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"Under the X-ray of Mark Twain's skull / The plan for the death ray's design"
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While the #XPNcountdown is wrapping up, the REAL countdown is underway until Dec 24 when I takeover @wxpnfm.bsky.social for 24 nonstop live hours during my 33rd annual edition of The Night Before on XPN! #XPNTNB 🎄🎅
December 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
While the #XPNcountdown is wrapping up, the REAL countdown is underway until Dec 24 when I takeover @wxpnfm.bsky.social for 24 nonstop live hours during my 33rd annual edition of The Night Before on XPN! #XPNTNB 🎄🎅
Me: (does not follow college football)
Also me: What is this bullshit, Notre Dame got fuckin robbed
Also me: What is this bullshit, Notre Dame got fuckin robbed
December 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Me: (does not follow college football)
Also me: What is this bullshit, Notre Dame got fuckin robbed
Also me: What is this bullshit, Notre Dame got fuckin robbed
Movie you've watched more than six times, in a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel or LOTR.
December 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Movie you've watched more than six times, in a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel or LOTR.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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A reminder that Iron Circus is gonna get WALLOPED with Baker & Taylor bankruptcy backdraft for the next several months, turning our usual distro payout into bills.
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
Iron Circus Comics
Iron Circus Comics is the premiere publisher of award-winning, critically-acclaimed graphic novels in the American Midwest, a small-mid house built from the ground up by founder C. Spike Trotman.
store.ironcircus.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
A reminder that Iron Circus is gonna get WALLOPED with Baker & Taylor bankruptcy backdraft for the next several months, turning our usual distro payout into bills.
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
This season isn't always joyful for all people. You may know someone who needs to talk to someone, or you may be someone who needs to talk to someone.
Domestic Violence Helpline: 1.800.799.SAFE (7233)
Suicide Crisis Helpline: 988
Domestic Violence Helpline: 1.800.799.SAFE (7233)
Suicide Crisis Helpline: 988
December 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This season isn't always joyful for all people. You may know someone who needs to talk to someone, or you may be someone who needs to talk to someone.
Domestic Violence Helpline: 1.800.799.SAFE (7233)
Suicide Crisis Helpline: 988
Domestic Violence Helpline: 1.800.799.SAFE (7233)
Suicide Crisis Helpline: 988
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This is one of those things that I think is quietly important – when these people are talking shit about cities, Portland or Minneapolis or New York or Charlotte or wherever, you have to loudly say, “no, fuck you, you’re lying, that town and its people whip ass and you’re the asshole”
“I walk around Portland, and I go, ‘Fuck you, assholes. Portland is fine.’” - John Darnielle, @themountaingoats.bsky.social. We're proud to claim you as a Portlander, sir.
The Mountain Goats Ascend to Revolution Hall
Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle discusses musicals, his new album, and why he keeps coming home to Portland.
www.wweek.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is one of those things that I think is quietly important – when these people are talking shit about cities, Portland or Minneapolis or New York or Charlotte or wherever, you have to loudly say, “no, fuck you, you’re lying, that town and its people whip ass and you’re the asshole”
Lots of opportunities this season to buy crap you don't need. I'm getting solar powered Christmas lights and an Elfquest blanket, for instance.
Remember to take a few of those bucks and put it where it will help your community or a worthy group in need.
giving.classy.org/campaign/743...
Remember to take a few of those bucks and put it where it will help your community or a worthy group in need.
giving.classy.org/campaign/743...
Donate to Give a Gift to Help Save a Life
Support our cause by donating to Monthly Giving Challenge 2025.
giving.classy.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Lots of opportunities this season to buy crap you don't need. I'm getting solar powered Christmas lights and an Elfquest blanket, for instance.
Remember to take a few of those bucks and put it where it will help your community or a worthy group in need.
giving.classy.org/campaign/743...
Remember to take a few of those bucks and put it where it will help your community or a worthy group in need.
giving.classy.org/campaign/743...
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Labor unions can recruit working class candidates in red states, run them as independents, fund them with money they now give to Democrats, and use union members as the core of their volunteer base. The numbers are more plausible than you think.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
How to Win Red States With a Labor Party
We can take political power without asking Democrats for it.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Labor unions can recruit working class candidates in red states, run them as independents, fund them with money they now give to Democrats, and use union members as the core of their volunteer base. The numbers are more plausible than you think.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
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I know you were up late binging Stranger Things but you have to get up and grab my How To Draw book on Kickstarter. The campaign ends in 90 minutes! You need to get up anyway bc a demidog is under the bed. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ter...
