Aaron Brown
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I don’t really want civilians bombed, but if you can send in an extraction team? Great. Just…remember our line of succession. You have to take a LOT of them to clear up the rot.
January 5, 2026 at 12:51 AM
I don’t really want civilians bombed, but if you can send in an extraction team? Great. Just…remember our line of succession. You have to take a LOT of them to clear up the rot.
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This whole thread is a great read on why, yes, we do need a healthy dose of individualism, & it may not be as obvious to those who grew up in highly individualistic societies but it so is to those of us who grew up in highly collectivist ones. You matter as an individual beyond your group too.
But that is not exhaustive of what "individualism" is.
A lot of social media discourse reinforces this lazy idea that there's a moral valence to this term. Individualism is pejorative; collectivism is positive.
But they're neutral terms, with good and bad manifestations.
A lot of social media discourse reinforces this lazy idea that there's a moral valence to this term. Individualism is pejorative; collectivism is positive.
But they're neutral terms, with good and bad manifestations.
January 2, 2026 at 1:13 PM
This whole thread is a great read on why, yes, we do need a healthy dose of individualism, & it may not be as obvious to those who grew up in highly individualistic societies but it so is to those of us who grew up in highly collectivist ones. You matter as an individual beyond your group too.
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Is they now.
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
Majority of Gen Z swipe left on dating people with opposite political views
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
n.pr
December 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Is they now.
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One of the best to ever do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
One of the best to ever do it
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Pour one out for Jim Moylan
RIP The Guy Who Put The Little Arrow On Your Fuel Gauge Though I Think There Was An Earlier One - The Autopian
If there’s one car fact or Easter Egg or detail (or whatever you want to call it) that seems to delight non-car-obsessed people more than any other one, I think it has to be this one: fuel gauges tend...
www.theautopian.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Pour one out for Jim Moylan
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Lo, Hrodulf the red-nosed reindeer –
That beast didn’t have unshiny nostrils!
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in Anglo Saxon meter:
allthingslinguistic.com/post/1359368...
That beast didn’t have unshiny nostrils!
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in Anglo Saxon meter:
allthingslinguistic.com/post/1359368...
December 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Lo, Hrodulf the red-nosed reindeer –
That beast didn’t have unshiny nostrils!
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in Anglo Saxon meter:
allthingslinguistic.com/post/1359368...
That beast didn’t have unshiny nostrils!
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in Anglo Saxon meter:
allthingslinguistic.com/post/1359368...
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Some great festive news. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Wounded Bondi hero Ahmed al-Ahmed recovering well and may soon leave hospital
The 44-year-old has gone through three rounds of surgery in a Sydney hospital since after suffering five gunshot wounds
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Some great festive news. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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people should say bye on the phone in tv shows and movies
Let’s air those grievances. I want to hear your pettiest gripes on this the holiest of days.
December 24, 2025 at 4:13 AM
people should say bye on the phone in tv shows and movies
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My favorite historical costume designer is Sandy Powell, and she has an amazing trick that it took me years to realize: Be conservative with color and lean into modern shapes with your hero, and put your villain in the most outrageously period-specific costume you can.
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
My favorite historical costume designer is Sandy Powell, and she has an amazing trick that it took me years to realize: Be conservative with color and lean into modern shapes with your hero, and put your villain in the most outrageously period-specific costume you can.
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look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
December 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
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setting up a little camera pointed at the abyss to free up some of my time
December 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
setting up a little camera pointed at the abyss to free up some of my time
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ask and you shall receive (via Evan Rosenfeld over at the other place)
December 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
ask and you shall receive (via Evan Rosenfeld over at the other place)
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Five holly leaves from the same tree 🌳
If holly is allowed to grow into a tree it is highly likely to do the same
Holly evolved to fight back against the large herbivores that used to roam the Earth. The higher the tree grows the smoother the leaves get
Photo: Emmanuel Lattes
If holly is allowed to grow into a tree it is highly likely to do the same
Holly evolved to fight back against the large herbivores that used to roam the Earth. The higher the tree grows the smoother the leaves get
Photo: Emmanuel Lattes
December 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Five holly leaves from the same tree 🌳
If holly is allowed to grow into a tree it is highly likely to do the same
Holly evolved to fight back against the large herbivores that used to roam the Earth. The higher the tree grows the smoother the leaves get
Photo: Emmanuel Lattes
If holly is allowed to grow into a tree it is highly likely to do the same
Holly evolved to fight back against the large herbivores that used to roam the Earth. The higher the tree grows the smoother the leaves get
Photo: Emmanuel Lattes
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This was a description (accurate) of ska shows but I read it as being about TNG...
it’s so topsy turvy like up is down! black is white! the trombonist is getting all the pussy!
December 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This was a description (accurate) of ska shows but I read it as being about TNG...
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Henry Cuellar, Don Davis, and Vicente Gonzalez joined Republicans in voting to criminalize trans health care.
The bill passed only 216 to 214.
4 Republicans voted no. If they did too, it would have failed.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
The bill passed only 216 to 214.
4 Republicans voted no. If they did too, it would have failed.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
clerk.house.gov
December 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Henry Cuellar, Don Davis, and Vicente Gonzalez joined Republicans in voting to criminalize trans health care.
The bill passed only 216 to 214.
4 Republicans voted no. If they did too, it would have failed.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
The bill passed only 216 to 214.
4 Republicans voted no. If they did too, it would have failed.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
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OK, I'm going to do my refusing to sell cigarettes to a minor story.
Note first that (whether this is still the case or not I don't know) when I worked in the ciggies kiosk 1, if you were caught selling to underage folks both the store AND the individual got a big fine and 2, the cops would send...
Note first that (whether this is still the case or not I don't know) when I worked in the ciggies kiosk 1, if you were caught selling to underage folks both the store AND the individual got a big fine and 2, the cops would send...
man i have never had as many stupid questions as when i worked at Lush, just thinking about it now and we really put retail workers Through It don't we
December 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
OK, I'm going to do my refusing to sell cigarettes to a minor story.
Note first that (whether this is still the case or not I don't know) when I worked in the ciggies kiosk 1, if you were caught selling to underage folks both the store AND the individual got a big fine and 2, the cops would send...
Note first that (whether this is still the case or not I don't know) when I worked in the ciggies kiosk 1, if you were caught selling to underage folks both the store AND the individual got a big fine and 2, the cops would send...
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
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it's good that people who work for ICE are being ostracized by their communities and confronted at their churches. that's actually what living in a society is
December 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
it's good that people who work for ICE are being ostracized by their communities and confronted at their churches. that's actually what living in a society is
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I think it's actually down to the way in the 1960s Britain caught on to American culture at a bit of a time-lag, plus the breakup of the Beatles. I shall explain in a thread.
I wonder how much of this difference comes from American Christmas being rooted in German culture?
December 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I think it's actually down to the way in the 1960s Britain caught on to American culture at a bit of a time-lag, plus the breakup of the Beatles. I shall explain in a thread.
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You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
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You might think from the headline that this is a story about a trans kid suffering medical consequences from a large drug dose but nope! It is just an interview with an estranged father who is angry that his child happily transitioned.
archive.ph/Tmthz
archive.ph/Tmthz
December 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
You might think from the headline that this is a story about a trans kid suffering medical consequences from a large drug dose but nope! It is just an interview with an estranged father who is angry that his child happily transitioned.
archive.ph/Tmthz
archive.ph/Tmthz
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There is no point in debating someone who says a man taking off his shirt as he sits atop his destroyed vessel is a dangerous act that merits an air strike. That person is lying and will lie no matter what you say. At that point you need to tell him that you know he’s lying.
December 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
There is no point in debating someone who says a man taking off his shirt as he sits atop his destroyed vessel is a dangerous act that merits an air strike. That person is lying and will lie no matter what you say. At that point you need to tell him that you know he’s lying.