Random Dangling Mystery
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NHL referees when the playoffs roll around:
January 27, 2026 at 11:50 PM
NHL referees when the playoffs roll around:
Conservatives in Canada are hitting Mark Carney for being too willing to deal with China and the man they wish was their king blurts out that China gives him bills and he signs them, classic bit.
Trump: "China will be sending me a bill very shortly supporting year round E15 to my desk, and I will sign it without delay"
January 27, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Conservatives in Canada are hitting Mark Carney for being too willing to deal with China and the man they wish was their king blurts out that China gives him bills and he signs them, classic bit.
How are they *so* bad at this and still claiming some of the victories? (The answer is piles upon piles of cash)
January 27, 2026 at 7:03 PM
How are they *so* bad at this and still claiming some of the victories? (The answer is piles upon piles of cash)
This reminds me of the right-winger who refused to ever to listen to Neil Young again because he tried to get Joe Rogan's podcast canceled.
Straight up choosing the side of profound cultural impoverishment.
Straight up choosing the side of profound cultural impoverishment.
January 27, 2026 at 6:59 PM
This reminds me of the right-winger who refused to ever to listen to Neil Young again because he tried to get Joe Rogan's podcast canceled.
Straight up choosing the side of profound cultural impoverishment.
Straight up choosing the side of profound cultural impoverishment.
There's a lot going on right now that deserves our focus more but let's try not to forget about US President Donald Trump giving a speech in Davos which is in Switzerland where the primary language is German during which he told them that if it wasn't for America they'd all be speaking German.
January 26, 2026 at 11:36 PM
There's a lot going on right now that deserves our focus more but let's try not to forget about US President Donald Trump giving a speech in Davos which is in Switzerland where the primary language is German during which he told them that if it wasn't for America they'd all be speaking German.
Potterworld's biggest problem is Rowling. She's an albatross not just because of her bigotry which more Potter content funds, but because she's Too Big to Edit. A once-mediocre writer with editing has become without editing a fully bad one.
Fresh creative blood is sorely needed but she won't leave.
Fresh creative blood is sorely needed but she won't leave.
Setting aside LITERALLY EVERYTHING ELSE, the reason WB is making a Potter show is because of how hard it is to maintain interest in any piece of IP across decades without new content. The Fantastic Beasts movies failed, so now they're gonna try this (obviously doomed) thing.
this is a very weak piece, for multiple reasons. its claim about Gen Z is based on a couple of comments, not actual sales. it is also extremely normal for kids not to be *that* into a series from two decades ago. And there's minimum mention of Rowling turning into a fervent bigot.
January 26, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Potterworld's biggest problem is Rowling. She's an albatross not just because of her bigotry which more Potter content funds, but because she's Too Big to Edit. A once-mediocre writer with editing has become without editing a fully bad one.
Fresh creative blood is sorely needed but she won't leave.
Fresh creative blood is sorely needed but she won't leave.
Things on ICE and Trumpist fascism are picking up steam after this latest recorded murder in very George Floyd ways which is curious considering how so many sage politics knowers were so certain that the post-Floyd movement was dead and were so eager to tell us so.
January 26, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Things on ICE and Trumpist fascism are picking up steam after this latest recorded murder in very George Floyd ways which is curious considering how so many sage politics knowers were so certain that the post-Floyd movement was dead and were so eager to tell us so.
Minnesota gave the world Prince, Bob Dylan, the Coen Brothers, MST3K, Sinclair Lewis, Judy Garland, Josh Hartnett, The Hold Steady, and maybe just saved the US (even the world?) from MAGA fascism.
Forever honoured.
Forever honoured.
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Minnesota gave the world Prince, Bob Dylan, the Coen Brothers, MST3K, Sinclair Lewis, Judy Garland, Josh Hartnett, The Hold Steady, and maybe just saved the US (even the world?) from MAGA fascism.
Forever honoured.
Forever honoured.
This whole thread is good shit but I would echo this in particular.
A lot of libs and lefties note the highly evident stupidity of right-wing politics and jump to the conclusion that dumb people are taken in by it.
But that gets the progression wrong. Right-wing politics *makes* you stupid.
A lot of libs and lefties note the highly evident stupidity of right-wing politics and jump to the conclusion that dumb people are taken in by it.
But that gets the progression wrong. Right-wing politics *makes* you stupid.
Which all takes me back to something that became really clear to me waaaaay back when I read Fred Clark’s analysis of Left Behind
Bad politics make you fucking stupid
Bad politics make you fucking stupid
January 26, 2026 at 6:55 PM
This whole thread is good shit but I would echo this in particular.
A lot of libs and lefties note the highly evident stupidity of right-wing politics and jump to the conclusion that dumb people are taken in by it.
But that gets the progression wrong. Right-wing politics *makes* you stupid.
A lot of libs and lefties note the highly evident stupidity of right-wing politics and jump to the conclusion that dumb people are taken in by it.
But that gets the progression wrong. Right-wing politics *makes* you stupid.
One of the underrated aspects of the multifaceted nightmare of our troubled times is that so much of it, while absolutely nightmarish, is also a very very funny bit.
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"[My father] had one problem," Trump said. "
He started getting, what do they call it?" He pointed to his forehead and looked to his press secretary for the word that escaped him.
"Alzheimer's," Leavitt said.
"Like an Alzheimer's thing," Trump said. "Well, I don't have it."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:drfb2pdjlnsqkfgsoellcahm/bafkreiddfjrkrizv6r5szmevc7gl3bgwmcoub2i7ondb7cpnnqslhsjtvi@jpeg)
January 26, 2026 at 6:06 PM
One of the underrated aspects of the multifaceted nightmare of our troubled times is that so much of it, while absolutely nightmarish, is also a very very funny bit.
Even in a hypothetical case in which there is no incontrovertible video evidence, surely the boy who cried wolf lesson is fully operative at this point.
You *know* they are always lying. Why give them the benefit of the doubt that they aren't?
You *know* they are always lying. Why give them the benefit of the doubt that they aren't?
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 26, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Even in a hypothetical case in which there is no incontrovertible video evidence, surely the boy who cried wolf lesson is fully operative at this point.
You *know* they are always lying. Why give them the benefit of the doubt that they aren't?
You *know* they are always lying. Why give them the benefit of the doubt that they aren't?
Basically everyone assumes that the Trumpistas are lying whenever they say anything, except their base and the legacy media (and the base are in on the lying so it's really just the media).
The time is coming when even the media will have to assume lies too.
The time is coming when even the media will have to assume lies too.
it's insane, there are thousands of observers like alex on the ground, we all know what he was doing, people knew him, it's clear on the video. the only "evidence" that he's got a terrorist manifesto is that the people who killed him said "well I bet he had a terrorist manifesto"
January 25, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Basically everyone assumes that the Trumpistas are lying whenever they say anything, except their base and the legacy media (and the base are in on the lying so it's really just the media).
The time is coming when even the media will have to assume lies too.
The time is coming when even the media will have to assume lies too.
It's cold comfort for the slain and for those who fight on it their names but fortify yourselves for the struggle with the recognition that this is not a demonstration of their strength but of their weakness.
January 25, 2026 at 1:51 PM
It's cold comfort for the slain and for those who fight on it their names but fortify yourselves for the struggle with the recognition that this is not a demonstration of their strength but of their weakness.
Reposted by Random Dangling Mystery
January 25, 2026 at 1:33 AM
In addition to confirming that the 2A fanatics were the frauds that we always thought they were, all of this is blatantly exposing the Right's supposedly anti-government principles as similarly fraudulent.
Never want to hear a conservative drag out that bullshit ever again.
Never want to hear a conservative drag out that bullshit ever again.
We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
January 24, 2026 at 10:28 PM
In addition to confirming that the 2A fanatics were the frauds that we always thought they were, all of this is blatantly exposing the Right's supposedly anti-government principles as similarly fraudulent.
Never want to hear a conservative drag out that bullshit ever again.
Never want to hear a conservative drag out that bullshit ever again.
Canadian Conservatives who still approve of Trump are traitors. There's no other word for it.
“If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A.”
January 24, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Canadian Conservatives who still approve of Trump are traitors. There's no other word for it.
Welcome to the Resistance, Lord Fauntleroy
Rod Stewart, "It hurts me badly, deep, when I read that draft dodger Trump has criticised our troops in Afghanistan for not being on the front line"
"We lost over 400 of our guys"
"And Trump calls them almost like cowards"
"It's unbearable"
"We lost over 400 of our guys"
"And Trump calls them almost like cowards"
"It's unbearable"
January 24, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Welcome to the Resistance, Lord Fauntleroy
Heinrich Himmler
Chris Pratt teases surprise characters for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie https://nintendoeverything.com/chris-pratt-teases-surprise-characters-for-the-super-mario-galaxy-movie/
January 24, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Heinrich Himmler
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Florence + The Machine
The National
The 1975
The Tragically Hip
Boygenius
Florence + The Machine
The National
The 1975
The Tragically Hip
Boygenius
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
The Cure
The Pixies
Jeremy Dutcher
Blackalicious
Slayer
The Cure
The Pixies
Jeremy Dutcher
Blackalicious
Slayer
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Eminem
The Pretenders
Big Boi
Arctic Monkeys
Aerosmith
Eminem
The Pretenders
Big Boi
Arctic Monkeys
Aerosmith
January 24, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Florence + The Machine
The National
The 1975
The Tragically Hip
Boygenius
Florence + The Machine
The National
The 1975
The Tragically Hip
Boygenius
Fiercely independent Albertans, as always doing exactly as they're told by their far-right government and its foreign paymasters.
Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."
January 23, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Fiercely independent Albertans, as always doing exactly as they're told by their far-right government and its foreign paymasters.
It's like they have no idea what children are like, that when you try to force them to do something they'll rebel and do the opposite simply to spite you.
Possibly applicable to more than just their approach to children, as we've seen.
Possibly applicable to more than just their approach to children, as we've seen.
just thinking again about how MAGA’s attempt to suppress all criticism of Charlie Kirk created a backlash so intense that he is now probably the most abjectly Internet-defiled person in human history
genuinely Charlie Kirk may have been more degraded and demeaned by the Internet at this point than anyone else in human history
the universe is not always unjust
the universe is not always unjust
January 23, 2026 at 2:31 PM
It's like they have no idea what children are like, that when you try to force them to do something they'll rebel and do the opposite simply to spite you.
Possibly applicable to more than just their approach to children, as we've seen.
Possibly applicable to more than just their approach to children, as we've seen.
Belarus beating Sweden with a shot from centre ice off goaltender Tommy Salo's dome. Salo was the Oilers' starter and it totally ruined him but by gawd it was so funny.
January 22, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Belarus beating Sweden with a shot from centre ice off goaltender Tommy Salo's dome. Salo was the Oilers' starter and it totally ruined him but by gawd it was so funny.
It's rich af to get butthurt (badum ching!) over this while wiping your ass with bare paper like a barbarian.
January 22, 2026 at 6:58 PM
It's rich af to get butthurt (badum ching!) over this while wiping your ass with bare paper like a barbarian.
People are loving Sentimental Value but they should be more sentimental about the value of preserving American democracy!
Interesting that so many of you are talking about the Little Gold Man (Oscar) while there’s a dang ORANGE CHEETO in the White House!!!!
January 22, 2026 at 6:47 PM
People are loving Sentimental Value but they should be more sentimental about the value of preserving American democracy!
"An independent Alberta could be as great as North Dakota" lol
Aim high, buddy. Get that ambition.
Aim high, buddy. Get that ambition.
The ignorance of Alberta separatists is astonishing.
Having 170 billion barrels of oil is NOT the same as being able to sell 170 billion barrels of oil.
Supply and demand, fellas, google it.
Having 170 billion barrels of oil is NOT the same as being able to sell 170 billion barrels of oil.
Supply and demand, fellas, google it.
January 22, 2026 at 6:34 PM
"An independent Alberta could be as great as North Dakota" lol
Aim high, buddy. Get that ambition.
Aim high, buddy. Get that ambition.