malaphor
@malaphor.bsky.social
post cringe throw ass, but said all together so it sounds like “post-cringe throwass”
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did you know?
the idioms "balls to the walls" and "balls out", both meaning "with significant intensity" come not from a genital euphemism, but to aeronautics and steam engines, respectively?
the idioms "balls to the walls" and "balls out", both meaning "with significant intensity" come not from a genital euphemism, but to aeronautics and steam engines, respectively?
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
did you know?
the idioms "balls to the walls" and "balls out", both meaning "with significant intensity" come not from a genital euphemism, but to aeronautics and steam engines, respectively?
the idioms "balls to the walls" and "balls out", both meaning "with significant intensity" come not from a genital euphemism, but to aeronautics and steam engines, respectively?
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breasts breasts breasts
December 9, 2025 at 1:22 AM
breasts breasts breasts
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"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
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New York City went 12 days without a murder in November / December. That's tied for the longest stretch in history, according to the NYPD. As someone who was here when there were 6+ murders per day in this town, it continues to amaze me how safe the place is.
December 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
New York City went 12 days without a murder in November / December. That's tied for the longest stretch in history, according to the NYPD. As someone who was here when there were 6+ murders per day in this town, it continues to amaze me how safe the place is.
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It is important to remember that the war on drugs, on trans health, on neurdiv, & on women's health are all connected. They are built around taking away bodily autonomy and excising anyone who doesn't meet the narrow conception they have of life as they've understood it since they were in diapers.
one of the main reasons trans healthcare moved away from strict gatekeeping and toward informed consent & GAC is that trans ppl who were denied the means to transition would simply seek it out elsewhere
What did you think would happen when you restricted access to care?
December 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It is important to remember that the war on drugs, on trans health, on neurdiv, & on women's health are all connected. They are built around taking away bodily autonomy and excising anyone who doesn't meet the narrow conception they have of life as they've understood it since they were in diapers.
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Nobody. I do not think you can eat chair
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Nobody. I do not think you can eat chair
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"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
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not sure how to square ‘no one person can be reasonably expected to pay for every media subscription’ with ‘sorely underpaid writers need to make a living’ but my inclination is not to locate that problem with any of the broke ass people on either end of the complaint
December 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
not sure how to square ‘no one person can be reasonably expected to pay for every media subscription’ with ‘sorely underpaid writers need to make a living’ but my inclination is not to locate that problem with any of the broke ass people on either end of the complaint
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U.S. layoffs set to surpass the Great Recession levels, on track to be worst since Great Depression. Spectre of economic collapse looming. Food lines growing longer across every region. Millions unable to afford basic medication or housing. Next year promises to be worse.
December 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
U.S. layoffs set to surpass the Great Recession levels, on track to be worst since Great Depression. Spectre of economic collapse looming. Food lines growing longer across every region. Millions unable to afford basic medication or housing. Next year promises to be worse.
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Paramount is doing all this just so they can cancel Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
December 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Paramount is doing all this just so they can cancel Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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Also important to understand that Trump, in full senile-emperor mode, will spend the next 12-18 months treating this as the idiot-showbiz version of Russia/Ukraine, playing both sides and twirling in the spotlight. Today he's semi-OK with Netflix and newly-repissed at Paramount. Tomorrow he'll flip.
December 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Also important to understand that Trump, in full senile-emperor mode, will spend the next 12-18 months treating this as the idiot-showbiz version of Russia/Ukraine, playing both sides and twirling in the spotlight. Today he's semi-OK with Netflix and newly-repissed at Paramount. Tomorrow he'll flip.
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I hope that @warren.senate.gov, the @wgawest.bsky.social, the @wgaeast.bsky.social, and others who have rung alarm bells at the proposed Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros. will treat this hostile takeover bid from Paramount as at least as much of a threat.
30+ movies a year. Wow. That's very impressive. This year Paramount released a grand total of 7, exactly one of which made the year's top 25 (while losing $), so there is zero reason to believe that the company has the means to more than quadruple its output. deadline.com/2025/12/para...
Paramount Promises To Release 30+ Films Annually If It Acquires Warner Bros: “We’re Going To Satisfy The Needs Of The Moviegoing Public”
Should Paramount succeed in acquiring Warner Bros, the combined studio will release more than 30 theatrical titles a year. This was Paramount CEO David Ellison’s promise during a phone presser followi...
deadline.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I hope that @warren.senate.gov, the @wgawest.bsky.social, the @wgaeast.bsky.social, and others who have rung alarm bells at the proposed Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros. will treat this hostile takeover bid from Paramount as at least as much of a threat.
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If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
December 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
This is gonna kill my street cred but with all the slop going around I am downright enamored with Rankin & Bass this szn
I feel like drag kings are leaving money on the table not copping the Miser bros youtu.be/fEbFfoBPfw4?...
I feel like drag kings are leaving money on the table not copping the Miser bros youtu.be/fEbFfoBPfw4?...
I'm Mr. White Christmas (Snow Miser Song) - 4K Remastered
YouTube video by Julian Lachniet
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is gonna kill my street cred but with all the slop going around I am downright enamored with Rankin & Bass this szn
I feel like drag kings are leaving money on the table not copping the Miser bros youtu.be/fEbFfoBPfw4?...
I feel like drag kings are leaving money on the table not copping the Miser bros youtu.be/fEbFfoBPfw4?...
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“fuck you’re tight” i whisper as i look at my monthly budget
December 8, 2025 at 6:05 AM
“fuck you’re tight” i whisper as i look at my monthly budget
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I just really love Our Flag Means Death and I hope it gets its third season one day.
December 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I just really love Our Flag Means Death and I hope it gets its third season one day.
Pretty remarkable how Walmart found an even more cringe way to use The Who than Jerry Bruckheimer
December 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Pretty remarkable how Walmart found an even more cringe way to use The Who than Jerry Bruckheimer
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Q: which of these is the right app for watching movies on HBO Max?
A: neither! they're both broken
A: neither! they're both broken
December 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Q: which of these is the right app for watching movies on HBO Max?
A: neither! they're both broken
A: neither! they're both broken
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this has become a very important video to me
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
this has become a very important video to me
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Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
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If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
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Honestly, if I was married to Stephen Miller I would also want to die.
December 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Honestly, if I was married to Stephen Miller I would also want to die.
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I think it's weird that Netflix has always seen movie theaters as competition. Their competitors are cable, broadcast TV, youtube, and tiktok.
December 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I think it's weird that Netflix has always seen movie theaters as competition. Their competitors are cable, broadcast TV, youtube, and tiktok.