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The entire point of social media is being able to surround yourself with people who start posts with sentences like "Hi, shipwreck autist here!"
Hi, shipwreck autist here! It was in fact true at the time. The Edmund Fitzgerald also had a sister ship, the Arthur B. Homer, which had the same structural defect the Edmund Fitzgerald did and was quietly retired shortly after Fitz sank. She remains the largest ship ever scrapped on the Great Lakes
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The entire point of social media is being able to surround yourself with people who start posts with sentences like "Hi, shipwreck autist here!"
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My DUDE
OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
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".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
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Oscar Isaac Was ‘Not So Open to Working With Disney’ After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, Said He’d Return to ‘Star Wars’ if Disney Does ‘Not Succumb to Fascism’
Oscar Isaac was not open to working with Disney after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and will only return to 'Star Wars' if the studio avoids fascism.
variety.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
My DUDE
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Every fairy tale is about how the woods are so deadly that we'd rather go hang out with the witch or the beast or the wolf instead.
You can always tell when folks who didn't grow up in nature are getting into a mystical nature kick because they talk about forests like they're these serene, perfect, peaceful places. No friend, nature is scary and tense as fuck and you're looking at a place where things live and die BY THE MINUTE.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Every fairy tale is about how the woods are so deadly that we'd rather go hang out with the witch or the beast or the wolf instead.
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Asked point-blank if he’ll bring ACA extensions to the floor, Speaker Johnson bolted. We know the answer already. He won’t.
Further proof that Republicans don’t care about bringing your health care costs down.
Further proof that Republicans don’t care about bringing your health care costs down.
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Asked point-blank if he’ll bring ACA extensions to the floor, Speaker Johnson bolted. We know the answer already. He won’t.
Further proof that Republicans don’t care about bringing your health care costs down.
Further proof that Republicans don’t care about bringing your health care costs down.
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Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
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It's useful to think of your voter registration as strategic. In some states it might benefit you to register as a Republican even if you aren't one.
I'm not here to say how you should register. I am saying that strategic voting exists.
I'm not here to say how you should register. I am saying that strategic voting exists.
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
It's useful to think of your voter registration as strategic. In some states it might benefit you to register as a Republican even if you aren't one.
I'm not here to say how you should register. I am saying that strategic voting exists.
I'm not here to say how you should register. I am saying that strategic voting exists.
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
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Either Chuck Schumer is an ineffective leader of Senate Democrats who had 7 Democrats (and an Independent who caucuses with them) walk away from him and vote with Republicans to destroy a key piece of health legislation which benefited millions of Americans...
...or he arranged it.
Schumer must go.
...or he arranged it.
Schumer must go.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Either Chuck Schumer is an ineffective leader of Senate Democrats who had 7 Democrats (and an Independent who caucuses with them) walk away from him and vote with Republicans to destroy a key piece of health legislation which benefited millions of Americans...
...or he arranged it.
Schumer must go.
...or he arranged it.
Schumer must go.
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Mamdani: if you advance progressive causes and believe in what you’re doing you can win!
Democrats: yeah hard pass
Democrats: yeah hard pass
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Mamdani: if you advance progressive causes and believe in what you’re doing you can win!
Democrats: yeah hard pass
Democrats: yeah hard pass
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November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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It can be hard to do math in your head, while standing up, on national television. Nerve-wracking, too. But even so, in twenty seconds on the air, I did a better job than the President in costing his latest idea and figuring out whether his new idea of a $2,000 rebate check will work. (It won't.)
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
It can be hard to do math in your head, while standing up, on national television. Nerve-wracking, too. But even so, in twenty seconds on the air, I did a better job than the President in costing his latest idea and figuring out whether his new idea of a $2,000 rebate check will work. (It won't.)
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If you thought Frankenstein's Tower in the Guillermo del Toro movie looked cool, check out the real-world inspiration behind it...
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
If you thought Frankenstein's Tower in the Guillermo del Toro movie looked cool, check out the real-world inspiration behind it...
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// government level transphobia
"Are there even any-" it doesn't matter. Banning the few trans athletes isn't the point. The point, from Trump's ban on trans people in government to Britain's bathroom ban to Newsom's sports ban, is to make sure everyone knows trans women are OTHER and to act accordingly to us in their daily lives.
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
// government level transphobia
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Oh thank FUCK
(Does it mean that they won't on another case? Not necessarily. But every day it's safe is a day it's safe, and every flimsy pretext they deny is reassuring for the rule of law in the land.)
(Does it mean that they won't on another case? Not necessarily. But every day it's safe is a day it's safe, and every flimsy pretext they deny is reassuring for the rule of law in the land.)
#BREAKING: Over no public dissents, #SCOTUS denies Kim Davis's petition asking the justices to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges (which recognized federal constitutional protections for same-sex marriage):
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Oh thank FUCK
(Does it mean that they won't on another case? Not necessarily. But every day it's safe is a day it's safe, and every flimsy pretext they deny is reassuring for the rule of law in the land.)
(Does it mean that they won't on another case? Not necessarily. But every day it's safe is a day it's safe, and every flimsy pretext they deny is reassuring for the rule of law in the land.)
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Go volunteer for a progressive launching a “hopeless” campaign against an extremely entrenched incumbent currently squatting in a safe Blue seat. The worst thing that happens, is that you drag the incumbent to the Left. Best case? Zohran Mamdani, who was polling at 6% in January.
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Go volunteer for a progressive launching a “hopeless” campaign against an extremely entrenched incumbent currently squatting in a safe Blue seat. The worst thing that happens, is that you drag the incumbent to the Left. Best case? Zohran Mamdani, who was polling at 6% in January.
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Every hole is a glory hole if you don't mind ruining a cuckoo clock
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Every hole is a glory hole if you don't mind ruining a cuckoo clock
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“.. As the raids have continued, consumers have started to question whether the company’s silence makes it an accomplice to the sweeps rather than merely the backdrop. .. A backlash is coming for the company.”
@bloomberg.com $HD
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November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“.. As the raids have continued, consumers have started to question whether the company’s silence makes it an accomplice to the sweeps rather than merely the backdrop. .. A backlash is coming for the company.”
@bloomberg.com $HD
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Pan was a pastoral god, but he was also a god of the hunt. He is sometimes depicted wielding the lagobolon, a club used to hunt hares and rabbits, as in this Roman bronze from the 1st century.
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Pan was a pastoral god, but he was also a god of the hunt. He is sometimes depicted wielding the lagobolon, a club used to hunt hares and rabbits, as in this Roman bronze from the 1st century.
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It’s a frightening reminder we cannot rely on many elected officials to stick up for the non-elites, for the working class, they will not stand up for the poor. We need to primary them if they lack the ability, stomach, and drive to fight for the people they represent.
Eight centrist Democratic senators just voted to reopen the government in exchange for a promise of a Senate vote on ACA subsidies.
That’s not a deal—it’s surrender.
They’ve given up real leverage
for a handshake agreement that might never happen./🧵
That’s not a deal—it’s surrender.
They’ve given up real leverage
for a handshake agreement that might never happen./🧵
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
It’s a frightening reminder we cannot rely on many elected officials to stick up for the non-elites, for the working class, they will not stand up for the poor. We need to primary them if they lack the ability, stomach, and drive to fight for the people they represent.
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These people have exactly one strong impulse and it's to immediately throw cold water on any indication that their own base is getting angry or making demands. They fundamentally see their purpose as telling anyone thinking about standing up for themselves to knock it off and be quiet.
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
These people have exactly one strong impulse and it's to immediately throw cold water on any indication that their own base is getting angry or making demands. They fundamentally see their purpose as telling anyone thinking about standing up for themselves to knock it off and be quiet.
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It's never too late to grasp that if someone works full-time and receives SNAP, it means YOUR taxpayer dollars are subsidizing the COMPANY because it refuses to pay them a livable wage.
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It's never too late to grasp that if someone works full-time and receives SNAP, it means YOUR taxpayer dollars are subsidizing the COMPANY because it refuses to pay them a livable wage.
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Those who enjoy both The Rings of Power (season one, specifically) and Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein may be interested to know that both feature the same costume designer: the wonderful Kate Hawley!
Hawley also worked on The Hobbit trilogy, which del Toro was originally set to direct.
Hawley also worked on The Hobbit trilogy, which del Toro was originally set to direct.
November 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Those who enjoy both The Rings of Power (season one, specifically) and Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein may be interested to know that both feature the same costume designer: the wonderful Kate Hawley!
Hawley also worked on The Hobbit trilogy, which del Toro was originally set to direct.
Hawley also worked on The Hobbit trilogy, which del Toro was originally set to direct.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish