Telling on myself here, but I mostly only listen to true crime podcasts, and almost exclusively when I'm running or working out. I like them because there's a built-in element of drama and kind of trashy gossip of digging around in the refuse of someone else's life. Also a little tiny bit of fear/danger element that gets me amped up when I'm running, especially at night like what if I have to run away from a psycho???

I don't generally like sort of hang-out-and-shoot-the-shit interview podcasts, but I see that so so many people do. Is it a parasocial thing? Like if you like the hosts and you want to imagine being friends/lovers with them? Or maybe you are not a funny and clever person yourself / you have no inner monologue, so you need a podcast to fill your head with other people being funny and clever on your behalf?

Anyway, what do you look for in your podcasts? What should I start listening to?

Or this is an open thread, just chat about whatever. I got a new breadmaker and it fricking sucks. How do you know if a breadmaker is bad or just the recipes or maybe you suck at pouring four ingredients in a pot and pressing the "start" button correctly? Someone told me I should use the recipes off Bread Daddy instead of the ones in the book that came with the machine. Anyone here tasted the Bread Daddy's dough?

>13.000 views in 4 hours

First BadlandsChugs, and now this.

Bald men with glasses are now mainstream.

Nusoyim won, Oldcacas losterald.

Within this year T R V M P or Elon are going to directly mention the Sharty on zxeir zxwitter and herald the trve end of the Sharty

!soyteens

!marseyartists !saiyans Can you guess who it is?

My sweet boys grow cuter each day!

!animalposters !cats

Your average modern era "video game award" show experience pic.twitter.com/UZhKnPNoWb

— Kabrutus (@kabrutusrambo) February 16, 2025

I was considering an effort post on DRC as it's a good example of what's happening with daddies foreign policy. Can't be bothered to do an effort post today but some potential mining sites in this as it develops.

Rwanda have had a slow burning war with DRC since the 90's but the France and the US have largely kept them in check. They can quietly support their little separatist group as long as they don't try and expand the conflict beyond the eastern province they are in and they mostly ignore the war crimes. Rwanda has been using DRC resources to fuel their growth and want more.

DRC is much larger than Rwanda but it's been a failed state since the 90's and while some form of government has existed since 2005 it's limited to the West and South of the country and is very weak. Rwanda have relatively modern, for Africa, armed forces, and all the gibs they got post-genocide mean they have good infrastructure for that part of the world. Rwanda have also had the same president for 25 years who keeps "winning" with 90%+ of the vote.

When the US eyes went away the guerillas in DRC suddenly had tanks and helicopters. A couple of weeks later when no one did anything there were suddenly a whole bunch of Rwandan troops in the country and they easily took the largest city in the east. They have stated they intend to keep moving West and "liberate" the entire country.

In terms of natural resource value DRC is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. It's so profoundly undeveloped, has problematic geography and terrible security that no one has been willing to take it on.

Most of the time offers like this would be absurd but this is the type of "deal" Trump loves. Hopefully he restarts the Belgian mining practices and cuts childrens hands off.

Here we spot wild Bardfinn Bluesky activities.

Be valid and ping ! bardfinn for something worthwhile or create a new thread.

I don't know who else to tell about this but I feel the need to tell someone. For reference I'm a 25 year old guy who hasn't shit himself since he was a kid. Anyway I got up this morning as usual, left the house to go to work and as I was approaching the train I felt the sudden urge to shit. I searched around for a cafe or something with a bathroom I could use but couldn't find anything. It happened in that moment of complete defeat. For a split second I thought I was farting, but no. Naturally I ran home as fast as I could, trying to hold my pants up as much as I could for fear of the shit (diarrhea) dripping further down my legs, and washed up, washed as much off of my butt, pants, thermal underwear, underwear and sweatpants I was wearing under my regular pants to protect myself from this horrible NYC cold. I texted my boss saying I "had a problem at home" and was gonna be about 45 min late. I put all my dirty clothes in a trash bag and will do laundry when I get home tonight.

I kinda need help coming up with an excuse for being late. I don't really know what to say and I do not want to tell them what actually happened.

how bad is your diet if you shit yourself as an adult

I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead. Then going on IG Live after.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@aoc.bsky.social) 2025-03-04T18:08:06.009Z

Just watched this movie, and I think everyone should watch it. It has a really good message.

Sanya marries a 6ft+ guy who behaves well before marriage but turns out to be the most sexist and misogynistic person ever.

This seems to be the case with every 6ft+ guy pic.twitter.com/D51X6QACKg

— Nilesh Bhai (@avgphoenixguy1) February 11, 2025

Oh no no no shortbros

Clears the alimony cheque every month yeah

I love manlets

They can always make me feel better about myself.

Chipped a tooth and i csnt even think straight rhe pain is so bad.

Jsut a reminder to everyone who jduged me the past month while i have been in exreme pain and unable to think properly,

That

If your mother,

Was in pain, and wsnt thinking straight,

When the world judged her, whatd yoy think of the world after them jdugeing yoyr mom and spitting on her and her reactions?

So dont judge my mothers child..

!historychads !britbongs

!brics It's time to take the Falklands back!!

Excited to announce the birth of my and Alison's first child

We are struggling though and need help. The doctor keeps insisting our baby is a girl but everytime we ask they/them they gurgles or cries.

How do we inform the doctor they/them hasn't chosen thems gender yet?

— Tim Pool (@Timcast) February 23, 2025

It's over for rdrama

Huge time investment, by the way.

It's a huge time investment you have to invest the time.

Technical.

Technicals.

It's technical. Technique. Technical technique technicals.

You have to invest the time, invest huge time, to learn the technical technique.