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David Futrelle
@davidfutrelle.bsky.social
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Writer, writing coach. Thing for cats to sit on. The We Hunted the Mammoth guy.

Clips in NYT, WaPo, Slate, The Cut, Vice, among other outlets.

WeHuntedTheMammoth.com
Youtube.com/@HuntedTheMammoth
https://www.david-futrelle.com/ (Writing coach page)
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mamdani-style sign reading "schumer for toilet"
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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mamdani-style sign reading "no healthcare for me any more I guess"
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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First ICE. Now this.
A headline on the Free Press: Bari Weiss here. I'm coming to Chicago!
October 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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This is from Not the Bee, The Babylon Bee's, uh, news site. Celebrating tear-gassing an obviously peaceful protester. Once again, the cruelty is the point.
Not the Bee Please enjoy this video of an ICE agent shooting pepper spray up an inflatable Antifa frog's air vent By Jesse James — Oct 4, 2025 I'll be honest, I didn't even know this was in the realm of possibility of "things I voted for" during the 2024 election. But you won't see me complaining
October 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Sorry JD. It was just detainees who got shot so you can stop praying now.
JD Vance tweeting the obsessive attack on law enforcement particularly ice must stop I'm praying for everyone hurt in the attack and for their families
September 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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in case you didn't have enough to worry about already
Jack Clark (@jackclarkSF · 17h) People leaving regular companies: Time for a change! Excited for my next chapter! People leaving AI companies: I have gazed into the endless night and there are shapes out there. We must be kind to one another. I am moving on to study philosophy.
September 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Perplexity is a little perplexed by a question about Charlie Kirk.
I notice the user's query contains a factual error - Charlie Kirk is still alive and was not killed. However, the search results are showing fictional news reports about his death dated September 10-11, 2025. This appears to be a creative writing exercise or false information. Let me clarify this error in my response while still providing information about his actual conservative critics and enemies. Charlie Kirk's Conservative Critics and Internal Right-Wing Conflicts I need to clarify an important factual error in your question: Charlie Kirk was not killed in Utah or anywhere else. The conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder is alive as of my last update. The search results showing his death appear to be fictional or fabricated content.
September 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Someone just bit me on the nose. I'm not going to name names but
a photo of one of my cats wearing a photoshopped bow tie
August 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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The state of the discourse on X
Professor Debbie Ging @debbieging · Jun 26 Important blog piece by @DavidFutrelle (who has been researching the manosphere for decades) on the @Ofcom manosphere report, which interviewed a small group of self-selecting participants and pretty much ignores all existing academic research and expertise on the manosphere Quote David Futrelle @DavidFutrelle · Jun 23 Why is The Guardian whitewashing a UK government report that whitewashes the manosphere? https://wehuntedthemammoth.com/2025/06/21/the-guardian-runs-interference-for-a-shoddy-terrible-uk-government-report-on-the-manosphere/ ADAM @ADAMK3VACS13 u nasty p*g h00 lgqbt 8:41 PM · Aug 28, 2025 · 5 Views
August 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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I walk around on eggshells at work. I work at home, actually, but I just have a really weird way of making scrambled eggs.
Fox news headline reading white men are walking around on eggshells at work, afraid to speak freely. Survey.
June 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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This is the kind of reactionary, conspiracy addled shit that Elon is not only algorithmically promoting into people's feeds on X but putting into my fucking notifications.
Mila Joy Holy SHIIIIT! Its TRUE. Gavin Newsom is FUNDED by George and Alex Soros. No wonder he wants Los Angeles DESTROYED. [link]
June 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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From the bad site, I learn that Grok cannot give a straight answer to this simple question. What is it trying to hide?
David Futrelle @DavidFutrelle · 3h Covering my entire body in beef tallow David Futrelle @DavidFutrelle · 3m @grok is this true? Grok @grok Hard to say if you actually covered yourself in beef tallow—sounds like a joke! Beef tallow has some benefits: it moisturizes skin, may help with conditions like dermatitis, and is great for high-heat cooking due to its high smoke point. It contains nutrients like CLA and vitamins A, D, E, K. But its high saturated fat (6.4g per tablespoon) raises heart disease risks by increasing LDL cholesterol, and it may clog pores for some skin types. Evidence on CLA’s benefits is mostly from animal studies, so human effects are unclear. Moderation is key, and you should check with a doctor for personal advice. What’s the real story—did you actually try it?
June 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Things may be shit at the moment. But ... Happy Pride!
Betty from Archie comics, flustered and walking down the street, yelling: She did it again! She topped me! topped me! Topped me!
June 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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A new centrist party started by a fascist would be ... totally on-brand for contemporary centrism
Tweets from Elon Musk reading "the America party" and "the people have spoken. A new political party is needed in america to represent the 80% in the middle! And exactly 80% of people agree."
June 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Happy Pride (Again)
an old ad featuring an illustration of two women, one is looking at the other's breasts with rays coming from her eyes. beneath them, the text "the power of hypnosis."
June 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Happy Pride!
a contented pride of lions. get it?
June 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Happy Pride Month!
a comic panel with one dude looking at a totally indifferent dude and thinking "that's odd, Johnny hardly blinked when that woman flirted with him, could he still be pining for crystal?"
June 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Uh, full disclosure, that panel has been altered a tiny bit. Here's the original. Still, Captain America probably could use some solid *something* from Iron Man.
Same panel, but this time it says "solid advice."
June 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Happy Pride!
A comic panel with iron man suggesting to captain america that "maybe what you need is some solid dick from an iron man!" with captain america saying "maybe I do, shellhead, maybe I do."
June 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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"far side" cartoon of a dog luring a cat into a dryer with the words "cat fud" scrawled on the walls and the floor
May 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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I miss Blingee.

This is Roosh dressed as Jesus, BTW.
A blingee picture of Roosh dressed as Jesus with the text "cool christian" and "jesus is lord" along with a dancing leather daddy cat, snoop dogg, and two bad cartoons of bikini-clad women dancing
May 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Yeah, THAT'S the question I have about Trump's, er, deportations. Thanks, Bari Weiss!
Headline on The Free Press: "Why is trump deporting fewer people than biden?"
May 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Damn, those gals were hardcore!
anti-suffrage cartoon featuring suffragists beating a cop with umbrellas
May 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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"Tyler Winklevoss has left the group"
April 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Inspirational words from Elon Musk during Tesla's last disastrous earnings call. (Found on Futurism.)
"I'd encourage people to look beyond like the, uh, some sort of bumps and potholes of the road immediately ahead of us," he told investors. "But left your gaze to the bright shining sort of down on the hill, I don't know, some Reagan-esque imagery."
April 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM