winter moklympics
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mokie in a few other other places - any pronouns, it's fine
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Say what you want about Shia LaBeouf
That's all
That's all
February 17, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Say what you want about Shia LaBeouf
That's all
That's all
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Humble Bundle is doing a Discworld bundle to benefit an Alzheimer's organization that supports both families and research.
These are the books we need in times like these.
www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-...
These are the books we need in times like these.
www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-...
Humble Book Bundle: Best of Humble Bundle: Terry Pratchett's Discworld by HarperCollins Encore 2026
Experience Sir Terry Practchett’s beloved Discworld series! Get 35+ books covering all corners of this comic fantasy universe and help support Room to Read!
www.humblebundle.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Humble Bundle is doing a Discworld bundle to benefit an Alzheimer's organization that supports both families and research.
These are the books we need in times like these.
www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-...
These are the books we need in times like these.
www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-...
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“Is my fanfiction good” “will a lot of people read/like my fanfiction” GIRL FORGET ABOUT ALL THAT FOR A SECOND your top aspiration when writing fanfiction should be making it so weird, someone will read it at 16 and never forget it as long as they live
February 7, 2026 at 3:15 AM
“Is my fanfiction good” “will a lot of people read/like my fanfiction” GIRL FORGET ABOUT ALL THAT FOR A SECOND your top aspiration when writing fanfiction should be making it so weird, someone will read it at 16 and never forget it as long as they live
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They're Made Out Of Meat
YouTube video by Stephen O'Regan
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:17 AM
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Yes.
Staph infections were fatal so often that we distinguished them by what part of the body they attacked first. "Childbed fever" is a term for a variety of post-birth complications that killed a lot of women. There are reasons wet nurses used to be so common. (And they're not all class-based.)
Staph infections were fatal so often that we distinguished them by what part of the body they attacked first. "Childbed fever" is a term for a variety of post-birth complications that killed a lot of women. There are reasons wet nurses used to be so common. (And they're not all class-based.)
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Yes.
Staph infections were fatal so often that we distinguished them by what part of the body they attacked first. "Childbed fever" is a term for a variety of post-birth complications that killed a lot of women. There are reasons wet nurses used to be so common. (And they're not all class-based.)
Staph infections were fatal so often that we distinguished them by what part of the body they attacked first. "Childbed fever" is a term for a variety of post-birth complications that killed a lot of women. There are reasons wet nurses used to be so common. (And they're not all class-based.)
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It also goes without saying (or should) that Tom Noonan's episode of the X-Files, season 4's "Paper Hearts" (written by Vince Gilligan) is one of the series' absolute best
How he wasn't nominated for an Emmy that year, I have no idea (Peter Boyle had won the year before for Clyde Bruckman)
How he wasn't nominated for an Emmy that year, I have no idea (Peter Boyle had won the year before for Clyde Bruckman)
February 18, 2026 at 6:27 AM
It also goes without saying (or should) that Tom Noonan's episode of the X-Files, season 4's "Paper Hearts" (written by Vince Gilligan) is one of the series' absolute best
How he wasn't nominated for an Emmy that year, I have no idea (Peter Boyle had won the year before for Clyde Bruckman)
How he wasn't nominated for an Emmy that year, I have no idea (Peter Boyle had won the year before for Clyde Bruckman)
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Noonan's got monologue in "What Happened Was..." that wrecked me: "It’s like something broke in me a long time ago, and I don’t know what it was and it’s too hard for me to keep trying. There are a lot of things I want to do with my life and I’m so far behind now, I’m never going to catch up."
February 18, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Noonan's got monologue in "What Happened Was..." that wrecked me: "It’s like something broke in me a long time ago, and I don’t know what it was and it’s too hard for me to keep trying. There are a lot of things I want to do with my life and I’m so far behind now, I’m never going to catch up."
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he was a perfect frankenstein
February 18, 2026 at 6:34 AM
he was a perfect frankenstein
Nipping over to Twitter to get a break from politics
Tightly curated timeline + ghost town = all fandom content all the time
Tightly curated timeline + ghost town = all fandom content all the time
February 18, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Nipping over to Twitter to get a break from politics
Tightly curated timeline + ghost town = all fandom content all the time
Tightly curated timeline + ghost town = all fandom content all the time
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laughing so hard I might cry at this random instagram comment
February 18, 2026 at 2:06 AM
laughing so hard I might cry at this random instagram comment
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it is so clear that the mental model of politics these guys has is of playing a video game
February 18, 2026 at 2:58 AM
it is so clear that the mental model of politics these guys has is of playing a video game
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there is also something very “i have never interacted with a human being” about the idea that you can pick and choose which rights you’re going to defend without any backlash within your coalition
February 18, 2026 at 2:57 AM
there is also something very “i have never interacted with a human being” about the idea that you can pick and choose which rights you’re going to defend without any backlash within your coalition
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JUST IN: Thousands of people detained at the former Workhouse jail in St. Louis are now eligible to claim money after the city settled a yearslong federal lawsuit for $4 million that called out inhumane conditions at the facility.
St. Louis settles federal lawsuit over poor conditions at Workhouse jail for $4M
More than 16,000 people who were detained at the jail between 2012 and 2022 are eligible to receive payment after a federal court recently issued preliminary approval.
www.stlpr.org
February 17, 2026 at 6:15 PM
JUST IN: Thousands of people detained at the former Workhouse jail in St. Louis are now eligible to claim money after the city settled a yearslong federal lawsuit for $4 million that called out inhumane conditions at the facility.
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I sometimes share my favorite poem here and today it feels appropriate ✨️
June 2, 2024 at 1:52 AM
I sometimes share my favorite poem here and today it feels appropriate ✨️
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if serial killers wanted to murder people without being punished, they should have just gone into politics
February 17, 2026 at 10:45 PM
if serial killers wanted to murder people without being punished, they should have just gone into politics
NO, NOT LEGS! DON'T MAKE OUR MISTAKE, BATFISH!
The Red Lipped Batfish is one of the ocean's weirdest creatures. This is a creature that looks like you might see it on a bad documentary about what life might look like on other planets ... and the artists were high.
February 18, 2026 at 3:32 AM
NO, NOT LEGS! DON'T MAKE OUR MISTAKE, BATFISH!
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Librarian here: yup. Had this experience at the ALA Conference a few years ago. I had both Chinese researchers and New Zealanders shocked at our budgets, even in Boston, with 40+ colleges and universities and the Boston Public Library.
February 18, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Librarian here: yup. Had this experience at the ALA Conference a few years ago. I had both Chinese researchers and New Zealanders shocked at our budgets, even in Boston, with 40+ colleges and universities and the Boston Public Library.
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Reading ghost stories from a century ago a lot of them begin like "Seeing as I was beset by Nerves, my doctor prescribed I travel the Continent for three months" oh word yeah that does sound helpful. I didn't know that was an option
February 16, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Reading ghost stories from a century ago a lot of them begin like "Seeing as I was beset by Nerves, my doctor prescribed I travel the Continent for three months" oh word yeah that does sound helpful. I didn't know that was an option
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Yglesias does not understand the concept of a wedge issue.
Wedge issues work by getting an idea started with a small, "reasonable" request, then expanding it step by step until the whole thing is done.
The way to beat wedge issue politics is by never letting the point of the wedge in.
Wedge issues work by getting an idea started with a small, "reasonable" request, then expanding it step by step until the whole thing is done.
The way to beat wedge issue politics is by never letting the point of the wedge in.
Like this. "You must strategically abandon the specific issues that the right has rendered toxic & focus on others."
But then ... why wouldn't the right just be able to do the same thing on those other issues?
But then ... why wouldn't the right just be able to do the same thing on those other issues?
February 18, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Yglesias does not understand the concept of a wedge issue.
Wedge issues work by getting an idea started with a small, "reasonable" request, then expanding it step by step until the whole thing is done.
The way to beat wedge issue politics is by never letting the point of the wedge in.
Wedge issues work by getting an idea started with a small, "reasonable" request, then expanding it step by step until the whole thing is done.
The way to beat wedge issue politics is by never letting the point of the wedge in.
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Kathleen was possibly the kindest human in St. Louis. The Tender Land is my favorite memoir (she signed my copy at a birthday party at her house in like 2002). She wrote a letter of recommendation for me for grad school. Hug your friends and tell them you love them. Make it weird. Early and often.
I was saddened to hear that Kathleen Finneran had passed away. Her exquisite memoir, THE TENDER LAND, is one of my Top 10 favorite books. I encourage everyone to read it; I promise it will bowl you over with its profound insights & gorgeous writing. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Tender Land: A Family Love Story
A Family Love Story
bookshop.org
February 18, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Kathleen was possibly the kindest human in St. Louis. The Tender Land is my favorite memoir (she signed my copy at a birthday party at her house in like 2002). She wrote a letter of recommendation for me for grad school. Hug your friends and tell them you love them. Make it weird. Early and often.
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plex sent me an email like 5 hours ago that says "mr bean is free to stream" and i still havent cleared the notification bc i just like seeing it up there. its so reassuring. like yes. mr bean is free to stream. thank u plex
February 18, 2026 at 3:12 AM
plex sent me an email like 5 hours ago that says "mr bean is free to stream" and i still havent cleared the notification bc i just like seeing it up there. its so reassuring. like yes. mr bean is free to stream. thank u plex
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Famously, there was a doctor who did lots of vasectomies in Austin who was named Richard Chopp.
okay wish to hear from Bluesky about all your great and terrible nominatively determined professionals, like my los angeles OB Dr. Pushkin
okay one of my best friends just told me her driver's ed teacher was named
wait for it
Mr. Streetman
... and now, because the horrors are horroring, I wish to hear from Bluesky about all your great and bad and terrible and fun driver's ed stories
wait for it
Mr. Streetman
... and now, because the horrors are horroring, I wish to hear from Bluesky about all your great and bad and terrible and fun driver's ed stories
February 18, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Famously, there was a doctor who did lots of vasectomies in Austin who was named Richard Chopp.