Middle-Aged Aang
@middleagedaang.bsky.social
Leftist Tolkien lover who occasionally paints. Voracious reader. Kill patriarchy. Shitbox lover. I contain multitudes, etc. If you don’t have any post or replies of your own, I’ll block you if you follow me. He/him/his
created November 8, 2024
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Basketball Jones 🏀🦁 (@shawnjohn.bsky.social) reposted
A skin flap on the forehead after a stroke refers to Sinking Skin Flap Syndrome (SSFS), a rare but dangerous complication after a decompressive hemicraniectomy for a malignant stroke, where the skin above the removed bone defect appears sunken. 🧵
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social)
Oh this makes me sad. Great actor.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
I still listen to this on the regular. After I first heard it, I thought to myself “How did I go this long with Fugazi not whistling or clapping their hands on an album?”
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
WRXs are excellent in the snow and they are not at all heavy. Same goes for the Impreza (RIP).
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Lightweight is good as it’s less weight for the brakes to bring to a stop. Get better tires on your current vehicle if you feel the same.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe? I put my key fobs in one so that it’s harder to spoof them and steal my car.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Mmmkay. Good thing I’m an antitheist.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
People who open-carry do so to intimidate, because they fear everything and everyone.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
My god that ai slop is awful. Two deltas on his chest?
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social)
I’m unashamedly pro-fusion research, and I’d rather we use fission reactors than burn coal. However, this analogy is clever as hell, and consider me tickled.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
I came here to post this! Always gives me a laugh.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
“I truly believe we CAN build a system represents working people.” ICYMI — @grahamformaine.bsky.social Platner is a marine and oyster farmer running to replace @SenatorCollins, who should be “concerned” His site: www.grahamforsenate.com
The Outspoken Observer (@outspokenobserver.bsky.social) reposted
🧷PussyCatsResist🧷 (@pussycatsresist.bsky.social) reposted
The face of Smallpox. This poor child died a couple days after this photo was taken. Vaccine Science rendered Smallpox extinct in the “wild”, but it still exists in Biohazard Labs. What if it gets accidentally or purposely released? Today’s kids are NOT immune! Young adults are NOT immune!
Andy Merrill “Brak” & I maybe love🫘 (@amerrill2.bsky.social) reposted
First guest to ask to be on the show!!!
Star Trek Minus Context (@nocontexttrek1.bsky.social) reposted
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Horrible parent gif search.
Graham Platner for Senate (@grahamformaine.bsky.social) reposted
Power exists for those who are willing to organize for it and to take it.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Mmmm plate tectonics.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Megasota here we come. However… As much as I like my governor, I don’t see Evers doing this. This state is so purple that doing this could ensure our next governor is red.
Patrick Vallely (@pjvphotography.bsky.social) reposted
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Why children? Why? My daughter was in 1st grade at the same time as the Sandy Hook kids. I remember the horror. The fear. The desire to grab her out of class despite being states away. As a parent I CAN imagine the nightmare these parents are experiencing. I grieve with them.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, and we are here for a funeral. However, three of my clients, two of whom I thought would not be able to find housing, have signed leases and my boss is taking care of their financial assistance for me while I’m out of the office.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social)
Today has been a horrible day here in the Twin Cities (what a day to travel up to my partner’s hometown), but I needed this. A fire and a book in my brother-in-law’s backyard, with my partner sleeping in our tent behind me.
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
The antics of golden retriever 😂
Debt Collective 🟥 (@debtcollective.bsky.social) reposted
Huge win ‼️ This is Mac. His corporate landlord just back-credited his account with over $700 after dozens of tenants in his building went on utility strike back in June. The whole building got back over $25,000 in a concession by their corporate landlord Equity Residential.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
The starter was fine, I had no problems with it. I did go through a battery in a year, however it was determined to be defective, and was replaced under warranty.
dave (@graeyalien.bsky.social) reposted
Yeah, the guy uses all his Holodeck time just sitting in the corner smoking crack. He doesn't even decorate it like a hotel room or anything, it's just the straight grid. He's sober on the ship. There's no rule against it but we've all lost a little respect for him. Generates a crack pipe every time
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
Jesus Christ. If your credit isn’t frozen at all three bureaus, I would strongly consider doing that now
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social)
I hate AI drivel, but this made me laugh, if only because now I want to see (hear) it - but Mac & Me-ized. Paul Rudd can introduce it as a trailer for his newest project on Conan’s podcast.
Crocodile Spanky 🇦🇺🍍🍤🐨🦘🍺🫖🐊 (@spankymccracken.bsky.social) reposted
Karoline Leavitt, as played by Lisa Kudrow
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social)
All this discussion about the 2028 presidential election is infuriating. Stop thinking like things are normal. We have to stop this cruel circus show first.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
I had a 23 Integra manual with the start stop feature. Even with a stick, it wasn’t annoying. And if I wanted to, I could just put it in sport mode and it would bypass it. It’s all performative bullshit. My partner has an EV. Charging at home = ♥️ It’s the future.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Nitrogen only is cheaper.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Looking forward to Steelforged 4. Just finished 3 last night. I really like the pacing of these novels, thank you.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Bong hits and some cash were my go to tip back in the day. Joints are nicer!
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
The revolution starts now Arresting a 20 plus year combat veteran for burning the flag This took place about an hour ago
Ela MyFriend (@elamyfriend.bsky.social) reposted
Snoop went from Gin & Juice to whining about a lesbian kiss in a Pixar movie. Imagine surviving decades of censorship, police harassment, and being labeled a “threat to society”… only to turn around and fear visibility for others who’ve been marginalized just like you.
Alan Siegel (@alansiegella.bsky.social) reposted
It's Best Performances of the 21st Century Week at @the-ringer.bsky.social. To celebrate, I talked to Naomi Watts (and more) about Mulholland Drive and David Lynch. www.theringer.com/2025/08/25/m...
Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) reposted
They’re making fun of the media referring to Kilmar Abrego Garcia as a Maryland man as they threaten to send him to Uganda, a country where he’s never lived. They’re simply fucking vile.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Which shows?
scha·den·freu·de (@blisterpearl.bsky.social) reposted
"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people." Admiral William Adama Battlestar Galactica
Angie@blueangie.bsky.social (@blueangie.bsky.social) reposted
PapaJ (@michiganpapa.bsky.social) reposted
"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires." John Steinbeck
CAKE (@thebandcake.bsky.social) reposted
Ahem
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
She already is.
Lora Kolodny (@lorak.bsky.social) reposted
fascinating and holy sh*t
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Off base apartment. They are manufactured not just in the past in Russia. They’re made by many different companies, some in the US.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social)
There’s a guy with a large truck who I always see when driving home from work. I pass him or he passes me. He has a 3-Percenter sticker. So I ordered this anti-fascist sticker for my Accord, in the hopes it pisses him off, or at least confuses him. Lame maybe, but visibility is important.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social)
I am so looking forward to this film. Not just because of Colin Farrell, who has been in two of my favorite films (In Bruges and Ondine), and Margot Robbie, who (Barbie is a masterpiece) is magnificent. The score is composed by Joe Hisaishi of Studio Ghibli fame. WOW!!! youtu.be/xdKP22EaAuU?...
Autumatopoeia (@isreallytwodogs.bsky.social) reposted
Referring to a mediocre breakfast restaurant as your culture and heritage is one of the whitest things I've ever read.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Also the ones that are supposed to smell like lilacs but don’t at ALL.
LorennaCleary.bsky.social (@lorennacleary.bsky.social) reposted
Parker was shot in the head with a flashbang in LA. Her skull was fractured and she had bleeding on her brain. She’s now back out there protesting and documenting. Because she says we have to. That’s bravery.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Hey now, my arse is rather... flat. That being said, sure, I have two of them. But THEY have drones and can see me in the dark. I have weapons to protect myself and my family during the unrest that is coming. I am not going to fight the military - I want to live through this.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social)
Bwahahahhaahhaha
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Reported and blocked. What an utter piece of shit.
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
You’re an embarrassment to this country. You are destroying this city; you are destroying this country.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social)
Fantastic photos of one of my favorite artists! #herbiehancock
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Is that Moby? Twenty five years ago I would have just said yeah.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m on my way to the library right now. I cannot find my card!!
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
I laughed and laughed!
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
Here’s what was NOT released today: - the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ - the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed - communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison - the Epstein files
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
I enjoyed this short film.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
I tried but it wanted me to have a fb to verify. 😞
Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️🌈 (@chimeracoder.bsky.social) reposted
RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s 99% manufactured.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
This is so important to stress. The bubble on here (which I definitely take part of) forgets that we go outside, and while people sort of nervous or maybe stressed, I’m not seeing people fuck with others, except ICE. MOST don’t want to fight our families, no matter what rhetoric is being spun.
Federalist No. 69 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 (@mexi-dutch.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
“Assault with a DELI weapon…” 😆🤌🏼☠️
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s got what plants crave!
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Treat yourself, and watch as many videos as you can from that time period that were directed by Spike Jonze, Chris Cunningham, and Michel Gondry. This Björk video by Gondry is a work of art as well. youtu.be/JNJv-Ebi67I?...
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Lassitude.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
He’s from a small town in Minnesota.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
In one picture I see 9 30 round mags. That’s insane; what is already a tragedy could have been so much worse. It’s sick.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m not sure if even heat death will outlast the universe.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m all about Goodyear doing this, it’s great - fantastic even, but Continental, Michelin, or Vredestein for me or bust. Goodyear doesn’t make good tires.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
She’s great but I absolutely love Sam Richardson, I’ve seen more of his work. Thanks for the recommendation!!
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
This is the energy we need!
Deirdre Assenza (@deirdreassenza.bsky.social) reposted
That Sandwichman was a DOJ employee is everything. Even in the rank and file, the administration is -this- hated
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
I love Ol’ Foamy!!
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social)
I feel like at this point he does not even need any excuse. He’ll just do what he wants and everyone will go along with it. The US is finished as a democratic republic. At this point, balkanization would be better for much of the population.
Pam Keith (@pamkeithdc.bsky.social) reposted
Here’s a fact that no one wants to face: We are NOT going to be able to wait until the election in 2026 to stop that asshole from a total authoritarian take over of this country. The TX capitulation is proof of that.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah it is! m.imdb.com/title/tt0782...
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
I experience internal monologue in the same way as the OP. I thought that it was the usual way one articulated thoughts internally. It’s not necessarily a voice, though it can be for me.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
I too saw that “documentary” on the Discovery Channel.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Even without the oceans turning into vapor, we have about 600 million years before it’s too hot for higher life. We could use an asteroid to boost our orbit out and greatly increase how long we have, but Homo sapiens won’t exist as we do now at that time anyway. I guess I’d better play FFXVI.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Resemble? It is one.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
NEWS: U.S. layoffs in July surged to highest level since the early months of the COVID pandemic, jumping 29% from June and 140% compared to July 2024.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social)
Tired of this both sideism bullshit. Biden brought inflation down. Much damage/price gouging was already in place when lockdown was in place, and corporations took advantage of the idea of inflation to raise prices and make even more profit. Fuck this noise, and fuck this guy. Probably voted (R).
Denise (she/her) (@totallyrandombut.bsky.social) reposted
It's rare that I listen to someone and think ..wow...they cuss a lot. And also? No lies detected. Hunter Fucking Biden makes good points.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
Absolutely! I started my Star Trek journey with the death of the Enterprise over the Genesis planet. It’s kind of backward, but at the same time, the whole film was about renewal, hope, and fierce loyalty to a friend. For me it was the best and proper way to be introduced to Star Trek.
Ray E. Boomhower (@rboomhower.bsky.social) reposted
"Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself.” Robert Ingersoll, born on this day in 1833
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
I own weapons not to fight an army, but to protect myself and mine while we run like hell. Missiles and drones? Fuck that noise.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
What @kentruthfap.bsky.social is saying is that we as Americans, we the people, have to lead ourselves out of this en masse. That’s how this is going to end. Stop waiting for a hero.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social)
More this every fucking day.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
It would be a delightful horrorshow of epic proportions.
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social)
“Legal” campaign.
Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) reposted
Green Dildo Coin. An amount spent on masked thugs and themed concentration camps that could house and feed every homeless person in America. Cage fights on a paved-over White House lawn. It really all boils down to losers who want to replace our society with a different one that just fucking sucks.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
TEXAS REP. @crockett.house.gov: “There is no morality. There is nothing but lawlessness… If we’re going to preserve our democracy in this moment this is the way we are going to have to engage in this fight.”
Middle-Aged Aang (@middleagedaang.bsky.social) reply parent
I too am tired of fucking purity tests.