ritchey
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enunciating the catastrophe
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You will either become a fascist or a communist in the next 20 years so you might as well take your pick now
January 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
You will either become a fascist or a communist in the next 20 years so you might as well take your pick now
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No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
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guy who has only seen boss baby and has been shot in the gut during a heist gone awry: oooohhhhh…aaaaaagh…they’ve killed me. this is just like the wikipedia entry for reservoir dogs
February 11, 2026 at 4:52 AM
guy who has only seen boss baby and has been shot in the gut during a heist gone awry: oooohhhhh…aaaaaagh…they’ve killed me. this is just like the wikipedia entry for reservoir dogs
Holy shit
Breaking news: One of the largest monkey research centers in the United States has taken the first steps toward converting itself into a primate sanctuary, a seismic change that would affect biomedical research across the country. https://scim.ag/4bH2COV
In unprecedented move, giant monkey research center may become a primate sanctuary
University votes to consider ending all studies at Oregon National Primate Research Center. But cost and feasibility are still in doubt
www.science.org
February 10, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Holy shit
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[me as an audience member leaving the theater after Nina Sayers’ performance in Swan Lake] I hope she’s ok omg
February 10, 2026 at 4:47 AM
[me as an audience member leaving the theater after Nina Sayers’ performance in Swan Lake] I hope she’s ok omg
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And while you’re at it, use our warehouse tracker tool to see who owns each facility, and apply the power of public pressure to dissuade them from selling to ICE!
tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
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February 8, 2026 at 4:23 AM
And while you’re at it, use our warehouse tracker tool to see who owns each facility, and apply the power of public pressure to dissuade them from selling to ICE!
tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
No one can deny that Santa Claus is your parents-but he is clearly a man who comes downs your chimney and leaves you magical gifts each year at Christmas
February 9, 2026 at 2:53 AM
No one can deny that Santa Claus is your parents-but he is clearly a man who comes downs your chimney and leaves you magical gifts each year at Christmas
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in an era when carnivore diet influencers are in charge of the american nuclear arsenal we have to admit the "annoying vegan" stereotype barely ever actually existed and the "all meat diet guy" is real, increasingly omnipresent, and way more annoying and inconvenient to actually be around
February 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
in an era when carnivore diet influencers are in charge of the american nuclear arsenal we have to admit the "annoying vegan" stereotype barely ever actually existed and the "all meat diet guy" is real, increasingly omnipresent, and way more annoying and inconvenient to actually be around
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Doing art badly is good and sacred
February 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Doing art badly is good and sacred
These people are such absolute black holes of non-personhood that it actually is beyond belief
We found that Jeff Bezos paid *zero* taxes in 2007 and 2011.
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
www.propublica.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
These people are such absolute black holes of non-personhood that it actually is beyond belief
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This document is one of the great political failures of our time. It must be immediately denounced by all people of good will. And it will be a major scandal if any "civil rights" organization gives cover to this capitulation to fascism.
SENATE AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE UNITED ON REINING IN THE ABUSES OF ICE
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
February 5, 2026 at 5:42 AM
This document is one of the great political failures of our time. It must be immediately denounced by all people of good will. And it will be a major scandal if any "civil rights" organization gives cover to this capitulation to fascism.
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Recently the @historians.org Council vetoed member resolutions that would have committed AHA to defense of academic freedom. In doing so, the org relayed their stance that its federal underwriters-not historians themselves-determine our discipline's limits. 🔗⬇️
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Historians Must Reclaim AHA (opinion)
Two recent vetoes by the association’s governing council raise the question of who defines what counts as “history.”
www.insidehighered.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Recently the @historians.org Council vetoed member resolutions that would have committed AHA to defense of academic freedom. In doing so, the org relayed their stance that its federal underwriters-not historians themselves-determine our discipline's limits. 🔗⬇️
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
To paraphrase a brilliant student I know: a society that allows genocide to be profitable is a society that makes genocide inevitable
New: How ICE’s top contractor, one of America’s biggest private prison operators, monetizes virtually everything ICE does including bounties on immigrants, rapidly expanding detention centers, and intensive surveillance. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
ICE Bounty Hunting Push Aided by Geo Group’s Surveillance Work
A private prison operator that’s profited by detaining immigrants in the US is rapidly shifting to offer surveillance tools, capitalizing on the government’s deportation push by selling human-tracking...
www.bloomberg.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:22 PM
To paraphrase a brilliant student I know: a society that allows genocide to be profitable is a society that makes genocide inevitable
DANG
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 11:39 AM
DANG
The semester starting has placed an untenable barrier between me and the amount of Subnautica I need to be playing
February 4, 2026 at 12:45 AM
The semester starting has placed an untenable barrier between me and the amount of Subnautica I need to be playing
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Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
February 2, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
YESSS HAHAHA YESSSS
February 2, 2026 at 11:45 AM
YESSS HAHAHA YESSSS
I recommend watching “Tornado,” a beautiful film about a teenaged Japanese samurai girl in medieval Scotland. Whatever you picture when you hear that description is not what it is
February 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I recommend watching “Tornado,” a beautiful film about a teenaged Japanese samurai girl in medieval Scotland. Whatever you picture when you hear that description is not what it is
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It has been such an uphill battle to get people to understand that both parties hate immigrants
Political buy-in for ICE--and brutal immigration policy more generally--is bipartisan, with Democrats regularly supporting massive expenditures that help target vulnerable folks looking for a better life.
February 1, 2026 at 2:28 PM
It has been such an uphill battle to get people to understand that both parties hate immigrants
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The problem is that blue states are fully committed to “return on investment” analysis and are fully committed to undergrad business degrees and whatever the latest tech trend is. There is no theory of holistic education supported by democratic leadership.
If I were a blue state governor, I’d be looking into adding a bunch of tenure lines at my state schools.
I know that seems like “kick ‘em when they’re down,” but it’s more like “let academics who can escape to where they can do real work.”
Builds up your own schools AND protect US academic output.
I know that seems like “kick ‘em when they’re down,” but it’s more like “let academics who can escape to where they can do real work.”
Builds up your own schools AND protect US academic output.
The governor of Texas is rapidly turning world-class universities into minor regional ones. Example:
January 31, 2026 at 12:04 AM
The problem is that blue states are fully committed to “return on investment” analysis and are fully committed to undergrad business degrees and whatever the latest tech trend is. There is no theory of holistic education supported by democratic leadership.
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A general strike is a great idea, and to make it happen, I need you to organize your coworkers into a union at your workplace
January 31, 2026 at 12:45 AM
A general strike is a great idea, and to make it happen, I need you to organize your coworkers into a union at your workplace
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We’re simply asking the boot to respect us and see us as human beings
January 30, 2026 at 9:58 PM
We’re simply asking the boot to respect us and see us as human beings
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Paper details how police pushed for body cams so that they could protect themselves and control narrative while policing and surveilling more aggressively.
Dems allied w cops to create narrative that this was somehow a corrective for state violence, now every time they kill they get more $$/power
Dems allied w cops to create narrative that this was somehow a corrective for state violence, now every time they kill they get more $$/power
January 29, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Paper details how police pushed for body cams so that they could protect themselves and control narrative while policing and surveilling more aggressively.
Dems allied w cops to create narrative that this was somehow a corrective for state violence, now every time they kill they get more $$/power
Dems allied w cops to create narrative that this was somehow a corrective for state violence, now every time they kill they get more $$/power
oh my GOD. We were just talking in despair about how we’d never get to see it again!!!
this is a big day for Generation X
this is a big day for Generation X
After weeks of work, I am pleased to announce my Domesday Duplicator rip of Chris Elliott's 1987 classic FDR: A One Man show. archive.org/details/fdr....
January 27, 2026 at 4:25 PM
oh my GOD. We were just talking in despair about how we’d never get to see it again!!!
this is a big day for Generation X
this is a big day for Generation X
Chuck Schumer frantically googling “how to seize defeat from the jaws of victory” rn
January 27, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Chuck Schumer frantically googling “how to seize defeat from the jaws of victory” rn