It’s the first year I can be smug about not having a Spotify Wrapped and it feels fantastic
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It’s the first year I can be smug about not having a Spotify Wrapped and it feels fantastic
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mfw I learned Evanescence will perform Afterlife from the Devil May Cry Netflix series at this year’s Game Awards
December 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
mfw I learned Evanescence will perform Afterlife from the Devil May Cry Netflix series at this year’s Game Awards
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There's a couple reasons so many IWW songs are set to the tunes of hymns and one is that the Salvation Army Band would show up and try to stop workers organizing by playing hymns to drown out speeches, so the Wobblies came up with words so they could sing along. SA has been trash all along.
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
There's a couple reasons so many IWW songs are set to the tunes of hymns and one is that the Salvation Army Band would show up and try to stop workers organizing by playing hymns to drown out speeches, so the Wobblies came up with words so they could sing along. SA has been trash all along.
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He looks like Cate Blanchett in Black Bag
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
He looks like Cate Blanchett in Black Bag
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guys have literally gone to the firing squad for this exact crime lol
“Leavitt told reporters at the White House press briefing that Hegseth authorized Adm. Frank Bradley to carry out the second strike, which reportedly killed two people who were hanging onto the burning vessel after an initial strike.” Wow. 12/1/25 thehill.com/homenews/562...
December 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
guys have literally gone to the firing squad for this exact crime lol
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i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life
We had a lot of the TDK, the Memorex, the Sony, the Maxell Standard Grade, and the black and green Fuji HQ
let’s all take a moment to appreciate blank VHS packaging design trends
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
We had a lot of the TDK, the Memorex, the Sony, the Maxell Standard Grade, and the black and green Fuji HQ
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The TA is not a professor. I point this out because it’s relevant, there is a major legal difference. The TA is a student and is also entitled to the same privacy as the student who complained. This is a major FERPA violation, the university shouldn’t even be really commenting publicly on this
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The TA is not a professor. I point this out because it’s relevant, there is a major legal difference. The TA is a student and is also entitled to the same privacy as the student who complained. This is a major FERPA violation, the university shouldn’t even be really commenting publicly on this
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the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all
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if you ask students to list the causes of the Irish famine and they just say “the Irish are demonic” can you really not fail that kid?
December 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
if you ask students to list the causes of the Irish famine and they just say “the Irish are demonic” can you really not fail that kid?
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if this is discrimination, I’m genuinely unsure what you’re supposed to do when a student responds to a prompt with some religious gibberish
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
if this is discrimination, I’m genuinely unsure what you’re supposed to do when a student responds to a prompt with some religious gibberish
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im genuinely confused here. hegseth seems to have publicly admitted a couple days ago that he intended to "kill them all" but trump is now saying that he denies it? this is very odd to me
November 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
im genuinely confused here. hegseth seems to have publicly admitted a couple days ago that he intended to "kill them all" but trump is now saying that he denies it? this is very odd to me
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ive heard a few variations of: "trump doesn't like wars but he likes spectacles of violence" and i think that's essentially spot on. he wants to drop a big bomb and walk away. shoot a few protestors in the kneecaps but still be beloved by all. he's a fucking cretin
As in the first term I think he might actually be too pussy to start the real war his psycho advisors want lol
November 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
ive heard a few variations of: "trump doesn't like wars but he likes spectacles of violence" and i think that's essentially spot on. he wants to drop a big bomb and walk away. shoot a few protestors in the kneecaps but still be beloved by all. he's a fucking cretin
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i guess they do want participation trophies after all
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
i guess they do want participation trophies after all
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Some bad news. The great film and culture writer Nathan Rabin was in a serious car accident. He is expected to recover, but he has a rough path ahead. Now is a great time to buy his new book (I just did, looks cool!) - a thorough investigation of movies about movies.
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The Fractured Mirror: Nathan Rabin's Happy Place's Definitive Guide to American Movies About Filmmaking
Nathan Rabin's Happy Place's Definitive Guide to American Movies About Filmmaking
bookshop.org
November 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Some bad news. The great film and culture writer Nathan Rabin was in a serious car accident. He is expected to recover, but he has a rough path ahead. Now is a great time to buy his new book (I just did, looks cool!) - a thorough investigation of movies about movies.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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You really have to read this thread. The genius of Tom Stoppard, the fragility of memory, the magic of theatre — and the glorious stubbornness of a researcher who would not stop.
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
You really have to read this thread. The genius of Tom Stoppard, the fragility of memory, the magic of theatre — and the glorious stubbornness of a researcher who would not stop.
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This is a huge part of why so many people think we're in the middle of a widespread "anti-woke backlash": Small movements opposed to social progress are collected into trend stories by conservative media. Far larger movements that want more diversity are ignored or cast as threats.
"Woke is ruining D&D". Meanwhile Dimension 20, one of the wokest real play shows around, just sold out Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl for live shows and brings armies of new players to RPGs.
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is a huge part of why so many people think we're in the middle of a widespread "anti-woke backlash": Small movements opposed to social progress are collected into trend stories by conservative media. Far larger movements that want more diversity are ignored or cast as threats.
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The subcategorization/tropefication of popular fiction has been very bad in general, both for authors and readers.
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The subcategorization/tropefication of popular fiction has been very bad in general, both for authors and readers.
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Still wild to me that companies got together and lied about a mass shoplifting epidemic and fundamentally changed things in all stores so that it’s worse for everyone, and then we found out they lied, and no one fucking did anything about it, and this is just life now
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Still wild to me that companies got together and lied about a mass shoplifting epidemic and fundamentally changed things in all stores so that it’s worse for everyone, and then we found out they lied, and no one fucking did anything about it, and this is just life now
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How it started / How it’s going
November 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
How it started / How it’s going
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Slumber Party Martyrs (flipped), by Robin F. Williams, 2023
November 30, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Slumber Party Martyrs (flipped), by Robin F. Williams, 2023
I’m on my way to the airport and just passed a billboard advertising this
November 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I’m on my way to the airport and just passed a billboard advertising this