logophagist
@bluerockenjoyer.bsky.social
idiot thoughts and true insights from the world's #2 shit poster
word nerd and tidbit-knower; failed academic
(politics/humanities/bad psychoanalysis/assorted nerdom)
i am a monument to all your grins
he/him
word nerd and tidbit-knower; failed academic
(politics/humanities/bad psychoanalysis/assorted nerdom)
i am a monument to all your grins
he/him
“I’m not your average horse girl”
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
“I’m not your average horse girl”
You mean the useless internet landlord wasn’t strictly necessary or useful but was inserted into the middle of our lives without asking anyway because shareholders needed value and now the degradation of service is hand-waived away as an uwu smol bean company just trying their best???
What is Cloudflare? The invisible service behind mass internet issues
What is Cloudflare? The invisible service behind mass internet issues
What is Cloudflare? The invisible service behind mass internet issues
www.independent.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
You mean the useless internet landlord wasn’t strictly necessary or useful but was inserted into the middle of our lives without asking anyway because shareholders needed value and now the degradation of service is hand-waived away as an uwu smol bean company just trying their best???
Gotta start flat-out asking religious republicans how they think Jesus would react to an intentional policy change that would result in more rape and fewer punishments for rapists
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Gotta start flat-out asking religious republicans how they think Jesus would react to an intentional policy change that would result in more rape and fewer punishments for rapists
just fucking horrifying
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
just fucking horrifying
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What if an entire society’s epistemology was based on gambling, participatory make-believe, dictatorial counter-knowledge, and extruded word slurry.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
What if an entire society’s epistemology was based on gambling, participatory make-believe, dictatorial counter-knowledge, and extruded word slurry.
creepy medical theater, random political buzzwords scrawled on a blackboard, racist statue? Definitely Epstein’s island
House Democrats on Wednesday released photographs and videos of the disgraced billionaire Jeffrey Epstein’s home on the private Caribbean island where his accusers have said that he trafficked underage girls for sex.
Read more: nyti.ms/3ME67Lf
Read more: nyti.ms/3ME67Lf
December 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
creepy medical theater, random political buzzwords scrawled on a blackboard, racist statue? Definitely Epstein’s island
desperately laboring under the fantasy that at some point media companies will just stop covering this shit. It has absolutely no intellectual value, and any potential it has exists squarely within the worst people we know
Noem: You have saved hundreds of millions of lives with the Cocaine you’ve blown up in the Caribbean
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
desperately laboring under the fantasy that at some point media companies will just stop covering this shit. It has absolutely no intellectual value, and any potential it has exists squarely within the worst people we know
“CEO of ex-girlfriend stalking platform thinks government contracts for blowing up fishermen are morally good”
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“CEO of ex-girlfriend stalking platform thinks government contracts for blowing up fishermen are morally good”
Has anyone checked in on Facebook lately or is Meta still sloplighting everyone’s grandparents with racist AI videos and disturbingly anthropomorphic animals?
December 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Has anyone checked in on Facebook lately or is Meta still sloplighting everyone’s grandparents with racist AI videos and disturbingly anthropomorphic animals?
stop reposting AI bullshit
you are part of the problem
you are part of the problem
December 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
stop reposting AI bullshit
you are part of the problem
you are part of the problem
everything is so fucking dramatic except all the dramatic things that need dramatic action
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s unwieldy ruling alliance with the Social Democrats is facing an existential crisis of its own making that could trigger its demise after only seven months in office
Merz in Danger With Business Warning Germany Is in ‘Free Fall’
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s unwieldy ruling alliance with the Social Democrats is facing an existential crisis of its own making that could trigger its demise after only seven months in office.
bloom.bg
December 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
everything is so fucking dramatic except all the dramatic things that need dramatic action
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the entire economy is ai data centers and gambling your life savings on real life tragedies and events
December 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
the entire economy is ai data centers and gambling your life savings on real life tragedies and events
my favorite part of being autistic is speaking clearly and directly about something and normies immediately, frantically searching for some hidden implication or ulterior meaning that involves them (spoiler alert: it doesn’t)
I am begging people to attach definitions to the words they use
I am begging people to attach definitions to the words they use
December 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
my favorite part of being autistic is speaking clearly and directly about something and normies immediately, frantically searching for some hidden implication or ulterior meaning that involves them (spoiler alert: it doesn’t)
I am begging people to attach definitions to the words they use
I am begging people to attach definitions to the words they use
Grady from Practical Engineering saying the phrase “gigantic shaft” without a hint of sexual overtone is a display of mastery I’ve seldom witnessed
December 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Grady from Practical Engineering saying the phrase “gigantic shaft” without a hint of sexual overtone is a display of mastery I’ve seldom witnessed
Millennials watching a sitcom for adults that aired when they were children and young teenagers is fucking weird to me, a peak millennial
I won’t be there for you: Friends leaves Netflix – and outrages fans
I won’t be there for you: Friends leaves Netflix – and outrages fans
After a decade, millennials’ favourite comfort watch is dropping off the streamer, prompting threats of cancelled subscriptions. But will it really vanish?
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Millennials watching a sitcom for adults that aired when they were children and young teenagers is fucking weird to me, a peak millennial
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When writing this piece, I kept thinking back to this Instagram post I saw from a trans woman the other day. This is what I'm talking about. Watch this:
December 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
When writing this piece, I kept thinking back to this Instagram post I saw from a trans woman the other day. This is what I'm talking about. Watch this:
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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Honestly an incredible sequence, with the original scene setting up the concept beautifully, only for it to one-up itself into a truly grin-worthy romp with Evan Peters’ charm on full display. I love that he saves the fish.
X-Men Apocalypse mostly sucks but we do get 3 minutes of Quicksilver being awesome
Also Annie Lennox
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnZq...
Also Annie Lennox
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnZq...
December 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Honestly an incredible sequence, with the original scene setting up the concept beautifully, only for it to one-up itself into a truly grin-worthy romp with Evan Peters’ charm on full display. I love that he saves the fish.
the emperor is fully clothed but he is indeed an eepy baby
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
the emperor is fully clothed but he is indeed an eepy baby
nothing would make me happier
Zeldin: "He is willing to take a bullet for all of you tuning in at home ... I'm grateful this holiday season for you"
December 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
nothing would make me happier
it would be stupid if it weren’t so embarrassing
Kristi Noem: "Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that."
December 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
it would be stupid if it weren’t so embarrassing
I remember when republicans were religious
Kristi Noem to Trump: "Thank you for letting us get up every day and have a purpose."
December 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I remember when republicans were religious
News orgs gleefully reporting on Sabrina Carpenter’s tweet because it’s a point of dramatic flare instead of realizing they could also call the acts evil and disgusting and simply haven’t been to a meaningful degree, ever
Sabrina Carpenter slammed the White House for a video using her song.
"This video is evil and disgusting."
"This video is evil and disgusting."
"Evil and disgusting": Sabrina Carpenter rakes White House for ICE video with her song
Carpenter joins a growing list of celebrities who have spoken out against the Trump administration over use of their music.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
News orgs gleefully reporting on Sabrina Carpenter’s tweet because it’s a point of dramatic flare instead of realizing they could also call the acts evil and disgusting and simply haven’t been to a meaningful degree, ever
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Imagine doing something so repugnant that you get a lifetime ban from the American Economic Association.
The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
Statement from the American Economic Association
www.aeaweb.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Imagine doing something so repugnant that you get a lifetime ban from the American Economic Association.
fucking guy can’t drink water and walk down stairs without dying, what are we even doing here
Trump: "I took my physical. I got all As. Everything. But they said to me, 'would you like to take a cognitive test?' I said, 'Is it hard?' They said, 'yes.' I said, 'Well, I'm a very smart person. Who was the last president to take one?' 'No president has ever agreed to take one' ... I aced it."
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
fucking guy can’t drink water and walk down stairs without dying, what are we even doing here