Querydash
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· Feb 4
Putting this XKCD comic here for OH I DON’T KNOW, NO REASON.
If you haven’t updated to a RealID yet and you’ve got an appointment, I need you to know: they’re going to make you take a new photo, no matter when your license renewal is scheduled.
I’m telling you this because no one told me, and now I’m going to jump-scare every time I open my wallet.
Grim.
I’m telling you this because no one told me, and now I’m going to jump-scare every time I open my wallet.
Grim.
February 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
If you haven’t updated to a RealID yet and you’ve got an appointment, I need you to know: they’re going to make you take a new photo, no matter when your license renewal is scheduled.
I’m telling you this because no one told me, and now I’m going to jump-scare every time I open my wallet.
Grim.
I’m telling you this because no one told me, and now I’m going to jump-scare every time I open my wallet.
Grim.
I watch the Winter Olympics with the knowledge that my event would be the luge, and that I would do really well for 3/4 of the course and then I would spectacularly die.
February 11, 2026 at 11:22 PM
I watch the Winter Olympics with the knowledge that my event would be the luge, and that I would do really well for 3/4 of the course and then I would spectacularly die.
One of the sparkliest people I ever knew died of this in her 20s. It’s in my family and I made sure to get tested as soon as I was able. Largely because of Claire, not because of the family history.
Drink the weird concoction and have the best nap you’ll ever know. Avoid this.
Drink the weird concoction and have the best nap you’ll ever know. Avoid this.
February 11, 2026 at 10:24 PM
One of the sparkliest people I ever knew died of this in her 20s. It’s in my family and I made sure to get tested as soon as I was able. Largely because of Claire, not because of the family history.
Drink the weird concoction and have the best nap you’ll ever know. Avoid this.
Drink the weird concoction and have the best nap you’ll ever know. Avoid this.
I have a vague but intense need to educate people about user experience, not in my usual mentoring/boss role, but in a way people can apply it in their personal life.
Yes, the gadget is interesting. Let’s think about three steps down the line - what if it bricks? Does it actually help you?
Yes, the gadget is interesting. Let’s think about three steps down the line - what if it bricks? Does it actually help you?
February 6, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I have a vague but intense need to educate people about user experience, not in my usual mentoring/boss role, but in a way people can apply it in their personal life.
Yes, the gadget is interesting. Let’s think about three steps down the line - what if it bricks? Does it actually help you?
Yes, the gadget is interesting. Let’s think about three steps down the line - what if it bricks? Does it actually help you?
We can’t keep doing this. Waking up every morning to discover the president has kidnapped a foreign leader, invaded a blue city, released files proving decades of pedophilic trafficking among elites, posted racist videos, revived political vendettas.
This is killing us all. It’s been ONE YEAR.
This is killing us all. It’s been ONE YEAR.
February 6, 2026 at 2:11 PM
We can’t keep doing this. Waking up every morning to discover the president has kidnapped a foreign leader, invaded a blue city, released files proving decades of pedophilic trafficking among elites, posted racist videos, revived political vendettas.
This is killing us all. It’s been ONE YEAR.
This is killing us all. It’s been ONE YEAR.
Okay though, who is the gentleman standing behind Zohran?
He won my regard when he chuckled about the library making Heated Rivalry available during the snowstorm, but now he’s also being benevolent and smiley to disruptive children. Is the whole administration made up of good vibes?
He won my regard when he chuckled about the library making Heated Rivalry available during the snowstorm, but now he’s also being benevolent and smiley to disruptive children. Is the whole administration made up of good vibes?
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Okay though, who is the gentleman standing behind Zohran?
He won my regard when he chuckled about the library making Heated Rivalry available during the snowstorm, but now he’s also being benevolent and smiley to disruptive children. Is the whole administration made up of good vibes?
He won my regard when he chuckled about the library making Heated Rivalry available during the snowstorm, but now he’s also being benevolent and smiley to disruptive children. Is the whole administration made up of good vibes?
It’s increasingly clear that “fuck you” money isn’t money that lets you pursue authenticity and be true to yourself.
It’s just money that lets you say “fuck you” without consequence to an ever-widening pool of people at increasing levels of callousness until you cease to be human.
It’s just money that lets you say “fuck you” without consequence to an ever-widening pool of people at increasing levels of callousness until you cease to be human.
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 PM
It’s increasingly clear that “fuck you” money isn’t money that lets you pursue authenticity and be true to yourself.
It’s just money that lets you say “fuck you” without consequence to an ever-widening pool of people at increasing levels of callousness until you cease to be human.
It’s just money that lets you say “fuck you” without consequence to an ever-widening pool of people at increasing levels of callousness until you cease to be human.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
It’s like we’ve all been standing around debating Hitler, Nero and Mussolini comparisons and someone just flipped open Pandora’s box and a SHIT-TON of Caligulas came pouring out.
WHAT THE FUCK.
WHAT THE FUCK.
January 31, 2026 at 8:11 PM
It’s like we’ve all been standing around debating Hitler, Nero and Mussolini comparisons and someone just flipped open Pandora’s box and a SHIT-TON of Caligulas came pouring out.
WHAT THE FUCK.
WHAT THE FUCK.
Anyone else afraid to fall asleep because the night shift is absolutely going to unearth a festival of Epstein Files horrors and looking at them gathered together all at once in the AM will melt the fucking skin off my face?
January 31, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Anyone else afraid to fall asleep because the night shift is absolutely going to unearth a festival of Epstein Files horrors and looking at them gathered together all at once in the AM will melt the fucking skin off my face?
“I AM THE USER” example spotted in the wild:
Guess who thinks having an AI assistant write all their emails and texts is the best thing EVER? All the dudes in the Epstein Files.
It’s all the same stupidly powerful subgroup. And because they can’t write, they think NO ONE can.
Guess who thinks having an AI assistant write all their emails and texts is the best thing EVER? All the dudes in the Epstein Files.
It’s all the same stupidly powerful subgroup. And because they can’t write, they think NO ONE can.
January 31, 2026 at 6:47 AM
“I AM THE USER” example spotted in the wild:
Guess who thinks having an AI assistant write all their emails and texts is the best thing EVER? All the dudes in the Epstein Files.
It’s all the same stupidly powerful subgroup. And because they can’t write, they think NO ONE can.
Guess who thinks having an AI assistant write all their emails and texts is the best thing EVER? All the dudes in the Epstein Files.
It’s all the same stupidly powerful subgroup. And because they can’t write, they think NO ONE can.
Someone is confusing “drama queens” with “theatre kids”.
January 30, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Someone is confusing “drama queens” with “theatre kids”.
Oh wow, they’re doing the thing - they’re really making the ICE Watch dating app!
Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
January 28, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Oh wow, they’re doing the thing - they’re really making the ICE Watch dating app!
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I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
Am I the only one thinking it’s weird that these people seem to be using “high IQ” as a stand-in for sound-sensitive people on the autism spectrum?
Do THEY know that’s what they’re doing?
Do THEY know that’s what they’re doing?
Whistles are now WMDs, according to the "high IQ" crowd.
January 25, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Am I the only one thinking it’s weird that these people seem to be using “high IQ” as a stand-in for sound-sensitive people on the autism spectrum?
Do THEY know that’s what they’re doing?
Do THEY know that’s what they’re doing?
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Becoming really clear why DHS didn’t want the 1/3 of the country under a storm warning constantly searching for “ice” updates instead of “freezing rain”.
January 24, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Becoming really clear why DHS didn’t want the 1/3 of the country under a storm warning constantly searching for “ice” updates instead of “freezing rain”.
For those who DO NOT WANT TO WATCH THE VIDEO:
Something happens that results in many agents piling onto someone. Moments later, there’s a single shot and ICE agents back away. At least one is then seen to fire repeatedly at the person on the ground, from yards away. The person’s legs are still.
Something happens that results in many agents piling onto someone. Moments later, there’s a single shot and ICE agents back away. At least one is then seen to fire repeatedly at the person on the ground, from yards away. The person’s legs are still.
January 24, 2026 at 4:00 PM
For those who DO NOT WANT TO WATCH THE VIDEO:
Something happens that results in many agents piling onto someone. Moments later, there’s a single shot and ICE agents back away. At least one is then seen to fire repeatedly at the person on the ground, from yards away. The person’s legs are still.
Something happens that results in many agents piling onto someone. Moments later, there’s a single shot and ICE agents back away. At least one is then seen to fire repeatedly at the person on the ground, from yards away. The person’s legs are still.
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Board of Peace - Season 1
January 24, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Board of Peace - Season 1
Trader Joe’s was PACKED at 9am, I’ve never seen it so jammed, and I’m starting to think that “watch out, ice is coming, get prepared” being beamed in on two totally different bandwidths is making everyone’s brain do some force-multiplier thing.
It was excessive for 16” of snow, I’m saying. Very.
It was excessive for 16” of snow, I’m saying. Very.
January 24, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Trader Joe’s was PACKED at 9am, I’ve never seen it so jammed, and I’m starting to think that “watch out, ice is coming, get prepared” being beamed in on two totally different bandwidths is making everyone’s brain do some force-multiplier thing.
It was excessive for 16” of snow, I’m saying. Very.
It was excessive for 16” of snow, I’m saying. Very.
Has anyone considered that Trump has never seen an aurora, and this is all a jealous space tantrum where he threatens to invade any country with better viewing conditions.
January 21, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Has anyone considered that Trump has never seen an aurora, and this is all a jealous space tantrum where he threatens to invade any country with better viewing conditions.
Why is the US Brexiting Europe. Why.
WHY??!!?!!?
WHY??!!?!!?
January 21, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Why is the US Brexiting Europe. Why.
WHY??!!?!!?
WHY??!!?!!?
…….hmmmmmmmmm.
a group of ballerinas are dancing in a line on a stage in a black and white photo .
Alt: a group of ballerinas are dancing in a line on a stage in a black and white film. The ballet is Swan Lake.
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:55 AM
…….hmmmmmmmmm.
So, seriously - when do we do the general national strike?
I know we’re not used to them and will probably be bad at it on our first try, but gotta start somewhere and I’d prefer it to be before the Greenland Invasion and War with Canada.
I know we’re not used to them and will probably be bad at it on our first try, but gotta start somewhere and I’d prefer it to be before the Greenland Invasion and War with Canada.
January 20, 2026 at 4:35 PM
So, seriously - when do we do the general national strike?
I know we’re not used to them and will probably be bad at it on our first try, but gotta start somewhere and I’d prefer it to be before the Greenland Invasion and War with Canada.
I know we’re not used to them and will probably be bad at it on our first try, but gotta start somewhere and I’d prefer it to be before the Greenland Invasion and War with Canada.
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New from the @nytimes.com Visual Investigations team: Detailed, second-by-second video analysis of all of the video footage of the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
Newly available videos and existing footage synchronized and assessed by The Times provides a millisecond-by-millisecond look at how an ICE officer ended up shooting and killing a motorist in Minneapo...
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:11 AM
New from the @nytimes.com Visual Investigations team: Detailed, second-by-second video analysis of all of the video footage of the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...