Ward Q. Normal (he/him)
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New school year about to start, so a new thread for the alphabetical order commute playlist. This morning's drive started with "Dumb All Over" (Zappa) and ended with 4 songs titled "Dust" (Monks of Doom, Parquet Courts, 13th Floor Elevators, Elvis Costello).
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“Rather than taking over the Democratic Party the same way the right took over the Republican Party, we should take the easier route and just start up a new party ourselves!”
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“Rather than taking over the Democratic Party the same way the right took over the Republican Party, we should take the easier route and just start up a new party ourselves!”
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
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You didn't get a vote. You got a "promise" of a vote. From a party who is disappearing nannies & gardeners and zip-tying children. A party who has flushed Due Process in America down the toilet. Who has subjugated its Congressional duties to an autocrat. That's what everybody sees, Tim.
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
You didn't get a vote. You got a "promise" of a vote. From a party who is disappearing nannies & gardeners and zip-tying children. A party who has flushed Due Process in America down the toilet. Who has subjugated its Congressional duties to an autocrat. That's what everybody sees, Tim.
Dems to GOP: "So if I give you all my credit card numbers and bank info, you'll send me a bunch of money from a Nigerian Prince? That sounds like a perfect deal! Thank you!"
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Dems to GOP: "So if I give you all my credit card numbers and bank info, you'll send me a bunch of money from a Nigerian Prince? That sounds like a perfect deal! Thank you!"
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Reminder that the last time Schumer had a serious primary challenger it was Geraldine Fucking Ferraro in 1998.
For 27 years he has been encouraged to do weak shit like this while the world crumbles around him.
Vote in primaries people. Every year. And push pols you like to run for higher office.
For 27 years he has been encouraged to do weak shit like this while the world crumbles around him.
Vote in primaries people. Every year. And push pols you like to run for higher office.
If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Reminder that the last time Schumer had a serious primary challenger it was Geraldine Fucking Ferraro in 1998.
For 27 years he has been encouraged to do weak shit like this while the world crumbles around him.
Vote in primaries people. Every year. And push pols you like to run for higher office.
For 27 years he has been encouraged to do weak shit like this while the world crumbles around him.
Vote in primaries people. Every year. And push pols you like to run for higher office.
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Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
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DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
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My entire life Republicans’ game has been to stymy, undercut & undermine when Democrats have power so they can point to the resulting failings as evidence progressive policies are dysfunctional & then they get power & aggressively gut every social gain & Dems are still like ‘maybe we can negotiate’
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My entire life Republicans’ game has been to stymy, undercut & undermine when Democrats have power so they can point to the resulting failings as evidence progressive policies are dysfunctional & then they get power & aggressively gut every social gain & Dems are still like ‘maybe we can negotiate’
SCOTUS telling Kim Davis to fuck off forever. Pump that right into my veins.
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
SCOTUS telling Kim Davis to fuck off forever. Pump that right into my veins.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
It's Journalism 101. Here's a handy flowchart to remind you.
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It's Journalism 101. Here's a handy flowchart to remind you.
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all of the calls for "moderating on trans issues" are just an excuse to launder the author's own bigotry into the political sphere
do the right thing and tell them to go to hell, support trans rights
do the right thing and tell them to go to hell, support trans rights
November 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
all of the calls for "moderating on trans issues" are just an excuse to launder the author's own bigotry into the political sphere
do the right thing and tell them to go to hell, support trans rights
do the right thing and tell them to go to hell, support trans rights
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what this means politically is that there is simply not a big cost to doing the right thing and standing up for trans people
if you run a campaign based on affordability while supporting trans rights and your opponent runs a campaign based on transphobia, voters will prefer yours
(see: Spanberger)
if you run a campaign based on affordability while supporting trans rights and your opponent runs a campaign based on transphobia, voters will prefer yours
(see: Spanberger)
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
what this means politically is that there is simply not a big cost to doing the right thing and standing up for trans people
if you run a campaign based on affordability while supporting trans rights and your opponent runs a campaign based on transphobia, voters will prefer yours
(see: Spanberger)
if you run a campaign based on affordability while supporting trans rights and your opponent runs a campaign based on transphobia, voters will prefer yours
(see: Spanberger)
“Man being strangled is losing interest in breathing.”
breaking: if people can’t get paid they don’t want to spend. who would have thought!
November 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“Man being strangled is losing interest in breathing.”
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Couldn't help myself.
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Couldn't help myself.
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"Soylent Green is billionaires!"
- the reboot of Soylent Green that I just came up with
- the reboot of Soylent Green that I just came up with
November 9, 2025 at 7:48 AM
"Soylent Green is billionaires!"
- the reboot of Soylent Green that I just came up with
- the reboot of Soylent Green that I just came up with
"It's so fucking great to be alive! Is what the theme of our show is tonight, boys and girls. And I wanna tell ya, if there is anybody here who doesn't believe that it is fucking great to be alive, I wish they would go now, because this show will bring them down so much."
- Frank Zappa
- Frank Zappa
November 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
"It's so fucking great to be alive! Is what the theme of our show is tonight, boys and girls. And I wanna tell ya, if there is anybody here who doesn't believe that it is fucking great to be alive, I wish they would go now, because this show will bring them down so much."
- Frank Zappa
- Frank Zappa
Mamdani is going to introduce shart law. Everyone will have to change their pants.
Mamdani is going to implement Shar Law. Everyone will have to bow down to the Mistress of the Night, the Lady of Loss, and devote themselves to bringing about a darkness that will smother her hated foe and sister Selûne
Mamdani is going to implement My Sharona law. Everyone will have to create songs with undeniable rock beats.
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Mamdani is going to introduce shart law. Everyone will have to change their pants.
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Mamdani is going to implement Shari Lewis law.
Everyone will be required to stick their fist up a lamb's a
Excuse me, there's someone at the door.
Everyone will be required to stick their fist up a lamb's a
Excuse me, there's someone at the door.
Mamdani is going to implement SSHaria law. Communications will be end to end encrypted.
Mamdani is going to implement Shakira law. Hips will no longer be able to lie.
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Mamdani is going to implement Shari Lewis law.
Everyone will be required to stick their fist up a lamb's a
Excuse me, there's someone at the door.
Everyone will be required to stick their fist up a lamb's a
Excuse me, there's someone at the door.
Someone on here said every picture of this guy looks like his mom just walked into his bedroom and caught him masturbating, and I cannot look at him the same anymore.
November 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Someone on here said every picture of this guy looks like his mom just walked into his bedroom and caught him masturbating, and I cannot look at him the same anymore.
Monday was the anniversary of the night I met Steve. Tonight I'm going out with 3 buddies to the same restaurant where we had his last birthday dinner together. Food & wine & laughter & tears.
I hope all of you can find moments of joy in the midst of all of this. That's how we can get through it.
I hope all of you can find moments of joy in the midst of all of this. That's how we can get through it.
November 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Monday was the anniversary of the night I met Steve. Tonight I'm going out with 3 buddies to the same restaurant where we had his last birthday dinner together. Food & wine & laughter & tears.
I hope all of you can find moments of joy in the midst of all of this. That's how we can get through it.
I hope all of you can find moments of joy in the midst of all of this. That's how we can get through it.
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I think a lot about comfort and curiosity - how if you are truly curious, you must accept that you will eventually be uncomfortable, by challenging preconceptions, misconceptions and through the process of learning itself. Understanding something is messy - it takes time and thinking to stick.
Generative AI is ruining my motivation to teach. It is not a bold new era of information that I'm excited to see my students explore. It's a cheat that prevents them from thinking. It lets them avoid even a moment of confusion and struggle, necessary to process new ideas.
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I think a lot about comfort and curiosity - how if you are truly curious, you must accept that you will eventually be uncomfortable, by challenging preconceptions, misconceptions and through the process of learning itself. Understanding something is messy - it takes time and thinking to stick.
Generative AI is ruining my motivation to teach. It is not a bold new era of information that I'm excited to see my students explore. It's a cheat that prevents them from thinking. It lets them avoid even a moment of confusion and struggle, necessary to process new ideas.
November 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Generative AI is ruining my motivation to teach. It is not a bold new era of information that I'm excited to see my students explore. It's a cheat that prevents them from thinking. It lets them avoid even a moment of confusion and struggle, necessary to process new ideas.
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion