Jake
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These guys wish they could look as cool as Obama's "We got bid-Laden" situation room.
Trump is posting some photos from last night / this morning, including this one. Very weird to see this in a non-situation room setting with black curtains
January 3, 2026 at 8:07 PM
These guys wish they could look as cool as Obama's "We got bid-Laden" situation room.
Renewable resources make a country more secure.
But this regime doesn't want security. It wants to use your fear to fuel its greed.
But this regime doesn't want security. It wants to use your fear to fuel its greed.
Allow me to connect some dots for you:
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
January 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Renewable resources make a country more secure.
But this regime doesn't want security. It wants to use your fear to fuel its greed.
But this regime doesn't want security. It wants to use your fear to fuel its greed.
100 million deportations in a country with 330 million people invariable means that they are widening their net.
You know how the poem goes.
First they came for the immigrants...
You know how the poem goes.
First they came for the immigrants...
This insane post is a foreshadowing of the year to come:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/this-insan...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/this-insan...
This insane post foreshadows the year to come
Why 2026 is a year for the big, bold and brazen
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:10 AM
100 million deportations in a country with 330 million people invariable means that they are widening their net.
You know how the poem goes.
First they came for the immigrants...
You know how the poem goes.
First they came for the immigrants...
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Cool stuff entering public domain:
Betty Boop
Nancy Drew + her first 5 novels
The Maltese Falcon novel
Disney's first iteration of Pluto as "Rover"
The first fully voiced Academy Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front
The Marx Brothers' Animal Crackers
Dream a Little Dream of Me
I Got Rhythm
Betty Boop
Nancy Drew + her first 5 novels
The Maltese Falcon novel
Disney's first iteration of Pluto as "Rover"
The first fully voiced Academy Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front
The Marx Brothers' Animal Crackers
Dream a Little Dream of Me
I Got Rhythm
🕛 At midnight, new creative works enter the public domain in the US.
🎙️ In the latest Future Knowledge podcast, James Boyle (The Public Domain) explains why the public domain matters & how digital enclosures are quietly fencing it off.
🎧 Listen now ➡️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the...
🎙️ In the latest Future Knowledge podcast, James Boyle (The Public Domain) explains why the public domain matters & how digital enclosures are quietly fencing it off.
🎧 Listen now ➡️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the...
December 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Cool stuff entering public domain:
Betty Boop
Nancy Drew + her first 5 novels
The Maltese Falcon novel
Disney's first iteration of Pluto as "Rover"
The first fully voiced Academy Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front
The Marx Brothers' Animal Crackers
Dream a Little Dream of Me
I Got Rhythm
Betty Boop
Nancy Drew + her first 5 novels
The Maltese Falcon novel
Disney's first iteration of Pluto as "Rover"
The first fully voiced Academy Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front
The Marx Brothers' Animal Crackers
Dream a Little Dream of Me
I Got Rhythm
This filming location in Stranger Things (2025) is the same as the Western Forces vs US Army shootout in Civil War (2024), I think.
December 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This filming location in Stranger Things (2025) is the same as the Western Forces vs US Army shootout in Civil War (2024), I think.
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So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
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Freight trains. Box cars. Stuff them full. And then a quick selection when they arrive at the detention facility to identify those capable of good, hard work. For additional profit, also check for gold in their teeth and smuggled currency.
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Freight trains. Box cars. Stuff them full. And then a quick selection when they arrive at the detention facility to identify those capable of good, hard work. For additional profit, also check for gold in their teeth and smuggled currency.
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Saw child the youngest (6yo) re-arranging ornaments on the tree to put these two together "because they're MARRIED".
December 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Saw child the youngest (6yo) re-arranging ornaments on the tree to put these two together "because they're MARRIED".
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You know those stories about how the magic of Christmas miraculously restores your faith in humanity? It isn't working.
December 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
You know those stories about how the magic of Christmas miraculously restores your faith in humanity? It isn't working.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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The president is falling asleep durring a White House cabinet meeting with each member praising him for his resilience. What are we doing America? This is so embarrassing.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The president is falling asleep durring a White House cabinet meeting with each member praising him for his resilience. What are we doing America? This is so embarrassing.
There's a run on RAM because of AI and Windows 11.
On October 28th I ordered a dozen sticks of 8gb DDR4 RAM to upgrade some work computers - $60 each.
I went to order the exact same sticks today to upgrade some more and they are $90 now.
A 50% price increase in just over a month is insane.
On October 28th I ordered a dozen sticks of 8gb DDR4 RAM to upgrade some work computers - $60 each.
I went to order the exact same sticks today to upgrade some more and they are $90 now.
A 50% price increase in just over a month is insane.
December 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
There's a run on RAM because of AI and Windows 11.
On October 28th I ordered a dozen sticks of 8gb DDR4 RAM to upgrade some work computers - $60 each.
I went to order the exact same sticks today to upgrade some more and they are $90 now.
A 50% price increase in just over a month is insane.
On October 28th I ordered a dozen sticks of 8gb DDR4 RAM to upgrade some work computers - $60 each.
I went to order the exact same sticks today to upgrade some more and they are $90 now.
A 50% price increase in just over a month is insane.
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Void Warranties.
Break This Seal.
It Is Your Device.
Break This Seal.
It Is Your Device.
June 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Void Warranties.
Break This Seal.
It Is Your Device.
Break This Seal.
It Is Your Device.
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with all disrespect to the brands, 30% off is really not all that exciting in this economy
November 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
with all disrespect to the brands, 30% off is really not all that exciting in this economy
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between "study on honesty appears to have used fabricated data," "study on cognitive dissonance after thwarted expectations may not show what it was believed to" and possibly "data for study on use of AI generated by LLM" we're pretty close to either a Dramatic Irony bracket or a trend piece
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
between "study on honesty appears to have used fabricated data," "study on cognitive dissonance after thwarted expectations may not show what it was believed to" and possibly "data for study on use of AI generated by LLM" we're pretty close to either a Dramatic Irony bracket or a trend piece
No context spoilers for Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook, book 3 of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 AM
No context spoilers for Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook, book 3 of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series
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ALL of us who served honorably in the military swore the lifelong oath to protect the Constitution from ALL enemies, foreign and domestic. We, who served honorably, have never forgotten that oath. Some of our non military leaders seem to forget they swore to protect the Constitution. I Wonder Why?
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
ALL of us who served honorably in the military swore the lifelong oath to protect the Constitution from ALL enemies, foreign and domestic. We, who served honorably, have never forgotten that oath. Some of our non military leaders seem to forget they swore to protect the Constitution. I Wonder Why?
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These are the people trying to tell us what masculinity is
True comedy is watching Dave Portnay trying to use a hammer
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
These are the people trying to tell us what masculinity is
Had to keep it profesh on Dispatch.
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Had to keep it profesh on Dispatch.
Happy Automatic Reply Season to those who celebrate.
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Happy Automatic Reply Season to those who celebrate.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
If the Dems in leadership were trying to sabotage their own party's chance of success, what would they do any differently?
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
If the Dems in leadership were trying to sabotage their own party's chance of success, what would they do any differently?