A Melted Mullist in Texas

@mullist.com

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Software Developer. Synth performer. Cat person. Generally considered a bad account. Not intended for children.

My Pantone pallete, which has "balanced rose", "olive velvet", "horizon violet", and "velvet apricot" colors. They're all awful in different ways.
Barry Deutch's cartoon featuring 4 panels of a bald, bearded man screaming to various media outlets that he has been silenced.
Harry Dean Stanton as Brett in Alien saying "Right".
Screenshot of today's lead headline from Becky Ferreira of 404 media: Scientists May Have Uncovered the 15-Million-Year-Old Origin of Laughter
Edit of a screenshot of Van Jones' post, where the end now reads: "If you are a Democrat who believes in opportunity, dignity, and democracy for all - but don't hate rich people, cops, free enterprise, the West, Israel, and the United States of America - what's wrong with you?
My results from the above poll, with 91% woke, 77% neo-Luddite, 52% doomer, and 72% Davos. Closest match Zohran Mamdani
BlueSky license for me (mullist.com), indicating my profile creation date, which puts me at 4-star veteran status. I'm not a real Bsky elder, though.
Ed Zitron's famous "Smiling Man" photo.
Raul Julia as M Bison from the film Street Fighter (1994), with his portrait on red-tinted 100-dollar bills. In the background.
Fake Star Trek: The Next Generation episode title reading "It's not Q Again, is it? Oh shit it's Q again"
GIF generated by Stone Kokoro to imitate the Game Boy Advance loading screen. In small pink letters, it says "Broadview Six" with a trademark symbol. Giant rainbow letters fly in from the foreground to read "CASE DISMISSED"
Sign hand-painted to say "NO DEMOCRATES ALLOWED" as a joke outside an Abilene, Texas flea market.
Fake Rolling Stone magazine cover with the headline "Stillwater Runs Deep!" And a photo of fictional band Stillwater from the film Almost Famous
Billboard for a local weed shop with a pi k background, a photo of a shot glass filled with a red liquid on ice, and the text "FEEL BETTER: Free to first time customers 21+"
Playable ad for a game called "Brick Blast" showing a stream of balls bouncing in a perfect horizontal line, never falling. The game is stuck in an infinite loop.
Luke Skywalker's robotic hand at the end of Empire Strikes Back
Snippet of my company's cybersecurity training. "The Sad Reality of Phishing. Global statistics on phishing attacks paint a stark picture of a persistent and costly cyber threat. Billions of phishing emails are sent daily with a 17% success rate. Phishing consistently remains a leading cause of data breaches worldwide." There's more, but it's cutoff.
Ad for “Yoga-Go” on a mobile device, inviting you to check one or more goals with the prompt “What do you want to achieve?” Options are “Lose Weight”, “Improve Health“, “Get firm and toned”, and “Relieve Stress”
The Moogle named Mog from Final Fantasy 6.
VHS cover art for Company Business starring Gene Hackman and Milhaud Baryshnikov.
Promotional photo for the movie Wargames, featuring Matthew Broderick and Kirstie Alley looking at their own reflections in a computer screen.
Screenshot on Gmail’s iPhone app showing that I sent an email that no one replied to. They’re suggesting “Sent 6 days ago. Follow up?” The email I sent had the subject “Coyote Animation”. A preview of the message body says “I follow a cartoonist who goes by the name…”. There is an attachment named Coyote.png
Screenshot of the popup in the BlueSky app when you click the blue checkmark in Jerry’s profile. It says “Jerry Chen is verified. This account has a checkmark because it’s been verified by trusted sources. Verified by BlueSky, April 1, 2026”
Movie poster for Rock Dog, featuring a dog, a Fox, a lion, and a cat all playing different electric guitars.
Snippet from the linked article above, saying “Queen’s Park policy is to ban all ‘political statements’ inside the provincial legislature, including signs, flags, and shirts worn by the public or members of provincial parliament.”
Screenshot from a snippet of today’s Citation Needed newsletter, most of which is a quote of Barbara Fried talking on CNN. “I think that Sam was the victim of an out of control prosecution… If he is free to live… the life he wants would be of enormous benefit to the economy, to a lot of things Trump cares about in this world, and that he ought to regard Sam as a huge asset going forward for the country.” I have highlighted the words “Trump ought to regard Sam as a huge asset”
A screenshot of an ad for Hefty trash bags featuring the famously invisible John Cena as their new spokesman.
Screenshot from the KTXS news website showing a poll asking “Would you support cutting Social Security benefits to reduce the national deficit?”, and 96% said “No”
Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense saying “they don’t know they’re dead”
Jon Burke posted “Podcasting isn’t Praxis”, receiving 7 replies and 0 likes. One of the replies was Jamie saying “No shit you fuckin thumb”, which received 8 likes and 0 replies.
Urinals with paper signs printed out and taped to the wall above them reading “Please do not put any chewing tabacco/Zyn pouches is the urinal”. Signed “Management”
Screenshot from Fall Guys showing that my character (wearing a Sam Porter-Bridges skin from Death Stranding) has achieved the rank of Superstar.
Ad on Facebook for Walmart announcing that they carry a Solawave light therapy device. It looks horrible.
Twin Peaks title screen, except the text reads “Now that’s a dang ol’ couple a mountains man I tell you hwat”
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence by Dream Theater
Disc Horse Bot asks, “Fellas, is it kawaii to do a racism?” I captured the screen shot in dark mode.
An image of a blue circle inside a red square. White text around the circle reads “Proud Blue Dot - Abilene, Texas”
Title card of the first episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, “The Gang Gets Racist”
A bag of Buldak “swicy” ramen, which is their sweet and spicy offering.
Wordy from Puzzle Page, where I guessed stare, radix, parch, and march, before finally guessing the correct word, larch.
Life magazine issue with a classic Renaissance white Jesus painting and his name in all caps.
Cover of a recent issue of Life magazine, featuring the classic renaissance style European white Jesus with his hands stretched out to the side and a bit raised. Above Jesus’ head is the name “JESUS” in all caps large letters.
The back of a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, which is a cartoon face looking like he thinks he’s hot.
Mayor Pete Buttigieg circa 2020 with text reading “This is our shot. Our only shot to validate city experience to win. And make no mistake, I’m the candidate to reverberate Trump”
Screenshot of the “Notable Students” section of the Wikipedia article for Grace Preparatory Academy in Arlington, TX. Isaiah Austin played basketball for Baylor, Jamal Branch played some pro basketball, Justin Forsett played football with the Denver Broncos, Je’lon Hornbeak played basketball for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, Jordan Mickey played with the Boston Celtics, Emmanuel Mudiay played with the New York Knicks, Mike Norvell was the Florida State University head coach, and Sadie’s Rojas played basketball with CB Murcia.
Scene from Pi where a character has placed a drill to his own head while facing a mirror.
Photo of the bag of Buldak ramen packs on my desk, Habeñero Lime flavor. The instructions say to boil the noodles and flakes, and then add sauce. No draining step. I prefer it drained, but the soup is good, too.
Me holding Teo guitar picks, one green, one pink. The pink one is intact, showing the pattern of hexagonal holes printed into the round side. The green one has most of the hexagons punched out forming a single large hole in the pick’s body.
Two sock puppets shout-singing into a microphone with a US flag in the background.
Crop of the quoted image that just shows the flag for “NO MEANING”
Scene outside my window in Abilene, TX
Clip from Trading Places where Mortimer Dukes frantically begs the commodities exchange commissioner to turn the machines back on.
Google Translate result for the English phrase “no bones about it”, which is apparently romanized to “Hào wu yiwèn” in simplified Mandarin. No idea whether that conveys the literal meaning of “there are no skeleton parts here” or the idiomatic meaning of “for certain”.
Cartoonish image (possibly generated by AI) of JD Vance in a British military uniform circa 1790, saying “The Boston Massacre was the fault of the colonists”. It was posted to Facebook by “Libetarian Veterans”.
Screenshot of Microsoft Solitaire Suite showing level 1118 for FreeCell and Pyramid and level 1119 for Klondike, Spider, and TriPeaks. There won't be a chance to get all digits the same until 2222, and I'll probably die before reaching that level.
Family group text. Names and profile images have been poorly concealed. Mom announces “any thoughts about dinner tonight? [Child 1] suggested chilis”. Child 2: No objection Me: No objection Child 3: No objection
Image scraped from YouTube of a gazebo burning in a clearing of a wooded area.
Bloomberg branded photo of Christo Redentor overlooking Rio de Janeiro at night. Text overlaid reads “Bet against Christ’s return pays 5.5% annual gain on Polymarket”
Tuxedo cat Jack lounges in bed.
Dril’s reply to the above post: “no pedophile in history has ever had the words 100 Not a Pedophile 100 written on his face”