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Don't follow me, I'm an idiot. I'm here to read what smarter people have to say and occasionally say something stupid.
Even if the tone was meant to be ironic (I'm not convinced), who the fuck cares? You're dedicating space to articles about shitty burnt out ex-journalists? In the year of our Lord 2025? You couldn't find something more important than this to publish?
November 17, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Even if the tone was meant to be ironic (I'm not convinced), who the fuck cares? You're dedicating space to articles about shitty burnt out ex-journalists? In the year of our Lord 2025? You couldn't find something more important than this to publish?
Everything has to be a test of Bluesky. Bro, this isn't about Bluesky this is about hilariously shit reporting on someone who deserves negative inches in the paper.
"Dogshit journalist ruins her career and marriage by trying to fuck the shittiest guy" is not a story about Bluesky. It's not a story.
"Dogshit journalist ruins her career and marriage by trying to fuck the shittiest guy" is not a story about Bluesky. It's not a story.
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Everything has to be a test of Bluesky. Bro, this isn't about Bluesky this is about hilariously shit reporting on someone who deserves negative inches in the paper.
"Dogshit journalist ruins her career and marriage by trying to fuck the shittiest guy" is not a story about Bluesky. It's not a story.
"Dogshit journalist ruins her career and marriage by trying to fuck the shittiest guy" is not a story about Bluesky. It's not a story.
God I wish this worked after GWB
November 17, 2025 at 5:26 AM
God I wish this worked after GWB
There is so, so much scholarship on American racism, and that's actually a good sign. We think about this shit! We've been talking about it for a very long time! The average American is racist, but at least understands that they should feel bad about it and can occasionally recognize it in others
November 17, 2025 at 4:07 AM
There is so, so much scholarship on American racism, and that's actually a good sign. We think about this shit! We've been talking about it for a very long time! The average American is racist, but at least understands that they should feel bad about it and can occasionally recognize it in others
The thing about American racism is that there's a huge industry in calling it out and fighting back, and it's been really successful overall. Even the "anti woke" stuff is the enemy fighting on our terms. My boomer dumbass dad knows that highways are racist, the enemy is not winning this fight here
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The thing about American racism is that there's a huge industry in calling it out and fighting back, and it's been really successful overall. Even the "anti woke" stuff is the enemy fighting on our terms. My boomer dumbass dad knows that highways are racist, the enemy is not winning this fight here
Aren't there nearby Amazon lockers? I order from them maybe twice a year (because fuck Amazon), but of all the delivery options it seems like they've got solutions.
My porch is the sidewalk, so I basically can't get anything shipped to me directly or it will be stolen.
My porch is the sidewalk, so I basically can't get anything shipped to me directly or it will be stolen.
November 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Aren't there nearby Amazon lockers? I order from them maybe twice a year (because fuck Amazon), but of all the delivery options it seems like they've got solutions.
My porch is the sidewalk, so I basically can't get anything shipped to me directly or it will be stolen.
My porch is the sidewalk, so I basically can't get anything shipped to me directly or it will be stolen.
Ubisoft
Guy slips and accidentally eats Shawarma
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November 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Ubisoft
It literally highlights the (incorrect) spoiler for a totally unrelated search. Garbage product, get it the fuck out of here
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
It literally highlights the (incorrect) spoiler for a totally unrelated search. Garbage product, get it the fuck out of here
Don't fucking tell me if it got the season wrong, I don't want to know and that's half the point. This shit service tells me things I don't want to know and it's wrong about them anyhow
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Don't fucking tell me if it got the season wrong, I don't want to know and that's half the point. This shit service tells me things I don't want to know and it's wrong about them anyhow
The first post alone is enough. "Taxes won't raise taxes, so hopefully they'll replace taxes" is the kind of thing you should get committed for saying
November 16, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The first post alone is enough. "Taxes won't raise taxes, so hopefully they'll replace taxes" is the kind of thing you should get committed for saying
I think this fits cleanly into Corey Robin's description of reactionary thought as being fundamentally about establishing "just" hierarchies. You're the king of those below you, but also a victim of usurpers who seek to undermine your rightful authority
November 16, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I think this fits cleanly into Corey Robin's description of reactionary thought as being fundamentally about establishing "just" hierarchies. You're the king of those below you, but also a victim of usurpers who seek to undermine your rightful authority
I should say, is succeeding in bringing measles back.
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I should say, is succeeding in bringing measles back.
"Ooh, we'll chortle at that one over cocktails" is really not the vibe when we're talking about a reporter who destroyed her career and marriage trying to fuck the guy who wants to bring measles back
November 15, 2025 at 5:37 AM
"Ooh, we'll chortle at that one over cocktails" is really not the vibe when we're talking about a reporter who destroyed her career and marriage trying to fuck the guy who wants to bring measles back
I feel like pulling off a subtly sardonic personal hit piece can be fun, but isn't something you should be aiming for most of the time. Especially when the story primarily involves powerful people literally trying to increase the number of children who die of preventable diseases
November 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I feel like pulling off a subtly sardonic personal hit piece can be fun, but isn't something you should be aiming for most of the time. Especially when the story primarily involves powerful people literally trying to increase the number of children who die of preventable diseases
Could a Supreme Court uphold prosecutions for these killings with ironclad legal reasoning? Yes, and they should. Will this one? Absolutely not.
November 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Could a Supreme Court uphold prosecutions for these killings with ironclad legal reasoning? Yes, and they should. Will this one? Absolutely not.
So, it shouldn't be precedential but that only matters if we get a serious court
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
So, it shouldn't be precedential but that only matters if we get a serious court
I feel like "the composition of the court" is the dominant factor here, because it's pretty clear that this court tries as hard as it can to distort or ignore the facts of the case and doesn't respect precedent when it wants Trump to win
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I feel like "the composition of the court" is the dominant factor here, because it's pretty clear that this court tries as hard as it can to distort or ignore the facts of the case and doesn't respect precedent when it wants Trump to win
To be fair, I think the notion is not "I don't understand" but "this transcends understanding." In practice, I imagine this is often conflated.
And as someone who got a graduate degree in physics, I can actually understand how this could work, but usually it's just that I'm not good enough at math
And as someone who got a graduate degree in physics, I can actually understand how this could work, but usually it's just that I'm not good enough at math
November 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
To be fair, I think the notion is not "I don't understand" but "this transcends understanding." In practice, I imagine this is often conflated.
And as someone who got a graduate degree in physics, I can actually understand how this could work, but usually it's just that I'm not good enough at math
And as someone who got a graduate degree in physics, I can actually understand how this could work, but usually it's just that I'm not good enough at math
Sometimes I think about how James Garfield published an original proof of the Pythagorean theorem
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Sometimes I think about how James Garfield published an original proof of the Pythagorean theorem
He knows the kind of car that Blade Runner would drive, even if he hasn't seen the movie
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
He knows the kind of car that Blade Runner would drive, even if he hasn't seen the movie