Flyndersticks
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Weird futures and stupid puns. Helped make solarpunk a thing. Special interests include collaborative art, game design, visions of the future, and occasionally pro wrestling.
Despicable.
December 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Despicable.
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underlying problem with a lot of pop culture and society generally is that people stopped believing that duty is a real thing
Man, remember when star trek knew it was a show about adults in the navy doing their duty as best they could see how, through a deep sense of devotion to cause and morality
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December 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
underlying problem with a lot of pop culture and society generally is that people stopped believing that duty is a real thing
Lawyers in the chat: is Judicial Review is basically just a 200 year old house rule? Like, there's nothing that explicitly says it's how things work in the actual constitution...
Counterpoint:
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
December 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Lawyers in the chat: is Judicial Review is basically just a 200 year old house rule? Like, there's nothing that explicitly says it's how things work in the actual constitution...
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you just can’t behave indefinitely as a partisan political body without eventually inviting partisan consequence, and in trying to will the kingdom of donald trump into existence, i think the court has picked a very poor hill to die on
this is really it — this case isn't about the legitimacy of birthright citizenship or the 14th amendment, it's about the legitimacy of the court, and any ruling that doesn't uphold the former decides the latter
Counterpoint:
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
December 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
you just can’t behave indefinitely as a partisan political body without eventually inviting partisan consequence, and in trying to will the kingdom of donald trump into existence, i think the court has picked a very poor hill to die on
If you see this, repost with models of positive masculinity. (Apparently my positive models are all named Bruce.)
December 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
If you see this, repost with models of positive masculinity. (Apparently my positive models are all named Bruce.)
@bombsfall.bsky.social I got on an Art Young kick last night thanks to your old thread on Henry Dubb and the Poor Fish on the bad site. There are SO many bangers in the archives of Good Morning.
December 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
@bombsfall.bsky.social I got on an Art Young kick last night thanks to your old thread on Henry Dubb and the Poor Fish on the bad site. There are SO many bangers in the archives of Good Morning.
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"If nothing ever really goes away, it's also true that bad times can be survived and outlasted, sometimes through heroic acts of resistance and refusal but mostly in the ways that people generally survive and outlast things, which is by being stubborn and keeping at it." defector.com/make-yoursel...
Make Yourself At Home | Defector
I started going back to the 1970s last winter because I was convinced everything and everyone else was, too. This was not a good time, and I was very much Not Having A Good Time in it; in retrospect,…
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December 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"If nothing ever really goes away, it's also true that bad times can be survived and outlasted, sometimes through heroic acts of resistance and refusal but mostly in the ways that people generally survive and outlast things, which is by being stubborn and keeping at it." defector.com/make-yoursel...
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Silicon Valley CEOs are actually a well funded op by DARE to make drugs uncool
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Silicon Valley CEOs are actually a well funded op by DARE to make drugs uncool
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This PlayStation patent submission will never stop being funny.
December 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM
This PlayStation patent submission will never stop being funny.
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Public smoking bans just got in under the wire, too. Younger folks might not realize how rare they used to be and how hard they were to enact.
it is MIRACULOUS that we got rid of lead paint and asbestos when we did. if we had tried that today, there would be people whining about how we're restricting their rights.
Bring back residential-use lead paint, you cowards.
December 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Public smoking bans just got in under the wire, too. Younger folks might not realize how rare they used to be and how hard they were to enact.
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If conservatives were for real, if they actually believed in the stuff their intelligentsia quote from Burke and Oakshotte, I actually think they'd specifically hate this. But alas far too often it's just a thin veneer of intellectualism over instinctive hates and bigotries, so here we are.
December 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
If conservatives were for real, if they actually believed in the stuff their intelligentsia quote from Burke and Oakshotte, I actually think they'd specifically hate this. But alas far too often it's just a thin veneer of intellectualism over instinctive hates and bigotries, so here we are.
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in the dark future of the Judges, Mega-Polycule 1 (Brooklyn) occupies the entire East Coast. the Judges mostly spend their time organizing the spreadsheets.
In the future, government decisions will be decided by giant polycules, each spanning the area of several states.
July 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
in the dark future of the Judges, Mega-Polycule 1 (Brooklyn) occupies the entire East Coast. the Judges mostly spend their time organizing the spreadsheets.
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I’m not concerned with men being asexual… I’m concerned with men being good
December 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I’m not concerned with men being asexual… I’m concerned with men being good
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“Maybe we’re onto something.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
“Maybe we’re onto something.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
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everyone is 12 and also racist
December 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
everyone is 12 and also racist
Underrated script doctor, as well. You might be surprised which films he touched up.
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Underrated script doctor, as well. You might be surprised which films he touched up.
For reference, Nixon in the depths of Watergate was at a 66% disapproval
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
For reference, Nixon in the depths of Watergate was at a 66% disapproval
*Shrugs and rolls up sleeves* Well it's not like I was doing anything important...
... if we really want people to be held accountable this time, we will be fighting against the media, against billionaires, against big business, against the consultant class, against D leadership, against practically the entire apparatus of US politics. The architecture is *built for impunity*.
November 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
*Shrugs and rolls up sleeves* Well it's not like I was doing anything important...
Overheard at Thanksgiving dinner: "a lot of scientific advances arose out of trying to make a death ray. We really ought to get back to that."
November 28, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Overheard at Thanksgiving dinner: "a lot of scientific advances arose out of trying to make a death ray. We really ought to get back to that."
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This won't happen but it would be incredibly funny if the Canadian part of NORAD refused to work on the yearly Santa tracker thing by citing intelligence sharing risks
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
This won't happen but it would be incredibly funny if the Canadian part of NORAD refused to work on the yearly Santa tracker thing by citing intelligence sharing risks
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high fructose corn syrup is mostly evil EXCEPT for when you're making the thing that's 90% HFCS then it's good again, that's called horseshoe theory
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
high fructose corn syrup is mostly evil EXCEPT for when you're making the thing that's 90% HFCS then it's good again, that's called horseshoe theory
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i did NOT expect this ending
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
i did NOT expect this ending
Just gonna note that the Apostle Peter cut a stooge's ear off for running up on him and the boys while they were praying.
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Just gonna note that the Apostle Peter cut a stooge's ear off for running up on him and the boys while they were praying.