Melchizedek Bombadil
@dj4d.bsky.social
Twitter refugee formerly @actionpollock
Posting mostly nonsense and ramblings
Posting mostly nonsense and ramblings
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Let me take you back to 1999...
The next episode of The Retro Blast Podcast is all about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
A conversation full of memories, stories, and why this game is just SPECIAL.
The episode is coming soon, but for now...
Turn your VOLUME UP and let's go back to 1999 together! 🛹 🎶
The next episode of The Retro Blast Podcast is all about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
A conversation full of memories, stories, and why this game is just SPECIAL.
The episode is coming soon, but for now...
Turn your VOLUME UP and let's go back to 1999 together! 🛹 🎶
January 21, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Let me take you back to 1999...
The next episode of The Retro Blast Podcast is all about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
A conversation full of memories, stories, and why this game is just SPECIAL.
The episode is coming soon, but for now...
Turn your VOLUME UP and let's go back to 1999 together! 🛹 🎶
The next episode of The Retro Blast Podcast is all about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
A conversation full of memories, stories, and why this game is just SPECIAL.
The episode is coming soon, but for now...
Turn your VOLUME UP and let's go back to 1999 together! 🛹 🎶
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Another day, another person angry at the idea that learning from history might stop us from repeating it. I know this is a wild idea, but if the idealism worked we wouldn't be here. Perhaps doing something else instead of doing the same thing over and over for the same shit results is an option
Another day, another post where someone pretends not to know the difference between popular American ideals and actual American actions as if it is in any way an interesting, useful, or provocative thing to say.
I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
January 22, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Another day, another person angry at the idea that learning from history might stop us from repeating it. I know this is a wild idea, but if the idealism worked we wouldn't be here. Perhaps doing something else instead of doing the same thing over and over for the same shit results is an option
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This part. Black soldiers that fought in WWII came home and were lynched for wearing their uniforms. They were excluded from veterans programs. They took off that uniform and immediately had to fight for basic rights.
Y’all’s grandfathers flew around the world to fight Nazis as hard as they fought Black people moving into their neighborhoods.
Miss me with the theatrics.
Miss me with the theatrics.
January 22, 2026 at 4:11 PM
This part. Black soldiers that fought in WWII came home and were lynched for wearing their uniforms. They were excluded from veterans programs. They took off that uniform and immediately had to fight for basic rights.
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Obama awarding his former guy, Tom Homan, and presently the border "czar" under Donald Trump, an award for being so efficient at deporting millions of immigrants in 2015.
January 22, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Obama awarding his former guy, Tom Homan, and presently the border "czar" under Donald Trump, an award for being so efficient at deporting millions of immigrants in 2015.
Stanning celebrities is bad and I’ve mostly moved on from doing that, but damn Ryan Coogler is so fucking cool
January 22, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Stanning celebrities is bad and I’ve mostly moved on from doing that, but damn Ryan Coogler is so fucking cool
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This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 PM
This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
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Delroy Lindo has finally received his first ever Oscar nomination for his performance in ‘SINNERS’
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
January 22, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Delroy Lindo has finally received his first ever Oscar nomination for his performance in ‘SINNERS’
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
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We should not be redoing the plot line to 12 years a slave . 185 years later
ICE agents in Maine kidnapped a college student after a minor car crash. They ran his plates, shoved him into a car, and shipped him down to Burlington, Massachusetts. ICE agents refused to let him call a lawyer.
ICE detains 18-year-old USM student in Westbrook
Sandrine Koumba said she doesn’t know why her son, who has no criminal record, was detained after a minor car crash Tuesday.
www.pressherald.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:45 PM
We should not be redoing the plot line to 12 years a slave . 185 years later
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Paraphrasing @jasonkirk.fyi here but if you’re gonna fill my childhood with Sunday School stories about loving the weak and poor don’t blame me if I paid attention and took those lessons to heart.
Ben Luhmann, who filmed this, is one of the two high schoolers from a conservative Christian family I rode along with in Chicago when they were searching for ICE agents there.
