Antibasilican 𐩕 Ktenology
@megalithic-xyster.bsky.social
Mostly just here to follow and occasionally respond. I was also a nobody on Twitter. Lawyer (not that kind). 願其名泯絕
Gonna try to make “How are you immanentizing the eschaton today?” happen
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Gonna try to make “How are you immanentizing the eschaton today?” happen
I ALWAYS WONDERED ABOUT THIS!
November 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I ALWAYS WONDERED ABOUT THIS!
And have some fun with it too. Pedestrianism. The Pittsburgh straw hat riot. Vampire exhumations. Fear of street lights. Make sure they hear the echoes of fads and moral panics and oddities down through the ages.
November 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
And have some fun with it too. Pedestrianism. The Pittsburgh straw hat riot. Vampire exhumations. Fear of street lights. Make sure they hear the echoes of fads and moral panics and oddities down through the ages.
Couldn’t tell you a number, but I vaguely remember having to nervously rely on cultural osmosis to bluff my way through a question on the Vietnam War.
November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Couldn’t tell you a number, but I vaguely remember having to nervously rely on cultural osmosis to bluff my way through a question on the Vietnam War.
This is a long-term gripe of mine. I graduated high school in 2002 and all three of our high school history class (AP US, regular US, and World) ended in 1945 (to be fair, we got a little of the Civil Rights movement in other classes but not in history)
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This is a long-term gripe of mine. I graduated high school in 2002 and all three of our high school history class (AP US, regular US, and World) ended in 1945 (to be fair, we got a little of the Civil Rights movement in other classes but not in history)
Minimally apropo, but my then-8-year-old listened to podcast episodes about the burning Cuyahoga and the clean up that she had a mini religious experience when she was finally able to wade it in near Akron. It’ll always have a place in my heart as a result.
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Minimally apropo, but my then-8-year-old listened to podcast episodes about the burning Cuyahoga and the clean up that she had a mini religious experience when she was finally able to wade it in near Akron. It’ll always have a place in my heart as a result.
Brett Kavanaugh: There is no difference between thousands of dollars to a politician to get a specific outcome and a college student giving their professor a $50 Chipotle gift card after the semester, therefore bribery laws are unconstitutional
November 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Brett Kavanaugh: There is no difference between thousands of dollars to a politician to get a specific outcome and a college student giving their professor a $50 Chipotle gift card after the semester, therefore bribery laws are unconstitutional
The original Long Branch in Centerburg is the superior Branch, at least as of the last time I ate it several years ago.
November 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The original Long Branch in Centerburg is the superior Branch, at least as of the last time I ate it several years ago.
But if Kamala didn’t run on identity issues, why would the Republicans flog those issues relentlessly?
November 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
But if Kamala didn’t run on identity issues, why would the Republicans flog those issues relentlessly?
Completely agree, but if that’s not what I’m communicating when I explain it, I need to change who I explain it.
November 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Completely agree, but if that’s not what I’m communicating when I explain it, I need to change who I explain it.
Gonna have to think of this. I have a family member who was extremely niche influencer until accusations came out and I’ve always said he got MeTooed when explaining it. My intent is to indicate that his bad private actions became public and there were consequences, but I understand the critique.
November 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Gonna have to think of this. I have a family member who was extremely niche influencer until accusations came out and I’ve always said he got MeTooed when explaining it. My intent is to indicate that his bad private actions became public and there were consequences, but I understand the critique.
The one I always think about is West Virginia. From a presidential perspective, it was a reliably Democrat vote for 70ish years, swung to Bush in 2000, and just seems to keep getting redder and redder since.
November 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The one I always think about is West Virginia. From a presidential perspective, it was a reliably Democrat vote for 70ish years, swung to Bush in 2000, and just seems to keep getting redder and redder since.
It’s fun and remains the only Rider series I’ve watched start to finish (and that was back before fan subs). I’ll probably randomly chant “AH-MA-ZOOOONN!” well into my dotage.
November 15, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It’s fun and remains the only Rider series I’ve watched start to finish (and that was back before fan subs). I’ll probably randomly chant “AH-MA-ZOOOONN!” well into my dotage.
