@venerablebidet.bsky.social
Irreverent and irrelevant academic, whacker of the thunderbroom
I’m doing that later today to use up my whites leftover from eggnog
December 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I’m doing that later today to use up my whites leftover from eggnog
My partner needed wheelchair service this summer (broken heel) and let’s just say it was a wildly different experience at different airports
December 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My partner needed wheelchair service this summer (broken heel) and let’s just say it was a wildly different experience at different airports
It seems like they were pretty popular but pretty awful. My independent mechanic had seen multiple escapes where the engines grenaded before 100k miles
December 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It seems like they were pretty popular but pretty awful. My independent mechanic had seen multiple escapes where the engines grenaded before 100k miles
Were the refs covetous?
December 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Were the refs covetous?
My SIL has gone from authoritarian politics to being weird about food additives.
December 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
My SIL has gone from authoritarian politics to being weird about food additives.
I’ve been saying all along that’s the problem with inflation. With recession, there is a fairly easy and painless (in the short term)answer (government stimulus to goose demand) but there is really no quick fix for inflation.
December 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I’ve been saying all along that’s the problem with inflation. With recession, there is a fairly easy and painless (in the short term)answer (government stimulus to goose demand) but there is really no quick fix for inflation.
I had “the thing” underoos and felt ripped off
December 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I had “the thing” underoos and felt ripped off
I rewatched them all over the summer in order and agree. But it is a particular brand of stupid that I can’t quantify. Somehow, Moonrsker Stupid didn’t bother me but Octopussy stupid did
December 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I rewatched them all over the summer in order and agree. But it is a particular brand of stupid that I can’t quantify. Somehow, Moonrsker Stupid didn’t bother me but Octopussy stupid did
The racism has been the guiding principle of conservatives for at least 60 years
December 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The racism has been the guiding principle of conservatives for at least 60 years
His skill, and I think this has value, was in communicating tricky concepts to a mass audience. But rally, all he was doing was a fancy moving average. He doesn’t offer any explanation of why people make the choice a they do, at least not using data. I guess he does as a pundit but those takes are…
December 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
His skill, and I think this has value, was in communicating tricky concepts to a mass audience. But rally, all he was doing was a fancy moving average. He doesn’t offer any explanation of why people make the choice a they do, at least not using data. I guess he does as a pundit but those takes are…
As a political scientist who studies voting behavior, I think he’s pretty mid as a data analyst too
December 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
As a political scientist who studies voting behavior, I think he’s pretty mid as a data analyst too
I’m old enough to remember when Reagan laughed at gay men dying of aids
December 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I’m old enough to remember when Reagan laughed at gay men dying of aids
Blond squirrel finds a bit once in A while
December 17, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Blond squirrel finds a bit once in A while
I mean that was basically why she left the Times, she’s just too dumb to know that
December 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I mean that was basically why she left the Times, she’s just too dumb to know that
Yeah, it’s not unpleasant. I just kind of let it do its thing. It seems to green up about the same time as the grass so there’s no real downside
December 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Yeah, it’s not unpleasant. I just kind of let it do its thing. It seems to green up about the same time as the grass so there’s no real downside
I’ve grown cucumbers but have had disease issues and honestly I don’t think they’re a huge improvement over what I can get at the store. Tomatoes, on the other hand, are night and day
December 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I’ve grown cucumbers but have had disease issues and honestly I don’t think they’re a huge improvement over what I can get at the store. Tomatoes, on the other hand, are night and day
I had lemon balm (mint family) take over a chunk of my back yard. I actually don’t mind. It smells good when I mow
December 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I had lemon balm (mint family) take over a chunk of my back yard. I actually don’t mind. It smells good when I mow
Wasn’t there a post 9/11 plot foiled where a couple guys tried to buy terrorist uniforms and horses from an fbi agent
December 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Wasn’t there a post 9/11 plot foiled where a couple guys tried to buy terrorist uniforms and horses from an fbi agent
When Red Dawn is your peak of cinema
December 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
When Red Dawn is your peak of cinema
Mexico, a country famous for a lack of gun violence
December 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Mexico, a country famous for a lack of gun violence
Sounds like my ex. She was a disaster
December 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Sounds like my ex. She was a disaster
I usually snow low my neighbors across the street. I worry that they couldn’t get out I. A medical emergency. It’s like an extra 10 minutes.
December 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I usually snow low my neighbors across the street. I worry that they couldn’t get out I. A medical emergency. It’s like an extra 10 minutes.
It’s like a government staffed by 8th graders
December 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It’s like a government staffed by 8th graders
