The Hoobie
@didotwite.bsky.social
Marvelous avatar (“Cloud House”) by Marvin Hill. Editor, wife, mom, compulsive reposter. Salt-Lake-But-I’m-Not-Mormon, Grinnell, St. Louis, Chicagolandia.
CROOPUS.
CROOPUS.
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I’m a pretty dedicated agnostic, and even I know this to be true
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I’m a pretty dedicated agnostic, and even I know this to be true
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Video of me and Prime Minister Ocasio-Cortez shaking hands in front of an enormous dirigible factory. She is holding a big scissors, with which she will cut a ribbon. You cannot hear what I am saying to her, but read my lips to find: "Don't get that thing near the dirigibles. You'll pop 'em."
April 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Video of me and Prime Minister Ocasio-Cortez shaking hands in front of an enormous dirigible factory. She is holding a big scissors, with which she will cut a ribbon. You cannot hear what I am saying to her, but read my lips to find: "Don't get that thing near the dirigibles. You'll pop 'em."
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In a world of Gavin Newsoms, be a JB Pritzker
Happy Transgender Day of Visibility.
To the Transgender community in Illinois and around the country: You deserve to live your life proudly and openly. We see you and we will protect you.
To the Transgender community in Illinois and around the country: You deserve to live your life proudly and openly. We see you and we will protect you.
Gov. @jbpritzker.bsky.social has a powerful message for our community on Trans Day of Visibility: Keep speaking your truth. 🩵🩷🤍
March 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
In a world of Gavin Newsoms, be a JB Pritzker
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Sagittarius: Each day brings you closer to being what teens will call “the ancient dork.”
March 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Sagittarius: Each day brings you closer to being what teens will call “the ancient dork.”
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It may be a generational thing but I can't image spending hours of my day listening to some dipshit flap his gums. Don't these people have any inner life at all?
Seeing this chart makes me realize that millions of millions of people listen to podcasts from Ben Shapiro, Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, etc. for their entire waking lives and it is some of the saddest shit imaginable.
March 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
It may be a generational thing but I can't image spending hours of my day listening to some dipshit flap his gums. Don't these people have any inner life at all?
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ny times sanewashing
"trump says the world is flat, people with eyes disagree"
"trump says the world is flat, people with eyes disagree"
March 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
ny times sanewashing
"trump says the world is flat, people with eyes disagree"
"trump says the world is flat, people with eyes disagree"
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Yeah but who else sells 1461-packs?
Canadian brewery selling pack of 1,461 beers to cope with Trump's presidency | CBC News
A Canadian brewer hopes a massive crate of beer will help customers deal with the exhausting news cycle under U.S. President Donald Trump. Moosehead's Presidential Pack contains 1,461 beers, in 473-millilitre cans — marketed as "just enough Canadian lagers to get through a full presidential term."
www.cbc.ca
March 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Yeah but who else sells 1461-packs?
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Lure the Americans in with visions of living in a stable democracy governed by people who aren’t sociopaths?
Also, poutine and Moosehead?
Also, poutine and Moosehead?
Canada is home to world-class scientists and researchers. We have a unique opportunity to recruit top US talent amid their recent major research cuts.
What's our plan?
🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
What's our plan?
🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
March 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Lure the Americans in with visions of living in a stable democracy governed by people who aren’t sociopaths?
Also, poutine and Moosehead?
Also, poutine and Moosehead?
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This whole campaign is disgraceful. This administration which is riddled with actual antisemites is using antisemitism as a stalking horse for its campaign against all universities. A kind of elaborate and hideous gaslighting.
March 18, 2025 at 4:07 AM
This whole campaign is disgraceful. This administration which is riddled with actual antisemites is using antisemitism as a stalking horse for its campaign against all universities. A kind of elaborate and hideous gaslighting.
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The Onion summer writing fellowship is seeking applicants! It's six months, good salary and benefits.
This year's applicants do NOT have to complete the Eating Challenge, as it turns out this does not adhere to Illinois labor law. We apologize to those who have died in the past.
This year's applicants do NOT have to complete the Eating Challenge, as it turns out this does not adhere to Illinois labor law. We apologize to those who have died in the past.
