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New tolkien quote of the day everyday five(ish) days of the week
i RS a lot of mutual aid posts some nsfw🔞
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New tolkien quote of the day everyday five(ish) days of the week
i RS a lot of mutual aid posts some nsfw🔞
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· Dec 31
You can be as terrified or nonplussed or unperturbed as you like; the sun will still rise tomorrow & the rent will still be due on the 31st. The world has no romantic narratives for its fate except those we invent, because the world does not die. That is our privilege.
I said it elsewhere, but it’s weirdly exhilarating and addictive to be terrified all the time, and the people addicted to it, when they say this, may as well be saying “I can stop at any time, it’s just the world doing this *to* me.”
One of the reasons i love tolkien is the theme that despair is an enemy
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
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I don’t think Zohran Mamdani bears any responsibility whatsoever for the federal government’s illegal actions
January 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I don’t think Zohran Mamdani bears any responsibility whatsoever for the federal government’s illegal actions
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makes it so much better! this pleasant looking gentleman, out for his morning stroll, just telling any passerby they are a fool
January 3, 2026 at 10:32 PM
makes it so much better! this pleasant looking gentleman, out for his morning stroll, just telling any passerby they are a fool
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back on my bullshit (eating grapefruit)
October 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
back on my bullshit (eating grapefruit)
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eating grapefruit in public to establish dominance of my daily med intake
September 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
eating grapefruit in public to establish dominance of my daily med intake
this is an opportunity to infodump about your weird little guys (warhammer edition)
okay here’s a fun one
whats your faction and why/what do you really like about them
whats your faction and why/what do you really like about them
January 3, 2026 at 10:53 PM
this is an opportunity to infodump about your weird little guys (warhammer edition)
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there's a naval analyst at cnas who i think is pretty smart but the level to which he tries to not comment on the admin being total morons is very funny
January 3, 2026 at 10:08 PM
there's a naval analyst at cnas who i think is pretty smart but the level to which he tries to not comment on the admin being total morons is very funny
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CNAS, CSIS, Atlantic Council, US Naval Institute, and a long roster of lesser institutions seem to have completely accepted Trump's new order without any resistance whatsoever.
No new board, no new donors, no new hires, no new editorial policy, just "we basically agree with all of this, anyway".
No new board, no new donors, no new hires, no new editorial policy, just "we basically agree with all of this, anyway".
January 3, 2026 at 10:05 PM
CNAS, CSIS, Atlantic Council, US Naval Institute, and a long roster of lesser institutions seem to have completely accepted Trump's new order without any resistance whatsoever.
No new board, no new donors, no new hires, no new editorial policy, just "we basically agree with all of this, anyway".
No new board, no new donors, no new hires, no new editorial policy, just "we basically agree with all of this, anyway".
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Substantial amount of ink spilled in how the Ellisons hired Bari Weiss to fundamentally re-orient CBS News to launder right wing perspectives on behalf of the White House.
It's an important story, no error in observing.
Same attention needs to be on American national security think tanks in DC.
It's an important story, no error in observing.
Same attention needs to be on American national security think tanks in DC.
January 3, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Substantial amount of ink spilled in how the Ellisons hired Bari Weiss to fundamentally re-orient CBS News to launder right wing perspectives on behalf of the White House.
It's an important story, no error in observing.
Same attention needs to be on American national security think tanks in DC.
It's an important story, no error in observing.
Same attention needs to be on American national security think tanks in DC.
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“autocrat believes insane things and acts on them in his own perceived interest” feels like it’s got some utility esp in realist school and then I remember nothing smaller than a state exists for mearsheimer but im also not an ir guy so
December 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“autocrat believes insane things and acts on them in his own perceived interest” feels like it’s got some utility esp in realist school and then I remember nothing smaller than a state exists for mearsheimer but im also not an ir guy so
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This brought out a fair number of people reading this as insulting the people of Venezuela for having shitty oil and I get things a sensitive time, but if you’re gonna go on the internet with the express purpose of being mad, you could at least find someone worth being mad about.
OK, crash course in oil. Oil has two main gradings, viscosity (light or heavy) and sulfur (sweet or sour). A light (low viscosity) and sweet (low sulfur) oil is easier to process into gasoline and other products than a heavy and sour one, so the light & sweet oil commands a premium price.
I know several oil barons, I’ve had the oil and gas industry as clients in a past life: none of them want the Venezuelan oil, it’s dog shit quality and getting the PDVSA fields up to modern standards would take 20 years! It’s just trump being stuck in 1987
January 3, 2026 at 10:19 PM
This brought out a fair number of people reading this as insulting the people of Venezuela for having shitty oil and I get things a sensitive time, but if you’re gonna go on the internet with the express purpose of being mad, you could at least find someone worth being mad about.
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I think people over-estimate how much 40k has moved away from its silly roots! This very joke about the time, for instance, was actually a feature of recent canonical books. People made memes of it ("Guilliman's blood pressure readings must look like a swirly drawing by a toddler by this point".)
December 30, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I think people over-estimate how much 40k has moved away from its silly roots! This very joke about the time, for instance, was actually a feature of recent canonical books. People made memes of it ("Guilliman's blood pressure readings must look like a swirly drawing by a toddler by this point".)
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The reason Roboute Guilliman is such a beloved character among the Middle Aged section of the 40k fanbase is basically that he has depression from realising this is true but not quite having enough effective power to make it happen.
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The reason Roboute Guilliman is such a beloved character among the Middle Aged section of the 40k fanbase is basically that he has depression from realising this is true but not quite having enough effective power to make it happen.
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everyone is waiting for some responsible authority to pull the lever and make this end. they do not wish to believe that such a lever does not exist. you give one totally deranged party control of the entire government, this is what happens
January 3, 2026 at 9:44 PM
everyone is waiting for some responsible authority to pull the lever and make this end. they do not wish to believe that such a lever does not exist. you give one totally deranged party control of the entire government, this is what happens
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100% artisanally vibecoded Chrome extension to tempblock/tempmute on Bluesky coded by me, an idiot, and Claude Code. use at own risk
github.com/PropterMalon...
github.com/PropterMalon...
GitHub - PropterMalone/ergoblock: Temporary block and mute extension for Bluesky
Temporary block and mute extension for Bluesky. Contribute to PropterMalone/ergoblock development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:28 PM
100% artisanally vibecoded Chrome extension to tempblock/tempmute on Bluesky coded by me, an idiot, and Claude Code. use at own risk
github.com/PropterMalon...
github.com/PropterMalon...
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👇👇👇its that time again 👇👇👇
it’s very important to remember what you post/don’t post on a niche social media site over the next few hours will determine what happens next in the middle east
June 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
👇👇👇its that time again 👇👇👇
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What's the plan if this prosecution get dismissed for being a complete joke?
Let me remind everyone that this Maduro indictment was cooked up by the people who had spent a year claiming Juan Guaidó was the real president of Venezuela in a desperate attempt to force Maduro out. It was a show indictment never intended to be tested in court.
www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
www.justice.gov
January 3, 2026 at 8:56 PM
What's the plan if this prosecution get dismissed for being a complete joke?
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my warhammer year in review
January 3, 2026 at 11:18 AM
my warhammer year in review
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[pointing] SCIF
January 3, 2026 at 8:35 PM
[pointing] SCIF
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I’m at Times Square, where an emergency “No War On Venezuela” protest just took to the street. Easily a thousand people here in real-feel 20°F weather.
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
January 3, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I’m at Times Square, where an emergency “No War On Venezuela” protest just took to the street. Easily a thousand people here in real-feel 20°F weather.
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
political careers can be cemented for those with the ambition
He’s still cooking
January 3, 2026 at 8:27 PM
political careers can be cemented for those with the ambition
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Reading theory
January 3, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Reading theory