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Michael Hobbes
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Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
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slavery is one of the rare things historically where the more you learn about it the more you realize your initial assessment was correct and it was in fact one of the most evil things ever to occur
Physically incapable of analyzing politics outside of this insipid frame.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
The study does not remotely say that science “leans hard left.” Nor does the fact that academics left the Nazis-and-child-porn website for a different website mean they’re producing biased evidence.

All of the major threats to science in 2026 come from the right.
February 14, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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Matt Walsh says the left believes America has no right to exist because it was built on slavery and all whites share the guilt for this. He says the 1619 Project wants people to believe slavery is "the whole reason America was formed." THESE ARE BOTH OBVIOUS LIES! How is the left to blame for them?
February 14, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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I was out of town when crystal shrek hit the towers (Peter’s brain) and was powerless to intervene
February 14, 2026 at 1:05 AM
This book is great
A book I highly recommend on electronic slot machines—which fully convinced me they should be illegal for how they systematically mislead our brains—is Natasha Dow Schüll‘s ADDICTION BY DESIGN

Gamified online gambling seems much worse, & is becoming much more ubiquitous

It will immiserate so many
I see no reason not to look at the online gambling and prediction market craze as a new opioids crisis.

It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.

The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0

www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
February 14, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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this sequence in the U.S. women’s curling match was pure cinema
February 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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call me a carceral urbanist or whatever but i think that if you murder an entire family with your SUV, at the very least, you should never be allowed to drive again
She fucking killed an entire family while speeding in her Mercedes SUV and they’re not going to even take her license away??
February 14, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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it is too soon to say the minneapolis protests have been successful but their *successes* have definitely been downstream of the fact that its a bunch of regular people out in the street getting tear gasses and not the black bloc professional protestor guys
February 14, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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I know there’s a stereotype that spending time alone with your pets (especially cats) is sad, so I want to emphasize that I’ve truly never been happier with my personal life than post-divorce. The joy and self-confidence I found in that process was so great I’d do it again.

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So yeah if you’re questioning whether you really want out of an unhealthy situation because you worry you’d be lonely on days like today, just remember that there’s actually love everywhere and that post-divorce life can be so much happier than pre-divorce life!
February 14, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Okay then
February 14, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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Slate’s first example of this supposed sea-change among Democrats is Rick F*ing Wilson?!

RW is against Trump. Great. But we should never give him an inch of a platform to speak from, because his soul is still poisoned with the stuff that grew Trump in the first place. Like fat-shaming and ableism.
No. This guy isn’t even a Democrat and fat-shaming is not what people mean when they talk about ‘dark woke’ or ‘woke 2’.

slate.com/news-and-pol...
February 14, 2026 at 7:08 PM
No. This guy isn’t even a Democrat and fat-shaming is not what people mean when they talk about ‘dark woke’ or ‘woke 2’.

slate.com/news-and-pol...
February 14, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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*chefs kiss
February 14, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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Ahahahahhahauahhahahhaha
February 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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The Women’s Institute was pressured to exclude trans women by the threat of litigation brought and paid for by JKR’s legal fund.
So now the newly trans-hostile WI groups are haemorrhaging members and many groups are folding, closing opportunities for all women.
Well done JK and the GCs, eh?
‘Carnage of concern and upset’: Women’s Institute groups close after transgender ban
Members warn NFWI decision has opened up toxic culture that deters younger women from joining
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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may those of you who so desire have a Mike in your life
if you’re seeing this it was meant to find you today
February 14, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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One of the funniest things I've seen on this site in some time
February 14, 2026 at 4:59 AM
The absolute glory of the Burbank airport
February 14, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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Not a fan of the "spending scolds"; they take a valid premise — "Live within your means" — and extrapolate it to a foolish extreme.

Genre example: I never read "The Millionaire Next Door," but it's demolished by @ifbookspod.bsky.social

Worth checking out...

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The Millionaire Next Door
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 02/05/2026 · 1h 11m
podcasts.apple.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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It’s very easy to criticize people on the left for overstating something or misusing it without doing this kind of false equivalence.
Physically incapable of analyzing politics outside of this insipid frame.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 14, 2026 at 5:52 PM
New response to any criticism of my podcasts just dropped
February 14, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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This is so spot on
February 14, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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.....I beg your pardon??????
February 14, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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February 14, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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Didn't think you were THIS jacked 🥵
February 14, 2026 at 3:18 PM