Ben
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"Biting into a dish, knowing that it is not cod and rubbing one’s stomach and saying, 'Hmm, this tastes like cod… yes, very much like cod, indeed!' to remind us all that we have but little else to eat but cod."
Jokes That Everyone on the Mayflower Is Getting Sick Of
This document was found in the records of Puritan William Bradford, sometimes referred to as “America’s First Traveler Blogger.” - - -IN THE NAME ...
buff.ly
November 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"Biting into a dish, knowing that it is not cod and rubbing one’s stomach and saying, 'Hmm, this tastes like cod… yes, very much like cod, indeed!' to remind us all that we have but little else to eat but cod."
Well, it’s been a tough 40 days for a lot of people, but at least we got nothing out of it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Well, it’s been a tough 40 days for a lot of people, but at least we got nothing out of it.
"The things that give you hope and the things that will make the world better are growing in places you cannot see, and you should put the phone down and go join them because they need your help." - Brennen Lee Mulligan
October 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"The things that give you hope and the things that will make the world better are growing in places you cannot see, and you should put the phone down and go join them because they need your help." - Brennen Lee Mulligan
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The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.
October 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.
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Daggerheart will likely be the big source of news coming out of PAX Unplugged, based on this panel with the Critical Role and Darrington Press team. unplugged.paxsite.com/en-us/schedu...
October 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Daggerheart will likely be the big source of news coming out of PAX Unplugged, based on this panel with the Critical Role and Darrington Press team. unplugged.paxsite.com/en-us/schedu...
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Hey Georgia! @hankgreen.bsky.social has a convincing pitch for why you should vote AGAINST THE REPUBLICANS in the upcoming Georgia Public Service Commission special election! Potentially save consumers money, kick out some Rs, feel good! YOUR VOTE WILL COUNT HUGELY! www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
I Need 1% of Georgia to Watch This Video
YouTube video by Hank Green
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October 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Hey Georgia! @hankgreen.bsky.social has a convincing pitch for why you should vote AGAINST THE REPUBLICANS in the upcoming Georgia Public Service Commission special election! Potentially save consumers money, kick out some Rs, feel good! YOUR VOTE WILL COUNT HUGELY! www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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Korol is a US citizen. Her family hasn’t heard from her since she was taken, public charges haven’t been released—what crime did she even commit? 2nd-Degree Woodwinding?—and there has been no explanation for her “renditioning” across state lines.
We’ve moved into a new phase of Trump lawlessness.
We’ve moved into a new phase of Trump lawlessness.
A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.
When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.
When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.
Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents
‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said
www.independent.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Korol is a US citizen. Her family hasn’t heard from her since she was taken, public charges haven’t been released—what crime did she even commit? 2nd-Degree Woodwinding?—and there has been no explanation for her “renditioning” across state lines.
We’ve moved into a new phase of Trump lawlessness.
We’ve moved into a new phase of Trump lawlessness.
Great thread
This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
October 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Great thread
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TRON: Ares is a movie about two billionaire tech CEOs and two AIs with nary a personality among them.
October 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
TRON: Ares is a movie about two billionaire tech CEOs and two AIs with nary a personality among them.
I really don’t think that man is the acting president.
Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?
TRUMP: Suspending who?
Q: Habeas corpus
TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.
TRUMP: Suspending who?
Q: Habeas corpus
TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.
October 9, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I really don’t think that man is the acting president.
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i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
Why do smoke detector batteries always die between 2 and 5 am? Seems like a statistical improbability.
October 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Why do smoke detector batteries always die between 2 and 5 am? Seems like a statistical improbability.
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normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following
October 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following
We should impeach President Miller
October 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We should impeach President Miller
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you are not old. you are at least twenty years away from being old. get out and do more stuff, by yourself if necessary. and drink more water.
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
October 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
you are not old. you are at least twenty years away from being old. get out and do more stuff, by yourself if necessary. and drink more water.
“They robbed the school of Tito!”
what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.
October 2, 2025 at 2:17 AM
“They robbed the school of Tito!”
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While Trump himself is a great example of straight up corruption, most of the people serving in leadership give the sense of still being mad that life is not high school, and have been given a unique opportunity to seek their revenge.
October 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
While Trump himself is a great example of straight up corruption, most of the people serving in leadership give the sense of still being mad that life is not high school, and have been given a unique opportunity to seek their revenge.
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Longtime Pentagon reporter Helene Cooper said that she can't find any military officials who attended the meeting in Virginia with President Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth and liked what they heard.
www.rawstory.com/trump-milita...
www.rawstory.com/trump-milita...
'Disbelief': Pentagon reporter can't find one military official who liked Hegseth's speech
Longtime Pentagon reporter Helene Cooper said that she can't find any military officials who attended the meeting in Virginia with President Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth and liked what the...
www.rawstory.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Longtime Pentagon reporter Helene Cooper said that she can't find any military officials who attended the meeting in Virginia with President Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth and liked what they heard.
www.rawstory.com/trump-milita...
www.rawstory.com/trump-milita...
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New: Last night in the Senate, Ted Cruz blocked a bill that would have prevented data brokers from selling personal data on anyone in the United States, and not just federal lawmakers and government officials.
Ted Cruz blocks bill that would extend privacy protections to all Americans | TechCrunch
The Texas senator blocked a bill that would have prevented data brokers from selling personal data on anyone in the United States, and not just federal lawmakers and government officials.
techcrunch.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
New: Last night in the Senate, Ted Cruz blocked a bill that would have prevented data brokers from selling personal data on anyone in the United States, and not just federal lawmakers and government officials.
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hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
September 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
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would love to hear more congressional democrats say "should we win power next year we are going to treat every one of these as bribes and act accordingly" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Trump obtains another settlement as YouTube agrees to pay $24.5 million
Alphabet settles with Trump instead of fighting lawsuit over January 6 suspension.
arstechnica.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
would love to hear more congressional democrats say "should we win power next year we are going to treat every one of these as bribes and act accordingly" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Trump is a very evil man, but it is underrated the degree that he is being lied to by men who are even more evil than he is
September 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Trump is a very evil man, but it is underrated the degree that he is being lied to by men who are even more evil than he is
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starting to think that an increasingly senile trump is being shown a different reality by his aides by making ai videos of shit and telling him it’s real news
September 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
starting to think that an increasingly senile trump is being shown a different reality by his aides by making ai videos of shit and telling him it’s real news
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I’m becoming more and more concerned that people at high levels of public discussion cannot identify the difference between a genuinely viral conversation vs a bunch of bots making noise.
“Bots or likely bots authored 44.5% of X posts mentioning Cracker Barrel in the 24 hours after the new logo gained attention on Aug. 20, according to research for @WSJ by PeakMetrics. That number rose to 49% among posts calling for a boycott.”
Bot Networks Are Helping Drag Consumer Brands Into the Culture Wars
AI tools have made coordinated attacks targeting corporations much more common, researchers say.
www.wsj.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I’m becoming more and more concerned that people at high levels of public discussion cannot identify the difference between a genuinely viral conversation vs a bunch of bots making noise.