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Michael Bazemore

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Technical trainer and occasional historian. Erstwhile medievalist. Now practicing the Wudang 108 form of Taijiquan and delivering sizzling takes. Walking the elements and holding the gates in North Carolina.

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07.03.2026 07:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You love to see it.

06.03.2026 23:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And it tends to become reactionary, serving to keep in place the very structures it supposedly wants to abolish.

06.03.2026 19:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Shadow and Dottie Hinson are dead and enlist Batman to scare Mr. Rooney, Kate McAllister, and Veronica Sawyer out of their house.

06.03.2026 18:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Darla from the Crow has been cut up by bad men. Jane Crawford offers a reward for killing the man. Mitchell Gant is coaxed out of retirement. He hits the trail alongside Lucius Fox . Albus Dumbledore and Lex Luthor co-star.

06.03.2026 18:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

๐Ÿ’ฏ

06.03.2026 18:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"ITS," NOT "IT'S," GODDAMMIT!

06.03.2026 18:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Historian writing in the 23rd century: "It looked like humanity's fate was sealed until one hero gave the emerging AI singularity it's first Oxycontin pill."

06.03.2026 18:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Damnation, Eschatology, and Infidelity, if I have evangelicals right.

06.03.2026 17:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This reminds me of something I overheard in a training at work yesterday. Some people were training in a room I use on our order and inventory system and the instructor says, "...when this happens, you want to enter a price CHANGE, not a price MODIFICATION."

Me:

06.03.2026 17:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You bet. Always ready to give a boost, however puny, to good work!

06.03.2026 17:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When someone points it out, it makes a TON of sense. In Lincoln's mind, they seem not to have been a foreign entity, but wayward children who needed to be brought home.

06.03.2026 17:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Definitely worth reading, as is the quoted article.

06.03.2026 17:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
To all Trump voters,

You all knew what he did to those kids before you voted for him.

"The newly released Epstein Files have allegations of underage girls being auctioned at mar-a-Lago, brought in by Jeffrey Epstein in "Calendar girl parties". The report stems from 2020 complaints received through the National Threat Operations Centre, related to the Epstein investigation. The complaint alleges that RTrump used to test firls on their "genital tightness" by inserting a finger into their private parts, in the presence of many other guests like Elon Musk, Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, Allan Dershowitz, and Bob Shapiro

"We were taken into rooms and forced to give oral sex to Donald J Trump , forced to allow them to penetrate us. I was 13 years old when Donald J Trump raped me," the report further alleges."

You chose this.

This is your legacy.

But also, should someone that's okay with child rape even be allowed to raise kids?

Or is it only okay for another parent's children to get raped?

It's like asking; Should a Republican that's (by default) anti gun control, anti mental health services paid for by government insurance, and so therefore pro mass/school shooting, be allowed to be a teacher?

They're partially responsible for the murder of countless children in a uniquelt American prolem every year.

It's a solvable problem, but they choose to let kids die instead.

Should they be trusted with yours?


The moral of this story is:

Last November, you destroyed everything good that you claimed to be.

Now you are worthless trash.

Goodbye.

To all Trump voters, You all knew what he did to those kids before you voted for him. "The newly released Epstein Files have allegations of underage girls being auctioned at mar-a-Lago, brought in by Jeffrey Epstein in "Calendar girl parties". The report stems from 2020 complaints received through the National Threat Operations Centre, related to the Epstein investigation. The complaint alleges that RTrump used to test firls on their "genital tightness" by inserting a finger into their private parts, in the presence of many other guests like Elon Musk, Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, Allan Dershowitz, and Bob Shapiro "We were taken into rooms and forced to give oral sex to Donald J Trump , forced to allow them to penetrate us. I was 13 years old when Donald J Trump raped me," the report further alleges." You chose this. This is your legacy. But also, should someone that's okay with child rape even be allowed to raise kids? Or is it only okay for another parent's children to get raped? It's like asking; Should a Republican that's (by default) anti gun control, anti mental health services paid for by government insurance, and so therefore pro mass/school shooting, be allowed to be a teacher? They're partially responsible for the murder of countless children in a uniquelt American prolem every year. It's a solvable problem, but they choose to let kids die instead. Should they be trusted with yours? The moral of this story is: Last November, you destroyed everything good that you claimed to be. Now you are worthless trash. Goodbye.

CW: child sex abuse

Oh. A wrong number.

I have preserved spelling and punctuation in the alt-text because historian.

06.03.2026 16:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Thank you for coming. We are We Are God's Shame."

06.03.2026 16:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Half of an envelope. Above the return address, the words "YOU ARE GOD'S SHAME" appear.

Half of an envelope. Above the return address, the words "YOU ARE GOD'S SHAME" appear.

Let's see what the mail brings today.

Oh. Well...

06.03.2026 16:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Lanterns  | Official Teaser | HBO Max
Lanterns | Official Teaser | HBO Max YouTube video by HBO Max

I am so stoked for this. The best Hal is old and experienced Hal, the Hal that debuted after Emerald Dawn, post-Crisis and died as Parallax (screw Rebirth...Hal should have stayed dead. Barry Allen, too, but I digress). As much as I liked some of Zack Snyder's DC, it was one-note. Gunn gets it.

06.03.2026 01:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, but the people who do it seem completely lacking in self-awareness. They can't sense the danger, even though they're probably warned by people around them.

05.03.2026 01:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Older, experienced Hal is my favorite Hal. Post-Crisis Hal. Looking forward to this.

04.03.2026 21:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Samurai is a sentimental favorite, if only for the fact that there's nothing quite like driving a 2000-pound car with a 63 horsepower engine at 100 miles an hour.

04.03.2026 02:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned:

1987 Suzuki Samurai
1995 Ford Ranger
2001 Ford Escape
2004 Ford Escape
2014 Honda Civic

04.03.2026 02:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Do i have to pay the 275 all at once?

03.03.2026 23:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The "stop quote-skeeting that AI-can-do-better-social-science-than-social-scientist guy's bullshit challenge."

Difficulty level impossible, apparently.

03.03.2026 22:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Instead" makes it seem like a surprise. Of course the irony is that these "parents" won't get measles because THEIR parents loved them enough to get them vaccinated.

03.03.2026 22:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They were already having been going to do it!

03.03.2026 22:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ugh. Fuck this to the maximum extent it can be fucked. I'm in my 50s, and I'm not sure someone MY age should be President, let alone someone older.

03.03.2026 22:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's humbug (which Harry Frankfurt analogized to bullshit in his famous little essay).

03.03.2026 16:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Jesus, I WISH.

03.03.2026 16:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That rash thing looks painful. Here's hoping.

03.03.2026 04:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, what's the fucking deal with that? See it everywhere now.

02.03.2026 19:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0