P.L. Rock

P.L. Rock

@plrock.bsky.social

A New Deal Democrat, writer of silly screeds, forensic accountant with a degree in Economics, musician of dubious talent, Senior Deacon, and lover of fairy tales, folklore, animals, gardening, and vinyl.

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You Can See Everything is the best and weirdest film I have seen in years. It should win best picture and Amanda Seyfried should win best supporting actress. Incredible.

I voted in New York today! We have another week and a half to save democracy. And then, to be fair, two years of additional hard work. And then like...a decade after that, but you know. Every step on the journey is important.

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AOC: "What the Trump administration is doing in targeting trans people is to get everyone on board with supporting defunding their own civil rights ... understand that when they attack trans girls in sports, they're also attacking all women's ability to stand up against their abusers"

Ten days Until the Election! Vote early! They can't lose the ballot in the mail. They can't say they ran out of ballots. They can't close the polling site with no notice. Vote Early! No More Kings! The time is nigh!

At this point, what would legit be the killer app for the Switch 2 for me would be if they released a Zelda 1 randomizer. And maybe a Zelda 2 remaster with JUST a few tweaks to the gameplay to make it a bit more playable and not insanely punishing with the experience point system.

Wordle 1,948 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot Skill 89/99 Luck 39/99 This was a weird result

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ICE agents broke a U.S. citizen's arm when they intentionally struck him with an unmarked vehicle as he rode his e-bike in Long Beach, California. He screamed in pain as agents tased him twice and handcuffed him on the ground. His injuries are severe. Repost this everywhere!

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SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

thehandbasket.co'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist tiesThomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.

Tom Emmer, seen here watching Kristi Noem killing a puppy, says he's not worried about the midterms at all on account of how great everything's going.

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This is exactly what ICE said: "Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck." Now watch the video. They're no other word for it: They're lying.

Eric Umansky@ericumansky.bsky.social

Watch an ICE agent run down and then run over a man. The man was was then writhing on the ground, saying "You broke my leg! You broke my leg!" Agents didn't help him. And btw, the man wasn't the target of their operation.

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Anytime I actually hear about something I like that AI does, I find out that it's not really AI, so to speak. It's like Excel. Which has been automating processes since it's inception. If Capcom is using their own libraries to simply better automate certain tasks. That's what "AI" should be for.

You know what? I Finally watched Supergirl on HBO, and I thought it was a delight! Little slow to start, but I liked the "Just keep escalating and eventually things will work out and you'll get revenge for an initial slight." trope. Mamoa actually played Lobo perfectly to the comics.

3 year old toddler this morning after requesting Joan Jett be played. "Daddy, I have a band." "Really, what's your band's name." "Rock, shock, and barrel." "..." And I just sat in silence for a second thinking that it's one of the best band names I've ever heard.

I think he's referencing Nightmare Before Christmas with that one. We have several books about that universe and kiddo insists we read them all year round. But still. Way to make it yours, little dude.

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Senator Klobuchar's knowledge of college sports team mascots from the Midwest may have just saved the nation.

Senator Amy Klobuchar@klobuchar.senate.gov

Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!

Senator Klobuchar's knowledge of college sports team mascots from the Midwest may have just saved the nation.

Senator Amy Klobuchar@klobuchar.senate.gov

Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!

For me it's most likely that what this won't can't the least is never does a bad job, but always a good.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Elon Musk corrects himself: "I think it's worth highlighting the positive benefits of AI -- SI, pardon me. I think by far the most likely outcome is major abundance."

Shan't.

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Trump: "We're gonna be signing a document today renaming artificial intelligence, because it's not artificial. We're gonna be naming it Super Intelligence. Officially renaming it."

What a fucking idiot. And good on Amy calling him out. She's gonna Klobber anyone who stands in the way of good governance!

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social

A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED

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A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED

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Replying to @atrupar.com

holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."

Here's the thing. At home I listen to records and don't have any country albums that came out after 1995. In the car I listen to Spotify's various Alt Rock playlists. Simplified, the Hot 100 is calculated by a mix of streams, radio play, and sales. But it's relative to what's around it. 01/05

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But most popular song of all time is a meaningless metric. You can be the best and tallest basketball player in your school, but if your graduating class is only 12 people and you’re only 5’ 8”, you’re probably not getting a scholarship to go play at Michigan. 04/05

The lyrics, music, instrumentation, and vocals are fine. It’s a paint by numbers country song. Plus, Billboard doesn’t count it when I spin Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik by Outkast. They have no idea what I'm listening to, in fact. It's kind of comforting, but maybe that's just me. 05/05

Here's the thing. At home I listen to records and don't have any country albums that came out after 1995. In the car I listen to Spotify's various Alt Rock playlists. Simplified, the Hot 100 is calculated by a mix of streams, radio play, and sales. But it's relative to what's around it. 01/05

To have a number 1 song, you just need to be in front of everyone else that week. Additionally, the weighting of each metric (Radio, streams, sales) can switch to whatever Billboard feels like that week, in order to promote whatever artist or narrative they want. 02/05

This isn’t to say that Langley shouldn’t be proud of her song. Granted it’s not exactly new ground she’s breaking. Texas vs. Tennessee is the oldest god damn trope in country music. All of George Strait's Ex’s live in Texas and that’s why he hangs his hat in Tennessee. etc. 03/05

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💥Ok I see other platforms are blocking this. I met Alex Gibney moons ago at ABCNY (the Association of the Bar for the City of New York). He’s the real deal. Here’s the trailer for Alex Gibney’s documentary about Musk. Let’s Streisand Effect this: www.firstshowing.net/2026/must-se... 👋🎥

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NEW TROY JACKSON AD 🔥 Susan Collins spent years perfecting that “reasonable moderate” act. Then ProPublica dropped the receipts: A defense contractor funneled $150,000 through a shell company to a pro-Collins super PAC while Collins pushed for $32 MILLION in naval contracts.