McGuffin @hitchkitty.bsky.social · 5hWhich, of course, reminds me that an MTA fare increase inspired the longest-lived campaign song in history. 010
McGuffin @hitchkitty.bsky.social · 5hI'm amused that Smith said he did not believe in the Tooth Fairy, but that he "no longer" believed in the Easter Bunny. Somewhere in the back of his mind, he must've thought they'd try to turn -that- into a perjury trap, by presenting a letter for his third-grade teacher about how he DID believe. 000
Reposted by McGuffinKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7hWow, Liberty *and* Hillsdale? It's practically a who's who of fuck that. 3955482
McGuffin @hitchkitty.bsky.social · 5hMind you, he and his boss, and all their enablers, aren't too keen on many things that -are- in the Bible. 000
Reposted by McGuffinLf.Egalitarian @lfegalitarian.bsky.social · 13h"Stop listening to people who get their paycheck by scaring you!" Beau of the Fifth Column October 2023 032
Reposted by McGuffinSecretary Of Diarrhea @senorgreygoose.bsky.social · 14hOne of the best takedowns of the "rationalists" and Libertarians is in Fargo, season 5: Roy: "I want freedom without arbitrary rules.” Lorraine: "So you want freedom without responsibility? Son, there's only one person on Earth who gets that deal." Roy: "The President?" Lorraine: "A baby.” 427753
Reposted by McGuffinBex is WEAK on crime @bextraordinary.bsky.social · 11hLately I've been thinking a lot about Terry Pratchett's "Reaper Man" and AI. He was so ahead of his time in so many ways - or maybe squarely in his time but so many missed the very obvious signposts of where we were heading. Gonna be spoilers in this thread for a 25-year old book. 314144
McGuffin @hitchkitty.bsky.social · 8h"But wait", I hear you say, "LLM-based communication still feels off." Ah, but now typical emails look like that, too. 010
Reposted by McGuffinChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 10hRoses are redde Noble are the manatees For a bettir future Teach artes and humanityes 125274
McGuffin @hitchkitty.bsky.social · 17hFuck, even the bathroom panic isn't new. Back then, it was about gay men going after your *sons*. 010
McGuffin @hitchkitty.bsky.social · 17h"You were asking about a game, and there was a game in Atlanta that weekend, therefore, you were in Atlanta! And look, so was she! Right there on the poster, hovering over the stadium! What were you doing, meeting with this flying lady in Atlanta?" 100
McGuffin @hitchkitty.bsky.social · 17hI'm pretty sure I heard that when I tried to play a Def Leppard album backwards. 010
McGuffin @hitchkitty.bsky.social · 17hI mean, it may well have been the only game in Atlanta that night, though I trust this guy (to borrow a phrase) about as far as I could comfortably spit a rat. Where he runs into a problem is the teeny detail that Smith wasn't *in* Atlanta when he saw the game he asked his aide about seating for. 000
McGuffin @hitchkitty.bsky.social · 18hOh, see, Willis was on the same poster as the sports arena and the text messages, which proves they're all connected. We all know posters never lie. 000
McGuffin @hitchkitty.bsky.social · 18hI think Smith's face before asking Schmitt to repeat himself is all of us. That look of "...okay, where the fuck is this going?" 000
McGuffin @hitchkitty.bsky.social · 18h"See, we made up this poster showing you texting an aide to ask about seats, and over here is the person you say you've never met, and over here is a sports arena." 000
Reposted by McGuffinDan Izzo @izzos.net · 30/09/2026SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never listened to Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" [JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think— [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *plays video* please explain this video of you [SMITH]: That is Queen and David Bowie's "Under Pressure" 510623
Reposted by McGuffinRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I know this is shocking, but it never seems to work out for them when Republicans bring right-wing internet conspiracies into courtrooms or committee hearings where the opposition actually gets to see their “evidence” and respond to it. They fare much better with the cultists on X. 251461243
Reposted by McGuffinErika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“AI is identifying more billable conditions, not sicker patients“ interesting article on AI cost pressure in health care 13613
Reposted by McGuffinThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well." 15458142088
Reposted by McGuffinCay @caymanwent.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Let’s be real they’re using “furry” as a visibly queer subculture as a stand-in for queerness at large. Their goal has been to remove queer people from public life, and they’re testing different vectors to do so. Hence the all caps “MENTALLY ILL,” which is how they want to reclassify all queers 14881430
Reposted by McGuffinStephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Reading has become an endangered species. Which is half the problem with American political life. Maybe more than half. If you can't read, you can't think. Then you can fall for anything. The idea, for instance, that the truth is fake news. 1313260685
Reposted by McGuffinMissyLissa.bsky.social @missylissa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There’s this thing when you are depressed and you have convinced yourself that everything is pointless bullshit so we should just stay in bed and die. But eventually, with therapy and medication, you realize that everything is pointless bullshit so we have got to go out and live. 182
Reposted by McGuffinNash @radiodeadair.com · 28/09/2026When people say "you can't do that these days" they always seem to mean "make a movie where you say the n-word" and not "rise up in rage and terrify the entire food and drug industry into putting safety seals on every product." 326287
Reposted by McGuffinSen @dresdencodak.com · 28/09/2026The Klingons are great when you realize they're not really a warrior race as much as they are a bunch of theater people with knives 211262218
Reposted by McGuffinErin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 29/09/2026People are really mad at me being a big snob about liberal arts education but this was really a desperate plea for engineers to stop thinking every other field but theirs is for dumb babies. 1543550
Reposted by McGuffinNash @radiodeadair.com · 28/09/2026All it took was getting kicked out of the White House press room and suddenly CNN remembers that "lie" is a word. 434559899
Reposted by McGuffinRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sarah Huckabee Sanders using a white male actor in her welfare fraud ad has almost caused a bigger MAGA meltdown than a black woman playing Helen of Troy. 1612021459
Reposted by McGuffinStrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This also sums up the American healthcare experience pretty well. American healthcare is a travesty. This is the bad place. 43789763356
Reposted by McGuffinMr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 20/09/2026This is an actual public service ad created by the Norwegian government regarding this problem. If you think the Internet sucks now, you're not alone. 22339172
Reposted by McGuffinJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The frickin’ non-existent Election-Time-Caravans. Sad. 430347
Reposted by McGuffinmanewt.bsky.social @manewt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Friend who works at meta: “Do not use the muse agent, it’s like inviting a Vampire inside” 7604212
Reposted by McGuffinDiane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 28/09/2026(eyeroll) (suddenly imagining Nick Fury saying "That's because they were DUMBASS IDEAS, and so we ignored them!") 412425
Reposted by McGuffinCwnidog @cwnidog.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026“Two and nine have treated me very unfairly,” said Trump, calling the numbers “low I.Q.”open.substack.comTrump Bans Numbers 2 and 9 After Approval Rating Hits 29“Two and nine have treated me very unfairly," he said. 252
McGuffin @hitchkitty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Pfff. Republicans will just point out that the twit who bankrupted multiple casinos wasn't much of a businessman. 000
Reposted by McGuffinpekki63.bsky.social @pekki63.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Now, all within reading distance know the smell of serious loser stink. This is the GOP personified; corrupt, arrogant, sexist, and racist. 1323896866
Reposted by McGuffinThorne 🌸 @ens0.me · 27/09/2026This is why "deep state" took hold. It provided a convenient explanation for why everything is still somehow the liberals' fault. It doesn't matter that Republicans control everything, there are secret shadowy Democrats everywhere transing your children or whatever 423346
Reposted by McGuffinGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My favorite genre of local news story is "It's Only an Uplifting Story Because We Live in a Dystopian Hellscape" 26913
Reposted by McGuffinChaxinitus @chaxinitus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Y'know, I hadn't thought about this framing regarding that specific "discourse" until this, but now that i have ... I feel like XKCD 1053 needs to make the rounds right about now xkcd.com/1053/xkcd.comTen Thousand 04312
Reposted by McGuffinthepowerdroid.bsky.social @thepowerdroid.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My favorite Elon Muskrat quote comes from his mother: "Elon can't be racist; he got along so well with the servants." 0155
Reposted by McGuffinBionicDance the Disappointed Idealist @bionicdance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Conservative "humor" in a nutshell 062
McGuffin @hitchkitty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Why do I have a sudden craving for turnip & tater & beetroot pie? 010
McGuffin @hitchkitty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It would've been fun to watch Biden at least *try* to bypass due process for the orange waste of oxygen and go directly to imprisonment, calling it an "official act" under his duty to "see that the laws are faithfully executed". Yes, I know. "This is the weapon of the enemy." But I'm only human. 010
