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Konrad vs. the Shrines
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change of plans. feeling like I'm just gonna come to terms with my rusty cage
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🎶TWO MINUTES LAAAATER🎶
Rat coin purse!
February 3, 2026 at 10:56 AM
🎶TWO MINUTES LAAAATER🎶
exalted post
February 3, 2026 at 11:24 AM
exalted post
thank you hell wizard
February 3, 2026 at 4:02 AM
thank you hell wizard
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As dawn breaks, a magazine appears in the wizard's mailbox.
February 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
As dawn breaks, a magazine appears in the wizard's mailbox.
Once I got some bad acid and the next 12 hours felt exactly like the vibration of “Klobuchar vs. Lindell ‘28”
Here's all the Klobuchar v. Republican matchups from that SurveyUSA poll
Best Klobuchar lead is +20, worst is +14
Best Klobuchar lead is +20, worst is +14
February 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Once I got some bad acid and the next 12 hours felt exactly like the vibration of “Klobuchar vs. Lindell ‘28”
“lmao”
RIP ma, I have l’d it o
RIP ma, I have l’d it o
February 3, 2026 at 3:12 AM
“lmao”
RIP ma, I have l’d it o
RIP ma, I have l’d it o
the first place I ever saw in NY was Long Island. me & Rachel stayed in Port Washington, then drove up to Newpaltz the next day. I will always, always have love for Long Island and this fuckin rules
ICE was stealing equipment from the Islip Long Island fire department and a Islip Forward member documented it. ICE tried to arrest the community member but the firemen said “I don’t think so” www.islipforward.org
February 3, 2026 at 1:36 AM
the first place I ever saw in NY was Long Island. me & Rachel stayed in Port Washington, then drove up to Newpaltz the next day. I will always, always have love for Long Island and this fuckin rules
I didn't save it but once I asked somebody to gif Morgan Freeman saying "Let them kill each other!" in The Gospel at Colonus and this that.gif
February 2, 2026 at 11:50 PM
I didn't save it but once I asked somebody to gif Morgan Freeman saying "Let them kill each other!" in The Gospel at Colonus and this that.gif
oh I would slay all at voiceover. nobody hits me up but I would be the man
February 2, 2026 at 11:50 PM
oh I would slay all at voiceover. nobody hits me up but I would be the man
frog/scorpion fable stays winning
February 2, 2026 at 11:47 PM
frog/scorpion fable stays winning
RIP ma, I have l'd it o
February 2, 2026 at 11:46 PM
RIP ma, I have l'd it o
man do you know how real this is. I moved here from Iowa in 2003. very different philosophy about what to do when it snows
February 2, 2026 at 11:46 PM
man do you know how real this is. I moved here from Iowa in 2003. very different philosophy about what to do when it snows
Chotiner voice: so, that's interesting. This is a joke to you.
February 2, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Chotiner voice: so, that's interesting. This is a joke to you.
“if you don’t give a rat a pellet/he’s not gonna push the lever/take one last look at the West Coast/say goodbye forever”. Anyway! old bones & flecks of the original gore /thread
February 2, 2026 at 2:03 PM
“if you don’t give a rat a pellet/he’s not gonna push the lever/take one last look at the West Coast/say goodbye forever”. Anyway! old bones & flecks of the original gore /thread
But the lyric, the little verse at the bottom, shows that my original idea included the alpha couple moving east — it says:
February 2, 2026 at 2:03 PM
But the lyric, the little verse at the bottom, shows that my original idea included the alpha couple moving east — it says:
The part about “Do you reject Satan,” that’s a separate idea, my own wording tells me that that was a different project notion that I never got around to — there’s tons of those —
February 2, 2026 at 2:03 PM
The part about “Do you reject Satan,” that’s a separate idea, my own wording tells me that that was a different project notion that I never got around to — there’s tons of those —
Something interesting I found – I’ve said before how I started writing “no children” on the envelope that holds an airplane ticket — this must’ve been from the same trip, probably the way back — where it says BOTTOM FEEDERS, another notebook shows that as the original working title for “Tallahassee”
February 2, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Something interesting I found – I’ve said before how I started writing “no children” on the envelope that holds an airplane ticket — this must’ve been from the same trip, probably the way back — where it says BOTTOM FEEDERS, another notebook shows that as the original working title for “Tallahassee”
my God, it’s beautiful
they say the world will die in fire and ice, print ad, zx spectrum (1984) archive.org/details/zxco...
February 2, 2026 at 11:33 AM
my God, it’s beautiful
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DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
Jordan have you read Robert Aickman
February 2, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Jordan have you read Robert Aickman
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The Ancient War continues
February 1, 2026 at 9:09 PM
The Ancient War continues
yup -- he's gonna tear it down.
Trump: "I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, with a scheduled Grand Reopening that will rival and surpass anything."
February 2, 2026 at 12:52 AM
yup -- he's gonna tear it down.
I will be non-watching the grammys for at least the thirtieth year in a row, but enjoy!
February 2, 2026 at 12:21 AM
I will be non-watching the grammys for at least the thirtieth year in a row, but enjoy!
lol if Isaac Chotiner says "I see" to you, your reputation as a person of any merit is done. Kaputt. Over. Chotiner's "I see" is Vinnie saying "He's gone and we couldn't do nothin' about it" in Goodfellas
February 1, 2026 at 11:46 PM
lol if Isaac Chotiner says "I see" to you, your reputation as a person of any merit is done. Kaputt. Over. Chotiner's "I see" is Vinnie saying "He's gone and we couldn't do nothin' about it" in Goodfellas
one thing that's great about Bluesky is when there's new Chotiner piece we all meet up like fans of a band for a surprise listening party
February 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
one thing that's great about Bluesky is when there's new Chotiner piece we all meet up like fans of a band for a surprise listening party