Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 11hWas at a magic show last night, and the magician made a joke to his volunteer on stage about "this is what happens when you don't vote". The room broke out into enthusiastic applause. Maybe, just maybe, we're finally about to wake up from this fucking nightmare. 🤨🖕🍊🤡🐘 000
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 09/10/2026From Cory Doctorow’s “Enshittification”. Sound familiar? 🤨🖕🍊🤡🐘 000
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 06/10/2026I know I keep raving about JustRead, but it just keeps getting better - 5.2 just dropped with a new look and a bunch of improvements to go with it. The steady flow of tweaks and fixes and features is just amazing. apps.apple.com/us/app/epub-... 000
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 06/10/2026I’ve never been able to read it without hearing his voice anyway, finally be nice to have it coming from *outside* my head. www.fangoria.com/joe-bob-brig...fangoria.comTHE LAST DRIVE-IN’s Joe Bob Briggs Has Something New For YouJoe Bob Briggs has made his first ever audiobook and we’ve got the exclusive details right here, right now. 000
Reposted by Hendel ThistletopAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026NEW: During a rally just now, Trump invited Iran to “take out Los Angeles and San Diego,” saying it would be a “small price to pay.” 66530801193
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 06/10/2026So both Props 41 and 41 are basically designed to kill Prop 40, and will do so unless it not only passes but gets more votes than either of them. youtu.be/RNMg3cu-A0s Let's go back and review some examples of just how much a billion is, shall we? paisaudao.com/blog/how-muc... Oh, and fuck Elon. 🤨youtu.beProp. 40, 41 and 42 explained | California 2026 election #shorts #california #propositionsYouTube video by CalMatters 000
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 03/10/2026This should be *every* parking lot in SoCal. Theme parks, malls, sports stadiums. www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/202610...themeparkinsider.comSix Flags Magic Mountain goes full power with solar carportPower is flowing full force now from Six Flags Magic Mountain's parking lot solar canopies. The installation is the largest solar carport in California. 010
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 02/10/2026If you’re going to a SoCal haunt this weekend, any SoCal haunt, maybe be extra kind to the monsters out there in 100° temps wearing *layers* of foam latex and silicone and fabric (especially the ones trapped inside stuffy mazes that basically turn into ovens) for your entertainment. Seriously. 110
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 02/10/2026Is there *nothing* that fucking clown can't ruin? 🤨🖕🍊🤡 010
Reposted by Hendel ThistletopNewshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If only it had been this way. Justice denied! 👇 👇 👇 👇 16859261452
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 29/09/2026Once again I’m so impressed by how quickly JustRead is constantly updated with both fixes and new features. If you read on an iDevice and feel abandoned by your current app, check it out. apps.apple.com/us/app/epub-...apps.apple.comEPUB Reader - JustRead App - App StoreDownload EPUB Reader - JustRead by PETR JAHODA on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like EPUB Reader - JustRead. 000
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 26/09/2026The problem with new Siri in iOS 27 is remembering to use it, because Siri was never particularly useful before this. 🤨 000
Reposted by Hendel ThistletopBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/09/2026COME FOR THE WEEKEND…. STAY FOREVER wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/8285029... 4614
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 17/09/2026For no reason at all, thinking about the amazing opening scene of X-Men 2 with Nightcrawler again this morning. Bamf! Bamf! Bamf! youtu.be/T_sqR3qWptMyoutu.beX-men 2 - Night Crawler Attacks White House!YouTube video by corecentrally 000
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 16/09/2026Ridiculously customizable, works great with Calibre, syncs across devices, and very cool stats tab. Best of all, the developer has been *AMAZINGLY* responsive. If you’re an iOS reader, especially one that likes to maintain your own library, this is your app. apps.apple.com/us/app/epub-...apps.apple.comEPUB Reader - justread App - App StoreDownload EPUB Reader - justread by PETR JAHODA on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like EPUB Reader - justread. 000
Reposted by Hendel ThistletopThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Imagine having enough cases of bestiality in your recruits that you have to loosen hiring rules to get enough of them in. 1982472694
Reposted by Hendel ThistletopThe Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Just to be clear: It's bestiality, not beastiality. You can remember it this way: Melania Trump always says, "Be bestiality." 88811
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 15/09/2026“Please deposit twenty-five cents for the next three minutes.” 000
Reposted by Hendel ThistletopMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Makes me wish we had one. Or, maybe, just one that isn't monumentally stupid. 2802901466
Reposted by Hendel ThistletopMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Wait, Russia has agreed not to hit its own refineries? God, he's so stupid . . . 1761295241
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 14/09/2026@ultimatehaunt.bsky.social’s intro talking about the origins of superstitions and why they persist in this episode is great. overcast.fm/+ABQ-mIDZla8overcast.fmDavid Bertolino — Working the Fright ShiftSeason 3 of Working the Fright Shift opens with a landmark conversation recorded live at the world‑famous Halloween convention, Midsummer Scream. Ted Dougherty sits down with David Bertolino—the creat... 000
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 14/09/2026Again. And again. And again. Not a parody. The actual President. Fuck him, and fuck anyone that was racist, greedy, or just gullible enough to vote for him. I'm tired of this shit. 000
Reposted by Hendel ThistletopWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This will be on the screen at the start of the next "Planet of the Apes" or "I Am Legend" end of the world flick 1435148
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 14/09/2026Just watched a decade-old Elementary episode in which they foil a complex multi-year plot to plant evidence of nuclear weapons development in order to push the US into attacking Iran and risking WW3. Or, I suppose an egomanical doddering old fuck could just do it on a whim. 🤨 110
