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Me: "Ugh... all this shameless commercialism is disgusting."
Also Me: "OH MY GOD I WANT THAT GUMMIGOO PLUSH"
Also Me: "OH MY GOD I WANT THAT GUMMIGOO PLUSH"
a stuffed crocodile wearing a cowboy hat is sitting in front of a sign that says the amazing delta circus
ALT: a stuffed crocodile wearing a cowboy hat is sitting in front of a sign that says the amazing delta circus
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Me: "Ugh... all this shameless commercialism is disgusting."
Also Me: "OH MY GOD I WANT THAT GUMMIGOO PLUSH"
Also Me: "OH MY GOD I WANT THAT GUMMIGOO PLUSH"
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Vance's religious arc could not be more normal for a guy with a deep, I interrogated sense of insufficiency. Evangelical to Atheist to Catholic has nothing to do with the nature of the faith, and everything to do with which one lets him feel smarter and better than other people.
November 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Vance's religious arc could not be more normal for a guy with a deep, I interrogated sense of insufficiency. Evangelical to Atheist to Catholic has nothing to do with the nature of the faith, and everything to do with which one lets him feel smarter and better than other people.
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Converts are the worstttttt
Vance's religious arc could not be more normal for a guy with a deep, I interrogated sense of insufficiency. Evangelical to Atheist to Catholic has nothing to do with the nature of the faith, and everything to do with which one lets him feel smarter and better than other people.
JD Vance's religious arc is fascinating
November 28, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Converts are the worstttttt
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also things are so fucked up that if they made american psycho in 2025 it'd be called American Normal Man
November 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
also things are so fucked up that if they made american psycho in 2025 it'd be called American Normal Man
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things are so fucked up right now that if they made American Psycho in 2025, he'd work in a company that murdered people and his liminally walter mitty fantasy life of deviant excess would instead feature him playing the stock market
November 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
things are so fucked up right now that if they made American Psycho in 2025, he'd work in a company that murdered people and his liminally walter mitty fantasy life of deviant excess would instead feature him playing the stock market
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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Like I get it that change is scary but what we have agreed to tolerate in the name of capitalism is so awful
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Like I get it that change is scary but what we have agreed to tolerate in the name of capitalism is so awful
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Just saw news about how a sports betting company made a map to help people bet on a war, a doctor abducted with the help of a fake journalist, the man trained to kill civilians who killed people occupying a city
And it’s just so clear that capitalism and empire are such forces for evil
And it’s just so clear that capitalism and empire are such forces for evil
November 28, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Just saw news about how a sports betting company made a map to help people bet on a war, a doctor abducted with the help of a fake journalist, the man trained to kill civilians who killed people occupying a city
And it’s just so clear that capitalism and empire are such forces for evil
And it’s just so clear that capitalism and empire are such forces for evil
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...and the people invested in reality and complexity are inclined to instinctively defend Walt Disney which further obfuscates actual critique. Something like this process undergirds a lot of conspiratorial gobbledygook imo
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 AM
...and the people invested in reality and complexity are inclined to instinctively defend Walt Disney which further obfuscates actual critique. Something like this process undergirds a lot of conspiratorial gobbledygook imo
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Feel like someone could get an essay out of the ideological implications of this kind of back and forth...a more or less left-wing critique of Walt Disney creates a stereotype, which eventually flanderizes so much that it no longer has any meaning or teeth...
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Feel like someone could get an essay out of the ideological implications of this kind of back and forth...a more or less left-wing critique of Walt Disney creates a stereotype, which eventually flanderizes so much that it no longer has any meaning or teeth...
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Feel like Evil Walt Disney went from something rooted in his actual personality and beliefs to just kind of an Epic Twisted thing by the 2000s...what if Walt FREAKIN Disney was like...an evil weirdo? Take that childhood...
November 28, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Feel like Evil Walt Disney went from something rooted in his actual personality and beliefs to just kind of an Epic Twisted thing by the 2000s...what if Walt FREAKIN Disney was like...an evil weirdo? Take that childhood...
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Far from being an eternal symbol of Pilgrims-and-Indians lies, Thanksgiving was, for a good portion of its history, a symbol of social reform and abolitionism
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Far from being an eternal symbol of Pilgrims-and-Indians lies, Thanksgiving was, for a good portion of its history, a symbol of social reform and abolitionism
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I want to watch this 👀
Post something random or you'll have an awful December
November 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I want to watch this 👀
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Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
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A couple people have reached out to me over the past month and apologized because they fell for some RW smears against me and realized that was unfair. Was massively appreciated. But also, reminded me that a lot of times people DO “uncancel” influencers in their minds. “Maybe you’re alright.”
Thinking a lot about “cancel culture” & how we need more precise language to describe what happens to influencers (short-term, usually goes away) vs, like, trans women kicked out of housing / jobs / support systems
Thinking how Natalie Wynn makes WAY more now than she did in 2020, for example
Thinking how Natalie Wynn makes WAY more now than she did in 2020, for example
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
A couple people have reached out to me over the past month and apologized because they fell for some RW smears against me and realized that was unfair. Was massively appreciated. But also, reminded me that a lot of times people DO “uncancel” influencers in their minds. “Maybe you’re alright.”
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60th Anniversary of the debut of Gamera! Here's a scientifically accurate, educational diagram I did for the US disc releases.
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
60th Anniversary of the debut of Gamera! Here's a scientifically accurate, educational diagram I did for the US disc releases.
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terry received the marijuana from his friend while said friend was in a murderous craze?
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
terry received the marijuana from his friend while said friend was in a murderous craze?
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I saw it so now I have to share it like the Ring tape to save myself.
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I saw it so now I have to share it like the Ring tape to save myself.
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IMHO it's a direct result of moving to the loan model from subsidies for public higher education. "Take a loan to get a degree because you'll make so much more money that you'll pay off the loan easily" has done massive damage to higher ed.
May 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
IMHO it's a direct result of moving to the loan model from subsidies for public higher education. "Take a loan to get a degree because you'll make so much more money that you'll pay off the loan easily" has done massive damage to higher ed.
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Instead, I think we are ill-served by the empty cynicism of 'go to college to get a job' rather than the notion that education is a form of self-improvement that produces a better, more capable version of yourself.
May 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Instead, I think we are ill-served by the empty cynicism of 'go to college to get a job' rather than the notion that education is a form of self-improvement that produces a better, more capable version of yourself.
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The thing is, I think it is valuable. Understanding the past more broadly helps in making decisions in the present. Being able to write and communicate effectively is useful. A basic understanding of How Science Works is important for workers and informed consumers.
The actual content is valuable.
The actual content is valuable.
May 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The thing is, I think it is valuable. Understanding the past more broadly helps in making decisions in the present. Being able to write and communicate effectively is useful. A basic understanding of How Science Works is important for workers and informed consumers.
The actual content is valuable.
The actual content is valuable.
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I think in part the higher education funding crisis and the LLM-teaching crisis actually strike at the same problem, which is that education doesn't work without a broad, society-wide sense that the *actual content* of education - not the credential - is valuable.
May 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I think in part the higher education funding crisis and the LLM-teaching crisis actually strike at the same problem, which is that education doesn't work without a broad, society-wide sense that the *actual content* of education - not the credential - is valuable.
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Help a trans woman out!
I'm not a fan of doing this but my endocrinologist has pushed my appointment forward and the price has gone up, and I'm still struggling to find anywhere that will actually hire me
ko-fi.com/juksie
ko-fi.com/juksie
Support Amber
Support Amber
ko-fi.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Help a trans woman out!
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SNURGLARY
COMMITTED
BY SNIEVES
COMMITTED
BY SNIEVES
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
SNURGLARY
COMMITTED
BY SNIEVES
COMMITTED
BY SNIEVES
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The part about the Supreme Court case reminds me of an incident w/ my local bookstore in Waterloo where his “A Short History of Indians in Canada” was placed in the Native Studies section instead of lit even though it was a collection of fictional short stories.
Now we know how fictional they are.
Now we know how fictional they are.
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The part about the Supreme Court case reminds me of an incident w/ my local bookstore in Waterloo where his “A Short History of Indians in Canada” was placed in the Native Studies section instead of lit even though it was a collection of fictional short stories.
Now we know how fictional they are.
Now we know how fictional they are.