Agent Fartburger (stinky)
@smurfburger.bsky.social
Shopping a debut comedic novel. Prior words and photos in NYT, Gizmodo, Gawker, Time Out, The Awl. Potty-mouthed anti-fascist.
Still a great tune.
“California Dreamin’” turns 60 today.
“We were staying in New York,” said Michelle Phillips, “and it was a terribly cold winter. John had been complaining that he missed the warmth of California, and one night he woke me up and said, ‘I’ve just written this song, and you have to help me with it.’”
“We were staying in New York,” said Michelle Phillips, “and it was a terribly cold winter. John had been complaining that he missed the warmth of California, and one night he woke me up and said, ‘I’ve just written this song, and you have to help me with it.’”
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Still a great tune.
Don't understand how the nazi army continues to operate under these circumstances, and again, these nazi soldiers who are being murdered by their COs deserve exactly what they get. They choose to fight for their beloved motherland.
1/ So-called 'black commanders' are confiscating Russian soldiers' salary cards, then sending them to their deaths, failing to report them missing or killed, and stealing their salaries. This scam is reportedly widespread and has prompted many complaints from soldiers. ⬇️
December 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Don't understand how the nazi army continues to operate under these circumstances, and again, these nazi soldiers who are being murdered by their COs deserve exactly what they get. They choose to fight for their beloved motherland.
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Police surveil everyone driving in San Jose and search that data thousands of times per month without ever seeking a warrant. It’s an unchecked police power, an end run around the courts & a blatant privacy invasion, EFF’s Lisa Femia wrote for @MercuryNews.com. www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/06/...
Opinion: San Jose’s vast surveillance network is watching you. Be afraid.
The city’s license plate cameras are collecting revealing data that police nationwide are searching — all without warrants.
www.mercurynews.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Police surveil everyone driving in San Jose and search that data thousands of times per month without ever seeking a warrant. It’s an unchecked police power, an end run around the courts & a blatant privacy invasion, EFF’s Lisa Femia wrote for @MercuryNews.com. www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/06/...
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In his newsletter @attackerman.bsky.social describes the GWOT torture regime being visited on immigrants in detention in Trump 2; in Reign of Terror (Viking, 2021) he showed this was happening in Trump 1.
www.forever-wars.com/torture-tech...
www.forever-wars.com/torture-tech...
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
In his newsletter @attackerman.bsky.social describes the GWOT torture regime being visited on immigrants in detention in Trump 2; in Reign of Terror (Viking, 2021) he showed this was happening in Trump 1.
www.forever-wars.com/torture-tech...
www.forever-wars.com/torture-tech...
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"On every page there are jeweled sentences.... [The Lord] remains a noteworthy literary achievement for its ability to re-create the world of Palestine on the eve of its destruction as it might have appeared to people living through it." —Elliot Colla, @washingtonpost.com
Review | This classic Palestinian novel unearths a largely ignored history
In Soraya Antonius’s newly reissued novel “The Lord,” a mysterious magician puzzles and fascinates British residents of Palestine in the early 20th century.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"On every page there are jeweled sentences.... [The Lord] remains a noteworthy literary achievement for its ability to re-create the world of Palestine on the eve of its destruction as it might have appeared to people living through it." —Elliot Colla, @washingtonpost.com
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Poland's prime minister Donald Tusk issued a satellite picture which was produced by a Polish satellite.
Poland has recently launched its first sovereign military reconnaissance satellite system, featuring the PIAST (Polish ImAging SaTellites) constellation (optical) and the MikroSAR (radar),...
Poland has recently launched its first sovereign military reconnaissance satellite system, featuring the PIAST (Polish ImAging SaTellites) constellation (optical) and the MikroSAR (radar),...
December 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Poland's prime minister Donald Tusk issued a satellite picture which was produced by a Polish satellite.
Poland has recently launched its first sovereign military reconnaissance satellite system, featuring the PIAST (Polish ImAging SaTellites) constellation (optical) and the MikroSAR (radar),...
Poland has recently launched its first sovereign military reconnaissance satellite system, featuring the PIAST (Polish ImAging SaTellites) constellation (optical) and the MikroSAR (radar),...
haha nope
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
haha nope
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Fun fact: you can’t overrule state law with an executive order
December 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Fun fact: you can’t overrule state law with an executive order
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The NYPD seems to be enforcing the law against riding on the sidewalk almost by whim — and that's leading to serious disparities in who's getting ticketed.
Who Rides on the Sidewalk? To NYPD, Just Blacks and Hispanics - Streetsblog New York City
The NYPD has ramped up its enforcement against cyclists for squeezing pedestrians, but in a very suspect manner.
buff.ly
December 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The NYPD seems to be enforcing the law against riding on the sidewalk almost by whim — and that's leading to serious disparities in who's getting ticketed.
I had a mentally unwell/ narcissistic personality disorder stalker briefly in 2015 and there’s a strong similarity between the way Shitler and the stalker express themselves.
President Trump is mad about the 60 Minutes interview with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene R-GA, so he wants an apology from CBS. I can't make this stuff up.
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I had a mentally unwell/ narcissistic personality disorder stalker briefly in 2015 and there’s a strong similarity between the way Shitler and the stalker express themselves.
ROFLMAO
A Russian "Z-blogger" reports that yesterday, an ejection system of a Russian bomber aircraft was activated. The aircraft was at a shelter at the time.
A pilot and navigator were killed.
A pilot and navigator were killed.
