Flanga
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In the Before Times: Tech Writer/editor (Byte, Windows Magazine, Windows Secrets, LangaList, etc.). Now, mostly retired.
They're hiring seat fillers in Boston for the Melania movie; you get a ticket plus $50, but "you must remain in your seat for the entire movie." Hilarious!
boston.craigslist.org/gbs/evg/d/bo...
boston.craigslist.org/gbs/evg/d/bo...
January 29, 2026 at 6:22 PM
They're hiring seat fillers in Boston for the Melania movie; you get a ticket plus $50, but "you must remain in your seat for the entire movie." Hilarious!
boston.craigslist.org/gbs/evg/d/bo...
boston.craigslist.org/gbs/evg/d/bo...
The opening night screening of Melania, at Boston's largest cinema (the AMC off Boston Common), has presold exactly zero seats.
January 27, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The opening night screening of Melania, at Boston's largest cinema (the AMC off Boston Common), has presold exactly zero seats.
It's gets better with each addition...
January 25, 2026 at 10:20 PM
It's gets better with each addition...
A nippy 4F with -14F wind chill (-15C/-25C) this AM. Snow tonight. It's been 4 years since the last big storm; winter is milder than even a few decades ago... but not this weekend. :)
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January 24, 2026 at 2:31 PM
A nippy 4F with -14F wind chill (-15C/-25C) this AM. Snow tonight. It's been 4 years since the last big storm; winter is milder than even a few decades ago... but not this weekend. :)
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January 24, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Yes, that Steve Martin.
January 14, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Yes, that Steve Martin.
This ain't 'Serve and Protect,' folks. It's a riff on a wwi novel title, but with a second line that makes it sound vaguely threatening. What the absolute fuck?
January 11, 2026 at 3:50 AM
This ain't 'Serve and Protect,' folks. It's a riff on a wwi novel title, but with a second line that makes it sound vaguely threatening. What the absolute fuck?
A Chinese-language post.
January 10, 2026 at 6:10 PM
A Chinese-language post.
“Russian commentators have frequently suggested that Latin America lies in America’s domain just as Ukraine was under the Russian shadow. Vladimir Putin thinks the same of much of eastern Europe. Xi Jinping will draw his own conclusions.”
Global wars are coming
January 3, 2026 at 4:23 PM
This is real, from the official X feed. (Also, the artwork is stolen, and the message --- deporting 30% of the population --- is insane.)
January 1, 2026 at 4:28 PM
This is real, from the official X feed. (Also, the artwork is stolen, and the message --- deporting 30% of the population --- is insane.)
Not even a little surprised. Are you?
December 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Not even a little surprised. Are you?
December 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Ice skaters in the Boston Public Garden this morning.
December 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Ice skaters in the Boston Public Garden this morning.
... and humans stupid.
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
... and humans stupid.