SlacktivistFred
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Galatians 5:12
Staff in a nursing home will cut a lot of slack for the addled 80-ish guy who babbles about designing hulls for ships & rants about Somalians at random. They abide his weird outbursts when he calls them "stupid people" or "piggy" because they understand he's past being able to care for himself.
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Staff in a nursing home will cut a lot of slack for the addled 80-ish guy who babbles about designing hulls for ships & rants about Somalians at random. They abide his weird outbursts when he calls them "stupid people" or "piggy" because they understand he's past being able to care for himself.
Every variation of blood-libel/Satanic baby-killerism is a permission structure employed to allow, endorse, and ultimately *require* the sinful behavior that is the cause of its adherents' anxiety.
VP JD Vance stood before a crowd and tried to falsify history, claiming Christians ended widespread mass child-sacrifice practices among Native Americans
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Every variation of blood-libel/Satanic baby-killerism is a permission structure employed to allow, endorse, and ultimately *require* the sinful behavior that is the cause of its adherents' anxiety.
"Pieces of April" should be playing on cable TV and streaming channels a lot more than it does this time of year.
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 AM
"Pieces of April" should be playing on cable TV and streaming channels a lot more than it does this time of year.
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Im a fraud. I eat trail mix but never go on a trail. I drink Gatorade but no part of me is gator. I buy kind bars and throw them at people
November 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Im a fraud. I eat trail mix but never go on a trail. I drink Gatorade but no part of me is gator. I buy kind bars and throw them at people
I keep misreading msnow as mrshow, which is usually more disappointing than confusing.
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I keep misreading msnow as mrshow, which is usually more disappointing than confusing.
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Hey, Charlie Brown, fer chrissakes, if you wanna know the truth of it, I don't have a husband, and he don't play the trombone
April 15, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Hey, Charlie Brown, fer chrissakes, if you wanna know the truth of it, I don't have a husband, and he don't play the trombone
"A YouTube spokesperson named Boot Bullwinkle explains ..."
And yet somehow that is not the most curious aspect of this article.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
And yet somehow that is not the most curious aspect of this article.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
The words you can't say on the internet
There's a secret list of words you can't say on social media – at least, that's what everyone seems to think.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"A YouTube spokesperson named Boot Bullwinkle explains ..."
And yet somehow that is not the most curious aspect of this article.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
And yet somehow that is not the most curious aspect of this article.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
"Neighbors made a precarious living taking in one another's laundry."
NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"Neighbors made a precarious living taking in one another's laundry."
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They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
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ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
www.cbsnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
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sometimes your enemy’s enemy is just some asshole
November 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
sometimes your enemy’s enemy is just some asshole
Good summary of a perplexing, annoying, destructive development.
So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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Stereogum says Google's switch to AI Overviews reduced its ad revenue by *70 percent* www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
November 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Good summary of a perplexing, annoying, destructive development.
In, like, 25, 30 years, word nerds will be on whatever kind of social media platform then exists, gently correcting people and saying, "Actually, no. While that popular folk etymology is understandable, the phrase 'trumped up charges' actually originated much earlier ..."
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
In, like, 25, 30 years, word nerds will be on whatever kind of social media platform then exists, gently correcting people and saying, "Actually, no. While that popular folk etymology is understandable, the phrase 'trumped up charges' actually originated much earlier ..."
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The drink is called Stop Yelling At Us
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The drink is called Stop Yelling At Us
Some pig came up with the name “Operation Charlotte’s Web.”
Charlotte arrests rising, protesters detained in Border Patrol Day 2. Department of Homeland Security said it’s “surging resources” for “Operation Charlotte’s Web.” Border Patrol says 81 people arrested Saturday. (Via Desiree Mathurin & Mary Ramsey) www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a... #ncpol
Live updates: Charlotte arrests rising, protesters detained in Border Patrol Day 2
Homeland Security said it was “surging resources” for “Operation Charlotte’s Web” but didn’t say how long agents would remain in Charlotte.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Some pig came up with the name “Operation Charlotte’s Web.”
I've read a couple of articles about "The Carpenter's Son" and it's making want to do a re-watch of "Smallville."
November 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I've read a couple of articles about "The Carpenter's Son" and it's making want to do a re-watch of "Smallville."
I could see an A.I. program being useful to automate some unpleasant talk, such as reading A.I. prose, watching A.I. videos, or listening to A.I. music so I wouldn’t have to. An A.I. assistant could summarize those things for me and I could have another A.I. assistant read those summaries.
November 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I could see an A.I. program being useful to automate some unpleasant talk, such as reading A.I. prose, watching A.I. videos, or listening to A.I. music so I wouldn’t have to. An A.I. assistant could summarize those things for me and I could have another A.I. assistant read those summaries.
Enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think.
Dammit.
Dammit.
November 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think.
Dammit.
Dammit.
I'd guess users have a 10% chance of developing Jerusalem syndrome and a 99.999% chance of never having "Jesus" text them anything about selling all they have and giving it to the poor.
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I'd guess users have a 10% chance of developing Jerusalem syndrome and a 99.999% chance of never having "Jesus" text them anything about selling all they have and giving it to the poor.
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
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"Morals are bad because they won't help your cause," an article by someone who hates your cause and wants your cause to fail.
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"Morals are bad because they won't help your cause," an article by someone who hates your cause and wants your cause to fail.
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What would really unlock the Epstein scandal is finding out why Acosta cut that insane plea deal.
Epstein plead to soliciting a minor. Which is bad. But not nearly as bad as what he was doing. And so the world acted accordingly. Some times in ignorance, some times with greed and cynicism.
Epstein plead to soliciting a minor. Which is bad. But not nearly as bad as what he was doing. And so the world acted accordingly. Some times in ignorance, some times with greed and cynicism.
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 AM
What would really unlock the Epstein scandal is finding out why Acosta cut that insane plea deal.
Epstein plead to soliciting a minor. Which is bad. But not nearly as bad as what he was doing. And so the world acted accordingly. Some times in ignorance, some times with greed and cynicism.
Epstein plead to soliciting a minor. Which is bad. But not nearly as bad as what he was doing. And so the world acted accordingly. Some times in ignorance, some times with greed and cynicism.
Somebody’s gonna tell JD about Tiger Balm, but then RFK Jr. is gonna tell him to take it *internally.*
“But if you want the fastest way to get that into your bloodstream, it’s not orally …”
“But if you want the fastest way to get that into your bloodstream, it’s not orally …”
he just turned 41—he's going to learn how "necessary" ibuprofen is pretty quickly
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Somebody’s gonna tell JD about Tiger Balm, but then RFK Jr. is gonna tell him to take it *internally.*
“But if you want the fastest way to get that into your bloodstream, it’s not orally …”
“But if you want the fastest way to get that into your bloodstream, it’s not orally …”
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he just turned 41—he's going to learn how "necessary" ibuprofen is pretty quickly
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
he just turned 41—he's going to learn how "necessary" ibuprofen is pretty quickly