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*moneyball.gif* what the fuck are you talkin' about, man?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
October 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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What is wrong with North Texas? A Cybertruck “powered by prayer”

Can you guess where this is parked?

Just kidding! It’s a Cybertruck in North Texas, you already knew it’s directly outside a bar.
Parked Cybertruck, pictured from above rear, with a large vinyl sign that covers most of the tailgate that says “Powered by prayer”
October 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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September 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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September 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
A Discord spokesperson told the Guardian that throughout the course of their own investigation they found an account associated with the suspect. However, they “have found no evidence that the suspect planned this incident or promoted violence on Discord”. The spokesperson added that: The messages referenced in recent reporting about planning details do not appear to be Discord messages. These were communications between the suspect’s roommate and a friend after the shooting, where the roommate was recounting the contents of a note the suspect had left elsewhere. Discord said they have removed the suspect’s account and “will continue to coordinate closely with law enforcement”, expressing sympathy to the Kirk family and all those affected.
September 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Coworker pic this morning, TX DMV system down statewide, apparently also impacting police ticketing system.
Orange flyer with Celia Israel letterhead, on entrance to Travis county Texas DMV “September 11, 2025 7:10am TxDMV & Title system is down statewide. There is no ETA available. If you would like to have your paperwork reviewed, please speak with a tax specialist. We apologize for the inconvenience.
September 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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This isn’t stuff they’re coming up with on their own, they’re clearly mocking the nonsense Trump is posting.
Trump truth social post sharing an ai generated image of Trump with the earth behind him and the caption “The world will soon understand nothing can stop what is coming”
August 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Somebody’s less than impressed with me shouting over VC about getting MVP in a CS2 match
August 19, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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I agree with this, but it also made me think of this scene from early in Ender's Shadow:
Nero, you are an example to all the children on this shuttle. Because most of them are so foolish, they think it is better to keep their stupidest thoughts to themselves. You, however, understand the profound truth that you must reveal your stupidity openly. To hold your stupidity inside you is to embrace it, to cling to it, to protect it. But when you expose your stupidity, you give yourself the chance to have it caught, corrected, and replaced with wisdom. Be brave, all of you, like Nero Boulanger, and when you have a thought of such surpassing ignorance that you think it's actually smart, make sure to make some noise, to let your mental limitations squeak out some whimpering fart of a thought, so that you have a chance to learn
July 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Meanwhile, someone is big mad about this game:
July 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Absolutely post-dinner napmaxxing over here
Tuxedo cat curled up in a ball sleeping in the lap of a person wearing blue jeans
July 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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His politics may have turned rancid, but the Altered Carbon series (and the sorta prequels Thirteen and Thin Air) have some absolute bangers. Quellcrist Falconer one of the best sci-fi revolutionaries imo.

The Netflix series really fucked up the themes IMO.
The personal, as every one’s so fucking fond of saying, is political. So if some idiot politician, some power player, tries to execute policies that harm you or those you care about, TAKE IT PERSONALLY. Get angry. The Machinery of Justice will not serve you here—it is slow and cold, and it is theirs, hardware and soft. Only the little people suffer at the hands of Justice; the creatures of power slide out from under with a wink and a grin. If you want justice, you will have to claw it from them. Make it PERSONAL. Do as much damage as you can. GET YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS. That way you stand a far better chance of being taken seriously next time. Of being considered dangerous. And make no mistake about this: being taken seriously, being considered dangerous marks the difference, the ONLY difference in their eyes, between players and little people. Players they will make deals with. Little people they liquidate. And time and again they cream your liquidation, your displacement, your torture and brutal execution with the ultimate insult that it’s just business, it’s politics, it’s the way of the world, it’s a tough life and that IT’S NOTHING PERSONAL. Well, fuck them. Make it personal. QUELLCRIST FALCONER Things I Should Have Learnt by Now Volume II Richard K. Morgan, Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
July 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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July 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Sorry but I don't buy this as stitching related
July 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Asking a zoomer who got really into Arma the expected TOT of various artillery platforms at various ranges:
Thufir Hawat in the Dune movie calculating something
June 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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June 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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At least in this picture, that is absolutely a live rifle on the right with what looks like live ammo loaded (you can see the brass through the window of the PMAG)
June 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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My guy knows how to handle a weekend.

#caturday #proofofcat
Black and white cat laying on his back in a cat hammock with rear legs splayed out
June 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Unless you're trying to test an existing assumption about the reading skill of college english undergrads, in which case who else exactly should they study?
A principal concern for us was to test whether the subjects had reached a level of “proficient-prose literacy,” which is defined by the U. S. Department of Education as the capability of “reading lengthy, complex, abstract prose texts as well as synthesizing information and making complex inferences” (National Center 3). According to ACT, Inc., this level of literacy translates to a 33–36 score on the Reading Comprehension section of the ACT (Reading). Literary prose can be even more difficult to comprehend because it requires the ability to interpret unfamiliar diction and figures of speech. Dickens’ novel worked we as an example of literary prose because his writing contains frequent complex sentences and language that often moves from the literal to the figurative. In Bleak House, Dickens also mixes specific, contemporary references (from the book’s first publication in 1852–3) to his 1820s setting. In addition, Bleak House is a standard in college literature classes and, so, is important for English Education students, who often are called on to teach Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities in high schools. Our assumption was that English majors, who study similar types of literature and are trained in poetic language, should be able to look up unfamiliar references and understand most of the literal meaning from this novel’s first paragraphs.
May 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Maximum 12% were 'adolescents', more than half were adults. They *voluntarily* signed up to be tested on their reading skills with the aid of dictionaries, their phone, etc! Interest in the subject is irrelevant here.
35 percent of our study’s subjects were seniors, 34 percent were juniors, 19 percent were sophomores, and four percent were freshman, with the remaining eight percent of subjects unknown for this category. 41 percent of our subjects were English Education majors, and the rest were English majors with a traditional emphasis like Literature or Creative Writing
May 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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NO BLUESKY I AM NOT WRITING IN DUTCH I AM LOSING MY GODDAMN MIND
picture of a bluesky pre-post of REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE with bluesky asking if this post is written in Dutch
April 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Wikipedia very bullish on Cory Booker :D
Table from wikipedia about the longest solo filibusters in the US Senate since 1900 listing Cory Booker as #1 a few minutes before he's actually broken the record.
April 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Yeeep. My rep ostensibly represents both me, in Plano, TX, a Dallas sub/exurb, and people just outside Texarkana, TX, a 3 hour drive away.
March 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Achewood comic with Teodor saying "Hey guys! Guess who just got... yelled at!"
March 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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holy shit the D base is revving up to levels of libing out that haven't been seen since 1942
Quote from an Axios article about things constituents are saying to Democrats at town halls: "Another thing I got was: 'Democrats are too nice. Nice and civility doesn't work. Are you prepared for violence?"
March 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM