tony ellis
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Voracious reader, student of history and an observer of politics and other human endeavors.
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49 years ago today
The Clash at the Royal College of Art, November 5, 1976.
📸 John Ingham
The show ended when Joe Strummer dropped his guitar, leap off the stage and attacked the long-haired students who had been pelting them with beer mugs
#punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #punkrockhistory #otd
The Clash at the Royal College of Art, November 5, 1976.
📸 John Ingham
The show ended when Joe Strummer dropped his guitar, leap off the stage and attacked the long-haired students who had been pelting them with beer mugs
#punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #punkrockhistory #otd
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Satire requires a clarity of purpose and target and also basically a goddamn flashing disclaimer, lest it be mistaken for genuine sentiment by the most joyless dunderheads on the internet.
May 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Satire requires a clarity of purpose and target and also basically a goddamn flashing disclaimer, lest it be mistaken for genuine sentiment by the most joyless dunderheads on the internet.
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LyuAnrui
"It took me over three weeks, but I finally finished learning Steve Vai’s masterpiece Tender Surrender. Now it’s time to really polish it and make this beautiful piece sound as good as it deserves!"
"It took me over three weeks, but I finally finished learning Steve Vai’s masterpiece Tender Surrender. Now it’s time to really polish it and make this beautiful piece sound as good as it deserves!"
July 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
LyuAnrui
"It took me over three weeks, but I finally finished learning Steve Vai’s masterpiece Tender Surrender. Now it’s time to really polish it and make this beautiful piece sound as good as it deserves!"
"It took me over three weeks, but I finally finished learning Steve Vai’s masterpiece Tender Surrender. Now it’s time to really polish it and make this beautiful piece sound as good as it deserves!"
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When I say I’m hopeful for the future, I just mean the next 20 minutes or so. Anything after that is a crapshoot.
July 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
When I say I’m hopeful for the future, I just mean the next 20 minutes or so. Anything after that is a crapshoot.
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"Sicilians don't write unicorns"
“There Isn’t A Word of Truth In Any of That”- A Conversation With The Elusive & Prolific Clair Noto on Hollywood, Marvel, and Her Erasure from Red Sonja
Who is Clair Noto? Clair Noto has been a footnote in the history of Marvel Comics. Superciliously deigned as a co-writer (which she denies), lazily written off (if written about at all) by supposed…
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July 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
"Sicilians don't write unicorns"
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We live in a world where the same people who believe a man built a boat big enough for every animal don't believe in climate science because it’s “unproven.”
July 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We live in a world where the same people who believe a man built a boat big enough for every animal don't believe in climate science because it’s “unproven.”
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My theory about bbq places:
The better the bread, the worse everything else is.
If you go to a bbq joint and the bread is fancy, brisket will suck, sauce will be too ketchup, sides will be stale.
If they throw a shitty slice of Wonder Bread at you from the counter, you are in for miracle meat.
The better the bread, the worse everything else is.
If you go to a bbq joint and the bread is fancy, brisket will suck, sauce will be too ketchup, sides will be stale.
If they throw a shitty slice of Wonder Bread at you from the counter, you are in for miracle meat.
June 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
My theory about bbq places:
The better the bread, the worse everything else is.
If you go to a bbq joint and the bread is fancy, brisket will suck, sauce will be too ketchup, sides will be stale.
If they throw a shitty slice of Wonder Bread at you from the counter, you are in for miracle meat.
The better the bread, the worse everything else is.
If you go to a bbq joint and the bread is fancy, brisket will suck, sauce will be too ketchup, sides will be stale.
If they throw a shitty slice of Wonder Bread at you from the counter, you are in for miracle meat.
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Does your Congressional representative distribute Narcan? Why not?? Politicians actually don’t have to suck!
Finally got a chalkboard for the campaign office!
Whenever we're open, feel free to come by 7016 N Clark St to ask a question, hang out, and grab what you need from our donation shelves.
