The average American starts working while in high school, even if it’s only part-time and summers, and doesn’t retire until 65 at the earliest, but no, FIFTY YEARS isn’t enough for these jackals, we need to give them more, more, more.
Dr Oz: "If we could get the average American to start working a year earlier, right out of high school, or a year later -- not retire -- or work better during their lifetime because they're healthy, it would generate about $3 trillion to the US economy. That would more than remove the debt."
February 4, 2026 at 1:10 AM
The average American starts working while in high school, even if it’s only part-time and summers, and doesn’t retire until 65 at the earliest, but no, FIFTY YEARS isn’t enough for these jackals, we need to give them more, more, more.
Some of my great-grandparents left Germany in the '30s (can't imagine why), some others left Alsace in the 1870s and '80s (ditto), and if what I found recently on this LDS-run genealogy website is correct, a bunch of my German ancestors 10-11 generations back arrived in Pennsylvania before 1760...
Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here?
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
February 3, 2026 at 6:47 AM
Some of my great-grandparents left Germany in the '30s (can't imagine why), some others left Alsace in the 1870s and '80s (ditto), and if what I found recently on this LDS-run genealogy website is correct, a bunch of my German ancestors 10-11 generations back arrived in Pennsylvania before 1760...
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Today's SFF news
February 2, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Today's SFF news
Why did I decide to start a 1,000 piece puzzle with mostly white pieces? This is gonna take ages.
February 2, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Why did I decide to start a 1,000 piece puzzle with mostly white pieces? This is gonna take ages.
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Neil Gaiman should never be readmitted to polite society. A man with that much money and power, actively putting up a smokescreen of progressivism to conceal his predation, can never be trusted.
February 2, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Neil Gaiman should never be readmitted to polite society. A man with that much money and power, actively putting up a smokescreen of progressivism to conceal his predation, can never be trusted.
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This is who runs this account.
February 1, 2026 at 9:49 PM
This is who runs this account.
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So fare thee well, poor devil of a Sub-Sub, whose commentator I am.
February 1, 2026 at 9:47 AM
So fare thee well, poor devil of a Sub-Sub, whose commentator I am.
Book checkpoint
Last: Bleak House, Dickens
Current: Throne of Jade (Temeraire #2), Naomi Novik (reread)
Next: Moby-Dick, maybe? Or another Stephen King? Or Mary Renault?
Last added tbr: Hammajang Luck, Makana Yamamoto; Iron City, Lloyd L Brown; The Song of Stork and Dromedary, Anjet Daanje
Last: Bleak House, Dickens
Current: Throne of Jade (Temeraire #2), Naomi Novik (reread)
Next: Moby-Dick, maybe? Or another Stephen King? Or Mary Renault?
Last added tbr: Hammajang Luck, Makana Yamamoto; Iron City, Lloyd L Brown; The Song of Stork and Dromedary, Anjet Daanje
book checkpoint
last: Katherine Mansfield: The Early Years, Gerri Kimber
current: deciding
next: probably Katherine Mansfield: A Hidden Life, Gerri Kimber
last added tbr: A Single Man, Christopher Isherwood; Mathilda, Mary Shelley; Uprooted, Naomi Novik; Notre-Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo
last: Katherine Mansfield: The Early Years, Gerri Kimber
current: deciding
next: probably Katherine Mansfield: A Hidden Life, Gerri Kimber
last added tbr: A Single Man, Christopher Isherwood; Mathilda, Mary Shelley; Uprooted, Naomi Novik; Notre-Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo
book checkpoint
last: a memory called empire, arkady martine
current: a desolation called peace, arkady martine
next: hexwood, diana wynne jones (reread)
last added tbr: mayi pelot, memories of tomorrow; sofia rhei, everything is made of letters; alice bell, the grapples of wrath (nye spree)
last: a memory called empire, arkady martine
current: a desolation called peace, arkady martine
next: hexwood, diana wynne jones (reread)
last added tbr: mayi pelot, memories of tomorrow; sofia rhei, everything is made of letters; alice bell, the grapples of wrath (nye spree)
February 1, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Book checkpoint
Last: Bleak House, Dickens
Current: Throne of Jade (Temeraire #2), Naomi Novik (reread)
Next: Moby-Dick, maybe? Or another Stephen King? Or Mary Renault?
Last added tbr: Hammajang Luck, Makana Yamamoto; Iron City, Lloyd L Brown; The Song of Stork and Dromedary, Anjet Daanje
Last: Bleak House, Dickens
Current: Throne of Jade (Temeraire #2), Naomi Novik (reread)
Next: Moby-Dick, maybe? Or another Stephen King? Or Mary Renault?
Last added tbr: Hammajang Luck, Makana Yamamoto; Iron City, Lloyd L Brown; The Song of Stork and Dromedary, Anjet Daanje
Everything old is new again.
February 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Everything old is new again.
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doubting those traditions did not make those traditions one whit the less facts
February 1, 2026 at 1:47 AM
doubting those traditions did not make those traditions one whit the less facts
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High speed trains and health care plus decent wine and cheese to go with your 36 hour week and actual vacation time
January 31, 2026 at 9:10 PM
High speed trains and health care plus decent wine and cheese to go with your 36 hour week and actual vacation time
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My hot take about the “students cannot read whole novels / watch whole films / etc.” is that they can learn to do it. None of us are born with attention spans suited for long media. It is a learned skill and can be developed with practice.
January 31, 2026 at 3:28 PM
My hot take about the “students cannot read whole novels / watch whole films / etc.” is that they can learn to do it. None of us are born with attention spans suited for long media. It is a learned skill and can be developed with practice.
If I was a billionaire I would not take trips to Crime Island. I would start my own vanity press to help save the mass market paperback from extinction, and also to just print/reprint any unusual and neglected works that catch my fancy. Anyone interested in The Complete Works of Henry Darger?
If I was a billionaire I would not take trips to Crime Island. I would own The Simpsons arcade machine
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 AM
If I was a billionaire I would not take trips to Crime Island. I would start my own vanity press to help save the mass market paperback from extinction, and also to just print/reprint any unusual and neglected works that catch my fancy. Anyone interested in The Complete Works of Henry Darger?
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“Doctors won’t tell you this, but you don’t need medication for a tapeworm—all you need is the natural power of friction,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said as he dropped to the floor, lifted his legs high, and dragged his ass along the White House carpet during a press conference.
RFK Jr. Demonstrates How To Remove Tapeworm By Scooting Ass Across Carpet
WASHINGTON—In an address touting the practice as a completely drug-free method to relieve the common affliction, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demonstrated Thursday how ...
theonion.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:30 AM
“Doctors won’t tell you this, but you don’t need medication for a tapeworm—all you need is the natural power of friction,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said as he dropped to the floor, lifted his legs high, and dragged his ass along the White House carpet during a press conference.
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Rowling: you know why the children today don't like harry potter?
Barker: oh this is going to be good
Rowling: it'ss becausse they've fallen out of love with liberalisssm
Barker: ah haha ha
Barker: oh MAN ha ha
Barker: i knew it was going to be good
Barker: i didn't know it was going to be THAT good
Barker: oh this is going to be good
Rowling: it'ss becausse they've fallen out of love with liberalisssm
Barker: ah haha ha
Barker: oh MAN ha ha
Barker: i knew it was going to be good
Barker: i didn't know it was going to be THAT good
January 28, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Rowling: you know why the children today don't like harry potter?
Barker: oh this is going to be good
Rowling: it'ss becausse they've fallen out of love with liberalisssm
Barker: ah haha ha
Barker: oh MAN ha ha
Barker: i knew it was going to be good
Barker: i didn't know it was going to be THAT good
Barker: oh this is going to be good
Rowling: it'ss becausse they've fallen out of love with liberalisssm
Barker: ah haha ha
Barker: oh MAN ha ha
Barker: i knew it was going to be good
Barker: i didn't know it was going to be THAT good
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Perry: JK Rowling, how does it feel to be the most persecuted woman in all history?
Rowling: oh louisse it'ss sso hard
Rowling: the children today, they jusst don't appreciate all that i've done for them
Rowling: but i ssmile through my tearss
Perry: brave words from history's greatest warrior
Rowling: oh louisse it'ss sso hard
Rowling: the children today, they jusst don't appreciate all that i've done for them
Rowling: but i ssmile through my tearss
Perry: brave words from history's greatest warrior
January 28, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Perry: JK Rowling, how does it feel to be the most persecuted woman in all history?
Rowling: oh louisse it'ss sso hard
Rowling: the children today, they jusst don't appreciate all that i've done for them
Rowling: but i ssmile through my tearss
Perry: brave words from history's greatest warrior
Rowling: oh louisse it'ss sso hard
Rowling: the children today, they jusst don't appreciate all that i've done for them
Rowling: but i ssmile through my tearss
Perry: brave words from history's greatest warrior
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Barker: oh yeah the new york times
Barker: definitely the paper that i would trust to have an accurate read on this situation
Lovecraft: you know what they say about the new york times
Barker:
Poe:
King:
Koontz:
Lovecraft: it's all run by potterheads
Poe: i was not expecting that
Barker: definitely the paper that i would trust to have an accurate read on this situation
Lovecraft: you know what they say about the new york times
Barker:
Poe:
King:
Koontz:
Lovecraft: it's all run by potterheads
Poe: i was not expecting that
January 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Barker: oh yeah the new york times
Barker: definitely the paper that i would trust to have an accurate read on this situation
Lovecraft: you know what they say about the new york times
Barker:
Poe:
King:
Koontz:
Lovecraft: it's all run by potterheads
Poe: i was not expecting that
Barker: definitely the paper that i would trust to have an accurate read on this situation
Lovecraft: you know what they say about the new york times
Barker:
Poe:
King:
Koontz:
Lovecraft: it's all run by potterheads
Poe: i was not expecting that
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ExSQUEEZE me?!
January 28, 2026 at 1:34 PM
ExSQUEEZE me?!
The Wax Museum of Dorian Gray
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 AM
The Wax Museum of Dorian Gray
You wouldn't believe how many portraits he's got stashed away in the attic.
January 28, 2026 at 8:44 AM
You wouldn't believe how many portraits he's got stashed away in the attic.