Kirk (the okay one)
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Just trying to get through the day, man.
Post a tree you photographed
February 11, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Post a tree you photographed
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The fun thing about unexplained weird things right now is that both terrible explanations and benign explanations accompanied by terrible communication and planning seem possible, so that helps preserve the suspense.
February 11, 2026 at 1:34 PM
The fun thing about unexplained weird things right now is that both terrible explanations and benign explanations accompanied by terrible communication and planning seem possible, so that helps preserve the suspense.
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Chinese GF has informed me this is called "scrubbing the wok" (hence why there's foamy water in the middle) and you can see a million more of these videos if you search 越野刷鍋 (off-road hot pot).
February 11, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Chinese GF has informed me this is called "scrubbing the wok" (hence why there's foamy water in the middle) and you can see a million more of these videos if you search 越野刷鍋 (off-road hot pot).
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This was not an inevitability.
This is the result of decades of political choices that rig the system in favor of the wealthy and powerful while leaving workers behind.
It does not have to be this way.
This is the result of decades of political choices that rig the system in favor of the wealthy and powerful while leaving workers behind.
It does not have to be this way.
February 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
This was not an inevitability.
This is the result of decades of political choices that rig the system in favor of the wealthy and powerful while leaving workers behind.
It does not have to be this way.
This is the result of decades of political choices that rig the system in favor of the wealthy and powerful while leaving workers behind.
It does not have to be this way.
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We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
U.S. Boat Strike Kills 2 in Pacific, With One Survivor
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:14 AM
We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
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there are logos. and then there are logos
February 5, 2026 at 6:11 PM
there are logos. and then there are logos
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Analysis: we fired all our arts and culture writers
Analysis: Weeks before he set foot on the stage, Bad Bunny’s halftime performance had already become a media event.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
Analysis | Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was expected to provoke. Did it?
The Bad Bunny Super Bowl show nodded to injustices in Puerto Rico but mostly evoked wholesome family values that meshed with the more sentimental commercials.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Analysis: we fired all our arts and culture writers
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I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
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The levels of which we are winning this culture war are truly astronomical. Bad Bunny aside, on the same day when all the southern baptists had to pretend to like kid rock, we gained Sandi Patty and Chonda Pierce.
February 9, 2026 at 3:51 AM
The levels of which we are winning this culture war are truly astronomical. Bad Bunny aside, on the same day when all the southern baptists had to pretend to like kid rock, we gained Sandi Patty and Chonda Pierce.
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It does really hit you that American artists of color continue to make these aesthetically incredible, thematically rich works of art and the white supremacists that rule this country are just complete dullards
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 AM
It does really hit you that American artists of color continue to make these aesthetically incredible, thematically rich works of art and the white supremacists that rule this country are just complete dullards
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Macbeth: SHIT
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Macbeth: SHIT
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Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
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It’s weird how the White House can just blame a “staffer” for the racist post as if just any low level flunky can pretend to be the President of the United States at any random time.
February 7, 2026 at 12:20 AM
It’s weird how the White House can just blame a “staffer” for the racist post as if just any low level flunky can pretend to be the President of the United States at any random time.
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this:
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I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
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We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
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Breaking character: The changes at WaPo and CBS are not ones that make economic sense. They're about hating liberals, they're about some media higher-ups hating their mostly liberal audience. It's that simple.
February 4, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Breaking character: The changes at WaPo and CBS are not ones that make economic sense. They're about hating liberals, they're about some media higher-ups hating their mostly liberal audience. It's that simple.
Immigration debates have fully exposed the inconsistency of US evangelicals (if they were any doubt). They know exactly how God feels about trans people and abortion, even though the Bible never mentions those topics. But “treat the stranger as the native-born”? They find all kinds of nuance in that
Q: Pope Leo cited Matthew 25:35 to critique Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda. How would you respond to Pope Leo in scripture?
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
February 4, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Immigration debates have fully exposed the inconsistency of US evangelicals (if they were any doubt). They know exactly how God feels about trans people and abortion, even though the Bible never mentions those topics. But “treat the stranger as the native-born”? They find all kinds of nuance in that
This is one of those headlines that l—at first glance—I thought was from the Onion
Judge Incredulous as Trump Lawyer Asks Him to Create New Law for Mark Kelly Retribution Crusade talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-m...
Judge Incredulous as Trump Lawyer Asks Him to Create New Law for Mark Kelly Retribution Crusade
WASHINGTON, DC–Federal District Court Judge Richard Leon expressed shock Tuesday that the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:06 AM
This is one of those headlines that l—at first glance—I thought was from the Onion
I recently noticed right-wingers responding to “no one is illegal on stolen land” with “This land wasn’t stolen, it was CONQUERED” and they seem to think that’s some kind of difference.
Same chuds who say “we’re not a democracy, we’re a REPUBLIC.” I think they struggle with the concept of synonyms
Same chuds who say “we’re not a democracy, we’re a REPUBLIC.” I think they struggle with the concept of synonyms
February 4, 2026 at 12:02 AM
I recently noticed right-wingers responding to “no one is illegal on stolen land” with “This land wasn’t stolen, it was CONQUERED” and they seem to think that’s some kind of difference.
Same chuds who say “we’re not a democracy, we’re a REPUBLIC.” I think they struggle with the concept of synonyms
Same chuds who say “we’re not a democracy, we’re a REPUBLIC.” I think they struggle with the concept of synonyms
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I think often of a tweet I saw that was like "if your kid actually reads books, they're gonna be one of the smartest people in like ten years" arxiv.org/abs/2601.20245
February 2, 2026 at 11:39 PM
I think often of a tweet I saw that was like "if your kid actually reads books, they're gonna be one of the smartest people in like ten years" arxiv.org/abs/2601.20245
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1/x 🧵
ICE has booked at least 3,800 children +
(Drawing by a 5-year-old detained in Texas with her mother. “I am 5 years old” is written at the top. Lower down, next to stick figures, are the words “let us go.” You don't have to know your Bible to hear myriad echoes here, but phew, those too.)
ICE has booked at least 3,800 children +
(Drawing by a 5-year-old detained in Texas with her mother. “I am 5 years old” is written at the top. Lower down, next to stick figures, are the words “let us go.” You don't have to know your Bible to hear myriad echoes here, but phew, those too.)
February 2, 2026 at 12:50 AM
1/x 🧵
ICE has booked at least 3,800 children +
(Drawing by a 5-year-old detained in Texas with her mother. “I am 5 years old” is written at the top. Lower down, next to stick figures, are the words “let us go.” You don't have to know your Bible to hear myriad echoes here, but phew, those too.)
ICE has booked at least 3,800 children +
(Drawing by a 5-year-old detained in Texas with her mother. “I am 5 years old” is written at the top. Lower down, next to stick figures, are the words “let us go.” You don't have to know your Bible to hear myriad echoes here, but phew, those too.)
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Hat tip to @geraldcoleman.bsky.social for doing The Work.
Beginner’s Guide to Black Science Fiction and Fantasy
A while back, I created the first beginner's guide to black science fiction & fantasy in answer to two realities.
bookshop.org
February 1, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Hat tip to @geraldcoleman.bsky.social for doing The Work.
This is who runs this account
February 2, 2026 at 4:37 PM
This is who runs this account