because it would call everything else they’ve done into question
while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.
a real water is wet scenario here
One of the things I loved about @robschrab.bsky.social's Scud comic series was that he provided music recommendations for species pages/sequences.
A lot of people don't realize it's an anagram for "i'm a goth"
Recently I've been casually referring to the current Spider-Man actor as "Tom Finland" instead of Tom Holland just to see who flinches when I say it.
Discussing the planets with my 9-year-old son I realize he's only known a solar system with eight planets.

Which means I can say, "You know, there used to be nine planets. But we don't talk about what happened to the other planet."
A dodo in 1000 BCE
If you got reincarnated today what would you wanna be in your next life
Went to the Baltimore Mooncake Festival last week, which was fine. But my 9-year-old son, who'd ordinarily be more excited about ninja swords and Pokemon went absolutely apeshit for Italian brainrot plushies.
@bruces.bsky.social
A chimpanzini banini plushie being pulled from a larger crate full of Italian brainrot plushies. Chimpanzini banini plushie A cappuccino assassino plushie sitting on top of a pile of other plushies.
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designating ANTIFA an enemy of the state is telling on yourself
Yesterday my 4-year-old asked me if ducks have tongues, and it was such a great question I almost exploded with pride.
Happens to us all. Miss you, bud.
12 years ago I got on an October train and a transatlantic flight to bid farewell to my mother.
Tomorrow I'll get on pretty much the same train to take the same flight to pretty much do the same thing for my father.
A million things have changed since then and I feel so many more will change again
A lot of people don't realize that for the vast majority of Americans over the age of 65ish - regardless of political orientation - Israeli history stops in 1967. All discussions and negotiations begin and end with that framing.
This week has confirmed my suspicion that Biden’s Middle East policies will look worse, and will be even more embarrassing for Democrats, with the passage of time.
A lot of times when I'm out & about and an idea occurs to me I'll text it to myself - oftentimes just a few random keywords.

Today I found myself staring blankly at the words "sonic mask" on my phone until realizing it referred to my son's recent request for a Sonic the Hedgehog mask.