Ted Bunn
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xkcd led me to the Wikipedia page for Spiders Georg, which contains this:
Business Insider referred to Donald Trump as the "'Spiders Georg' of world leaders", as his indictments on 91 felony counts yielded the statistic that the average number of felony charges per U.S. president was two.
Business Insider referred to Donald Trump as the "'Spiders Georg' of world leaders", as his indictments on 91 felony counts yielded the statistic that the average number of felony charges per U.S. president was two.
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December 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
xkcd led me to the Wikipedia page for Spiders Georg, which contains this:
Business Insider referred to Donald Trump as the "'Spiders Georg' of world leaders", as his indictments on 91 felony counts yielded the statistic that the average number of felony charges per U.S. president was two.
Business Insider referred to Donald Trump as the "'Spiders Georg' of world leaders", as his indictments on 91 felony counts yielded the statistic that the average number of felony charges per U.S. president was two.
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I bought my wife an O. Henry book for Christmas and it turns out she just sold her eyes.
December 17, 2024 at 6:08 PM
I bought my wife an O. Henry book for Christmas and it turns out she just sold her eyes.
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December 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I strongly suspect that @zachweinersmith.bsky.social is on a quest to read everything and will get there by April or so.
Reading the Homeric Hymns and there's a passage where a woman is surprised, and the line (in translation of course) is: "she shrieked and clapped her two thighs in alarm"
It's not in a sexual context. I guess it's just a description of that thing where when you're frightened you sort of bunch up.
It's not in a sexual context. I guess it's just a description of that thing where when you're frightened you sort of bunch up.
December 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I strongly suspect that @zachweinersmith.bsky.social is on a quest to read everything and will get there by April or so.
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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Funny, after hearing this I really feel like I do
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Funny, after hearing this I really feel like I do
"He believed they were Noah's descendants" is a very odd thing to say. If you believe in Noah at all, then surely you believe that all humans are Noah's descendants.
December 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"He believed they were Noah's descendants" is a very odd thing to say. If you believe in Noah at all, then surely you believe that all humans are Noah's descendants.
I love that Guest et al. can write parodies that are so perfect and still seem to have genuine affection for what they’re parodying. That shows itself even more clearly in A Mighty Wind, at least to me, but maybe that’s because I myself have a lot more affection for folk than metal.
the songs are also terrible in a pitch perfect way. just the title "tonight i'm gonna rock you tonight" is very funny
December 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I love that Guest et al. can write parodies that are so perfect and still seem to have genuine affection for what they’re parodying. That shows itself even more clearly in A Mighty Wind, at least to me, but maybe that’s because I myself have a lot more affection for folk than metal.
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Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
Stipulated: Stephen Sondheim was a genius. But I wish he had consulted with someone who paid attention to the night sky before writing “Tonight there will be no morning star.” That’s true on a majority of nights, so it’s a lousy way to convey the specialness of this night.
December 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Stipulated: Stephen Sondheim was a genius. But I wish he had consulted with someone who paid attention to the night sky before writing “Tonight there will be no morning star.” That’s true on a majority of nights, so it’s a lousy way to convey the specialness of this night.
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This is literally one of the funniest threads I have ever seen. Brilliant.
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This is literally one of the funniest threads I have ever seen. Brilliant.
Another Christmas Carol observation: although it's never explicitly stated, I'm pretty sure that Fred's wife is pregnant.
December 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Another Christmas Carol observation: although it's never explicitly stated, I'm pretty sure that Fred's wife is pregnant.
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This is great because it demonstrates that transphobes actually do know that gender has nothing to do with anatomy or genetics. These are gingerbread men despite having no penis or testicles, and DNA that is mostly butter.
Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits
December 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This is great because it demonstrates that transphobes actually do know that gender has nothing to do with anatomy or genetics. These are gingerbread men despite having no penis or testicles, and DNA that is mostly butter.
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Young Americans who aspire to be scientists should be looking for career paths outside their home country, just as aspiring scientists do in other countries that don’t adequately support science. If I were starting my career now, that’s what I’d be doing.
My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.”
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
December 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Young Americans who aspire to be scientists should be looking for career paths outside their home country, just as aspiring scientists do in other countries that don’t adequately support science. If I were starting my career now, that’s what I’d be doing.
Seasonal public service announcement: Scrooge is younger than you probably think: probably mid 50s, 60 at most.
December 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Seasonal public service announcement: Scrooge is younger than you probably think: probably mid 50s, 60 at most.
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"And here's something I know you'll enjoy hearing," he assured the Humbug.
The bug listened with rapt attention to something he alone could hear—the shouts and applause of an enormous crowd, all cheering for him.
-- Norton Juster, "The Phantom Tollbooth"
The bug listened with rapt attention to something he alone could hear—the shouts and applause of an enormous crowd, all cheering for him.
-- Norton Juster, "The Phantom Tollbooth"
December 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"And here's something I know you'll enjoy hearing," he assured the Humbug.
The bug listened with rapt attention to something he alone could hear—the shouts and applause of an enormous crowd, all cheering for him.
-- Norton Juster, "The Phantom Tollbooth"
The bug listened with rapt attention to something he alone could hear—the shouts and applause of an enormous crowd, all cheering for him.
-- Norton Juster, "The Phantom Tollbooth"
Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social is a national treasure.
TIL about Tolkien's best named character: tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Teleporno
Extra funny because even if you imagine he was innocent of pornography, he surely knew the Greek roots would indicate something like far-prostitute.
Extra funny because even if you imagine he was innocent of pornography, he surely knew the Greek roots would indicate something like far-prostitute.
Teleporno
Teleporno is a Telerin name meaning "Silver-tall".
tolkiengateway.net
December 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social is a national treasure.
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my guide to intermittent fasting
December 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
my guide to intermittent fasting
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Pretty much sums up the moment.
Current US Policy:
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Pretty much sums up the moment.
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'tis the season
The original "Planet of the Apes" is a Christmas movie. In the first ten minutes alone it has like 2,000 Christmases.
December 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
'tis the season
Can you liken something to itself?
December 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Can you liken something to itself?
Mark Kelly for president
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Mark Kelly for president
Someone who says "Holy shit" about punctuation is my kind of person.
Holy shit. Here is Tolkien using question mark, then em dash, then lowercase. This is officially allowed.
November 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Someone who says "Holy shit" about punctuation is my kind of person.
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People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.