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Rustbucket G. Biv
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midwestern old maid. sharp tongues, full hearts, can't lose.
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Digging into the phenomenology of cheeseburgers is the sort of thing that keeps me coming back to the internet, despite everything
hels.bsky.social Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 13h
Sometimes someone writes to my intermittent @newyorker.com advice column and sets me up in a manner resembling Payton alley-ooping Kent www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
THE FOOD SCENE HELEN, HELP ME: ON THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF CHEESEBURGERS A New Yorker food critic answers questions about burger toppings, beef tallow, and the subjectivity of memory. By Helen Rosner January 18, 2026 How do you approach the sweetness of pickle relish on a cheeseburger? Does it complement or compete with ketchup? There was a legendary place in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that used to do mustard, relish, and ketchup, and I can't for the life of me decide if I loved it, or if I just loved being there in the middle of the night eating it. — Brian K., N.Y. C. Honestly, I've never really considered pickle relish to be one of the hamburger's totemic toppings. Sliced pickle rounds, certainly; spears on the side, without a doubt. But relish, that finely chopped, neon-hued, marmalade-textured stuff? To me, that's a hot-dog thing-which I mention here not to issue judgment but rather to illustrate how distinct my own personal associations are from your own. Herein, I think, lies the answer to your real question, which is not actually about the sweetness of the relish. The question of what toppings make a burger great, while we're eating it, is both technical and trivial, having to do with the nature of the patty and the bun, the mood of the establishment serving it, the sensibilities of the person eating it, even the time of day or night or life. Regarding the substance of the burger itself, the same accoutrements that might show a slim, lacey-edged smash patty in its best light—a little slick of mustard, a few circles of raw onion, and a melty cap of American cheese, say-might be too flimsy against the brawny heft of a half-pound bar burger that can sustain degrees of sweetness, richness, and piquancy (your barbecue sauces, your secondary meats, your nontraditional cheeses) that would suffocate a smaller patty. But what you're really asking, I think, is what makes a burger great not as it's being eaten but as it lives on in memory. Or, more to the point, how can we know that our memories of happiness are true? I spend an inordinate portion of my professional life creeping around in my own psyche, untangling knots of nostalgia and pleasure and, god, so many emotions, not least self-love and self-loathing, all of them unavoidable colorants of any bite I take. I give myself the task of locating some sort of unassailable, uncontaminated truth: that this dish of dumplings, or that cocktail, or such-and-such restaurant is actually, inarguably, wonderful. It's impossible, of course, and more than a little absurd, but it's so irresistible, isn't it, to attempt to discharge the burden of our own experience? Was that burger you ate from the Tasty, in Harvard Square? I think it must have been, and it's been nearly thirty years since that perfect little sandwich shop closed forever. I imagine it was a simple construction: a bun, a patty, a slice of cheese, ketchup, mustard, relish. But you created it, just as much as the white-capped guy standing at the grill did. The mouth and brain and cascade of sensations were yours. There is no true burger per se, lurking behind your experience of it; it didn't become the burger you ate until you ate it. It's a ludicrous idea, this notion of an objective culinary truth, but it's even more ludicrous that we're so quick to doubt our own taste in pursuit of it. Just as I go looking for proof that my rapture— or, at times, misery—at a given meal has nothing at all to do with me, here you are wondering whether you should append an asterisk to your reminiscence of a long-ago cheeseburger, one that you could never eat again, even if the Tasty were still up and running. Why question a recollection of sweetness, even of the pickle variety? You did love the relish. And you love the person you see in your memory: a young man, awake in the middle of the night, a burger topped with relish in his hands.
January 19, 2026 at 12:37 AM
placebomoon.bsky.social
“The lady has taken to bed this evening, and is not to be disturbed” I mutter, from underneath my heated blanket while scrolling instagram
January 18, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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oh no
January 18, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls
Just before Christmas, I got a puppy. Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie. I'm still learning how to understand her. Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo? Do you need to do a widdle piddle? Minnie: Arf! *I just call her "little baby" most of the time. I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now. Nobody tells you about that. I got so lucky with my first puppy. Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now. Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport. I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers. I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless. The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective. I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition. ICE will pick up anybody. I know that. So I tucked my passport away. And I largely avoid leaving my house. I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too. And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized. We'll do our best to get through this. Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
placebomoon.bsky.social
100% accurate. My least favorite podcast genres:
- two dudes yappin & overlappin (2h45m, no editor)
- celebrity host and celebrity guest compliment each other
- sports opinions
- true crime
- hustle maxxing alpha male crypto bro life coach
planetoffinks.bsky.social Joseph Fink, we're going to win @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 7d
my most controversial opinion I guess is that podcasting is good, that some of the best work in the last 15 years was happening in podcasts not television, but I also understand that most people listen to like three podcasts and they're all bad.
January 12, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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mrsalty.bsky.social
This reminds me of the time I gave a homeless man outside the local craft brewery a fiver and another customer inside told me "You shouldn't have done that; he's just gonna spend it on alcohol" and I responded "My dude, this is the brewery. We are all here to spend our money on alcohol."
mekka.mekka-tech.com Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 7d
Real convo I've heard:

NYC finance bro: SF sucks. Human 💩 on the street? Get it together.

