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Probably dumb. Idk, I’m just saying odds are good. Lotta dummies out there. Maybe me.
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A really good thunderclap is a Grade A human experience.
Let's be done with the "if there even *IS* an election" gotcha. We know. The thought has occurred to all of us. It's unhelpful. I'm going to continue behaving as if I'm not powerless—as if totalitarianism isn't inevitable. Because it's not, and I'm not.
February 13, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Let's be done with the "if there even *IS* an election" gotcha. We know. The thought has occurred to all of us. It's unhelpful. I'm going to continue behaving as if I'm not powerless—as if totalitarianism isn't inevitable. Because it's not, and I'm not.
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Meet the Candidate Challenging Iowa’s Most Sacred Cow: Ethanol newrepublic.com/article/2064... via @newrepublic.com
Meet the Candidate Challenging Iowa’s Most Sacred Cow: Ethanol
To say Chris Jones is a long-shot candidate is an understatement. But he could upend how Democrats approach agricultural policy.
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February 11, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Meet the Candidate Challenging Iowa’s Most Sacred Cow: Ethanol newrepublic.com/article/2064... via @newrepublic.com
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"its hard to talk about a complex and multi-faceted subject that's also one of the most hotly debated topics on the planet that potentially touches many aspects of everyone's lives" yeah man this is the About Forty Words app. why're you trying to do all that on the About Forty Words app
Once again: people are angry for very good reason, and this brand of post is perhaps one of the most tedious and bewildering. Practically every social media platform is rabidly pro-‘AI’ so are govts, academia, companies. This one small space being critical of AI is okay, I think.
February 11, 2026 at 11:41 PM
"its hard to talk about a complex and multi-faceted subject that's also one of the most hotly debated topics on the planet that potentially touches many aspects of everyone's lives" yeah man this is the About Forty Words app. why're you trying to do all that on the About Forty Words app
The little buzzzzz is irritating but man I really like the follow drones at Winter Olympics. Like I’m luging right from my couch.
February 10, 2026 at 12:31 AM
The little buzzzzz is irritating but man I really like the follow drones at Winter Olympics. Like I’m luging right from my couch.
celebreties really need to get out of the commercial business. the appeal of a commercial cameo used to be “omg i can’t believe they got *them*", but now its just like oh i guess they paid them a bunch of money, coooool...
February 9, 2026 at 6:34 PM
celebreties really need to get out of the commercial business. the appeal of a commercial cameo used to be “omg i can’t believe they got *them*", but now its just like oh i guess they paid them a bunch of money, coooool...
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Kind of gives away the whole game that all the crypto ads this year have been replaced with gambling and AI ads.
February 9, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Kind of gives away the whole game that all the crypto ads this year have been replaced with gambling and AI ads.
Ug this quad god guy seems like maybe a bit of a douche.
February 8, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Ug this quad god guy seems like maybe a bit of a douche.
Curling is an Olympic event but shuffleboard, horseshoes and darts aren’t. Oh, okay.
February 8, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Curling is an Olympic event but shuffleboard, horseshoes and darts aren’t. Oh, okay.
It’s increasingly clear that decades of defunding humanities education has resulted in a functionally art illiterate society. Most people don’t know what good art is, how to discuss it, or even what it’s for. It’s a content commodity.
if there's a single quote that exemplifies "AI slop" here it is
why should anyone want to read any of these "books"? clearly you haven't
why should anyone want to read any of these "books"? clearly you haven't
I'm going to win.
February 8, 2026 at 5:09 PM
It’s increasingly clear that decades of defunding humanities education has resulted in a functionally art illiterate society. Most people don’t know what good art is, how to discuss it, or even what it’s for. It’s a content commodity.
[watching men’s figure skating]
Me: lotta merman costumes this year
Wife: yeah, lotta… lotta harnesses out there…
Me: yeah. hm…
Wife: hm….
Me: lotta merman costumes this year
Wife: yeah, lotta… lotta harnesses out there…
Me: yeah. hm…
Wife: hm….
February 8, 2026 at 3:12 AM
[watching men’s figure skating]
Me: lotta merman costumes this year
Wife: yeah, lotta… lotta harnesses out there…
Me: yeah. hm…
Wife: hm….
Me: lotta merman costumes this year
Wife: yeah, lotta… lotta harnesses out there…
Me: yeah. hm…
Wife: hm….
God the team figure skating commentators are pretty rude. “Now, remember, these scores matter for him. But his team is so far behind that it doesn’t *actually* matter.”
February 8, 2026 at 3:06 AM
God the team figure skating commentators are pretty rude. “Now, remember, these scores matter for him. But his team is so far behind that it doesn’t *actually* matter.”
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production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA
February 7, 2026 at 12:40 AM
production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA
Cool thing we learned while signing our kid up for PreK this week: Iowa's Universal PreK program only covers 10 hours of schooling per week. The rest needs to be paid for either with other grants or out of pocket. What the fuck? Did everyone already know this? Then why do we call it Universal PreK?
February 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Cool thing we learned while signing our kid up for PreK this week: Iowa's Universal PreK program only covers 10 hours of schooling per week. The rest needs to be paid for either with other grants or out of pocket. What the fuck? Did everyone already know this? Then why do we call it Universal PreK?
I guess I missed the Parental Rights day in civics class. If we’re just making up social contracts, how about this: if my kid somehow gets polio because you’re a fuckwit, your life is forfeit. Fair?
Iowa legislators have just passed a bill out of committee that would end childhood vaccine requirements for school entry.
A state legislator said vaccine exemptions aren’t enough—the whole system must go—because to have to claim a medical or religious exemption is against parental rights.
A state legislator said vaccine exemptions aren’t enough—the whole system must go—because to have to claim a medical or religious exemption is against parental rights.
February 4, 2026 at 9:29 PM
I guess I missed the Parental Rights day in civics class. If we’re just making up social contracts, how about this: if my kid somehow gets polio because you’re a fuckwit, your life is forfeit. Fair?
There’s a cuss word outbreak in my kid’s daycare class and it’s really, really hard not to laugh. They treat it just like strep throat. “We’ve located ‘motherfucker’ patient zero. They have been isolated in an attempt to contain the ‘motherfucker’ to as few children as possible.”
February 3, 2026 at 11:43 PM
There’s a cuss word outbreak in my kid’s daycare class and it’s really, really hard not to laugh. They treat it just like strep throat. “We’ve located ‘motherfucker’ patient zero. They have been isolated in an attempt to contain the ‘motherfucker’ to as few children as possible.”
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one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
February 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM
one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
This cat is in charge and he doesn’t know about poster board. He’s not familiar with the concept of sturdy paper. But he runs the government.
Trump on Mpls: "Do these people really want to have rapists and drug dealers and people from prisons and murderers, do they really want to have them in the community? It's really insurrectionists and agitators and they're paid ... everybody has a beautiful sign with brand new wood. Leather panels."
January 31, 2026 at 11:05 PM
This cat is in charge and he doesn’t know about poster board. He’s not familiar with the concept of sturdy paper. But he runs the government.
The “thank you for your attention in this matter” always pisses me off because it reminds me that he just stole my attention without asking. I’m not giving this fuck my attention, he just takes it.
January 31, 2026 at 10:33 PM
The “thank you for your attention in this matter” always pisses me off because it reminds me that he just stole my attention without asking. I’m not giving this fuck my attention, he just takes it.
Yesterday I, a human graphic designer, got written feedback on a concept asking me to “generate” a more urban landscape in the next revision. Just want to restate that I am in fact a *living human*. This is how people are starting to engage with my profession.
January 31, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Yesterday I, a human graphic designer, got written feedback on a concept asking me to “generate” a more urban landscape in the next revision. Just want to restate that I am in fact a *living human*. This is how people are starting to engage with my profession.
Followup question: "What specifically are the DOJ's criteria for determining which broadly witnessed murderous incidents of state violence and/or state incompetence warrant investigation and which don't? And what about this incident doesn't meet those criteria? Sorry, double question."
Blanche on Renee Good: "There are thousands -- unfortunately -- of law enforcement events every year where somebody is shot. The civil rights department of the DOJ does not investigate every one of those shootings."
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Followup question: "What specifically are the DOJ's criteria for determining which broadly witnessed murderous incidents of state violence and/or state incompetence warrant investigation and which don't? And what about this incident doesn't meet those criteria? Sorry, double question."
Just got a new 100lb rescue dog and yeah probably should have waited till it wasn’t -20 outside to do that. Normal, well-acclimated dogs are chewing boots up out of boredom right now. What chance does this good boy have? He must think we’re the lamest humans alive.
January 26, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Just got a new 100lb rescue dog and yeah probably should have waited till it wasn’t -20 outside to do that. Normal, well-acclimated dogs are chewing boots up out of boredom right now. What chance does this good boy have? He must think we’re the lamest humans alive.
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You can tell things are going well in America because accounts with names like MovieTVFunZone are posting things like, "THE PIGS ARE KIDNAPPING CHILDREN AND PRIESTS. THE TREE OF LIBERTY DEMANDS TO BE WATERED"
January 23, 2026 at 11:50 PM
You can tell things are going well in America because accounts with names like MovieTVFunZone are posting things like, "THE PIGS ARE KIDNAPPING CHILDREN AND PRIESTS. THE TREE OF LIBERTY DEMANDS TO BE WATERED"
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Gotta remind yourself not to cry when you see the kid's signs.
It's negative -25°F and tears are dangerous.
"LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!"
"ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"
It's negative -25°F and tears are dangerous.
"LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!"
"ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"
January 23, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Gotta remind yourself not to cry when you see the kid's signs.
It's negative -25°F and tears are dangerous.
"LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!"
"ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"
It's negative -25°F and tears are dangerous.
"LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!"
"ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"
Holy shit Paw Patrol is so bad. We’ve resisted for as long as we could, but playmates have indoctrinated him. So now we let him watch one every few days and Jesus what a stupid show. So many better options out there.
January 22, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Holy shit Paw Patrol is so bad. We’ve resisted for as long as we could, but playmates have indoctrinated him. So now we let him watch one every few days and Jesus what a stupid show. So many better options out there.