Mark Paglia
@markpaglia.bsky.social
I'm just here for the occasional bon mot.
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Everyone who promotes current AI sounds like they're holding up a Palm Pilot and claiming it's an iPhone.
December 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Everyone who promotes current AI sounds like they're holding up a Palm Pilot and claiming it's an iPhone.
You'd think so, but in our current paradigm you actually make money by not making money, as long as you already have money.
You know, I think if I owned the rights to a century's worth of the most acclaimed films ever like The Wizard of Oz and 2001, plus all the most popular characters in cartoon history, plus Superman and Batman, plus tons of other stuff, I could probably make enough money I wouldn't need to sell it.
December 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
You'd think so, but in our current paradigm you actually make money by not making money, as long as you already have money.
First thing I saw when I opened Bluesky this morning, and I should just sign out now because there's no improving on this.
“And what about when there was one set of giant tracks in the sand, Lord?”
And the Lord said, lol, that was when Bigfoot carried both of us.
And the Lord said, lol, that was when Bigfoot carried both of us.
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
First thing I saw when I opened Bluesky this morning, and I should just sign out now because there's no improving on this.
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Truly the stupidest cult. Obsessed with a drug that doesn't work against an infectious disease that they don't even think is real.
In lieu of affordable universal health insurance, Texans will now be given better access to de-worming medication.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Truly the stupidest cult. Obsessed with a drug that doesn't work against an infectious disease that they don't even think is real.
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Jesus: throw all your money away and be good to other people
Christians, somehow: billionaires are great
Christians, somehow: billionaires are great
December 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Jesus: throw all your money away and be good to other people
Christians, somehow: billionaires are great
Christians, somehow: billionaires are great
Kinda weird that the Pantone color of the year gets chosen by a landlord who's quickly repainting the walls and taking it out of the security deposit.
December 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Kinda weird that the Pantone color of the year gets chosen by a landlord who's quickly repainting the walls and taking it out of the security deposit.
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Well, at least I wasn't imagining the heat.
“The breakneck speed of New England’s transformation makes it the fastest-heating area of the US, bar the Alaskan Arctic, and the pace of its temperature rise has apparently increased in the past five years.” [theguardian.com]
New England warming faster than most places on Earth, study finds
Pace of area’s temperature rise, outpaced in US only by Alaskan Arctic, apparently increased in past five years
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Well, at least I wasn't imagining the heat.
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Behind the scenes of my 40 year (so far) attempt at creating other "cool" letters. I devote 50+ hours a week to this task and still have made no progress since grade school. Hoping for a breakthrough soon.
December 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Behind the scenes of my 40 year (so far) attempt at creating other "cool" letters. I devote 50+ hours a week to this task and still have made no progress since grade school. Hoping for a breakthrough soon.
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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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