Dr. Vytautas Malesh
@vytau.bsky.social
Writer, professor, dungeon master, PROFESSIONAL bass player* (and guitar but lol not that good**), displaced Detroiter, pizza lover, D&D, DCTID, Turbo Team***
*I got fifty bucks one time
** Nobody has paid me for this
*** Auxiliary, strictly volunteer
*I got fifty bucks one time
** Nobody has paid me for this
*** Auxiliary, strictly volunteer
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It's all a grift....all a fucking grift.
After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It's all a grift....all a fucking grift.
I might have a bit of a potty mouth.
My most-used words in 2025 were:
1. "fuck" (52×)
2. "fucking" (51×)
3. "shit" (46×)
4. "trump" (37×)
5. "show" (26×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
My most-used words in 2025 were:
1. "fuck" (52×)
2. "fucking" (51×)
3. "shit" (46×)
4. "trump" (37×)
5. "show" (26×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
December 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I might have a bit of a potty mouth.
My most-used words in 2025 were:
1. "fuck" (52×)
2. "fucking" (51×)
3. "shit" (46×)
4. "trump" (37×)
5. "show" (26×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
My most-used words in 2025 were:
1. "fuck" (52×)
2. "fucking" (51×)
3. "shit" (46×)
4. "trump" (37×)
5. "show" (26×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
Forbes posted their top ten richest people list, but no mention of French-Irish luminary Guy O'Teene?
December 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Forbes posted their top ten richest people list, but no mention of French-Irish luminary Guy O'Teene?
Fuck DTE and fuck the owners of the Leland while we're at it. This smells like evict-sell-develop-extort to me, but what do I know...
Tenants at Detroit apartment have until Dec. 3 to move out, owner says
The owners of The Leland told tenants in a letter sent late November that it had exhausted all possible options and must now close the complex. DTE plans to shut off power to the building on Dec. 3.
www.fox2detroit.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Fuck DTE and fuck the owners of the Leland while we're at it. This smells like evict-sell-develop-extort to me, but what do I know...
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OpenAI killed a teenager by encouraging him to commit suicide and blamed it on the teenager.
If you use ChatGPT then you support this company
If you use ChatGPT then you support this company
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
OpenAI killed a teenager by encouraging him to commit suicide and blamed it on the teenager.
If you use ChatGPT then you support this company
If you use ChatGPT then you support this company
Remember at the tribunals and truth and reconciliation hearings: some crimes and offenses can not and must not be forgiven. Some people can repent, recant, and make amends - but many will make treacherous appeals to mercy and compassion before a judge in order to buy time to do it all again.
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Remember at the tribunals and truth and reconciliation hearings: some crimes and offenses can not and must not be forgiven. Some people can repent, recant, and make amends - but many will make treacherous appeals to mercy and compassion before a judge in order to buy time to do it all again.
Over the holiday weekend I heard the shit Xmas quadfecta of:
- Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Xmas"
- Paul McCartney "Simply Having a Wonderful Xmas Time"
- Wham! "Last Xmas"
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Carol of the Bells"
It can only get better from here, I suppose...
- Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Xmas"
- Paul McCartney "Simply Having a Wonderful Xmas Time"
- Wham! "Last Xmas"
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Carol of the Bells"
It can only get better from here, I suppose...
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Over the holiday weekend I heard the shit Xmas quadfecta of:
- Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Xmas"
- Paul McCartney "Simply Having a Wonderful Xmas Time"
- Wham! "Last Xmas"
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Carol of the Bells"
It can only get better from here, I suppose...
- Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Xmas"
- Paul McCartney "Simply Having a Wonderful Xmas Time"
- Wham! "Last Xmas"
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Carol of the Bells"
It can only get better from here, I suppose...
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The Enrollment Cliff is a Miff
We first note that hand-wringing about the decline in US college enrollments has mistakenly linked such declines to the price of four-year colleges.
But the decline is entirely driven by two-year community colleges (and by for-profit colleges). The four-year sector is the dog that didn't bark.
But the decline is entirely driven by two-year community colleges (and by for-profit colleges). The four-year sector is the dog that didn't bark.
December 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The Enrollment Cliff is a Miff
I named my fists "McMillan" & "Wife" because when I'm done, you won't remember them either.
*Holding up my fist* say hello to Agatha Christie *and then my other fist* and this here is her collection of genre defining mystery novels
December 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I named my fists "McMillan" & "Wife" because when I'm done, you won't remember them either.
