Reposted by Doug MesselBrian G. aka urbanbohemian 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 4hWe're on Bluesky, put the link in your post. Put the link in your post. Put. The. Link. In. Your. Post. Links in posts aren't buried or de-prioritized here. This is one of the last platforms you don't have to make interested users do detective work to find the link. Just put it in the post. 71423463
Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 6hInsurance company caught me in a moment of weakness and sold me a new homeowners and auto policy and went I went to cancel, my current agent tried to talk me out of switching. This is gonna turn into a big old headache, I'm sure. I dunno why I didn't just call my current agent in the first place. 000
Reposted by Doug MesselSam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 9hit is very cool to have the livelihood of every creative person on earth obliterated by people who don’t understand what art is for 32869130
Reposted by Doug MesselJaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 9hI keep thinking about this and Nikole Hannah-Jones' pieces and how all the pain and devil's bargains with modern K-12 schooling is all in service of sending kids to places like this. At every "elite" high school, this is the goal. For fucking what? 123649
Reposted by Doug Messelcait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 10hthey can never supply examples of the things they claim have so massively improved from what people are imagining. "they're so much better and they can think and write music" okay where is it 3868245
Reposted by Doug MesselTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 29/09/2026a whole lot of republicans pretending to be democrats showing themselves today with their support of a bill that takes money away from young black workers and gives it to rich white men! 39517
Reposted by Doug MesselLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 29/09/2026All of you know this, but any time some centrist loser starts talking about how a social policy will only benefit the wealthy what they really mean is they don't want anything to benefit anyone. 9662101
Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 29/09/2026deeply upset that I enjoyed (and still enjoy) like 65% of the songs on this list 010
Reposted by Doug Messelryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 29/09/2026in reality Democrats are the only US party interested in child benefits. conservatives and centrists hate the welfare state, they think the working class must be forced to work by the threat of destitution. so every policy must have a work requirement, which is impossible for stay at home parents 556879
Reposted by Doug Messeldr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 18/06/2025i cant stop laughing at everything about this sorry 7774311385
Reposted by Doug MesselKiley @kileywrestling.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I better hear no criticisms of AEW and its build to Wrestle Dream. They have less than 3 weeks to put a show together while grieving and mourning. You can sit down and shut up for this one. 532161
Reposted by Doug MesselCalvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026yall, ig is popping off. the girlies are doxxing every single admin they can find at cornell, plus the cornell 7 and their families. women are (correctly) going scorched earth. 272535552
Reposted by Doug MesselRebecca Lowboy @beckstraordinary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Folks complaining about stuffy VMA carpet fashions, barely acknowledging it’s being hosted by CBS. We used to have Mtv.You can’t bring your nip nops to CBS. You can’t have excess without access to rock’n’roll. Fun has left the building. What you’re watching is fascism come to court millennials. 1135
Reposted by Doug MesselAlan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Gen Z moviegoers are trying to claim Robert Pattinson, a 40-year-old millennial, as their own. This is shameless swagger-jacking, just like how Gen Z fans try to claim Charli XCX. But when I was dancing to "I Love It" in sweaty clubs in the early 2010s, I certainly didn't see any middle schoolers. 1119510
Reposted by Doug MesselMelissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I am tired of having to pretend that the value of studying my discipline solely rests on the "marketable skills" we teach. Sometimes things are just worth knowing and doing because they make your life bigger and richer. 131218253
Reposted by Doug MesselTom. @notthattomgreen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Someone was talking about PAC being stoic at meet & greets on Twitter, so it reminded me of this anecdote. 12929290
Reposted by Doug MesselCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Scott Hanson of RedZone talking about a man who sexually assaulted 28 women and might lead his team to a meaningless week 3 win: "Even with all the things swirling around in Deshaun Watsons back story, he can be a hero in this game" 38825133
Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 26/09/2026Like I knew it existed but didn’t think I’d encounter it in the wild on a Friday night 000
Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 26/09/2026Because I’m watching the Indiana game on Fox, I was subjected to the government-funded Trump ad and now I want to punch someone 010
Reposted by Doug MesselInfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is the dream our forefathers fought for. 6563861290
Reposted by Doug MesselElla Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We're 52% of the way to our goal of 100 subscribers! If you love progressive, diverse romance novels, please join our community on Bindery and help us launch a romance publishing imprint with them: rebeleverafter.binderybooks.com 179
Reposted by Doug MesselBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026What's hard about public policy is weighing the trade offs. For example, something sucks really bad and everyone hates it, but on the other hand several evil trillionaires think it's good. What are you supposed to do in that situation 201824286
Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 25/09/202630 Rock was oddly prescient, as alwaysyoutu.beLiz In Cleveland | 30 RockYouTube video by 30 Rock Official 010
Reposted by Doug Messelhuck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026nothing could have prepared me for the end of dan osborn's attack ad against nebraska gov pete ricketts. 3369
Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 23/09/2026I just started a popular oral medication and I gotta say it is kicking my ass. 010
Reposted by Doug MesselEli Deep @elideep.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Glad to hear Beshear still standing up for trans kids. If the governor of fucking Kentucky can say we should let middle school kids make friends, any dem pol can. Period. 0112
Reposted by Doug MesselLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The worst men alive all absolutely love AI and hate trans people. Huh. Probably no lessons for me to learn there. 132208487
Reposted by Doug MesselNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026No one is disposable, including the canary ❤️🦜✊ 131978674
Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 22/09/2026Banjo lost morning TV privileges yesterday because he didn't brush his teeth or make his bed, and I did not micromanage him, so now he's whining and I told him to read the issue of Highlights he just got even though it's "so boring." 030
Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 22/09/2026It’s time for everyone to gather round as a family and read the @mcsweeneys.net holiday classic 120
Reposted by Doug MesselTrevor Dame @trevordame.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I'm looking forward to what exciting booking ideas Bari Weiss has for AEW. A depressed looking Brody King trying to start a chant of "SLIGHTLY RESTRUCTURE ICE" . 3718
Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 21/09/2026🎵if you’re looking for me, you better check under the sea 🎵 000
Reposted by Doug MesselMalevolent Maelstrom @chemicalchaos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back" 11568081522
Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 21/09/2026everyone's joking about fifth third bank having a shitty name but let me also assure you that it's a shitty bank 110
Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 21/09/2026got a burr up my ass to plug the NAS back in this week and switch to Jellyfin, so I've been gobbling up out-of-print anime and/or shit I want to watch that otherwise requires giving money to crunchyroll 031
Reposted by Doug MesselHappy National Hamburger Day @birdrespecter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Cardinals are 0-8 at home since this btw 386797
Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 21/09/2026The Marshall ad accusing Adam Hamilton of pocketing PPP loans is disgusting. The church very clearly said where those funds went and what they supported. www.umnews.org/en/news/mill...umnews.orgMillions in federal dollars boost ministries | UMNews.orgThe U.S. Paycheck Protection Program threw a lifeline to hundreds of United Methodist ministries, but finances remain a concern. 020
Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 20/09/2026Decided to watch a Genocyber clip this afternoon because it’s been on my mind this week and, welp, glad to know it’s still too screwed up for me to handle. 000
Reposted by Doug MesselMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 20/09/2026In today's installment of the most tin-eared awards campaign of the year so far, Tom Cruise basically DOGE-brags about how he made the make-up people on Digger work faster because he's an efficiency expert. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...hollywoodreporter.comTom Cruise Reveals How He Cut ‘Digger’ Transformation Time From Six Hours to Under OneAlejandro G. Iñárritu’s dark comedy with an unrecognizable Cruise as the lead opens in theaters Oct. 2. 3826838
Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 19/09/2026I need to look at the college football schedule before I say “yeah, sure” to playing D&D on a Saturday night. 000