I’m convinced that this is how the Trump-voters-in-a-diner genre started, but then they lost the “get a load of these assholes” subtext to the stories and just kept doing them anyway.
November 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I’m convinced that this is how the Trump-voters-in-a-diner genre started, but then they lost the “get a load of these assholes” subtext to the stories and just kept doing them anyway.
I used to work in an office where we had a typewriter at the front desk. Whenever I used it, clients thought it was so cute and quaint. They were unaware that it was because an already signed deed was messed up and we had to fix it before recording.
November 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I used to work in an office where we had a typewriter at the front desk. Whenever I used it, clients thought it was so cute and quaint. They were unaware that it was because an already signed deed was messed up and we had to fix it before recording.
Joseph Heller’s “Picture This” changed the way I (a history degree holder) think about repeating patterns and personalities throughout history.
November 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Joseph Heller’s “Picture This” changed the way I (a history degree holder) think about repeating patterns and personalities throughout history.
I’m curious if refugees resettling from San Francisco or Chicago or something would settle elsewhere in enough numbers to warp political outcomes.
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I’m curious if refugees resettling from San Francisco or Chicago or something would settle elsewhere in enough numbers to warp political outcomes.
Strong agree on these two, though I will take Ebirah Horror of the Deep over the horribly generic Godzilla vs the Sea Monstwr
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Strong agree on these two, though I will take Ebirah Horror of the Deep over the horribly generic Godzilla vs the Sea Monstwr
Not that insurance companies will be less greedy, necessarily, but because the consumer will finally be able to negotiate. Just two equally positioned and powered parties, the massive insurance conglomerate and the individual median consumer. The consumer will surely extract better cheaper coverage.
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Not that insurance companies will be less greedy, necessarily, but because the consumer will finally be able to negotiate. Just two equally positioned and powered parties, the massive insurance conglomerate and the individual median consumer. The consumer will surely extract better cheaper coverage.
Wait, do the Bond films actually have a strict continuity?
As a Godzilla fan, it seems like a non-issue to me. Just start a new continuity where you reference previous movies X and Y but not Z etc.
As a Godzilla fan, it seems like a non-issue to me. Just start a new continuity where you reference previous movies X and Y but not Z etc.
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Wait, do the Bond films actually have a strict continuity?
As a Godzilla fan, it seems like a non-issue to me. Just start a new continuity where you reference previous movies X and Y but not Z etc.
As a Godzilla fan, it seems like a non-issue to me. Just start a new continuity where you reference previous movies X and Y but not Z etc.
There were…a LOT of persecutions and conflict as people tried to figure out just how much Jesus was god versus man. Particularly in the first millennium of the common era. It’s kind of astounding how little we care about it today versus then.
Anyone mentioning the Annunaki is just nuts.
Anyone mentioning the Annunaki is just nuts.
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
There were…a LOT of persecutions and conflict as people tried to figure out just how much Jesus was god versus man. Particularly in the first millennium of the common era. It’s kind of astounding how little we care about it today versus then.
Anyone mentioning the Annunaki is just nuts.
Anyone mentioning the Annunaki is just nuts.
The best hypothesis I’ve seen so far is that she is doing this to give the First Circuit time to issue its actual order before the case gets to all the SCOTUS ghouls. This is made under her individual assignment and her stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit issues its opinion, IIRC.
November 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The best hypothesis I’ve seen so far is that she is doing this to give the First Circuit time to issue its actual order before the case gets to all the SCOTUS ghouls. This is made under her individual assignment and her stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit issues its opinion, IIRC.
A coatimundi at best
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A coatimundi at best
It’s confusing that Houston is not considered to be on the east coast.
November 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It’s confusing that Houston is not considered to be on the east coast.
Oh man, I knew (the majority of) South America is east of Michigan and Reno is west of Los Angels, but Detroit being east of Atlanta is going to mess with my sense of geography for a while.
November 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Oh man, I knew (the majority of) South America is east of Michigan and Reno is west of Los Angels, but Detroit being east of Atlanta is going to mess with my sense of geography for a while.