hapax
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"...Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."
"you can add that i am shy and loathe publicity" -- archy
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."
"you can add that i am shy and loathe publicity" -- archy
My favourite radio show has decided that from now on, every Saturday after Thanksgiving will just be playing The Band's Last Waltz album, and I've got to say, this is what America is all about Charlie Brown
November 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
My favourite radio show has decided that from now on, every Saturday after Thanksgiving will just be playing The Band's Last Waltz album, and I've got to say, this is what America is all about Charlie Brown
Pour one out for Tom Stoppard, author of the greatest work of fanfiction since the Aeneid.
November 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Pour one out for Tom Stoppard, author of the greatest work of fanfiction since the Aeneid.
It's perfectly okay if you don't like roast turkey, but it's weird how so many take immense pride in making "I hate turkey" their entire identity, like there is some inherent moral cachet to it, and insisting that if you say you do like turkey you must be a liar.
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This is a post about genre.
November 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It's perfectly okay if you don't like roast turkey, but it's weird how so many take immense pride in making "I hate turkey" their entire identity, like there is some inherent moral cachet to it, and insisting that if you say you do like turkey you must be a liar.
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This is a post about genre.
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This is a post about genre.
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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Remember: It ys okaye to be lonely. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Remember: It ys okaye to be lonely. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.
George Orwell has his faults, but my GOD he is incapable of writing a clunky sentence.
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
George Orwell has his faults, but my GOD he is incapable of writing a clunky sentence.
3, 4, 7, 8 are all out of here
Honestly, all I want on this grid are turkey, gravy, and a modest amount of stuffing. Where are my nice green salad, my crispy roasted sprouts, my tart cranberries, my sweet baked squash?
Honestly, all I want on this grid are turkey, gravy, and a modest amount of stuffing. Where are my nice green salad, my crispy roasted sprouts, my tart cranberries, my sweet baked squash?
with charity and goodwill, i must here part ways with rolls.
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
3, 4, 7, 8 are all out of here
Honestly, all I want on this grid are turkey, gravy, and a modest amount of stuffing. Where are my nice green salad, my crispy roasted sprouts, my tart cranberries, my sweet baked squash?
Honestly, all I want on this grid are turkey, gravy, and a modest amount of stuffing. Where are my nice green salad, my crispy roasted sprouts, my tart cranberries, my sweet baked squash?
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I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
librarytechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
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Freddie Mercury didn't go into the studio and nail the vocals for "The Show Must Go On" in one take while dying of AIDS for you to despair and give up now. Take the time you need, but then get up and get back out there.
The show must go on.
The show must go on.
February 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Freddie Mercury didn't go into the studio and nail the vocals for "The Show Must Go On" in one take while dying of AIDS for you to despair and give up now. Take the time you need, but then get up and get back out there.
The show must go on.
The show must go on.
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From the inimitable @tomgauld.bsky.social :
November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
From the inimitable @tomgauld.bsky.social :
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Astonishing to stop and realize that, at any given moment, bands of masked men armed to the teeth are storming churches and daycares, terrorizing entire communities—and that most of the country's political establishment barely blinks.
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Astonishing to stop and realize that, at any given moment, bands of masked men armed to the teeth are storming churches and daycares, terrorizing entire communities—and that most of the country's political establishment barely blinks.
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One girl said “it doesn’t matter if you ban a book because everyone can find that information online” and then I blew their minds by talking about how your search history can be monitored and sold to the government without your permission, but your library borrowing history requires a warrant.
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
One girl said “it doesn’t matter if you ban a book because everyone can find that information online” and then I blew their minds by talking about how your search history can be monitored and sold to the government without your permission, but your library borrowing history requires a warrant.
Gaah. I just realized that I was opening the latest ep of (what used to be) my favorite webcomic with a sense of dread: "how will it fuck up THIS strip?"
Maybe it's time to remove it from my rota.
Maybe it's time to remove it from my rota.
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Gaah. I just realized that I was opening the latest ep of (what used to be) my favorite webcomic with a sense of dread: "how will it fuck up THIS strip?"
Maybe it's time to remove it from my rota.
Maybe it's time to remove it from my rota.
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This idea that #metoo was a temporary piece of insanity that happened because America was too woke...
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This idea that #metoo was a temporary piece of insanity that happened because America was too woke...
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
Some pigs
www.dhs.gov/news/2025/11...
www.dhs.gov/news/2025/11...
DHS Launches Operation Charlotte’s Web to Target Criminal Illegal Aliens Terrorizing Americans in Charlotte, North Carolina | Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced DHS law enforcement is surging resources for Operation Charlotte’s Web in North Carolina.
www.dhs.gov
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Some pigs
www.dhs.gov/news/2025/11...
www.dhs.gov/news/2025/11...
what *what* WHAT
HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
what *what* WHAT
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Since everyone is rightly focused on the Epstein files, now would be a good time to remind you:
Child marriage is legal in 34 states across the US. That’s almost 70% of this nation.
How about we end that?
Child marriage is legal in 34 states across the US. That’s almost 70% of this nation.
How about we end that?
November 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Since everyone is rightly focused on the Epstein files, now would be a good time to remind you:
Child marriage is legal in 34 states across the US. That’s almost 70% of this nation.
How about we end that?
Child marriage is legal in 34 states across the US. That’s almost 70% of this nation.
How about we end that?
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
I can't say which annoys me more about my new medication
1. It's extremely expensive even with insurance
2. It has a stupid catchy commercial jingle which I hear every time I take it
1. It's extremely expensive even with insurance
2. It has a stupid catchy commercial jingle which I hear every time I take it
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I can't say which annoys me more about my new medication
1. It's extremely expensive even with insurance
2. It has a stupid catchy commercial jingle which I hear every time I take it
1. It's extremely expensive even with insurance
2. It has a stupid catchy commercial jingle which I hear every time I take it