Mike Friedman
mfriedmannola.bsky.social
Mike Friedman
@mfriedmannola.bsky.social
Cranky old queer bear in New Orleans. Previous lives in San Francisco, Boston. Grew up in Champaign-Urbana, IL. Proud Uni High and UIUC graduate. No fascists. No Trump.
Not to be too shallow, but can we discuss her outfit? It looks like it's about to strangle her! 😅
November 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Poor Candy. She's gotta stop doing so much crystal meth that it makes her paranoid. <ALLEGEDLY! ALLEGEDLY!>

Seriously. What other explanation is there for this kinda crazy? She's losing her shit in public. Does anyone believe this nonsense?
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
DOGE succeeded in ruining my life. I was working on non-political federal contract that got DOGEd in April, 2025.

It seems likely that will end up forcibly retiring me at age 61, though I don't want to retire. So much for a 30+ year IT career. Fuck Muskrat and his cronies.
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
He's never once bought groceries his ENTIRE life. Or a car, house, appliance, etc.

He simply has never had to do normal things the rest of us do. Shop around, deal with customer service, handle deliveries, fuss when there's a problem, endure hassles.

He's about as out of touch as someone can be.
November 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
And wages are lower in red states. Trust me on this. I'm looking for a job after 30 years in IT, and I'm being passed over for junior level jobs that pay $20/hour IN MY FIELD.
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Absolutely 100%. Puritans + Victorians was a horrible combination. It's screwed us up for 300+ years.

I'd argue that we're still in the throes of Victorian morality in many ways, despite the sexual revolution of the end of the 20th century. .
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Reposted by Mike Friedman
A front-loading washer is the ideal place to defrost a turkey: the water drains into the tub, and once it’s completely thawed you can just run a sanitize cycle to clean the machine.
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We are ADULTS. We supposedly have agency over our bodies.

Drugs (including alcohol the most dangerous drug of all) should be used in moderation. If they cannot be, it should be treated as a medical/psychological problem. Full stop.

But we're still Victorians who hate pleasure.
November 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
They can ALL THREE go to space. And never come back. And all of their assets will be seized by the public.

Consider it an exit tax for leaving the Earth profoundly more fucked up than you found it.
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
They think AI and people abroad can do the work. I get emails from people in Pakistan asking if I want an onsite job in a town near Shreveport (225 miles from NOLA. They don't bother looking at a map.

Or you simply get an email 10 minutes after applying, turning you down. Both happened this week.
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Wait, Todd. Is he a fascist or a communist? I can't keep your epithets straight.

He can't be Franco and Stalin at the same time.

Poor Todd. He's a messy mess.
November 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
(This is from the movie Frost/Nixon with the GREAT Frank Langella as Nixon. He's MAGNIFICENT in this movie.)

"I'm saying that when the President does it, that means it's NOT ILLEGAL!"

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Frost/Nixon (7/9) Movie CLIP - When the President Does It, It's Not Illegal (2008) HD
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November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Just do it, and stop screwing around.
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My husband the completionist refused to do the Gwent ones. :-)
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM