Sam Morey
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Sam Morey
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· Jul 10
🎉🎉🎉 Thrilled to announce here that my #debutnovel, THE NORMAL GUY, is now available on Bookshop.org. Free shipping is available for the next 2 days!
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Paperback: tinyurl.com/mrctvts7
Kindle: tinyurl.com/4dwr3ss3
GR: tinyurl.com/mvmuj59s
#Indieauthors #BookSky #SelfPublish #Humor #Satire #Parody
People were saying the same thing about this dude’s ancestors.
Were they correct?
Were they correct?
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
People were saying the same thing about this dude’s ancestors.
Were they correct?
Were they correct?
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One of the reasons i love tolkien is the theme that despair is an enemy
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
You can be as terrified or nonplussed or unperturbed as you like; the sun will still rise tomorrow & the rent will still be due on the 31st. The world has no romantic narratives for its fate except those we invent, because the world does not die. That is our privilege.
I said it elsewhere, but it’s weirdly exhilarating and addictive to be terrified all the time, and the people addicted to it, when they say this, may as well be saying “I can stop at any time, it’s just the world doing this *to* me.”
December 31, 2023 at 3:23 AM
One of the reasons i love tolkien is the theme that despair is an enemy
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
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Man Getting High And Eating Taco Bell Thousands Of Miles Away From Family Having Best Thanksgiving Of Life https://theonion.com/man-getting-high-and-eating-taco-bell-thousands-of-mile-1845721340/
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Man Getting High And Eating Taco Bell Thousands Of Miles Away From Family Having Best Thanksgiving Of Life https://theonion.com/man-getting-high-and-eating-taco-bell-thousands-of-mile-1845721340/
“Tesla user violated TOS by asphyxiating after their car spontaneously combusted.”
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“Tesla user violated TOS by asphyxiating after their car spontaneously combusted.”
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The average medieval peasant could not buy a gas station delta 9 gummy and watch “Scooter Fail Compilation 5” on YouTube, which makes it difficult to compare GDP across time
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The average medieval peasant could not buy a gas station delta 9 gummy and watch “Scooter Fail Compilation 5” on YouTube, which makes it difficult to compare GDP across time
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I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
GF reports cabbage is pretty hot right now, so maybe The Atlantic just doesn’t know how to move produce?
I agree that this title seems to follow Scott Bessent’s example of saying Americans should keep chickens if they want cheaper eggs
I agree that this title seems to follow Scott Bessent’s example of saying Americans should keep chickens if they want cheaper eggs
I mean, I like cabbage! But this is the kind of thing you expect to see from state media shortly before the guillotines come out
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
GF reports cabbage is pretty hot right now, so maybe The Atlantic just doesn’t know how to move produce?
I agree that this title seems to follow Scott Bessent’s example of saying Americans should keep chickens if they want cheaper eggs
I agree that this title seems to follow Scott Bessent’s example of saying Americans should keep chickens if they want cheaper eggs
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I mean, I like cabbage! But this is the kind of thing you expect to see from state media shortly before the guillotines come out
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I mean, I like cabbage! But this is the kind of thing you expect to see from state media shortly before the guillotines come out
Appearantly Gemini 3 is also destroying Google’s revenue since their biggest business is advertising, but people don’t click articles anymore
I salute their unparalleled commitment to slop, so strong they’re apparently willing to sacrifice themselves in furtherance of the insatiable digital void
I salute their unparalleled commitment to slop, so strong they’re apparently willing to sacrifice themselves in furtherance of the insatiable digital void
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Appearantly Gemini 3 is also destroying Google’s revenue since their biggest business is advertising, but people don’t click articles anymore
I salute their unparalleled commitment to slop, so strong they’re apparently willing to sacrifice themselves in furtherance of the insatiable digital void
I salute their unparalleled commitment to slop, so strong they’re apparently willing to sacrifice themselves in furtherance of the insatiable digital void
How iPhones does Bill Gates own?
Could it be more than 50? 100?
One of the best reasons to tax billionaires is that they remove trillions of non-circulating dollars from the economy and stick them in overseas banks.
Give that money to poor people (me!) and we’ll buy phones, cars, houses, etc.
Could it be more than 50? 100?
One of the best reasons to tax billionaires is that they remove trillions of non-circulating dollars from the economy and stick them in overseas banks.
Give that money to poor people (me!) and we’ll buy phones, cars, houses, etc.
"While it may seem to be a smart money move, it can result in a costly productivity and innovation lag for the economy."
Good thing I don't work for the economy, huh?
Good thing I don't work for the economy, huh?
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
How iPhones does Bill Gates own?
Could it be more than 50? 100?
One of the best reasons to tax billionaires is that they remove trillions of non-circulating dollars from the economy and stick them in overseas banks.
Give that money to poor people (me!) and we’ll buy phones, cars, houses, etc.
Could it be more than 50? 100?
One of the best reasons to tax billionaires is that they remove trillions of non-circulating dollars from the economy and stick them in overseas banks.
Give that money to poor people (me!) and we’ll buy phones, cars, houses, etc.
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You're laughing? We'll be cleaning up Solar Spills for decades, light will be coming out of peoples kitchen faucets. Baby ducks will be covered in sunshine...
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
You're laughing? We'll be cleaning up Solar Spills for decades, light will be coming out of peoples kitchen faucets. Baby ducks will be covered in sunshine...
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this dumb shit is what i mean when i say this is a purely aesthetic “politics.” yeah man, why can’t we have a fusion of cosmopolitan social democracy and revanchist hierarchies of wealth and privilege? tough question.
Matt Stoller: “..Trump & Mamdani defeated establishment in their own way, representing hunger of voters on the right & left who want something different. If those sides cd come together.. that would be a sea change in how we organize our political economy”.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
Monopoly Round-Up: Why the Establishment Freaked Out Over a Mamdani-Trump Press Conference
Meta wins its antitrust case, there are now two fire truck antitrust claims, the stock market got wobbly, and Larry Summers was exiled from the establishment, at least for now.
www.thebignewsletter.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
this dumb shit is what i mean when i say this is a purely aesthetic “politics.” yeah man, why can’t we have a fusion of cosmopolitan social democracy and revanchist hierarchies of wealth and privilege? tough question.
Definitely a little hopeful lately, and this feels true to me too.
There’s still plenty of time for things to get worse, maybe even before I go to bed tonight, but so far it looks like the right is too stupid to dictator effectively.
There’s still plenty of time for things to get worse, maybe even before I go to bed tonight, but so far it looks like the right is too stupid to dictator effectively.
it's very fitting that in retrospect, Trump's failure to oust Jimmy Kimmel was the point that his administration turned. It's been all losses ever since
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Definitely a little hopeful lately, and this feels true to me too.
There’s still plenty of time for things to get worse, maybe even before I go to bed tonight, but so far it looks like the right is too stupid to dictator effectively.
There’s still plenty of time for things to get worse, maybe even before I go to bed tonight, but so far it looks like the right is too stupid to dictator effectively.
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17 strikes and you’re out. 💀
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
17 strikes and you’re out. 💀
Hire movers and buy a house out of state. Leave your community. That’s how you save money on gas and beef.
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Hire movers and buy a house out of state. Leave your community. That’s how you save money on gas and beef.
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Lenin and Trotsky's podcast "The Spark" falls apart over an argument about whether or not to accept a HelloFresh sponsorship.
November 23, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Lenin and Trotsky's podcast "The Spark" falls apart over an argument about whether or not to accept a HelloFresh sponsorship.
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
Exhibit A for why I don’t like college FB: student athletes shouldn’t be incentivized to win 70 - 7.
November 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Exhibit A for why I don’t like college FB: student athletes shouldn’t be incentivized to win 70 - 7.
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The Zohran press conference is your regular reminder that the entire administration folds like tissue paper at the slightest hint of confidence and conviction, and thus the fact that national democrats are playing a game of capitulation and weakness is exactly why they're all getting away with it
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The Zohran press conference is your regular reminder that the entire administration folds like tissue paper at the slightest hint of confidence and conviction, and thus the fact that national democrats are playing a game of capitulation and weakness is exactly why they're all getting away with it
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
Clinical trials of leeching 2.0 begin on human patients.
The head of health services in the United States, letting parasitic lampreys bite his arms for some godforsaken reason.
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Clinical trials of leeching 2.0 begin on human patients.
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seditious behavior, punishable by death. so delectably naughty. purrraow
November 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
seditious behavior, punishable by death. so delectably naughty. purrraow
Forlorn that the forest fire caused by my gender reveal picnic overshadowed that we’re having a boy.
Over at Vanity Fair, staffers have been left frustrated watching the latest Olivia Nuzzi revelation upend the carefully choreographed debut of the magazine's new era.
@nataliekorach.bsky.social has details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...
@nataliekorach.bsky.social has details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...
Vanity Fair's Nuzzi Math
Condé staffers have been left “shocked” and frustrated, Status has learned, as they watch the latest Olivia Nuzzi revelation derail Vanity Fair’s meticulously planned new-era debut.
www.status.news
November 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Forlorn that the forest fire caused by my gender reveal picnic overshadowed that we’re having a boy.
There’s definitely a reason he keeps brining up bringing up the insurrection act and then not doing it.
It’s enormously risky for him, but free to bring up all the time he wants. Like terrorizing colleges and law firms, and then collecting off the dummies shook enough to believe him.
It’s enormously risky for him, but free to bring up all the time he wants. Like terrorizing colleges and law firms, and then collecting off the dummies shook enough to believe him.
Trump: America is under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in many ways because they don't wear uniforms. At least when they're wearing a uniform, you can take them out
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
There’s definitely a reason he keeps brining up bringing up the insurrection act and then not doing it.
It’s enormously risky for him, but free to bring up all the time he wants. Like terrorizing colleges and law firms, and then collecting off the dummies shook enough to believe him.
It’s enormously risky for him, but free to bring up all the time he wants. Like terrorizing colleges and law firms, and then collecting off the dummies shook enough to believe him.