Adam L. Cox
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KS>IA>NE>BC>UT>NC>MD>FL>SC Appalachian Southerner combined with Kansas pioneer stock. I value both literature and sports. Be sensible, be kind and don’t forget to give the dog treats. Don’t get me started about [INSERT LITERARY FIGURE HERE]
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What’s crazy is this cabal really thinks that those of us whose ancestors came here voluntarily wanted to escape the abuses and predations of the aristocracy only to create another aristocracy
February 15, 2026 at 7:01 PM
What’s crazy is this cabal really thinks that those of us whose ancestors came here voluntarily wanted to escape the abuses and predations of the aristocracy only to create another aristocracy
I mean come on. All the money in the world and this is what you do? Is there a single non-pathetic billionaire?
Elon Musk is such a ghoul chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01...
Mural of slain Ukrainian refugee, linked to effort funded by Elon Musk, appears in Chicago
The mural of Iryna Zarutska, 23, who was fatally stabbed last year on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, was painted on a building at 2415 W. Montrose Ave. Musk and other supporters of President Do...
chicago.suntimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I mean come on. All the money in the world and this is what you do? Is there a single non-pathetic billionaire?
Mimicking the tactics of actual grassroots popular movements to attempt to pretend a grassroots popular movement exists
Out driving just now and saw this giant mural of Iryna Zarutska, the Ukrainian refugee who got stabbed on a bus.
Despite the fact that her family has asked them not to use her death for political reasons, Elon Musk has been funding these murals all over the country.
Despite the fact that her family has asked them not to use her death for political reasons, Elon Musk has been funding these murals all over the country.
February 15, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Mimicking the tactics of actual grassroots popular movements to attempt to pretend a grassroots popular movement exists
If I’m being honest it was probably Tchaikovsky’s Marche Slave, my gateway to classical music.
I was pretty hip for the 1870s in the 1990s.
I was pretty hip for the 1870s in the 1990s.
Display an album that was important to you when you were nineteen.
February 15, 2026 at 2:13 PM
If I’m being honest it was probably Tchaikovsky’s Marche Slave, my gateway to classical music.
I was pretty hip for the 1870s in the 1990s.
I was pretty hip for the 1870s in the 1990s.
PREDATOR: BADLANDS is everything you could possibly want from a Valentine’s Day movie if you’re us.
February 15, 2026 at 2:13 AM
PREDATOR: BADLANDS is everything you could possibly want from a Valentine’s Day movie if you’re us.
I’d suggest a straight up lottery, one ball per team, for the first round of the draft. The only rule is the first pick can’t be won by the same team year to year. This is, of course, insane, but I believe in a beneficial way.
I'm a huge NBA fan, have been watching for 40 years, and I still don't know what the solution here is. I'd say shorter seasons, but obviously ownership and the networks aren't gonna allow that ad money and gate money to go away. This whole situation is wild
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on tanking: "It's so clear that the incentives are misaligned."
Silver said the believes tanking is worse than we've seen before and said that's what led to the recent fines as an effort to put all teams on notice. Silver emphasized again the league is focused on fixes.
Silver said the believes tanking is worse than we've seen before and said that's what led to the recent fines as an effort to put all teams on notice. Silver emphasized again the league is focused on fixes.
February 14, 2026 at 9:31 PM
I’d suggest a straight up lottery, one ball per team, for the first round of the draft. The only rule is the first pick can’t be won by the same team year to year. This is, of course, insane, but I believe in a beneficial way.
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It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this
February 14, 2026 at 9:53 AM
It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this
$15 million for security. Delusions of persecution are a hell of a drug.
there's fierce competition, but this is one of the most stomach-turning things I've read in some time
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
$15 million for security. Delusions of persecution are a hell of a drug.
Much like Ben Shapiro, Fuentes is not a serious person. He should he amplified only to be derided, and never treated as though any of his suggestions have any validity whatsoever. Which, to be clear, quoting him absolutely does on its own.
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Much like Ben Shapiro, Fuentes is not a serious person. He should he amplified only to be derided, and never treated as though any of his suggestions have any validity whatsoever. Which, to be clear, quoting him absolutely does on its own.
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idk how to rebuild society for this but i don't think people should be allowed to talk like this without it going very poorly for them
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:41 PM
idk how to rebuild society for this but i don't think people should be allowed to talk like this without it going very poorly for them
Imaginary memoir:
I DESERVE THIS
A History of My Life
Through Stolen Office Supplies
(Coming Never)
I DESERVE THIS
A History of My Life
Through Stolen Office Supplies
(Coming Never)
February 11, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Imaginary memoir:
I DESERVE THIS
A History of My Life
Through Stolen Office Supplies
(Coming Never)
I DESERVE THIS
A History of My Life
Through Stolen Office Supplies
(Coming Never)
Just to be clear: Ben Shapiro should not be on The New Yorker’s podcast because he is not a serious person. He is a vile propaganda mouthpiece with no actual ideas and his hatefulness should not be given credibility by being listened to and nodded at.
