"Captain" "Ruck" "Cohlchez"
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Ne, ne travaillez jamais
No, never work, that's what they say
Mais ne, ne, ne, nous n'arretons pas
No, don't let's stop until it's done
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No, never work, that's what they say
Mais ne, ne, ne, nous n'arretons pas
No, don't let's stop until it's done
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Arts and entertainment writing from the highbrow to the right now and whatever catches our eye.
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Is this the biggest political impact by anyone who has appeared on an Alan Partridge TV program?
Someone told me the UK reporter who conducted the devastating TV interview of Prince Andrew is now in Minneapolis
February 19, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Is this the biggest political impact by anyone who has appeared on an Alan Partridge TV program?
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to be clear: he is not actually royalty anymore and hasn’t been for a while. Like that is basically a central part of why this is largely a crock of shit - they didn’t bother with him when he WAS still titled
So SCOTUS, with its fabricated-out-of-thin-air immunity doctrine, has actually made American presidents less accountable than LITERAL royalty.
Breaking News: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, was arrested in Britain on suspicion of misconduct in public office over his links to Jeffrey Epstein, the BBC said.
February 19, 2026 at 10:56 AM
to be clear: he is not actually royalty anymore and hasn’t been for a while. Like that is basically a central part of why this is largely a crock of shit - they didn’t bother with him when he WAS still titled
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look at this shit lmfao look at their faces
February 18, 2026 at 6:51 AM
look at this shit lmfao look at their faces
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Growing up is realizing that Mr. Burns was right, there were only seven misfortunes (Burns fires Don Mattingly and pinch-hits for Darryl Strawberry)
February 19, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Growing up is realizing that Mr. Burns was right, there were only seven misfortunes (Burns fires Don Mattingly and pinch-hits for Darryl Strawberry)
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I always enjoy that line from better call Saul where Mike is like “criminals don’t have legal recourse”.
Anyway I’m sure Les Wexner had totally above board reasons for not going to the FBI or police about how Jeffrey Epstein stole from him.
Anyway I’m sure Les Wexner had totally above board reasons for not going to the FBI or police about how Jeffrey Epstein stole from him.
Tycoon tells legislators that Jeffrey Epstein stole 'vast sums' from him and denies knowledge of the financier's crimes https://aje.news/whol7j
February 19, 2026 at 8:06 AM
I always enjoy that line from better call Saul where Mike is like “criminals don’t have legal recourse”.
Anyway I’m sure Les Wexner had totally above board reasons for not going to the FBI or police about how Jeffrey Epstein stole from him.
Anyway I’m sure Les Wexner had totally above board reasons for not going to the FBI or police about how Jeffrey Epstein stole from him.
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Some stunning takeaways from the Les Wexner Epstein deposition today:
-He claims the DOJ & FBI never contacted him, even though a co-conspirator
-He claims he was not close to Epstein even though Epstein‘s wealth was built on his relationship
-Not a single Republican showed up for the deposition.
-He claims the DOJ & FBI never contacted him, even though a co-conspirator
-He claims he was not close to Epstein even though Epstein‘s wealth was built on his relationship
-Not a single Republican showed up for the deposition.
February 18, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Some stunning takeaways from the Les Wexner Epstein deposition today:
-He claims the DOJ & FBI never contacted him, even though a co-conspirator
-He claims he was not close to Epstein even though Epstein‘s wealth was built on his relationship
-Not a single Republican showed up for the deposition.
-He claims the DOJ & FBI never contacted him, even though a co-conspirator
-He claims he was not close to Epstein even though Epstein‘s wealth was built on his relationship
-Not a single Republican showed up for the deposition.
