Mark Paglia
@markpaglia.bsky.social
I'm just here for the occasional bon mot.
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
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Narrating the horrors is not enough.
December 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Narrating the horrors is not enough.
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trump getting that MRI
December 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
trump getting that MRI
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my salvo in the annual '______ Is A Christmas Movie' war is 'The Apartment' (1960)
dir: Billy Wilder 📽️
dir: Billy Wilder 📽️
December 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
my salvo in the annual '______ Is A Christmas Movie' war is 'The Apartment' (1960)
dir: Billy Wilder 📽️
dir: Billy Wilder 📽️
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right-wingers love to complain about "fake jobs" centered around gender studies or woke whatever but they're also the prime demographic of the most fake job of all - saying slurs online and getting infinite free money from wealthy right-wing oil baron donations after receiving mild backlash
December 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
right-wingers love to complain about "fake jobs" centered around gender studies or woke whatever but they're also the prime demographic of the most fake job of all - saying slurs online and getting infinite free money from wealthy right-wing oil baron donations after receiving mild backlash
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Seconded. That last line hits hard.
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Seconded. That last line hits hard.
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It's a little thing, but I really like that Criterion Channel doesn't have a "skip intro" button for "Blossoms Shanghai."
November 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
It's a little thing, but I really like that Criterion Channel doesn't have a "skip intro" button for "Blossoms Shanghai."
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For all you Trekkies out there.
January 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
For all you Trekkies out there.
Home Alone sequel where Harry and Marv realize that burglars are casing their old folks' home; when no one will believe them, they have to call in Kevin McAllister to save their Christmas.
November 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Home Alone sequel where Harry and Marv realize that burglars are casing their old folks' home; when no one will believe them, they have to call in Kevin McAllister to save their Christmas.
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Ditko
the cover of a comic book called dr. strange
ALT: the cover of a comic book called dr. strange
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Ditko
This is what we call "a rich text."
November 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is what we call "a rich text."
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So many complaints about "cancel culture" at elite publications boil down to "it is contrary to the principles of 'free speech' for people to think of [a high-status person] as an asshole when they act like an asshole," with no alternative vision for how society is supposed to function
November 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
So many complaints about "cancel culture" at elite publications boil down to "it is contrary to the principles of 'free speech' for people to think of [a high-status person] as an asshole when they act like an asshole," with no alternative vision for how society is supposed to function
This guy gets it.
November 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This guy gets it.
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this is the solution to the "male loneliness epidemic" dudes need to either get butlers or become butler s
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
this is the solution to the "male loneliness epidemic" dudes need to either get butlers or become butler s
Logging on.
November 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Logging on.
We already have an unofficial national anthem, it's called "Fortunate Son."
10 Better Choices for the National Anthem Than the Actual National Anthem:
1. Seven Nation Army
2. Fight the Power
3. Piano Man
4. We Can Work It Out (Stevie Wonder Version)
5. Back on the Chain Gang
6. The Chain
7. Runnin' Down a Dream
8. Let's Go Crazy
9. I Love Rock 'n Roll
10. Believe
1. Seven Nation Army
2. Fight the Power
3. Piano Man
4. We Can Work It Out (Stevie Wonder Version)
5. Back on the Chain Gang
6. The Chain
7. Runnin' Down a Dream
8. Let's Go Crazy
9. I Love Rock 'n Roll
10. Believe
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
We already have an unofficial national anthem, it's called "Fortunate Son."
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Get some tardigrade energy!
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Get some tardigrade energy!
Whatever, let me know when they find the poem that makes the AI break down entirely, like in "Alphaville." In the meantime, I'll probably be watching "Alphaville" again.
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme. www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Whatever, let me know when they find the poem that makes the AI break down entirely, like in "Alphaville." In the meantime, I'll probably be watching "Alphaville" again.
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Happy Thanksgi(gli)ving from your friends at Disney Prime.
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Happy Thanksgi(gli)ving from your friends at Disney Prime.
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worst forest/trees problem in generations is that a canto is A SECTION OF A LONG POEM. THAT'S IT. YOU DIDN'T WRITE A CANTO BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT THE WORD LOOKED COOL ON YOUR MEMOIR. CANTOS ARE POEMS. THAT LANGUAGE IS DYNAMIC DOES NOT MAKE YOUR SLAMBOOK A CANTO AMERICAN OR OTHERWISE
November 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
worst forest/trees problem in generations is that a canto is A SECTION OF A LONG POEM. THAT'S IT. YOU DIDN'T WRITE A CANTO BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT THE WORD LOOKED COOL ON YOUR MEMOIR. CANTOS ARE POEMS. THAT LANGUAGE IS DYNAMIC DOES NOT MAKE YOUR SLAMBOOK A CANTO AMERICAN OR OTHERWISE
Me, moments before being vaporized by a hunter-killer barrage: "I'm just saying, if the machines take over no matter what, where's the harm in reprogramming some Terminators and sending them back to fight the Confederacy?"
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Me, moments before being vaporized by a hunter-killer barrage: "I'm just saying, if the machines take over no matter what, where's the harm in reprogramming some Terminators and sending them back to fight the Confederacy?"
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Bill Sienkiewicz, as photographed for September 3rd 1990’s Entertainment Weekly. It was all part of a campaign to raise awareness of Sienkiewicz’s adaptation of “Moby Dick”.
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Bill Sienkiewicz, as photographed for September 3rd 1990’s Entertainment Weekly. It was all part of a campaign to raise awareness of Sienkiewicz’s adaptation of “Moby Dick”.