If there ever was a war on protein, protein won it long ago, if my trips to the grocery store are any indication.
“No, I won’t be eating my vegetables” [scariest face I can muster]
January 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM
If there ever was a war on protein, protein won it long ago, if my trips to the grocery store are any indication.
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If there’s one thing the 21st century has convinced me of, it’s that the 18th-century anti-gambling activists were 100% correct and we should have listened to them.
Oh god having live Polymarket predictions for Best Podcast on the Golden Globes is unspeakably gross
January 12, 2026 at 5:22 AM
If there’s one thing the 21st century has convinced me of, it’s that the 18th-century anti-gambling activists were 100% correct and we should have listened to them.
I'd forgotten how much good stuff there is in Unfinished Tales and how much of it is in service to the meta-narrative of the origin of the tales. This is from a *note* explaining how the scene of Isildur's death in "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields" was surmised, though there were no witnesses.
![But King Elessar, when he was crowned in Gondor, began the re-ordering of his realm, and one of his first tasks was the restoration of Orthanc, where he proposed to set up again the palantír recovered from Saruman. Then all the secrets of the tower were searched. Many things of worth were found, jewels and heirlooms of Eorl, filched from Edoras by the agency of Wormtongue during King Théoden’s decline, and other such things, more ancient and beautiful, from mounds and tombs far and wide. [Highlighted:] Saruman in his degradation had become not a dragon but a jackdaw.[End highlight] At last behind a hidden door that they could not have found or opened had not Elessar had the aid of Gimli the Dwarf a steel closet was revealed. Maybe it had been intended to receive the Ring; but it was almost bare. In a casket on a high shelf two things were laid. One was a small case of gold, attached to a fine chain; it was empty, and bore no letter or token, but beyond all doubt it had once borne the Ring about Isildur’s neck. Next to it...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:btz2odnqydzpguphhnffxhiw/bafkreiac3vtz7s5jvdm2pdxfcrzh7le7klumbtlbe37i4xfhh4grc5g734@jpeg)
January 12, 2026 at 5:08 AM
I'd forgotten how much good stuff there is in Unfinished Tales and how much of it is in service to the meta-narrative of the origin of the tales. This is from a *note* explaining how the scene of Isildur's death in "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields" was surmised, though there were no witnesses.
Seriously? The whole "this is a distraction from the Epstein files" is sometimes a funny joke, but the idea that Trump is doing all this other stuff for any reason other than he really wants to and thinks he has the power to Is kind of stupid, imo.
Let's be clear. Donald Trump will indict the Fed Chair, kidnap foreign leaders and kill American citizens in MN if it distracts you from asking WTF is in the Epstein files because HIS BASE doesn't like pedophiles. None of this is normal. But everything he does is from weakness right now.
January 12, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Seriously? The whole "this is a distraction from the Epstein files" is sometimes a funny joke, but the idea that Trump is doing all this other stuff for any reason other than he really wants to and thinks he has the power to Is kind of stupid, imo.
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I have very few hopes for anyone who thought Trump sounded smart up to this point.
You know the thing where Musk seems smart until he starts talking about things you know about? Finance dudes are about to go through that with Trump.
January 12, 2026 at 2:19 AM
I have very few hopes for anyone who thought Trump sounded smart up to this point.
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Psychotic YouTube TV multiview preset
January 12, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Psychotic YouTube TV multiview preset
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Do Wine Mom Crimes™
January 12, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Do Wine Mom Crimes™
Feeling like a lot of people are going to pick this up and then be scratching their heads and saying, "wtf?", but I'm a few pages in and it is absolutely my jam.
January 12, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Feeling like a lot of people are going to pick this up and then be scratching their heads and saying, "wtf?", but I'm a few pages in and it is absolutely my jam.
"If so, which license are they under?"
Are the fae open source.
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
January 12, 2026 at 1:08 AM
"If so, which license are they under?"
TIL the Federal Reserve is on Bluesky
January 12, 2026 at 1:00 AM
TIL the Federal Reserve is on Bluesky
He should get the company that built the public toilets featured in PERFECT DAYS.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin on Saturday announced an initiative to install more public bathrooms across the city.
January 11, 2026 at 10:27 PM
He should get the company that built the public toilets featured in PERFECT DAYS.
What's the inverse of Jade Helm for this current operation?
please be sure to use the correct terminology for government troops:
when they go after heavily armed white men in compounds they’re jack-booted thugs
when they go after people of color or women on the streets they’re smol beans
when they go after heavily armed white men in compounds they’re jack-booted thugs
when they go after people of color or women on the streets they’re smol beans
January 11, 2026 at 10:22 PM
What's the inverse of Jade Helm for this current operation?
I prefer wurst cones to wurst myself, especially when I'm hungry.
January 11, 2026 at 10:17 PM
I prefer wurst cones to wurst myself, especially when I'm hungry.
These probably came out when I was nearing 14, but there's nothing really before them that grabbed me.
January 11, 2026 at 10:16 PM
These probably came out when I was nearing 14, but there's nothing really before them that grabbed me.
This whole "I'm going to get your ass, whoops, now I'm slinking away" has become pantomime, but just amplifies how ill-disciplined and poorly trained these asses are, making them risible but also more dangerous when their ineptitude leads to them being unable to contain their rage and humiliation.
January 11, 2026 at 8:30 PM
This whole "I'm going to get your ass, whoops, now I'm slinking away" has become pantomime, but just amplifies how ill-disciplined and poorly trained these asses are, making them risible but also more dangerous when their ineptitude leads to them being unable to contain their rage and humiliation.
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The Virgin Democratic Party Establishment Candidate: "ICE isn't coordinating with local police. This is no way to bring down prices!"
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 3:52 AM
The Virgin Democratic Party Establishment Candidate: "ICE isn't coordinating with local police. This is no way to bring down prices!"
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
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Unintentionally the funniest thing he's ever said
Trump talks about Denmark and Greenland just now: "The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land."
January 11, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Unintentionally the funniest thing he's ever said
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I love this man
Benicio del Toro speaks to the moments in One Battle After Another that have turned into popular memes.
One Battle After Another is back in select theaters and available on HBO Max
One Battle After Another is back in select theaters and available on HBO Max
January 11, 2026 at 4:40 AM
I love this man
"It's not for every bigot, but I'm bearing my burden, with God's help"
January 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
"It's not for every bigot, but I'm bearing my burden, with God's help"
"typically"
President Trump on Friday called for a one-year cap limiting credit card interest rates to 10%, but offered no details on how he planned to enact such a policy, which would typically require congressional or regulatory action.
Trump Wants 10% Cap on Credit Card Interest Rates, After Killing Other Fee Limits
The president revived a campaign promise he has not actively pursued since taking office.
nyti.ms
January 10, 2026 at 10:34 PM
"typically"
Good god the things I've forgotten that Gail just dredges up from the past. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_(...
January 10, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Good god the things I've forgotten that Gail just dredges up from the past. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_(...
Andrei Rublev, eat your heart out.
Hand to You Know Whomst, this is someone’s FB profile photo, and it’s the funniest thing I’ve seen all day.
January 10, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Andrei Rublev, eat your heart out.
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READ ANOTHER BOOK
January 10, 2026 at 9:45 PM
READ ANOTHER BOOK
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