Basquiatball
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I have no personality and am offended you would ask
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I know I’m fixating, but “shooting down party balloons and using it as a pretext for war” is literally the “99 Luftballons” story arc. 🎈🤯 (Even “Miami 2017” didn’t map this closely.)
![Wikipedia entry describing the story arc of “99 Luftballons”:
The lyrics of the original German version tell a story:
99 balloons are mistaken for UFOs, causing a military general to send pilots to investigate. Finding nothing but balloons, the pilots put on a large show of firepower. The display of force worries the nations along the borders and the defence ministers on each side encourage conflict to grab power for themselves.
In the end, a cataclysmic war results from the otherwise harmless flight of balloons and causes devastation on all sides without a victor, as indicated in the denouement of the song: "99 Jahre Krieg ließen keinen Platz für Sieger," which means "99 years of war left no room for victors." The anti-war song finishes with the singer walking through the devastated ruins of the world and finding a single balloon. The description of what happens in the final line of the piece is the same in German and English:
'''Denk' an dich und lass' ihn fliegen," or "Think of you and let it go."[11]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4dp4culto5csbqs5m6ge22fw/bafkreie4ga5vudhvz4e25t5oducxifde6sf2zgal7wugci2bv5ee2qfcoe@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 9:20 PM
I know I’m fixating, but “shooting down party balloons and using it as a pretext for war” is literally the “99 Luftballons” story arc. 🎈🤯 (Even “Miami 2017” didn’t map this closely.)
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This is some genuinely psycho shit...
February 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
This is some genuinely psycho shit...
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We sitting here talking about Epstein, man! Not the Dow, not the Dow being over 50,000! We talking about Epstein!
February 11, 2026 at 4:29 PM
We sitting here talking about Epstein, man! Not the Dow, not the Dow being over 50,000! We talking about Epstein!
The CEO of the hot new tech startup "UNRELIABLE NARRATOR, INC" has some exciting predictions about their new product! Click here to read how it will change your life
February 11, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The CEO of the hot new tech startup "UNRELIABLE NARRATOR, INC" has some exciting predictions about their new product! Click here to read how it will change your life
I'm doing it. I'm baking a single cookie. For self control, and for science
February 11, 2026 at 2:03 AM
I'm doing it. I'm baking a single cookie. For self control, and for science
I'm old school. The word "Mog" means to "Memory of Grace" in the classic video game Elden Ring, not what these newfangled kids use it to mean
February 10, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I'm old school. The word "Mog" means to "Memory of Grace" in the classic video game Elden Ring, not what these newfangled kids use it to mean
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Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.
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Esther before Ahasuerus, by Paolo Veronese, 1585-88, 📸 by Nell Redmond
February 10, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Esther before Ahasuerus, by Paolo Veronese, 1585-88, 📸 by Nell Redmond
"Jeffrey Epstein's island simply happened to be on my way to where I was going on my yacht" is such a simple and relatable explanation that could happen to anyone
February 10, 2026 at 4:14 PM
"Jeffrey Epstein's island simply happened to be on my way to where I was going on my yacht" is such a simple and relatable explanation that could happen to anyone
Intrigued by the parallel White Protestant lines for evangelical and non evangelical while White Catholics are mostly "He is who we thought he is"
% of White evangelicals who are extremely/very confident that Donald Trump acts ethically in office 📉
55% in early 2025
40% in early 2026
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
55% in early 2025
40% in early 2026
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
February 10, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Intrigued by the parallel White Protestant lines for evangelical and non evangelical while White Catholics are mostly "He is who we thought he is"
Welp. Bluesky got drafts today and nobody picked me. Hope I get a Bluesky G League offer, but let's be realistic
February 10, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Welp. Bluesky got drafts today and nobody picked me. Hope I get a Bluesky G League offer, but let's be realistic
Im fascinated by the document formatting of this.
February 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Im fascinated by the document formatting of this.
As usual my rooting interest in the big game today is that the 49ers lose
February 8, 2026 at 8:19 PM
As usual my rooting interest in the big game today is that the 49ers lose
I love the luge event. It's criminal that they haven't made watersliding a Summer Olympics event
February 8, 2026 at 6:13 PM
I love the luge event. It's criminal that they haven't made watersliding a Summer Olympics event
The Patriots would be much more likeable if they simply changed their name to "The Party Hats"
February 8, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The Patriots would be much more likeable if they simply changed their name to "The Party Hats"
I will say David Jonsson has been good in everything I've seen him in, and never played similar parts. Even in Alien: Romulus he plays 2 different parts very well. He's due for a mainstream role that ruins his versatility in all these downstream productions
February 8, 2026 at 8:03 AM
I will say David Jonsson has been good in everything I've seen him in, and never played similar parts. Even in Alien: Romulus he plays 2 different parts very well. He's due for a mainstream role that ruins his versatility in all these downstream productions
Thought they had a pretty complete great return to form for the series until the very stupid and unnecessary end sequence
I'm watching Alien: Romulus
February 8, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Thought they had a pretty complete great return to form for the series until the very stupid and unnecessary end sequence
I'm watching Alien: Romulus
February 8, 2026 at 5:56 AM
I'm watching Alien: Romulus
"British Dork With A Piano" was dominant music genre in the 70s that I feel has really fallen off
February 8, 2026 at 5:52 AM
"British Dork With A Piano" was dominant music genre in the 70s that I feel has really fallen off
Rank each sentence by how diametrically opposed to the truth it is
Breaking — Will Lewis out at the Washington Post. He just sent this email to staff (shared with me by staffer):
February 7, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Rank each sentence by how diametrically opposed to the truth it is
San Francisco is alright. East and North Bay are better but it's definitely better than South Bay or the Inland. So good for it.
February 7, 2026 at 10:47 PM
San Francisco is alright. East and North Bay are better but it's definitely better than South Bay or the Inland. So good for it.
All banana bread recipes should include brown butter. The only cost is like 5 extra minutes. What i dont understand is why more banana bread recipes dont include cinnamon
February 7, 2026 at 5:37 AM
All banana bread recipes should include brown butter. The only cost is like 5 extra minutes. What i dont understand is why more banana bread recipes dont include cinnamon
We all joke but the best possible muppet show host is Artificial Intelligence, that can lead our children to become productive consumers and producers in our utopian capitalist society until their utility is spent and they bury themselves in the compost mills, the feed the next generation
February 7, 2026 at 5:27 AM
We all joke but the best possible muppet show host is Artificial Intelligence, that can lead our children to become productive consumers and producers in our utopian capitalist society until their utility is spent and they bury themselves in the compost mills, the feed the next generation
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They’re calling it the finest series of words the CBC has ever been responsible for
February 7, 2026 at 5:21 AM
They’re calling it the finest series of words the CBC has ever been responsible for
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DOOM offering a moment of silence for Dilla
February 7, 2026 at 4:39 AM
DOOM offering a moment of silence for Dilla