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❤️🩹 NEW EPISODE ❤️🩹
With the passage of the new Eurovision rules, Israel will be in Vienna while the Netherlands, Spain, Slovenia, Ireland, and Iceland have withdrawn from the Contest. We discuss the fallout from the decision and figure out how we’re navigating 2026: www.eurowhat.com/285
With the passage of the new Eurovision rules, Israel will be in Vienna while the Netherlands, Spain, Slovenia, Ireland, and Iceland have withdrawn from the Contest. We discuss the fallout from the decision and figure out how we’re navigating 2026: www.eurowhat.com/285
on the latest episode of the podcast:
to appropriate the Talking Heads,
you may find yourself in another part of the world...
and you may ask yourself: "well, how did I get here?"
where we are, how we got here, and what's next for The Eurowhat in 2026.
to appropriate the Talking Heads,
you may find yourself in another part of the world...
and you may ask yourself: "well, how did I get here?"
where we are, how we got here, and what's next for The Eurowhat in 2026.
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1990S SCREENWRITER: oh yeah you basically always have to make the families in these movies be ultra-rich in a completely unremarked on way because otherwise it feels bad when Beethoven fucks up their car. but it's not like anyone is going to let that warp their entire worldview! ah ha ha
Fascists truly cannot distinguish fiction from reality
This has ELEVEN THOUSAND likes on the hellsite
This has ELEVEN THOUSAND likes on the hellsite
December 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
1990S SCREENWRITER: oh yeah you basically always have to make the families in these movies be ultra-rich in a completely unremarked on way because otherwise it feels bad when Beethoven fucks up their car. but it's not like anyone is going to let that warp their entire worldview! ah ha ha
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If I had the photoshop skills to put Josh O'Connor's character in THE MASTERMIND in a lobster bib, please know what I would.
December 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
If I had the photoshop skills to put Josh O'Connor's character in THE MASTERMIND in a lobster bib, please know what I would.
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You FUCKED UP, your LEFTY politics have ALIENATED the BILLIONAIRES who run the CHILD BONE EXTRACTION FACTORIES and now they will do a MASS EXODUS from your STATE or CITY. Don’t CRY to ME when you no longer see their CHILD CATCHING VANS in your STATE or CITY, YOU IDIOT
December 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
You FUCKED UP, your LEFTY politics have ALIENATED the BILLIONAIRES who run the CHILD BONE EXTRACTION FACTORIES and now they will do a MASS EXODUS from your STATE or CITY. Don’t CRY to ME when you no longer see their CHILD CATCHING VANS in your STATE or CITY, YOU IDIOT
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wow, sorry. Deleting now. I didn’t know she was French
December 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
wow, sorry. Deleting now. I didn’t know she was French
The People? No, Different Flesh!
December 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The People? No, Different Flesh!
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The funniest part is that the whole point of funding the crusades was to send your potential sources of domestic political instability (loud, violent lunatics) off on a mission where, worst case scenario, they were out of your hair for several years or, best case scenario, they died.
Far-right groups are co-opting the aesthetics of the Crusades for their own objectives, transforming an obsession with feudal justice into a campaign for a White Christian nation.
Why We Should All Be Worried About "Crusadercore"
This online trend equips young, White men with a historically bastardized visual lexicon — one that gives new credence and religious authority to far-right bigotry.
hyperallergic.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The funniest part is that the whole point of funding the crusades was to send your potential sources of domestic political instability (loud, violent lunatics) off on a mission where, worst case scenario, they were out of your hair for several years or, best case scenario, they died.
asking everyone at the party if they want another round of guggle muggle
December 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
asking everyone at the party if they want another round of guggle muggle
make the yuletide gay, etc
December 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
make the yuletide gay, etc
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saving this section image of a 1950s cookbook for boys for go touch grass purposes
December 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
saving this section image of a 1950s cookbook for boys for go touch grass purposes
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ATTN Rian Johnson: if it’s not actually the Harrow Club KEEP IT TO YOURSELF
December 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
ATTN Rian Johnson: if it’s not actually the Harrow Club KEEP IT TO YOURSELF
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Y’all ever walk into a public restroom and immediately whisper “Jesus Christ”
December 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Y’all ever walk into a public restroom and immediately whisper “Jesus Christ”
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White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.
