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@vidiot.bsky.social
Video wrangler, journo, cocktailian, flâneur, shutterbug, quizzer, semi-pro New Yorker, fitful writer, cognitive diffident.
"Tired and emotional." (Opinions solely mine. Reposts/likes ≠ endorsements, sillypants.) He/him.
https://linktr.ee/cocktailians
"Tired and emotional." (Opinions solely mine. Reposts/likes ≠ endorsements, sillypants.) He/him.
https://linktr.ee/cocktailians
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Weird Al is a national treasure.
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Weird Al is a national treasure.
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As I find myself yelling into the void almost daily, Words Mean Things!!
December 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
As I find myself yelling into the void almost daily, Words Mean Things!!
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Trump says that price of beef is down. The receipt from my last trip to the grocery store says it is up. For busy shoppers, it can be hard to know who to trust.
December 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Trump says that price of beef is down. The receipt from my last trip to the grocery store says it is up. For busy shoppers, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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What an interesting coincidence.
December 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What an interesting coincidence.
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It still matters if things are real
In the comments, people note that it’s AI and the poster responds that he just doesn’t care.
That’s an easy block.
That’s an easy block.
this is AI, as should be obvious by the PICE vest, please stop sharing it.
December 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It still matters if things are real
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BREAKING: Sheinhardt Wig Company makes surprise bid for Warner Brothers
December 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
BREAKING: Sheinhardt Wig Company makes surprise bid for Warner Brothers
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Holiday reminder!
December 6, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Holiday reminder!
I don't miss going to Oasis Cafe. However, there are a few businesses here that I do miss patronizing. (Their contempt for their neighbors outweighs and good feelings I may have for their establishments and products, however.)
LMAO the deadass GOP-donating Oasis Cafe people who just moved into Gramercy are helping to try to kill a bike lane in Astoria. Cool. Another reason not to go there and buy their ass coffee
We've been running a boycott on them the whole time! It's why they tried to keep the Court St people doing the same hidden! Everyone should join our reddit community if you haven't.
www.reddit.com/r/Micromobil...
www.reddit.com/r/Micromobil...
December 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I don't miss going to Oasis Cafe. However, there are a few businesses here that I do miss patronizing. (Their contempt for their neighbors outweighs and good feelings I may have for their establishments and products, however.)
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I’m in a place with an unmistakably dark aura that invites frightening feral behavior in all who reside here
(The Union Square Nordstrom Rack)
(The Union Square Nordstrom Rack)
December 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I’m in a place with an unmistakably dark aura that invites frightening feral behavior in all who reside here
(The Union Square Nordstrom Rack)
(The Union Square Nordstrom Rack)
"It's too nice a day to read a novel set in England.
We're within inches of the perfect distance from the sun."
"Man hands on misery to man"
"society is to be borne
& borne
upward:
if my community does not hold,
my house cannot hold"
"It made the slovenly wilderness
Surround that hill."
We're within inches of the perfect distance from the sun."
"Man hands on misery to man"
"society is to be borne
& borne
upward:
if my community does not hold,
my house cannot hold"
"It made the slovenly wilderness
Surround that hill."
So so so many, but one that comes up more frequently than you might think is
Yes
YES
The tiger is out
Yes
YES
The tiger is out
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"It's too nice a day to read a novel set in England.
We're within inches of the perfect distance from the sun."
"Man hands on misery to man"
"society is to be borne
& borne
upward:
if my community does not hold,
my house cannot hold"
"It made the slovenly wilderness
Surround that hill."
We're within inches of the perfect distance from the sun."
"Man hands on misery to man"
"society is to be borne
& borne
upward:
if my community does not hold,
my house cannot hold"
"It made the slovenly wilderness
Surround that hill."
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One of the better interviews with me you’re likely to read. They gotta send me more grad student interviewers
“They got to send me more grad student interviewers” says @themountaingoats.bsky.social after talking with @indyweek.bsky.social writer (and current grad student) Shelbi Polk. Read their sprawling conversation here. indyweek.com/news/culture...
“Any Story You Tell, You Wind Up Telling On Yourself In Some Way”: Talking With John Darnielle About His New Book
The Durham musician's new book, "This Year: 365 Songs Annotated," is a close read of some of The Mountain Goats' most legendary lyrics.
indyweek.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
One of the better interviews with me you’re likely to read. They gotta send me more grad student interviewers
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loudon, rufus, martha, and lucy wainwright cover merle haggard's if we make it through december
The Wainwrights – If We Make It Through December
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
loudon, rufus, martha, and lucy wainwright cover merle haggard's if we make it through december
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Trump's dementia has grown so extreme that a select group of advisors are now running the country without his input. To find who those advisors are and what their plans are, buy my new book, which will appear in March 2029.
December 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Trump's dementia has grown so extreme that a select group of advisors are now running the country without his input. To find who those advisors are and what their plans are, buy my new book, which will appear in March 2029.
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I wonder if Brett Kavanaugh will rethink his cavalier attitude towards these things once he sees a white blonde woman can be targeted repeatedly as well?
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I wonder if Brett Kavanaugh will rethink his cavalier attitude towards these things once he sees a white blonde woman can be targeted repeatedly as well?
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In a recent interview w/ Tara Palmeri, George Santos baselessly accused a female investigative reporter of serious misconduct.
Palmeri didn’t push back then, and won’t remove Santos’ claims now.
Says the accused reporter: “It’s deeply unethical.”
My latest / CJR
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
Palmeri didn’t push back then, and won’t remove Santos’ claims now.
