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Profile: Christopher John Rogers
Profile: Christopher John Rogers
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· Oct 25
It's not that they don't have a sense of humanity. It's that they don't see you as a human being.
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Venezuela’s literacy rate is 97.1%.
The US literacy rate is 80% if you include adults who read at an elementary school level.
If you only include adults who read at a 12th-grade level the US literacy rate is below 50%.
You simply do not have the range to be talking about “third world countries.”
The US literacy rate is 80% if you include adults who read at an elementary school level.
If you only include adults who read at a 12th-grade level the US literacy rate is below 50%.
You simply do not have the range to be talking about “third world countries.”
January 5, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Venezuela’s literacy rate is 97.1%.
The US literacy rate is 80% if you include adults who read at an elementary school level.
If you only include adults who read at a 12th-grade level the US literacy rate is below 50%.
You simply do not have the range to be talking about “third world countries.”
The US literacy rate is 80% if you include adults who read at an elementary school level.
If you only include adults who read at a 12th-grade level the US literacy rate is below 50%.
You simply do not have the range to be talking about “third world countries.”
Level of horniness: Death in The Hogfather has a hot voice
January 5, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Level of horniness: Death in The Hogfather has a hot voice
People also blame food poisoning on Asian or South American food when actually that stuff is so much healthier! Americans don't realize that it's THEIR shitty food, not ours.
it's funny when watching US movies or tv shows i used to be like "man, they sure do use food poisoning as a plot device *a lot* in america..."
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
January 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM
People also blame food poisoning on Asian or South American food when actually that stuff is so much healthier! Americans don't realize that it's THEIR shitty food, not ours.
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It’s not just the food poisoning either - a huge chunk of the US population lives their whole lives with diarrhea and/or highly irregular bowel movements and just accepts it as normal
it's funny when watching US movies or tv shows i used to be like "man, they sure do use food poisoning as a plot device *a lot* in america..."
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
January 4, 2026 at 3:33 PM
It’s not just the food poisoning either - a huge chunk of the US population lives their whole lives with diarrhea and/or highly irregular bowel movements and just accepts it as normal
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A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
January 5, 2026 at 5:10 AM
A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
Shout out to that woman who heckled Louis CK that one time.
January 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Shout out to that woman who heckled Louis CK that one time.
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You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?
January 4, 2026 at 5:10 AM
You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?
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Her despair grew so great that it burst her breast open and like a bird of fire shattered the stone and broke out into the light of day--the light of day, faint in her windowless room.
January 4, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Her despair grew so great that it burst her breast open and like a bird of fire shattered the stone and broke out into the light of day--the light of day, faint in her windowless room.
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Pride kept her from confiding in the other girls, and caution kept her from confessing to the older women.
January 4, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Pride kept her from confiding in the other girls, and caution kept her from confessing to the older women.
Why do we need to waste water for this. If you want to see this kind of unsophisticated manipulative behavior look around at any number of publicly visible immature men.
January 2, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Why do we need to waste water for this. If you want to see this kind of unsophisticated manipulative behavior look around at any number of publicly visible immature men.
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A man: who, knowing his whole true self, cannot be used or possessed by any power other than himself, and whose life therefore is lived for life’s sake and never in the service of ruin, or pain, or hatred, or the dark.
December 31, 2025 at 11:10 AM
A man: who, knowing his whole true self, cannot be used or possessed by any power other than himself, and whose life therefore is lived for life’s sake and never in the service of ruin, or pain, or hatred, or the dark.
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There is nothing inexplicable about why some histories are not widely known.
The Elaine massacre of October 1919, writes Atul Dev, represents “a pivotal episode of American history, consigned inexplicably to the margins.” https://go.nybooks.com/4s3ui6p
‘They Killed Our People’ | Atul Dev
In the spring of 2008, at a small desk piled with papers and notebooks, Lisa Hicks-Gilbert sat spellbound in front of a laptop. After a lifetime of
go.nybooks.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
There is nothing inexplicable about why some histories are not widely known.
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My apparently controversial opinion is that nobody should be getting grants from the government to study anything until everyone in the country has food and housing and medical care. If a country can’t afford to feed everyone then it can’t afford cutting-edge research.
March 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My apparently controversial opinion is that nobody should be getting grants from the government to study anything until everyone in the country has food and housing and medical care. If a country can’t afford to feed everyone then it can’t afford cutting-edge research.
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listen im not very well spoken on this stuff
we need help. the time for silence from supposed allies has long since passed and they are pushing things that will directly harm trans kids. they seek our elimination because we embody everything they want to take from everyone.
freedom. choice. hope.
we need help. the time for silence from supposed allies has long since passed and they are pushing things that will directly harm trans kids. they seek our elimination because we embody everything they want to take from everyone.
freedom. choice. hope.
December 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
listen im not very well spoken on this stuff
we need help. the time for silence from supposed allies has long since passed and they are pushing things that will directly harm trans kids. they seek our elimination because we embody everything they want to take from everyone.
freedom. choice. hope.
we need help. the time for silence from supposed allies has long since passed and they are pushing things that will directly harm trans kids. they seek our elimination because we embody everything they want to take from everyone.
freedom. choice. hope.
I don't want to live any more it's too expensive
December 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I don't want to live any more it's too expensive
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Yet a greater, unlearned skill he possessed, which was the art of kindness.
December 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Yet a greater, unlearned skill he possessed, which was the art of kindness.
WE CAN'T HAVE A FUCKING CONVERSATION IF I'M FUCKING TRYING TO FUCKING KILL YOU AND EVERYONE YOU LOVE.
December 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
WE CAN'T HAVE A FUCKING CONVERSATION IF I'M FUCKING TRYING TO FUCKING KILL YOU AND EVERYONE YOU LOVE.
Literally fuck you. Fuck all of you. FUCK YOU.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhkB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhkB...
Palestinian professor and Jewish professor co-teach class at Columbia University
YouTube video by CBS News
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Literally fuck you. Fuck all of you. FUCK YOU.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhkB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhkB...
Braiding Sweetgrass or The Color Purple. Or Shrek.
omg. Kat Abughazaleh just posted that if she's elected, she'll swear in on a copy of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower.
If you were elected to public office (never mind whether you'd ever actually run), what book would you swear in on?
If you were elected to public office (never mind whether you'd ever actually run), what book would you swear in on?
December 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Braiding Sweetgrass or The Color Purple. Or Shrek.
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Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it.
December 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
My Zionist ex-friend. Or JK Rowling.
That’s a new dinner party conversation: Who is someone that you hate so much that, if given the time, energy, and crew, you’d produce a 4-part documentary on them?
December 7, 2025 at 5:39 AM
My Zionist ex-friend. Or JK Rowling.
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People love rich people and want to be rich themselves. Rich people have nothing to fear from the public and they know it.
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
People love rich people and want to be rich themselves. Rich people have nothing to fear from the public and they know it.
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The love of rich people is only surpassed by the hatred of the poor. Two sides of the same coin.
December 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The love of rich people is only surpassed by the hatred of the poor. Two sides of the same coin.
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And this is the truth that must be contended with.
They are having fun. They are having a good time.
December 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
And this is the truth that must be contended with.