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Weird-book reader in New Jersey
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Purveyor of Althussierian postcolonial horror with discard studies characteristics https://quarcoxa.itch.io
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Purveyor of Althussierian postcolonial horror with discard studies characteristics https://quarcoxa.itch.io
he/him
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Once again; you can't moderate your way to neutralizing an issue like immigration.
It's fundamentally just racist reaction. Nothing is ever enough because what's demanded—ethnonationalist homogeneity—is completely unavailable in modern conditions. There will *always* be a basis for more demagoguery
It's fundamentally just racist reaction. Nothing is ever enough because what's demanded—ethnonationalist homogeneity—is completely unavailable in modern conditions. There will *always* be a basis for more demagoguery
YOU WANTED NET IMMIGRATION TO COME DOWN! THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE!
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Once again; you can't moderate your way to neutralizing an issue like immigration.
It's fundamentally just racist reaction. Nothing is ever enough because what's demanded—ethnonationalist homogeneity—is completely unavailable in modern conditions. There will *always* be a basis for more demagoguery
It's fundamentally just racist reaction. Nothing is ever enough because what's demanded—ethnonationalist homogeneity—is completely unavailable in modern conditions. There will *always* be a basis for more demagoguery
Very enticing credit in these historical wargaming rules from 1989
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Very enticing credit in these historical wargaming rules from 1989
Here’s the portion of ttrpg books that (for the time being) remain at my childhood home. For better or worse, a cross section of my tastes circa 2003
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Here’s the portion of ttrpg books that (for the time being) remain at my childhood home. For better or worse, a cross section of my tastes circa 2003
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"The rise of easy to use, free AI generative tools have supercharged this effort, and social media monetization programs have incentivized this effort and are almost entirely to blame." www.404media.co/americas-pol...
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"The rise of easy to use, free AI generative tools have supercharged this effort, and social media monetization programs have incentivized this effort and are almost entirely to blame." www.404media.co/americas-pol...
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Josef Albers, Structural Constellation "To Ferdinand Hodler", 1954
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135893
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135893
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Josef Albers, Structural Constellation "To Ferdinand Hodler", 1954
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135893
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135893
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BRB am becoming Catholic
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
BRB am becoming Catholic
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This Venezuela war, too, is gender.
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This Venezuela war, too, is gender.
I like it when I go into a state agency and their New Jersey flag is a nice, rich goldenrod—none of this pale taupe you often see. Taxes going to good use
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I like it when I go into a state agency and their New Jersey flag is a nice, rich goldenrod—none of this pale taupe you often see. Taxes going to good use
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"One might imagine (but why imagine it, when it occured in ancient Greece) that gods and mortals, instead of being separated by the moral abyss of religion, sought to seduce each other and, indeed, maintained no other relations but those of seduction."
- Seduction
- Seduction
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"One might imagine (but why imagine it, when it occured in ancient Greece) that gods and mortals, instead of being separated by the moral abyss of religion, sought to seduce each other and, indeed, maintained no other relations but those of seduction."
- Seduction
- Seduction
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my take on Food Discourse is that it's always ridiculous but it's also nice to be fighting about dumb internet shit again instead of dealing with Oppressive Despair all the time so please keep posting your bad takes
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
my take on Food Discourse is that it's always ridiculous but it's also nice to be fighting about dumb internet shit again instead of dealing with Oppressive Despair all the time so please keep posting your bad takes
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"Where did it all go wrong?"
BL Add 10294; Morte Artu; c.1316 CE; France, N. (Saint-Omer or Tournai); ; f.94r
BL Add 10294; Morte Artu; c.1316 CE; France, N. (Saint-Omer or Tournai); ; f.94r
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"Where did it all go wrong?"
BL Add 10294; Morte Artu; c.1316 CE; France, N. (Saint-Omer or Tournai); ; f.94r
BL Add 10294; Morte Artu; c.1316 CE; France, N. (Saint-Omer or Tournai); ; f.94r
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my family raised me to believe that Yoda is Slovak. and that the Empire represents the Czech Republic
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
my family raised me to believe that Yoda is Slovak. and that the Empire represents the Czech Republic
You’re allowed to show up with hot sauce if you think you’ll need it
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
You’re allowed to show up with hot sauce if you think you’ll need it
Been into this guy who reviews extremely grim london greasy spoons www.instagram.com/reel/DQ8rb4H...
James Dimitri 🍕 on Instagram: "🍳🥓☕️ Riverside Transport Cafe, Colnbrook, Slough."
5,665 likes, 127 comments - jamesdimitri on November 11, 2025: "🍳🥓☕️ Riverside Transport Cafe, Colnbrook, Slough.".
www.instagram.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Been into this guy who reviews extremely grim london greasy spoons www.instagram.com/reel/DQ8rb4H...
Bring back elitism
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Bring back elitism
Honey where did you put the sizzlean
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Honey where did you put the sizzlean
Just muttered “fuck off. stupid.” to myself recalling an embarrassing event that happened literally 20 years ago
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Just muttered “fuck off. stupid.” to myself recalling an embarrassing event that happened literally 20 years ago
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Literally zooming into a dark age somehow hastened by technology and innovation is weird to think about
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Literally zooming into a dark age somehow hastened by technology and innovation is weird to think about
What’s the most selfish state of the union? ME. Thanks
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What’s the most selfish state of the union? ME. Thanks
Being part of a bourgeois jewish family with roots in venezuela means this thanksgiving has the potential to be extra special
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Being part of a bourgeois jewish family with roots in venezuela means this thanksgiving has the potential to be extra special
TRIPLE FRONTIER is such a great title for a film I will never see
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
TRIPLE FRONTIER is such a great title for a film I will never see
Pipe tobacco why does it smell
So great
So great
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Pipe tobacco why does it smell
So great
So great
This was great!
A wonderful essay by McNeil Taylor on Hellenism, Zionism, and the legacies of c19 Western European colonialism. www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/71/ta...
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This was great!
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"But this rage, this fury, only bears witness to the eternity of seduction and to the impossibility of mastering it."
- The Ecstasy of Communication
- The Ecstasy of Communication
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"But this rage, this fury, only bears witness to the eternity of seduction and to the impossibility of mastering it."
- The Ecstasy of Communication
- The Ecstasy of Communication
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You know how there are some historical reenactment museum areas where you can go and see people dressed old timey churning butter and making horseshoes? There should be one that's a bar and kids can go listen to reenactors complain about their city's sports teams from different decades
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
You know how there are some historical reenactment museum areas where you can go and see people dressed old timey churning butter and making horseshoes? There should be one that's a bar and kids can go listen to reenactors complain about their city's sports teams from different decades