Douglas Moran

As a rule I don’t like to block willy-nilly. Usually I look at someone’s feed to see if their irksome comment was a one-off, or part of a pattern. If someone insults me *and* they have a pattern of such, it’s block time. (Copelovich is a professor.) Or insult me multiple times. Not here for abuse.

Rewatching Kpop Demon Hunters for the first time in a year or so. Man, what a great movie.

I really love animation. That’s it. That’s the post.

Chronic pain is fucking exhausting.

Airbags No lead paint No leaded gasoline No asbestos Catalytic converters - the smog in LA is far less now than in 1960, despite a massive population increase Electronic banking Mobile phones

This is leadership.

“I’m the only one allowed to win elections.”

@petebuttigieg.bsky.social Be like this, Pete. I have a trans daughter. Be like this. cc @susiebright.bsky.social youtu.be/uj_R4H4U_mk?...

It would be such a shame if wide sharing of these names and photos ruined these rapist’s lives. Such a shame.

This kind of post always confuses me. This is social media; social media is all about opinions and expressing them. It’s fine to disagree with the opinions of others; they’re *opinions* after all. But to gatekeep what kind of opinions are appropriate as a reply to a post strikes me as weird.

More than $23B in profits and AT&T apparently can’t afford to give me two extra fucking days to pay my cell bill. Fuck capitalism.

Despite me telling her many times that it's the way weather in Texas works, every time we have one of our "the temp changed 45 degrees in a few hours" swings she's stunned. TBF I'm usually surprised, too.

If someone wants to make a mint, they will start a movie studio that guarantees no AI was used in their films. Books that have a "no AI" stamp. Applications that you can BUY (not *subscribe to*) that don't force AI on you. And so forth. Honestly I'm stunned no one has done this.

I’m never watching another of Matthew McConaughey’s films again. “Walk on road, hm? Walk right side, safe. Walk left side, safe. Walk middle, sooner or later, squish like grape.” tinyurl.com/3k2cz867

@alexwgalbraith.bsky.social Pretty disappointed to see Brad Dourif on your list. I’ve been an admirer of his work since I first saw him (in Ragtime), and would be quite disappointed to find out he’s a political fellow traveler of Shapiro’s.

Today I went to the Austin Public Library, currently celebrating its Centennial. Then I listened to a guitarist on the terrace of a crepe place next door. Went for a walk on Red Bud Isle dog park. Listened to Bob Marley. Tonight I’ll make pesto It’s 68°, sunny, & breezy. This was a good day.

@jamestalarico.bsky.social why did you throw my trans daughter under the bus?

@notherobot.bsky.social Was wondering if you’ve seen Get Jiro.

@briankarem.bsky.social I literally * just* finished reading your post about her in @salon.com, went to my BlueSky feed, and there this was. Jon must have posted it whe I was in the middle of reading “The aforementioned Anthony Scaramucci publicly mused that she may not last as long as he did.”

Micromanaging really pisses me off. It creates busywork, wastes people’s time, and makes everyone paranoid.

Fuck you, Texas.

Did we just forget that Mitch McConnell still technically exists? From 24/7 coverage to crickets. I know the press has a short attention span, but jeez.

- In Q1 2026, Meta made $26.77 billion *in profit* - In May, Meta laid off ~8000 people Meta could have paid all those people $200,000 in salary and *still* made $25 billion in profit. In one quarter. So don’t you *dare* tell me supply-side, shareholder-first economics doesn’t distort economics.

It’s a way for McDonald’s to lay off people and have “dynamic pricing”. It has nothing whatsoever to do with “efficiency”, other than trying to find the most efficient way to line the pockets of the C-suite arse-clowns.

@mctelevision.bsky.social Fringe for sure. Many episodes of Star Trek: TOS. (“Devil in the Dark” eg)

I want a crime-of-the-week show, except the villains are law enforcement.

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And meanwhile @schumer.senate.gov is going to write a sternly-worded letter and request investigations and reforms. Because that’s worked out so well this far.

@davidbrin.bsky.social Sousveillance.

Compare Schumers typically-limp response to Mamdani’s. He has got to go.

THIS IS WHAT POLITICAL LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE!

Cashiers don’t really understand cash now, even when the machine calculates change. My bill was for $75.76. I gave her $86. She was baffled. “This is $80.” “Yes; and you’ll give me a ten back.” She punched the numbers in & yes indeed, I got $10.25 back. Fewer bills in the wallet. Not rocket science.

Austinites: Hey, a day in the 70s! Cooler weather is here! Texas: Hahahahahah! Suckers!

Sometimes, there just isn’t a hack. Isn’t a way around. I’ve never forgotten the first time I encountered this reality. College. A worker at admissions. I tried to get around a late fee by explaining, cajoling, asking politely: Nope. These folks face smart-ass students all day long. I had no chance.

Damn you Ted Lasso, I’m crying again.

My bff did his graduate research on AMANDA, the precursor to IceCube. Which is about as close as I’ll ever get to a Nobel Prize. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarct... He took me into his lab at Berkeley and showed me the detectors he & his labmate were building. www.npr.org/2026/10/06/g...

Four days in the office and one at home isn’t “hybrid”; it’s “you work from the office and every once in a while we do you a favor”.

It would be totally on brand for GenX if the next President were Ossof or AOC or Mayor Pete or some other Millennial. Nixon: Greatest Ford: Greatest Carter: Greatest Reagan: Greatest Bush I: Greatest Clinton: Boomer Bush II: Boomer Obama: Boomer Trump: Silent Biden: Silent

We’re fucked.

“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap

*That* is what finally crossed the line for this guy? Seriously? Not killing innocent fisherman, rendering US citizens to other countries, or murdering Iranian school children; it’s giving out a Senator’s phone number. Hate to tell you, pal, but *you’re* one of the biggest goobers in the Senate.

@alexgalbraith.bsky.social This is a favorite of our family. Love Steve Zahn and Tom Everett Scott (who looks like a young Tom Hanks), along with a very young Liv Tyler. Plus it introduced me to Adam Schlesinger and Fountains of Wayne, very good things. Really like it.