Hieronymus Botch
@pentag0nal.bsky.social
The opposite of woke is willful ignorance. Gen X, mostly TTRPGs and politics. Abolish the 2nd. BLM. Sex work is work. TERFs are trash. Fetuses aren’t people. Fascism is bad, actually. Leguminati. He/him.
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Hieronymus Botch
@pentag0nal.bsky.social
· Nov 13
“If a pregnancy is an unborn child, then a human is an undead skeleton.”
—Erin Ryan
—Erin Ryan
Roughly 30% of Americans have a net worth of zero or less. Who’s gonna tell this guy what 4.3% of zero gives us?
December 24, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Roughly 30% of Americans have a net worth of zero or less. Who’s gonna tell this guy what 4.3% of zero gives us?
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It is soooo normal for a country to have a TV news report about its gulag system removed from the broadcast
December 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
It is soooo normal for a country to have a TV news report about its gulag system removed from the broadcast
I’ll add a 4th thing: he often just doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Someone will ask a question, he has no idea what they’re asking about, so he stands there like a 5th grader giving a book report on a book he definitely didn’t read.
Sometimes when I listen to Trump speak I think he is well on his way to dementia.
Other times I think he’s on something.
Then I think it’s just because his vocabulary is very limited and he struggling to read someone else’s words.
But most of the time I think it’s all 3.
Other times I think he’s on something.
Then I think it’s just because his vocabulary is very limited and he struggling to read someone else’s words.
But most of the time I think it’s all 3.
December 18, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I’ll add a 4th thing: he often just doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Someone will ask a question, he has no idea what they’re asking about, so he stands there like a 5th grader giving a book report on a book he definitely didn’t read.
Here’s the thing:
Before we can overcome the massive divisions in the USA, conservatives have to unlearn the idea that they should mistrust anything Democrats say, and Christians have to unlearn the idea that voting for anyone but Republicans is sinful.
Before we can overcome the massive divisions in the USA, conservatives have to unlearn the idea that they should mistrust anything Democrats say, and Christians have to unlearn the idea that voting for anyone but Republicans is sinful.
December 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Here’s the thing:
Before we can overcome the massive divisions in the USA, conservatives have to unlearn the idea that they should mistrust anything Democrats say, and Christians have to unlearn the idea that voting for anyone but Republicans is sinful.
Before we can overcome the massive divisions in the USA, conservatives have to unlearn the idea that they should mistrust anything Democrats say, and Christians have to unlearn the idea that voting for anyone but Republicans is sinful.
Incoming: Republicans taking to the Internet to cry about their health insurance premiums doubling in
3…2…1
3…2…1
December 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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I'm gonna be real honest man, the fact that we have to keep constantly exhorting everyone to call their elected representatives every other day to say "please do not sign off on the Make Life Worse For Everyone Bill please" is intensely degrading, and also a pretty poor sign for a functional society
December 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I'm gonna be real honest man, the fact that we have to keep constantly exhorting everyone to call their elected representatives every other day to say "please do not sign off on the Make Life Worse For Everyone Bill please" is intensely degrading, and also a pretty poor sign for a functional society
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
Why are you polyamorous?
Wrong answers only:
To freak out my old boss specifically.
Wrong answers only:
To freak out my old boss specifically.
Why are you polyamorous?
Wrong answers only:
For the Steam Family Sharing Library obviously
Wrong answers only:
For the Steam Family Sharing Library obviously
Why are you polyamorous?
Wrong answers only:
So I always have someone available to call me a good girl whenever I need it
Wrong answers only:
So I always have someone available to call me a good girl whenever I need it
December 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Why are you polyamorous?
Wrong answers only:
To freak out my old boss specifically.
Wrong answers only:
To freak out my old boss specifically.
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i just don't think the democrats should be using the fell for it again award as a purity test
December 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
i just don't think the democrats should be using the fell for it again award as a purity test
The media wastes WAY too much time deciphering Trump’s motivations and secret meanings when he answers reporters’ questions.
The answer is always—ALWAYS—that he has no idea what they’re asking about. Every day, he stands in front of the press pool and gives a book report on a book he didn’t read.
The answer is always—ALWAYS—that he has no idea what they’re asking about. Every day, he stands in front of the press pool and gives a book report on a book he didn’t read.
December 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The media wastes WAY too much time deciphering Trump’s motivations and secret meanings when he answers reporters’ questions.
The answer is always—ALWAYS—that he has no idea what they’re asking about. Every day, he stands in front of the press pool and gives a book report on a book he didn’t read.
The answer is always—ALWAYS—that he has no idea what they’re asking about. Every day, he stands in front of the press pool and gives a book report on a book he didn’t read.
This man is going to poison his child, and he’s going to do it with something that anyone with two brain cells to rub together knows is poisonous. And he’ll do it because ChatGPT told him it was a good remedy for, I dunno, teething pain or something.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This man is going to poison his child, and he’s going to do it with something that anyone with two brain cells to rub together knows is poisonous. And he’ll do it because ChatGPT told him it was a good remedy for, I dunno, teething pain or something.
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Amazon workers in Quebec unionized, so Amazon closed all their fulfillment centres in the province.
7 centres shut down. Almost 2,000 people out of work.
This is a massive violation of labour rights.
It’s also an excellent reason to boycott Amazon.
7 centres shut down. Almost 2,000 people out of work.
This is a massive violation of labour rights.
It’s also an excellent reason to boycott Amazon.
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Amazon workers in Quebec unionized, so Amazon closed all their fulfillment centres in the province.
