Rachel Lynde
@rachellynde.bsky.social
New name, same sarcasm.
(Former TFette, current UGA football fan, ATL native)
This is going to be a wild mix of politics, sports, and linguistics. Buckle up.
(Former TFette, current UGA football fan, ATL native)
This is going to be a wild mix of politics, sports, and linguistics. Buckle up.
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Hey if you have a celebratory playlist queued up for The Day That It Happens, you can test it on the day that the Chiefs are eliminated from the playoffs.
December 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Hey if you have a celebratory playlist queued up for The Day That It Happens, you can test it on the day that the Chiefs are eliminated from the playoffs.
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Or perhaps Grok is simply doing what it was designed to do... gizmodo.com/grok-is-glit...
Grok Is Glitching And Spewing Misinformation About The Bondi Beach Shooting
Among other problems, the chatbot is spewing misinformation about the horrific Bondi Beach shooting in Australia.
gizmodo.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Or perhaps Grok is simply doing what it was designed to do... gizmodo.com/grok-is-glit...
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
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I kept getting served Instagram ads for this transparently janky knockoff star trek advent calendar and it looked so funny I did almost buy it for @gunstreet.bsky.social and @campyalien.bsky.social, but this thread of someone who actually did buy it is sending me into hysterics
I was looking for an anniversary gift for @jsking.bsky.social, I was served a random ad for a Star Trek advent calendar which I bought without really thinking about it. On December 1, he *really* looked at it.
"What does that say?" "To boldly go this Christmas" "Does it?" "OH." (1/?)
"What does that say?" "To boldly go this Christmas" "Does it?" "OH." (1/?)
December 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I kept getting served Instagram ads for this transparently janky knockoff star trek advent calendar and it looked so funny I did almost buy it for @gunstreet.bsky.social and @campyalien.bsky.social, but this thread of someone who actually did buy it is sending me into hysterics
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404 Media zine has apparently outsold American Canto. Help continue that trend here:
404media.myshopify.com/products/pre...
www.404media.co/behind-the-b...
404media.myshopify.com/products/pre...
www.404media.co/behind-the-b...
Presale: ICE Surveillance Zine
**THIS ITEM WILL SHIP IN MID JANUARY** We are making a print zine about the surveillance tactics used by ICE, and the ways people are resisting this technology. It is 16 pages and printed on a risogra...
404media.myshopify.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
404 Media zine has apparently outsold American Canto. Help continue that trend here:
404media.myshopify.com/products/pre...
www.404media.co/behind-the-b...
404media.myshopify.com/products/pre...
www.404media.co/behind-the-b...
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Who wore it better?
December 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Who wore it better?
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66% support either a single national government program or a mix of government and private programs.
The total goes up to 92% if you include support for the continuation of Medicare and Medicaid.
Only 7% said there should be no government involvement of any kind in health care coverage.
The total goes up to 92% if you include support for the continuation of Medicare and Medicaid.
Only 7% said there should be no government involvement of any kind in health care coverage.
Most Americans say government has a responsibility to ensure health care coverage: https://pewrsr.ch/495emca
December 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
66% support either a single national government program or a mix of government and private programs.
The total goes up to 92% if you include support for the continuation of Medicare and Medicaid.
Only 7% said there should be no government involvement of any kind in health care coverage.
The total goes up to 92% if you include support for the continuation of Medicare and Medicaid.
Only 7% said there should be no government involvement of any kind in health care coverage.
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Of course, normal handshakes don't involve the back of your hand in any way, shape, or form, so this is an obvious lie even by Trumpian standards.
What health issue does Trump have that the White House is so desperate to cover up?
What health issue does Trump have that the White House is so desperate to cover up?
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Of course, normal handshakes don't involve the back of your hand in any way, shape, or form, so this is an obvious lie even by Trumpian standards.
What health issue does Trump have that the White House is so desperate to cover up?
What health issue does Trump have that the White House is so desperate to cover up?
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Some days, the cat eye sharp enough to kill a man is simply not achievable and I must settle for the messy raccoon eye that can probably hurt your feelings.
December 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Some days, the cat eye sharp enough to kill a man is simply not achievable and I must settle for the messy raccoon eye that can probably hurt your feelings.
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McAfee as “a best-man toast that never ends” is perfect.
December 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
McAfee as “a best-man toast that never ends” is perfect.
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Shoutout the all the college football podcasts that just posted their coach carousel closer eps like yesterday
December 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Shoutout the all the college football podcasts that just posted their coach carousel closer eps like yesterday
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Okay the 4.4% 2026 unemployment rate forecast is a joke.
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Okay the 4.4% 2026 unemployment rate forecast is a joke.
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Sometimes people are like "aren't you worried about the kids and their nonsensical new brainrot memes"
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
One of the things we've enjoyed the most about the six-seven phenomenon is the way it comes with a gesture, which we've also seen represented in emoji form as:
🫴 six-seven 🫳
🫴 six-seven 🫳
“6-7” belongs in the dictionary, actually
In defense of @dictionarycom.bsky.social's Word of the Year
Website: linguisticdiscovery.com/posts/67/
Substack: linguisticdiscovery.substack.com/p/67
In defense of @dictionarycom.bsky.social's Word of the Year
Website: linguisticdiscovery.com/posts/67/
Substack: linguisticdiscovery.substack.com/p/67
December 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Sometimes people are like "aren't you worried about the kids and their nonsensical new brainrot memes"
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
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Correct strategy
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
December 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Correct strategy
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This was always the play, to own CNN, which is the largest and best distributed news organization in the world ahead of the 2026 midterms and 2028 presidential election
December 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This was always the play, to own CNN, which is the largest and best distributed news organization in the world ahead of the 2026 midterms and 2028 presidential election
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All the pieces are there. People hate this regime. People hate child rapists. People hate nazis stealing their money and kidnapping their neighbors.
What is not there is people collectively putting together a firm demand, knowing who it needs to be demanded of, and excluding everyone else.
What is not there is people collectively putting together a firm demand, knowing who it needs to be demanded of, and excluding everyone else.
December 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
All the pieces are there. People hate this regime. People hate child rapists. People hate nazis stealing their money and kidnapping their neighbors.
What is not there is people collectively putting together a firm demand, knowing who it needs to be demanded of, and excluding everyone else.
What is not there is people collectively putting together a firm demand, knowing who it needs to be demanded of, and excluding everyone else.
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Fox News will applaud this but can you imagine their coverage if President Biden hatched a secret plan to take over Fox News and revamp its programming to be nicer to him
New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."
Behind Paramount’s Relentless Campaign to Woo Warner Discovery and President Trump
David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal.
www.wsj.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Fox News will applaud this but can you imagine their coverage if President Biden hatched a secret plan to take over Fox News and revamp its programming to be nicer to him
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I can’t believe how much of the Trump era is about solving problems that *don’t* exist while making all the problems that *do* exist, worse.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I can’t believe how much of the Trump era is about solving problems that *don’t* exist while making all the problems that *do* exist, worse.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
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oh hey look it’s the thing literally everyone said would happen
Two months after President Donald Trump signed an executive order restricting H-1B visas, soaring costs are roiling rural health care facilities that have long struggled to find staff.
Rural America relies on foreign doctors. Trump’s visa fee shuts them out.
The Trump administration’s demand for companies to pay a $100,000 fee to hire an immigrant worker using an H1B visa has created turmoil among rural health providers.
wapo.st
December 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
oh hey look it’s the thing literally everyone said would happen
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Literally Jesus’s parents had to flee to another country with their baby to avoid the imperial police
Here’s the birth of Christ being defiled by masked federal thugs who think terrorizing marginalized people is funny.
Homeland Security would have zip-tied the baby Jesus if its agents had been deployed in Bethlehem.
Homeland Security would have zip-tied the baby Jesus if its agents had been deployed in Bethlehem.
December 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Literally Jesus’s parents had to flee to another country with their baby to avoid the imperial police
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Remember that ice tested the tactics they would eventually unleash and Los Angeles and across the country here first and it appears they are doing the same with what appears to be a warrantless raid of a home in order to black bag it’s residence who are citizens
fascist terrorism is accelerating.
fascist terrorism is accelerating.
🚨 #TERRIFYING ‼️
#ICE illegally broke into a home in #Burnsville, #Minnesota, 'without a warrant', searched the entire residence, broke down doors, and detained #U.S. citizens.
#ICE illegally broke into a home in #Burnsville, #Minnesota, 'without a warrant', searched the entire residence, broke down doors, and detained #U.S. citizens.
December 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Remember that ice tested the tactics they would eventually unleash and Los Angeles and across the country here first and it appears they are doing the same with what appears to be a warrantless raid of a home in order to black bag it’s residence who are citizens
fascist terrorism is accelerating.
fascist terrorism is accelerating.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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In retrospect, this is the most annoying part, lol. The committee overthought, overanalyzed, tried to artisanally craft a set of playoff teams instead of just ranking them ... and STILL gave us The Rematch Absolutely No One Wanted.
Of all the SEC rematches, why must the public be subjected to OU vs Bama again?
December 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
In retrospect, this is the most annoying part, lol. The committee overthought, overanalyzed, tried to artisanally craft a set of playoff teams instead of just ranking them ... and STILL gave us The Rematch Absolutely No One Wanted.