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A Person Of Real Intellectual Influence
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It’s like Rooney’s famous shot of Ali, if you watch the video you almost miss it, yet it conveys more about the situation than a strictly visually-representative image could have. Hell of a photo.
Photo of Mohammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston, taken in the split second when his arm was across his chest in apparent threat/exultation and his face looks fiercest.
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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I uninstalled Copilot, so the Copilot hotkey on the laptop keyboard is orphaned, and if I try to assign a custom action to it it tells me no other apps on my laptop will work with it, and it directs me to the Microsoft App Store where the only acceptable apps are… copilot or chatgpt. Great, awesome.
Non-Euclidian Simpsons meme where Moe, standing in the door the whole time, throws Barney out of the bar in the first panel, dusts his hands off in the second panel, and in the third panel Barney is visible behind Moe, taking his seat at the bar.
October 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Same, skeleton, same.
Day-glo skeleton sitting on the hellstrip next to Rte 1 propping up a plywood sign emblazoned with “NO KINGS” in black spray paint
October 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Here’s the same picture from another angle:
Far side cartoon with a guy (Roger) standing in an orchestra, holding a giant cymbal, thinking “This time I won’t screw up, I won’t I won’t I won’t I won’t” captioned “Roger screws up.” The implication is that Roger is the House Democratic leadership, and they are him.
September 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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A grilled cheese sandwich frying in a steel pan
September 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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You’re doing great work but this guy doesn’t deserve anonymity to lie to your readers, and it’s disrespectful to us to grant it.
Quote attributed to “Senior Trump official” that attempts to falsely paint Trump as having some sort of loyalty to his viziers or distaste for cruelty amongst them.
September 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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STEAL THIS LOOK:
www.homedepot.com/lumber
www.michaels.com/fabrics
Tiepolo painting of the crucifixion
September 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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it is him; tread carefully
Kermit D. Frog in a black hood
September 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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sir
The cover art for the Redford film “A Bridge Too Far”
September 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Not unprecedented though
A picture of Republican Speaker of the House Denny Hastert, who is, like a noticeable number of GOP leadership figures, a notorious pedophile.
September 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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[record scratch] yep, that’s me
Close-up of Zelenskyy at his meeting with Trump, clad all in black, a concerned, far-away look on his face as though he is wondering if he left a pot on the stove when he left the house this morning
August 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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The post boomer generation names are dumb because they start with X and then pretend like an alphabetical order naturally proceeds from there AND IT DOES NOT that’s just LAZY
Norman Rockwell’s “Freedom of Speech”
August 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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haha okay WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE
Blue, black, white, and grey mosaic tile floor where one white tile is egregiously misplaced, throwing off the whole pattern and plunging the world into chaos
July 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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FYI the pup-pop machine at Dairy Godmother is back in action.
A glorious black mutt licks frozen whipped cream off his own nose on a hot sidewalk
July 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Big ups to boxes you can put stuff in, hell yeah, take a bow fellas, doing the work here
A plastic Tupperware with all kinds of random bottles and stuff, we’re talking Goo Gone, Brasso, powdered graphite, silicone grease, Novus 123, mineral oil, all of it
July 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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For a privileged enclave of the haute bourgeoisie, this town’s alright.
A handwritten sticker on a lamp-post on Mount Vernon Ave in Alexandria, Virginia says “NAZI PIGS GET THE SPIT”
July 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Using food to show where I grew up.
Half-smoke with chili/cheese/mustard/onions served with chili cheese fries on the bar at Ben’s Chili Bowl on U St NW.
June 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Underappreciated feature of the Big Muff Pi fuzz pedal is that it can serve as its own workbench for repairs.
Underside of a Russian Muff in my lap with assorted soldering paraphernalia, undergoing a repair to its battery connector.
June 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Sir. It is time.
picture of a Boss Metal Zone (MT-2) guitar effects pedal, which fuckin dooms, brother
June 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Approaching the Dagwood line here
A 3.5” tall steak and brie sandwich with all the fixins, as confirmed by a bright red ruler
May 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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EXCLUSIVE first look at Jony Ive’s design process for the mysterious new OpenAI devices:
Image shows a Google image search for Dieter Rams’ designs for Braun products
May 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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[ginblossoms voice]

PUDDLES AT THE DOG PARK
A black dog in a mud puddle shakes off a shower of brown water, ears a-flying
May 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Send him a pack of these for his Christmas stocking stuffers this year so he knows you appreciate his work.
Double male extension cord
May 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Thiiiis is how we dooo iiiit
Sandwich under construction; tomatoes, purple and sweet basil, mozzarella, black pepper, and olive oil on one face, Genoa salami on the other. Work can wait.
May 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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haha NOTHING TO SEE HERE move along
2025 Kentucky Derby full results: 1. Sovereignty 2. Journalism
May 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM