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Matthew Buckley
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Theoretical physicist, Rutgers professor.
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Dr. Doofenschmirz saying "If I had a nickel for every time a balrog was thrown off a high place, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice."
January 16, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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Newark mayor @rasjbaraka.bsky.social will be holding a town hall and ICE Watch training with NJ 11th District candidate @analiliafornj.bsky.social.

Analilia is the candidate in the race saying ICE must be abolished. Helping her win will send a clear message about where the electorate is at.
Poster for a Town Hall and ICE Watch non-violence training with Analilia Mejia (Congressional candidate in New Jersey's CD11) and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. Saturday January 17 2:30-4:30 mobilize.us/analiliafornj
January 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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The Hyper-Chicken from Futurama, saying “I’m just a simple hyper-chicken from a backwoods asteroid, but if it please the court I reckon I’ll call the entire jury.”
December 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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This is what happens when you get all your space knowledge from tyrants whose pattern indicates two dimensional thinking.
Khan, looking amazing, saying "It is very cold in space." Which is true, but sort of skips over the fact that it is also very empty in space, and so getting the heat from your ship/datacenter out into the cold is very inefficient. Clearly, alt text is where this information is best communicated.
December 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Time to bring out the Old Lore
me on pre-Elon twitter saying: "If you're mad and find yourself yelling that you want someone launched into the Sun, take a moment, calm yourself, and remember that it takes a lot less Delta v to launch them out of the Solar System instead." "You can be mad, but that's no excuse to be inefficient with propellant."
December 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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December 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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The epic handshake meme. One arm says "datacenters in space," the other arm says "stealth in space." The handshake says "a fundamental misunderstanding of thermodynamics."
December 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Jeff Besos, picking out names for his Torment Nexus company:
Garth Marenghi saying "I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards."
November 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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I hope a lot of Republican officials are waking up this morning thinking this.
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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New vibes, who this?
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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For the next 7 hours, we will not be accepting Election Takes.
Two panels, first showing a cartoon dog holding a frisbee saying "No Take!!" and the second the dog, looking angry, says "Only Vote"
November 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Otto and Wanda from A Fish Called Wanda. Otto says “apes don’t read philosophy” and Wanda retorts “yes they do Otto, they just don’t understand it.”
October 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Garth Marenghi saying “I know writers who use subtext and they’re all cowards.”
October 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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The protest today was so dangerous. I took my dog and just look at her: dangerously overloaded from too many scritches.
An anti-royalty gold retriever lies exhausted on the floor, after having entirely too much fun at the No Kings protest.
October 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Hela (labeled "Trump's pardons and tanks") saying "You can't defeat me" to Thor (labeled "Sense of Duty") who says "I know, but he can" pointing to a giant fire monster (labeled "We, the people of the United States -- You and Me -- and our magnificent Constitution").
September 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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September 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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...wait, sub-cosmological scales you say?
September 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Look, let me just cut to chase here.
September 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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My energy going in to the semester.
Jason Isaacs as Field Marshal Zhukov in Death of Stalin, saying “I mean, I’m smiling, but I am very fucking furious”
September 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Ron Burgundy, disheveled, drinking a beer, saying "Boy that escalated quickly."
August 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Small domino/big domino meme. Small domino says "Bilbo pities Gollum." Big domino says "Defeat of Sauron." In the middle, middle domino says "Some babies get eaten."
August 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Dr. Doofenshmirtz saying "It's weird that it happened twice, right?"
August 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler from Ghostbusters talking, with Egon saying "that would have worked if you didn't stop me."
August 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM