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I play games and occasionally do other things.
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“I'm glad you have enough love in your life that that response comes naturally. If anything, you should be proud of that :)”
January 20, 2026 at 3:58 PM
“I'm glad you have enough love in your life that that response comes naturally. If anything, you should be proud of that :)”
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Should infuriate all of us.
MN Doctor: I learned that Renee Good still had a pulse 8 minutes after she was shot by an ICE agent. Yet the offer to administer aid from a physician on the scene was denied. I can't say how much that stirs the blood of everyone here as we try to fulfill our oath to care for the people of Minnesota
January 21, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Should infuriate all of us.
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still one of my favorite tweets
January 19, 2026 at 9:43 AM
still one of my favorite tweets
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This is exactly why you CAN'T let anyone off the hook. Including voters. They KNOW it's wrong and always knew it was wrong to vote for Trump and now we're gonna show em grace so they can vote for Vance or Rubio or whatever comes next? Foh
New polling data shows that it's getting increasingly embarrassing to identify as a Republican, and some Trump voters are slinking away and pretending it never happened.
www.salon.com/2026/01/19/s...
www.salon.com/2026/01/19/s...
Some Trump voters are sneaking away
They'll never admit they're wrong, but polling reveals quiet GOP regret
www.salon.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:52 PM
This is exactly why you CAN'T let anyone off the hook. Including voters. They KNOW it's wrong and always knew it was wrong to vote for Trump and now we're gonna show em grace so they can vote for Vance or Rubio or whatever comes next? Foh
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"Criticisms of AI must include guidance for responsible engagement with it, not just exhortations to avoid it" good lord, I am so tired of these pieces that are the "sensible AI guy" stance that mostly comes down to "AI is here to stay and I am ready to lick the boot, begrudgingly"
January 20, 2026 at 8:50 PM
"Criticisms of AI must include guidance for responsible engagement with it, not just exhortations to avoid it" good lord, I am so tired of these pieces that are the "sensible AI guy" stance that mostly comes down to "AI is here to stay and I am ready to lick the boot, begrudgingly"
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If you have a Ring camera, get rid of it now.
January 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM
If you have a Ring camera, get rid of it now.
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Mamdani won for a lot of reasons, and "actually standing for something" is a big one.
And it's the one the Democratic Consulting Agencies really want to ignore. The last thing they want is to draw attention to how soulless and generic most of their candidates are.
And it's the one the Democratic Consulting Agencies really want to ignore. The last thing they want is to draw attention to how soulless and generic most of their candidates are.
January 20, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Mamdani won for a lot of reasons, and "actually standing for something" is a big one.
And it's the one the Democratic Consulting Agencies really want to ignore. The last thing they want is to draw attention to how soulless and generic most of their candidates are.
And it's the one the Democratic Consulting Agencies really want to ignore. The last thing they want is to draw attention to how soulless and generic most of their candidates are.
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Every time a situation like this comes up and humans start saying “nonhuman animals might be smarter than we thought” folks in animal rescue have to laugh. We already knew!!
First-ever flexible tool use seen in a cow suggests livestock are smarter than believed
A pet cow named Veronika uses a tool in a surprisingly sophisticated way—possibly because she has been allowed to live her best life
www.scientificamerican.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Every time a situation like this comes up and humans start saying “nonhuman animals might be smarter than we thought” folks in animal rescue have to laugh. We already knew!!
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Gallego voted *yesterday* to confirm another Trump nominee for the Defense Department.
Gallego: "The reason why you have Article 1 power is because you don't want to let idiots like President Donald Trump make foreign policy decisions without their being a check and balance against that"
January 6, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Gallego voted *yesterday* to confirm another Trump nominee for the Defense Department.
