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Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter

@folkbum

NBCTeacher, songwriter, whiner. Milwaukee partisan. Tea drinker. Butterscotch pudding was better when it came in metal cans. Classroom wish list:

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Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· 4d

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· 7d

If you see this, quote the energy you bring to bluesky

Screenshot of the New York Times Spelling Bee game where I am attempting but failing to play the word “Dorkwad”

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· 8d

That’s Smee in the corner

A silver Mazda with a license plate reading “Smee6” in the corner of a parking lot

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· 11d

not really excited about how my year starts

A screenshot from my "time machine" year of the first term on the list being "acquaintance rape."

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· 15d

We have antecedents, notably 2018. Even more than Scott Walker, Tom Tiffany **owns** Trump's policies. (That the RGA thinks Hong's opposition to Trump is a weakness is a giant tell here.) Hong hates ICE? That's the median position among Wisconsin voters. civicmedia.us/news/2026/03... 4/

According to the latest Marquette Law School Poll conducted in mid-February, Wisconsin registered voters have a negative opinion of how Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been enforcing immigration laws. 56% disapprove, and only 44 percent approve. But, Poll Director Charles Franklin said the divide really shows a split down party lines: “That party split is not unexpected, but given how controversial ICE’s actions in Minnesota, both on the enforcement side as well as on the shooting side–It is striking how strong Republican support for ICE enforcement remains. There’s been a lot of talk that the events in Minneapolis would change the country’s opinions. I think it probably does change Independents some, but it’s certainly not evaporating support for ICE among Republicans.” Among Republicans, 87% approve of how ICE is doing its job, while 76% of independents and 97% of Democrats disapprove.

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· 15d

This framing pisses me off. What happened is the third-place candidate dropped out because her campaign staff was Bad At Their Jobs, only to be replaced by the fourth-place candidate who had dropped out a week earlier. There is no "upheaval." The primary votes are exactly where they have been. 1/

A screenshot of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel headline, "Upheaval in Wisconsin governor's race stokes angst for Democrats"

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· 15d

The

The cover of "Mule Variations" from Tom Waits

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· 20d

Duolingo n’est pas woke ce matin. Quelle dommage!

A screenshot of a Duolingo French lesson showing both a “female doctor” and a “doctor” not labeled as male though he clearly is.

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· 20d

An "In this house, we believe" sign. It holds an edit of Dune's litany against fear: "Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· 23d

Nominations open! I’ll go first:

Leandro Paredes attacking a Spain player after the final whistle today

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· 26d

I honestly didn’t know it went up this high

A screenshot of the website IQ air showing the air quality in Milwaukee as 497, hazardous

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· Jul 10

Having a public-radio kind of evening.

The Riverside Theater stage (Milwaukee, WI) set for a taping of “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me,” with podiums for Alzo and Peter, and the panelist table set for Adam, Negin, and Alonzo.

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· Jul 8

A 1983 issue of “Captain D’s Adventure Magazine,” with Captain D himself—blue sailor hat, orange hair with a gigantic orange mustache and full orange beard, staring into a glass bottle in which there’s a castaway beach scene.

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· Jul 5

Screencap from the Simpsons. Foreground is a green and black snake with child-shaped lumps in its back. In the background Principal Skinner is point to the snake and saying to Superintendent Chalmers, “Look, it’s Lumpy, the school snake.”

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· Jul 4

La salade dans le question

Plate of mixed greens with strawberries, candied nuts, feta crumbles, and grilled chicken

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· Jul 4

Spending America’s birthday as Dieu intended, eating a froofy salade at a Québécois pizza-sports bar watching the futbol

To the left, an 18th century stone wall with a sighed hockey jersey in a frame. To the right, a TV on a plaster wall showing the CAN-MOR football game.

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· Jul 4

happy my-kittens-birthday to all who celebrate

Arthur, a gray tabby, curled on a chair snuggled between a throw pillow and a turkey leg squishmallow

Nora, a gray tabby, rolling over and showing her bright white belly and paws

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· Jul 3

sometimes the timeline blesses you

Two consecutive posts:

Post by @mikelevin.org
Trump can deny climate change all he wants. The heat wave punishing the country this week doesn’t care what he thinks.

Scientists just confirmed this kind of extreme heat would have been “virtually impossible” before we started burning fossil fuels at scale.

Post by @brendelboard.bsky.social
Damn yogurt be cold sometimes

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· Jul 2

As you can see, we’ve had to restrain him. Very sad case. He thinks his a real boy!

A 5-foot tall wooden statue of Pinocchio, with his articulated arms tied down to his legs

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· Jun 29

At the Leonard Cohen museum in his native Montréal

A giant, red puppet of a man (in a fedora, which is why the Leonard Cohen joke works) from Cirque du Soleil’s “Echo.”

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· Jun 28

Selfie among the ruins. Current location.

My feet, and the ruins below that I am viewing.

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· Jun 24

(Bragging voice) Well, you don’t get to vote in America’s most picturesque polling place so

The South Shore Park Pavilion set up as a polling place, view of morning over Lake Michigan through the windows.

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· Jun 19

As it turns out, I am, in fact, in the weights. I don’t think a 326 strength is going to win major battles but whatever

One of the results from “Am I in the Weights,” showing an accurate summary of who and what I am. This one is from Claude, but at least 6 models know who I am.

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· Jun 18

can haz thundr storm?

Weather radar of Milwaukee and surrounding areas showing an ugly thunderstorm rapidly approaching my house.

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· Jun 1

TRUMP PULLS U.S. OUT OF ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENT!!!

Screenshot of a Reddit post in r/aliens:

“The US government no longer represents us in our dialogue with the Galactic Federation The alliance formed since the Missile Crisis is over, and that's why the U.S. government is in total panic. This decision has already been made, and there's no turning back.

Since there is no consensus within the Federation on what to do about our species — including the drastic option of permanent extinction — those who defend us are shifting the dialogue to another power they consider more reliable: China. This is due to the developmental and disciplined nature of their people and the lack of appetite for wars. Like it or not, (I don’t like it) although it makes TOTAL sense. As a result of the decision, no new (alien) technology is shared with us first, only with China.”

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· May 23

Star Trek Voyager title, "Harry Kim Has So Many Lines In This One, Ugh"

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· May 22

counterpoint: world hunger solved

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· May 15

How Trump sees NATO.

Bart Simpson (labeled “NATO”) being scolded by Marge. She is saying “If Milhouse jumped off a cliff” but Milhouse is blacked out with TRUMP written in instead.

The next image, where Bart (NATO) is interrupting Marge to say, “TRUMP jumped off a cliff? I’m there!

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· May 15

The cast of Brooklyn 99 as seen in the opening credits: Rosa, Terry, Amy, Jake, Captain Raymond Holt, Charles.

Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter@folkbum· May 4

I wanna see pictures of what everybody’s getting for Teacher Appreciation Week. I got a popup on the district website!

Image of a popup window on a school district website, with a digital image of an apple a header reading “TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.” The text reads, “Thank You Teachers! May 4-8
Our students learn and succeed thanks to the hard work of MPS teachers. Thank your teachers this week!” This is followed by a recruiting “become a teacher” button.