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A progressive, Indophile, who writes books, plays music, and hangs around the Rice University graduate student lounge a lot. Ex LRYer. Likes cats, nihari, and the Oxford comma.
I had another mad spending spree this Black Friday. I purchased:
1) Small box of roofing nails
2) Lunch
3) Small plastic storage bins.
It was an exhilarating shopping experience. I would not have thought it possible, but I actually outdid last year when I put petrol in the car. I love Black Friday.
1) Small box of roofing nails
2) Lunch
3) Small plastic storage bins.
It was an exhilarating shopping experience. I would not have thought it possible, but I actually outdid last year when I put petrol in the car. I love Black Friday.
November 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I had another mad spending spree this Black Friday. I purchased:
1) Small box of roofing nails
2) Lunch
3) Small plastic storage bins.
It was an exhilarating shopping experience. I would not have thought it possible, but I actually outdid last year when I put petrol in the car. I love Black Friday.
1) Small box of roofing nails
2) Lunch
3) Small plastic storage bins.
It was an exhilarating shopping experience. I would not have thought it possible, but I actually outdid last year when I put petrol in the car. I love Black Friday.
I am constantly annoyed at the conflation of Zionism with Judaism. One can be a Christian Zionist and one can be Jewish without supporting Zionism. Furthermore, being against Israeli excesses is not the same thing as being anti-Semitic.
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I am constantly annoyed at the conflation of Zionism with Judaism. One can be a Christian Zionist and one can be Jewish without supporting Zionism. Furthermore, being against Israeli excesses is not the same thing as being anti-Semitic.
Oh Shit!! The Christian nutjobs are still here. I was just getting my hopes up.
September 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Oh Shit!! The Christian nutjobs are still here. I was just getting my hopes up.
Good news is so rare these days
www.npr.org/2025/07/01/n...
www.npr.org/2025/07/01/n...
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart dies at age 90
Jimmy Swaggart, one of the most well-known televangelists of the 1980s, has died, according to a social media post from his ministry.
www.npr.org
July 2, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Good news is so rare these days
www.npr.org/2025/07/01/n...
www.npr.org/2025/07/01/n...
I am tired of all of these robots asking me to confirm that I am not a robot.
June 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I am tired of all of these robots asking me to confirm that I am not a robot.
If you happen to be out and about and you happen to run across an evangelical, remember not to touch it. They are known to carry all kinds of disease.
April 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If you happen to be out and about and you happen to run across an evangelical, remember not to touch it. They are known to carry all kinds of disease.
Too many people fail to recognise one simple fact. The postal service is just that, a service. Any attempt to run it as a business can only compromise its ability to be a service to the people of the US.
March 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Too many people fail to recognise one simple fact. The postal service is just that, a service. Any attempt to run it as a business can only compromise its ability to be a service to the people of the US.
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Best description of a cybertruck:
a third grader's pinewood derby car.
a third grader's pinewood derby car.
March 18, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Best description of a cybertruck:
a third grader's pinewood derby car.
a third grader's pinewood derby car.
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Wow! Trump bought a new Tesla. He's president, ya'know, and he's so smart. So if he bought one, then I should buy one. That way everyone will think that I am a stable genius too.
March 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Wow! Trump bought a new Tesla. He's president, ya'know, and he's so smart. So if he bought one, then I should buy one. That way everyone will think that I am a stable genius too.
WTF! I just recently "upgraded" to Windows 11. As I move the mouse around the screen, random panes encroach upon my screen with all kinds of random shit. It is usually so fleeting that I cannot even read it. In the times that I does stay long enough for me to read it, it seems totally irrelevant.
March 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
WTF! I just recently "upgraded" to Windows 11. As I move the mouse around the screen, random panes encroach upon my screen with all kinds of random shit. It is usually so fleeting that I cannot even read it. In the times that I does stay long enough for me to read it, it seems totally irrelevant.
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New Canadian tourism ad just dropped.
March 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
New Canadian tourism ad just dropped.
An educated public is antithetical to Republicanism. The Republican party is very aware off this, hence the massive attack on education from LKG to post graduation.
March 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
An educated public is antithetical to Republicanism. The Republican party is very aware off this, hence the massive attack on education from LKG to post graduation.
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Repost & like, if you stand with President Zelensky!
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Repost & like, if you stand with President Zelensky!
In my lifetime I have lived under three economic systems. I have lived under a Keynesian(USA 1953-1980), Soviet style hard socialist (India 1976-1980) and neoliberal (USA 198-peresent). The present neoliberal has the worst quality of life. Keynesian was the best.
February 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
In my lifetime I have lived under three economic systems. I have lived under a Keynesian(USA 1953-1980), Soviet style hard socialist (India 1976-1980) and neoliberal (USA 198-peresent). The present neoliberal has the worst quality of life. Keynesian was the best.
Just a reminder that Friday is "Buy Nothing" day.
apnews.com/article/feb-...
apnews.com/article/feb-...
Economic Blackout: Will a 24-hour boycott make a difference?
A grassroots organization is encouraging U.S. residents not to spend any money on Friday. The People’s Union USA describes it as an act of “economic resistance” to protest what the group’s founder see...
apnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Just a reminder that Friday is "Buy Nothing" day.
apnews.com/article/feb-...
apnews.com/article/feb-...
Another year’s Oscars is rolling around for me not to watch, which highlight films that I have not and will not see, full of actors and actresses I have never heard of. I am so excited I can hardly wait.
February 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Another year’s Oscars is rolling around for me not to watch, which highlight films that I have not and will not see, full of actors and actresses I have never heard of. I am so excited I can hardly wait.
I just donated to the Luigi Mangione legal defense fund. It is located at: www.givesendgo.com/legalfund-ce...
Legal Fund: Luigi Mangione - CEO Shooting Suspect
This is a preemptive legal fundraiser for the suspect allegedly involved in the shooting of the United Healthcare CEO. We are not here to celebrate vio...
www.givesendgo.com
February 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I just donated to the Luigi Mangione legal defense fund. It is located at: www.givesendgo.com/legalfund-ce...
Since radio was essentially killed by bastards like Lowry Mays (Clear Channel), it seems that the only radio left which is worth listening to is college radio channels.
February 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Since radio was essentially killed by bastards like Lowry Mays (Clear Channel), it seems that the only radio left which is worth listening to is college radio channels.
This should be a surprise to no one.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
S Jaishankar: India 'engaging with US' after shackled deportees spark anger
One of the deportees flown to India on Wednesday told the BBC he was shackled throughout the 40-hour flight.
www.bbc.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This should be a surprise to no one.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
In preWWII Nazi Garmany, there was a movement to root out "Jewish Science ". It sure is good thing that we don't have anything like this today. ( sarcasm )
February 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
In preWWII Nazi Garmany, there was a movement to root out "Jewish Science ". It sure is good thing that we don't have anything like this today. ( sarcasm )
My wife is a Telugu speaker. She does one thing which is very exasperated. She is constantly using "she", "her", "he", "his", etc. without ever indicating who she is talking about. If she would just stick with one person I could figure it out. But she doesn't.
January 31, 2025 at 10:43 PM
My wife is a Telugu speaker. She does one thing which is very exasperated. She is constantly using "she", "her", "he", "his", etc. without ever indicating who she is talking about. If she would just stick with one person I could figure it out. But she doesn't.
This is big news.
apnews.com/article/aste...
apnews.com/article/aste...
Are we all aliens? NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world
NASA has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world.
apnews.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is big news.
apnews.com/article/aste...
apnews.com/article/aste...