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 13/09/2026Cory Doctorow talking about correlation v. causation when it comes to “AI” (or “why LLMs suck at chess”) is well worth a listen. His talks and interviews almost always are. overcast.fm/+ABBanQEneHoovercast.fmWhy AI Can’t Replace You with Cory Doctorow — Factually! with Adam ConoverWe’ve been told AI is supposed to be a tool for us to use. But more and more it feels like we’re the ones being used to feed the machines, before they inevitably replace us. Joining me today is author... 020
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 13/09/2026Made my save against Apple shiny last year, but… 000
Reposted by Hendel ThistletopHigh Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 11/09/2026I don't typically write about 9/11 (I don't believe I've done so since the LiveJournal days, when it occurred in the first place) but I was actually thinking about it yesterday - and not because of the usual rigmarole leading up to memorial ceremonies. No, it was because of a pedicure. 127267
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 09/09/2026The Rat Queens are my favorite fantasy adventuring group, full stop - this from a guy legally named after one of his original D&D characters. If you've never partied with the Queens, here's your chance. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...backerkit.comRat Queens - Vengeance on VillainsFrom Rat Queens creators Kurtis Wiebe & Roc Upchurch - a game that the Queens always deserved! A fast-paced, co-operative deck-building tower defence game where friendship makes you stronger and villa... 010
Reposted by Hendel ThistletopJeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026the issue isn't that Donny chose to wear jet-black roadkill atop his pumpkin head. the issue is that anyone who would voluntarily do that is too impaired to run a country. thank you for your attention to today's very strong, very powerful post like few thought possible. link is here: bit.ly/4qUncRi 31920202
Reposted by Hendel ThistletopWIRED @wired.com · 07/09/2026Christopher was sick of being ghosted by AI recruiters. So he unleashed ChatGPT on his robot interviewer.wired.comThe Logical End Point of AI Job Interviews Is Two Bots Talking to Each OtherChristopher was sick of being ghosted by AI recruiters. So he unleashed ChatGPT on his robot interviewer. 714938
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 06/09/2026🤷♂️😂 music.apple.com/us/album/wel...music.apple.comWell, This Is Shit (Electric Timebomb Remix) by Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq & Victor Ghastly's Electric Timebomb on Apple MusicSong · 2025 · Duration 3:22 100
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 05/09/2026If you’re looking for a ridiculously customizable full-featured and *supported* ePub reader for iOS, especially if you have a Calibre server, take a look at justread. apps.apple.com/us/app/epub-...apps.apple.comEPUB Reader - justread App - App StoreDownload EPUB Reader - justread by PETR JAHODA on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like EPUB Reader - justread. 100
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 01/09/2026So, the backstory of B-horror movie Hungry, about hippos being imported into Louisiana to replace cattle is true? 😶 www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...smithsonianmag.comHow the U.S. Almost Became a Nation of Hippo RanchersIn 1910, a failed House bill sought to increase the availability of low-cost meat by importing hippopotamuses that would be killed to make "lake cow bacon" 000
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 30/08/2026So hooray for Lake Ontario and all, but… It is Sunday afternoon as I write this, and I assure you MapQuest Knott’s is very much open. 000
Reposted by Hendel ThistletopRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Immensely proud of these folks at NASA. He's using them as a prop for his bullshit and they are in no way accommodating it. He'll likely respond to this by defunding NASA, calling them "not nice people." 1432355
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 28/08/2026You're earned at least a week as my new default nav app, MapQuest. Welcome back. gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario/...gulfof.mapquest.comLake MAGA Tears - MapQuestCheck out my custom map where I renamed Lake Ontario to Lake MAGA Tears! 010
Reposted by Hendel ThistletopJeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Donny was asked to comment on Dolly Parton, so of course the stupid shit started yammering about how much she really liked him. shut the fuck up, piggy. thank you for your attention to today's post, in which I compare the lives of Dolly and Donny. spoiler: he sucks. link is here: bit.ly/45MWccS 17622104
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 27/08/2026"I hate to break it to the President, but we don't have a problem with Canada, dude. *You* have a problem with Canada. I say we let them fight it out. Donald Trump against 31 million hockey goons on the White House lawn." Fuckin' Eh, Jelly Roll. Fuckin' Eh. 010
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 27/08/2026Kybook 3 still works, but hasn’t been updated in forever and I’d worried about it suddenly *not* so I found justRead in the iOS App Store. So far so good, including Calibre/OPDS support! 000
Reposted by Hendel ThistletopMike Masnick @masnick.com · 25/08/2026If you missed it the first time around, I highly recommend listening Jad Abumrad's podcast series "Dolly Parton's America." www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...wnycstudios.orgDolly Parton's America : Episodes | WNYC Studios | PodcastsThe story of a legend at the crossroads of America’s culture wars. 421875
Reposted by Hendel ThistletopMike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton dying hits so hard. She felt like one of those figures who always was and always will be. She felt like America when it was trying to be the place it promised to be. As beloved as her music is, it’s even better than people give it credit for. There won’t be another one like her. 162080317
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 25/08/2026Well, fuck. Never mind her music - by all accounts, literally *all* of them, Dolly was just one of the kindest, most human humans ever. She was *universally* admired. And now she's gone, but the abomination that represents the absolute opposite of everything she was remains. *FUCK*. 🤨 000
Reposted by Hendel ThistletopMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A saint like Dolly Parton dies. And a demon like Donald Trump lives. If there is a God, he doesn’t like us. 😢 2112742390
Hendel Thistletop @belchingdragon.com · 22/08/2026Had no idea this existed until it popped up in one of my horror groups this AM. Now it’s high on my watch list. youtu.be/pgtdkuNFoKkyoutu.beIs God Is | Official TrailerYouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios 100
Reposted by Hendel ThistletopDan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026"this edible ain't shit" two hours later: 185182584358