Jake
@jakesalterego.bsky.social
Hip to it, man. In the groove.
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credit where due, this was cold as fuck and I’m stealing it
![During the 1884 United States presidential election, Hoar expressed sharp anger at Mugwumps, Republicans who supported Bourbon Democrat Grover Cleveland over GOP nominee James G. Blaine; he asserted to a friend who supported Cleveland:[3]
There was a time when I hoped to meet you in heaven, it is gone.
— Sen. George Frisbie Hoar](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vod3g6ecxortnzyrrsivgwzc/bafkreiaabgln2lcdvswfgkizu3ypl2puhhstpoqh5rmygsejf7qurr4vrm@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 AM
credit where due, this was cold as fuck and I’m stealing it
Strong co-sign
new knives out is the best of the bunch imo
December 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Strong co-sign
Passed this along to my English friend, so here is the topic list if Sufjan ever made a Norfolk album:
1. Norwich Castle
2. Queen Boudica
3. Alan Partridge
4. The Milk Cup Final 1985
5. The Great Yarmouth House of Wax
6. Crabs (from Cromer Pier)
1. Norwich Castle
2. Queen Boudica
3. Alan Partridge
4. The Milk Cup Final 1985
5. The Great Yarmouth House of Wax
6. Crabs (from Cromer Pier)
Question: if Sufjan Stevens did an album about your state, what would there be songs about? (sorry, Michigan and Illinois, you have to sit this one out.
I'll go first for Maryland:
1. Baltimore
2. Harriet Tubman
3. The Snallygaster
4. The pursuit of John Wilkes Booth
5. The Chesapeake
6. Crabs
I'll go first for Maryland:
1. Baltimore
2. Harriet Tubman
3. The Snallygaster
4. The pursuit of John Wilkes Booth
5. The Chesapeake
6. Crabs
December 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Passed this along to my English friend, so here is the topic list if Sufjan ever made a Norfolk album:
1. Norwich Castle
2. Queen Boudica
3. Alan Partridge
4. The Milk Cup Final 1985
5. The Great Yarmouth House of Wax
6. Crabs (from Cromer Pier)
1. Norwich Castle
2. Queen Boudica
3. Alan Partridge
4. The Milk Cup Final 1985
5. The Great Yarmouth House of Wax
6. Crabs (from Cromer Pier)
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11/30/79: Pink Floyd's The Wall
Here's Roger Waters, The Band, and Van Morrison w/a transpledent rendition of Comfortably Numb, one of PF's two greatest songs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpFo...
Here's Roger Waters, The Band, and Van Morrison w/a transpledent rendition of Comfortably Numb, one of PF's two greatest songs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpFo...
Roger Waters, Van Morrison, The Band - Comfortably Numb
YouTube video by rogerwatersVEVO
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
11/30/79: Pink Floyd's The Wall
Here's Roger Waters, The Band, and Van Morrison w/a transpledent rendition of Comfortably Numb, one of PF's two greatest songs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpFo...
Here's Roger Waters, The Band, and Van Morrison w/a transpledent rendition of Comfortably Numb, one of PF's two greatest songs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpFo...
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The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
James Cameron might be the only person with a workplace safety record worse than Elon Musk tbh
icymi- james cameron lurves elon musk apparently www.theringer.com/podcasts/the...
Part 1: James Cameron on ‘Avatar’ Misconceptions, AI’s Skynet Moment, and His Elon Musk Friendship - The Ringer
James Cameron joins for a wide-ranging conversation on the filmmaking of the ‘Avatar’ franchise, how it landed at Fox/Disney, motion-capture technology, the cost of CGI, the threat of AI, ...
www.theringer.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
James Cameron might be the only person with a workplace safety record worse than Elon Musk tbh
Every James Cameron story is like "I hate my ex wife so much and created such dangerous conditions in set that nearly a dozen people died"
This does not seem out of character
This does not seem out of character
icymi- james cameron lurves elon musk apparently www.theringer.com/podcasts/the...
Part 1: James Cameron on ‘Avatar’ Misconceptions, AI’s Skynet Moment, and His Elon Musk Friendship - The Ringer
James Cameron joins for a wide-ranging conversation on the filmmaking of the ‘Avatar’ franchise, how it landed at Fox/Disney, motion-capture technology, the cost of CGI, the threat of AI, ...
www.theringer.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Every James Cameron story is like "I hate my ex wife so much and created such dangerous conditions in set that nearly a dozen people died"
This does not seem out of character
This does not seem out of character
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“Excuse me. I heard someone over here isn’t caring for the poor and welcoming immigrants.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“Excuse me. I heard someone over here isn’t caring for the poor and welcoming immigrants.”
Conflicted memories about my first job, but grateful today that my office had a Jaffa in the lobby which taught me the wonder of combining cranberry sauce and giardinera on a turkey sandwich
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Conflicted memories about my first job, but grateful today that my office had a Jaffa in the lobby which taught me the wonder of combining cranberry sauce and giardinera on a turkey sandwich
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November 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
Putting Jurasek on today seems like such a good move. Completely the opposite of when Farke destroyed Tzolis' confidence by trashing him in the press #ncfc
November 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Putting Jurasek on today seems like such a good move. Completely the opposite of when Farke destroyed Tzolis' confidence by trashing him in the press #ncfc
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joining the war on AI on the side of bong joon ho
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
joining the war on AI on the side of bong joon ho
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If this guy doesn’t like fiction that deviates from documented events and characterisations, just wait until he sees the Historical Plays of… *checks notes* wait this can’t be right
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The new film “Hamnet” offers up a vision of William Shakespeare as “Marlon Brando in Elizabethan drag,” writes Drew Lichtenberg. While this character may appeal to some, it “played to me like mumblecore Shakespeare, conceived for the TikTok generation.”
The new film “Hamnet” offers up a vision of William Shakespeare as “Marlon Brando in Elizabethan drag,” writes Drew Lichtenberg. While this character may appeal to some, it “played to me like mumblecore Shakespeare, conceived for the TikTok generation.”
Opinion | ‘Hamnet’ Reimagines Shakespeare for the TikTok Generation
Our love of his plays have led to a centuries-long fascination with the writer. So why does each new fictional iteration get his life so wrong?
nyti.ms
November 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If this guy doesn’t like fiction that deviates from documented events and characterisations, just wait until he sees the Historical Plays of… *checks notes* wait this can’t be right
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
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incredible quote lol
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
incredible quote lol
*rocking back and forth like Bill Paxton in Aliens*
Too many emails, man. There are too many emails
Too many emails, man. There are too many emails
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
*rocking back and forth like Bill Paxton in Aliens*
Too many emails, man. There are too many emails
Too many emails, man. There are too many emails
Walking alone through downtown Lagrange. Everything is closed, no one is out. Pop punk music is playing from somewhere and I have to seriously consider that I am in a film scene with non-diegetic music
November 28, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Walking alone through downtown Lagrange. Everything is closed, no one is out. Pop punk music is playing from somewhere and I have to seriously consider that I am in a film scene with non-diegetic music
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not beating the “AI art is lazy” allegations
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
not beating the “AI art is lazy” allegations
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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iwona b horyn, too, but you don’t see me decomposing about it
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
iwona b horyn, too, but you don’t see me decomposing about it
When you are the acting security officer and you also have contracted Captain Tripps
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
When you are the acting security officer and you also have contracted Captain Tripps
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these motherfuckers better not stray into Adrian Chiles’ lane
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
these motherfuckers better not stray into Adrian Chiles’ lane