Reposted by foggy bottom jeans
Every major institution has been so useless for the last year that I'm ready to paint my face like william wallace for anybody who just plainly states exactly what we all know to be true
In extraordinary message, Fed chair announces that he’s being extorted/coerced by the US government under color of law.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Every major institution has been so useless for the last year that I'm ready to paint my face like william wallace for anybody who just plainly states exactly what we all know to be true
this is why tony stark is a comic book character and not a real guy
January 11, 2026 at 8:44 PM
this is why tony stark is a comic book character and not a real guy
Reposted by foggy bottom jeans
Imagining MAGA thirty years hurling their NES controllers at the wall when they completed Metroid.
January 9, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Imagining MAGA thirty years hurling their NES controllers at the wall when they completed Metroid.
Reposted by foggy bottom jeans
I want to see the future when every single person who was part of this administration, ICE, DOGE, and similar alphabet soup of cruelty, even the ones who “didn’t do anything wrong,” are so ashamed of this fact that they have to invent whole fanciful chapters for their biography and job history.
January 7, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I want to see the future when every single person who was part of this administration, ICE, DOGE, and similar alphabet soup of cruelty, even the ones who “didn’t do anything wrong,” are so ashamed of this fact that they have to invent whole fanciful chapters for their biography and job history.
me: so if I’m in a final fantasy and touch a hot stove, is that magic damage or physical?
Hironobu Sakaguchi: how… how did you get this number
me: and if I’m changing an outlet, would I cast protect or shell
Sakaguchi (irritated): you should really turn off a breaker… maybe reraise just to be safe
Hironobu Sakaguchi: how… how did you get this number
me: and if I’m changing an outlet, would I cast protect or shell
Sakaguchi (irritated): you should really turn off a breaker… maybe reraise just to be safe
January 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
me: so if I’m in a final fantasy and touch a hot stove, is that magic damage or physical?
Hironobu Sakaguchi: how… how did you get this number
me: and if I’m changing an outlet, would I cast protect or shell
Sakaguchi (irritated): you should really turn off a breaker… maybe reraise just to be safe
Hironobu Sakaguchi: how… how did you get this number
me: and if I’m changing an outlet, would I cast protect or shell
Sakaguchi (irritated): you should really turn off a breaker… maybe reraise just to be safe
240-toaster-sized asteroid 2028
January 8, 2026 at 2:45 PM
240-toaster-sized asteroid 2028
this is my “EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Dick Wolf”
January 7, 2026 at 7:37 PM
this is my “EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Dick Wolf”
Reposted by foggy bottom jeans
Every country needs to be following Finland's lead here. Media literary skills are going to be crucially important in the age of AI, where knowing what's real and what's not is going to be increasingly difficult
apnews.com/article/fake...
apnews.com/article/fake...
Finnish children learn media literacy at 3 years old. It's protection against Russian propaganda
Finland has been fighting fake news by teaching media literacy to children as young as 3. The Nordic nation includes this in its national curriculum to help citizens recognize disinformation, especial...
apnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Every country needs to be following Finland's lead here. Media literary skills are going to be crucially important in the age of AI, where knowing what's real and what's not is going to be increasingly difficult
apnews.com/article/fake...
apnews.com/article/fake...
pretty rich coming from a guy whose twitter handle includes the honorific “Mr” which basically means “he/him but you’re writing a letter”
January 7, 2026 at 2:39 PM
pretty rich coming from a guy whose twitter handle includes the honorific “Mr” which basically means “he/him but you’re writing a letter”
hmm… now imagining an epistolary novel made of “chats” with a chatbot in which the person tries to get the bot to write a cautionary tale about AI but the novel is written such that you question whether the whole thing was written by AI or whether the author just wants you to wonder
January 7, 2026 at 1:18 PM
hmm… now imagining an epistolary novel made of “chats” with a chatbot in which the person tries to get the bot to write a cautionary tale about AI but the novel is written such that you question whether the whole thing was written by AI or whether the author just wants you to wonder
if they remade Master & Commander today, it would take place in April 1805. Napoleon is now master of Europe. only the British fleet stands before him — oceans are now battlefields.