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The inclusion of Socratic here is 100% downstream from statue avatar guys on Twitter who just think it means logical
Oh, Danielle Smith is defending McAllister's comments:
"I can tell you that Western society is based on the Socratic Judeo Christian tradition,” said Smith. “If you go back and look about why it is we have the society we do, there’s no question that there are some foundational influences to that”
"I can tell you that Western society is based on the Socratic Judeo Christian tradition,” said Smith. “If you go back and look about why it is we have the society we do, there’s no question that there are some foundational influences to that”
Danielle Smith defends senior staff member under fire after social media post targeting Canadian immigration levels
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is again defending a senior staff member after a social media post targeting immigration which drew criticism from legal and political observers.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 19, 2026 at 5:58 AM
The inclusion of Socratic here is 100% downstream from statue avatar guys on Twitter who just think it means logical
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So yeah, fuck compromise! I'm no longer compromising any further right than AOC. MAYBE Pritzker on a good day. If your candidate can't take stances half as powerful as them, throw em in the trash! I wont vote for em even in the general election. Suck my trans nuts for suggesting otherwise
February 19, 2026 at 5:45 AM
So yeah, fuck compromise! I'm no longer compromising any further right than AOC. MAYBE Pritzker on a good day. If your candidate can't take stances half as powerful as them, throw em in the trash! I wont vote for em even in the general election. Suck my trans nuts for suggesting otherwise
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Bernie was a host unto himself, requiring literally all other dem candidates to team up to beat. AOC is a household name, almost entirely positive amongst anyone left of center. Meanwhile, the compromise's poster boy Schumer is a disappointment daily! Zohran's another great example.
February 19, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Bernie was a host unto himself, requiring literally all other dem candidates to team up to beat. AOC is a household name, almost entirely positive amongst anyone left of center. Meanwhile, the compromise's poster boy Schumer is a disappointment daily! Zohran's another great example.
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And sure, there may still be compromisers who are at their hearts good people, just unconvinced that the left has the numbers to build coalitions. But frankly, we've had enough open leftists pulling huge numbers that this conclusion is utterly ridiculous in this day and age!
February 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
And sure, there may still be compromisers who are at their hearts good people, just unconvinced that the left has the numbers to build coalitions. But frankly, we've had enough open leftists pulling huge numbers that this conclusion is utterly ridiculous in this day and age!
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You know I used to think that the "compromise crowd" were basically good people, and maybe even correct. But over the last three presidential elections, it's become clear that the attempts to build coalitions with the center are actually an unnecessary uphill battle.
February 19, 2026 at 5:39 AM
You know I used to think that the "compromise crowd" were basically good people, and maybe even correct. But over the last three presidential elections, it's become clear that the attempts to build coalitions with the center are actually an unnecessary uphill battle.
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"excuse me sir, there must be some mistake- i voted to create the camps, not live in the zone of interest" is like every trump voter
“my children might see the children I voted to put in shackles, how shall they grow up”
February 19, 2026 at 5:31 AM
"excuse me sir, there must be some mistake- i voted to create the camps, not live in the zone of interest" is like every trump voter
Damn, "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" took a dark turn
He falls asleep on camera, but it only bothers me when he wakes up
February 19, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Damn, "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" took a dark turn
"First, let's agree on three basics: [complete nonsense]"
February 19, 2026 at 5:17 AM
"First, let's agree on three basics: [complete nonsense]"
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I thought this was about that other website vs this one and it somehow made perfect sense
the biggest win from X was the combat with a clear turn order
i simply think the active time battle system is bad
i simply think the active time battle system is bad
Final Fantasy X is the last time everyone basically agreed that a new mainline non-mmo final fantasy game was good followed by games for increasingly smaller sub-sections of the fan base and that’s such an impressive number of times to fuck that up.
February 19, 2026 at 4:30 AM
I thought this was about that other website vs this one and it somehow made perfect sense
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oh "the left" is missing out on AI? yeah, i'm a socialist, i'm for humanity. good. no reason to act like this lifeless and error prone tool is going to do much of anything for me or society.
from one of my favorite AI critical essays in the last six months: anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
from one of my favorite AI critical essays in the last six months: anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
February 18, 2026 at 10:54 AM
oh "the left" is missing out on AI? yeah, i'm a socialist, i'm for humanity. good. no reason to act like this lifeless and error prone tool is going to do much of anything for me or society.
from one of my favorite AI critical essays in the last six months: anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
from one of my favorite AI critical essays in the last six months: anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
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“The left is missing out on AI!” YEP. Most of us want to miss out! If it ever proves its actual usefulness to our actual lives, stops plagiarizing, and is no longer an environmental disaster, maybe we revisit. Burden of proof is on the industry. So far they’ve done the opposite of that!
