SrslyJosh
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Probably human. Not happy about it.
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If your wife makes you go to the ER you get praised effusively and commended on your bravery and a congratulatory burger.
Unfortunately it also means that when your unscheduled absence is explained to the border collie it will involve the phrase "Mom had to take Dad to the vet."
Unfortunately it also means that when your unscheduled absence is explained to the border collie it will involve the phrase "Mom had to take Dad to the vet."
January 5, 2026 at 2:54 AM
If your wife makes you go to the ER you get praised effusively and commended on your bravery and a congratulatory burger.
Unfortunately it also means that when your unscheduled absence is explained to the border collie it will involve the phrase "Mom had to take Dad to the vet."
Unfortunately it also means that when your unscheduled absence is explained to the border collie it will involve the phrase "Mom had to take Dad to the vet."
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Ikea had these little cat houses on sale and
January 5, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Ikea had these little cat houses on sale and
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If you don't think the capture of Nicolas Maduro has made the world safer, just remember how the death of Saddam Hussein brought stability to the region and a lasting peace to the world.
January 3, 2026 at 7:07 PM
If you don't think the capture of Nicolas Maduro has made the world safer, just remember how the death of Saddam Hussein brought stability to the region and a lasting peace to the world.
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Narcissists’ primary emotion is grievance and their primary drive is revenge. This tracks.
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Narcissists’ primary emotion is grievance and their primary drive is revenge. This tracks.
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I think the AI angle of this is obscurant. It doesn’t matter that grok is “an AI” whatever you take that to mean. Suppose X hired a team of guys to photoshop the clothes off of women and children whenever anyone asks. That’s functionally identical what happening here. It’s not complicated.
A functional country would shut Grok down permanently. Like, immediately. Right now. Last week. Whatever. Just flip the switch. Obviously.
January 4, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I think the AI angle of this is obscurant. It doesn’t matter that grok is “an AI” whatever you take that to mean. Suppose X hired a team of guys to photoshop the clothes off of women and children whenever anyone asks. That’s functionally identical what happening here. It’s not complicated.
Kleptocracy and kakistocracy are both good words for describing our current government, but I feel like we really need a word that means “government by the biggest fucking losers in the country.”
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Kleptocracy and kakistocracy are both good words for describing our current government, but I feel like we really need a word that means “government by the biggest fucking losers in the country.”
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It's like they have all the pieces to the puzzle and they just don't understand how puzzles work.
September 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It's like they have all the pieces to the puzzle and they just don't understand how puzzles work.
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the reason they don’t bother to manufacture the consent beforehand is that everyone just sort of does it for them post-facto now
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
the reason they don’t bother to manufacture the consent beforehand is that everyone just sort of does it for them post-facto now
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So what happens when China pulls this same shit on Lai Ching-te (President of the ROC/Taiwan)?
January 4, 2026 at 3:36 PM
So what happens when China pulls this same shit on Lai Ching-te (President of the ROC/Taiwan)?
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“Marco Rubio as a teenager made extra cash working for his late brother-in-law Orlando Cicilia. The business imported and sold exotic animals as a front for moving nearly a half million pounds of cocaine and marijuana.”
This is incredibly worth reading in light of what is happening now and the basis on which Trump and Rubio are pursuing charges against Maduro.
The Narco-Terrorist Elite - The American Prospect
Why is Marco Rubio so hell-bent on making Iran-Contra again?
prospect.org
January 4, 2026 at 8:29 PM
“Marco Rubio as a teenager made extra cash working for his late brother-in-law Orlando Cicilia. The business imported and sold exotic animals as a front for moving nearly a half million pounds of cocaine and marijuana.”
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Polls show that 70% of Americans oppose the war in Venezuela. But at this CBS News staff meeting, that number feels much smaller.
January 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Polls show that 70% of Americans oppose the war in Venezuela. But at this CBS News staff meeting, that number feels much smaller.
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"Rowling Syndrome" is (my name for) the pattern whereby someone with generally rounded interests initially exhibits mild transphobia, then surprisingly rapidly becomes obsessed with trans hate to the exclusion of other topics. (Stephen Fry was just interviewed about the index case.)
June 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
"Rowling Syndrome" is (my name for) the pattern whereby someone with generally rounded interests initially exhibits mild transphobia, then surprisingly rapidly becomes obsessed with trans hate to the exclusion of other topics. (Stephen Fry was just interviewed about the index case.)
How it started: “We’re going to run Venezuela.”
How it’s going:
How it’s going:
VP Delcy Rodriguez, whom Trump indicated earlier today was collaborating with the US government, is live on television right now.
Earlier reports that she's in Russia are false. She's in Caracas with the rest of the cabinet.
Rodriguez: "We will never again be a colony for any empire"
Earlier reports that she's in Russia are false. She's in Caracas with the rest of the cabinet.
Rodriguez: "We will never again be a colony for any empire"
January 4, 2026 at 11:03 AM
How it started: “We’re going to run Venezuela.”
How it’s going:
How it’s going:
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2026 has been a rocky year but thank God it's almost over
January 3, 2026 at 10:17 AM
2026 has been a rocky year but thank God it's almost over
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Trump is trying to force US oil companies to rebuild Venezuelan oil fields that are too expensive to invest in at current crude prices while a full blown energy revolution is happening with cheap solar and electrification growing exponentially.
This is a dying empire shit.
This is a dying empire shit.
a lot of interesting revelations between the lines of this story www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 4, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Trump is trying to force US oil companies to rebuild Venezuelan oil fields that are too expensive to invest in at current crude prices while a full blown energy revolution is happening with cheap solar and electrification growing exponentially.
This is a dying empire shit.
This is a dying empire shit.
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How many regime changes initiated by presidents that could actually read security briefings and stay awake in meetings ultimately made things worse? But Republicans think this one will work out?
January 4, 2026 at 2:17 AM
How many regime changes initiated by presidents that could actually read security briefings and stay awake in meetings ultimately made things worse? But Republicans think this one will work out?
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Everything Is Russiagate truly lol
The cynics think today's attack on Venezuela is staged and transactional. Maduro is allied with Putin, but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. (See Fiona Hill's testimony in Trump's first impeachment trial, h/t @davetroy.com). Even Maduro may be in on it. 2/
January 4, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Everything Is Russiagate truly lol
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Tell your elected officials to do everything in their power to stand up to Trump and prevent war with Venezuela.
Email your Members of Congress: act.indivisible.org/sign/stop-tr...
Call your senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
And call your representative: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email your Members of Congress: act.indivisible.org/sign/stop-tr...
Call your senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
And call your representative: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
January 3, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Tell your elected officials to do everything in their power to stand up to Trump and prevent war with Venezuela.
Email your Members of Congress: act.indivisible.org/sign/stop-tr...
Call your senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
And call your representative: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email your Members of Congress: act.indivisible.org/sign/stop-tr...
Call your senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
And call your representative: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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Tony Dokoupil just last week said that CBS was going to represent the views of average Americans and not the elites. He then cancelled his vacation to come on the air and say that regime change in Venezuela is awesome, a position that maybe 20% of Americans hold.
Nightmarish. CBS News is now running straight state propaganda. They handed Hegseth all three segments and are now tweeting flattering sound bites.
January 4, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Tony Dokoupil just last week said that CBS was going to represent the views of average Americans and not the elites. He then cancelled his vacation to come on the air and say that regime change in Venezuela is awesome, a position that maybe 20% of Americans hold.
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all I am going to say about this is that propagandists got tried for war crimes at nuremberg too www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
News organizations held off on reporting Venezuela raid
The American news organizations held their stories over concerns about endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:41 AM
all I am going to say about this is that propagandists got tried for war crimes at nuremberg too www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
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This image is real btw. It looks like a photoshopped joke but it’s real.
January 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
This image is real btw. It looks like a photoshopped joke but it’s real.
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www.5calls.org makes it really easy…
visit the site on your phone, and it guides you thru your 3 calls
you can just tap the direct number for each of your targets, and it dials
they have a list of things you could say
but mainly "stop this. impeach, remove, blockade, whatever"
visit the site on your phone, and it guides you thru your 3 calls
you can just tap the direct number for each of your targets, and it dials
they have a list of things you could say
but mainly "stop this. impeach, remove, blockade, whatever"
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
www.5calls.org
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
www.5calls.org makes it really easy…
visit the site on your phone, and it guides you thru your 3 calls
you can just tap the direct number for each of your targets, and it dials
they have a list of things you could say
but mainly "stop this. impeach, remove, blockade, whatever"
visit the site on your phone, and it guides you thru your 3 calls
you can just tap the direct number for each of your targets, and it dials
they have a list of things you could say
but mainly "stop this. impeach, remove, blockade, whatever"
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I think it's the stance of the Trump DOJ that one can have semi-automatic weapons in DC but not machine guns in other countries.
January 3, 2026 at 6:23 PM
I think it's the stance of the Trump DOJ that one can have semi-automatic weapons in DC but not machine guns in other countries.