Suds Terkel
@sudsterkel.bsky.social
Baseball (Go White Sox, meh), BBQ, beer, books, Boston Terriers, bourbon. Begrudging user of the Oxford comma. Opponent of rampant enshitification who wonders whatever happened to authenticity.
Hailing from and still sequestered in ChiSuburbia.
Hailing from and still sequestered in ChiSuburbia.
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Suds Terkel
@sudsterkel.bsky.social
· Jan 1
a woman shaking hands with a man in front of a christmas tree with the words big communist big big communist written below her
ALT: a woman shaking hands with a man in front of a christmas tree with the words big communist big big communist written below her
media.tenor.com
Any dispatches from New York? Have the means of production been turned over fully to the people yet!?!? 🙄😬
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Mind of the Trump voting American
September 18, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Mind of the Trump voting American
Well thanks to ThNF I now know what a One Republic is. Even though one of them used to live a few blocks from my parents, I was never motivated to listen to them.
I stand by my choice.
I stand by my choice.
September 18, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Well thanks to ThNF I now know what a One Republic is. Even though one of them used to live a few blocks from my parents, I was never motivated to listen to them.
I stand by my choice.
I stand by my choice.
Am I a bad person for hoping that every celebrity who does commercials for gambling apps becomes a gambling addict and loses everything!?!?
September 18, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Am I a bad person for hoping that every celebrity who does commercials for gambling apps becomes a gambling addict and loses everything!?!?
Killing your kid to own the libs is a weird flex
an 18 year old died from an entirely preventable disease
Another measles death. 18 years old. Unvaccinated. See also: www.pa.gov/agencies/hea... H/T @melodyschreiber.com @tom.medsky.social
September 15, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Killing your kid to own the libs is a weird flex
At a certain point, every celebrity is just Monty Burns's prank monkey.
Even More Celebrities Sell Out With Prediction Market Ads
www.pajiba.com
September 14, 2026 at 3:48 PM
At a certain point, every celebrity is just Monty Burns's prank monkey.
How was I not informed of this happening 42 years ago!?!?
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax with Lemmy (Motorhead)
YouTube video by ScottishTeeVee
www.youtube.com
September 14, 2026 at 1:22 PM
How was I not informed of this happening 42 years ago!?!?
I thought I had missed all of the mawkish 9/11 bullshit, but then I saw Sunday Night Football remind us how the NFL healed the nation.... 😬
September 13, 2026 at 11:47 PM
I thought I had missed all of the mawkish 9/11 bullshit, but then I saw Sunday Night Football remind us how the NFL healed the nation.... 😬
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Record-setting #Bears set the tone for what could be another wild ride of a season.
The 59 points with only 2 catches from TEs are a message to the NFL: Pick Your Poisons, plural.
Forward Progress postgame on @312sportschi.bsky.social. Links in replies.
The 59 points with only 2 catches from TEs are a message to the NFL: Pick Your Poisons, plural.
Forward Progress postgame on @312sportschi.bsky.social. Links in replies.
September 13, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Record-setting #Bears set the tone for what could be another wild ride of a season.
The 59 points with only 2 catches from TEs are a message to the NFL: Pick Your Poisons, plural.
Forward Progress postgame on @312sportschi.bsky.social. Links in replies.
The 59 points with only 2 catches from TEs are a message to the NFL: Pick Your Poisons, plural.
Forward Progress postgame on @312sportschi.bsky.social. Links in replies.
Today will be the first Bears regular season game since my father passed away at age 85. I knew his time was running out and was glad to watch a bunch of their games with him last season. Today's game will be emotional.
September 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Today will be the first Bears regular season game since my father passed away at age 85. I knew his time was running out and was glad to watch a bunch of their games with him last season. Today's game will be emotional.
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This is literally a plot point in “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis. Written in 1935, it predicts the rise of a fascist populist who promises each family $5,000 per year if he’s elected.
Trump: "If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate...I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000."
September 10, 2026 at 4:54 PM
This is literally a plot point in “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis. Written in 1935, it predicts the rise of a fascist populist who promises each family $5,000 per year if he’s elected.
Pffft, like anyone is voting for these Dems when we're gonna get $5k for voting Republican.... 😵💫
Jimmy Kimmel Says James Talarico Interview Won't Air on TV After Trump's FCC Threatened His Show
Jimmy Kimmel says that his interview with James Talarico will not air on TV after the FCC threatened his show, ABC, and local stations.
www.rollingstone.com
September 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Pffft, like anyone is voting for these Dems when we're gonna get $5k for voting Republican.... 😵💫
You can find countless examples online of Peter Hook crapping all over his former New Order bandmates, but it's rare they bother to reply. Here, ailing New Order drummer/keyboardist Stephen Morris gets to the Heart of the Hooky Matter in a rather succinct manner....
![Peter Hook has been very vocal in the press about, well, most everything. Are you hoping one day there can be a reconciliation?
Peter can be very vocal about everything, really. He's quite an angry person. Basically, he doesn't seem happy. He doesn't strike me as being happy. He was happy in Joy Division, I think. But even that I'm not entirely sure of because he doesn't seem happy about anything. He didn't seem happy in New Order. He doesn't seem happy playing New Order songs. And [he says] we're awful, awful people that we've been to him. And, yeah, that's a bit upsetting, really. Will there ever be reconciliation? I don't know. I don't know. They do say life's too short.
The dream for a lot of fans is for the four of you to get together somewhere and play one last song. But that feels more like fan fiction than any reality.
That would be a song with a long intro.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:24hcjsifju5hmayjyhfrazl6/bafkreigv375zx5dttcob4rhuramwj73tnrxe5ixfvpuf7p4hturobe7zmq)
September 10, 2026 at 12:39 AM
You can find countless examples online of Peter Hook crapping all over his former New Order bandmates, but it's rare they bother to reply. Here, ailing New Order drummer/keyboardist Stephen Morris gets to the Heart of the Hooky Matter in a rather succinct manner....
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Who said Hollywood isn't taking creative risks anymore?
Malibu residents evacuate after massive, expanding sinkhole opens at Nicolas Cage’s house
Malibu residents evacuate after massive, expanding sinkhole opens at Nicolas Cage's house
Evacuation orders were issued for 31 Malibu homes due to a massive and expanding sinkhole in the driveway of Nicolas Cage's property.
www.latimes.com
September 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Who said Hollywood isn't taking creative risks anymore?
And on that day, those two firemen brought new meaning to the phrase "working the pile...."
Trump on 9/11: "I just thank my people. I was building a big building in New York & I took the whole crew down there right after this happened & they had no hesitation. Everybody went down with me... we thought it was coming down on top of us... two fireman lifted me up and started running with me"
September 8, 2026 at 3:42 PM
And on that day, those two firemen brought new meaning to the phrase "working the pile...."
Welp, someone isn't doing the right thing....
Also, for anyone keeping score, Spike Lee has now promoted Meta's AI spy glasses and prediction markets. I guess he doesn't have enough money.
September 8, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Welp, someone isn't doing the right thing....
I honestly thought Yahoo would reconsider their embarrassingly awful AI draft grades, but nine days after my draft we've still got ourselves a whole lot of failing grades....
September 8, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I honestly thought Yahoo would reconsider their embarrassingly awful AI draft grades, but nine days after my draft we've still got ourselves a whole lot of failing grades....
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🎯"I think people are starving for freedom to, not freedom from. That doesn’t come from government being small enough to fit in your bedroom; it comes from competent government doing its job well enough that Americans don’t have to spend their whole lives managing precarity."
If you abstract nearly every political fight beyond its material specifics, so many are actually about agency - I think this is an opening for a bigger story Democrats could tell. amandalitman.substack.com/p/my-toddler...
My toddler theory of American politics
People want to be in charge. What if we gave them their agency?
amandalitman.substack.com
September 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
🎯"I think people are starving for freedom to, not freedom from. That doesn’t come from government being small enough to fit in your bedroom; it comes from competent government doing its job well enough that Americans don’t have to spend their whole lives managing precarity."
Your daily reminder that the world of *Idiocracy* would actually be an improvement over our current hellscape....
September 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Your daily reminder that the world of *Idiocracy* would actually be an improvement over our current hellscape....
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I will always be tired and overworked. I will always miss deadlines and make mistakes and be buried in a pipeline of planned work.
I will never turn to automated copying of the work of my friends and colleagues so I can get things done 'quicker'. I will never respect anyone who does.
I will never turn to automated copying of the work of my friends and colleagues so I can get things done 'quicker'. I will never respect anyone who does.
September 8, 2026 at 11:42 AM
I will always be tired and overworked. I will always miss deadlines and make mistakes and be buried in a pipeline of planned work.
I will never turn to automated copying of the work of my friends and colleagues so I can get things done 'quicker'. I will never respect anyone who does.
I will never turn to automated copying of the work of my friends and colleagues so I can get things done 'quicker'. I will never respect anyone who does.
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A weird thing that really happened around the year 2000 was that mainstream news ran and pushed a story for MONTHS that there was a secret new invention that was going to be revolutionary and then it turned out it was the Segway
September 8, 2026 at 4:50 AM
A weird thing that really happened around the year 2000 was that mainstream news ran and pushed a story for MONTHS that there was a secret new invention that was going to be revolutionary and then it turned out it was the Segway
Today in disappointments, a KC Royals broadcaster mentioned that a player was from El Segundo, and then asked his partner what that city is famous for.
His reply? "George Brett." 🙄🫠
His reply? "George Brett." 🙄🫠
September 7, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Today in disappointments, a KC Royals broadcaster mentioned that a player was from El Segundo, and then asked his partner what that city is famous for.
His reply? "George Brett." 🙄🫠
His reply? "George Brett." 🙄🫠
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#LaborDay
It's Labor Day, and with Dolly Parton's recent passing, I would like to remember 9 to 5 and why this somewhat dark farce is a still topical commentary on the US labor force.
If you haven't seen it, spoilers ahead.
It's Labor Day, and with Dolly Parton's recent passing, I would like to remember 9 to 5 and why this somewhat dark farce is a still topical commentary on the US labor force.
If you haven't seen it, spoilers ahead.
September 7, 2026 at 8:09 PM
#LaborDay
It's Labor Day, and with Dolly Parton's recent passing, I would like to remember 9 to 5 and why this somewhat dark farce is a still topical commentary on the US labor force.
If you haven't seen it, spoilers ahead.
It's Labor Day, and with Dolly Parton's recent passing, I would like to remember 9 to 5 and why this somewhat dark farce is a still topical commentary on the US labor force.
If you haven't seen it, spoilers ahead.
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Yes, everyone is different, but if you have the option to change your doctor or suck it up or whatever, and you’re literate enough in science to know MAHA is BS, there is no excuse for putting other people in danger. It’s just not what your basic human being does.
September 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Yes, everyone is different, but if you have the option to change your doctor or suck it up or whatever, and you’re literate enough in science to know MAHA is BS, there is no excuse for putting other people in danger. It’s just not what your basic human being does.
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Breaking: Someone appears to have hacked the Republican National Convention website and it now redirects to the Epstein Files website.
September 4, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Breaking: Someone appears to have hacked the Republican National Convention website and it now redirects to the Epstein Files website.