The Hurry Up twins.
December 1, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The Hurry Up twins.
New combo Bday / Xmas present from my GF & my sister is on the way*!
*We do the whole "buy what you want then say it's from the other person" thing, so my partner "paid" for half and my sister "paid" for the other half.
#bass #Jackson #Rawk
*We do the whole "buy what you want then say it's from the other person" thing, so my partner "paid" for half and my sister "paid" for the other half.
#bass #Jackson #Rawk
X Series Spectra Bass SBXP IV
With modern style, flexible tone and incomparable value, the Jackson® X Series Spectra Bass SBXP IV takes the adventurous player on a bold bass odyssey, launching a commanding all-new entry in Jackson...
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November 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Tech oligarchs have been scrambling for products to retain dominance since the plateau of the home computer and mobile phone. Today, they're forcing 'AI' garbage on us while pushing for mass surveillance and war products, even if they have to make the wars to service them. We can reject this future.
November 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Tech oligarchs have been scrambling for products to retain dominance since the plateau of the home computer and mobile phone. Today, they're forcing 'AI' garbage on us while pushing for mass surveillance and war products, even if they have to make the wars to service them. We can reject this future.
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The billionaires who own much of the the infrastructure of our 21st century lives have progressively enshittified that infrastructure while expanding their wealth, and then they scold us for being small-souled peasants who don’t believe in progress anymore.
it is amazing how so much tech gets unremittingly worse year on year at whatever you once used it for and less pleasant to use and more bound up with creepy politics as well as personal and environmental harms and yet also still less productive of actual goods and these are somehow great visionaries
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The billionaires who own much of the the infrastructure of our 21st century lives have progressively enshittified that infrastructure while expanding their wealth, and then they scold us for being small-souled peasants who don’t believe in progress anymore.
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as i have said and will continue to say - degenerate technology
one insidious thing about gen AI is it's not just causing us to mistrust dodgy images, it's also making us mistrust images that look perfectly normal. this is gaslighting in a very literal sense bc the technology is undermining the trust we have in our own ability to perceive reality!
November 29, 2025 at 6:34 AM
as i have said and will continue to say - degenerate technology
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Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
![I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor or degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes" When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:egd33s7iuqsmwlwab6mbtrqi/bafkreiaaicjid4jg3oongeah73ukqvwsqv4vwbp75q4f755nldtcfermhi@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
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This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
It's Thanksgiving, so it's time to listen to everyone's favorite holiday classic!
Nicole Westbrook | It's Thanksgiving [Official Video] [Retard Friendly]
YouTube video by Vrius
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November 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It's Thanksgiving, so it's time to listen to everyone's favorite holiday classic!
I myself, it just so happens, am a descendent of Mary Allerton - a fact that means about as much to me as, to quote RJ Fletcher, a festering bowl of dog snot.
Not much is known about our family’s patriarch. Sometimes in genealogy, the surname itself can be a clue. Mason, Baker, and Smith, for example, are all family names derived from an occupation, but the inscrutable origin of Ratbait is lost in the fog of English and American history.
As a Direct Descendent of a Mayflower Pilgrim, Thanksgiving Means a Little More to Me, Bartholomew Dunston Ratbait IV
In a meritocracy like the United States, fine breeding and birthright may seem like antiquated notions, but for a few storied American surnames (yo...
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I myself, it just so happens, am a descendent of Mary Allerton - a fact that means about as much to me as, to quote RJ Fletcher, a festering bowl of dog snot.
Didn't even make it to Thanksgiving this year...it was playing at the party store.
a woman in a santa outfit is dancing in front of a group of cheerleaders
ALT: a woman in a santa outfit is dancing in front of a group of cheerleaders
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Didn't even make it to Thanksgiving this year...it was playing at the party store.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my Mickey's Malt Liquor-branded 1990s puffy plush top hat the most.
November 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my Mickey's Malt Liquor-branded 1990s puffy plush top hat the most.
Half of me is so happy to be going home for Thanksgiving and the other half is like fuuuuuuuck flyiiiiing and especially fuuuuuck flyyyiiiiiing on the hooooolidaaaaysss
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Half of me is so happy to be going home for Thanksgiving and the other half is like fuuuuuuuck flyiiiiing and especially fuuuuuck flyyyiiiiiing on the hooooolidaaaaysss
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM