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bikes birds (bluejays) bees trees and butterflies
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Rubio Deletes Calibri as the State Department’s Official Typeface
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
i like how eastern nebraska just now rapidly oscillates between the depths of winter and early spring weather every few days, creating a permanent mud season.
December 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
i like how eastern nebraska just now rapidly oscillates between the depths of winter and early spring weather every few days, creating a permanent mud season.
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Wow... NYC's congestion pricing has led to big drops in PM2.5 and real improvements in local air quality.
December 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Wow... NYC's congestion pricing has led to big drops in PM2.5 and real improvements in local air quality.
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This mixed metaphor is killing me.
December 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This mixed metaphor is killing me.
as someone who is unfortunately morbidly curious about musk and the men who lionize "great men", this was a must listen. a very well done review, indeed.
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
as someone who is unfortunately morbidly curious about musk and the men who lionize "great men", this was a must listen. a very well done review, indeed.
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
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Bluesky has felt sleepy for a while now. I want to encourage everyone to post more. Text is fine, but you know what? People enjoy damn near any picture of something neat. Food, your bike, a cat, whatever. Also, liking is nice, but reposting is what actually helps exposure.
December 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Bluesky has felt sleepy for a while now. I want to encourage everyone to post more. Text is fine, but you know what? People enjoy damn near any picture of something neat. Food, your bike, a cat, whatever. Also, liking is nice, but reposting is what actually helps exposure.
things i think future generations will harshly judge us for while reactionaries say "it was a different time" and "they didn't know any better":
-concentrated animal feeding operations
-amount of garbage we produce
-watering lawns
-car dependency
-concentrated animal feeding operations
-amount of garbage we produce
-watering lawns
-car dependency
December 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
things i think future generations will harshly judge us for while reactionaries say "it was a different time" and "they didn't know any better":
-concentrated animal feeding operations
-amount of garbage we produce
-watering lawns
-car dependency
-concentrated animal feeding operations
-amount of garbage we produce
-watering lawns
-car dependency
the funny thing is, i bet they did work hard, which makes this the worst cost/benefit product out there. if they worked just a little bit harder and actually made the commercial themselves, it would look exponentially better.
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
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The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
the funny thing is, i bet they did work hard, which makes this the worst cost/benefit product out there. if they worked just a little bit harder and actually made the commercial themselves, it would look exponentially better.
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It’s very funny to me that countries are trying to pass laws banning teens from social media until they’re older and can “handle it” as if the last decade hasn’t been about watching rich middle aged men nuke their brains on Twitter and then run the USA via shitpost.
Dude. Yes. Alito and Thomas are of course the standout examples, but all of the Republican justices have tells in their writing and their questioning indicating that they are, to varying degrees, marinating their brains in dumb bitch juice
My theory, fwiw, is that Supreme Court Justices are not immune to Twitter brain poisoning. I suspect all six have horrific information environments and have therefore lost the ability to understand the people who don't agree with them.
December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It’s very funny to me that countries are trying to pass laws banning teens from social media until they’re older and can “handle it” as if the last decade hasn’t been about watching rich middle aged men nuke their brains on Twitter and then run the USA via shitpost.
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all of the shit about how if you allow people to transition kids are going to be peeing in litter boxes was just the mirror image of the reality: as soon as you enshrine immutable gender difference in law you're going to have legally required Lady Meals For Her
December 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
all of the shit about how if you allow people to transition kids are going to be peeing in litter boxes was just the mirror image of the reality: as soon as you enshrine immutable gender difference in law you're going to have legally required Lady Meals For Her
this is what happens when you want it both ways. can't blame the acc for defending its actual members rather than an institution that is a member only when convenient.
Notre Dame AD Pete Bevacqua to DP Show on the ACC: "We were mystified by the actions of the conference to attack their biggest partner really in football...They have certainly done permanent damage to the relationship between the conference and Notre Dame."
December 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
this is what happens when you want it both ways. can't blame the acc for defending its actual members rather than an institution that is a member only when convenient.
i had a joke about samson but it needed a trim
I had a joke about Lot but my dr put me on a low sodium diet
I had a joke about Sodom but its gone now.
December 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
i had a joke about samson but it needed a trim
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States rights guys need to step up! Where are they? C’mon fellas give these federal goons what for!
BREAKING: Trump says he will sign an executive order this week that will limit states’ ability to regulate AI.
December 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
States rights guys need to step up! Where are they? C’mon fellas give these federal goons what for!
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dusted off the ol square space to give you the reading material you didn't want
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Time to embrace FUNBAD — Bunts & Dunks
The 2025-2026 iteration of Creighton University’s men’s basketball team is bad. They’re not FUNBAD like some teams we’ve seen in the past. The post-Doug year, with a roster filled to the brim of for...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
dusted off the ol square space to give you the reading material you didn't want
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buntsdunks.com/the-dunks/ti...
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“You madman! You’ll kill us both!”, the graphic
December 7, 2025 at 2:29 AM
“You madman! You’ll kill us both!”, the graphic
it's wild to be some asshole complaining about how people should run their own country differently because you don't like how they are running their own country
"it's more democratic when i tell people their democratic decisions are wrong"
"it's more democratic when i tell people their democratic decisions are wrong"
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
it's wild to be some asshole complaining about how people should run their own country differently because you don't like how they are running their own country
"it's more democratic when i tell people their democratic decisions are wrong"
"it's more democratic when i tell people their democratic decisions are wrong"
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By “sovreignty” he means “states should be weak enough so that billionaires like me should be able to treat them as feudal vassals” bsky.app/profile/lora...
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
By “sovreignty” he means “states should be weak enough so that billionaires like me should be able to treat them as feudal vassals” bsky.app/profile/lora...
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How does global warming cause colder winter storms? whowhatwhy.org/2019/11/23/t...
The Paradox of Global Warming and Colder Winters - WhoWhatWhy
If the cold weather makes it harder for you to argue with climate change deniers about the existence of global warming, this story is for you.
whowhatwhy.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
How does global warming cause colder winter storms? whowhatwhy.org/2019/11/23/t...
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Part of me assumes that they’re going to rule correctly on this very high-profile case in a cynical ploy to preserve some appearance on independence.
Another part of me thinks they’ll just be like “let’s just fucking do it and be legends.”
Not sure which one I believe more tbh.
Another part of me thinks they’ll just be like “let’s just fucking do it and be legends.”
Not sure which one I believe more tbh.
What the fuck is there to review
Supreme Court Agrees to Review Trump Order Restricting Birthright Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Part of me assumes that they’re going to rule correctly on this very high-profile case in a cynical ploy to preserve some appearance on independence.
Another part of me thinks they’ll just be like “let’s just fucking do it and be legends.”
Not sure which one I believe more tbh.
Another part of me thinks they’ll just be like “let’s just fucking do it and be legends.”
Not sure which one I believe more tbh.
after seeing the rise of the fascist facelift and mar-a-lago makeover, kendrick deserves more credit for:
show me somethin' natural like afro on richard pryor
show me somethin' natural, i wanna feel some stretch marks
so true.
show me somethin' natural like afro on richard pryor
show me somethin' natural, i wanna feel some stretch marks
so true.
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
after seeing the rise of the fascist facelift and mar-a-lago makeover, kendrick deserves more credit for:
show me somethin' natural like afro on richard pryor
show me somethin' natural, i wanna feel some stretch marks
so true.
show me somethin' natural like afro on richard pryor
show me somethin' natural, i wanna feel some stretch marks
so true.
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The more accurate headline here would be: there is a Mamdani effect — wealthy home buyers are flocking to NYC.
In the aftermath of much well-heeled panic about a potential mass exodus of New York millionaires and billionaires following the election of Zohran Mamdani, the contrary is already happening, and Manhattan luxury apartment buyers are voting with their wallets.
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‘There is no Mamdani effect’: Manhattan luxury home sales surge after mayoral election, undercutting predictions of doom and escape to Florida | Fortune
Signed contracts for Manhattan homes over $4 million skyrocketed 25%; “the idea that people would flee New York was overblown,” said realtor Donna Olshan.
fortune.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The more accurate headline here would be: there is a Mamdani effect — wealthy home buyers are flocking to NYC.