Doctor Memory
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Just another bozo on this bus: please deflate your shoes before entering. The artist formerly known as dr_memory@twit (and same on livejournal, remember them?) and currently also known as @[email protected] on mastodon.
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Doctor Memory
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· Nov 14
Death to the newsletter-industrial complex.
Stop paying people to feed your own opinions back to you with more adjectives.
Stop paying people to feed your own opinions back to you with more adjectives.
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reminder that this snuggly little love bug could be yours, dm me if you’d like to meet her! she’s possibly the sweetest cat i’ve ever met
NYC AREA: my friend is leaving town and is heartbroken to be unable to take his 1.5ish year old cat Yutzu, she’s the sweetest friendliest dearest little thing and i would hate for her to go to a rescue! dm if you want a new best friend!
October 28, 2026 at 9:56 PM
reminder that this snuggly little love bug could be yours, dm me if you’d like to meet her! she’s possibly the sweetest cat i’ve ever met
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people say "building codes are written in blood", but here are code officials writing from their personal sense of neighborhood character
maybe we don't actually owe them utter deference!
maybe we don't actually owe them utter deference!
It is that "four dwelling units of 1,500 square feet each would be reasonably consistent with affordable housing. Likewise, 6,000 square feet is a reasonable limit for a multifamily building that would not be out of place in a residential neighborhood or infill housing."
Purely zoning reasoning!
Purely zoning reasoning!
October 28, 2026 at 11:37 AM
people say "building codes are written in blood", but here are code officials writing from their personal sense of neighborhood character
maybe we don't actually owe them utter deference!
maybe we don't actually owe them utter deference!
Hey everyone. Wanna see a dead body?
"You need to keep putting out more statements. Hopefully at some point he’ll understand that it’s offensive."
"You need to keep putting out more statements. Hopefully at some point he’ll understand that it’s offensive."
October 28, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Hey everyone. Wanna see a dead body?
"You need to keep putting out more statements. Hopefully at some point he’ll understand that it’s offensive."
"You need to keep putting out more statements. Hopefully at some point he’ll understand that it’s offensive."
At this point in my life the odds of my ever sitting down to get good enough at Silksong to beat even one boss are really nil.
But holy shit the soundtrack is _amazing_.
But holy shit the soundtrack is _amazing_.
October 28, 2026 at 1:45 PM
At this point in my life the odds of my ever sitting down to get good enough at Silksong to beat even one boss are really nil.
But holy shit the soundtrack is _amazing_.
But holy shit the soundtrack is _amazing_.
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Jimmy Carr sorry for killing joke
Will Smith sorry for smash mouth
Louis CK sorry for the strokes
Defective peroxide sorry for 4 non blondes
Daylight savings sorry for taking back sunday
Misogynists sorry for everything but the girl
UK beef industry sorry for madness
US government sorry for megadeth
Will Smith sorry for smash mouth
Louis CK sorry for the strokes
Defective peroxide sorry for 4 non blondes
Daylight savings sorry for taking back sunday
Misogynists sorry for everything but the girl
UK beef industry sorry for madness
US government sorry for megadeth
October 28, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Jimmy Carr sorry for killing joke
Will Smith sorry for smash mouth
Louis CK sorry for the strokes
Defective peroxide sorry for 4 non blondes
Daylight savings sorry for taking back sunday
Misogynists sorry for everything but the girl
UK beef industry sorry for madness
US government sorry for megadeth
Will Smith sorry for smash mouth
Louis CK sorry for the strokes
Defective peroxide sorry for 4 non blondes
Daylight savings sorry for taking back sunday
Misogynists sorry for everything but the girl
UK beef industry sorry for madness
US government sorry for megadeth
Thread. I love books. My dad was a bookseller. But real talk: these are mass produced consumer products with a limited useful lifespan, and I can’t think of any other thing in that category that people get so fucking _weird_ about. They aren’t the Bayeux Tapestries. Let librarians do their damn job.
Ok this is my “THEY’RE THROWING AWAY THE BOOKS” response thread and I’m never doing this again no matter how frequently this comes up 🧵
October 28, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Thread. I love books. My dad was a bookseller. But real talk: these are mass produced consumer products with a limited useful lifespan, and I can’t think of any other thing in that category that people get so fucking _weird_ about. They aren’t the Bayeux Tapestries. Let librarians do their damn job.
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The biggest thing you should know when people freak out about libraries getting rid of books is: yes, the librarians have thought of that. You undoubtedly have expertise in your specific job or field, and so do the librarians. Librarians have communities of theory and practice, and also, constraints
October 28, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The biggest thing you should know when people freak out about libraries getting rid of books is: yes, the librarians have thought of that. You undoubtedly have expertise in your specific job or field, and so do the librarians. Librarians have communities of theory and practice, and also, constraints
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my brief voter guide on some of the most important races in the country:
-vote for all democrats, obviously
-vote YES in the NYC ballot measures
-vote for Nithya Raman in LA
-vote for Scott Wiener in CA-11
-vote for Ben Allen for CA insurance commish
-vote YES on prop H & RTM for Bay Area transit
-vote for all democrats, obviously
-vote YES in the NYC ballot measures
-vote for Nithya Raman in LA
-vote for Scott Wiener in CA-11
-vote for Ben Allen for CA insurance commish
-vote YES on prop H & RTM for Bay Area transit
October 26, 2026 at 1:46 PM
my brief voter guide on some of the most important races in the country:
-vote for all democrats, obviously
-vote YES in the NYC ballot measures
-vote for Nithya Raman in LA
-vote for Scott Wiener in CA-11
-vote for Ben Allen for CA insurance commish
-vote YES on prop H & RTM for Bay Area transit
-vote for all democrats, obviously
-vote YES in the NYC ballot measures
-vote for Nithya Raman in LA
-vote for Scott Wiener in CA-11
-vote for Ben Allen for CA insurance commish
-vote YES on prop H & RTM for Bay Area transit
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ISRAELI ELECTION CHEAT SHEET
1. Voters vote
2. Inconclusive exit polls are released missing the last two hours of the vote <- YOU ARE HERE
3. All major party leaders claim victory, regardless of whether they were victorious
4. Weeks of negotiation
5. ???
1. Voters vote
2. Inconclusive exit polls are released missing the last two hours of the vote <- YOU ARE HERE
3. All major party leaders claim victory, regardless of whether they were victorious
4. Weeks of negotiation
5. ???
October 27, 2026 at 8:10 PM
ISRAELI ELECTION CHEAT SHEET
1. Voters vote
2. Inconclusive exit polls are released missing the last two hours of the vote <- YOU ARE HERE
3. All major party leaders claim victory, regardless of whether they were victorious
4. Weeks of negotiation
5. ???
1. Voters vote
2. Inconclusive exit polls are released missing the last two hours of the vote <- YOU ARE HERE
3. All major party leaders claim victory, regardless of whether they were victorious
4. Weeks of negotiation
5. ???
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Literally a Sunrise Movement cofounder: “Lawrence has criticized [Michigan’s solar preemption law] — he said in a radio appearance that wind and solar critics have ‘some good points’ and that the state solar preemption has allowed utilities to ‘build mega projects without community buy-in.’”
Why clean energy opponents in Michigan are backing a climate activist for Congress
Why clean energy opponents in Michigan are backing a climate activist for Congress
William Lawrence helped found the Sunrise Movement. Now he's running against data centers — and large-scale solar.
dlvr.it
October 27, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Literally a Sunrise Movement cofounder: “Lawrence has criticized [Michigan’s solar preemption law] — he said in a radio appearance that wind and solar critics have ‘some good points’ and that the state solar preemption has allowed utilities to ‘build mega projects without community buy-in.’”
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Besides the whole saving the knowledge of antiquity and the numerals and the science and the exquisite art, it's pretty easy to google Arab Nobel prize winners
October 27, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Besides the whole saving the knowledge of antiquity and the numerals and the science and the exquisite art, it's pretty easy to google Arab Nobel prize winners
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Today we lost Walter Koenig.
Some thoughts about a fine actor and genuinely nice guy....
Some thoughts about a fine actor and genuinely nice guy....
October 26, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Today we lost Walter Koenig.
Some thoughts about a fine actor and genuinely nice guy....
Some thoughts about a fine actor and genuinely nice guy....
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Politico wrote up Zohran playing basketball with the uncovering-a-big-scandal tone the same day the NYTimes wrote up "credible allegation that The President of the United States raped a woman" as a political strategy story. Broken media in a nutshell
New: Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a group of his friends have been secretly using the NYPD Police Academy’s gymnasium in Queens to play pickup basketball — scrambling some operations at the facility.
w/ @grahamrayman.bsky.social & Joe Anuta www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
w/ @grahamrayman.bsky.social & Joe Anuta www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
Mamdani is using NYPD gym to host pickup basketball games with friends
The choice of location has scrambled NYPD training operations, angering a police union and a Republican lawmaker.
www.politico.com
October 26, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Politico wrote up Zohran playing basketball with the uncovering-a-big-scandal tone the same day the NYTimes wrote up "credible allegation that The President of the United States raped a woman" as a political strategy story. Broken media in a nutshell
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some of the ballot initiatives this election cycle are specifically about getting rid of overlapping layers of regulation that bottleneck various projects. I don't think they tackle this specific issue head on, but 4 in particular starts to streamline building permitting
2026 Ballot Proposals | NYC Votes
Learn what’s on your 2026 ballot in New York City, including upcoming elections, key offices, and how to find your polling place.
www.nycvotes.org
October 26, 2026 at 7:46 PM
some of the ballot initiatives this election cycle are specifically about getting rid of overlapping layers of regulation that bottleneck various projects. I don't think they tackle this specific issue head on, but 4 in particular starts to streamline building permitting
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I have YIMBY planner friends who swear up and down that these views are anything but hegemonic in planning but they’re not. The planning profession by-and-large believes the San Francisco model works. It’s near a consensus position.
Boston’s chief planner is a true believer in the San Francisco model, in which you make it impossible to profitably build apartments by-right so developers are forced into a politicized discretionary negotiation with the city, which relaxes the rules in exchange for below-market units.
October 26, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I have YIMBY planner friends who swear up and down that these views are anything but hegemonic in planning but they’re not. The planning profession by-and-large believes the San Francisco model works. It’s near a consensus position.
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the biggest presidential scandal in history but the political media largely acts as if it's not happening. hasan piker has received more mainstream political media coverage over the last 6 months than trump's connections with epstein has
NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report.
Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.
Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.
October 26, 2026 at 5:04 PM
the biggest presidential scandal in history but the political media largely acts as if it's not happening. hasan piker has received more mainstream political media coverage over the last 6 months than trump's connections with epstein has
Aw damnit. You can't call passing at 90 as a beloved star of multiple franchises a tragedy, but it's still a loss. Farewell to a fixture of my childhood. Be seeing you.
My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.
October 26, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Aw damnit. You can't call passing at 90 as a beloved star of multiple franchises a tragedy, but it's still a loss. Farewell to a fixture of my childhood. Be seeing you.
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RIP to a real one
My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.
October 26, 2026 at 3:50 PM
RIP to a real one
Coyote vs Acme would never have worked without Bauza, who may be the only non-Mel-Blanc voice for the Looney Tunes characters who didn't sound like he was broadcasting directly from the uncanny valley. RIP to a great, taken far too young.
I am devastated to learn that Eric Bauza has died. I just spoke with him a couple months ago and I cannot express how joyous it was to have *the Looney Tunes* speaking to *me* and I also cannot express how much it was clear doing the voices brought Bauza joy. www.vulture.com/article/eric...
Bugs Bunny Loves That Coyote vs. Acme Will Make You Cry
“That probably doesn’t happen in a Space Jam,” says Eric Bauza, who voices most of the new film’s Looney Tunes.
www.vulture.com
October 26, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Coyote vs Acme would never have worked without Bauza, who may be the only non-Mel-Blanc voice for the Looney Tunes characters who didn't sound like he was broadcasting directly from the uncanny valley. RIP to a great, taken far too young.
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I am devastated to learn that Eric Bauza has died. I just spoke with him a couple months ago and I cannot express how joyous it was to have *the Looney Tunes* speaking to *me* and I also cannot express how much it was clear doing the voices brought Bauza joy. www.vulture.com/article/eric...
Bugs Bunny Loves That Coyote vs. Acme Will Make You Cry
“That probably doesn’t happen in a Space Jam,” says Eric Bauza, who voices most of the new film’s Looney Tunes.
www.vulture.com
October 26, 2026 at 4:21 AM
I am devastated to learn that Eric Bauza has died. I just spoke with him a couple months ago and I cannot express how joyous it was to have *the Looney Tunes* speaking to *me* and I also cannot express how much it was clear doing the voices brought Bauza joy. www.vulture.com/article/eric...
Firing and prosecuting these people is the compromise position. I am open to other suggestions.
Kavanaugh stops in action: ICE tackled a non-verbal kid near his school, left him with injuries requiring surgery, and then left the scene when they realized he wasn't the person they were looking for www.independent.com/2026/10/23/i...
ICE Detains Special Needs Student, U.S. Citizen Near Santa Maria High School
Rapid Response volunteers witnessed the student being tackled and left with injuries requiring surgery.
www.independent.com
October 26, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Firing and prosecuting these people is the compromise position. I am open to other suggestions.
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Please stop with the 'generic Dem ballot' polling hopium. I've had my heart broken too many times to believe the polls anymore.
Remember: people don't vote for the generic ballot. They vote for actual candidates.
Put your heads down and get out the vote. Nothing is promised, nothing is certain.
Remember: people don't vote for the generic ballot. They vote for actual candidates.
Put your heads down and get out the vote. Nothing is promised, nothing is certain.
October 26, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Please stop with the 'generic Dem ballot' polling hopium. I've had my heart broken too many times to believe the polls anymore.
Remember: people don't vote for the generic ballot. They vote for actual candidates.
Put your heads down and get out the vote. Nothing is promised, nothing is certain.
Remember: people don't vote for the generic ballot. They vote for actual candidates.
Put your heads down and get out the vote. Nothing is promised, nothing is certain.
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if voting didn't matter they wouldn't be working so hard to stop you
The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.
Serbia’s strongman leader Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shift
The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.
bit.ly
October 25, 2026 at 10:28 PM
if voting didn't matter they wouldn't be working so hard to stop you
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If we don’t build the political will to address policing this will just be the way police function moving forward even if ICE itself is formally abolished.
"Alexander says he didn’t come back to Ingram to help deport his neighbors... he just ended up making it part of his job. Alexander and Ingram’s other patrol officer had delivered at least 70 people to immigration agents. Within a year, they would hand over the equivalent of 10% of Ingram to ICE."
The Small-Town Cop Who Helped ICE Deport His Neighbors
Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of t...
www.propublica.org
October 25, 2026 at 12:30 PM
If we don’t build the political will to address policing this will just be the way police function moving forward even if ICE itself is formally abolished.