7 centres shut down. Almost 2,000 people out of work.
This is a massive violation of labour rights.
It’s also an excellent reason to boycott Amazon.
7 centres shut down. Almost 2,000 people out of work.
This is a massive violation of labour rights.
It’s also an excellent reason to boycott Amazon.
Huh. I don’t *recall* Leslie Stahl following the Parkland kids around DC and calling them crisis actors…
LESLEY STAHL: You contributed to the toxic culture. You were out there pounding, insulting people
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: You've contributed to it as well
STAHL: I want you to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people
MTG: I'd like for you to respond to that
December 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Huh. I don’t *recall* Leslie Stahl following the Parkland kids around DC and calling them crisis actors…
We’re using the wonders of science to create new, cutting-edge pathologies.
December 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We’re using the wonders of science to create new, cutting-edge pathologies.
Our society is run by literal demons.
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Our society is run by literal demons.
Hot take:
If something is "too big to fail," then it's the responsibility of the government to break it up before it fails and takes the country down with it.
(Looking at you, AWS.)
If something is "too big to fail," then it's the responsibility of the government to break it up before it fails and takes the country down with it.
(Looking at you, AWS.)
December 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Hot take:
If something is "too big to fail," then it's the responsibility of the government to break it up before it fails and takes the country down with it.
(Looking at you, AWS.)
If something is "too big to fail," then it's the responsibility of the government to break it up before it fails and takes the country down with it.
(Looking at you, AWS.)
Ages ago, I volunteered as an elf at one of those places where kids get their pics taken with Santa.
It was a local Chamber of Commerce thing. Santa and Mrs. Claus were both honchos. I took pics, handed out candy & flyers, stuff like that. It was cute.
It was a local Chamber of Commerce thing. Santa and Mrs. Claus were both honchos. I took pics, handed out candy & flyers, stuff like that. It was cute.
December 3, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Ages ago, I volunteered as an elf at one of those places where kids get their pics taken with Santa.
It was a local Chamber of Commerce thing. Santa and Mrs. Claus were both honchos. I took pics, handed out candy & flyers, stuff like that. It was cute.
It was a local Chamber of Commerce thing. Santa and Mrs. Claus were both honchos. I took pics, handed out candy & flyers, stuff like that. It was cute.
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It's wild but not surprising that last week the White House was leaning into "these seditious Democrats dared suggest that troops were receiving illegal orders!!!" and this week they are scrambling to figure out who to blame for issuing illegal orders.
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It's wild but not surprising that last week the White House was leaning into "these seditious Democrats dared suggest that troops were receiving illegal orders!!!" and this week they are scrambling to figure out who to blame for issuing illegal orders.
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Abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia on December 2, 1859.
December 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia on December 2, 1859.
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I am begging one, JUST ONE, congressional reporter to follow up with Mike Johnson by asking, "What are the American people to make of a Speaker of the House who tells us daily that he's not aware of what's happening on Capitol Hill and the White House?"
December 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I am begging one, JUST ONE, congressional reporter to follow up with Mike Johnson by asking, "What are the American people to make of a Speaker of the House who tells us daily that he's not aware of what's happening on Capitol Hill and the White House?"
@danaschwartz.bsky.social Could you please remind me of the title of the book you’re collaborating on?
I know you mentioned it on Noble Blood, but now I can’t find it.
I know you mentioned it on Noble Blood, but now I can’t find it.
December 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
@danaschwartz.bsky.social Could you please remind me of the title of the book you’re collaborating on?
I know you mentioned it on Noble Blood, but now I can’t find it.
I know you mentioned it on Noble Blood, but now I can’t find it.
“‘REAR door.’ Dammit.”
December 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“‘REAR door.’ Dammit.”
Christian: Heather Dale, “I Saw Three Songs/ Song of the Ship”
Secular: Tchaikovsky, “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”
Secular: Tchaikovsky, “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”
What is your favorite "Christian" Christmas song and what is your favorite "Secular" Christmas song?
I will probably always adore "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" for Christian.
And "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" for secular.
I will probably always adore "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" for Christian.
And "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" for secular.
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Christian: Heather Dale, “I Saw Three Songs/ Song of the Ship”
Secular: Tchaikovsky, “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”
Secular: Tchaikovsky, “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”
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EVERY house we looked at in altadena had a high fire risk, so we looked and bought in Pasadena even though there was less inventory. EVERY house i looked at in Altadena burned in Eaton, four weeks after we closed. Eaton missed our house by five blocks.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
EVERY house we looked at in altadena had a high fire risk, so we looked and bought in Pasadena even though there was less inventory. EVERY house i looked at in Altadena burned in Eaton, four weeks after we closed. Eaton missed our house by five blocks.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
Y'know, it IS kind of weird that the most common ads I hear on my podcasts (other than other podcasts) are Better Help or "social casino" apps.
I don't even hear the pre-prepared food ads. Like we've gone beyond "you don't have time to cook," and we're into "you don't have money or mental health."
I don't even hear the pre-prepared food ads. Like we've gone beyond "you don't have time to cook," and we're into "you don't have money or mental health."
November 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Y'know, it IS kind of weird that the most common ads I hear on my podcasts (other than other podcasts) are Better Help or "social casino" apps.
I don't even hear the pre-prepared food ads. Like we've gone beyond "you don't have time to cook," and we're into "you don't have money or mental health."
I don't even hear the pre-prepared food ads. Like we've gone beyond "you don't have time to cook," and we're into "you don't have money or mental health."