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If you haven't already, January is a good time to cancel your Xbox Game Pass in solidarity with Palestine. Read more about the boycott on our website and sign our pledge at nogamesforgenocide.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:12 AM
If you haven't already, January is a good time to cancel your Xbox Game Pass in solidarity with Palestine. Read more about the boycott on our website and sign our pledge at nogamesforgenocide.com
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Scully let's split up. I'll interview this beautiful botanist and you go check out the sewer system full of human bones
January 7, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Scully let's split up. I'll interview this beautiful botanist and you go check out the sewer system full of human bones
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Important perspective from Greenland.
January 20, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Important perspective from Greenland.
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Fuck this garbage. Think of all the talented artists in Glasgow who you could have chosen from to get a payday from this gig instead of the money being handed over to a slop merchant.
NEW: Glasgow City Council has just approved a massive AI-generated mural to be painted in the city centre.
The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.
The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"
The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.
The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"
January 20, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Fuck this garbage. Think of all the talented artists in Glasgow who you could have chosen from to get a payday from this gig instead of the money being handed over to a slop merchant.
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i'm sure i locked it... right?
January 20, 2026 at 2:16 PM
i'm sure i locked it... right?
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When I was in school we’d have posters of Shaq and Vince Carter drinking milk and now it’s like hey want to see this weird looking person who gets paid to make your uncle racist
"Drink whole milk, you'll come in 5th place" is an incredible ad campaign.
January 20, 2026 at 4:11 PM
When I was in school we’d have posters of Shaq and Vince Carter drinking milk and now it’s like hey want to see this weird looking person who gets paid to make your uncle racist
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Bud we just saw you get bullied by a man who thinks if a woman's pussy is wet she has to go to the hospital
At Davos, Governor Gavin Newsom said European leaders were “complicit” and “pathetic” in how they handle President Trump, adding that he should have “brought a bunch of knee pads for them.”
January 20, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Bud we just saw you get bullied by a man who thinks if a woman's pussy is wet she has to go to the hospital
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The Trump administration's idea of a "mom and pop" investor is a hypothetical couple that owns 5-12 investment properties.
Bessent: "Someone, maybe your parents for their retirement have bought 5, 10, 12 homes."
January 20, 2026 at 5:07 PM
The Trump administration's idea of a "mom and pop" investor is a hypothetical couple that owns 5-12 investment properties.
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“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”
AI Completely Failing to Boost Productivity, Says Top Analyst
AI may or may not excel at a lot of things, but from an economic standpoint, it's definitely not making us more productive.
futurism.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:52 AM
“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”
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“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)
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i'm going to spend the rest of my life figuring out how a small band of elites decided that acting as the global currency and primary military hegemon was gay and feminine coded
BREAKING: Europe may begin selling U.S. assets in response to a new conflict with the US, a move that could trigger a dollar collapse, per Bloomberg.
January 20, 2026 at 6:18 PM
i'm going to spend the rest of my life figuring out how a small band of elites decided that acting as the global currency and primary military hegemon was gay and feminine coded
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"We live in Idiocracy"
Idiocracy ends with the guy showing everyone evidence and then they just go "oh yeah good point" and start listening to him lmao. 2006 doomerism could not even COMPREHEND the shit we're in.
Idiocracy ends with the guy showing everyone evidence and then they just go "oh yeah good point" and start listening to him lmao. 2006 doomerism could not even COMPREHEND the shit we're in.
January 20, 2026 at 3:14 AM
"We live in Idiocracy"
Idiocracy ends with the guy showing everyone evidence and then they just go "oh yeah good point" and start listening to him lmao. 2006 doomerism could not even COMPREHEND the shit we're in.
Idiocracy ends with the guy showing everyone evidence and then they just go "oh yeah good point" and start listening to him lmao. 2006 doomerism could not even COMPREHEND the shit we're in.
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museums are cool because the people who work there are like look at this neat thing and you're like wow that is neat and you just do it over and over again until it is time to go
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 AM
museums are cool because the people who work there are like look at this neat thing and you're like wow that is neat and you just do it over and over again until it is time to go
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This is canon Metroid
January 19, 2026 at 3:16 AM
This is canon Metroid