Greg Baldino
@gregbaldino.bsky.social
Writes about prose-y books and picture-y books. Might actually be one of those Arcimboldo things where it's just a pile of fresh produce arranged like a face.
I was just wondering about Tony. Wondering where he is, who he is with, what is he thinking, is he thinking of me, and whether he'll ever return someday.
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I was just wondering about Tony. Wondering where he is, who he is with, what is he thinking, is he thinking of me, and whether he'll ever return someday.
I told my friend to play the Mekons' "Last Night on Earth" at my funeral because I used to sing it walking back from the bar full of spirits and spirit. I also used to sing the Mekons' "This Funeral is for the Wrong Corpse" walking back from the bar, but I don't want to cause confusion.
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I told my friend to play the Mekons' "Last Night on Earth" at my funeral because I used to sing it walking back from the bar full of spirits and spirit. I also used to sing the Mekons' "This Funeral is for the Wrong Corpse" walking back from the bar, but I don't want to cause confusion.
HA HA HAAAA
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
HA HA HAAAA
I'm unwavering in my belief that Newhart is part of the world of Twin Peaks.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I'm unwavering in my belief that Newhart is part of the world of Twin Peaks.
Exterminate all rational thought, Charlie Brown
"We must love one another or die, Charlie Brown"
"It's a low, dishonest decade, Charlie Brown."
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Exterminate all rational thought, Charlie Brown
Please do not do what my stepfather did one year and run through a mental rolodex of alcoholic options after I said water was fine and that all I wanted was water.
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Please do not do what my stepfather did one year and run through a mental rolodex of alcoholic options after I said water was fine and that all I wanted was water.
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
So you think they'll just reboot and say nothing or are we gonna see Natasha Lyonne regenerate into Peter Dinklage?
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
So you think they'll just reboot and say nothing or are we gonna see Natasha Lyonne regenerate into Peter Dinklage?
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at Lansing Facts, it’s always been – and always will be – about serving up dumb jokes, lukewarm takes, and the kind of Midwestern hospitality that feels like passive aggression
August 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
at Lansing Facts, it’s always been – and always will be – about serving up dumb jokes, lukewarm takes, and the kind of Midwestern hospitality that feels like passive aggression
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I’ve seen a few folks go for the “if you simply must watch that new Harry Potter show just pirate it” and sorry. No. Just no. Just don’t watch it. At all. Ever. Break free of it. It’s time. You’ll be ok. I promise. I know it mattered to you as a kid. Find new things, it’s healthier. Just move on.
November 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I’ve seen a few folks go for the “if you simply must watch that new Harry Potter show just pirate it” and sorry. No. Just no. Just don’t watch it. At all. Ever. Break free of it. It’s time. You’ll be ok. I promise. I know it mattered to you as a kid. Find new things, it’s healthier. Just move on.
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The worst thing about Tuesday is that now every vaguely progressive coded local candidate is going to be called (Insert City)'s Mamdani and I'm already over it in advance
November 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The worst thing about Tuesday is that now every vaguely progressive coded local candidate is going to be called (Insert City)'s Mamdani and I'm already over it in advance
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happy circulatory system walking through the kitchen day
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
happy circulatory system walking through the kitchen day
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hello i think you should follow me because i post little paper creatures ok ty
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
hello i think you should follow me because i post little paper creatures ok ty
I'm working on it!
WRYTE
WEIRDE
BOOKES
WEIRDE
BOOKES
November 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I'm working on it!
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If you don't pay a proper salary for public office, the only people you get occupying public office are the already rich who are there to ensure they stay that way and you never get there
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If you don't pay a proper salary for public office, the only people you get occupying public office are the already rich who are there to ensure they stay that way and you never get there
This may surprise sooner please but my favorite comic book villains? Big single-minded monsters of hate.
Surtur
Solaris the Tyrant Sun
SHUMA GOROTH
Surtur
Solaris the Tyrant Sun
SHUMA GOROTH
November 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM
This may surprise sooner please but my favorite comic book villains? Big single-minded monsters of hate.
Surtur
Solaris the Tyrant Sun
SHUMA GOROTH
Surtur
Solaris the Tyrant Sun
SHUMA GOROTH
It must burn trump that for all his bragging about speculatively getting away with shooting someone Cheney actually did it
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It must burn trump that for all his bragging about speculatively getting away with shooting someone Cheney actually did it
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My online business ethics students are cooking. One of them said of ethics in business "the real question is not whether business ethics "makes sense," but whose sense of ethics is being protected or ignored."
Followers, I had to stop and sit with that for a moment. Whose ethics INDEED.
Followers, I had to stop and sit with that for a moment. Whose ethics INDEED.
November 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
My online business ethics students are cooking. One of them said of ethics in business "the real question is not whether business ethics "makes sense," but whose sense of ethics is being protected or ignored."
Followers, I had to stop and sit with that for a moment. Whose ethics INDEED.
Followers, I had to stop and sit with that for a moment. Whose ethics INDEED.
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Please buy Moonflower by Bitter Karella to support this amazing artist who I someone think makes incredibly niche literary humor just for me.
Hailey Piper: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the game in yellow
Piper: what if there was a book that, if you read it, it made you go insane but also it made you super horny
Piper: would you take that chance?
Barker: i don't know why you're even asking lol
Piper: what if there was a book that, if you read it, it made you go insane but also it made you super horny
Piper: would you take that chance?
Barker: i don't know why you're even asking lol
October 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Please buy Moonflower by Bitter Karella to support this amazing artist who I someone think makes incredibly niche literary humor just for me.
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The regime assumes all the people on benefits are Black
I really don’t get the play here honestly. Just throwing SNAP to the wolves for no reason at the same time the ACA premiums skyrocket?
October 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The regime assumes all the people on benefits are Black
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Six years ago, high school students pushed the Chicago History Museum for more Latino representation. Their dream has been realized with “Aquí en Chicago,” which opened Saturday.
Inspired by a student protest, Chicago History Museum debuts exhibition about Latino history
In 2019, Instituto Justice and Leadership Academy students saw a need for more Latino representation at the museum. Their dream has been realized with “Aquí en Chicago," which opened Saturday.
trib.al
October 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Six years ago, high school students pushed the Chicago History Museum for more Latino representation. Their dream has been realized with “Aquí en Chicago,” which opened Saturday.
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"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
You cannot serve God and Mammon both
"Chicago-area companies have made millions in lucrative contracts supporting Operation Midway Blitz."
"[W]eapons manufacturer United Tactical Systems was paid nearly $1.5 million [..] to supply federal agents with pepper balls and air-powered guns."
#Illinois #USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[W]eapons manufacturer United Tactical Systems was paid nearly $1.5 million [..] to supply federal agents with pepper balls and air-powered guns."
#Illinois #USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Chicago-Area Companies Raked In Millions From Feds As Operation Midway Blitz Intensified
One Chicago-based company was awarded more than $7 million to relocate ICE employees while a suburban weapons manufacturer was paid nearly $1.5 million in two weeks to supply pepper balls and…
blockclubchicago.org
October 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM
You cannot serve God and Mammon both
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British Library staff are out on strike from Monday 27 October until Sunday 9 November over pay: please do not undermine their action by attending this exhibition (or any other events at the BL) during that time. www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...
October 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
British Library staff are out on strike from Monday 27 October until Sunday 9 November over pay: please do not undermine their action by attending this exhibition (or any other events at the BL) during that time. www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...