When I asked him how his faith informed his efforts to document ICE/DHS, he told me this. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
When I asked him how his faith informed his efforts to document ICE/DHS, he told me this. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
January 22, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Paraphrasing @jasonkirk.fyi here but if you’re gonna fill my childhood with Sunday School stories about loving the weak and poor don’t blame me if I paid attention and took those lessons to heart.
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Republicans are defined in large part by the belief that authoritarianism is good and that only Republicans have a legitimate claim to power.
Democratic leadership are defined in large part by the exact same belief, and a hope for more polite authoritarianism.
Democratic leadership are defined in large part by the exact same belief, and a hope for more polite authoritarianism.
January 22, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Republicans are defined in large part by the belief that authoritarianism is good and that only Republicans have a legitimate claim to power.
Democratic leadership are defined in large part by the exact same belief, and a hope for more polite authoritarianism.
Democratic leadership are defined in large part by the exact same belief, and a hope for more polite authoritarianism.
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They don’t fear any of that because their entire idea seems to be to frame themselves as the lesser of two evils by remaining quiet or offering the same flaccid ideas and reforms that have failed a million times before.
Democratic leaders need to fear being branded as collaborators more than they fear being called soft on crime
January 22, 2026 at 12:36 PM
They don’t fear any of that because their entire idea seems to be to frame themselves as the lesser of two evils by remaining quiet or offering the same flaccid ideas and reforms that have failed a million times before.
Think Like A Man With Big Naturals
Improve a movie title by adding "With Big Naturals"
January 22, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Think Like A Man With Big Naturals
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literally every bad thing in this country right now is the result of Republicans saying "we'll get sued over this, but..."
it's genuinely pathetic that Democrats won't do the same in order to protect people's rights
it's genuinely pathetic that Democrats won't do the same in order to protect people's rights
On his last day in office, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy vetoed legislation to restrict local law enforcement from cooperating with ICE, saying the bill would have invited legal challenges. Immigrant rights advocates say his concerns were misplaced.
On His Way Out, New Jersey Governor Vetoes Legislation to Bar Local Assistance to ICE
Phil Murphy killed a bill that’d have codified restrictions on how sheriffs and police can partner with ICE. Some restrictions remain in place, for now, due to an attorney general directive.
boltsmag.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:50 AM
literally every bad thing in this country right now is the result of Republicans saying "we'll get sued over this, but..."
it's genuinely pathetic that Democrats won't do the same in order to protect people's rights
it's genuinely pathetic that Democrats won't do the same in order to protect people's rights
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The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
January 22, 2026 at 3:45 AM
The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
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People who don’t know how to make a PDF: “AI is inevitable.”
The disconnect between management and employee on AI usage is big. At the same time, CEOs are reporting they aren't seeing any revenue growth from AI.
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www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...
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www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...
CEOs Say AI Is Making Work More Efficient. Employees Tell a Different Story.
How much time workers say the technology saves them on the job is vastly different from what executives report.
www.wsj.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 PM
People who don’t know how to make a PDF: “AI is inevitable.”
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Happening right in front of us.
January 21, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happening right in front of us.
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His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:27 PM
His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
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lol I remember when this happened when I was living in London
January 22, 2026 at 12:20 AM
lol I remember when this happened when I was living in London
I wonder Marcus Rashford or Raheem Sterling would agree with this lol.
January 22, 2026 at 12:32 AM
I wonder Marcus Rashford or Raheem Sterling would agree with this lol.
Okra gumbo
If you could be a comfort food what would you be?
I think I’d be beef stew with a piece of cornbread.
I think I’d be beef stew with a piece of cornbread.
January 22, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Okra gumbo
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Oh this was a read 😩😭
January 21, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Oh this was a read 😩😭
January 21, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Playing yourself in movies multiple times is honestly a gigantic flex. It means random people are writing films specifically around your persona.
Top 5 "actors" who play themselves in every movie?
January 21, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Playing yourself in movies multiple times is honestly a gigantic flex. It means random people are writing films specifically around your persona.
When this mix came out youtu.be/rlsNEFtEkAM?...
January 21, 2026 at 9:06 PM
When this mix came out youtu.be/rlsNEFtEkAM?...