Moebius Stripper
@moebiusstripper.bsky.social
Twisted, one-sided commentary. Canadian (the human kind, not the emotional support animal kind).
It is actually 13 degrees and sunny where I am
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
It is actually 13 degrees and sunny where I am
To yes-and this: this kind of American self-flagellation would be entirely performative. No one would be *worse* off in any serious way if USAID cuts are reversed. This is not the case for the degree of Jewish self-flagellation demanded, which IME is more "death to the I0F" than "fewer war crimes".
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
To yes-and this: this kind of American self-flagellation would be entirely performative. No one would be *worse* off in any serious way if USAID cuts are reversed. This is not the case for the degree of Jewish self-flagellation demanded, which IME is more "death to the I0F" than "fewer war crimes".
Oh man. Yeah.
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Oh man. Yeah.
In the meantime, a lot of us are Homer Simpson incredulously observing that Marge keeps getting Maggie vaccinated for diseases she doesn't even have
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In the meantime, a lot of us are Homer Simpson incredulously observing that Marge keeps getting Maggie vaccinated for diseases she doesn't even have
There may not be any parents of young children who know anyone who has ever been really, really sick with measles. This is going to change.
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
There may not be any parents of young children who know anyone who has ever been really, really sick with measles. This is going to change.
I'm jealous of people whose vision is good enough that they can forget their glasses anywhere
November 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I'm jealous of people whose vision is good enough that they can forget their glasses anywhere
I am not looking for advice on keeping poppies. Remembrance Day is not the time to mess with this nation's traditions, and there is no more traditional way to commemorate our veterans than by losing poppies and buying new ones to replace them.
November 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I am not looking for advice on keeping poppies. Remembrance Day is not the time to mess with this nation's traditions, and there is no more traditional way to commemorate our veterans than by losing poppies and buying new ones to replace them.
I feel like losing them is part of the tradition, though
November 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I feel like losing them is part of the tradition, though
I bought my most recent one from two Asian-Canadian vets in their 20s, who were selling them on a busy street corner!
November 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I bought my most recent one from two Asian-Canadian vets in their 20s, who were selling them on a busy street corner!
(It's only that long because I plan to spend most of the next 30h indoors. Poppies are like cats in this sense.)
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
(It's only that long because I plan to spend most of the next 30h indoors. Poppies are like cats in this sense.)
jacobin.com/2024/01/adul... I'm getting the 95% figure from here
Adulting in Middle Age
Why millennials don’t grow up.
jacobin.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
jacobin.com/2024/01/adul... I'm getting the 95% figure from here
It's not even so much that most teens didn't reas Teen Vogue, it's that most readers - at least 95%, apparently - weren't teens
November 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It's not even so much that most teens didn't reas Teen Vogue, it's that most readers - at least 95%, apparently - weren't teens
It's the combination of those two that will do me in
November 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It's the combination of those two that will do me in
Oh interesting! My GenZ niece laughed when someone suggested that she email a friend. Apparent email is for old people - her cohort communicated entirely through texts and instant messages. An email must seem very formal by comparison.
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Oh interesting! My GenZ niece laughed when someone suggested that she email a friend. Apparent email is for old people - her cohort communicated entirely through texts and instant messages. An email must seem very formal by comparison.
Anyway, I told them that if they say please and thank you and make an effort to be polite, their instructors will not be offended by their emails. And that if it takes them more than a paragraph to express themselves, they should speak to their instructors face to face.
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Anyway, I told them that if they say please and thank you and make an effort to be polite, their instructors will not be offended by their emails. And that if it takes them more than a paragraph to express themselves, they should speak to their instructors face to face.