January 7, 2026 at 1:07 PM
if they remade Master & Commander today, it would take place in April 1805. Napoleon is now master of Europe. only the British fleet stands before him — oceans are now battlefields.
Reposted by foggy bottom jeans
Me, stepping out of time machine: Plato!!! We need to do something! Your philosophy! People have followed it for 2500 years but now.... it's woke 😒
Plato: Τί ἐστὶ τοῦτο τὸ «woke» οὗ λέγεις;
Me: Shit, I did NOT think this through
Plato: Τί ἐστὶ τοῦτο τὸ «woke» οὗ λέγεις;
Me: Shit, I did NOT think this through
January 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Me, stepping out of time machine: Plato!!! We need to do something! Your philosophy! People have followed it for 2500 years but now.... it's woke 😒
Plato: Τί ἐστὶ τοῦτο τὸ «woke» οὗ λέγεις;
Me: Shit, I did NOT think this through
Plato: Τί ἐστὶ τοῦτο τὸ «woke» οὗ λέγεις;
Me: Shit, I did NOT think this through
Reposted by foggy bottom jeans
liberals need to think long and hard about what these guys consider communism before they start thinking they're safe
Palantir co-founder says it exists to kill communists.
January 6, 2026 at 8:55 PM
liberals need to think long and hard about what these guys consider communism before they start thinking they're safe
Reposted by foggy bottom jeans
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Reposted by foggy bottom jeans
you know what's weak, bitching to god damn Axios off the record. if you want to have an argument about this then use your real name
This is just sickening. Back when people were saying "Primary every Democrat," we should have stuck with that
January 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
you know what's weak, bitching to god damn Axios off the record. if you want to have an argument about this then use your real name
Reposted by foggy bottom jeans
Other people are real and the United States should not murder them
12+ hours later we finally get an estimate of how many Venezuelans were killed
January 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Other people are real and the United States should not murder them
Reposted by foggy bottom jeans
can I just point out again that refusing an illegal order is what you're supposed to do? that's why the military defines some orders as illegal
NEW: Pentagon initiates proceedings to demote U.S. Senator Mark Kelly, a retired captain, over video telling soldiers to refuse illegal orders
January 5, 2026 at 3:29 PM
can I just point out again that refusing an illegal order is what you're supposed to do? that's why the military defines some orders as illegal
Reposted by foggy bottom jeans
The only pronouns I’m against are AI bots using first person ones
January 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
The only pronouns I’m against are AI bots using first person ones
yeah maybe! I see sales on laptops right now so maybe they will be waiting on new models for price adjustments. I bet phone will be like that too. game consoles / handhelds will go up mid-cycle since they’re slower to release
January 5, 2026 at 12:33 PM
yeah maybe! I see sales on laptops right now so maybe they will be waiting on new models for price adjustments. I bet phone will be like that too. game consoles / handhelds will go up mid-cycle since they’re slower to release
wait… this was all because you started to explain types of oil?! people have really lost the plot
January 5, 2026 at 12:10 PM
wait… this was all because you started to explain types of oil?! people have really lost the plot
Reposted by foggy bottom jeans
it’s going to be weird going back to work and people talking like everything is normal. like in a final fantasy game when someone’s summoned a meteor from hell to destroy the planet and the villagers still only talk about the big chocobo pageant coming up
January 4, 2026 at 9:16 PM
it’s going to be weird going back to work and people talking like everything is normal. like in a final fantasy game when someone’s summoned a meteor from hell to destroy the planet and the villagers still only talk about the big chocobo pageant coming up
Reposted by foggy bottom jeans
NYT gonna NYT: "Both Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Maduro identify as socialists, though they have no relationship.” — would be funny if they did this every time you write about two capitalists.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
Mamdani Called Trump to Criticize Venezuela Strikes
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
NYT gonna NYT: "Both Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Maduro identify as socialists, though they have no relationship.” — would be funny if they did this every time you write about two capitalists.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...