December 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
ROFLMAO
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There is a new book on Sulpicia, "one of the very few female poets of ancient Rome, to the foreground of public awareness by acknowledging her as the author of part of Corpus Tibullianum 3." NB: women in antiquity did write—and there is more than just Sappho, y'all! academic.oup.com/book/61623?l...
Sulpicia: A Woman’s Voice from Ancient Rome
Abstract. This volume aims to bring the voice of Sulpicia, one of the very few female poets of ancient Rome, to the foreground of public awareness by ackno
academic.oup.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
There is a new book on Sulpicia, "one of the very few female poets of ancient Rome, to the foreground of public awareness by acknowledging her as the author of part of Corpus Tibullianum 3." NB: women in antiquity did write—and there is more than just Sappho, y'all! academic.oup.com/book/61623?l...
That’s wild
The Rapidly Declining Fertility Rate Of India (2001 vs 2021)
Surprised?
More about the map: brilliantmaps.com/declining...
Surprised?
More about the map: brilliantmaps.com/declining...
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
That’s wild
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif
December 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif
Found this in an old email, about re-reading Hemingway, Faulkner and Fitzgerald.
wayback.archive-it.org/18689/202203...
wayback.archive-it.org/18689/202203...
Session Verification
wayback.archive-it.org
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Found this in an old email, about re-reading Hemingway, Faulkner and Fitzgerald.
wayback.archive-it.org/18689/202203...
wayback.archive-it.org/18689/202203...
Just learned that de la sol put out a new album this year
December 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Just learned that de la sol put out a new album this year
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Life is treacherous for Gazans, and donations are dwindling. They need us now as much as ever to survive.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can feed her children and rebuild. No amount is too small. And help others. ❤️
chuffed.org/project/1587...
@mommunism.bsky.social
@sesmith.lol
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can feed her children and rebuild. No amount is too small. And help others. ❤️
chuffed.org/project/1587...
@mommunism.bsky.social
@sesmith.lol
December 7, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Life is treacherous for Gazans, and donations are dwindling. They need us now as much as ever to survive.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can feed her children and rebuild. No amount is too small. And help others. ❤️
chuffed.org/project/1587...
@mommunism.bsky.social
@sesmith.lol
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can feed her children and rebuild. No amount is too small. And help others. ❤️
chuffed.org/project/1587...
@mommunism.bsky.social
@sesmith.lol
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Poland‘s Vice President Radoslaw Sikorski absolutely torches Elon Musk.
December 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Poland‘s Vice President Radoslaw Sikorski absolutely torches Elon Musk.
1/ Watched Empire Strikes Back last night for first time in many years. Was struck by what a weird decision it was to have a main character who can't climb stairs (R2D2). I would not do that! How does a wheeled droid move in sand? I like the character but it should have been dog-like.
December 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
1/ Watched Empire Strikes Back last night for first time in many years. Was struck by what a weird decision it was to have a main character who can't climb stairs (R2D2). I would not do that! How does a wheeled droid move in sand? I like the character but it should have been dog-like.
It’s wild getting these crystal clear glimpses of what it must have been like to be alive in 1850
No need to submit the accusations to any sort of impartial fact-finder or accord the groups due process in general: "Texas Governor Strips Two Muslim Groups of the Right to Buy Land in the State by Calling Them Terrorists" [@jdtuccille.bsky.social]
Texas governor strips two Muslim groups of the right to buy land in the state by calling them terrorists
You don't have to like the Muslim Brotherhood or the Council on American-Islamic Relations to think the government should be required to prove accusations before punishing people.
reason.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:24 AM
It’s wild getting these crystal clear glimpses of what it must have been like to be alive in 1850
Repost a your model of positive masculinity
December 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Repost a your model of positive masculinity
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😡 Trying to imagine landing a plum gig with a fat book advance after humiliating myself and then throwing it away again.
I just can’t imagine. She’ll end up in the right wing fever swamps, will never see her income suffer, and thousands of ethical, hard working journalists will keep struggling 😡
I just can’t imagine. She’ll end up in the right wing fever swamps, will never see her income suffer, and thousands of ethical, hard working journalists will keep struggling 😡
Breaking: Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi agreed to part ways after new revelations and allegations about an affair with RFK Jr. and her behavior while reporting on him.
Exclusive | Vanity Fair to Part Ways With Journalist Olivia Nuzzi
Nuzzi’s contract with Vanity Fair expires at year-end, following new allegations and revelations about her conduct while she reported on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
on.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
😡 Trying to imagine landing a plum gig with a fat book advance after humiliating myself and then throwing it away again.
I just can’t imagine. She’ll end up in the right wing fever swamps, will never see her income suffer, and thousands of ethical, hard working journalists will keep struggling 😡
I just can’t imagine. She’ll end up in the right wing fever swamps, will never see her income suffer, and thousands of ethical, hard working journalists will keep struggling 😡
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Unless you have a kink that frankly you probably should be ashamed about, why in the hell would you want a camera on your toilet?
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
Engineer proves that Kohler’s smart toilet cameras aren’t very private
Kohler is getting the scoop on people’s poop.
arstechnica.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Unless you have a kink that frankly you probably should be ashamed about, why in the hell would you want a camera on your toilet?
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
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Thank you,
@slate
Thank you @Slate! Thank you, Laura Miller!
@slate
Thank you @Slate! Thank you, Laura Miller!
December 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Thank you,
@slate
Thank you @Slate! Thank you, Laura Miller!
@slate
Thank you @Slate! Thank you, Laura Miller!