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The reason is because all of the right wing assholes Brooks loves figured out that atomized angry white guys vote Republican in between doing mass shootings
Why have Americans become so mean, sad, and alienated? The answer is simple, @nytdavidbrooks argues. People no longer grow up learning how to be decent to one another: bit.ly/4qskLny
December 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The reason is because all of the right wing assholes Brooks loves figured out that atomized angry white guys vote Republican in between doing mass shootings
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“Ai can help us learn so much” -the stupidest fucking person you’ve ever met
December 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“Ai can help us learn so much” -the stupidest fucking person you’ve ever met
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Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
December 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
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Trump frustrated at never-ending Epstein saga, calls on DOJ to release names of only Dems connected to Epstein to “embarrass them” and suggests that despite legal requirement to release everything, DOJ should consider saying “no more.”
December 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Trump frustrated at never-ending Epstein saga, calls on DOJ to release names of only Dems connected to Epstein to “embarrass them” and suggests that despite legal requirement to release everything, DOJ should consider saying “no more.”
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if you do this you are going to Hell and I'm not sure I even believe in Hell but you're definitely going there
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
if you do this you are going to Hell and I'm not sure I even believe in Hell but you're definitely going there
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271,000 people have lost their jobs and federal spending has ctually increased. So people get less services, while we added debt paying for private jets for Kristi Noem, bulletproof cars for Kash Patel. This is what the rust belt voters demanded.
December 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
271,000 people have lost their jobs and federal spending has ctually increased. So people get less services, while we added debt paying for private jets for Kristi Noem, bulletproof cars for Kash Patel. This is what the rust belt voters demanded.
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Prosecute them all. Beyond the depravity of this, it's pure theft. The local prosecutor should open an investigation and charge them all.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Prosecute them all. Beyond the depravity of this, it's pure theft. The local prosecutor should open an investigation and charge them all.
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I suppose I should also explain Goblin Hockey. in Goblin Hockey, there is one player, unaffiliated with either team. this is The Goblin. The Goblin gets their own smaller goal which they set up in any of the corners, allowed to change each period. if they get the puck into their own goal, they win
Wind Tunnel Hockey, Fuzzy Hockey, Hidden Puck Hockey, Hidden Goal Hockey, Battle Royale Hockey, Battle Royal Hockey, Thin Ice Hockey, Lube Hockey, Sticky Hockey, Hyperbaric Hockey, High Altitude Hockey, Goblin Hockey, Long Stick Hockey, Short Stick Hockey, Armored Hockey, Nude Hockey, Stepdad Hockey
December 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I suppose I should also explain Goblin Hockey. in Goblin Hockey, there is one player, unaffiliated with either team. this is The Goblin. The Goblin gets their own smaller goal which they set up in any of the corners, allowed to change each period. if they get the puck into their own goal, they win
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“ The daughter of a well known conservative operative , whose paper did not answer the topic at hand and had a carefully planned media campaign , had a trans instructor fired for grading a paper according to the agreed upon rubric”
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
“ The daughter of a well known conservative operative , whose paper did not answer the topic at hand and had a carefully planned media campaign , had a trans instructor fired for grading a paper according to the agreed upon rubric”
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wow, if only literally every other developed country in the world had done some version of universal healthcare, then we might have some information to work off here. As it is I guess we're just flying blind.
How much are you going to pay doctors?
Which current hospitals get shut down ?
What happens if doctors opt out of the system ? Who is going to invest in new curative therapies. You ?
How much in taxes pr year do you think it's possible to collect if you took every penny from billionaires?
Which current hospitals get shut down ?
What happens if doctors opt out of the system ? Who is going to invest in new curative therapies. You ?
How much in taxes pr year do you think it's possible to collect if you took every penny from billionaires?
Half the amount that everyone currently pays could provide universal healthcare. Private health companies don’t need to exist. Eliminate them. And use your collective buying power and economies of scale to get it done. Every cent of their profit is healthcare denied.
December 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
wow, if only literally every other developed country in the world had done some version of universal healthcare, then we might have some information to work off here. As it is I guess we're just flying blind.
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The craziest shit for me is that there's an audio recording of Donald Trump asking for Georgia officials to "find votes" in 2020 and he's running now. How is that not instantly disqualifying? We HEARD him. Not Meadows. Not Giuliani. How is asking officials for votes (with proof) not instant jail?
September 28, 2024 at 8:25 PM
The craziest shit for me is that there's an audio recording of Donald Trump asking for Georgia officials to "find votes" in 2020 and he's running now. How is that not instantly disqualifying? We HEARD him. Not Meadows. Not Giuliani. How is asking officials for votes (with proof) not instant jail?
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Seeing the Netflix logo seared into the side of a tomahawk steak filled me with a type of existential dread I haven’t felt in quite some time
December 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Seeing the Netflix logo seared into the side of a tomahawk steak filled me with a type of existential dread I haven’t felt in quite some time
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bonkers time to be posting old photos with this man in particular
December 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
bonkers time to be posting old photos with this man in particular
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America needs an Attorney General who:
1) will read a law,
2) understand what she is reading, and
3) comply with it.
That doesn't seem like too much to ask, does it?
1) will read a law,
2) understand what she is reading, and
3) comply with it.
That doesn't seem like too much to ask, does it?
December 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
America needs an Attorney General who:
1) will read a law,
2) understand what she is reading, and
3) comply with it.
That doesn't seem like too much to ask, does it?
1) will read a law,
2) understand what she is reading, and
3) comply with it.
That doesn't seem like too much to ask, does it?
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This is bleak
No matter how grim your holiday may be, someone out there is making it grimmer for themselves by choice
December 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is bleak
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I think one of the defining things about our era and about conservativism, is an inability to distinguish between like, the actual government, and mid-level marketing managers at Target (who choose "happy holidays" to avoid leaving out non-Christian customers)
In retrospect the Bush-era War On Christmas stuff seems more ominous than it did at the time. It was just cable news guys crying about dumb/fake shit, then and now; I mean the campaign to turn Christmas, which most everyone likes and feels warmly about, into just another thing to get mad about.
December 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I think one of the defining things about our era and about conservativism, is an inability to distinguish between like, the actual government, and mid-level marketing managers at Target (who choose "happy holidays" to avoid leaving out non-Christian customers)
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[lower lip quivering, voice shaking]
you would really do that?
you'd consider nationalizing essential services that make me and my other billionaire friends lots of money from human suffering??
you little bluesky freaks disgust me
you would really do that?
you'd consider nationalizing essential services that make me and my other billionaire friends lots of money from human suffering??
you little bluesky freaks disgust me
December 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
[lower lip quivering, voice shaking]
you would really do that?
you'd consider nationalizing essential services that make me and my other billionaire friends lots of money from human suffering??
you little bluesky freaks disgust me
you would really do that?
you'd consider nationalizing essential services that make me and my other billionaire friends lots of money from human suffering??
you little bluesky freaks disgust me
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strong counter argument against moving to portland right here if the governor is cutting funding for preschools on christmas eve jfc. the type of shit that'd happen before the ghosts of christmas show up
Cutting property taxes for Oregonians affected by wildfires. Canceling planned freeway tolls. Pausing local new taxes in the Portland area. We have to keep going to make life more affordable for Oregonians.
December 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
strong counter argument against moving to portland right here if the governor is cutting funding for preschools on christmas eve jfc. the type of shit that'd happen before the ghosts of christmas show up
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Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
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The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.
December 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.
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it bums me out that Die Hard has become defined by “lol it’s a Christmas movie” shit in the last 20 years because it makes you forget that it’s like a scientifically perfect action movie
December 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
it bums me out that Die Hard has become defined by “lol it’s a Christmas movie” shit in the last 20 years because it makes you forget that it’s like a scientifically perfect action movie
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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yes 911, i cut the paper too small
December 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
yes 911, i cut the paper too small
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How embarrassing it is to watch our once-esteemed Department of Justice behave like this.
December 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
How embarrassing it is to watch our once-esteemed Department of Justice behave like this.