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I know you were up late binging Stranger Things but you have to get up and grab my How To Draw book on Kickstarter. The campaign ends in 90 minutes! You need to get up anyway bc a demidog is under the bed. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ter...
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In self-interest but also general interest, folks: Black Friday is coming up, and small publishers/independent creators will always be a better choice than megacorps.
When the sales drop, please remember that!
When the sales drop, please remember that!
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In self-interest but also general interest, folks: Black Friday is coming up, and small publishers/independent creators will always be a better choice than megacorps.
When the sales drop, please remember that!
When the sales drop, please remember that!
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He forgot the part where you hire a specialized firm to place questionable bulk orders of multiple copies at NYT Bestsellers List-reporting stores.
That's how all his GOP friends land on bestseller lists, with "this is a suspicious entry reliant on bulk order sales" daggers next to the titles. (†)
That's how all his GOP friends land on bestseller lists, with "this is a suspicious entry reliant on bulk order sales" daggers next to the titles. (†)
"The Barnes and Noble in York—where Fetterman was born and raised—had sold zero copies. The Barnes and Noble in Philadelphia had sold two copies. An independent store in Pittsburgh and an independent store in Philadelphia each told me they weren’t stocking Unfettered" defector.com/john-fetterm...
John Fetterman's Memoir Is As Low-Effort As His Senate Tenure | Defector
John Fetterman’s just-released memoir, Unfettered, argues that he’s turned a corner and has everything under control. Fetterman was a “stubborn asshole” (his words), he was clinically depressed, he wa...
defector.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
He forgot the part where you hire a specialized firm to place questionable bulk orders of multiple copies at NYT Bestsellers List-reporting stores.
That's how all his GOP friends land on bestseller lists, with "this is a suspicious entry reliant on bulk order sales" daggers next to the titles. (†)
That's how all his GOP friends land on bestseller lists, with "this is a suspicious entry reliant on bulk order sales" daggers next to the titles. (†)
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@jenniebreeden.thedevilspanties.com There's a network error affecting your site, just wanted to give you a heads up
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
@jenniebreeden.thedevilspanties.com There's a network error affecting your site, just wanted to give you a heads up
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Good morning! Have a marvelous #SienkiewiczSaturday
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Good morning! Have a marvelous #SienkiewiczSaturday
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Current (permanent) mood as an American in 2025:
November 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Current (permanent) mood as an American in 2025:
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Both the federal and my state government went without a budget for a prolonged amount of time, passed budgets way too late, and then neglected to include vital services in each (health care in federal and transit in PA).
I think they might be bad at their jobs.
I think they might be bad at their jobs.
November 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Both the federal and my state government went without a budget for a prolonged amount of time, passed budgets way too late, and then neglected to include vital services in each (health care in federal and transit in PA).
I think they might be bad at their jobs.
I think they might be bad at their jobs.
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I'm going to actively say at this point that I don't think people should donate to any Dem-run PACs. What guarantee do we have that they won't give the money to cowards to stave off primary challengers?
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I'm going to actively say at this point that I don't think people should donate to any Dem-run PACs. What guarantee do we have that they won't give the money to cowards to stave off primary challengers?
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
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“Why is literacy important?”
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“Why is literacy important?”
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
@fetterman.senate.gov As your constituent, I'm asking you to vote to remove Chuck Schumer as Senate minority leader. He's failed the American people in their time of need, and he is not the man for this moment.
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
@fetterman.senate.gov As your constituent, I'm asking you to vote to remove Chuck Schumer as Senate minority leader. He's failed the American people in their time of need, and he is not the man for this moment.
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I knew my mom was traveling this week, and I knew the administration was fucking up air travel, but I never put together that the goddamn Trump administration would fuck up my MOM's air travel this week
But yeah
That's what happened
But yeah
That's what happened
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I knew my mom was traveling this week, and I knew the administration was fucking up air travel, but I never put together that the goddamn Trump administration would fuck up my MOM's air travel this week
But yeah
That's what happened
But yeah
That's what happened