Matt Robold (rumdood)
@rumdood.com
Decrepit Cocktail Blogger (https://rumdood.com)
One-Time Bartender
Sometimes I make drinks. Often I make ill-advised statements. I also write code and often fail at parenting good. I also make noise with ukuleles.
One-Time Bartender
Sometimes I make drinks. Often I make ill-advised statements. I also write code and often fail at parenting good. I also make noise with ukuleles.
Mitt Romney is out here to the left of @governor.ca.gov
Uh, guys? Willard Mitt Romney is tax-the-rich-posting on main
December 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Mitt Romney is out here to the left of @governor.ca.gov
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Instead of making a Calvin And Hobbes movie, just make a movie about them trying to make it and Bill Waterson murders all of them like it's a John Wick movie
December 19, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Instead of making a Calvin And Hobbes movie, just make a movie about them trying to make it and Bill Waterson murders all of them like it's a John Wick movie
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It'd be bad enough just on how Watterson famously doesn't want this kind of thing, leave him alone man. But also there's no way anybody could make a Calvin and Hobbes movie that wouldn't be absolutely terrible anyway.
this is the most "Get a Job, Stay Away From Her" I've ever felt
December 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
It'd be bad enough just on how Watterson famously doesn't want this kind of thing, leave him alone man. But also there's no way anybody could make a Calvin and Hobbes movie that wouldn't be absolutely terrible anyway.
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A hill on which I will die: Calvin and Hobbes is one of the great pieces of 20th-century American literature in no small part because it was never turned into anything aside from a comic strip. Leave it be.
December 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A hill on which I will die: Calvin and Hobbes is one of the great pieces of 20th-century American literature in no small part because it was never turned into anything aside from a comic strip. Leave it be.
38% of American voters are part of a movement dedicated to the proposition of jerking off an 80-year-old rapist and pedophile.
Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center —Karoline Leavitt x.com/PressSec/sta...
December 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
38% of American voters are part of a movement dedicated to the proposition of jerking off an 80-year-old rapist and pedophile.
Spending my entire day angry now because someone said that "The Little Drummer Boy" is the worst Christmas song and the wrongness of that is just catastrophic.
December 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Spending my entire day angry now because someone said that "The Little Drummer Boy" is the worst Christmas song and the wrongness of that is just catastrophic.
Man, Tulsi Gabbard better hope Tulsi Gabbard doesn't hear about what Tulsi Gabbard said back then or Tulsi Gabbard is going to have some stern words for Tulsi Gabbard.
December 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Man, Tulsi Gabbard better hope Tulsi Gabbard doesn't hear about what Tulsi Gabbard said back then or Tulsi Gabbard is going to have some stern words for Tulsi Gabbard.
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It's been years since I ran a cocktail program, but @blueskybeth.bsky.social and I can still put together a fun menu for our holiday party and flask exchange.
December 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
It's been years since I ran a cocktail program, but @blueskybeth.bsky.social and I can still put together a fun menu for our holiday party and flask exchange.
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Reminder that if anyone is setting you up online to do some crime, THAT PERSON IS A COP.
ALWAYS.
WITHOUT FAIL.
ALWAYS.
WITHOUT FAIL.
Donald Trump has instructed the entire FBI to prioritize finding ways to bring charges against anti-fascists and other activists. Any FBI agent who wants to advance his career now has an incentive to set up naïve kids for an entrapment case.
Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.
Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.
December 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Reminder that if anyone is setting you up online to do some crime, THAT PERSON IS A COP.
ALWAYS.
WITHOUT FAIL.
ALWAYS.
WITHOUT FAIL.
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Donald Trump has instructed the entire FBI to prioritize finding ways to bring charges against anti-fascists and other activists. Any FBI agent who wants to advance his career now has an incentive to set up naïve kids for an entrapment case.
Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.
Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.
December 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Donald Trump has instructed the entire FBI to prioritize finding ways to bring charges against anti-fascists and other activists. Any FBI agent who wants to advance his career now has an incentive to set up naïve kids for an entrapment case.
Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.
Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.
The air in the Los Angeles metro area has been so bad for the last two weeks - today it was like driving in fog when I took my son to a birthday party.
Apparently all caused by a weather anomaly that is basically causing the smog to just sit in one place rather than disperse.
Apparently all caused by a weather anomaly that is basically causing the smog to just sit in one place rather than disperse.
December 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The air in the Los Angeles metro area has been so bad for the last two weeks - today it was like driving in fog when I took my son to a birthday party.
Apparently all caused by a weather anomaly that is basically causing the smog to just sit in one place rather than disperse.
Apparently all caused by a weather anomaly that is basically causing the smog to just sit in one place rather than disperse.
Clue
Airplane!
Tropic Thunder
The Big Lebowski
Beetlejuice
Galaxy Quest
The Birdcage
Burn After Reading
Trading Places
Ghostbusters
A Fish Called Wanda
Friday
Groundhog Day
Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead
My Cousin Vinny
Office Space
The Other Guys
Anchorman
Best In Show
Young Frankenstein
The Naked Gun
Airplane!
Tropic Thunder
The Big Lebowski
Beetlejuice
Galaxy Quest
The Birdcage
Burn After Reading
Trading Places
Ghostbusters
A Fish Called Wanda
Friday
Groundhog Day
Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead
My Cousin Vinny
Office Space
The Other Guys
Anchorman
Best In Show
Young Frankenstein
The Naked Gun
was recently asked my favorite comedies, which is a good question, and I'm not sure the answer. I think Big Lebowski is probably number 1, but after that, idk? Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Best in Show were the other two that came to mind. So let's hear your faves
December 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Clue
Airplane!
Tropic Thunder
The Big Lebowski
Beetlejuice
Galaxy Quest
The Birdcage
Burn After Reading
Trading Places
Ghostbusters
A Fish Called Wanda
Friday
Groundhog Day
Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead
My Cousin Vinny
Office Space
The Other Guys
Anchorman
Best In Show
Young Frankenstein
The Naked Gun
Airplane!
Tropic Thunder
The Big Lebowski
Beetlejuice
Galaxy Quest
The Birdcage
Burn After Reading
Trading Places
Ghostbusters
A Fish Called Wanda
Friday
Groundhog Day
Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead
My Cousin Vinny
Office Space
The Other Guys
Anchorman
Best In Show
Young Frankenstein
The Naked Gun
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TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
I'm going to single-handedly destroy the tech oligarchy by starting a rumor that they use the blood of children to cool the AI chips.
The whole thing will collapse by February.
The whole thing will collapse by February.
December 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I'm going to single-handedly destroy the tech oligarchy by starting a rumor that they use the blood of children to cool the AI chips.
The whole thing will collapse by February.
The whole thing will collapse by February.
This feels like a no-brainer but I think even moreso than the Democratic Party in the US, the Labour Party in the UK highlights exactly how hard it is for people in the pathways of power to actually even try to do this. They can't even grasp the concept.
Polling: "Do you think the rich have too much political power in the U.S.?"
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
December 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This feels like a no-brainer but I think even moreso than the Democratic Party in the US, the Labour Party in the UK highlights exactly how hard it is for people in the pathways of power to actually even try to do this. They can't even grasp the concept.
Disney doesn't believe they need animators or actors anymore and all creatives should oblige them by refusing to work with them.
Disney CEO Bob Iger says that OpenAI has made an "agreement to both honor and value and respect our content" and explains the new partnership by saying " we want to participate in what Sam [Altman] is creating and what his team is creating."
December 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Disney doesn't believe they need animators or actors anymore and all creatives should oblige them by refusing to work with them.
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
Are you a person running for Congress or eventually the Presidency as a Not Republican? Earn votes now by promising to bring a bill that repeals 22 U.S. Code § 7423 and maybe also actually says we'll actually cooperate with the trying and convictions of war criminals!
NEWS: Trump officials are worried the ICC may try to prosecute them for war crimes once Trump's term ends, and are threatening sanctions against the ICC to change its founding document to grant them immunity. (via Reuters / link in reply)
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Are you a person running for Congress or eventually the Presidency as a Not Republican? Earn votes now by promising to bring a bill that repeals 22 U.S. Code § 7423 and maybe also actually says we'll actually cooperate with the trying and convictions of war criminals!
If you are an oil-producing nation without a nuclear weapons program at this point, you basically lack sovereignty in any meaningful sense of the word.
December 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
If you are an oil-producing nation without a nuclear weapons program at this point, you basically lack sovereignty in any meaningful sense of the word.
Talking to a friend who's employer laid off a bunch of people on the same week that they launched a new internal employee sentiment survey and that is some combination of stupid and ballsy.
December 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Talking to a friend who's employer laid off a bunch of people on the same week that they launched a new internal employee sentiment survey and that is some combination of stupid and ballsy.
Crazy idea that I'd like to put out there: Nobody needs to be allowed to buy Warner Bros/Discovery as an entire entity.
If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Crazy idea that I'd like to put out there: Nobody needs to be allowed to buy Warner Bros/Discovery as an entire entity.
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some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
Oh, here's a big surprise. The transphobes don't believe in ADHD either.
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
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Jonathan Hale was arrested by LAPD today for painting a crosswalk, even as the city of Los Angeles funnels more money to LAPD and does gymnastics to avoid implementing HLA.
@mayor.lacity.gov, Jonny has made repeated attempts to meet with your office and has been iced out. Angelenos deserve better.
@mayor.lacity.gov, Jonny has made repeated attempts to meet with your office and has been iced out. Angelenos deserve better.
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Jonathan Hale was arrested by LAPD today for painting a crosswalk, even as the city of Los Angeles funnels more money to LAPD and does gymnastics to avoid implementing HLA.
@mayor.lacity.gov, Jonny has made repeated attempts to meet with your office and has been iced out. Angelenos deserve better.
@mayor.lacity.gov, Jonny has made repeated attempts to meet with your office and has been iced out. Angelenos deserve better.
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“If it goes away when you take your meds it’s probably not a character flaw” is something I have to tell myself often.
December 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“If it goes away when you take your meds it’s probably not a character flaw” is something I have to tell myself often.
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if we have proven one thing it is that the median voter does not put all that much thought into who they are replacing the bum with when they throw the bum out
the important point is: there is a bum, and he needs to go
the important point is: there is a bum, and he needs to go
December 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
if we have proven one thing it is that the median voter does not put all that much thought into who they are replacing the bum with when they throw the bum out
the important point is: there is a bum, and he needs to go
the important point is: there is a bum, and he needs to go