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· Jun 26
The world would be a better place if we took the burden to "reach out" off the already overburdened person.
If you care, YOU reach out.
If you care, YOU reach out.
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Founding Fathers, 1776: We declare independence for these United States of America from the tyranny of the King.
United States, 2026: To mark our 250th anniversary, we have recreated the Tyrannical King from the classic Declaration of Independence From the Tyrannical King.
United States, 2026: To mark our 250th anniversary, we have recreated the Tyrannical King from the classic Declaration of Independence From the Tyrannical King.
January 15, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Founding Fathers, 1776: We declare independence for these United States of America from the tyranny of the King.
United States, 2026: To mark our 250th anniversary, we have recreated the Tyrannical King from the classic Declaration of Independence From the Tyrannical King.
United States, 2026: To mark our 250th anniversary, we have recreated the Tyrannical King from the classic Declaration of Independence From the Tyrannical King.
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We have an update on Charlie’s newfound love of printing.
January 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
We have an update on Charlie’s newfound love of printing.
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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The Republican party cannot be allowed to survive after this reign of terror.
Wiped from American politics when all is said and done.
No hagiography of "Reagan." No statues commemorating a single one of them.
Nothing left. Nothing.
Wiped from American politics when all is said and done.
No hagiography of "Reagan." No statues commemorating a single one of them.
Nothing left. Nothing.
Breaking:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans defeat Venezuela war powers resolution, bowing to Trump’s pressure as Vance casts tie-breaking vote.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans defeat Venezuela war powers resolution, bowing to Trump’s pressure as Vance casts tie-breaking vote.
January 14, 2026 at 11:47 PM
The Republican party cannot be allowed to survive after this reign of terror.
Wiped from American politics when all is said and done.
No hagiography of "Reagan." No statues commemorating a single one of them.
Nothing left. Nothing.
Wiped from American politics when all is said and done.
No hagiography of "Reagan." No statues commemorating a single one of them.
Nothing left. Nothing.
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My husband was on the 2 train and a guy started braying about how Renee Good deserved to die and her "lesbian lover" did too. My husband got pissed and said, "You're absolutely disgusting." "Fuck you!" the guy said. "Fuck YOU!" my husband said. The guy left.
See? We just need to talk to each other.
See? We just need to talk to each other.
January 14, 2026 at 11:46 PM
My husband was on the 2 train and a guy started braying about how Renee Good deserved to die and her "lesbian lover" did too. My husband got pissed and said, "You're absolutely disgusting." "Fuck you!" the guy said. "Fuck YOU!" my husband said. The guy left.
See? We just need to talk to each other.
See? We just need to talk to each other.
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Man 1 walking behind me in Tottenham: Feels end of days.
Man 2: Yes.
Man 1: So I might as well tell you.
Man 2: What?
Man 1: (inhales) That I love you.
Long pause.
Man 1: You don’t feel the same.
Man 2: Of course I do you silly sausage I’m just trying not to cry.
Man 2: Yes.
Man 1: So I might as well tell you.
Man 2: What?
Man 1: (inhales) That I love you.
Long pause.
Man 1: You don’t feel the same.
Man 2: Of course I do you silly sausage I’m just trying not to cry.
January 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Man 1 walking behind me in Tottenham: Feels end of days.
Man 2: Yes.
Man 1: So I might as well tell you.
Man 2: What?
Man 1: (inhales) That I love you.
Long pause.
Man 1: You don’t feel the same.
Man 2: Of course I do you silly sausage I’m just trying not to cry.
Man 2: Yes.
Man 1: So I might as well tell you.
Man 2: What?
Man 1: (inhales) That I love you.
Long pause.
Man 1: You don’t feel the same.
Man 2: Of course I do you silly sausage I’m just trying not to cry.
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the democrats are right we should focus on kitchen table issues. for example there is a guy at my kitchen table who wants to shoot me in the face with a gun
January 13, 2026 at 12:01 AM
the democrats are right we should focus on kitchen table issues. for example there is a guy at my kitchen table who wants to shoot me in the face with a gun
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we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
January 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
I love informative narrative threads like this!
It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
January 10, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I love informative narrative threads like this!
A fun little game!
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Spherical Snake
Snake on a sphere
kevinalbs.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
A fun little game!
kevinalbs.com/spherical_sn...
kevinalbs.com/spherical_sn...
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"The President is a dementia-riddled pedophile warlord openly destroying modern civilization and looting the pieces b/c he and his buddies are the kind of scum that democracy mistakenly protected from consequences rather than grinding them into nothing every few years as was necessary" sucks, man
January 7, 2026 at 1:43 AM
"The President is a dementia-riddled pedophile warlord openly destroying modern civilization and looting the pieces b/c he and his buddies are the kind of scum that democracy mistakenly protected from consequences rather than grinding them into nothing every few years as was necessary" sucks, man
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They checked each others' rental contracts. Both were valid.
"This isn't supposed to be possible," the wizard said.
"Impossibles are your domain," the princess said, "but here we are."
They looked at the tower.
"Do you want a-" said the wizard.
"Apprentice?"
"-roommate?"
"Yes," both said.
"This isn't supposed to be possible," the wizard said.
"Impossibles are your domain," the princess said, "but here we are."
They looked at the tower.
"Do you want a-" said the wizard.
"Apprentice?"
"-roommate?"
"Yes," both said.
December 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
They checked each others' rental contracts. Both were valid.
"This isn't supposed to be possible," the wizard said.
"Impossibles are your domain," the princess said, "but here we are."
They looked at the tower.
"Do you want a-" said the wizard.
"Apprentice?"
"-roommate?"
"Yes," both said.
"This isn't supposed to be possible," the wizard said.
"Impossibles are your domain," the princess said, "but here we are."
They looked at the tower.
"Do you want a-" said the wizard.
"Apprentice?"
"-roommate?"
"Yes," both said.
All this about the Vanity Fair pictures is almost enough to make me turn off my "make america kittens again" browser extension
December 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
All this about the Vanity Fair pictures is almost enough to make me turn off my "make america kittens again" browser extension
There are so many good phrases in here! Russian goes hard, and I love the Turkish one for its implication that the busybody is like that all the time.
A thread of how to say “nobody asked you” from around the world, starting with this one…
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
December 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
There are so many good phrases in here! Russian goes hard, and I love the Turkish one for its implication that the busybody is like that all the time.
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I told a friend, "If a trans woman ever says to you that she has a funny story to tell you about her childhood, brace yourself for some of the most traumatic shit you've ever heard in your life. She will then smile like nothing happened."
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I told a friend, "If a trans woman ever says to you that she has a funny story to tell you about her childhood, brace yourself for some of the most traumatic shit you've ever heard in your life. She will then smile like nothing happened."
man I mess this up all the time
WHO AMONG US hasn't sat down 11 times with a journalist and a tape recorder only to be shocked that they'd publish stuff we talked about?
December 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
man I mess this up all the time
Seems about right. Great system ya have there. Shame if something were ta ... happen to it.
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Seems about right. Great system ya have there. Shame if something were ta ... happen to it.
That pose! I love this image.
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 15
"Tiger"
An ode to brave Tots, who fought the invader until he could no longer find the invader.
As always, painted by a human. 💚
#digitalart #digitalpainting #procreate #catart #catsofbluesky #sillyart
"Tiger"
An ode to brave Tots, who fought the invader until he could no longer find the invader.
As always, painted by a human. 💚
#digitalart #digitalpainting #procreate #catart #catsofbluesky #sillyart
December 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
That pose! I love this image.
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OMG! It won! What a brilliant book!
The winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Nonfiction is ‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This’ by Omar El Akkad. #NBAwards
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 AM
OMG! It won! What a brilliant book!
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Little girl (to me) on my way home: Excuse me.
Me: Yes?
Little girl: I mean you need to say, 'Excuse me.'
Me: I do?
Little girl: Yes. Because you stepped on my shadow.
Me: Oh! Excuse me.
Little girl: Thank you. It's okay, she's fine.
Me: Yes?
Little girl: I mean you need to say, 'Excuse me.'
Me: I do?
Little girl: Yes. Because you stepped on my shadow.
Me: Oh! Excuse me.
Little girl: Thank you. It's okay, she's fine.
November 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Little girl (to me) on my way home: Excuse me.
Me: Yes?
Little girl: I mean you need to say, 'Excuse me.'
Me: I do?
Little girl: Yes. Because you stepped on my shadow.
Me: Oh! Excuse me.
Little girl: Thank you. It's okay, she's fine.
Me: Yes?
Little girl: I mean you need to say, 'Excuse me.'
Me: I do?
Little girl: Yes. Because you stepped on my shadow.
Me: Oh! Excuse me.
Little girl: Thank you. It's okay, she's fine.
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Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
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A woman on the Tube in a zebra-print dress reads a book which is open to a page illustrated with boats. Swinging from her neck with the swaying of the train, is silver anchor on a silver chain.
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
A woman on the Tube in a zebra-print dress reads a book which is open to a page illustrated with boats. Swinging from her neck with the swaying of the train, is silver anchor on a silver chain.
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Ah this thread. iykyk
And of course, it's not limited to Great Men - it's everywhere, among men small & middling, too. Don't tell anyone - the school needs him, the church needs him, the record label needs him, the family needs him, no one will believe you anyway, bc look at all the good he's done!
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November 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Ah this thread. iykyk