josh (with parentheses)
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i can't stop making video essays about A Goofy Movie
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We've forgotten how to forget.
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Now live: we’ve forgotten how to forget. Let the map from A Goofy Movie remind you how to let it all go. Stops at Steven Johnson, the West Wing, the ethics of cartography, and at least seven different Goofy family trees.
An open letter to the weird-ass map from A Goofy Movie.
youtu.be/NcnhTvK7BAw
An open letter to the weird-ass map from A Goofy Movie.
youtu.be/NcnhTvK7BAw
WE DIDNT START THE FIRE
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
WE DIDNT START THE FIRE
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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hey you fucks this is good
I have worked harder on this than on any previous video. I'm going to bed now. Goodnight 🌱❤️
youtu.be/pLYD3CG-5BQ
youtu.be/pLYD3CG-5BQ
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
hey you fucks this is good
When I was 15 I was riding my bike home from school and crossed the street in front of some senior friends waiting at the light in their car. My foot slipped off the pedal and I was so flustered that I turned into oncoming traffic and got hit by a truck. The seniors had to bring my bike home later.
had an awful day. please reply with your favorite memory someone that totally ate shit in a physical way that isn’t a total bummer
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
When I was 15 I was riding my bike home from school and crossed the street in front of some senior friends waiting at the light in their car. My foot slipped off the pedal and I was so flustered that I turned into oncoming traffic and got hit by a truck. The seniors had to bring my bike home later.
editing has begun
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
editing has begun
🎶
i don't want to teach my class
i just want to edit this
🎶
(sung to the tune of "angels we have heard on high")
i don't want to teach my class
i just want to edit this
🎶
(sung to the tune of "angels we have heard on high")
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🎶
i don't want to teach my class
i just want to edit this
🎶
(sung to the tune of "angels we have heard on high")
i don't want to teach my class
i just want to edit this
🎶
(sung to the tune of "angels we have heard on high")
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I have worked harder on this than on any previous video. I'm going to bed now. Goodnight 🌱❤️
youtu.be/pLYD3CG-5BQ
youtu.be/pLYD3CG-5BQ
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I have worked harder on this than on any previous video. I'm going to bed now. Goodnight 🌱❤️
youtu.be/pLYD3CG-5BQ
youtu.be/pLYD3CG-5BQ
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I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
October 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
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that's one of mine that, if i'm not mistaken 🫡
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
that's one of mine that, if i'm not mistaken 🫡
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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twitch plays cspan would get demonstrably more goals done than the current senate democrats
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
twitch plays cspan would get demonstrably more goals done than the current senate democrats
History has rarely seen anyone so ill equipped for his moment. Useless and detestable.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 AM
History has rarely seen anyone so ill equipped for his moment. Useless and detestable.
“Appearing to close his eyes.” Just abject cowardice. Maddening. Journalists are suppose to state facts. Tell truth. Acknowledge reality. His eyes are fucking closed.
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise questions about Trump’s on-the-job performance.
Images of Trump appearing to close his eyes during Oval Office event spread across social media | CNN Politics
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise qu...
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
“Appearing to close his eyes.” Just abject cowardice. Maddening. Journalists are suppose to state facts. Tell truth. Acknowledge reality. His eyes are fucking closed.
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"6-7"?! Boy I say boy you gen alpha kids cant be doin' that! Your signifiers need signs boy! You've laid a rhetorical claim to an empty space son! You're creatin' a nihilistic dialectic! Your broccoli hairs obfuscatin' some much needed communication! Find some MEANIN', kid!
November 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"6-7"?! Boy I say boy you gen alpha kids cant be doin' that! Your signifiers need signs boy! You've laid a rhetorical claim to an empty space son! You're creatin' a nihilistic dialectic! Your broccoli hairs obfuscatin' some much needed communication! Find some MEANIN', kid!
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NEW POST: I played BALLxPIT. I loved BALLxPIT. But whether an attempt to upcycle a rapidly tired genre or an accidental accoutrement to the problems found within, Kenny Sun & Friends have created something brilliant that I nonetheless struggle to champion:
Every good bit of game design in BALLxPIT (and why I'm loathe to recommend it)
Is a series of good ideas enough to overcome an unconsciously problematic core?
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
NEW POST: I played BALLxPIT. I loved BALLxPIT. But whether an attempt to upcycle a rapidly tired genre or an accidental accoutrement to the problems found within, Kenny Sun & Friends have created something brilliant that I nonetheless struggle to champion:
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
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NEW VIDEO
The Homosexual Urge to Be Eaten Alive, about The Summer Hikaru Died and This Monster Wants to Eat Me is out now!
Plus, "Guro.": a soundtrack of original music created for the video, out where ever you listen to music.
LINK: youtu.be/phMpn0l4hIs
The Homosexual Urge to Be Eaten Alive, about The Summer Hikaru Died and This Monster Wants to Eat Me is out now!
Plus, "Guro.": a soundtrack of original music created for the video, out where ever you listen to music.
LINK: youtu.be/phMpn0l4hIs
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
NEW VIDEO
The Homosexual Urge to Be Eaten Alive, about The Summer Hikaru Died and This Monster Wants to Eat Me is out now!
Plus, "Guro.": a soundtrack of original music created for the video, out where ever you listen to music.
LINK: youtu.be/phMpn0l4hIs
The Homosexual Urge to Be Eaten Alive, about The Summer Hikaru Died and This Monster Wants to Eat Me is out now!
Plus, "Guro.": a soundtrack of original music created for the video, out where ever you listen to music.
LINK: youtu.be/phMpn0l4hIs
It is extremely unsurprising to me that the AI bros have come back around to “the phrenologists had a point”
bro are you fucking kidding me
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
It is extremely unsurprising to me that the AI bros have come back around to “the phrenologists had a point”
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The Reddit community r/Democrats has a conspicuous absence of any news about Zohran Mamdani today. But that's by design.
The moderators have rules that ban people from talking about democratic socialists.
www.reddit.com/r/democrats/
The moderators have rules that ban people from talking about democratic socialists.
www.reddit.com/r/democrats/
November 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The Reddit community r/Democrats has a conspicuous absence of any news about Zohran Mamdani today. But that's by design.
The moderators have rules that ban people from talking about democratic socialists.
www.reddit.com/r/democrats/
The moderators have rules that ban people from talking about democratic socialists.
www.reddit.com/r/democrats/
You do not “gotta hand it to” Laura lngraham but I kinda agree with this in spirit (just the Chiron, will not be listening to her ideas). It’s a W for people who vote Dem, because we actually got a democrat in office. It’s an L for the DNC because their bankrupt uselessness is cast in stark relief.
oh my god they actually did it lmao
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 AM
You do not “gotta hand it to” Laura lngraham but I kinda agree with this in spirit (just the Chiron, will not be listening to her ideas). It’s a W for people who vote Dem, because we actually got a democrat in office. It’s an L for the DNC because their bankrupt uselessness is cast in stark relief.
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Live Laugh Lovern
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Live Laugh Lovern
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we need rumble strips on the information superhighway
October 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
we need rumble strips on the information superhighway