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Collector of hawaiian shirts. Hardly ever post but repost constantly.
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Why I love horror.
Also: this is not just a post about horror.
Also: this is not just a post about horror.
January 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Why I love horror.
Also: this is not just a post about horror.
Also: this is not just a post about horror.
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It’s time for blue states to stop paying for the fascist that are attacking them stop all funding to the federal government because the federal government has already stopped funding you, the federal government has de facto seceded from the states.
Stop funding them pull off the Band-Aid
Stop funding them pull off the Band-Aid
This is the dynamic across most of America: Liberal cities generate revenue, which state governments then transfer to benefit conservative rural areas, whose residents despite city-dwellers and consistently vote to harm them. But politicians endlessly pander to rural voters and demonize cities.
Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...
January 15, 2026 at 4:44 PM
It’s time for blue states to stop paying for the fascist that are attacking them stop all funding to the federal government because the federal government has already stopped funding you, the federal government has de facto seceded from the states.
Stop funding them pull off the Band-Aid
Stop funding them pull off the Band-Aid
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US higher education was a crown jewel, generating knowledge, wealth, prestige, and power unrivaled by anyone.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip
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January 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
US higher education was a crown jewel, generating knowledge, wealth, prestige, and power unrivaled by anyone.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
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I can't believe that this has been an option the entire time
*sets up school for raccoons against racism*
*sets up school for raccoons against racism*
January 15, 2026 at 3:12 AM
I can't believe that this has been an option the entire time
*sets up school for raccoons against racism*
*sets up school for raccoons against racism*
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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
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This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.
January 12, 2026 at 6:47 PM
This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.
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Keep filming these assholes. Keep making them famous.
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Keep filming these assholes. Keep making them famous.
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Every Black person I know: Yeah the cop murdered her. [Steven A Smith doesn't count because I don't know him and also (redacted)]
White people on FB named Jessica: "SHE HIT HIM AND SHOULD HAVE SUBMITTED AND OBEYED."
White people on FB named Jessica: "SHE HIT HIM AND SHOULD HAVE SUBMITTED AND OBEYED."
January 9, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Every Black person I know: Yeah the cop murdered her. [Steven A Smith doesn't count because I don't know him and also (redacted)]
White people on FB named Jessica: "SHE HIT HIM AND SHOULD HAVE SUBMITTED AND OBEYED."
White people on FB named Jessica: "SHE HIT HIM AND SHOULD HAVE SUBMITTED AND OBEYED."
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The reason that whites and/or men are so petrified at the mere thought of how they’ll be treated as a minority is their own projection: They know how they have been treating minorities forever and assume the same will done to them.
Comments like Jerr’s are an admission of guilt.
Comments like Jerr’s are an admission of guilt.
I wonder if anyone will revisit their charitable interpretations of Elon’s definitely-not-a-Nazi-salute
January 8, 2026 at 2:22 PM
The reason that whites and/or men are so petrified at the mere thought of how they’ll be treated as a minority is their own projection: They know how they have been treating minorities forever and assume the same will done to them.
Comments like Jerr’s are an admission of guilt.
Comments like Jerr’s are an admission of guilt.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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So is Bari Weiss planning a town hall with Renee Good's widow?
January 8, 2026 at 1:34 AM
So is Bari Weiss planning a town hall with Renee Good's widow?
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I like how trump keeps saying Maduro is an authoritarian who endorses torture, kills hundreds of thousands of people, and works to rig elections, as if those aren’t Trump’s openly preferred policies
January 7, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I like how trump keeps saying Maduro is an authoritarian who endorses torture, kills hundreds of thousands of people, and works to rig elections, as if those aren’t Trump’s openly preferred policies
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It's amazing how one dictator Maduro is somehow under the jurisdiction of US law despite never killing an American but war criminal Netanyahu is somehow not under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court despite killing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza.
January 3, 2026 at 6:42 PM
It's amazing how one dictator Maduro is somehow under the jurisdiction of US law despite never killing an American but war criminal Netanyahu is somehow not under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court despite killing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza.
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Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
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Incredible to wake up to the news that the government can prosecute presidents AND enforce gun laws? What a new year.
January 3, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Incredible to wake up to the news that the government can prosecute presidents AND enforce gun laws? What a new year.
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I’ve been thinking lately about how all children learn how good and wise America’s constitutional structure is: three branches of government, checks and balances, etc. And then in the real world, they just roll over to whatever Trump does. The idea feels almost quaint at this point.
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I’ve been thinking lately about how all children learn how good and wise America’s constitutional structure is: three branches of government, checks and balances, etc. And then in the real world, they just roll over to whatever Trump does. The idea feels almost quaint at this point.
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and like that, we're no longer talking about the fact the president rapes and traffics children
January 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
and like that, we're no longer talking about the fact the president rapes and traffics children
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This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
December 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
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welcome to the Second Annual Bluesky Christmas Eve Snowball Fight!
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
it’s Christmas Eve morning and apparently Bluesky is in a fightin’ mood today.
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
December 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
welcome to the Second Annual Bluesky Christmas Eve Snowball Fight!
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
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OF COURSE THERE IS DAVID BYRNE YOU ARTHOUSE DROPOUT WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS DOWN THERE, AIR?
There is water, at the bottom of the ocean.
December 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
OF COURSE THERE IS DAVID BYRNE YOU ARTHOUSE DROPOUT WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS DOWN THERE, AIR?
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THE CANCELLED 60 MINUTES SEGMENT
DOWNLOAD BEFORE APPLE INTERFERES
DOWNLOAD BEFORE APPLE INTERFERES
December 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
THE CANCELLED 60 MINUTES SEGMENT
DOWNLOAD BEFORE APPLE INTERFERES
DOWNLOAD BEFORE APPLE INTERFERES
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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As it's related to previous posts this morning, a primer on acquiring my work: What's the best way (for me!) to do it, how libraries fit into my career (spoiler: positively!), and also the (few) instances where I think pirating my work is acceptable:
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/12/30/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/12/30/a...
Acquiring My Work: A Primer
Several times a month I get an email or social media message from someone who wants to know what the “best” way to buy my work is so that I, the writer, get as much of their money as po…
whatever.scalzi.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
As it's related to previous posts this morning, a primer on acquiring my work: What's the best way (for me!) to do it, how libraries fit into my career (spoiler: positively!), and also the (few) instances where I think pirating my work is acceptable:
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/12/30/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/12/30/a...
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If you can avoid seeing what he posted, do.
December 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
If you can avoid seeing what he posted, do.