February 18, 2026 at 5:22 AM
“The left is missing out on AI!” YEP. Most of us want to miss out! If it ever proves its actual usefulness to our actual lives, stops plagiarizing, and is no longer an environmental disaster, maybe we revisit. Burden of proof is on the industry. So far they’ve done the opposite of that!
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Whole Foods AI stores were entirely Indians watching on video feeds and ringing you up. Waymos have live human support partially driving them. And the AI that has “Hollywood shaking in its boots” is…stock footage. With face replacement.
Yeah. We are sooooooo cooked, AI bros. Call me when it works.
Yeah. We are sooooooo cooked, AI bros. Call me when it works.
From the above piece: “I hopped over to Seedance’s website and it only took 10 seconds to find green screen footage of two stuntmen performing the same fight choreography we see in the Cruise vs Pitt scene.” youtu.be/AKDWuFSy9DA
The Seedance Tom Cruise vs Brad Pitt fight scene - how was it really made?
YouTube video by Shokunin Studio
youtu.be
February 19, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Whole Foods AI stores were entirely Indians watching on video feeds and ringing you up. Waymos have live human support partially driving them. And the AI that has “Hollywood shaking in its boots” is…stock footage. With face replacement.
Yeah. We are sooooooo cooked, AI bros. Call me when it works.
Yeah. We are sooooooo cooked, AI bros. Call me when it works.
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Trump genuinely has a head full of mashed potatoes and zero understanding of how literally anything (outside of sexual assault and real estate fraud) work yet it's curiously not a consistent throughline in establishment press narratives
February 19, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Trump genuinely has a head full of mashed potatoes and zero understanding of how literally anything (outside of sexual assault and real estate fraud) work yet it's curiously not a consistent throughline in establishment press narratives
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The brunchlord establishment press hates progressives (especially female) exponentially more than fascism and it's simply not subtle
February 19, 2026 at 1:56 AM
The brunchlord establishment press hates progressives (especially female) exponentially more than fascism and it's simply not subtle
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From what I remember from 2020 during the George Floyd protests, because some idiot set a small fire somewhere, we can now claim that Minneapolis was burned to the ground by ICE supporters, right?
Someone doused Renee Good’s Minneapolis memorial and a nearby pile of wood with gasoline and started a fire at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Renee Good memorial site in south Minneapolis doused in gasoline
Damage was minimal but police are investigating.
bit.ly
February 18, 2026 at 5:59 PM
From what I remember from 2020 during the George Floyd protests, because some idiot set a small fire somewhere, we can now claim that Minneapolis was burned to the ground by ICE supporters, right?
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this is why the whole “oh, suffering creates great art” thing is bullshit
you know what’s conducive to art? a roof over your head and food on the table
you know what isn’t? stressing out over where the fuck the rent money is going to come from
you know what’s conducive to art? a roof over your head and food on the table
you know what isn’t? stressing out over where the fuck the rent money is going to come from
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
I’m constantly astounded at the sheer level of artistic production coming out of Iceland. Novels, movies, music. Amazing.
February 19, 2026 at 1:35 AM
this is why the whole “oh, suffering creates great art” thing is bullshit
you know what’s conducive to art? a roof over your head and food on the table
you know what isn’t? stressing out over where the fuck the rent money is going to come from
you know what’s conducive to art? a roof over your head and food on the table
you know what isn’t? stressing out over where the fuck the rent money is going to come from
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There is no cultural or spiritual tradition where this behavior is considered acceptable and that is because it tears at the very fabric of society. This is the stuff that brings generational curses from an angry God.
Two female ICE agents popped the hood of their car and knocked on the door of a mechanic born in Mexico. He went out to help.
“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE drawdown? Indications point to steady enforcement activity outside the Twin Cities
Some people who observe ICE activity are skeptical about a large scale drawdown of agents in the state. There are indications that activity has decreased in the Twin Cities, but has continued outside ...
www.mprnews.org
February 19, 2026 at 3:24 AM
There is no cultural or spiritual tradition where this behavior is considered acceptable and that is because it tears at the very fabric of society. This is the stuff that brings generational curses from an angry God.