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Writer, Musician, and Utterly Terrible Dancer. 🖤s rock n' roll, time travel, mutants, & chaos magic and absolutely hates Journey. he/him/sé/é
Made overnight oats with oatmilk tonight and suddenly I feel sort of…dirty? Like is this incestuous? Is it a sin for oats to lay with oats as other oats shall with cow milk?
December 4, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Made overnight oats with oatmilk tonight and suddenly I feel sort of…dirty? Like is this incestuous? Is it a sin for oats to lay with oats as other oats shall with cow milk?
This motherfucker thinks Hotel Rwanda is just another missed branding opportunity for his real estate empire
SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.
December 4, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This motherfucker thinks Hotel Rwanda is just another missed branding opportunity for his real estate empire
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Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
This is what happens when you put the conspiracy theorists in charge. They don't actually want to make things better; they just want more bullshit speculation they can grift upon.
So, let's play make-believe and pretend that Prasad has rock solid proof the vaccine killed 10 kids.
He is now sitting on it, refusing to give doctors on the ground the information they need to inform their patients.
The opposite of radical transparency.
endpoints.news/fda-says-it-...
He is now sitting on it, refusing to give doctors on the ground the information they need to inform their patients.
The opposite of radical transparency.
endpoints.news/fda-says-it-...
FDA says it won't release details of claimed Covid vaccine deaths in 'near term'
Details from an investigation by CBER Director Vinay Prasad into 10 alleged child deaths related to Covid-19 vaccines won't be coming soon, an FDA spokesperson told Endpoints News on Wednesday.
endpoints.news
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
This is what happens when you put the conspiracy theorists in charge. They don't actually want to make things better; they just want more bullshit speculation they can grift upon.
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Like I genuinely don't care if super elite level sports orgs want to implement policies at the highest levels that make it near impossible for trans women to participate. I do care that this one size fits all ban shit is hurting people who just want to casually play a sport with friends.
December 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Like I genuinely don't care if super elite level sports orgs want to implement policies at the highest levels that make it near impossible for trans women to participate. I do care that this one size fits all ban shit is hurting people who just want to casually play a sport with friends.
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The thing about all the anti-trans sports panic: people argue this stuff while talking about elite level sports, but because there aren't actually a ton of superhuman trans women blowing away the competition, the people actually affected end up being those who play sports for fun/socialization
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The thing about all the anti-trans sports panic: people argue this stuff while talking about elite level sports, but because there aren't actually a ton of superhuman trans women blowing away the competition, the people actually affected end up being those who play sports for fun/socialization
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Way to stand up to... *checks notes* 61-year-old recreational players. Good work, USTA. 🙃
December 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Way to stand up to... *checks notes* 61-year-old recreational players. Good work, USTA. 🙃
My kid wanted extra screen time today so I said "Okay" and made him watch the STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL all the way through.
Hashtag no regrets.
Hashtag no regrets.
December 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
My kid wanted extra screen time today so I said "Okay" and made him watch the STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL all the way through.
Hashtag no regrets.
Hashtag no regrets.
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These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
Bitching about the old Boston music scene is a Ye Olde New England tradition that dates back to at least the OG Tea Party
December 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Bitching about the old Boston music scene is a Ye Olde New England tradition that dates back to at least the OG Tea Party
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The first gender reassigned surgery in the UK was in 1951. She would be over 100 today and lived as a woman for 60+ years. Telling these women they are no longer welcome in the WI is brutal, as they themselves admit. These are our regressive times. #transrightsarehumanrights
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
The Women’s Institute will no longer accept transgender women as members from April following the UK supreme court ruling on the legal definition of a woman, the Guardian can reveal.
Melissa Green, the chief executive of the National Federation of Women’s Institutes, said the organisation had taken the decision with the “utmost regret and sadness”, adding it had “no choice” but to exclude trans women from its membership. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The first gender reassigned surgery in the UK was in 1951. She would be over 100 today and lived as a woman for 60+ years. Telling these women they are no longer welcome in the WI is brutal, as they themselves admit. These are our regressive times. #transrightsarehumanrights
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Comedy is ok but clown is more difficult.
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Comedy is ok but clown is more difficult.
"Why would [young college educated adults] vote for a party that promises to make their community worse ?"
I've been asking this question for years and yet here we are. At least some Rs seem to understand the inherent flaws in their ideology.
I've been asking this question for years and yet here we are. At least some Rs seem to understand the inherent flaws in their ideology.
In this piece, a lifelong Republican argues against state-level limits on property taxes because he believes that wealthy suburban enclaves should be able to tax themselves to provide high-quality public services at the local level.
Opinion | The G.O.P. War on Property Taxes Will Lose Them the Suburbs
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"Why would [young college educated adults] vote for a party that promises to make their community worse ?"
I've been asking this question for years and yet here we are. At least some Rs seem to understand the inherent flaws in their ideology.
I've been asking this question for years and yet here we are. At least some Rs seem to understand the inherent flaws in their ideology.
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This is what frustrates me so much about these articles: Propagating the narrative that large numbers of kids are faking disabilities is just going to result in a world where disabled people are *even more* scrutinized when they ask for accommodations!
My kids go to a "rich" public school. My daughter is 7 and cannot read; she is a sweet, caring, intelligent child, but if you spend a moment with her it is clear that she has ADHD an order of magnitude more serious than what you think of when you hear "ADHD." Anybody questioning her IEP can fuck off
"Rich kids are gaming disability accommodations to gain an unfair advantage" is actually very different from "America has an extra-time-on-tests problem" — and the author hasn't proved that either! Rich kids might just be more likely to be diagnosed.
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is what frustrates me so much about these articles: Propagating the narrative that large numbers of kids are faking disabilities is just going to result in a world where disabled people are *even more* scrutinized when they ask for accommodations!
This isn't hard at all. The answer is … just fucking accommodate people.
Are there some annoying-ass fakers out there who try to game the system? Sure! I've met 'em! I hate 'em!
But if you let your hatred of them stop you from giving me the accommodations I need — well, I might hate you even more.
Are there some annoying-ass fakers out there who try to game the system? Sure! I've met 'em! I hate 'em!
But if you let your hatred of them stop you from giving me the accommodations I need — well, I might hate you even more.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This isn't hard at all. The answer is … just fucking accommodate people.
Are there some annoying-ass fakers out there who try to game the system? Sure! I've met 'em! I hate 'em!
But if you let your hatred of them stop you from giving me the accommodations I need — well, I might hate you even more.
Are there some annoying-ass fakers out there who try to game the system? Sure! I've met 'em! I hate 'em!
But if you let your hatred of them stop you from giving me the accommodations I need — well, I might hate you even more.
Give the people what they want: SURF DRACULA, PRIVATE EYE
The Benoit Blanc movies work because they know what you want out of a detective:
Someone who is weird as hell but morally strong and, by the end of the story, we've learned nothing about them except that they're still weird as hell and morally strong.
Someone who is weird as hell but morally strong and, by the end of the story, we've learned nothing about them except that they're still weird as hell and morally strong.
December 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Give the people what they want: SURF DRACULA, PRIVATE EYE
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IT IS TIME
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November 29, 2024 at 12:28 AM
IT IS TIME
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A better world is possible
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
A better world is possible
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Every sentence here is even crazier than the last.
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Every sentence here is even crazier than the last.
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wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
If we're being technical, our forefathers were mostly foreigners themselves, and they largely built the country with the blood of the actual native population, so…
December 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
If we're being technical, our forefathers were mostly foreigners themselves, and they largely built the country with the blood of the actual native population, so…
I have read
the essay
by the Oklahoma student
and which
you were hoping
might actually have
some merit
forgive me
that shit was atrocious
so juvenile
and so lazy
the essay
by the Oklahoma student
and which
you were hoping
might actually have
some merit
forgive me
that shit was atrocious
so juvenile
and so lazy
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I have read
the essay
by the Oklahoma student
and which
you were hoping
might actually have
some merit
forgive me
that shit was atrocious
so juvenile
and so lazy
the essay
by the Oklahoma student
and which
you were hoping
might actually have
some merit
forgive me
that shit was atrocious
so juvenile
and so lazy
genuinely asking here: why does it have to be cool AND good? can't it just be one of those?
December 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
genuinely asking here: why does it have to be cool AND good? can't it just be one of those?
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Weird fiction
“Frog,” asked Toad, “did this really happen?”
“Maybe it did, and maybe it didn’t,” said Frog.
“Maybe it did, and maybe it didn’t,” said Frog.
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Weird fiction