February 11, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Just to be clear: Ben Shapiro should not be on The New Yorker’s podcast because he is not a serious person. He is a vile propaganda mouthpiece with no actual ideas and his hatefulness should not be given credibility by being listened to and nodded at.
This in addition to Ben Shapiro appearing on The New Yorker podcast adds up to an unpredictable crisis of credibility. And I’m a person weirdly obsessed with The New Yorker so I know whereof I speak.
Researchers working with the A.I. system Claude have come to understand that the model’s selfhood, like our own, is a matter of both neurons and narratives. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/kEX1vV
February 11, 2026 at 2:31 PM
This in addition to Ben Shapiro appearing on The New Yorker podcast adds up to an unpredictable crisis of credibility. And I’m a person weirdly obsessed with The New Yorker so I know whereof I speak.
One of my students suggested I put on classic Minecraft music while they write, and it lasted about 15 seconds before we agreed it was too traumatizing.
February 11, 2026 at 2:13 PM
One of my students suggested I put on classic Minecraft music while they write, and it lasted about 15 seconds before we agreed it was too traumatizing.
This is awesome and I can verify that as an end user I don’t really know what Sora is and have no plans to download it no matter what it does, thanks.
Sora 2 apparently cost something like $5 billion to run every year and so far made OpenAI around $1.4 million.
February 11, 2026 at 2:19 AM
This is awesome and I can verify that as an end user I don’t really know what Sora is and have no plans to download it no matter what it does, thanks.
To be clear: punching Neil Gaiman in the face is still excusable and encouraged.
Dismissed because of jurisdictional confusion, it should be stressed, rather than any new revelation that would discredit the survivors of sexual assault who have come forward.
Federal judges have dismissed three lawsuits accusing British author Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting his children's nanny in New Zealand.
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 AM
To be clear: punching Neil Gaiman in the face is still excusable and encouraged.
Not trying to be an object lesson or anything, but while I am at best indifferent to the Winter Olympics and find figure skating super boring, I also spend zero time making this anyone else’s problem.
February 10, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Not trying to be an object lesson or anything, but while I am at best indifferent to the Winter Olympics and find figure skating super boring, I also spend zero time making this anyone else’s problem.
The amount of ads for AI showing up all of a sudden, trying to hype it up in the vaguest ways possible, is really giving crypto desperation.
February 10, 2026 at 1:50 AM
The amount of ads for AI showing up all of a sudden, trying to hype it up in the vaguest ways possible, is really giving crypto desperation.
Apropos of my brain, I propose that from here on out we name each Super Bowl with increasingly complex and painfully incorrect Roman numbers.
See you all at Super Bowl LIK2VI€J!
See you all at Super Bowl LIK2VI€J!
February 9, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Apropos of my brain, I propose that from here on out we name each Super Bowl with increasingly complex and painfully incorrect Roman numbers.
See you all at Super Bowl LIK2VI€J!
See you all at Super Bowl LIK2VI€J!
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{whispering} people convicted of violent crimes also do not deserve to live in these conditions
The government says the people being deported are violent criminals, and they treat them inhumanely. But mostly they are subjecting ordinary people to extraordinary punishments.
February 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
{whispering} people convicted of violent crimes also do not deserve to live in these conditions
This is great. Nothing wrong with the entire economy being built on a series of scams at all. Nope nope nope.
"The Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that gambling was the second-highest service-sector industry for GDP growth between 2019 and 2024, behind only software publishing."
Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ.
Very annoyed at the people who decided to open the floodgates to online sports betting, it is absolutely a scourge. Great piece from Gabrielle Gurley on people spending hours a day on these predatory apps.
February 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This is great. Nothing wrong with the entire economy being built on a series of scams at all. Nope nope nope.
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Fascists are terrible artists and they know it. They are desperate for AI to come in and replace us all, but that will never work.
It’s not just the racism. People mad about these artists have no intellectual curiosity either. No interest in poetry, lyricism, history, dance, food, clothing, symbolism, imagery, etc.
They are gold fish brains trying to comprehend the work of Pulitzer Prize winning artists lol.
They are gold fish brains trying to comprehend the work of Pulitzer Prize winning artists lol.
Bad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar, and Beyonce are three of the most globally popular artists rn. We are so lucky they are so smart and work so hard to use their art to teach cultural history lessons through music, dance, and visually magnificent sets when they could just stand there in jorts and lip sync.
February 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Fascists are terrible artists and they know it. They are desperate for AI to come in and replace us all, but that will never work.
Southern tip: don’t name your kid Braelyn, it dooms them
February 9, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Southern tip: don’t name your kid Braelyn, it dooms them
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