This might be the funniest thing that has ever happened.
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This might be the funniest thing that has ever happened.
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"Anxiety is a state of mind which both remembers past trouble and projects it into a possible future."
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Tides and Shorelines
The best books on tides and shorelines, recommended by Adam Nicolson, author of "The Sea is not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides"
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December 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"Anxiety is a state of mind which both remembers past trouble and projects it into a possible future."
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“Something like the plate tracker helps to encourage and promote legal transparency and legal accountability, especially when they're going around, switching plates, trying to hide, trying to be undetectable,” said Sherman Austin.
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By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
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By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
December 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
“Something like the plate tracker helps to encourage and promote legal transparency and legal accountability, especially when they're going around, switching plates, trying to hide, trying to be undetectable,” said Sherman Austin.
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By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
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By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
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Dear friends, @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com has tasked me with explaining Charles Dickens' 22 sequels to A Christmas Carol. As possibly the only person to have adapted every one in 200 years (as radio plays for Korean radio) and having gone insane in the process, I am uniquely qualified. 🧵
December 23, 2023 at 5:39 PM
Dear friends, @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com has tasked me with explaining Charles Dickens' 22 sequels to A Christmas Carol. As possibly the only person to have adapted every one in 200 years (as radio plays for Korean radio) and having gone insane in the process, I am uniquely qualified. 🧵
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"Sci-fi and fantasy are author-driven genres. That is, fans do not read indiscriminately but rather look for writers who tell the kind of story they want to read."
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Science Fiction
The sci-fi author tells us how the genre evolved from “gosh-wow” novels of the 1920s into some of the most inventive fiction being written today. He recommends five books sure to get new readers…
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December 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"Sci-fi and fantasy are author-driven genres. That is, fans do not read indiscriminately but rather look for writers who tell the kind of story they want to read."
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Bruised, reeling, about to break.
In YouGov polling this week, less than half of Republicans said they strongly approved of Trump. www.ms.now/opinion/poll...
December 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Bruised, reeling, about to break.
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Oh no they have two 'The's I'm fucking crying lmaoo. The Donald Trump and The John F Kennedy Center hahaha
December 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Oh no they have two 'The's I'm fucking crying lmaoo. The Donald Trump and The John F Kennedy Center hahaha
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Friends! @thomasha.bsky.social's Uncertain Sons and Other Stories is 3-months old today. Time flies. Please consider grabbing a copy of this stellar debut. Thanks to all who have bought a copy. Really appreciate it.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Friends! @thomasha.bsky.social's Uncertain Sons and Other Stories is 3-months old today. Time flies. Please consider grabbing a copy of this stellar debut. Thanks to all who have bought a copy. Really appreciate it.
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Vladimir Nabokov: In my novel I invented Humbert Humbert as a cautionary tale
Jeffrey Epstein: At long last we have created an army of powerful Humbert Humberts from classic modernist novel Lolita
Jeffrey Epstein: At long last we have created an army of powerful Humbert Humberts from classic modernist novel Lolita
the Epstein files include several pictures of a naked woman with the opening of "Lolita" written on various parts of her body.
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Dropbox
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December 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Vladimir Nabokov: In my novel I invented Humbert Humbert as a cautionary tale
Jeffrey Epstein: At long last we have created an army of powerful Humbert Humberts from classic modernist novel Lolita
Jeffrey Epstein: At long last we have created an army of powerful Humbert Humberts from classic modernist novel Lolita
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I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
September 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
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"Canadians no longer own Canada’s largest newspaper chain. Postmedia Network, which controls over 130 newspapers across the country...is now 66% owned by Chatham Asset Management, an American hedge fund based in New Jersey."
The Quiet Takeover: How Canadian Media Shifted Right
Something has fundamentally changed in Canadian media. Walk into any Tim Hortons or coffee shop, scroll through your Facebook feed, or pick…
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December 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"Canadians no longer own Canada’s largest newspaper chain. Postmedia Network, which controls over 130 newspapers across the country...is now 66% owned by Chatham Asset Management, an American hedge fund based in New Jersey."
