Charlie Zone
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2026 won’t be much better
December 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
2026 won’t be much better
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Incredible, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
December 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Incredible, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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BTW, Balzac didn't say "Behind every great fortune lies a great crime," but he did say "The secret of a great fortune for whose origin you can't account is a forgotten but well executed crime," which is far more interesting.
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Honey, this country was *built* on crime among the most wealthy.
A bit late to get concerned about it now.
A bit late to get concerned about it now.
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
December 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
BTW, Balzac didn't say "Behind every great fortune lies a great crime," but he did say "The secret of a great fortune for whose origin you can't account is a forgotten but well executed crime," which is far more interesting.
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RIP Claudia Cardinale. Much like Robert Redford, she was a rare case of a beautiful performer with a filmography full of bangers who did NOT become right-wing later in life. Here she is punching fascist Brigitte Bardot in the face in Les Pétroleuses (1971).
September 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
RIP Claudia Cardinale. Much like Robert Redford, she was a rare case of a beautiful performer with a filmography full of bangers who did NOT become right-wing later in life. Here she is punching fascist Brigitte Bardot in the face in Les Pétroleuses (1971).
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San Francisco publication dissing Chicago, 1886
December 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
San Francisco publication dissing Chicago, 1886
It's hard to believe, but our recent history has shown that, YES, there ARE people who have no idea of how a vaccine works. So, here, in colorful language that the low-informational-challenged can understand, is how it's done:
December 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Fascinating thread. Why shouldn’t our jobs be considered ours by something like property rights? Loomis is right, we need more imagination in our ideas about work and labor rights!
This Day in Labor History: December 23, 1872. Coal miners near Clearfield, Pennsylvania got into a fight with strikebreakers trying to mine coal during a strike. This moment tells us a great deal about how miners defined their jobs and their rights in 1872, providing lessons to us today!!!
December 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Fascinating thread. Why shouldn’t our jobs be considered ours by something like property rights? Loomis is right, we need more imagination in our ideas about work and labor rights!
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[whoville]
DETECTIVE : have you determined the cause of death
CORONER: his heart apparently grew three sizes in one day
DETECTIVE: my god what could possibly do that
CINDY LOU: *winks at camera*
DETECTIVE : have you determined the cause of death
CORONER: his heart apparently grew three sizes in one day
DETECTIVE: my god what could possibly do that
CINDY LOU: *winks at camera*
December 16, 2024 at 12:58 AM
[whoville]
DETECTIVE : have you determined the cause of death
CORONER: his heart apparently grew three sizes in one day
DETECTIVE: my god what could possibly do that
CINDY LOU: *winks at camera*
DETECTIVE : have you determined the cause of death
CORONER: his heart apparently grew three sizes in one day
DETECTIVE: my god what could possibly do that
CINDY LOU: *winks at camera*
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I was prepared to lose respect for a lot of people but my heart breaks to see Kazimir Malevich in the Epstein files
December 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I was prepared to lose respect for a lot of people but my heart breaks to see Kazimir Malevich in the Epstein files
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I said “it sounds like you’re just feeding municipal vehicles to the hill” and the mayor of Montreal started crying
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I said “it sounds like you’re just feeding municipal vehicles to the hill” and the mayor of Montreal started crying
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sitting in beltway traffic, look over at driver in car next to me, motion to roll down window, shout, "if you add testicles, thats extra"
December 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
sitting in beltway traffic, look over at driver in car next to me, motion to roll down window, shout, "if you add testicles, thats extra"
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A friend & colleague of my father sent me this. When he started managing a box office 40+ years ago, he felt like he didn’t understand the entertainment business, so my dad made him this drawing, which he kept for his entire career, which eventually led to managing concert halls.
December 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
A friend & colleague of my father sent me this. When he started managing a box office 40+ years ago, he felt like he didn’t understand the entertainment business, so my dad made him this drawing, which he kept for his entire career, which eventually led to managing concert halls.
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This one is really good. 😉
December 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This one is really good. 😉
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law that says "you must build bus lanes on roads with X amount of traffic and Y ridership or you don't get funding from the state to fix potholes"
December 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
law that says "you must build bus lanes on roads with X amount of traffic and Y ridership or you don't get funding from the state to fix potholes"
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It feels that winter and snow in Chicago helps widen existing inequities because those without cars are less able to move around safely on transit and on foot. Mobility justice is hampered with the city management and policies around snow clearance.
December 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It feels that winter and snow in Chicago helps widen existing inequities because those without cars are less able to move around safely on transit and on foot. Mobility justice is hampered with the city management and policies around snow clearance.
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>the gyre? narrowing
>falcon? hears the falconer
>things? sticking together
>center? holding
>mere anarchy? never heard of it
>blood-dimmed tide? locked up tight
>ceremony of innocence proceeding as normal
>the best have so much conviction
>the worst? listless and apathetic
we're all gonna make it
>falcon? hears the falconer
>things? sticking together
>center? holding
>mere anarchy? never heard of it
>blood-dimmed tide? locked up tight
>ceremony of innocence proceeding as normal
>the best have so much conviction
>the worst? listless and apathetic
we're all gonna make it
December 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
>the gyre? narrowing
>falcon? hears the falconer
>things? sticking together
>center? holding
>mere anarchy? never heard of it
>blood-dimmed tide? locked up tight
>ceremony of innocence proceeding as normal
>the best have so much conviction
>the worst? listless and apathetic
we're all gonna make it
>falcon? hears the falconer
>things? sticking together
>center? holding
>mere anarchy? never heard of it
>blood-dimmed tide? locked up tight
>ceremony of innocence proceeding as normal
>the best have so much conviction
>the worst? listless and apathetic
we're all gonna make it
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Nice gyre. Widening?
December 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Nice gyre. Widening?
If all cars have a speed limiter there is less need for surveillance of individual cars.
It is not a "surveillance state" for your car to know that the speed limit is 25 miles per hour.
December 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
If all cars have a speed limiter there is less need for surveillance of individual cars.
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She was fired for participating in the grandest of American traditions…
Being an idiot
Being an idiot
December 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
She was fired for participating in the grandest of American traditions…
Being an idiot
Being an idiot
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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#ArtAdventCalendar for Dec 12.
Found this snow critter in the parking lot of a Meijer store a couple of years ago.
Found this snow critter in the parking lot of a Meijer store a couple of years ago.
December 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar for Dec 12.
Found this snow critter in the parking lot of a Meijer store a couple of years ago.
Found this snow critter in the parking lot of a Meijer store a couple of years ago.
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Inventing a guy named Triogenes, who is 50% more cynical than Diogenes
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Inventing a guy named Triogenes, who is 50% more cynical than Diogenes
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Time again for my favorite christmas post ever, one that still makes me laugh every time i read it
December 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Time again for my favorite christmas post ever, one that still makes me laugh every time i read it