Jerry
@geraldlombardi.bsky.social
Mostly-retired private sector anthropologist, "overeducated" (Penn, NYU, Chicago), spent years in Brazil and Japan. Once voted for a Communist and a Republican on the same day. I like taking pictures of abandoned road signs.
The degree of violent reality-distortion is evident in this screen shot from the 2WAI website. Sure, let some guy named Shakespeare in a funny costume write things for you while your cute female helpers take care of everything else.
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The degree of violent reality-distortion is evident in this screen shot from the 2WAI website. Sure, let some guy named Shakespeare in a funny costume write things for you while your cute female helpers take care of everything else.
We can expand that to a general rule: governance nowadays is downstream from psychopathology, in every social domain. Maybe it always was. Which reminds me of this anonymous chestnut from Slashdot in 2019:
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We can expand that to a general rule: governance nowadays is downstream from psychopathology, in every social domain. Maybe it always was. Which reminds me of this anonymous chestnut from Slashdot in 2019:
"And there's more!" Jed defended — ready for this? — Children's Health Defense, the RFK jr. anti-vax group, in a big 1st Amendment case, and co-authored a related WSJ editorial with Vivek Ramaswamy. Talk about circle-jerks.....
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
"And there's more!" Jed defended — ready for this? — Children's Health Defense, the RFK jr. anti-vax group, in a big 1st Amendment case, and co-authored a related WSJ editorial with Vivek Ramaswamy. Talk about circle-jerks.....
here's what I want my FBI diirector to look like:
November 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
here's what I want my FBI diirector to look like:
Well, there are alternatives if you want to get real old school 🤔...
November 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Well, there are alternatives if you want to get real old school 🤔...
They look like villains from that Dick Tracy movie
November 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
They look like villains from that Dick Tracy movie
And let's not forget the oddity of Catholicism turning a Passover seder into a cannibalist ritual —"This is my body, etc etc.... this is my blood, etc etc" — and having 7 year-olds celebrate their first taste of the crucified corpse while dressed in virginal white.
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
And let's not forget the oddity of Catholicism turning a Passover seder into a cannibalist ritual —"This is my body, etc etc.... this is my blood, etc etc" — and having 7 year-olds celebrate their first taste of the crucified corpse while dressed in virginal white.
wa fuu tsuna mayo onigiri is the best, period.
October 29, 2025 at 4:19 AM
wa fuu tsuna mayo onigiri is the best, period.
Technology at its most inventive, given the circumstances:
October 29, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Technology at its most inventive, given the circumstances:
Reminds me of the animals at the center of a Buddhist Wheel of Existence, representing root causes of repeated incarnation: rooster (desire/greed), snake (hatred/fear), and pig (delusion/stupidity). Or: attraction, repulsion, indifference. Lots to think about there.
October 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Reminds me of the animals at the center of a Buddhist Wheel of Existence, representing root causes of repeated incarnation: rooster (desire/greed), snake (hatred/fear), and pig (delusion/stupidity). Or: attraction, repulsion, indifference. Lots to think about there.
I saw a famous Brazilian carnavalesco (carnival parade producer) in audience of Les Miz in NYC, 1988. The next year his samba school, Beija-Flor, challenged Rio de Janeiro's carnival traditions with a theme led by "Christ the Beggar", clearly inspired by visuals he saw onstage that night.
October 9, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I saw a famous Brazilian carnavalesco (carnival parade producer) in audience of Les Miz in NYC, 1988. The next year his samba school, Beija-Flor, challenged Rio de Janeiro's carnival traditions with a theme led by "Christ the Beggar", clearly inspired by visuals he saw onstage that night.
They do the same thing in Japan, but with seaweed instead of oregano. This one is at a restaurant in Yokohama.
October 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
They do the same thing in Japan, but with seaweed instead of oregano. This one is at a restaurant in Yokohama.
For those who are curious, I believe this scene (Milan, 1945) is one inspiration for that cartoon:
October 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
For those who are curious, I believe this scene (Milan, 1945) is one inspiration for that cartoon:
So spiders are just wimpy land crabs that don't have enough good innards to eat?
October 4, 2025 at 3:27 AM
So spiders are just wimpy land crabs that don't have enough good innards to eat?
John Waters may know the secret.
September 27, 2025 at 5:38 AM
John Waters may know the secret.
Well, all I can say in response to Mr. Nehls is:
September 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Well, all I can say in response to Mr. Nehls is:
and what is he doing stroking that red-hot barrel?
September 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
and what is he doing stroking that red-hot barrel?
still waiting for this to be installed (credit to unknown person on Reddit who posted it):
September 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
still waiting for this to be installed (credit to unknown person on Reddit who posted it):
well actually, that generation was taught (by *their* father's many handlers, no doubt) how to correctly coordinate shirt collar length, jacket lapel width and necktie size. Junior is as fucked up about tie size as he is about everything else.
August 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
well actually, that generation was taught (by *their* father's many handlers, no doubt) how to correctly coordinate shirt collar length, jacket lapel width and necktie size. Junior is as fucked up about tie size as he is about everything else.
actually, I think I've discovered where they both got it from:
August 17, 2025 at 4:41 AM
actually, I think I've discovered where they both got it from:
The one exception is Susie Wiles, who bears an odd resemblance to Trump's mother.
August 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The one exception is Susie Wiles, who bears an odd resemblance to Trump's mother.
This is still worth reading, even though the screen that captivates us is now in our pocket and not part of the living room furniture.
August 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is still worth reading, even though the screen that captivates us is now in our pocket and not part of the living room furniture.
Time to pull out a reference to this timeless classic again, which lays out the interpersonal and psychological frameworks driving that kind of delusional thinking:
August 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Time to pull out a reference to this timeless classic again, which lays out the interpersonal and psychological frameworks driving that kind of delusional thinking:
Proof positive that David Darmofal is right when he says authoritarian regimes can be affected by public opposition:
July 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Proof positive that David Darmofal is right when he says authoritarian regimes can be affected by public opposition: