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Saying what doesn't need to be said
Poking around Goodreads, finding people who gave Toni Morrison books one-star reviews, and seeing what other books they gave five-star reviews to
December 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Poking around Goodreads, finding people who gave Toni Morrison books one-star reviews, and seeing what other books they gave five-star reviews to
C'mon guys I installed an app that limits me to 15 minutes of social media per day, this is it, you have 8.4 more minutes to show me a take deranged enough to sustain me until tomorrow
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
C'mon guys I installed an app that limits me to 15 minutes of social media per day, this is it, you have 8.4 more minutes to show me a take deranged enough to sustain me until tomorrow
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Tukwilla, Washington:
The NWS Seattle is reporting that a levee on the Green River has failed, flash flooding is occurring. If you are in the area, move to higher ground immediately!
Tukwilla, Washington:
The NWS Seattle is reporting that a levee on the Green River has failed, flash flooding is occurring. If you are in the area, move to higher ground immediately!
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Tukwilla, Washington:
The NWS Seattle is reporting that a levee on the Green River has failed, flash flooding is occurring. If you are in the area, move to higher ground immediately!
Tukwilla, Washington:
The NWS Seattle is reporting that a levee on the Green River has failed, flash flooding is occurring. If you are in the area, move to higher ground immediately!
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If you are in the area and seeing this.
Leave.
Take your pets, your family, tell your neighbors, and make sure the have a way out.
And go.
Leave.
Take your pets, your family, tell your neighbors, and make sure the have a way out.
And go.
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Tukwilla, Washington:
The NWS Seattle is reporting that a levee on the Green River has failed, flash flooding is occurring. If you are in the area, move to higher ground immediately!
Tukwilla, Washington:
The NWS Seattle is reporting that a levee on the Green River has failed, flash flooding is occurring. If you are in the area, move to higher ground immediately!
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
If you are in the area and seeing this.
Leave.
Take your pets, your family, tell your neighbors, and make sure the have a way out.
And go.
Leave.
Take your pets, your family, tell your neighbors, and make sure the have a way out.
And go.
IDK why but it's this little petty shit that burns me up the worst. Maybe because it shows it's not just some bad opinions, it's really his whole worldview that is just comprehensively fucked up
Melania is absolutely stone faced as Trump talks about how sad Steve Scalise's wife when he was shot but he "knows many wives who would not even be crying"
December 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM
IDK why but it's this little petty shit that burns me up the worst. Maybe because it shows it's not just some bad opinions, it's really his whole worldview that is just comprehensively fucked up
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Senate Republicans just killed Democrats’ attempt to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies for 3 years.
They don’t want to lower your health care costs. They want you to pay more for worse care so that their billionaire buddies in the health insurance industry can get even richer.
They don’t want to lower your health care costs. They want you to pay more for worse care so that their billionaire buddies in the health insurance industry can get even richer.
December 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Senate Republicans just killed Democrats’ attempt to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies for 3 years.
They don’t want to lower your health care costs. They want you to pay more for worse care so that their billionaire buddies in the health insurance industry can get even richer.
They don’t want to lower your health care costs. They want you to pay more for worse care so that their billionaire buddies in the health insurance industry can get even richer.
I met someone the other week who works as a postpartum doula who told me they don't like kids
December 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I met someone the other week who works as a postpartum doula who told me they don't like kids
Sorry to "lib out" but I don't think this is good
Trump: "It's been an interesting day from the standpoint of news. As you probably know, we've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela. Largest one ever seized actually. And other things are happening."
December 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Sorry to "lib out" but I don't think this is good
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
I solved the Sunday 12/7/2025 New York Times Daily Crossword in 17:48!
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December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I solved the Sunday 12/7/2025 New York Times Daily Crossword in 17:48!
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Today is the first of 25 days of #Crustmas! Post as many crustaceans as possible! (not just crabs) 🦑🧪
This year I'm less personally inclined towards "crabs are the ultimate form", and my piece below explains why.
PS all posts will be right here on the crab feed 🦀
bsky.app/profile/did:...
This year I'm less personally inclined towards "crabs are the ultimate form", and my piece below explains why.
PS all posts will be right here on the crab feed 🦀
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Crab Memes Amplify Mistaken Ideas about Evolution
Memes about repeated evolution of crabs have been co-opted to joke about technology and “ultimate forms.” They’re hilarious, but they oversimplify natural variation, giving bad arguments a scientific ...
www.scientificamerican.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Today is the first of 25 days of #Crustmas! Post as many crustaceans as possible! (not just crabs) 🦑🧪
This year I'm less personally inclined towards "crabs are the ultimate form", and my piece below explains why.
PS all posts will be right here on the crab feed 🦀
bsky.app/profile/did:...
This year I'm less personally inclined towards "crabs are the ultimate form", and my piece below explains why.
PS all posts will be right here on the crab feed 🦀
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Read this
“It horrified me to be from a species that did such things, over and over, but what good did my horror do?” Read a new short story from Joan Silber. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/_pKdGr
“Safety,” by Joan Silber
It horrified me to be from a species that did such things, over and over, but what good did my horror do?
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Read this
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“why the fuck are we invading Venezuela” should really be on at least a couple of chyrons
November 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“why the fuck are we invading Venezuela” should really be on at least a couple of chyrons
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this is just gutter racism
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
this is just gutter racism
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I get we've become desensitized to Trump's (and Miller's) ramblings but this might be the most unhinged and dangerous thing ever uttered by a president in my lifetime?
"remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States, or is incapable of loving our Country"
Go rule of law. Happy Holidays
"remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States, or is incapable of loving our Country"
Go rule of law. Happy Holidays
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I get we've become desensitized to Trump's (and Miller's) ramblings but this might be the most unhinged and dangerous thing ever uttered by a president in my lifetime?
"remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States, or is incapable of loving our Country"
Go rule of law. Happy Holidays
"remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States, or is incapable of loving our Country"
Go rule of law. Happy Holidays
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark,
for the straightforward pathway had been lost, Charlie Brown.
for the straightforward pathway had been lost, Charlie Brown.
Horror has a face, and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and moral terror are your friends. If they are not, then they are enemies to be feared. They are truly enemies, Charlie Brown.
We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark,
for the straightforward pathway had been lost, Charlie Brown.
for the straightforward pathway had been lost, Charlie Brown.
I was familiar with the basic setup of Strangers on a Train but never in a million years would I have guessed the ending
November 23, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I was familiar with the basic setup of Strangers on a Train but never in a million years would I have guessed the ending
This is just straight-up Nazi shit, call it what it is
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is just straight-up Nazi shit, call it what it is
So I was listening to the radio and there was this old Xmas song "Santa Got Stuck in My Chimney" and uhhhhh
November 16, 2025 at 4:23 AM
So I was listening to the radio and there was this old Xmas song "Santa Got Stuck in My Chimney" and uhhhhh
Reading a novel that got reviews with words like "genius" & trying to figure out if it's bad or just Not For Me
leaning towards bad
leaning towards bad
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Reading a novel that got reviews with words like "genius" & trying to figure out if it's bad or just Not For Me
leaning towards bad
leaning towards bad
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AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…
I continue to believe that misogyny is the ultimate mainspring of contemporary society
I think about this a lot, Democrats (both elected and just individual voters) bring this up all the time, the evidence and anecdotal experiences reinforce it (brutally, tbqh) and yet “Republicans are better at the economy” just persists? Why???
I am afraid it’s gender, which is near intractable.
I am afraid it’s gender, which is near intractable.
It’s funny to see how many people here are insisting that Dems never even try to make this case when I think of it as “Bill Clinton’s favourite stat” which he brings up variations of literally every time he has a chance lol
November 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I continue to believe that misogyny is the ultimate mainspring of contemporary society
Has anybody checked on that troop who's on the moon
Are they ok
Are they ok
November 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Has anybody checked on that troop who's on the moon
Are they ok
Are they ok
