JoEbLo Portmanteau
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“A little song. A little dance. A little seltzer down your pants.” - Chuckles the Clown
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“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
trib.al/CUazMCQ
trib.al/CUazMCQ
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
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I’m at half-past give a shit with all of their fun and games. They can fuck all the way off and take their LLM factories with them.
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So tired of these cowardly racists trying to turn the country against itself
December 31, 2025 at 12:42 AM
So tired of these cowardly racists trying to turn the country against itself
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is…is this a threat
December 28, 2025 at 5:45 AM
is…is this a threat
I have no problem with her attempting to rip maga apart. That’s fine and dandy. But I absofuckinglutely have a problem with welcoming her into any imagined ‘coalition’. She and her ilk can third-party themselves into oblivion.
Politics is not fan culture—none of these people are your friends. There are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, only permanent interests.
We can be grateful that MTG is against Trump without liking her or thinking of her as a long-term ally. The anti-Trump coalition must be huge.
We can be grateful that MTG is against Trump without liking her or thinking of her as a long-term ally. The anti-Trump coalition must be huge.
December 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I have no problem with her attempting to rip maga apart. That’s fine and dandy. But I absofuckinglutely have a problem with welcoming her into any imagined ‘coalition’. She and her ilk can third-party themselves into oblivion.
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You telling me the white supremacists are out there not liking black people?!?
Byron Donalds, the Black MAGA candidate for FL governor who romanticized the Jim Crow era, now faces racist attacks from his white supremacist GOP primary opponent who has repeatedly called him a slave.
Byron Donalds faces racist attacks in Florida’s ugly GOP gubernatorial primary
The Trump-loving congressman is running for governor against an opponent who has continually referred to him as a slave. And he’s getting a taste of his own medicine.
www.ms.now
December 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
You telling me the white supremacists are out there not liking black people?!?
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
ruin two bands by combining them:
Siouxsie and the Beach Boys
Siouxsie and the Beach Boys
ruin two bands by combining them:
The Go Gos Betweens
The Go Gos Betweens
ruin two bands by combining them:
led zeppelinxs
led zeppelinxs
December 29, 2025 at 11:53 PM
ruin two bands by combining them:
Siouxsie and the Beach Boys
Siouxsie and the Beach Boys
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A "hobby" is woodworking or needlepoint. Not putting your name on things and gluing gold crap to walls.
President Trump was a builder before he took office, but he has continued it as a hobby in the White House. n.pr/4b7NPwa
A 'very aesthetic person,' President Trump says being a builder is his second job
President Trump was a builder before he took office, but he has continued it as a hobby in the White House.
n.pr
December 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A "hobby" is woodworking or needlepoint. Not putting your name on things and gluing gold crap to walls.
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if you don't have the moral clarity necessary to rawdog a basket of fries by yourself we aren't compatible
ketchup isn’t available, what are you putting on your fries?
December 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
if you don't have the moral clarity necessary to rawdog a basket of fries by yourself we aren't compatible
Can you imagine Schumer or Jeffries saying anything close to this? No?? Me neither. They’re too busy sitting at that imaginary kitchen table with those imaginary Baileys to win those imaginary votes.
AOC: "It's not just that Trump is corrupt. It's that everyone participating in this is corrupt. Elon is corrupt. Jeff Bezos is corrupt. Mark Zuckerberg is corrupt."
December 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Can you imagine Schumer or Jeffries saying anything close to this? No?? Me neither. They’re too busy sitting at that imaginary kitchen table with those imaginary Baileys to win those imaginary votes.
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I didn't bother reading it (thank you for doing the unpleasant work, Kate!) but what bothers me most about this, I think, is the smug implication by the 'writer' that her time is so much more important than the reader's. "I use AI because I have better things to do than write for you!"
If you're wondering whether the "open letter about AI" on file 770 is worth reading and engaging, it is not. The whole thing is rhetorical mush so it was no surprise when I got to the end and she admitted "her" letter was itself written by AI. Useless bait.
December 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I didn't bother reading it (thank you for doing the unpleasant work, Kate!) but what bothers me most about this, I think, is the smug implication by the 'writer' that her time is so much more important than the reader's. "I use AI because I have better things to do than write for you!"
