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The Throwback Thursday Demon
Posted in History, Miscellaneous, Music, Philosophy, Tyranny, tagged animals, Arizona, bad customers, blogging, ethics, fascism, illegal aliens, language, left-right myth, politicians, video, yin and yang on September 3, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Back Issue #158
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged blogging on August 31, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Do you really want to live in a world where everyone must suffer the consequences of every mistake, act of desperation, bad decision, foolish choice and even false accusation forever, without any hope of escape no matter how blameless his life is after that? – “Permanent Record”
- Economists don’t have a monopoly on stupid assumptions about sex work.
- Amazon’s not a library, but given prominence this is a censorship attempt.
- Be skeptical of claims about the sexual habits of the “younger generation”.
- I’m sure you feel safer now that police “investigated” this “sexual assault”.
- Christina Slater on Seattle’s persecution of men who seek consensual sex.
- Houston judge orders hotel to pay off cops & discriminate vs sex workers.
- “Pedophiles” can shoot dangerous “male gaze” radiation through internet.
- Trying to turn Lawrence into a “monogamous vanilla amateurs only” club.
- If there are so many “sex trafficking victims”, why keep making up tales?
- This woman is so puffed up, I think she’d pop if one stuck her with a pin.
- Minnesota tries to cash in on “sex trafficking” hysteria before it vanishes.
- “Sex addiction” is now being used as a defense for violent sex offenders.
- Seattle “officials” think harm reduction principles only apply to drug use.
- Sometimes land grabs are more subtle, even if reporters’ language isn’t.
- Are politicians really stupider than other people, or does it just seem so?
- Pompous ass seems committed to braying out of both sides of her maw.
- Being a “legal” sex worker doesn’t protect you, so stop your bootlicking.
- Sweden emasculates its men, wonders why Swedes are having less sex.
- The myth of “sex addiction” sprang from “social construction of gender”.
- Prosecutors claim sex workers are victims and criminals simultaneously.
- Latest battle in France’s ongoing war on Muslimahs’ personal autonomy.
- Cops, lost cities, weird fantasies, flat maps, prohibition and much more.
- I’m glad to see well-spoken & “out” sex workers appearing on podcasts.
- Cop thinks she can “build communication with sex workers” by robbery.
- US “authorities” turn driving a friend to work into “child sex trafficking”.
- Say you’re “fighting sex trafficking”; stupid people will give you money.
- Most politicians are more careful when indulging in drugs with hookers.
- What happens when cops “enforce” laws against acts that hurt nobody.
- Once again, Liz Brown exposes the tyranny of “fighting sex trafficking”.
- Reporters should be ashamed of their attempts to shame sex workers.
- Gary Johnson’s position on sex work wasn’t quite so muddled in 1991.
- Philippine president carrying “War on Drugs” to its logical conclusion.
- Remember, cops: raping whores is OK; it’s paying us fairly that isn’t.
- A client who isn’t afraid of the cops and their stupid shaming tactics.
- Imagine if $100,000 was spent on services instead of spreading lies.
- On the fantasy that “predators” use video games to abduct children.
- Not rape, but he sure seems to think it was his privilege to fuck her.
- More groups are speaking up in favor of sex work decriminalization.
- Louisiana politicians destroy scores of jobs with the stroke of a pen.
- Nearly all “sex offender” laws are this unconstitutionally overbroad.
- Ally uses the Desiree Alliance conference to introduce larger issues.
- Another violent cop, another black woman profiled as a sex worker.
- Government is just a word for the things we choose to do together.
- How does this dude think he’ll get around UK brothel & avails laws?
- Why do economists make such dumb assumptions about sex work?
- Despite its appearance in Rolling Stone, this is an excellent article.
- “Punitive and stupid” describes all “sex offender” registration laws.
- You’re supposed to be a libertarian, Gary; this ain’t rocket science.
- Rent in exchange for sex isn’t “free”; it has been paid for with sex.
- Cops frame young men for supposedly “seeking sex with children”.
- They’re not going to like legalization & protectionism if they get it.
- Exactly like the World Cup two years ago. Why can’t people learn?
