Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026To be additionally pedantic, I'm pretty sure "discussing ontology" falls squarely within THE POPE'S sphere of expertise... 1710
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"if you need more context you aren't allowed to answer" pretty much implies this is a debate specifically directed to people over 45, though. 110
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026yeah, i think it depends on what you mean by "more famous" -- the eggs commercial is an indelible image/memory that more easily comes to mind when remembering the time, but for longevity? if I make eggs, I'm not saying "hey look it's my brain on drugs" but i use the 2nd quote pretty regularly! 001
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026hey, there are SOME of us who have shown it to their children so that the Old Ways may continue! 110
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026hard agree. this has also helped inoculate me against being ever tempted by LLMs because I find their default obsequious tone to be absolutely REPULSIVE! 000
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This was a real ad! (and the reason that I have the pronunciation "lee-VIE-sa" in my head to this day!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lmc...youtube.comLevi's - The Warlord (1983, USA)YouTube video by The Hall of Advertising 011
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A little worse than the standard Sturgeon’s Law “90% of everything is crud” but still close enough to apply I think! 010
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Comics have brought a lot of very silly concepts to the forefront these days, but even I wasn't ready for Swarm, The Nazi Made of Bees, to become relevant! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarm_(...en.wikipedia.orgSwarm (Marvel Comics) - Wikipedia 000
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026what are the documented instances where it has proved unsafe to players? Any at all? no? just vibes? physical ability between the sexes is minimal/nonexistent before puberty, does that mean you will give grade school athletics a pass? 060
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I think you'll find that one of the biggest trans athlete controversies of the last few years regarded a SWIMMER, you doofus. 130
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Wait, are you telling me all those people on the infinite tandem bike aren’t actually Thrillionaires? 010
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026bold of you to assume anyone who buys this currently has trouble finding fridge space. would bet the average fridge this is going into contains two takeout boxes, bottle of ketchup, one (1) mouldering carrot. 011
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Because I enjoy any research that's not work: no, actually! This is one of the Figueroa St. tunnels on the 110: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figuero... Toontown entrance is the (much less aesthetically pleasing) Mt Hollywood tunnel in Griffith Park: www.atlasobscura.com/places/mt-ho...atlasobscura.comMt. Hollywood Tunnel in Los AngelesThis nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.” 000
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"to help our incredible military Perform their fantastic Art of warfighting" 050
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026With a steady undercurrent of “someone posts a picture of a weevil and the comments erupt in a chorus of ‘BOOTS AND SNOOTS!’l 110
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Dr. Seuss begs to differ! seussblog.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/o...seussblog.wordpress.comOn Beyond ZebraPublished in 1955 by Random House New York Times Review: “Nobody could possibly have ideas in any way resembling those that occur to this talented man.” SUMMARY: The story opens with a … 140
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"random construction workers" do not qualify in that they are neither super-rich nor high profile, plus Trump is all too happy to reward loyalty by throwing flunkies under the bus after they cease to be useful. 000
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“Had to know ‘it was wrong’” vs “knows they are violating a direct judicial order” are two different scenarios with very different end results for the individual worker in that scenario. 010
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I guess you didn’t take my advice to look it up, since your answer is incorrect? www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n...npr.orgKennedy Center board votes to close it, as judge again keeps Trump's name offThe board's vote to shutter the historic arts center came amid concerns about financial, structural problems. 000
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026They were sued! The Supreme Court just ordered last month that ballroom construction can proceed while the litigation continues. As for investigation, that would be done by Congress, which is currently controlled by Republicans. 000
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Maybe you want to go back and ask Google’s AI what happened after Judge Cooper ordered Trump’s name be taken off the Kennedy Center, and whether it is currently on there? 100
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Right, that court order is what is stopping work on the Kennedy center. But your previous argument was “that didn’t stop them with the rose garden/East wing/reflecting pool.” There was no legal injunction in those three instances so it’s a different situation. 210
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Did WHAT stop those things? None of those examples had a court order barring the work! In the case of the White House he specifically had crews rush the demo before the courts could react 111
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026the people at risk here would not be Trump but the actual construction workers, who do not have Presidential immunity and who might not be as excited to go to jail for Dear Leader 6370
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026he does go on to build multiple Star Wars Lego sets, so at least he has developed a respect for the classics! 120
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026What I enjoy about this card is that it works on both levels - Peter Parker would be psyched to get this card from Lucasfilm! 130
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026yeah, freaking out over the idea that "we have created something that supercedes our own ability" means it is superior to us is so confusing to me? LIke, a SWORD supercedes our own ability to cause physical damage. Are the six simple machines the original proto-pantheon by this measure? 040
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026HELL! YEAH! CATWOMAN DUDE! HELL YEAH!static.klipy.comBANANA BREAD DUDEAlt: The lady who did the interpretive dance to the BANANA BREAD DUDE monologue 011
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026From what I can find*, the NUMBER of food recalls is more or less in line with historical trends. But CASES are way up! so as you said, I think it's a matter of our capacity to get ahead of/stop outbreaks having degraded significantly * pirg.org/edfund/artic... among otherspirg.orgAre we seeing more food recalls these days?Proof of one problem: 4 weeks after Chipotle pulled jalapeños, the FDA is still announcing new jalapeño recalls. High-profile outbreaks have many wondering whether our food is less safe. 03913
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I am just learning now that he later went on to help invent the Coca Cola Freestyle machine? honestly, probably a longer-lasting cultural legacy than the Segway! 001
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I mean, this seems very in line with the classic conservative tradition of “I would rather 100 extra people go hungry than one person I feel is 'undeserving' get food stamps" 020
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I think it's higher than your number, but importantly *the type of information that can be communicated nonverbally* is pretty limited in scope, and mostly regarding *additional context* - how I feel about my brother moving, how I feel about the person I'm talking to, my internal state, etc. 010
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026“He … has a communications department?” “Not scary enough. Try harder.” “Um, he spends public money to assemble an influencer army?” “NOW you’re talking” 060
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026and, of course, we all know what the opposite of wet bones is: 020
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Please join me in celebrating this video in the traditional way: watching it on a loop multiple times in a row 000
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Proud to be a small part of helping this fully fund on the first day! Kyle writes good comics! 041
Reposted by Randy BraunKyle Starks @thekylestarks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026LOUISE SPROUSE IS LIVE! My new Kickstarter just launched - a coming-of-age hitman comic that's full of violence and heart. If you are enjoying END OF LIFE you'll *love* this one. Lots of cool rewards and add-ons! www.kickstarter.com/projects/the... #kickstarter #kickstartercomics #ncbd #comicskickstarter.comLouise Sprouse Stole My HeartA coming-of-age hitman comic from the three time Eisner nominated cartoonist Kyle Starks (END OF LIFE, RICK AND MORTY, LOBO, PEACEMAKER 23325
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026There are many inexplicable aspects to this, but none more so than: if you are going to do a Minion marketing tie-in with a type of fruit, there is ONE VERY OBVIOUS CHOICE 010
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026god, how anyone perceives this dude as *smart* is beyond me. human CIVILIZATION has been around what, something like 6K years? something happening in a million years (let alone 100 million!!) is THE FUCKING DEFINITION of "low priority problem" 010
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Just go full Doofenshmirtz and call it the Destructinator; Pete will be psyched  000
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The most infuriating part of that discussion was that Cottle/French take it as a given that “woke 1.0” had a high human cost, and then French talks about experiencing it personally. I thought we were talking about people losing their livelihood, French, not “woke is when people mad at me online” 040
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I think it’s especially important to acknowledge when the “new meaning” is active bad-faith weaponization to make it mean basically “P.C. Police 2.0, with a side order of Maoist Cultural Revolution” 0110
Randy Braun @randbot.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I would argue it's worse actually: pundits are very mad about something that Chris Rufo made up and sold to them. 0100
