Simon
@thedenature.bsky.social
Historian. Absolute angst kraken.
Philadelphia/Lenapehoking
Philadelphia/Lenapehoking
It's a mean little movie. (complimentary)
November 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It's a mean little movie. (complimentary)
So that's fBeetle's head on Blink and mBeetle's head on ??? (looks a bit like DC's Parasite?)
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
So that's fBeetle's head on Blink and mBeetle's head on ??? (looks a bit like DC's Parasite?)
My favorite example of the 1918 flu in popular culture is this apocalyptic blues/gospel song recorded in 1928.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mabT...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mabT...
Blind Willie Johnson - Jesus Is Coming Soon
YouTube video by Jazz and Blues Experience
m.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
My favorite example of the 1918 flu in popular culture is this apocalyptic blues/gospel song recorded in 1928.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mabT...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mabT...
"Bobby Bumps, Surf Rider" is the original Surf Dracula.
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Bobby Bumps, Surf Rider" is the original Surf Dracula.
Now I have a sudden hankering for some anti-life.
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Now I have a sudden hankering for some anti-life.
If there’s nothing exceptional in the RFKj/Nuzzi/Lizza scandal, then there’s nothing worth saving in contemporary political journalism.
November 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
If there’s nothing exceptional in the RFKj/Nuzzi/Lizza scandal, then there’s nothing worth saving in contemporary political journalism.
Among other things, I don’t generally regard Harvard as a “liberal arts college.”
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Among other things, I don’t generally regard Harvard as a “liberal arts college.”
“Radiohead tractors” makes it even better.
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“Radiohead tractors” makes it even better.
It’s apparently Riverdale Archie?
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It’s apparently Riverdale Archie?
I’m asking because my wife’s family all say it too, and we had been discussing it when I saw your post.
November 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I’m asking because my wife’s family all say it too, and we had been discussing it when I saw your post.
Question: is “Macy’s Day parade” (ie neither “Macy’s parade” nor “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade”) a regional dialect thing?
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Question: is “Macy’s Day parade” (ie neither “Macy’s parade” nor “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade”) a regional dialect thing?
Why does Alexander Hamilton hate the winter?
It makes him say “Burrrr!”
It makes him say “Burrrr!”
November 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Why does Alexander Hamilton hate the winter?
It makes him say “Burrrr!”
It makes him say “Burrrr!”