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This is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff
Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 2:14 AM
This is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality
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Blixa Bargeld performed at the British Library today for a David Bowie celebration and that is exactly what a friggin library should be doing thank you for coming to my TED talk
January 17, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Blixa Bargeld performed at the British Library today for a David Bowie celebration and that is exactly what a friggin library should be doing thank you for coming to my TED talk
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For James Cameron, the Avatar films are the equivalent of a hobbyist building kit cars in their garage or brewing small-batch craft beer.
August 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
For James Cameron, the Avatar films are the equivalent of a hobbyist building kit cars in their garage or brewing small-batch craft beer.
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This is so key. A real problem of writing genre is you can get tricked into thinking genre-normal is actual-normal and unmoor your characters' responses to it, which renders everything weightless nonsense.
This is, as it happens, a lot like the storytelling advice Jack Kirby once gave me. He said that as long as your characters react like real people with real feelings, then no matter how far out you get, the audience will follow you.
On the other hand, if you believe the people on the street as real-seeming people on a real-seeming street, when they say "Look, up in the sky!" and see something weird, you're more likely to buy into the weird thing as real, because the people and place and their reactions make sense.
July 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
This is so key. A real problem of writing genre is you can get tricked into thinking genre-normal is actual-normal and unmoor your characters' responses to it, which renders everything weightless nonsense.
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On the other hand, if you believe the people on the street as real-seeming people on a real-seeming street, when they say "Look, up in the sky!" and see something weird, you're more likely to buy into the weird thing as real, because the people and place and their reactions make sense.
July 21, 2025 at 4:26 AM
On the other hand, if you believe the people on the street as real-seeming people on a real-seeming street, when they say "Look, up in the sky!" and see something weird, you're more likely to buy into the weird thing as real, because the people and place and their reactions make sense.
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A couple people so far have suggested that if a movie has flying aliens in it, the worldbuilding doesn't need to make any sense.
I'd argue that in a story with fantastic elements set in a "real-ish" world, making the world as credible as you can is what makes the fantastic parts more believable.
I'd argue that in a story with fantastic elements set in a "real-ish" world, making the world as credible as you can is what makes the fantastic parts more believable.
July 21, 2025 at 4:21 AM
A couple people so far have suggested that if a movie has flying aliens in it, the worldbuilding doesn't need to make any sense.
I'd argue that in a story with fantastic elements set in a "real-ish" world, making the world as credible as you can is what makes the fantastic parts more believable.
I'd argue that in a story with fantastic elements set in a "real-ish" world, making the world as credible as you can is what makes the fantastic parts more believable.
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Congratulations AI you invented the Dinobots
June 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Congratulations AI you invented the Dinobots
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I would say that what crypto, NFTs and AI have in common is that they all fucking suck and everyone involved with them should be sent to prison
June 20, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I would say that what crypto, NFTs and AI have in common is that they all fucking suck and everyone involved with them should be sent to prison
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This is the Alt Library Of Congress. The latest additions to our registry of culturally significant works are the film Boondock Saints (1999) and the song “Kryptonite” by 3 Doors Down (2000)
June 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is the Alt Library Of Congress. The latest additions to our registry of culturally significant works are the film Boondock Saints (1999) and the song “Kryptonite” by 3 Doors Down (2000)
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Fifteen years ago today, we first published this primal scream from the most disrespected font. (Written by the great @mikelacher) www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...
I’m Comic Sans, Asshole
Listen up. I know the shit you’ve been saying behind my back. You think I’m stupid. You think I’m immature. You think I’m a malformed, pathetic exc...
www.mcsweeneys.net
June 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Fifteen years ago today, we first published this primal scream from the most disrespected font. (Written by the great @mikelacher) www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...
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you belong here. with us
May 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
you belong here. with us
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if the musk-trump coalition continues to fray i suspect we will see a lot of "i was at DOGE" tell-alls and i think a useful heuristic for understanding them will be "anything that makes elon look like a freak is true" coupled with "anything that makes DOGE employees look like lesser freaks is a lie"
May 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
if the musk-trump coalition continues to fray i suspect we will see a lot of "i was at DOGE" tell-alls and i think a useful heuristic for understanding them will be "anything that makes elon look like a freak is true" coupled with "anything that makes DOGE employees look like lesser freaks is a lie"
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Please, sir, my dog he is sick
Corgis have an extremely low center of gravity and the density of a dead star.
PERFECT for skateboarding! 😇
PERFECT for skateboarding! 😇
May 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Please, sir, my dog he is sick
Ape’s cape together strong
get cape. wear cape. sleep.
I just watched an orangutan tie a knot. You should see it too.
May 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Ape’s cape together strong
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good use case for LLMs
May 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
good use case for LLMs
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I’m seeing a lot of outrage about this story but honestly it’s preferable to the old way of doing this which was both disrespectful of the deceased and traumatising for the puppeteer
May 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I’m seeing a lot of outrage about this story but honestly it’s preferable to the old way of doing this which was both disrespectful of the deceased and traumatising for the puppeteer
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[whacks henry blodget across the nose with a rolled up newspaper] no! that’s a bad blodget!
April 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
[whacks henry blodget across the nose with a rolled up newspaper] no! that’s a bad blodget!
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they went and put pikachu in a blender
April 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
they went and put pikachu in a blender
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I wonder what my old friend the Chicken Man is up to these days. Does he still live in Philly? I hope he’s doing okay. Now to relax and listen to this new Bruce Springsteen album
April 6, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I wonder what my old friend the Chicken Man is up to these days. Does he still live in Philly? I hope he’s doing okay. Now to relax and listen to this new Bruce Springsteen album
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Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post. This cutaway illustration began as a personal project in 2011, and I updated it in 2015. Although it deals with a rather bleak subject, I'm amazed at how much attention this image has grabbed. It's been shared millions of times, and usually out of context!
March 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post. This cutaway illustration began as a personal project in 2011, and I updated it in 2015. Although it deals with a rather bleak subject, I'm amazed at how much attention this image has grabbed. It's been shared millions of times, and usually out of context!
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Screenshot in case the main post gets taken down
March 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Screenshot in case the main post gets taken down
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This fascinating film argues that 20thC US governments consciously sought to keep people apart, for fear for communism. This was one of the reasons for the encouragement of suburbia and extreme urban sprawl.
One result? 12% now say they don’t have a single friend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKez...
One result? 12% now say they don’t have a single friend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKez...
The Impact of Friendship & Social Connections on Our Lives | The Power of Friendship | Full Film
YouTube video by Journeyman Pictures
www.youtube.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
This fascinating film argues that 20thC US governments consciously sought to keep people apart, for fear for communism. This was one of the reasons for the encouragement of suburbia and extreme urban sprawl.
One result? 12% now say they don’t have a single friend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKez...
One result? 12% now say they don’t have a single friend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKez...