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Russ Fischer

@superelastic.bsky.social

hey everybody, no readers? just write for AI
theamericanscholar.org/baby-shoggot...
@lukeoneil47.bsky.social thought you had to see this, might want to be sitting down

https://theamericanscholar.org/baby-shoggoth-is-listening/

November 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM

Reposted by Russ Fischer

Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

Here’s an easy way to find out how to donate to your local food bank this weekend. 🇺🇸

@feedingamerica.org
give.feedingamerica.org/a/donate

November 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM

Reposted by Russ Fischer

JA Westenberg

@joanwestenberg.com

Twitter (etc) makes everyone think society is way more extreme than it is because the 2% who are actually passionate about [issue] tweet 40 times a day while the 98% who don't care tweet zero times. Democracy by retweet is just the tyranny of whoever has the most free time.

November 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM

Russ Fischer

@superelastic.bsky.social

This was a fantastic read. Nice surprise that it had guest-star @carlbergstrom.com who I guess still has not see the lyrebird :-)
lareviewofbooks.org/article/what...

What Isn’t Intelligence? | Los Angeles Review of Books

Patrick House is inspired by Blaise Agüera y Arcas’s “What Is Intelligence?” to think about what might constitute the difference between artificial and natural intelligence.

lareviewofbooks.org

October 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM

Russ Fischer

@superelastic.bsky.social

no one can defeat me
chihuahuaspin.com

October 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM

Russ Fischer

@superelastic.bsky.social

Rave flyers. such a cool subculture. i mean c'mon:
www.flickr.com/photos/villa...

Chicago <3 Detroit & MidWest rave flyers

This set will be broken into sub-regions soon. There will be some flyers from the South in this set that will be moved to the <3 New Orleans <3 South set when created =]

www.flickr.com

October 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM

Russ Fischer

@superelastic.bsky.social

Get a cool shirt **and** destroy Russia's oil infrastructure?
Oh yes.
www.bonfire.com/wild-hornets...

www.reuters.com/graphics/UKR...

Wild Hornets Classic Collection | Bonfire

Proceeds go to the Wild Hornets Charitable Fund, maker of FPV drones for Ukraine's defense. Styl;e that's strtiking. Put hot drone gear on you and fry up some orc kebabs...

www.bonfire.com

October 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM

Russ Fischer

@superelastic.bsky.social

missing from my life until 2 minutes ago:
birds & bass @karinarykman.bsky.social
www.tiktok.com/@birds.n.bas...

Your Daily dose BIRDS N' BASS #dnb #birdsandbass #drumandbass #mlg #fyp

TikTok video by Birds N' Bass

www.tiktok.com

September 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM

Russ Fischer

@superelastic.bsky.social

Robert Redford, agg. Let's celebrate your coolness.

faroutmagazine.co.uk/elaborate-pr...

The elaborate prank Robert Redford pulled on Paul Newman

Robert Redford and Paul Newman were friends who loved playing pranks on each other, such as when Redford delivered a crushed Porsche to his car-obsessed pal.

faroutmagazine.co.uk

September 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM

Russ Fischer

@superelastic.bsky.social

wow. Jason Molina & Pixies had a child:
youtu.be/pA_nOn6McMo?...

@lukeoneil47.bsky.social

Greg Freeman - “Tower” Live @ Stereogum & Topshelf Austin Night Party 2024

YouTube video by Stereogum

youtu.be

September 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM

Russ Fischer

@superelastic.bsky.social

the arrogance of ignorance 😍

We've never had more access to collective human knowledge, or more access to those who have dedicated themselves to mastering some sliver of it and are eager to share their expertise, yet despite this we have no shortage of people who have decided, when faced with mystery, not to learn from the knowledgeable, nor even to investigate the answer, but to rummage into their pocket, take out the same device that could inform them in an instant, and use it to broadcast the message I don't understand this, so it follows that nobody else does either.

September 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM

Russ Fischer

@superelastic.bsky.social

I don't want to spoil this, or even let you know where he takes this... But boy does this hit. Like a phillips-head into my brain... @lukeoneil47.bsky.social
www.todayintabs.com/p/what-would...

What Would You Do?

It happened here.

www.todayintabs.com

July 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM

Russ Fischer

@superelastic.bsky.social

there are still some real ones out there crushing it @lukeoneil47.bsky.social
youtu.be/z-U4gb1rQao?...

MICHAEL BEACH - Poison Dart (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Poison City Records

youtu.be

June 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM

Russ Fischer

@superelastic.bsky.social

I'm crying here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf_1...
@ethanhein.bsky.social

Nerdy Professor Shocks High School by Speaking Gen Alpha Slang

YouTube video by Xiaomanyc 小马在纽约

www.youtube.com

May 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM

Russ Fischer

@superelastic.bsky.social

@ditzkoff.bsky.social Dave, I thought of you. tvsimulator.com/says/

TV Simulator Says

tvsimulator.com

May 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM

Russ Fischer

@superelastic.bsky.social

@chrisstein.bsky.social Wow, The First Annual Sleaze Convention.
www.3ammagazine.com/3am/comical-...

Comical Funnies: An Interview with John Holstrom – 3:AM Magazine

To this day I just do not understand all of the resistance I had to face from so many people and institutions and companies who absolutely despised the P-Word. But we faced the same kind of resistance...

www.3ammagazine.com

May 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM

Russ Fischer

@superelastic.bsky.social

Cracking up over the most hysterical bass battle that YouTube has ever seen (actual battle at 4:05)
youtu.be/HP8WoRZ1Yds?...

@karinarykman.bsky.social

I'm being sued by Davie504

YouTube video by Danny Sapko

youtu.be

May 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM

Russ Fischer

@superelastic.bsky.social

@anomiegeog.bsky.social @lukeoneil47.bsky.social @michaelstipe.bsky.social

"...because by celebrating the work of others instead of just shining the spotlight back on himself, Shannon has found a way to serve as an avatar for us all."
bittersoutherner.com/2025/issue10...

Michael Shannon Loves Music Like We Love Music — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER

In breaks from his day job as an Academy Award-nominated actor, Michael Shannon heads an R.E.M. cover band. Sometimes Michael Stipe joins him.

bittersoutherner.com

March 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM

Russ Fischer

@superelastic.bsky.social

@ethanhein.bsky.social I stumbled across your article on "Good Luck, Babe!". I'm not a pop music guy, but I recognize greatness. It's not just the performance or the production, for some songs (very few) the emotional spark that inspired them comes right through the radio. shorturl.at/auX3P

“It's a song with enough twists and quirks to make it stand out from the pop landscape”: A music professor breaks down Chappell Roan’s Good Luck, Babe!

We put Chappell Roan's Grammy-nominated hit under the musical microscope

www.musicradar.com

March 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM

Russ Fischer

@superelastic.bsky.social

@karinarykman.bsky.social did you see Beato interviewing Tony Levin? what a fantastic human being. he tears up at the memory of making "50 Ways" with Gadd. youtu.be/fRScUtBc6yU?...