Rhys Needham
@rhysneedham.bsky.social
Je Suis Marxiste, Tendance Harpo (...movie star, movie star...)
Mostly Harmless. Panicking optional.
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.
Ex-Douglas Bader Meinhof Gang.
Yasser (Arafat), I can boogie all night long.
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Mostly Harmless. Panicking optional.
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.
Ex-Douglas Bader Meinhof Gang.
Yasser (Arafat), I can boogie all night long.
Views pilfered from everyone else's
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Imagine going through life like this
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Imagine going through life like this
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So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
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Their getaway vehicle?
Escargo
Escargo
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
stzl.ink
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Their getaway vehicle?
Escargo
Escargo
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I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
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good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong
this story delights me every year
this story delights me every year
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
Arizona pair celebrates decade of friendship that started with wrong text
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
www.azfamily.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong
this story delights me every year
this story delights me every year
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There's a weird collective self-justification among reporters on this beat that their job is not to push back but to be stoic in order to observe an endlessly fascinating natural phenomenon. It's all nonsense. He is a public servant. Demand decency, and slap back hard and fast when you don't get it.
I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
There's a weird collective self-justification among reporters on this beat that their job is not to push back but to be stoic in order to observe an endlessly fascinating natural phenomenon. It's all nonsense. He is a public servant. Demand decency, and slap back hard and fast when you don't get it.
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Kind of baffling how all the Serious People have converged on this notion that climate change is yesterday’s news right around the time it actually starts to have a visible, day to day impact that even regular people have to go out of their way to not notice.
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Kind of baffling how all the Serious People have converged on this notion that climate change is yesterday’s news right around the time it actually starts to have a visible, day to day impact that even regular people have to go out of their way to not notice.
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Old Polish joke; two old friends meet for the first time in a while and stop to chat. "How's your year been?" asks the first. The second one shrugs. "Oh, you know" he says, "about average. Worse than last year, better than the next."
2025 actually did suck. i know we've all said this about a lot of previous years but this one was quite bad actually
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Old Polish joke; two old friends meet for the first time in a while and stop to chat. "How's your year been?" asks the first. The second one shrugs. "Oh, you know" he says, "about average. Worse than last year, better than the next."
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We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
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Zohran Mamdani didn’t add people and groups that actively campaigned against him to his transition team, and the New York Post is ON IT
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NYC charter schools snubbed by Zohran Mamdani transition team as special interests gobble up posts
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani shuts out representation from the publicly-funded charter school sector as well as groups that support merit-based education — such as gifted and talented programs …
nypost.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Zohran Mamdani didn’t add people and groups that actively campaigned against him to his transition team, and the New York Post is ON IT
nypost.com/2025/11/26/u...
nypost.com/2025/11/26/u...
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You're a high ranking government official and you shouldn't make things up.
Your 70% number is just a fabrication.
And it's TOTALLY not true that "every single" person you detained is here illegally. For instance, many were allowed in so they could apply for asylum.
Your 70% number is just a fabrication.
And it's TOTALLY not true that "every single" person you detained is here illegally. For instance, many were allowed in so they could apply for asylum.
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
You're a high ranking government official and you shouldn't make things up.
Your 70% number is just a fabrication.
And it's TOTALLY not true that "every single" person you detained is here illegally. For instance, many were allowed in so they could apply for asylum.
Your 70% number is just a fabrication.
And it's TOTALLY not true that "every single" person you detained is here illegally. For instance, many were allowed in so they could apply for asylum.
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CDC website altered at Robert F. Kennedy's behest to reflect his belief that "all events depicted in the film Ghostbusters really happened."
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
CDC website altered at Robert F. Kennedy's behest to reflect his belief that "all events depicted in the film Ghostbusters really happened."
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genuinely don't understand how people manage to do this. slide the knife around the pit so you cut the avocado's long meridian, twist the halves in opposing directions. now you have a pitless half and a pitted half you can get at. no stabbing required at any point.
the risk to reward ratio of stabbing an avocado pit while you’re holding it in your hand is WAY off, imo
I'm in EMT school right now. Pretty common cause of 911 calls/ER visits around holidays is people just not even trying to use knives properly. Lemme just slice this avocado while HOLDING IT IN MY HAND...
Please. Use cutting boards. They exist for a reason.
Please. Use cutting boards. They exist for a reason.
November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
genuinely don't understand how people manage to do this. slide the knife around the pit so you cut the avocado's long meridian, twist the halves in opposing directions. now you have a pitless half and a pitted half you can get at. no stabbing required at any point.
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A strong, 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in Alaska on Thursday, according to the USGS.
Map: 6.0-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Alaska Near Anchorage
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
nyti.ms
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A strong, 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in Alaska on Thursday, according to the USGS.
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I hope that this doesn't just become about "Nuzzi is bad" but fosters a wider recognition that our culture of political journalism that didn't just tolerate her, but promoted and celebrated her even after the allegations were known, is rotten to the core and has been for a long time.
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I hope that this doesn't just become about "Nuzzi is bad" but fosters a wider recognition that our culture of political journalism that didn't just tolerate her, but promoted and celebrated her even after the allegations were known, is rotten to the core and has been for a long time.
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The existence of Poland and La La Land implies the existence of Dipsyland and Tinky Winky Land
November 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The existence of Poland and La La Land implies the existence of Dipsyland and Tinky Winky Land
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An overnight rocket attack on one of the largest gas fields in Iraq caused major power outages across most of the country’s semiautonomous Kurdistan region on Thursday, local authorities said.
Rocket Attack on Iraqi Gas Field Cuts Power to Most of Kurdistan
The strike is the latest in a string of attacks on energy infrastructure in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region, which some regional authorities have privately blamed on Iran-affiliated militias.
nyti.ms
November 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
An overnight rocket attack on one of the largest gas fields in Iraq caused major power outages across most of the country’s semiautonomous Kurdistan region on Thursday, local authorities said.
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The Pope is visiting Turkey for Thanksgiving—which I choose to believe is because he has a good sense of humor but is said to commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea.
In celebration, a recently discovered third century fresco of Jesus as the Good Shepherd was unveiled.
In celebration, a recently discovered third century fresco of Jesus as the Good Shepherd was unveiled.
Turkey unveils rare and ancient Christian fresco during the pope’s visit
Erdogan presents a replica of Jesus 'Good Shepherd' painting to Pope Leo, the first discovery of its kind outside of Italy
www.middleeasteye.net
November 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The Pope is visiting Turkey for Thanksgiving—which I choose to believe is because he has a good sense of humor but is said to commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea.
In celebration, a recently discovered third century fresco of Jesus as the Good Shepherd was unveiled.
In celebration, a recently discovered third century fresco of Jesus as the Good Shepherd was unveiled.
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deer are not vegetarians, one of my favorite fun facts
Aransas J. Hawthorne, Esq. has something to say.
I drew this image for a comic I'm working on and gave him some new words to say. #nandavanam #furrycomic
I drew this image for a comic I'm working on and gave him some new words to say. #nandavanam #furrycomic
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
deer are not vegetarians, one of my favorite fun facts
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i feel like if it was just the crazy sex stuff this would be the take but there's a big "she consistently acted in ways that should have ended her career as a political journalist and nobody cared". like, she told the rfk jr campaign who was *her source* that was leaking stories from the campaign
you know, what if they aren't actually a commentary on journalism or the state of media. what if these people are just extremely weird
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
i feel like if it was just the crazy sex stuff this would be the take but there's a big "she consistently acted in ways that should have ended her career as a political journalist and nobody cared". like, she told the rfk jr campaign who was *her source* that was leaking stories from the campaign
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I think plenty of it speaks to the state of the media, but an obvious one is that Vox and Vanity Fair barely investigated her and that she managed to commit an unforgivable journalistic crime before getting a book deal and walking into another prestige job, while plenty of others are being laid off
you know, what if they aren't actually a commentary on journalism or the state of media. what if these people are just extremely weird
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I think plenty of it speaks to the state of the media, but an obvious one is that Vox and Vanity Fair barely investigated her and that she managed to commit an unforgivable journalistic crime before getting a book deal and walking into another prestige job, while plenty of others are being laid off
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Brazil approves the first vaccine against dengue. The disease killed 6000 Brazilians in 2024.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
Anvisa aprova vacina brasileira contra dengue, a 1ª do mundo em dose única.
Após 12 anos de pesquisa e cinco de testes, imunizante foi produzido pelo Instituto Butantan. Em 2024, a doença matou quase 6 mil brasileiros.
Confira a reportagem completa: glo.bo/4rf9Hvg #JN
Após 12 anos de pesquisa e cinco de testes, imunizante foi produzido pelo Instituto Butantan. Em 2024, a doença matou quase 6 mil brasileiros.
Confira a reportagem completa: glo.bo/4rf9Hvg #JN
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Brazil approves the first vaccine against dengue. The disease killed 6000 Brazilians in 2024.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
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The opening page of 'Bleak House' by Charles Dickens is always a treat.
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The opening page of 'Bleak House' by Charles Dickens is always a treat.
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Eschew French
Father
Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003
Father
Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Eschew French
Father
Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003
Father
Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003
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"we should have screwed over all the locals we recruited to help us" should work out great next time we're in a conflict.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"we should have screwed over all the locals we recruited to help us" should work out great next time we're in a conflict.