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Trying my hand at writing down all the thoughts I've had about where we are and where we are going
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A speech today marked the end of the world we've known for the last 80 years.
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Canada Goes Forth

Mark Carney's Davos speech and the end of the world.

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January 21, 2026 at 1:39 AM

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Caleb Williams threw one less interception in 2 postseason games as he did in 17 regular season games.

January 19, 2026 at 3:04 AM

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Nice showcase for people who don't watch the Bears to learn Brisker is an elite playmaking safety

January 19, 2026 at 12:32 AM

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Big fan of big fat offensive lineman touchdowns

January 17, 2026 at 10:23 PM

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Senegal has a Three Sarr bench today. Let's gooooo

January 14, 2026 at 4:42 PM

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Living in a world where it's argued that a fascist slogan about retaliatory murdering thousands is ok because it's from Franco and not the Nazis and you said Nazis is just quintessential hell

January 14, 2026 at 4:15 PM

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Constitutional Change, a brief history and perspective.
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Constitutional Change and the United States

A brief history and wider perspective

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January 13, 2026 at 11:41 PM

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Frequently my main impediment to writing is my cat's strong desire for attention

January 13, 2026 at 10:57 PM

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Contention: Despite best efforts there are just as many rage bots proportionally on BS as there are on Twitter, they're just left rage here.

January 13, 2026 at 8:41 PM

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Bears are a flaming pile of feces

January 11, 2026 at 2:15 AM

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A bit of mishmash, and distraction from our awful country right now.
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A Bit of a Mishmash

AI Slop Experiments to Distract From How Awful America Has Become

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January 10, 2026 at 1:46 AM

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Everton trying very hard to lose this game against 1 win Wolves ugh

January 7, 2026 at 9:14 PM

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A Design For Life
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RIP US Constitution

A New Government: Part One: An Overview

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January 7, 2026 at 1:50 AM

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Is the entire Everton team on sedatives they are not moving at all

January 4, 2026 at 3:50 PM

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My start of year prediction was Brentford, Burnley, and Wolves to get relegated. I stand by the last two but wow West Ham are bad and Nuno is not fixing it so they swap in for Brentford at the mid year.

January 3, 2026 at 3:47 PM

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30, 29, 35, 41. The question is what was the age of the 4 primary authors of the US Constitution when they wrote it.

We have too damn many old people hanging on to power in the US today.

January 2, 2026 at 8:24 PM

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Excluding the pandemic year, this is the first year since 2014 no movie made $500 million at the domestic box office. Cinema is pretty dying.

January 2, 2026 at 3:42 AM

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This is the song for today. We were promised this was the Golden Age.
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Nothing Changes on New Year's Day

We were told this is the golden age

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January 1, 2026 at 12:20 AM

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Everton are so light on players I'm actually on the bench today

December 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM

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Burnley Everton has 0-0 written all over it

December 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM

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The Dagwood, at Its My Jam. Basically a full breakfast platter stuck in the toast.

December 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM

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Reflections, personal.
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Past, Present, Future

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December 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM

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Why do so many right wing anti-government hate taxes types work in Government jobs?

December 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM

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Questions are the answers you might need
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The Question I Want Answered

Trying to look ahead to an AI world

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December 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM

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Breakin' the Law Breakin' the Law
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Breaking Okun's Law

Disconnect My Reality

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December 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM