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I have nothing but contempt for Musk but I’m gonna instablock anyone who decides making him a woman or trans (“Elonia”) is a clever insult.
In a sane world Elon Musk would not just have less power, but no power at all. Not even a drivers license. He’d be the town creep who everyone shuns and throws rotten fruit and garbage at on sight. Gollum only more annoying.
November 25, 2024 at 4:09 AM
I have nothing but contempt for Musk but I’m gonna instablock anyone who decides making him a woman or trans (“Elonia”) is a clever insult.
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We have unironic use of “cancel culture,” “open debate,” and “market place of ideas”—all real good faith things with fixed meanings. Thankfully “woke” is put in square quotes but I suspect this one is too overtly MAGA-coded at this point to let it just float out there on its own
As contempt for cancel culture and self-censorship on college campuses continues to drive a political divide across the country, Jon Wertheim reports on a new start-up university, the University of Austin. Sunday on 60 Minutes ⏱️
November 24, 2024 at 4:33 PM
We have unironic use of “cancel culture,” “open debate,” and “market place of ideas”—all real good faith things with fixed meanings. Thankfully “woke” is put in square quotes but I suspect this one is too overtly MAGA-coded at this point to let it just float out there on its own
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Just fluoridated another conservative child by blowdart. I can do this all 4 years
November 23, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Just fluoridated another conservative child by blowdart. I can do this all 4 years
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This pic turned out to be the exact tone of the last 3 democratic presidential campaigns
November 24, 2024 at 12:46 AM
This pic turned out to be the exact tone of the last 3 democratic presidential campaigns
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U.S. Air Force confirmed to me/Task & Purpose that the man who immolated himself is an active-duty airman.
A man in an Air Force uniform who claimed to be active duty set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in DC.
Credit to @taliajane.bsky.social who got the video and is reporting on the details.
Air Force and DoD told me they cannot confirm if he is AF.
taskandpurpose.com/news/man-set...
Credit to @taliajane.bsky.social who got the video and is reporting on the details.
Air Force and DoD told me they cannot confirm if he is AF.
taskandpurpose.com/news/man-set...
Man in Air Force uniform set himself on fire in front of Israeli embassy
The man claimed to be an active-duty member of the Air Force. Emergency services said he suffered "critical life threatening injuries."
taskandpurpose.com
February 25, 2024 at 11:56 PM
U.S. Air Force confirmed to me/Task & Purpose that the man who immolated himself is an active-duty airman.
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new year same anger
(furious back cover in replies)
(furious back cover in replies)
January 1, 2024 at 9:51 PM
new year same anger
(furious back cover in replies)
(furious back cover in replies)
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im pizza
December 31, 2023 at 1:37 AM
im pizza
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I am exactly 1/3 Cherokee, as my dad was 1/3 Cherokee and my mom was 1/3 Cherokee, and (1/3 + 1/3)/2 = 1/3. In turn, my dad was precisely 1/3 Cherokee because his dad and his mom were both 1/3 Cherokee. And their parents as well, etc. I come from a long line of pure 1/3 Cherokee.
December 31, 2023 at 1:55 AM
I am exactly 1/3 Cherokee, as my dad was 1/3 Cherokee and my mom was 1/3 Cherokee, and (1/3 + 1/3)/2 = 1/3. In turn, my dad was precisely 1/3 Cherokee because his dad and his mom were both 1/3 Cherokee. And their parents as well, etc. I come from a long line of pure 1/3 Cherokee.
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we tortured some folks
December 31, 2023 at 1:46 AM
we tortured some folks
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How much of culture war is Ivy League grads carrying on their intramural fights from school, or the sort of person who wanted to get in but didn't still being bitter about it, generating outsized attention for their pet peeves because they hold prominent positions in govt and media?
Looks like a lot
Looks like a lot
I'm a professor at an Ivy League institution and I think about Ivy League institutions about a tenth as much as the editors of major media outlets do.
I'm begging you, for the love of God:
Touch grass. Somewhere *other* than Harvard Yard.
I'm begging you, for the love of God:
Touch grass. Somewhere *other* than Harvard Yard.
The Life-Changing Magic of Not Caring About What's Happening in the Ivy League
December 11, 2023 at 2:52 PM
How much of culture war is Ivy League grads carrying on their intramural fights from school, or the sort of person who wanted to get in but didn't still being bitter about it, generating outsized attention for their pet peeves because they hold prominent positions in govt and media?
Looks like a lot
Looks like a lot
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Twitter 2018: 40 feral hogs
Twitter 2023: 40 beheaded babies
Twitter 2023: 40 beheaded babies
November 24, 2023 at 4:37 AM
Twitter 2018: 40 feral hogs
Twitter 2023: 40 beheaded babies
Twitter 2023: 40 beheaded babies
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Uhhhhhhh where my paragliding Gazan homies at
November 24, 2023 at 7:17 AM
Uhhhhhhh where my paragliding Gazan homies at
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the objectively funniest period in history was just after the fall of the soviet union because neoliberal academics all got so tremendously fucking high that they wrote shit like "history is over" or "it is physically impossible for two countries to go to war if both have a McDonald's"
November 1, 2023 at 2:19 AM
the objectively funniest period in history was just after the fall of the soviet union because neoliberal academics all got so tremendously fucking high that they wrote shit like "history is over" or "it is physically impossible for two countries to go to war if both have a McDonald's"
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This is indubitably the least surprising image I've ever seen in my life
October 29, 2023 at 1:18 AM
This is indubitably the least surprising image I've ever seen in my life
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Dang this misinformation on Twitter is getting out of hand
October 28, 2023 at 10:02 PM
Dang this misinformation on Twitter is getting out of hand
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Hi, it’s me. Your angry Palestinian friend once again reminding you that now that the the apartheid regime has cut communication to the outside world, they are going to do some (more) terrible things and then lie about them, so do not believe a single thing reported by IOF/settler sources.
The invasion of Gaza has begun according to the IDF. Keep the people of Gaza in your thoughts or prayers if you do those. They need it.
October 27, 2023 at 6:20 PM
Hi, it’s me. Your angry Palestinian friend once again reminding you that now that the the apartheid regime has cut communication to the outside world, they are going to do some (more) terrible things and then lie about them, so do not believe a single thing reported by IOF/settler sources.