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I will stop what I’m doing in a grocery store if I hear them play Talking Heads.
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Matthea Harvey, Shiver and You Have Weather:

In the aftermath of calculus
your toast fell butter-side down.

Squirrels swarmed the lawns
in flight patterns. The hovercraft…
In the aftermath of calculus your toast fell butter-side down. Squirrels swarmed the lawns in flight patterns. The hovercraft helped the waves along. From every corner there was perspective. On the billboards the diamonds were real, in the stores, only zirconia. I cc’ed you. I let you know. Sat down to write the Black Ice Memo. Dinner would be meager & reminiscent of next week’s lunch. So what if I sat on the sectional? As always I was beside myself.
November 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender.
Marian Webster dictionary-stile cover that says ALL CAPS
November 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Look how he’s aged in 10 months:
Photo of Sean Duffy at early press conference, January 2025
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Vivid color drawing of ancient slaves quarrying stone under the whiplash of an overseer, with the words quoting Trump’s recent post about his bathroom, “Highly polished statuary marble.”
November 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Nbd just something I happened to see while out protesting on Saturday. They don’t pay this kind of bonus for traditionally peaceful NPS officers letting kids pet their horses.
October 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Definitely not funded by Soros. #nokings
Crudely made cardboard sign saying NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL
October 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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“The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa.”
Mills Jovavich from Fifth Element in fight position.
October 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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And again, the internet does its thing.
Pairing of Benjamin Dreyer’s skeet showing a bald misshapen Stephen Miller at a podium above another person’s skeet of a the bald, misshapen Freddie from Nightmare on Elm Street seeming also to be speaking from a podium.
October 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Also, who wore it better?
Kash Patel Charles Manson
September 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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John Cusco as Lloyd Dobler saying “I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career.”
September 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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The Internet delivers
Bradley Whitfoed: when authoritarianism is on the rise, you can count on the richest, least vulnerable men in the planet to be the biggest cowards. Frog and Toad Bot, directly below in the timeline: “That is true,” said Frog
September 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Remembering the Gay History of the World “Trade” Center medium.com/prismnpen/ma... @medium.com
View of the World Trade Center Towers from the ground
September 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Nice, guys. Thanks a million. #pedestrian #CarCulture #VisionZero #ZeroRespect
A rainy crosswalk with three cars abreast, all protruding deep into the crosswalk so pedestrians can hardly cross safely
September 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Melissa Hortman. Melissa Hortman. Melissa Hortman. Melissa Hortman. Melissa Hortman. Melissa Hortman. Melissa Hortman. Melissa Hortman. Melissa Hortman. Melissa Hortman. Melissa Hortman. Melissa Hortman. Melissa Hortman. Melissa Hortman. Melissa Hortman. Melissa Hortman.
Photograph of the late Minnesota Soeaker of the House Melissa Hortman, smiling.
September 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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And today: Come ON!
September 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Spelling Bee board spelling POTATOHEAD
September 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Close but no cigar:
September 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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I’ve enhanced the image with AI. I noticed something strange immediately.
Three wolves moon shirt from Amazon
September 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Because, like you, I’m 12.
Spelling Bee board with the immature and irresistible word BEEJAY spelled out
September 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Using one photo already on your phone, what is the announcement today at 2?
September 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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I have one of those in feline form
Grey tabby on his back extending extremely long hind legs at the camera
September 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Blurry, but this is Farragut North this morning in #DC near the White House. We counted four National Guard total (two here), all with sidearms.
Foreground two commuters in wdc and in front of them are two National Guard in fatigues, all walking with backs to camera
August 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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August 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Awww I have one of those too!
Little grey cat asleep with her paws curled.
August 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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With just basic info about location, here’s what my Merlin app suggests. (I highly recommend, it works even away from wifi because it’s powered by GPS)
August 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM