Hopeful Chump
@cousins.bsky.social
I don't know what I'm doing more than half of the time
I’m at the airport eavesdropping on a 70-ish year old woman absolutely TRASHING this lady from her church that she hates. So far I’m on her side; lady sounds like she sucks. Thanks for this wonderful present, baby Jesus!
December 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I’m at the airport eavesdropping on a 70-ish year old woman absolutely TRASHING this lady from her church that she hates. So far I’m on her side; lady sounds like she sucks. Thanks for this wonderful present, baby Jesus!
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James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.
December 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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Honestly nice to to see I'm not the only one contending with this
December 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Honestly nice to to see I'm not the only one contending with this
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
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every day is a school day and i am absolutely delighted to be learning about this today because lmao WHAT
Look all I’m saying is the Dutch have eaten one of their politicians AND his brother before. We need to catch up.
December 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
every day is a school day and i am absolutely delighted to be learning about this today because lmao WHAT
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I hear there's discourse about race and employment in the US
December 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I hear there's discourse about race and employment in the US
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*builds a machine that just pushes weights up and down forever* Haha yes, bodybuilders will LOVE this
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
*builds a machine that just pushes weights up and down forever* Haha yes, bodybuilders will LOVE this
It’s onion caramelizing weather
December 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
It’s onion caramelizing weather
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Noticing that Democrats are passing “right to die” laws before passing “right to housing” or “right to healthcare” laws www.nprillinois.org/government-p...
Gov. JB Pritzker signs 'right-to-die' legislation for terminally ill people to end their lives in Illinois
The new law, which takes effect next September, opens the door for people 18 or older with a terminal diagnosis to be prescribed a fatal drug.
www.nprillinois.org
December 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Noticing that Democrats are passing “right to die” laws before passing “right to housing” or “right to healthcare” laws www.nprillinois.org/government-p...
Man, this passage from The Gulag Archipelago
December 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Man, this passage from The Gulag Archipelago
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
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Like I said: ultrarich megalomaniacs in a circle jerk
Saw this video of Tristan Harris on Diary of a CEO sharing what AI-tech bros have shared regarding their motivations pursuing this technology. It’s horrifying.
These tech ghouls have us all on a suicide mission because of their EGOS. 🫠
These tech ghouls have us all on a suicide mission because of their EGOS. 🫠
December 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Like I said: ultrarich megalomaniacs in a circle jerk
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it's 2025 and the gangly guy who appeared on a few seasons of The Office is now our only mirror to society
December 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
it's 2025 and the gangly guy who appeared on a few seasons of The Office is now our only mirror to society
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You guys, this is Spain's announcement that they would not participate in Eurovision. 👏🏾
Así es como se comunica que España no participará en Eurovision. Bravo RTVE. Bravo Silvia Intxaurrondo. Una vez más.
December 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
You guys, this is Spain's announcement that they would not participate in Eurovision. 👏🏾
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Chicagoans will pay $76 per person this year for police misconduct settlements.
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Chicagoans will pay $76 per person this year for police misconduct settlements.
Mike fucking Quigley
59 House Democrats joined Republicans in voting to codify Trump's suggestion box for billionaires to complain about public interest regulations that prevent them from defrauding you.
clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025311
clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025311
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Mike fucking Quigley
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Yes. Want better for yourself.
“Requiring a fee for the modernized alternative identity verification program will ensure that the cost to administer this program is recovered from the users who benefit from it.”
Seems reasonable but idk. Would it be a scandal if it wasn’t the Trump admin doing it?
Seems reasonable but idk. Would it be a scandal if it wasn’t the Trump admin doing it?
December 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Yes. Want better for yourself.
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Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
This article is so killer, but this part got me especially. I think all the time about how Trump never spared a word about Phyllis Schlafly's passing, when she maybe more than anyone else made his ascendancy possible.
Rest in piss, Phyllis.
Rest in piss, Phyllis.
December 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This article is so killer, but this part got me especially. I think all the time about how Trump never spared a word about Phyllis Schlafly's passing, when she maybe more than anyone else made his ascendancy possible.
Rest in piss, Phyllis.
Rest in piss, Phyllis.
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thinking of her today
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
thinking of her today
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Have you ever wondered what happens to the stuff a street sweeper picks up? If so, do I have a video for you.
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Have you ever wondered what happens to the stuff a street sweeper picks up? If so, do I have a video for you.