here exclusively to post bad takes on DAS BOOT formerly: The Onion, the reality TV industry, the poker tables, the bottom of a black holehttps://bsky.app/profile/absinthetics.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/absinthetics.bsky.social/post/3mux3uydd4s2t“2 dead at Burning Man” is the beginning of the most annoying locked-room mystery possible. https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-nevada/2-men-reported-dead-at-burning-man-festival-3883050/07 Sep 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:7bgla3772einsvhtiuh4ebxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mux3uydd4s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/absinthetics.bsky.social/post/3mut6725osk2sThe Bad Plus is doing a farewell tour and tickets are *chokes* well, I guess I saw them a bunch06 Sep 2026 04:36 +0000at://did:plc:7bgla3772einsvhtiuh4ebxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mut6725osk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/absinthetics.bsky.social/post/3muocyhj3cs2tApparently 25 years in Cali is enough to go native (though a 55% match doesn’t really seem all that convincing).04 Sep 2026 06:18 +0000at://did:plc:7bgla3772einsvhtiuh4ebxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3muocyhj3cs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/absinthetics.bsky.social/post/3mtijoj2dz226I will never again in my life make red beans and rice this good and now I’m sad.20 Aug 2026 05:37 +0000at://did:plc:7bgla3772einsvhtiuh4ebxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtijoj2dz226https://bsky.app/profile/absinthetics.bsky.social/post/3mtaextmx5c2pFun fact: Facts are fun! Except for the fact that cats have barbed penises. That one’s not so fun.16 Aug 2026 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:7bgla3772einsvhtiuh4ebxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtaextmx5c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/absinthetics.bsky.social/post/3mt3p3oo3z225I have a rare night to myself which seems like the perfect time to catch up on the adventures of The Man Who Is Large At People15 Aug 2026 03:09 +0000at://did:plc:7bgla3772einsvhtiuh4ebxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt3p3oo3z225https://bsky.app/profile/absinthetics.bsky.social/post/3msrfypqgzk2lSalmonella waiting to make its move while cyclospora gets all the attention https://static.klipy.com/ii/4e7bea9f7a3371424e6c16ebc93252fe/1d/96/04n8EtxY6I9D.gif?hh=280&ww=498&mp4=TaJ9fQnjiXxka0&webm=gN94cm3C0wcRcTQmEQG11 Aug 2026 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:7bgla3772einsvhtiuh4ebxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msrfypqgzk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/absinthetics.bsky.social/post/3mskunqdxyk2dMyth: Artificial intelligence will quickly bootstrap itself into a humanity-destroying super-genius singularity Reality: AI will accidentally boil us alive while insisting that 2 + 4 = strawberry08 Aug 2026 10:33 +0000at://did:plc:7bgla3772einsvhtiuh4ebxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mskunqdxyk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/absinthetics.bsky.social/post/3msk65zz7k22btbh at this point I would consider “so much nudity” a selling point in what passes for romantic comedy [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Aug 2026 03:51 +0000at://did:plc:7bgla3772einsvhtiuh4ebxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msk65zz7k22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/absinthetics.bsky.social/post/3msgqfnkjvs2mI’m at the robot apocalypse. I’m at the superflu apocalypse. I’m at the combination robot and superflu apocalypse. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:7bgla3772einsvhtiuh4ebxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgqfnkjvs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/absinthetics.bsky.social/post/3msbyjrqaqc2xI’ve tried to retain some respect for Eli Roth - THANSKGIVING quite amused me - but I’m hearing that ICE CREAM MAN contains AI-generated sequences so fuuuuuuuck hiiiiiiiiim04 Aug 2026 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:7bgla3772einsvhtiuh4ebxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbyjrqaqc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/absinthetics.bsky.social/post/3ms2gxllvv22iArgh. Hal Hartley is winding down his physical media shop, from now on it’ll be streaming only for his films. And I never got that Blu-ray of the Long Island trilogy. *checks used prices* Aaaaand now I never will.01 Aug 2026 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:7bgla3772einsvhtiuh4ebxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms2gxllvv22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/absinthetics.bsky.social/post/3mrtflbfyrc24My introduction to Glen Hansard’s music came at a SXSW via an inevitable-but-fortuitous encounter with @idislikestephen.bsky.social (without fail, no SXSW was complete without a random encounter with Stephen) who insisted that I simply MUST see The Frames as many times as possible over the weekend.30 Jul 2026 02:32 +0000at://did:plc:7bgla3772einsvhtiuh4ebxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrtflbfyrc24https://bsky.app/profile/absinthetics.bsky.social/post/3mrrysb65ts2oit’s a really shit year but at least my house isn’t basically coated in ants oh wait29 Jul 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:7bgla3772einsvhtiuh4ebxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrysb65ts2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/absinthetics.bsky.social/post/3mrryl2bs4c2oOh fuck no, I refuse to believe that Glen Hansard has died. Goddammit.29 Jul 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:7bgla3772einsvhtiuh4ebxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrryl2bs4c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/absinthetics.bsky.social/post/3mr3t5uy4b22nThere is a cable guy in my very messy house so my anxiety is 15/10 right now, send benzos20 Jul 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:7bgla3772einsvhtiuh4ebxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3t5uy4b22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/absinthetics.bsky.social/post/3mqwadvcysc2gWhen all you have is Godzillas, every problem looks like a Tokyo.18 Jul 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:7bgla3772einsvhtiuh4ebxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwadvcysc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/absinthetics.bsky.social/post/3mqv22vjkxc2yCredit where it’s due: the algorithm, largely unbidden, decided I needed to listen to Flaming Lips’ CLOUDS TASTE METALLIC and I am in such a better mood now18 Jul 2026 00:46 +0000at://did:plc:7bgla3772einsvhtiuh4ebxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqv22vjkxc2y