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Half of our news stories these days are "Rich Asshole Doesn't Want to Follow the Rules" or "Rich Asshole Doesn't Like Something" or "Rich Asshole Makes Ominous Threat"
Instead of kowtowing to these spoiled toddlers, I want to stand outside their mansion like Lloyd Dobler blaring this on a boom box:
Instead of kowtowing to these spoiled toddlers, I want to stand outside their mansion like Lloyd Dobler blaring this on a boom box:
The Coup - "The Guillotine"
YouTube video by ANTI- Records
www.youtube.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Half of our news stories these days are "Rich Asshole Doesn't Want to Follow the Rules" or "Rich Asshole Doesn't Like Something" or "Rich Asshole Makes Ominous Threat"
Instead of kowtowing to these spoiled toddlers, I want to stand outside their mansion like Lloyd Dobler blaring this on a boom box:
Instead of kowtowing to these spoiled toddlers, I want to stand outside their mansion like Lloyd Dobler blaring this on a boom box:
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This is essentially the plot of The Sound of Music.
"Any artist cancelling their show at the Trump Kennedy Center over political differences isn't courageous or principled—they are selfish, intolerant, and have failed to meet the basic duty of a public artist: to perform for all people"- Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
www.npr.org
December 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
This is essentially the plot of The Sound of Music.
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I don’t know man if capitalism has just resulted in a small network of pedophiles destroying all life on earth then perhaps we should consider that it is a complete and utter failure as a system
December 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I don’t know man if capitalism has just resulted in a small network of pedophiles destroying all life on earth then perhaps we should consider that it is a complete and utter failure as a system
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How we care for the weakest of our nation shouldn't be a profit center...
December 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
How we care for the weakest of our nation shouldn't be a profit center...
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It doesn’t fix things, but it really does bring me comfort to know how miserable some of the worst people are. Donald Trump tweeting over 200 times on Christmas. Billionaires fighting with strangers online during the holidays. Everything about Elon Musk
December 26, 2025 at 5:25 AM
It doesn’t fix things, but it really does bring me comfort to know how miserable some of the worst people are. Donald Trump tweeting over 200 times on Christmas. Billionaires fighting with strangers online during the holidays. Everything about Elon Musk
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Mr. Cuban, I'm a professor at Yale School of Public Health. Here's a paper published by one of my colleagues in the top medical journal evaluating the Medicare for All Act, which would not only get us there, but would save $450B per year. Happy to discuss! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA
Although health care expenditure per capita is higher in the USA than in any other
country, more than 37 million Americans do not have health insurance, and 41 million
more have inadequate access to c...
www.thelancet.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Mr. Cuban, I'm a professor at Yale School of Public Health. Here's a paper published by one of my colleagues in the top medical journal evaluating the Medicare for All Act, which would not only get us there, but would save $450B per year. Happy to discuss! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
I wish you a hopeful Christmas
I wish you a brave new year!
All anguish, pain and sadness
Leave your heart and let your road be clear!
I wish you a brave new year!
All anguish, pain and sadness
Leave your heart and let your road be clear!
Greg Lake - I Believe in Father Christmas (2017 Remaster)
YouTube video by Music & Art
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December 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I wish you a hopeful Christmas
I wish you a brave new year!
All anguish, pain and sadness
Leave your heart and let your road be clear!
I wish you a brave new year!
All anguish, pain and sadness
Leave your heart and let your road be clear!
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AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
Me when it happens
a woman stands in a field with her arms outstretched in front of mountains
Alt: Julie Andrews doing the opening spin in The Sound of Music
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Me when it happens
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Mom’s a lib, Calvin is a lefty.
December 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Mom’s a lib, Calvin is a lefty.
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A key difference between the U.S. now and 25 years ago is that if you accused a person back then of being racist, they'd be offended. Now, they're more likely to say, "Yeah, so?"
The Republicans did this.
The Republicans did this.
December 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A key difference between the U.S. now and 25 years ago is that if you accused a person back then of being racist, they'd be offended. Now, they're more likely to say, "Yeah, so?"
The Republicans did this.
The Republicans did this.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.