SF tech bro: But if we add public restrooms, people will do drugs in the bathrooms.

NYC finance bro: Dude *I* do drugs in the restroom! I've done drugs *with you* in the restroom! What are you talking about?
January 11, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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anarchotokonoko.bsky.social
Shri Thanedar is a total slimeball opportunist with no core beliefs, so it's encouraging that this is where he thinks the wind is blowing
thanedar.house.gov Congressman Shri Thanedar @thanedar.house.gov · 9d
The tragic death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old mother fatally shot by ICE, shows that ICE can’t be reformed and must be abolished.

I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy.

Time to melt ICE.
January 10, 2026 at 12:06 AM
placebomoon.bsky.social
Used to be a wizard and now I’m an NPC w an enchanted amulet that lets me post once per day but answer zero emails
isabel.kim Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 12d
what u have to understand is that working on my novel, answering dms, and answering emails all cost 1 spell slot but posting? Posting is a cantrip
January 7, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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deanr.co.uk
“you won’t get away with this”
Uni lad headline hospice nurse who’s seen 100s of people die says everyone always says the same thing on their deathbed. Photo is a blond haired blue eyed woman’s face
January 5, 2026 at 7:40 PM
placebomoon.bsky.social
When I die in the RAM Riots of 2026, remember me
January 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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lansingmarketplace.bsky.social
car is scrap
January 3, 2026 at 12:12 AM
placebomoon.bsky.social
Starting out 2026 the way god intended: hating late-stage capitalism and writing cover letters for job apps
January 2, 2026 at 4:36 PM
placebomoon.bsky.social
I went to a NYE party last night at a mansion owned by society gays. This is not a humble brag this is a brag-brag. YES I was only there because I was a plus-one for someone who needed a DD and YES I got to pet rich dogs.
January 1, 2026 at 4:28 PM
placebomoon.bsky.social
I got a heated blanket for Christmas. Life is good, actually.
December 29, 2025 at 4:51 AM
placebomoon.bsky.social
I folded two baskets of laundry and now I want to die
December 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
placebomoon.bsky.social
That first time you decorate after learning to hold down alt and turning bb.moveobjects on
A real estate listing photo of a room with striped wallpaper and a ceiling of fancy old-fashioned stamped tiles. It contains many decorative objects, including a bold rug, several large vases, an ornately carved china cabinet, two carousel horses, and a carousel pig.
December 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
placebomoon.bsky.social
Like 90% of baby mammals are called kits, pups or cubs. I just wanna go on the record as saying they got otter pups wrong.
wapplehouse.bsky.social Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · Dec 20
Oh my god oh my god oh my goddddd the local aquarium has three new born otters and they CHIRP
December 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
placebomoon.bsky.social
I just really enjoy the old fruit pictures
pomological.xor.blue old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 29d
carman peaches, painted by james marion shull, 1923
carman peaches, painted by james marion shull, 1923
December 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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raxkingisdead.bsky.social
it’s so topsy turvy like up is down! black is white! the trombonist is getting all the pussy!
December 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
placebomoon.bsky.social
The most important use of social media is to semi-anonymously announce to your friends that you had too many shots and then went to the sushi buffet

Pray for me I WILL NOT be stopping
December 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
placebomoon.bsky.social
Just saw a YouTube comment that was like “My mom was a great pirate in the 2000s, now it’s time for me to carry on her legacy”

Hell yeah kid. The great ship Napster is sunk but the call of the rip ‘n’ rom seas is in yr blood
December 17, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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spavel.bsky.social
Art of War was a manual for 5th century BC noble failsons to prevent them from losing the entire army to diarrhea. This is why it appeals so much to oligarch failsons of the 21st century AD.
coveredinashe.bsky.social Asherah @coveredinashe.bsky.social · Feb 18
This is like when you read the art of war and find out it’s full of stuff like “your soldiers don’t fight as well if they’re starving. Make sure you feed them.”
February 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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vernorsherzog.bsky.social
the main clientele at Trader Joe’s is beautiful people with zero spatial awareness
December 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
placebomoon.bsky.social
Watching animated movie Sea Beast. The pitch for this was 100% “Moby Dick, but make it How To Train Your Dragon”
December 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
placebomoon.bsky.social
Top search result for “bulgogi noodle recipe” is from a site called Aaron and Claire.
a man sitting in front of a laptop with the words " why so white " written above him
Alt: a man sitting in front of a laptop with the words " why so white " written above him
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December 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM