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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:
There must be in-groups whom the law protectes but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time.” - Frank Wilhoit, composer
There must be in-groups whom the law protectes but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time.” - Frank Wilhoit, composer
It’s 'debatable' if conservatism is 'even an intellectual movement': Charlie Sykes
It’s 'debatable' if conservatism is 'even an intellectual movement': Charlie Sykes
The far-right think tank, the Heritage Foundation, is facing collapse, and conservative commentator Charlie Sykes sees it as part of something larger. Speaking on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Tuesday, Sykes called the Heritage Foundation’s decline “a long time coming.” During the 1980s, it served as the...
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December 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:
There must be in-groups whom the law protectes but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time.” - Frank Wilhoit, composer
There must be in-groups whom the law protectes but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time.” - Frank Wilhoit, composer
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White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
85% of CEOs are white men.
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
December 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
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Mike Johnson is as if hot dog water was a Myers-Briggs personality type.
December 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Mike Johnson is as if hot dog water was a Myers-Briggs personality type.
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Want to get a sense of how bad the Trump economy is getting? Bean producers are now marketing "new recipes inspired by cooking strategies from the Depression" which ofc @axios.com is hyping as a "bean boom." 😏 www.axios.com/newsletters/...
December 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Want to get a sense of how bad the Trump economy is getting? Bean producers are now marketing "new recipes inspired by cooking strategies from the Depression" which ofc @axios.com is hyping as a "bean boom." 😏 www.axios.com/newsletters/...
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You know what? I'm not really enjoying watching other people on here argue about which not-Republicans are most responsible for my healthcare costs soaring next year. And while I will have less money in my pocket and will have to cut some costs, I will survive. Others may not.
December 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
You know what? I'm not really enjoying watching other people on here argue about which not-Republicans are most responsible for my healthcare costs soaring next year. And while I will have less money in my pocket and will have to cut some costs, I will survive. Others may not.
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One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
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Quite a good set of questions.
December 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quite a good set of questions.
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Agree with this take 100%. Wife said there's gonna be "I Am In The Epstein Files" for sale at MAGA events soon and I think she's right. They're gonna celebrate it.
We’re one more revelation away from MAGA telling us that sexually abusing teenage girls is good, actually.
July 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Agree with this take 100%. Wife said there's gonna be "I Am In The Epstein Files" for sale at MAGA events soon and I think she's right. They're gonna celebrate it.
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This is the tribute Gabbard must offer to keep her job after contradicting Trump on Iran’s nuclear progress. The DNI effectively said there was no evidence to support Trump’s rationale for bombing Iran - and he was pissed.
Her transgression required a show of unhinged loyalty. And here we are.
Her transgression required a show of unhinged loyalty. And here we are.
BARTIROMO: Do you expect indictments and prosecutions?
GABBARD: In my view, yes, we have evidence to be able to move forward to prosecute and indict those responsible
BARTIROMO: I want to put a spotlight on those responsible -- Barack Obama, John Brennan, James Clapper ...
GABBARD: In my view, yes, we have evidence to be able to move forward to prosecute and indict those responsible
BARTIROMO: I want to put a spotlight on those responsible -- Barack Obama, John Brennan, James Clapper ...
July 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is the tribute Gabbard must offer to keep her job after contradicting Trump on Iran’s nuclear progress. The DNI effectively said there was no evidence to support Trump’s rationale for bombing Iran - and he was pissed.
Her transgression required a show of unhinged loyalty. And here we are.
Her transgression required a show of unhinged loyalty. And here we are.
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It's a sign of deep societal decay that today, of all days, as the Big Cruel Bill was signed into law, he doesn't feel ashamed pretending he can't understand the relationship between the massive tax cut he just got and the loss in health care and food security for millions of people.
July 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It's a sign of deep societal decay that today, of all days, as the Big Cruel Bill was signed into law, he doesn't feel ashamed pretending he can't understand the relationship between the massive tax cut he just got and the loss in health care and food security for millions of people.
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Nobody hates their country more than fake patriots.
56 years since this was published and it’s truer today than ever.
56 years since this was published and it’s truer today than ever.
July 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Nobody hates their country more than fake patriots.
56 years since this was published and it’s truer today than ever.
56 years since this was published and it’s truer today than ever.
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They’ve destroyed American medical research, the American education system, the American university research system, and the aid system that protected millions of lives, and they’ve given our anti-immigrant masked paramilitary police force a budget the size of a nation
July 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
They’ve destroyed American medical research, the American education system, the American university research system, and the aid system that protected millions of lives, and they’ve given our anti-immigrant masked paramilitary police force a budget the size of a nation
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I don't understand why it's so hard for people to understand that republicans are just bad people for free.
when you say shit like “who got to them?” or “they were blackmailed” you’re painting them sympathetically. stop doing that. they’re not victims, they’re grown people who made a conscious choice.
July 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I don't understand why it's so hard for people to understand that republicans are just bad people for free.
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I never want to give Trump credit for anything, but taking Musk's money, then encouraging him to embarrass himself so badly that people stopped buying his cars, then driving him to this obvious madness, was an act of genius.
Elon Musk says that if the GOP budget bill passes, he will form a new political party called the "America Party" the very next day.
June 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I never want to give Trump credit for anything, but taking Musk's money, then encouraging him to embarrass himself so badly that people stopped buying his cars, then driving him to this obvious madness, was an act of genius.
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The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence?
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
June 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence?
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
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I doubt anyone will see me post, but this needs to be known... if you have a visible following please repost 💙🔥💙
Admitting he wants "his people... aka US " to behave like north Korea for Kim Jong Un.🤬
Admitting he wants "his people... aka US " to behave like north Korea for Kim Jong Un.🤬
June 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I doubt anyone will see me post, but this needs to be known... if you have a visible following please repost 💙🔥💙
Admitting he wants "his people... aka US " to behave like north Korea for Kim Jong Un.🤬
Admitting he wants "his people... aka US " to behave like north Korea for Kim Jong Un.🤬
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The Tea Party protests in April 2009 had about a third of a million people involved, and the political media treated it like a game changer for the Obama presidency.
The No Kings rallies were AT LEAST ten times bigger than the Tea Party protests. Will the press keep pretending Trump is popular?
The No Kings rallies were AT LEAST ten times bigger than the Tea Party protests. Will the press keep pretending Trump is popular?
Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions
Our unofficial estimate is that around 4 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.
www.gelliottmorris.com
June 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The Tea Party protests in April 2009 had about a third of a million people involved, and the political media treated it like a game changer for the Obama presidency.
The No Kings rallies were AT LEAST ten times bigger than the Tea Party protests. Will the press keep pretending Trump is popular?
The No Kings rallies were AT LEAST ten times bigger than the Tea Party protests. Will the press keep pretending Trump is popular?
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I want to be clear: I cannot get enough of this content. My appetite for this public humiliaition is insatiable. My schadenfreude tank is unfillable. I want more- always more.
Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
June 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I want to be clear: I cannot get enough of this content. My appetite for this public humiliaition is insatiable. My schadenfreude tank is unfillable. I want more- always more.
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Enough is enough. Exercising my right (& duty!) to protest against the oligarchy and fascists in my home country! 🇺🇸
June 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Enough is enough. Exercising my right (& duty!) to protest against the oligarchy and fascists in my home country! 🇺🇸
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Sorry, cancer patients, but we just don't have the money.
We had to prioritize spending tens of millions on a military parade so the president could compensate for his many personal inadequacies.
I'm sure you understand.
We had to prioritize spending tens of millions on a military parade so the president could compensate for his many personal inadequacies.
I'm sure you understand.
"Right now, cancer patients are not receiving novel cancer treatments and are being cut off, um, when their only other option is hospice care."
June 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Sorry, cancer patients, but we just don't have the money.
We had to prioritize spending tens of millions on a military parade so the president could compensate for his many personal inadequacies.
I'm sure you understand.
We had to prioritize spending tens of millions on a military parade so the president could compensate for his many personal inadequacies.
I'm sure you understand.
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When we push for walkability, bike lanes, and good transit, it's called "forcing a lifestyle."
But when the auto industry traps you in a car-dependent society and drains your wallet, that’s somehow called “freedom.”
Got it...
But when the auto industry traps you in a car-dependent society and drains your wallet, that’s somehow called “freedom.”
Got it...
June 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
When we push for walkability, bike lanes, and good transit, it's called "forcing a lifestyle."
But when the auto industry traps you in a car-dependent society and drains your wallet, that’s somehow called “freedom.”
Got it...
But when the auto industry traps you in a car-dependent society and drains your wallet, that’s somehow called “freedom.”
Got it...