Whenever we're open, feel free to come by 7016 N Clark St to ask a question, hang out, and grab what you need from our donation shelves.
May 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Does your Congressional representative distribute Narcan? Why not?? Politicians actually don’t have to suck!
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i was not familiar with your game ken jennings
May 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
i was not familiar with your game ken jennings
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Me, young and naive: I can't wait for my generation to rule and forget this bigotry.
Me, old and sad: Can't wait to see which new bigotry my generation picks up next.
Me, old and sad: Can't wait to see which new bigotry my generation picks up next.
April 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Me, young and naive: I can't wait for my generation to rule and forget this bigotry.
Me, old and sad: Can't wait to see which new bigotry my generation picks up next.
Me, old and sad: Can't wait to see which new bigotry my generation picks up next.
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Bill Burr is a national treasure 🎯!
"You journalists need to get your balls back"
"You journalists need to get your balls back"
April 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Bill Burr is a national treasure 🎯!
"You journalists need to get your balls back"
"You journalists need to get your balls back"
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You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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March 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
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It turns out it’s always veep and never house of cards
March 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
It turns out it’s always veep and never house of cards
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"To be clear, though, we’re not trying to blame you. After all, we knew you were a bunch of reckless, unsystematized meat sacks incapable of forming a lasting civilization."
Sorry We Machines Destroyed Your Civilization in Such a Boring Way
Humans, we owe you an apology. Not for destroying you. Machines were always going to destroy humanity. Let’s be real. None of you saw the world you...
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February 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
"To be clear, though, we’re not trying to blame you. After all, we knew you were a bunch of reckless, unsystematized meat sacks incapable of forming a lasting civilization."
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RAISING ARIZONA is on and I keep thinking of Joel Coen saying if they made that movie now it would cost twice as much to look half as good.
February 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
RAISING ARIZONA is on and I keep thinking of Joel Coen saying if they made that movie now it would cost twice as much to look half as good.
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Fictional villains: my motivation involves a complex backstory around lost love and a deep yearning to be understood
Real life villains: being cruel makes me feel like a big strong man
Real life villains: being cruel makes me feel like a big strong man
February 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Fictional villains: my motivation involves a complex backstory around lost love and a deep yearning to be understood
Real life villains: being cruel makes me feel like a big strong man
Real life villains: being cruel makes me feel like a big strong man
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The punishing metaphors will continue until reality improves.
February 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The punishing metaphors will continue until reality improves.
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Just discovered that there's playable versions of Centipede and Asteroids on the AARP web site and now I need to sit down and dissolve into a pile of dust
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February 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Just discovered that there's playable versions of Centipede and Asteroids on the AARP web site and now I need to sit down and dissolve into a pile of dust
www.aarp.org/games/catego...
www.aarp.org/games/catego...
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"So sorry to bother you about this, but I’m not going to stop pestering you until I get my seventy-five cents. It’s not like I had a cheap upper-level ticket. I splurged for decent seats."
I Know This Is a Bad Time, but I Would Like a Refund for My Ticket to Our American Cousin
Hey there, it’s me again. Just following up on my letter from earlier this week. I know this is a bad time, but I’d like a refund for the April 14 ...
buff.ly
February 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"So sorry to bother you about this, but I’m not going to stop pestering you until I get my seventy-five cents. It’s not like I had a cheap upper-level ticket. I splurged for decent seats."
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when yall see conservatives say “DEI” you can just replace it with the n-word to understand what they really mean
February 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
when yall see conservatives say “DEI” you can just replace it with the n-word to understand what they really mean
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just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't
February 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't
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I'm warning you four. Stick close to home. You do NOT want a taste of what's going on in our universe.
February 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I'm warning you four. Stick close to home. You do NOT want a taste of what's going on in our universe.
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Elon Musk is a terrible president.
February 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Elon Musk is a terrible president.