Klaas
@klaasible.bsky.social
I love these Midwesterners so much. On being boxed in and accosted by ICE agents waving guns in their faces and threatening to arrest them for no reason: "Jan was very nervous."
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 4:11 AM
I love these Midwesterners so much. On being boxed in and accosted by ICE agents waving guns in their faces and threatening to arrest them for no reason: "Jan was very nervous."
Given how much Trump hates and disrespects women of color, I'm currently manifesting a world in which Speaker @aoc.bsky.social appoints @coribush.bsky.social as house manager for his impeachment trial. Wouldn't that be super fun? Let's make it happen.
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Given how much Trump hates and disrespects women of color, I'm currently manifesting a world in which Speaker @aoc.bsky.social appoints @coribush.bsky.social as house manager for his impeachment trial. Wouldn't that be super fun? Let's make it happen.
Protip for reading news articles from unfamiliar sources:
1. Look at the caption of the first image in the story.
2. If it's ML slop based on typing a few keywords from the article into an image generator, close the tab and, if possible, block the source.
Hope this helps!
1. Look at the caption of the first image in the story.
2. If it's ML slop based on typing a few keywords from the article into an image generator, close the tab and, if possible, block the source.
Hope this helps!
July 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Protip for reading news articles from unfamiliar sources:
1. Look at the caption of the first image in the story.
2. If it's ML slop based on typing a few keywords from the article into an image generator, close the tab and, if possible, block the source.
Hope this helps!
1. Look at the caption of the first image in the story.
2. If it's ML slop based on typing a few keywords from the article into an image generator, close the tab and, if possible, block the source.
Hope this helps!
I'm so baffled by the Lilo & Stitch remake. I've been baffled by all the Disney remakes (in a "why? who is this for?" way) but this one being a hit makes it even weirder. It's also different because Lilo & Stitch (2002) is one of my all-time favorite movies, so it's upsetting rather than just odd.
June 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I'm so baffled by the Lilo & Stitch remake. I've been baffled by all the Disney remakes (in a "why? who is this for?" way) but this one being a hit makes it even weirder. It's also different because Lilo & Stitch (2002) is one of my all-time favorite movies, so it's upsetting rather than just odd.
I have made progress on sloganizing one of the foundational principles of my understanding of the world:
"Radical skepticism is irrefutable, so all knowledge begins with a leap of faith."
Not quite "shoutable from a moving car" length, but it could maybe fit on a bumper sticker...
"Radical skepticism is irrefutable, so all knowledge begins with a leap of faith."
Not quite "shoutable from a moving car" length, but it could maybe fit on a bumper sticker...
April 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I have made progress on sloganizing one of the foundational principles of my understanding of the world:
"Radical skepticism is irrefutable, so all knowledge begins with a leap of faith."
Not quite "shoutable from a moving car" length, but it could maybe fit on a bumper sticker...
"Radical skepticism is irrefutable, so all knowledge begins with a leap of faith."
Not quite "shoutable from a moving car" length, but it could maybe fit on a bumper sticker...
Reposted by Klaas
look, folks, I think that's as good as it's gonna get. let's go out on a high. abolish the senate.
April 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
look, folks, I think that's as good as it's gonna get. let's go out on a high. abolish the senate.
Life with a chaotically-aligned partner:
Where is the pepperoni?
Is it in the drawer for meats and cheeses? No.
Is it on the shelf? No, there are 4 different packages of cheese on 4 different shelves, but no pepperoni.
Oh here it is, in the crisper, with the lettuce, cucumber, and provolone.
Where is the pepperoni?
Is it in the drawer for meats and cheeses? No.
Is it on the shelf? No, there are 4 different packages of cheese on 4 different shelves, but no pepperoni.
Oh here it is, in the crisper, with the lettuce, cucumber, and provolone.
January 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Life with a chaotically-aligned partner:
Where is the pepperoni?
Is it in the drawer for meats and cheeses? No.
Is it on the shelf? No, there are 4 different packages of cheese on 4 different shelves, but no pepperoni.
Oh here it is, in the crisper, with the lettuce, cucumber, and provolone.
Where is the pepperoni?
Is it in the drawer for meats and cheeses? No.
Is it on the shelf? No, there are 4 different packages of cheese on 4 different shelves, but no pepperoni.
Oh here it is, in the crisper, with the lettuce, cucumber, and provolone.
Every "inner monologue is not a universal mental pattern" article seems to be written by and for people with inner monologues, with a subtext of "Isn't it crazy that there are people whose minds are so unlike ours?"
Maybe journalists are disproportionately monologuers.
Maybe journalists are disproportionately monologuers.
December 16, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Every "inner monologue is not a universal mental pattern" article seems to be written by and for people with inner monologues, with a subtext of "Isn't it crazy that there are people whose minds are so unlike ours?"
Maybe journalists are disproportionately monologuers.
Maybe journalists are disproportionately monologuers.
The Story was the one song I would have bet would make the top 10. I like Seven Nation Army but would never have predicted it would win the day the day no matter how many guesses I had. #xpncountdown
December 13, 2024 at 12:05 AM
The Story was the one song I would have bet would make the top 10. I like Seven Nation Army but would never have predicted it would win the day the day no matter how many guesses I had. #xpncountdown
Ok I'm not reading that "Sauron the security system" article because yuck, but:
1. Do they not remember how Sauron failed rather disastrously at specifically the task of preventing intruders from sneaking into his realm and fucking up his shit?
1. Do they not remember how Sauron failed rather disastrously at specifically the task of preventing intruders from sneaking into his realm and fucking up his shit?
December 6, 2024 at 3:47 AM
Ok I'm not reading that "Sauron the security system" article because yuck, but:
1. Do they not remember how Sauron failed rather disastrously at specifically the task of preventing intruders from sneaking into his realm and fucking up his shit?
1. Do they not remember how Sauron failed rather disastrously at specifically the task of preventing intruders from sneaking into his realm and fucking up his shit?
An intro post, you say? Definitely a case of answering a question nobody asked. But anyway, I'm your basic average white guy software engineer. But the kind that's a police abolitionist and an Elie Mystal stan. And a Presbyterian and a Kierkegaardian existentialist, in case that spices it up any...
November 15, 2024 at 1:38 PM
An intro post, you say? Definitely a case of answering a question nobody asked. But anyway, I'm your basic average white guy software engineer. But the kind that's a police abolitionist and an Elie Mystal stan. And a Presbyterian and a Kierkegaardian existentialist, in case that spices it up any...
post a meme made by you
September 1, 2024 at 3:29 AM
post a meme made by you
Getting an update on the slangs from the kiddos. "So 'level 1 gyat' means you have an underwhelming butt?"
November 7, 2023 at 11:48 PM
Getting an update on the slangs from the kiddos. "So 'level 1 gyat' means you have an underwhelming butt?"
I cracked my front tooth in half with a laundry basket, doing laundry
quote post this with a really foolish injury
on my second night at university i was playing ping-pong on a defective table which folded in half as i went to place my hand on it for balance, causing me to fall in such a way that i tore a muscle in my back and had to do PT for several months
on my second night at university i was playing ping-pong on a defective table which folded in half as i went to place my hand on it for balance, causing me to fall in such a way that i tore a muscle in my back and had to do PT for several months
quote post this with a really foolish injury
went for a walk in my neighborhood at night senior year of HS and fell 7-ft into a storm drain. landed on my feet, broke one, then fell on my ass. it sloped up on one side so I was able to limp home.
went for a walk in my neighborhood at night senior year of HS and fell 7-ft into a storm drain. landed on my feet, broke one, then fell on my ass. it sloped up on one side so I was able to limp home.
October 24, 2023 at 3:35 AM
I cracked my front tooth in half with a laundry basket, doing laundry