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No, this is wrong, stop reposting this absurd and miscalculated meme.
It assumes Cratchit is working a 40 hour work week (he isn't) and that straight line inflation extrapolations over centuries are valid (they're not) and fails to understand both Victorian class and household finance.
It assumes Cratchit is working a 40 hour work week (he isn't) and that straight line inflation extrapolations over centuries are valid (they're not) and fails to understand both Victorian class and household finance.
December 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
No, this is wrong, stop reposting this absurd and miscalculated meme.
It assumes Cratchit is working a 40 hour work week (he isn't) and that straight line inflation extrapolations over centuries are valid (they're not) and fails to understand both Victorian class and household finance.
It assumes Cratchit is working a 40 hour work week (he isn't) and that straight line inflation extrapolations over centuries are valid (they're not) and fails to understand both Victorian class and household finance.
It's La Guardia
![Chase Williams &
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams is on Capitol Hill today.
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He tells me about Zohran Mamdani announcing he's moving into Gracie Mansion:
"Beware of the ghost. I told [Zohran] about it. So the ghost is there. It's a friendly ghost, as long as you're doing right by the city. If you don't become right by the city, he turns into a poltergeist."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hf7ezrajxadu7v3tzcyij424/bafkreigis3istuaryrpny4ksmoh46xcs3yfowvfuj3t3iouxpy5uiyw2fq@jpeg)
December 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It's La Guardia
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Welcome to THE BEST BOOKS OF 2025: REVIEWER'S CHOICE!! Reactor's book reviewers have come together to recommend their favorite 2025 reads. How many have you picked up?
Reviewers' Choice: The Best Books of 2025 - Reactor
Reactor’s regular book reviewers talk about notable titles they read in 2025
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December 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Welcome to THE BEST BOOKS OF 2025: REVIEWER'S CHOICE!! Reactor's book reviewers have come together to recommend their favorite 2025 reads. How many have you picked up?
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My book on how Americans have remembered and fought over the narrative and legacy of the American Revolution for nearly 250 years.
The Memory of ’76: The Revolution in American History
The Memory of ’76: The Revolution in American History [Hattem, Michael D.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Memory of ’76: The Revolution in American History
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November 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
My book on how Americans have remembered and fought over the narrative and legacy of the American Revolution for nearly 250 years.
The power of shame and the DMCA.
These people make a big show of how they can't be shamed or embarrassed or pressured so you won't notice that if you actually make an effort they do exactly that all the time
Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
December 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The power of shame and the DMCA.
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Yes, Ghost in the Shell’s director is obsessed with Fallout 4, and we have a record of his chaotic escapades in the game, penned by the man himself
Oshii's list of self-imposed rules for the game includes "not following the main story"
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Oshii's list of self-imposed rules for the game includes "not following the main story"
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Yes, Ghost in the Shell’s director is obsessed with Fallout 4, and we have a record of his chaotic escapades in the game, penned by the man himself - AUTOMATON WEST
These are the eccentric self-imposed rules Mamoru Oshii has been using to play Fallout 4, his ideal game, for eight years.
automaton-media.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Yes, Ghost in the Shell’s director is obsessed with Fallout 4, and we have a record of his chaotic escapades in the game, penned by the man himself
Oshii's list of self-imposed rules for the game includes "not following the main story"
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Oshii's list of self-imposed rules for the game includes "not following the main story"
automaton-media.com/en/news/yes-...
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day 1 is "penzeys revolution blend" and i cant stop laughing at "we have to GET RID of this lying, cheating, CORRUPT SCUMBAG PRESIDENT!! RESIST! REVOLT! REVOLUTION NOW!! good on roast poultry and carrots"
December 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
day 1 is "penzeys revolution blend" and i cant stop laughing at "we have to GET RID of this lying, cheating, CORRUPT SCUMBAG PRESIDENT!! RESIST! REVOLT! REVOLUTION NOW!! good on roast poultry and carrots"
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this is going to be a fucking shitshow, lmao
Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs
The wholesaler is the latest company to file a lawsuit against a federal agency over the president's signature economic policy.
www.nbcnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
this is going to be a fucking shitshow, lmao