Says the accused reporter: “It’s deeply unethical.”
My latest / CJR
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
Laurels and Darts: Big dogs finally hunt.
The big dogs go hunting. Plus, Santos suckers another; Keystone State gratification.
www.cjr.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
In a recent interview w/ Tara Palmeri, George Santos baselessly accused a female investigative reporter of serious misconduct.
Palmeri didn’t push back then, and won’t remove Santos’ claims now.
Says the accused reporter: “It’s deeply unethical.”
My latest / CJR
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
Palmeri didn’t push back then, and won’t remove Santos’ claims now.
Says the accused reporter: “It’s deeply unethical.”
My latest / CJR
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
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After a UPS plane crashed in Louisville killing 14 people and injuring dozens more, AI-generated posts flooded social media with disinformation. @justinhicks.lpm.org of KPR looks at the growing phenomenon:
After Louisville UPS plane crash, AI-generated slop was everywhere
After a UPS plane crashed in Louisville killing 14 people and injuring dozens more, AI-generated posts flooded social media with disinformation.
www.lpm.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
After a UPS plane crashed in Louisville killing 14 people and injuring dozens more, AI-generated posts flooded social media with disinformation. @justinhicks.lpm.org of KPR looks at the growing phenomenon:
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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I've been saying this for a year now: the Democrats have missed a gigantic political opportunity--and, at this point, have failed in an ethical obligation--to create a shadow-government health department that dispenses medically accurate information, guidance, and advice.
WATCH: A CDC panel voted to end the recommendation that newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine, despite a 99% drop in cases since in the 30 years since it was implemented. Chris Hayes and Brandy Zadrozny react. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6REM...
CDC Panel ends recommendation for newborn hepatitis B shot
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I've been saying this for a year now: the Democrats have missed a gigantic political opportunity--and, at this point, have failed in an ethical obligation--to create a shadow-government health department that dispenses medically accurate information, guidance, and advice.
"...so let's do away with the Department of Education!"
*More than half of the GOP believe the 2020 election outcome was the result of fraud
*More than 4 out of 10 believe 9/11 was an inside job
*37% believe the Holocaust did not happen or was exaggerate
*36% believe NASA faked the moon landing
*1 in 3 believe vaccines cause autism
*More than 4 out of 10 believe 9/11 was an inside job
*37% believe the Holocaust did not happen or was exaggerate
*36% believe NASA faked the moon landing
*1 in 3 believe vaccines cause autism
December 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"...so let's do away with the Department of Education!"
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Every. Single. Word.
NEW ORLEANS OFFICIALS: “We insist (Trump’s ICE goons) clearly ID themselves… there is no precedent for masked law enforcement… they have ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY… citizens are being racially profiled, chased, hunted… the chaos and lack of professionalism is ALARMING…”
December 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Every. Single. Word.
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"In the days following the event, the woman says she hasn’t been able to sleep, is in physical pain from the way she was handled by the agents, and keeps reliving what happened. “The way I was treated left me feeling traumatized, humiliated, degraded, and unheard.”"
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"In the days following the event, the woman says she hasn’t been able to sleep, is in physical pain from the way she was handled by the agents, and keeps reliving what happened. “The way I was treated left me feeling traumatized, humiliated, degraded, and unheard.”"
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It’s weird that news organizations like the BBC are covering this as if it’s a real thing with a real process behind it—and not clearly some nakedly invented “participation trophy” by a corrupt organization to curry favor with a corrupt and easily manipulated man-child. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Donald Trump: US president named inaugural Fifa Peace Prize winner
US President Donald Trump receives the inaugural Fifa Peace Prize before the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup.
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
It’s weird that news organizations like the BBC are covering this as if it’s a real thing with a real process behind it—and not clearly some nakedly invented “participation trophy” by a corrupt organization to curry favor with a corrupt and easily manipulated man-child. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
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It remains fucking crazy that we've turned the entire federal government over to a bunch of internet trolls.
Sabrina Carpenter ratioed the White House after it used her song in an ICE video.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
December 6, 2025 at 4:55 AM
It remains fucking crazy that we've turned the entire federal government over to a bunch of internet trolls.
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Good context on this late-breaking court turd. It is always possible for a judge to issue a ruling saying something like this, but not quite as possible for it to stand on appeal. The laws and judicial precedent specifically do not impose this burden on cities re-marking traffic lanes.
If I’m reading this ruling correctly, it would functionally require a CEQR/SEQR process for every bike lane (or any other change to street layout) that’s longer than four blocks.
BREAKING: A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up the partially installed protected bike lane on 31st Street in Astoria, defying years of legal precedent that empowers the DOT to redesign city streets as it sees fit. buff.ly/02lWfWs
December 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Good context on this late-breaking court turd. It is always possible for a judge to issue a ruling saying something like this, but not quite as possible for it to stand on appeal. The laws and judicial precedent specifically do not impose this burden on cities re-marking traffic lanes.
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We already know the Trump administration has been lying about ICE “targeting the worst of the worst” — the actual numbers tell the truth.
The government’s own data shows only 15 % of those detained had any prior criminal convictions, and just 3 % were violent offenders.
The government’s own data shows only 15 % of those detained had any prior criminal convictions, and just 3 % were violent offenders.
December 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
We already know the Trump administration has been lying about ICE “targeting the worst of the worst” — the actual numbers tell the truth.
The government’s own data shows only 15 % of those detained had any prior criminal convictions, and just 3 % were violent offenders.
The government’s own data shows only 15 % of those detained had any prior criminal convictions, and just 3 % were violent offenders.