Ryan Kallberg
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First spooky (-ish) movie of October! FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES. These are basically Looney Tunes movies at this point, but I didn’t hate it. Too much CGI in the gore, maybe? Whatever: Am I not entertained?
Since I couldn’t see an aurora I watched the second episode of PLURIBUS instead, and I think I broke even on that deal.
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Since I couldn’t see an aurora I watched the second episode of PLURIBUS instead, and I think I broke even on that deal.
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everyone living around light pollution and clouds right now:
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
everyone living around light pollution and clouds right now:
*facepalms in embarrassed white person*
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
*facepalms in embarrassed white person*
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Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.
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the single most annoying thing about cigarettes, which are terrible and will kill you, is how fucking cool people can make them look
I mean come on
I mean come on
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
the single most annoying thing about cigarettes, which are terrible and will kill you, is how fucking cool people can make them look
I mean come on
I mean come on
Republicans go out of their way to primary anyone who displays a scintilla of disloyalty. And I’m not expressly calling for Democrats to do that, but yes I am. Primary the bastards. If we had ten Democrats who could meet the moment we could stave off the worst of the fascism.
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Republicans go out of their way to primary anyone who displays a scintilla of disloyalty. And I’m not expressly calling for Democrats to do that, but yes I am. Primary the bastards. If we had ten Democrats who could meet the moment we could stave off the worst of the fascism.
ok but now I wanna
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
ok but now I wanna
And now I’m mad because all I wanna do is talk about the Pluribus pilot but I gotta constantly revile Democratic leadership instead.
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
And now I’m mad because all I wanna do is talk about the Pluribus pilot but I gotta constantly revile Democratic leadership instead.
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This is genuinely top 5 dumbest thing any American politician has ever said. These fucking people.
Hassan: With the government reopening shortly, Republicans now finally have to come to the table. Or make no mistake, Americans will remember who stood in the way.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is genuinely top 5 dumbest thing any American politician has ever said. These fucking people.
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I'm single. No kids, no claims, no pre-existing conditions. The cataclysmic leap from paying $50 a month to $1,228.28 a month is a level of devastation the depth of which I'm struggling to articulate. I wasn't going to be able to afford when I thought it was going up to $350 a month. And now...😵
I thought my new health insurance premium was going to be $350 per month until I got this letter informing me that it would be $1,228.28 PER MONTH. I CURRENTLY PAY $50. Is my math mathing? Is that.... a 2,356.42% increase?
2256.42%????
TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX POINT FORTY TWO PERCENT😩
2256.42%????
TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX POINT FORTY TWO PERCENT😩
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I'm single. No kids, no claims, no pre-existing conditions. The cataclysmic leap from paying $50 a month to $1,228.28 a month is a level of devastation the depth of which I'm struggling to articulate. I wasn't going to be able to afford when I thought it was going up to $350 a month. And now...😵
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With Democrats like these, who needs Republicans?
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
With Democrats like these, who needs Republicans?
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Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
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And so a new form of government was born. A system that required citizens to yell at a handful of mostly elderly politicians every few weeks, demanding them not to doom us all. A Screamocracy.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
And so a new form of government was born. A system that required citizens to yell at a handful of mostly elderly politicians every few weeks, demanding them not to doom us all. A Screamocracy.
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If I give the bully my lunch money every day eventually he will die of old age
March 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
If I give the bully my lunch money every day eventually he will die of old age
People you know are going to die if the ACA subsidies expire. Could be me! Could be you! I don’t know about you but I’m not cool with that.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
People you know are going to die if the ACA subsidies expire. Could be me! Could be you! I don’t know about you but I’m not cool with that.
Jesus fucking Christ, @democrats.org , we are doing our jobs. DO YOURS.
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Jesus fucking Christ, @democrats.org , we are doing our jobs. DO YOURS.
Do I want to go see Built To Spill by myself? Like, completely solo? Is that sad?
November 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Do I want to go see Built To Spill by myself? Like, completely solo? Is that sad?
A POSSIBLE violation of the First Amendment? POSSIBLE?
Look I am the last person to advocate for prayer as a means to effect anything, but I’m pretty sure telling people they can’t is something of a no-no.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Look I am the last person to advocate for prayer as a means to effect anything, but I’m pretty sure telling people they can’t is something of a no-no.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
A POSSIBLE violation of the First Amendment? POSSIBLE?
Look I am the last person to advocate for prayer as a means to effect anything, but I’m pretty sure telling people they can’t is something of a no-no.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Look I am the last person to advocate for prayer as a means to effect anything, but I’m pretty sure telling people they can’t is something of a no-no.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
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Opinion | Actually, don’t let them eat cake
November 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Opinion | Actually, don’t let them eat cake
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They should invent a California where you can afford to live
November 8, 2025 at 3:56 AM
They should invent a California where you can afford to live
There are a lot of shit days, it’s true, but once in a while you get to hear that a relative beat cancer, so there’s that as well.
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
There are a lot of shit days, it’s true, but once in a while you get to hear that a relative beat cancer, so there’s that as well.
November means it’s that time of year again: that time when I pore over the Barnes & Noble list of Criterion titles before regretfully clicking the ‘empty cart’ button.
November 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
November means it’s that time of year again: that time when I pore over the Barnes & Noble list of Criterion titles before regretfully clicking the ‘empty cart’ button.
Don’t you think he looks tired?
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Don’t you think he looks tired?