Conor Thompson
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isu math student. michigan '20 math/linguistics. i play quizbowl. he/it
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Yes, Mr. Madison, I get your concerns about fiendish foreign princes and such, but here's the thing: in the year 2026 the literal Pope will be eligible to run for POTUS while the mayor of New York City is not. Maybe go back to the drawing board and give that one another go. Not your best work.
November 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Yes, Mr. Madison, I get your concerns about fiendish foreign princes and such, but here's the thing: in the year 2026 the literal Pope will be eligible to run for POTUS while the mayor of New York City is not. Maybe go back to the drawing board and give that one another go. Not your best work.
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10/10 take. No notes.
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American left-wing patriotism is Jewish guys signing Christian anti-slavery hymns about the first Muslim mayor of New York and I think that’s beautiful
LET THE HERO BORN OF WOMAN CRUSH THE SERPENT WITH HIS HEEL
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
American left-wing patriotism is Jewish guys signing Christian anti-slavery hymns about the first Muslim mayor of New York and I think that’s beautiful
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Every culture loves:
- creamy sauce
- pickles
- stew
-flatbread
If they don't have their own version, they steal the hell out of someone else's
- creamy sauce
- pickles
- stew
-flatbread
If they don't have their own version, they steal the hell out of someone else's
October 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Every culture loves:
- creamy sauce
- pickles
- stew
-flatbread
If they don't have their own version, they steal the hell out of someone else's
- creamy sauce
- pickles
- stew
-flatbread
If they don't have their own version, they steal the hell out of someone else's
atlantic city*
*i actually had a great time in atlantic city but that was entirely due to going there to hang out with friends. the city itself is the Rusty Shoes Belt
*i actually had a great time in atlantic city but that was entirely due to going there to hang out with friends. the city itself is the Rusty Shoes Belt
What’s the worst city you’ve visited?
I’ll never go back to Myrtle Beach SC if somebody paid me
I’ll never go back to Myrtle Beach SC if somebody paid me
September 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
atlantic city*
*i actually had a great time in atlantic city but that was entirely due to going there to hang out with friends. the city itself is the Rusty Shoes Belt
*i actually had a great time in atlantic city but that was entirely due to going there to hang out with friends. the city itself is the Rusty Shoes Belt
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Iowa State intentionally playing for a 54 yard field goal attempt that WORKS is absolutely bonkers
September 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Iowa State intentionally playing for a 54 yard field goal attempt that WORKS is absolutely bonkers
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show your wife how you made ice cream down in flanders
September 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
show your wife how you made ice cream down in flanders
sorry, the guy who discovered how brucellosis spread was named *Themistocles Zammit*???
Sir Themisocles Zammit was *knighted* for figuring out that Brucellosis - so widespread in his country it was called "Maltese fever" in many other places - was spread by raw milk.
Listen, y'all -- if you want to drink raw cow milk from a filthy farm, I can't stop you. But for the love of all that's holy, do not give it to fucking children.
August 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
sorry, the guy who discovered how brucellosis spread was named *Themistocles Zammit*???
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The degree to which it has become normalized to know everything about your child's life, in the name of combating a safety threat that barely exists, seems like a much more obviously mechanistic explanation for kids being anxious than "something something phones something something"
“Inside the heel of the shoe, a small insert can be lifted to reveal the compartment. Then, parents can track the location of their child — or, at least their child’s shoes.”
Skechers is making kids' shoes with a hidden AirTag compartment | TechCrunch
Skechers launches kids' shoes with built-in AirTag holder.
techcrunch.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The degree to which it has become normalized to know everything about your child's life, in the name of combating a safety threat that barely exists, seems like a much more obviously mechanistic explanation for kids being anxious than "something something phones something something"
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brb making "hich" happen
![Screencap from the middle of a paper:
questions like ‘where?’, ‘whither?’ or ‘what?’ and answer them with demonstrative words like ‘there’, ‘thither’ or ‘that’. English, like many languages, allows a range of spatially calibrated answers—here versus there (and yon in older English), hither versus thither, this versus that. Moreover, many languages are like English in having proportional formal relationships between question words and demonstratives. The English formula is wh- for questions, h- for proximal demonstratives, and th- for distal demonstratives, but we don’t do this consistently HIGHLIGHT (we don’t express ‘now’ with hen, or answer which? with hich or thich). END HIGHLIGHT Some languages, like Japanese or Tamil, have systems that are both richer and more consistent (see Evans 2012b for [screencap cuts off mid-sentence]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sxttw4f3ket2uyrrtc5ou4n2/bafkreift7beypncmvtvtvwvoxari5ve6qwyrpam5zvgrmc3brtjo3tkh5e@jpeg)
July 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
brb making "hich" happen
jumping on the trend du jour
Okay, lets do this.
One like, one opinion that's not on politics.
One like, one opinion that's not on politics.
July 21, 2025 at 5:30 AM
jumping on the trend du jour
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America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
July 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
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The error I keep seeing people make is to go, “Uhhh they’ll just watch Fox News and blame Democrats!” and I’m sure 85% of them will. But if 15% of them don’t, that’s the fucking ballgame!
July 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The error I keep seeing people make is to go, “Uhhh they’ll just watch Fox News and blame Democrats!” and I’m sure 85% of them will. But if 15% of them don’t, that’s the fucking ballgame!
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The median American liberal wants Robespierre and the median bluesky liberal wants YIMBY Robespierre.
June 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The median American liberal wants Robespierre and the median bluesky liberal wants YIMBY Robespierre.
the kids continue to be alright
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
the kids continue to be alright
pierbattista pizzaballa still not the funniest name for a cardinal in recent memory but it's up there
April 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
pierbattista pizzaballa still not the funniest name for a cardinal in recent memory but it's up there
ok yes 4chan is kill lol lmao etc but CHUD IS AN ACRONYM???
4Chan was hacked, its source code was leaked, admin emails were leaked, AND a lot of registered users used their real names and .edu email addresses. Lotta CHUDs getting exposed to sunlight today.
April 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
ok yes 4chan is kill lol lmao etc but CHUD IS AN ACRONYM???
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I hate these fascist motherfuckers with every cell in my body and with nearly equal timbre I hate the cowardice of the only people in a position to oppose them who treat it like they were playing crazy 8s over cocktails and watercress sandwiches
March 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I hate these fascist motherfuckers with every cell in my body and with nearly equal timbre I hate the cowardice of the only people in a position to oppose them who treat it like they were playing crazy 8s over cocktails and watercress sandwiches
places i visited for the first time in 2024:
Atlantic City, NJ
Bowling Green, MO
Camden, NJ
Chester, IL
Durham, NC
Grand Tower, IL
Hazel Green, WI
Kaskaskia, IL
Omaha, NE
St. Louis, MO
Atlantic City, NJ
Bowling Green, MO
Camden, NJ
Chester, IL
Durham, NC
Grand Tower, IL
Hazel Green, WI
Kaskaskia, IL
Omaha, NE
St. Louis, MO
January 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
places i visited for the first time in 2024:
Atlantic City, NJ
Bowling Green, MO
Camden, NJ
Chester, IL
Durham, NC
Grand Tower, IL
Hazel Green, WI
Kaskaskia, IL
Omaha, NE
St. Louis, MO
Atlantic City, NJ
Bowling Green, MO
Camden, NJ
Chester, IL
Durham, NC
Grand Tower, IL
Hazel Green, WI
Kaskaskia, IL
Omaha, NE
St. Louis, MO