James Felix Black
@tft.io
A large person, in Canada. Father to two, smaller persons. Wife guy. Dual citizen, a modicum of discipline.
Proud liberal. Hobbesian. Unix apostate, Classic Mac OS revanchist, tilter at path-dependent windmills. Emacsist.
Proud liberal. Hobbesian. Unix apostate, Classic Mac OS revanchist, tilter at path-dependent windmills. Emacsist.
The thing that's most irritating about the Cybertruck, aside from everything, is that it falls into the uncanny valley between "a real car" and "a cool doodle" and ends up looking much worse for it. If it were 20% MORE cartoonish, or 10% less, it wouldn't look so goddamned idiotic.
The Rivian ones are different, to me, because they're not functionally any dumber looking than any other Childcrusher F-1000x King Cab whatever. The Cybertruck is easily the stupidest looking thing I see any day I see it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The thing that's most irritating about the Cybertruck, aside from everything, is that it falls into the uncanny valley between "a real car" and "a cool doodle" and ends up looking much worse for it. If it were 20% MORE cartoonish, or 10% less, it wouldn't look so goddamned idiotic.
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Can a band that sold 43 million albums still be underappreciated? Bill Janovitz thinks so, and his new biography makes the case. Read Jim’s newsletter for a fresh look at the band’s music, their lasting influence, and his firsthand memories of seeing them live as a teenager: bit.ly/3LxhJiQ
November 17, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Can a band that sold 43 million albums still be underappreciated? Bill Janovitz thinks so, and his new biography makes the case. Read Jim’s newsletter for a fresh look at the band’s music, their lasting influence, and his firsthand memories of seeing them live as a teenager: bit.ly/3LxhJiQ
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the Alouettes are having a lot of trouble in the 2-minute drill because the offensive coordinator is legally required to call each play into the QB headset in both English and French
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
the Alouettes are having a lot of trouble in the 2-minute drill because the offensive coordinator is legally required to call each play into the QB headset in both English and French
Wonderful
Kramer, What's going on in there?
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Wonderful
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
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November 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Sweet merciful Jesus I need you to do something for me
November 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Sweet merciful Jesus I need you to do something for me
RETVRN
The Grey Cup is on, so it's time, once again, to remember that Pierre Trudeau rolled up to Grey Cup in 1970 looking like this.
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
RETVRN
Everything about this post is perfect.
I was being smug about the folks who create towering grease fires when they fail to thoroughly thaw their turkeys pre-frying only to realize I failed to thaw tofu for dinner. Related, I thought of a new drag name: Hugh Bris.
“Looking to deep fry a turkey this year, an activity so dangerous that fire departments release annual PSAs warning against it? Then pick a name you can trust: Loco Cookers!”
November 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Everything about this post is perfect.
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The fact that you can, for all intents and purposes, die a miserable death where the cause is TOPOLOGY is absolute nightmare fuel. Pure Lovecraftian horror: the shape from space that eats your brain.
November 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The fact that you can, for all intents and purposes, die a miserable death where the cause is TOPOLOGY is absolute nightmare fuel. Pure Lovecraftian horror: the shape from space that eats your brain.
I’m sympathetic to the argument that this sort of thing, while clearly statutory rape, is perhaps a different order of offense than what Trump did; on the other hand, it’s not fucking hard not to sleep with an underage student as a 22 yr old, so my sympathy here is somewhat attenuate.
epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
November 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I’m sympathetic to the argument that this sort of thing, while clearly statutory rape, is perhaps a different order of offense than what Trump did; on the other hand, it’s not fucking hard not to sleep with an underage student as a 22 yr old, so my sympathy here is somewhat attenuate.
A PROGRESSIVELY ACCUMULATING NUMBER OF PRIONS IN THE ENVIRONMENT
Great great great I will never sleep again.
Great great great I will never sleep again.
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A PROGRESSIVELY ACCUMULATING NUMBER OF PRIONS IN THE ENVIRONMENT
Great great great I will never sleep again.
Great great great I will never sleep again.
The stoppable force meets the movable object
Watching this game between the 1-11 Wizards and 1-11 Nets. The Nets are on pace for 30+ turnovers.
#nba
#nba
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The stoppable force meets the movable object
A YIKES here is entirely appropriate
My dad was pals with Gajdusek and we used to go to his house for cookouts and I asked him about kuru once.
November 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A YIKES here is entirely appropriate
Prionic diseases have been my nightmare since the 80s when I met Gajdusek. Normal kids were afraid of crocodiles or quicksand and I was kept up nights by Able Archer and FFI and shit.
Fewer prions
November 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Prionic diseases have been my nightmare since the 80s when I met Gajdusek. Normal kids were afraid of crocodiles or quicksand and I was kept up nights by Able Archer and FFI and shit.
Also I mean “Gary” is a top decile cat name.
Amazing, no notes, I do not desire to learn anything else about this story, for it would only detract from the perfection on this headline.
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Also I mean “Gary” is a top decile cat name.
This is amazing
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This is amazing
It’s also good? Setting aside what’s in her heart or whatever, public acts of contrition for bad acts is a load bearing pillar of a civil society.
Obviously, who knows if she'll behave consistently with those words going forward. But the mere fact that she apologized and acknowledged that she has played that role is not at all what I expected from her.
November 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It’s also good? Setting aside what’s in her heart or whatever, public acts of contrition for bad acts is a load bearing pillar of a civil society.
Every single thing I learn about our Dour Serb King makes me love him more
i do not know Nikola Jokić's godfather and offseason conditioning coach, Nebojša Vagić, but i respect him so much
November 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Every single thing I learn about our Dour Serb King makes me love him more
Naked Raygun, THROB THROB to ALL RISE
Good evening Bluesky. What do you think is the sharpest rise in quality between a first album and a second album?
My choice is from "Frank" to "Back In Black" by Amy Winehouse.
My choice is from "Frank" to "Back In Black" by Amy Winehouse.
November 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Naked Raygun, THROB THROB to ALL RISE
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Thought experiment: what do you think would happen if your local police chief announced that henceforth, they would be shifting the majority of their resources to crack down on underage drinking. Three things would logically follow:
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Thought experiment: what do you think would happen if your local police chief announced that henceforth, they would be shifting the majority of their resources to crack down on underage drinking. Three things would logically follow:
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feels weird to say that a website has amazing comedic timing but
November 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
feels weird to say that a website has amazing comedic timing but
CHICAGO POPE
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
Pope Leo returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture.
n.pr
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
CHICAGO POPE
Having a lovely dinner with my wife’s extended family and the question of who our Man Crush is and yes Idris Elba, yes Tom Hardy, but I mean for me it will always be
November 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Having a lovely dinner with my wife’s extended family and the question of who our Man Crush is and yes Idris Elba, yes Tom Hardy, but I mean for me it will always be
Simony, probably
oh dope very excited to see what we get in Boston fuck "binging podcasts" what the living fuck
Every vice should have a city you have to go to to do it. Want to gamble, go to Vegas. Want to binge drink, go to New Orleans. Want to crypto, go to Dubai. Want to swinger, go to Tampa. You get it.
November 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Simony, probably