@thagsimmons.bsky.social
Sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them
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it's all Omelas kids, except the Omelas kids also fucking suck
January 19, 2026 at 7:45 PM
it's all Omelas kids, except the Omelas kids also fucking suck
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seeing "the slogan was stupid" w/defund bubble up again and am again going to say that it did not and does not matter, and also, winning over voters is not the important part.
because we've passed police reforms before. skimpy, but they're there.
enforcing them, however? seemingly impossible.
because we've passed police reforms before. skimpy, but they're there.
enforcing them, however? seemingly impossible.
January 11, 2026 at 8:59 PM
seeing "the slogan was stupid" w/defund bubble up again and am again going to say that it did not and does not matter, and also, winning over voters is not the important part.
because we've passed police reforms before. skimpy, but they're there.
enforcing them, however? seemingly impossible.
because we've passed police reforms before. skimpy, but they're there.
enforcing them, however? seemingly impossible.
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Once again tapping the sign - the natural world today is full of behavioural chaos, and this must have been the case throughout much of deep time.
January 9, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Once again tapping the sign - the natural world today is full of behavioural chaos, and this must have been the case throughout much of deep time.
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the most concerning thing about them justifying murdering an obviously completely innocent murder by ICE is if they can justify and defend this, there’s nothing that’s too far for them. anything you can imagine them doing is very likely something they’ll stand behind
January 7, 2026 at 9:54 PM
the most concerning thing about them justifying murdering an obviously completely innocent murder by ICE is if they can justify and defend this, there’s nothing that’s too far for them. anything you can imagine them doing is very likely something they’ll stand behind
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in these moments, in my view, it is a political and spiritual DUTY for my outrage and anger to be as fresh as if I'd never heard how they shot Fred Hampton in his bed. As fresh as if I didn't know Bobby Hutton was surrendering when they shot him. 1/2
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
in these moments, in my view, it is a political and spiritual DUTY for my outrage and anger to be as fresh as if I'd never heard how they shot Fred Hampton in his bed. As fresh as if I didn't know Bobby Hutton was surrendering when they shot him. 1/2
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i want to believe the US will not let trump get away with saying that the shooter was actually ran over, and injured, and he is in hospital recovering & it is surprising he survived. none of that is even conceivably a bend of the truth, it's just a completely different reality. beyond the pale
January 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
i want to believe the US will not let trump get away with saying that the shooter was actually ran over, and injured, and he is in hospital recovering & it is surprising he survived. none of that is even conceivably a bend of the truth, it's just a completely different reality. beyond the pale
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We had a good run
2026 could be great. We simply don't know.
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
We had a good run
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The chart is almost complete! I'm happy with my selection of >1m animals, but this is your last chance to request a critter if you think I've missed an important one (no guarantees I'll add it though!).
Keep your eye out for the final chart - there is more to come! 👀
Keep your eye out for the final chart - there is more to come! 👀
December 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The chart is almost complete! I'm happy with my selection of >1m animals, but this is your last chance to request a critter if you think I've missed an important one (no guarantees I'll add it though!).
Keep your eye out for the final chart - there is more to come! 👀
Keep your eye out for the final chart - there is more to come! 👀
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IT'S HERE! We have a new video! This time around, we take a deep dive on Deinocheirus, the hunchbacked mega goose. youtu.be/Kye28-iEHpo
December 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
IT'S HERE! We have a new video! This time around, we take a deep dive on Deinocheirus, the hunchbacked mega goose. youtu.be/Kye28-iEHpo
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Area party upset to discover that years of sadistic, violent rhetoric and actions critically eroded political norms they forgot that they also relied on, news at 11
There's so many of these btw, NoVa right wingers realizing that their neighbors genuinely hate them
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Area party upset to discover that years of sadistic, violent rhetoric and actions critically eroded political norms they forgot that they also relied on, news at 11
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Congratulations to the Cuomo team: it takes a lot of dedication and money to lose one election twice.
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Congratulations to the Cuomo team: it takes a lot of dedication and money to lose one election twice.
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there's a weird feedback loop where the media's reaction to kirk's death pushes you to speak more ill of the dead than you otherwise would because it's the only reasonable response to the simpering praise they're heaping on him
September 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
there's a weird feedback loop where the media's reaction to kirk's death pushes you to speak more ill of the dead than you otherwise would because it's the only reasonable response to the simpering praise they're heaping on him
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This is such a poorly known animal, and so I've based my reconstruction entirely on the description of it being 'deinonychosaurian' in nature. Adding it to the lineup, we've got our smallest critter so far - again eyeballing the size to some extent.
August 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is such a poorly known animal, and so I've based my reconstruction entirely on the description of it being 'deinonychosaurian' in nature. Adding it to the lineup, we've got our smallest critter so far - again eyeballing the size to some extent.
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Dem strategy - "we will not do anything to safeguard the future against Republicans so you'd better make sure we win every election" - *would* be a hostage situation if they could ever pull it off
August 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Dem strategy - "we will not do anything to safeguard the future against Republicans so you'd better make sure we win every election" - *would* be a hostage situation if they could ever pull it off
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Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
August 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
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Easily one of the funniest posts all year
August 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Easily one of the funniest posts all year
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"Why don't they just--"
I guarantee you they have tried. They are oilmen pacing back and forth outside a field of gushers that nobody will let them drill. They have contemplated everything short of murder to get their hands on it. (And I'm not sure that hasn't been suggested at some point.)
I guarantee you they have tried. They are oilmen pacing back and forth outside a field of gushers that nobody will let them drill. They have contemplated everything short of murder to get their hands on it. (And I'm not sure that hasn't been suggested at some point.)
August 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"Why don't they just--"
I guarantee you they have tried. They are oilmen pacing back and forth outside a field of gushers that nobody will let them drill. They have contemplated everything short of murder to get their hands on it. (And I'm not sure that hasn't been suggested at some point.)
I guarantee you they have tried. They are oilmen pacing back and forth outside a field of gushers that nobody will let them drill. They have contemplated everything short of murder to get their hands on it. (And I'm not sure that hasn't been suggested at some point.)
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My Cousin Vinny: Ace Attorney
Had to finally release this from my head
Had to finally release this from my head
August 4, 2025 at 7:27 AM
My Cousin Vinny: Ace Attorney
Had to finally release this from my head
Had to finally release this from my head
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the hard mode corollary to disco elysium convincing people that gamers are art is convincing gamers that they already like literature
Seems we have a Discourse. Disco Elysium is the best opportunity gamers have to convince non-gamers that games are art. I’ve converted half a dozen.
Trust this English PhD dropout that DE is the most innovative novel of the century. Because it’s a game. Play it and fall in love.
Trust this English PhD dropout that DE is the most innovative novel of the century. Because it’s a game. Play it and fall in love.
The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made - on.ft.com/4ojvxw4 (free link for first three)
A really interesting, indefinably disturbing long read. I just have one question: who has all the time for these games? I mean...
A really interesting, indefinably disturbing long read. I just have one question: who has all the time for these games? I mean...
August 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
the hard mode corollary to disco elysium convincing people that gamers are art is convincing gamers that they already like literature
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Evolutionary Arms Race
July 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Evolutionary Arms Race
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i posted this more than a year ago because it was obvious by then that israel was trying to starve gaza, & i knew there would come a time in the future when a bunch of people who know better would pretend to suddenly find out about it
July 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
i posted this more than a year ago because it was obvious by then that israel was trying to starve gaza, & i knew there would come a time in the future when a bunch of people who know better would pretend to suddenly find out about it