- Ian O’Doherty with another denunciation of prohibition in Ireland.
- Over 90% of violence against sex workers comes from the police.
- One of the rare times you’ll ever see me actually assist the cops.
- Cops, Orwell, Sweden, King Arthur, laws, magic and much more.
- Why won’t those who know anti-sex dogma is bullshit speak up?
- Putting extraordinary restrictions on cops is not remotely unfair.
- Cops, stubbornness, Ron Obvious, girl-girl BDSM & much more.
- Melissa Petro on the stigma faced by sex workers with children.
- These “experts” don’t criticize “john shaming” when cops do it.
- Canada’s new law “protects” sex workers from lonely old men.
- There’s no “if” about it; Melania Trump is or was a sex worker.
- Transmen are also the subjects of violence and discrimination.
- Mexican police do little to protect the transgender community.
- It’s always so sweet when a rescue industry scam is exposed.
- The problem is not with the act, but with the laws against it.
- Pig invents new excuse for criminalization of sex with goats.
- Another of those cases whose reported details don’t add up.
- Yet “leftists” are still surprised that “feminists” are anti-sex.
- The government stole all of Rentboy’s legal defense money.
- “Temporary protective custody” = indefinite imprisonment.
- To what extent is sex work criminalization tied into racism?
- This unsupported and hysterical assertion reeks of racism.
- “Sex trafficking” may be the first truly global moral panic.
- How can a young guy get an escort to take him seriously?
- Two men convicted for non-crimes against a non-person.
- Mounting opposition to “abstinence only” sex education.
- Because female sexual “purity” trumps individual rights.
- Satan, vindication, cops, laws, Sweden and much more.
- Just another reminder of what “rescue” actually means.
- Another health organization issues a pro-decrim report.
- Sydney Brownstone with an update on a sleazy rapist.
- On the slow decline of the devadasis in Indian society.
- In which I announce the return of my ability to travel.
- Not a bad introduction to the concept of whorearchy.
- Amateurs, does this kind of stuff actually shock y’all?
- August is also before the heat death of the universe.
- The result of stigma, encouraged by criminalization.
- “Dear Prudence” calls a reader on her whorephobia.
- Remember, this is pretended to be about sex work.
- Too much for the tiny, narrow minds of politicians.
- Irish cops start implementing the Swedish model.
- Most whores love Dolly as much as she loves us.
- Wow, that’s some MIGHTY “suppression” there!
- How prohibitionists want to “help” sex workers.
- Just a typical case in a typical American prison.
- A policewoman decides to turn to honest work.
- Slowly but surely, we’re forcing them to listen.
- Hmm, where have I heard this pattern before?
- OMG, WHORES KNOW HOW TO USE PHONES!!
- The government is culpable in these assaults.
- In other news, Pope announces he’s Catholic.
- Another murdered transwoman, and another.
- Actually, this isn’t the “Nordic model” at all.
- How can my wife improve her sexual skills?
- This is, as we’ve seen before, pure bullshit.
- This situation is not even close to “unique”.
- A memorable cam duo with Lorelei Rivers.
- On the lie of “negative secondary effects”.
- So much for “negative secondary effects”.
- Why do sex workers prefer older clients?
- The boot has to be on somebody’s neck.
- Sweden’s “liberal reputation” is bullshit.
- Things I’m not going to tell you about.
- Sex drives technological development.
- The end of regular fictional interludes.
- When a sick infatuation is frustrated.
- Kaytlin Bailey at the Fringe Festival.
- Undermining statutes of limitations.
- Getting my vacuum cleaner back.
- Canada wants a “pimp town” too.
- Yet this isn’t called “trafficking”.
- Sweden, the feminist paradise.
- William Blake on politicians.
- Baltimore police are typical.
- The past exonerative tense.
- A week of highs and lows.
- Rapist cops of the week.
- Rapist DA of the week.
- Holy idosing, Batman!
- A really intense week.
- Fascism in action.
- Zero equals zero.
Occasional Annoyance
Posted in Miscellaneous, Perception, tagged activism, advertising, blogging, internet, video on August 28, 2026| 2 Comments »
Every so often, I need to remind my readers that because, like PBS stations and the old MAD Magazine, I don’t accept paid advertising, every so often I need to ask my readers for their voluntary support. And by “voluntary”, I mean truly voluntary, not extracted from y’all by paywalls, nag screens, annoying popups, or other methods of coercion. Other than a reasonably-inobtrusive little paragraph three times a week which most readers probably don’t even notice any more, I limit myself to asking for your support in a full column like this about three times a year (the last time was in early May) unless there’s some sort of emergency need. And now that I’m only supporting myself and have throttled my driving back to one weekly trip to Aberdeen and 4x a year to Seattle, even the emergencies come less often (and I certainly hope that remains the case from now on). But fewer and smaller bills is not the same as no bills, and while I’ve now got a modest buffer against minor calamities, the unexpected is always possible (and a certain fraction of supporters do fall by the wayside every year). Furthermore, regular readers know that I have never and will never delegate my work to employees or chatbots; every word was written by me, and nobody or nothing else. So if the mad emperor’s attempts to demolish the world economy haven’t hurt you too badly, please consider subscribing at one of the regular levels in the right-hand column, or even one of the superstar levels listed here; if you can’t do a monthly expense, you could show your appreciation by a gift from my Amazon wishlist. As always, thank y’all for reading, and for your generosity!
Fearless Throwback Thursday
Posted in Miscellaneous, Music, tagged advertising, artificial stupidity, blogging, Bluesky, ethics, internet, language, politicians, psychology, Twitter, yellow journalism on August 27, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Bluebells
Posted in History, Miscellaneous, Music, Perception, Philosophy, Tyranny, Words, tagged abortion, Aladdin’s Satellite, artificial stupidity, blogging, Bluesky, China, cops, crypto-moralism, dating, fascism, Grace, homosexuality, I’m Sure You Feel Safer Now, illegal aliens, imaginative fiction, language, lawheads, libraries, Madonna/whore, Minnesota, politicians, porn, prisons, psychology, rape, sporting events, STEM, United Kingdom, violence vs. sex workers on August 21, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Sex workers have been asking this question for 20 years.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-07-16T16:58:18.635Z
There is a product called "Suddenly Salad" which I've always thought had the most bizarre name. In my imagination, the ways that product works is one opens the box, then at some unknown point in the next 24 hours the salad suddenly appears in front of one without warning, which could be dangerous.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-07-19T03:37:39.650Z
Absolutely. Some pictures wordlessly sum up a moment in history.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-07-20T16:38:43.159Z
Post a Photoshop of Trump wandering aimlessly into an historical event:
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-07-21T18:06:59.488Z
When you were a weird kid in the '70s and you saw this on your TV, you KNEW you were in for some good viewing!
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-07-23T06:41:38.881Z
Good thing they added the extra 40 years, just in case he manages to die and come back as a vampire twice.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-07-23T19:15:36.022Z
The only moral form of warfare is War of Assassins, in which only the rulers of the warring nations, plus their deputies, agents, and operatives, are legitimate targets. In other words, nobody who does not CHOOSE to be a combatant is in direct physical danger except by accident due to proximity.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-07-24T07:44:29.870Z
People who cannot understand friendship, and truly believe that all close friendships are motivated by a mutual desire to rut, are both pathetic and contemptible.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-07-25T17:45:06.947Z
Is a "health movement" anything like a bowel movement?
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-07-26T03:21:25.961Z
I'm sure you feel safer now.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-07-27T17:21:46.847Z
"The Singularity" is the God of the futurist religion. If you want perspective on anything any tech cultist says about "The Singularity", simply substitute "God", "Providence", "The Force", or any similarly-vague and irrational name for "magic"."The Singularity is coming" = "The Second Coming".
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-07-28T17:49:37.779Z
Sex workers always warn y'all about predators, and y'all never listen.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-07-29T17:42:59.877Z
Absolutely. I still laugh at the memory of Mr. Moose and his various tricks to win the Captain's consent to having ping-pong balls dropped on him.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-07-30T18:28:53.057Z
Apparently it will take more than self-induced terminal illness to teach him to behave normally in public.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-07-31T17:05:53.189Z
It wasn't really Yoko's fault.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-08-01T07:48:22.576Z
I'm not especially concerned with anyone mistaking my writing for something a chatbot shat out, nor am I willing to change my style in any way to keep stupid people from doing so. I write as the Muse moves me, not by working from some tedious set of guidelines or to please some specific audience.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-08-02T07:51:12.904Z
I miss my late best friend Grace every single day. And yet, there is a part of me which is glad she passed away a few days after Trump's inauguration, so she never got to see what Musk, who was a hero to her specifically BECAUSE of SpaceX, was really like. I'm glad she was spared disillusionment.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-08-04T18:26:25.697Z
Nutritionism is not science, exhibit umpteen thousand, nine hundred eleventy-seven.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-08-05T17:18:45.827Z
Suggestion: limit data centers to whatever size they can power with on-site solar. It would remove the noise & pollution factors, and if the company wanted to go bigger they'd have to have more land, creating more buffer between them and neighbors.Don't bother to point out flaws; I'm just musing.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-08-06T18:07:11.455Z
Oh look, Maggie was right once again, what a shock, etc.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-08-07T17:09:01.629Z
Like all those Bond girls who were the supervillain's mistress, only the villains' schemes are more pathetic, like "I will ruin a beloved corporation, hahahahahaha!" instead of "I will cause World War III so my organization can rule over what is left, hahahahahaha!"
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-08-08T17:07:29.519Z
Your regular reminder that desalination has existed for decades; Americans just don't want to build the plants because REASONS.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-08-10T02:49:12.833Z
If skills were sexually transmitted, I'd be a Renaissance polymath with *exceptional* ability in medicine, engineering, physics, law, politics, music, and several sports including golf and fishing.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-08-10T17:30:33.743Z
The US has become a global laughingstock.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-08-11T17:21:45.852Z
This is breathtakingly brilliant. I don't think I've ever seen such a deft collection of clever, striking, and above all *apt* insults and condemnation of a well-known specimen of poisonous vermin.Well done, @jojofromjerz.bsky.social!
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-08-14T18:31:38.573Z
What avatar will he replace it with next? This?
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-08-16T17:36:54.670Z
Librarians' chief duty is preserving human culture from the stupidity of other humans.
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-08-17T17:31:00.759Z
— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-08-19T03:52:13.785Z
Throwback Thursday’s Bath
Posted in Miscellaneous, Philosophy, Tyranny, tagged blogging, Bluesky, imaginative fiction, internet, left-right myth, politicians, Twitter on August 20, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Planet Throwback Thursday
Posted in History, Miscellaneous, Tyranny, tagged artificial stupidity, blogging, California, censorship, cops, Hollywood, language, left-right myth, politicians, propaganda, psychology, racism on August 13, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Bye Bye Birdie
Posted in Miscellaneous, Music, tagged blogging, Bluesky, internet, Twitter, video on August 7, 2026| 1 Comment »
Early last week I reached 8200 followers on Bluesky. I set that number as a goal because it’s half of what my follower number on Twitter has eroded down to after years of shadowbanning, follower capping, and other sleazy tactics intended to surreptitiously reduce the reach of dissidents. And even at half, Bluesky is so much less throttled by algorithms and outright blocks that making exactly the same post on both sites will routinely garner triple-digit engagement on Bluesky and single-digit engagement on Twitter. So as of today, I’m no longer going to make new posts on Twitter. I’ll still check it twice every day to reply to any messages, and I’ll occasionally retweet old posts; I’m going to mute everyone I follow there who is also on Bluesky, so I’ll also be retweeting items of interest from the few people I consider worth following on Twitter who obstinately refuse to make the switch to Bluesky. One day, I hope to drop it altogether, but it’s not that time just yet. So if you’re one of the single-digit number of people who will read this after arriving from Twitter, please consider moving; it’s only a matter of time before there’s no reason for me to be there at all.
Cave of Throwback Thursday
Posted in Biography, Miscellaneous, Perception, Philosophy, Tyranny, Words, tagged animals, blogging, imaginative fiction, internet, language, politicians, prisons, psychology, Washington DC on August 6, 2026| 1 Comment »
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