Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 17hStar Wars Episode Minus One (Will also riff off JAWS in a key scene) 000
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 19hWhen you're drinking a Ghost Town Hazy IPA at a Tenderloin bar, you're sort of in spirit doing Oaktoberfest _and_ Fleet Week, in the comfort of room temperature. 020
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Got some spam text telling me how various wealth protection interests, like Stanford are against the proposed California wealth tax, and asked for my allegiance. Awkward URL but I'll definitely be voting yes on the wealth tax prop at Noon 40, presumably with a bunch of other incensed Californians. 020
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Wonder if there's yet been a TTRPG Kickstarter whose updates (the genre largely being a plea of extenuating circumstances and lessons learned) to backers ultimately rival the word count of the actual backed project. 010
Reposted by Midnight PlatypusTamara Keel [Scary Remix] @tamslick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In the Right Wing world, the danger to women and children comes from strange brown bogeymen jumping out of the shadows and not from loved ones, trusted elders, and caregivers. They tell us to worry about the alley and not the altar, the bushes and not the boss’s office. 1244
Reposted by Midnight PlatypusVee Mus'e (she/her) @veemuse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you're looking for a job in Marketing in the games industry, we're looking to fill the Senior Marketing Manager role at WizKids. Please use the link to apply! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...linkedin.comWizKids hiring Senior Marketing Manager in United States | LinkedInPosted 4:30:25 PM. Job Summary:WizKids is seeking a talented, self-starting, experienced Senior Marketing Manager to…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn. 13733
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Hegseth forgot the part of the Sermon on the Mount where Christ differentiates between the christian virtue of turning the other cheek and the Hegsethian bloviation of full on showing ass. TBF Hegseth does clings to being a victim of Princeton's diluted core texts of western civ curriculum. 030
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The retro cyberpunk prequel to SEXY BEAST I never knew I wanted revealed to me. 140
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Moral bindings are the most vanilla of bindings. Folks just really need to highlight how soft and limp Trump's become on *everything* and we'll see a do over lunch in two weeks. 020
Reposted by Midnight PlatypusKFJC 89.7 FM @kfjc.org · 30/09/2026BEHOLD our 2026 Artist shirt by John Lupo. Our popular series of T-shirts featuring designs from some of today’s top underground artists continues. The KFJC Artist Series T-Shirt is a black classic fit, and is available as our thanks for your $45 donation. donate.kfjc.org/product/2026... 072
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It could be because I'm in the geography, it just happened, so I've seen my umpteenth slideshow from Folsom Street, but to my ear Buck Mason sounds like a nom de Fair used by a guy who may make conventionally clothes that are good looking in the mudane, but can also make _anything_ look good. 110
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Criterion Closet vs Arbitron A subskeet to resolve THE TEXAS DECISION SOUNDTRACK (2026) 000
Reposted by Midnight PlatypusMidnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Toad and Frog practicing their bit going as Bashir and Garek for Halloween. 051
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026As my annual tithe to the Church of Sunday Morning Coming Down, or the Gospel According to the Dangerous Dan (and related Gospels such Randolph Carter) I have donated to @kfjc.org . You should too, even if you're not a listening (and why aren't you?) these shirts and swag are cool. donate.kfjc.orgdonate.kfjc.orgKFJC Donation Portal – blowing minds since 1959 020
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026No one reviewing the field naming rights at Cal Memorial Stadium had the opposition research wherewithal to, despite the faculty/alumni tech spinoff legacy donor cultivation circle jerk thing, to say, "But like shit-a-bricks field, tho? People are going to use that, and it will breach containment." 110
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Toad and Frog practicing their bit going as Bashir and Garek for Halloween. 051
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Am I still mad about the Criterion Channel update? 130
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just realized my last job interview was in fact in a coffee shop. 110
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Bsky has weathered many user conflicts, no one expected ice coffee at a job interview (y/n) to be the deathblow to the community. 010
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The Dunkin that's followed this today will be forever known as the Big Gulp Straw that Broke Kai's CamelBak. 160
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026True, the smart and successful candidate chews some energy gummies, the one I know about provides the caffeine of a cup of coffee via two, an energy drink in three. This also reads like Kai is trying to curb his own caff habit and the presence of the candidate's beb triggered withdrawal fits. 020
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Not the best day for the Criterion Channel's "Leaving September 30" to disappear from the Criterion Channel's website. I think I need to squeeze in The Long Goodbye. 130
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Damnit, I was aware of the show, but I had not really seen Slow Horses. I have Jackson Lamb hair. Shit. Maybe if I shave more I'll come across less profligate. 020
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Voyager should have ended with Coach Cutlip coming out of a day dream as Kevin gets pummeled in dodge ball or whatever, cut to Cutlip later that night calling his brother in law Gene with some ideas for that space western he was working on. 100
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the fault of geopolitics and legal weed. Whole generation trying to avoid war by pissing dirty and not pissing Hegseth tea. (Hegs def deskbatches his own urine in case of DTs, guy's a fricken parody of a Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead character) www.boston.com/news/busines...boston.comThe rumors were true: Blanchard’s in Allston is closingAn employee at the liquor store confirmed it will close in mid-to-late October. 010
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ah well, intent to get a little outdoor cardio rebuffed by the Angel Island controlled/prescribed burn. No real haze but the air inflicted what I'd call a "cigar smoking chest grip" just walking from front door to car, which is in front of the house. Pizza and beer indoors it is, then. 010
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I listen to @kfjc.org sometimes specifically for the offbeat when I driving. But some of the staccato horns in that Luciano Berio piece they were playing were not helpful navigating a tight squeeze parking lot in as traffic was starting to peak. 120
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Interesting, at least from this snippet, that while Edgerunners S1 I think captured Cyberpunk 2077's dynamics, this moment here from S2 seems much more in line with the structure of gameplay in the Cyberpunk RED ttrpg. cw: Edgerunner ultraviolent scene punctuation. youtu.be/IDxFrIfaUbE?...youtu.beCyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 | Cyberpsycho | Sneak Peek | NetflixYouTube video by Netflix 040
Reposted by Midnight PlatypusJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026When the Cincinnati Post shut down, it oddly had an effect on local elections. Fewer people ran for office, voter turnout fell, and incumbents became more likely to win. That's useful context for Trump's choice to ban 3 news orgs from the White House newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/what-econo...newsletter.platypuseconomics.comWhat Economists Know About Kicking Out ReportersTrump banned three news organizations from the White House last week — and there’s a research literature on exactly where that leads. 12537236
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026New York Times U.N. General Assembly coverage reads strange. I don't recall it writing explainers on what UNGA is, nor do I recall extensive articles on traffic disruption. Has that always been the case? Or is this like some editorial writing on the wall reading and going preemptively parochial? 010
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026From Brothel Bed Track to Space Ibiza to Chandrillan Chicken Dance, the Plausibility of Niamos' Migration through Late Stage Empire's EDM Spaces 120
Reposted by Midnight PlatypusBracken MacLeod 𖤐 ⚰ @brackenmacleod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I'm presently reading, "How to Survive Authoritarianism: A Russian's Phrasebook for Everyday Life in America." It's basically a 200 page glossary explaining shorthand terms for ideas or practices in an authoritarian regime, comparing both Soviet and Putin Era Russia to the present day United States. 161
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026What can I say, I was a Force Five kid, though Starblazers and Battle of the Planets came first. To appease purists I didn't include Macross cuz for me that was Robotech. Surprised they never did more Area 88 adaptations than what we got. Repost since original link is sorta wonky to get to img. 210
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I'm a year or more late to this, but DON'T TRUST FISH by Neil Sharpson and Dan Santat is the children's lit we need in a post conspiracy Bird's Aren't Real era. And it's fun. Fish are liars and spies. 020
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Consciousness/conscience offloading via $300 sunglasses that just listens to yourself when you won't, we have arrived in the era of Cheap Mind. 010
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Ok, if you're using Claude to convert Free League's original Alien content to the Evolved Edition, you're doing the "cognitive unloading" equivalent of hiring a white glove auto detailer to turn on your windshield wipers.static.klipy.comGob, Cmon!Alt: Will Arnett as Arrested Development's Gob, delivering his character's catchphrase "C'mon!" wearing white slacks, a purple shirt and a chicken beak mask, not really worn but hung on his neck, while standing in one of the Bluth's households, I think. 120
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The Snake and Eyes and Batman revolving wardrobing door industrial complexes. 000
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I have come here to eat all the good salt water taffy and kick ass. And I only got banana flavor left. 031
Reposted by Midnight PlatypusCall me Ishmaboo @billjank.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Margin trading is up. Never went wrong before; last time that went sideways was (checks charts) 1929. Nothing bad happened then , right? Also, dads, tell your sons not to gamble as an investment.npr.orgHow investing is getting riskier (Two Indicators) : Planet MoneyMargin borrowing and sports gambling “investments” are both on the rise! Today on the show, two stories from Planet Money’s daily podcast The Indicator about the ways investing is changing, and gettin... 011
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Wish YouTube film content farmers understood that something that was written up in a script draft or even drawn as a storyboard that didn't get shot for the film is not a "deleted scene." There's no such thing as a screenwriter's cut or a concept artist's edit. Put your silly AI "restorations" away. 010
Reposted by Midnight PlatypusFetch @ameliafetch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The 💯emote is heartwarming, but my anxious soul wants there to be a 95 emote for those times when you mostly agree with me, but think I got a detail wrong. 051
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"Ok, we can keep it, but not in the house. And you all are responsible for cleaning up after it, and no we're not naming it Clark." 031
Midnight Platypus @midnightplat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Autoerotic autocratic asphyxiation? Pick your path 010