August 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.
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Why don't churches offer high-protein communion wafers? Do they really oppose offering a more masculine option during this unprecedented era of male loneliness?
December 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Why don't churches offer high-protein communion wafers? Do they really oppose offering a more masculine option during this unprecedented era of male loneliness?
greater boston folks:
I have seen both of these movies AND I have curling that night, but if I did not, I would definitely consider going to the Josh O'Connor double feature of THE MASTERMIND/WAKE UP DEAD MAN the Brattle is screening on February 5.
I have seen both of these movies AND I have curling that night, but if I did not, I would definitely consider going to the Josh O'Connor double feature of THE MASTERMIND/WAKE UP DEAD MAN the Brattle is screening on February 5.
December 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
greater boston folks:
I have seen both of these movies AND I have curling that night, but if I did not, I would definitely consider going to the Josh O'Connor double feature of THE MASTERMIND/WAKE UP DEAD MAN the Brattle is screening on February 5.
I have seen both of these movies AND I have curling that night, but if I did not, I would definitely consider going to the Josh O'Connor double feature of THE MASTERMIND/WAKE UP DEAD MAN the Brattle is screening on February 5.
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in this episode of chopped, a chef slices up a pomegranate like an apple and throws it in a pan hoping “the husk will cook down”
I’m screaming like I’m watching a bad play in a football game
I’m screaming like I’m watching a bad play in a football game
December 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
in this episode of chopped, a chef slices up a pomegranate like an apple and throws it in a pan hoping “the husk will cook down”
I’m screaming like I’m watching a bad play in a football game
I’m screaming like I’m watching a bad play in a football game
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Primary everyone. Yes, even your favorites if they're on the wrong side of this
There’s a funny Politico story showing that the latest polling on AI shows 80-20 in favor of heavy regulations, an absolute slam dunk platform, but Dems are worried about not winning back mask-off tech CEO donors
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
December 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Primary everyone. Yes, even your favorites if they're on the wrong side of this
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There is a LOT going on in Jeffrey Toobin’s weird soft-focus profile of Tom Goldstein, but my favorite recurring bit is all the people who know poker finding creative ways to politely make clear that Tom Goldstein is not good at poker www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/m...
![That night was also significant because it's when Goldstein met Dan Bilzerian. An heir to a family fortune, Bilzerian became famous for his extravagant and louche lifestyle as a professional poker player in Las Vegas, and later for being a social media influencer whose posts often featured guns and women in bikinis.
Bilzerian recalled Goldstein's antics that night: "People were all watching the game and talking about what a [expletive] maniac he was."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bpna2qi2e44fafbhhtqjak3x/bafkreigpxvaflmlfkju6aqjd5s4yv7mop47jn576tgl4bkp2c2vhfifnby@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
There is a LOT going on in Jeffrey Toobin’s weird soft-focus profile of Tom Goldstein, but my favorite recurring bit is all the people who know poker finding creative ways to politely make clear that Tom Goldstein is not good at poker www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/m...
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I need to relax a bit. Gonna try out the new bathbombs my wife got me for Christmas.
December 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I need to relax a bit. Gonna try out the new bathbombs my wife got me for Christmas.
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Being "nerd-coded" now is not about being... detail-oriented, interested in non-standard things, enmeshed in a community of enthusiasts. It is now an explicitly eugenic belief that you belong to a higher form of human being and are beyond traditional morality
December 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Being "nerd-coded" now is not about being... detail-oriented, interested in non-standard things, enmeshed in a community of enthusiasts. It is now an explicitly eugenic belief that you belong to a higher form of human being and are beyond traditional morality
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I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
asking the sommelier which wine pairs best with swedish fish
December 29, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
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alton brown making carbonara with country breakfast sausage and rigatoni is the most "my GOAT's not washed" moment i've ever personally experienced
December 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
alton brown making carbonara with country breakfast sausage and rigatoni is the most "my GOAT's not washed" moment i've ever personally experienced
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Every installment of this MTG rehabilitation tour feels like “Nice Scorpion Regrets Past Stings, Needs Help With River Crossing!”
December 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Every installment of this MTG rehabilitation tour feels like “Nice Scorpion Regrets Past Stings, Needs Help With River Crossing!”
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.