Reposted by MadcapBoo-ly, Little Ghost Bull 👻🐮 @bullythelsb.bsky.social · 6hyoutu.beMST3K - “Hired! The Musical” (High Quality)YouTube video by K The Jay 0202
Reposted by MadcapDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 7hI dare AG Sulzberger and Joe Kahn to read this paragraph and tell me any of it is inaccurate — and then tell me they still think both-sidesing is a morally defensible thing to do and that history will look kindly upon them. 811936
Reposted by MadcapJ.M. DeMatteis @jmdematteis.bsky.social · 9h67 years ago today THE TWILIGHT ZONE premiered. Here's a list of my favorite episodes from a brilliant show that just gets better with time. www.jmdematteis.com/2016/07/summ...jmdematteis.comSUMMER REPEAT: ZONING OUTIn honor of the annual Twilight Zone marathon on the SyFy Channel (which kicks off tonight at 11:30), I offer a list—first presented he... 1214627
Reposted by MadcapBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 9hThe BEST thing that true believers in AI could do is stop evangelizing to people, like me, who think it sucks. Do the hard, years-long work of detaching your beloved technology from the worst people in the world right now: shameless fascists driven by greed and domination. They’re YOUR partners. 191806336
Reposted by Madcaprev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 14hyou need to just pack the supreme court, man. they don't care about what arguments you make, the legal movement formed with an explicit objective of making Watergate legal isn't going to make Watergate illegal. 241515241
Madcap @madcap777.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I love this account anyway, but: @jaybatzner.bsky.social, what do we think of "John Carpenter's Dune"? 110
Reposted by MadcapDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026 I’m just as interested in every discipline’s pursuit of knowledge and art — practical or not — because to learn and create new things is what civilization is for. 113116
Reposted by MadcapJessica & the Revenge of the Librarian 💉 @mlisrevenge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's time for the public to learn that public services cannot run on the concept of doing more with less. When there are large cuts to services that rely on public monies, people should feel the results. Libraries, universities, etc. need to stop trying to lessen the visibility of funding cuts. 012845
Reposted by Madcapcait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 01/10/2026they say living well is the best revenge and that's true, but if we're all being honest seeing bad things happen to people you hate is also pretty high up on the list 262260300
Madcap @madcap777.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Even if you DID want this, do you have 40 years to spare? 010
Reposted by MadcapAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 21/09/20267. "some people find LLMs useful" is a different claim than any of the following: a) LLMs are good at doing the things people use them for b) LLMs are well suited to the tasks for which they are advertised c) LLMs "can do" something 329552
Reposted by MadcapJ.M. DeMatteis @jmdematteis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I guess the Clone Saga was pretty good, after all. deadline.com/2026/09/spid...deadline.com'Spider-Man' Sony Universe TV Series Nears Amazon Order (EXCLUSIVE)Amazon nears greenlight for 'Spider-Man' Sony Universe TV series based on the Clone Saga Marvel Comics storyline about Ben & Kaine. Kelvin Yu writes. 1510419
Reposted by Madcapdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026an odd moment was the president posting an image wearing one glove and posing with xi, a photoshopped blonde woman, and a row of droids the president running an overtly political campaign ad paid for by the us government is a sign of blatant corruption and disregard for the rule of law 545953
Reposted by Madcaplit_patches @litpatches.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco but now you can sit in chairs during festivals. 0124
Reposted by MadcapTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This exchange actually is the best example of everything we were discussing. going to use it to teach. Not just the lack of cultural competency but the contempt for the idea of culture as a competency. It’s perfect. 534823
Reposted by MadcapMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Men (always men) backing into slots in a parking lot. Your actions are inexcusable.static.klipy.comSamuel L. Jackson: I'm Tryin' RingoALT: Samuel L. Jackson: I'm Tryin' Ringo 16622
Reposted by MadcapShaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The time has come to revive the practice 16413
Reposted by MadcapDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 26/09/2026i think these will not be the last pieces--the last pieces that are written either by or about people who are still *very much committed*, *as they should be* to the basic project of freedom and equality for all ...but which nevertheless evince a certain "damn we fucked up" energy 113510
Reposted by MadcapCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I'm voting for the Dinosaur Hunter 31116
Reposted by MadcapTom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Announcing TRUMP YOU! A curated comic book compiling Trumpcentric Tom the Dancing Bugs, bitterly signed by Ruben Bolling (i.e., me). tomthedancingbug.com/tom-the-danc... 17016
Reposted by MadcapAlex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released. 7935671363
Reposted by MadcapJames Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The combined undergraduate and graduate student populations of all Ivy League schools is about 140,000 students. The CUNY system alone is 250,000. 151360303
Reposted by MadcapTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Don’t believe people who tell you ai can be liberatory or any other misappropriation of movement talk or justice frameworks. Find some people who are preparing to rebuild and cast your lot with them. Then read a bit more. Just keep your wits about you because they are trying to run game. 91733326
Madcap @madcap777.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Makes me think of William Goldman's observation that it doesn't matter if your movie is a success or a failure, just that it's a *big* success or failure. 000
Reposted by MadcapSam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 23/09/2026Cannot look at this poster without hearing "Paul, you is a warewilf," surely it's not just me 101057
Madcap @madcap777.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Pitfall was my immediate instinct. But I wasn't dedicated enough to map out the tunnel system (my brother was). 000
Madcap @madcap777.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Reposting because: 1. Neat idea! 2. Ars Magica is a great game. 3. Years and years ago, I did some freelancing for Atlas Games, and they were a joy to work with. Pay it forward, etc. 041
Reposted by Madcap"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Higher Education is not just about training workers, but also about training citizen leaders and good citizenship in part means thinking that the details matter, that getting them right matters, because it impacts some of your fellow citizens. "It only matters if job" is poison to citizenship. 6577106
Madcap @madcap777.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I've got a whole rant locked and loaded about how Emma Frost Should Not Be An X-Man. But this is everything, etc. 010
Reposted by Madcapjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026whenever i hear some variation on "but what if trump does X or Y or Z" i think of this ulysses s. grant remark to a subordinate during the wilderness campaign. 884017698
Reposted by MadcapShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 21/09/2026robbing the country blind and running a racist secret police snatching ppl off the street for 18 months was cool, not allowing them into the building is a 7 alarm fire for democracy 340954
Reposted by MadcapGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/09/2026"My opponent wants to hire creeps to inspect your daughter's genitals if she wants to play soccer. I wouldn't trust him or any hired weirdo from his pedophile-protecting party alone in a room with any kid." Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard! 1347871232
Reposted by MadcapMikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Anyway I really really don't like how a lot of middle class white people who will never have to make the choices described by Hannah-Jones in this column are talking about this story. 537628
Madcap @madcap777.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Read this. Just read it. You will never find a sharper, clearer writer than @nhannahjones.bsky.social. Footnote: I attended at least one school she did, when she was there, and she remembers it 100% the way it was. 011
Reposted by MadcapMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026bootlicking will not save you. 503078559
Reposted by MadcapTim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026My “Doctor Who” idea is that the Doctor is a frog and his companion is a bear and every week they put on a variety show with the help of a very special guest star. 329349
Madcap @madcap777.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It may never see the light of day, but I'm working on A Thing which argues that Popeye is the direct ancestor of Superman, and thereby the American superhero tradition. EC Segar was one of a kind. 000
Madcap @madcap777.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Disappointed that I never got to be Mike Royko or Russell Baker. Pretty damn impressed with the rest of it, though. 100
Reposted by MadcapTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026You don’t want to hear it but this was peak superhero moviedom. 1325014
Reposted by MadcapTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Anna Mitchell wrote the hell out of that lede. Textured, tactile, informative, engaging, not a wasted word. Go get ‘em, Anna. 4994
Reposted by MadcapVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Shout out to the student journalists at The Daily Iowan for reporting on the travesty that is Iowa's Center for Intellectual Freedom. With quotes from me dailyiowan.com/2026/09/15/u...dailyiowan.comUncertainty in leadership, curriculum surrounds UI Center for Intellectual FreedomIn the barren walls of his Calvin Hall office, where the Center for Intellectual Freedom resides, interim director and University of Iowa economics professor Luciano de Castro shuffles a stack of pape... 22663234
Madcap @madcap777.bsky.social · 16/09/2026100% true. Also, this is true of many many other things. When things have been Not Bad Anymore for a few years, we tend to forget the Bad Before. Should we install historians in each home next to our poets? Probably. 000