Writing Fellowship, Summer 2025 at The Onion
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March 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The Onion summer writing fellowship is seeking applicants! It's six months, good salary and benefits.
This year's applicants do NOT have to complete the Eating Challenge, as it turns out this does not adhere to Illinois labor law. We apologize to those who have died in the past.
This year's applicants do NOT have to complete the Eating Challenge, as it turns out this does not adhere to Illinois labor law. We apologize to those who have died in the past.
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Christopher Hitchens got paid top dollar to write that women aren't funny. It was a golden age.
"For twenty-five years, I was contracted to produce three articles a year, long ones, typically ten thousand words. For this, my peak salary was $498,141. That’s not a misprint—$498,141, or more than $166,000 per story."
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Bryan Burrough on Graydon Carter and Vanity Fair’s Golden Era
Lavish budgets, high-society gossip, and headline-making journalism— Vanity Fair under Graydon Carter was the last great magazine empire. Bryan Burrough…
yalereview.org
March 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Christopher Hitchens got paid top dollar to write that women aren't funny. It was a golden age.
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In case anyone’s forgotten, USIP is =not= a federal agency, =not= part of the executive branch, and =not= subject to the whims of Musk and DOGE, who committed felonies by forcing their way into its offices. All who did so ought to be in police custody and facing criminal charges.
DOGE broke into the U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters in Northwest D.C. Monday evening, the independent nonprofit’s CEO said.
US Institute of Peace says DOGE has broken into its building
Employees of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have entered the U.S. Institute of Peace despite protests from the nonprofit that it is not part of the executive branch and is instead an ...
www.nbcwashington.com
March 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
In case anyone’s forgotten, USIP is =not= a federal agency, =not= part of the executive branch, and =not= subject to the whims of Musk and DOGE, who committed felonies by forcing their way into its offices. All who did so ought to be in police custody and facing criminal charges.
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i hope it has a happy ending
The Aeneid, a 2,000-year-old poem that reads like a playbook for U.S. politics today | CBC Radio
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
The Aeneid, a 2,000-year-old poem that reads like a playbook for U.S. politics today | CBC Radio
For leaders who built empires throughout history, The Aeneid has been a blueprint for how to take over land that belongs to someone else. Now when empires are making a comeback, it's worth asking if t...
www.cbc.ca
March 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
i hope it has a happy ending
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Elon Musk explaining cars to Trump: "It's literally like a golf cart that goes really fast."
March 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Elon Musk explaining cars to Trump: "It's literally like a golf cart that goes really fast."
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The Republican Speaker's chief of staff drunkenly crashed a Tesla after listening to Trump's speech?
Sure thing, lazy metaphor. OK.
Sure thing, lazy metaphor. OK.
NEW: After Mike Johnson's chief-of-staff crashed his white Tesla into a black Chevy after Trump's speech at the Capitol last week, he was "staggering" and slurring his speech as he tried to use voice activation to open his glove compartment, according to police.
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Mike Johnson's chief of staff slurred speech and had trouble standing during DUI arrest, police say
Hayden Haynes, chief of staff to House Speaker Mike Johnson, slurred his speech and was "staggering" when shortly before Capitol Police arrested him after Trump
www.nbcnews.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The Republican Speaker's chief of staff drunkenly crashed a Tesla after listening to Trump's speech?
Sure thing, lazy metaphor. OK.
Sure thing, lazy metaphor. OK.
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I just got back from 36 hours in Ukraine with my brother Scott. Wanted to share a story from while we were there. At a hospital, we talked with a wounded Ukrainian soldier.
I asked him what he thought about the recent change in US policy. His response in English was, “What the fuck.”
I asked him what he thought about the recent change in US policy. His response in English was, “What the fuck.”
March 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I just got back from 36 hours in Ukraine with my brother Scott. Wanted to share a story from while we were there. At a hospital, we talked with a wounded Ukrainian soldier.
I asked him what he thought about the recent change in US policy. His response in English was, “What the fuck.”
I asked him what he thought about the recent change in US policy. His response in English was, “What the fuck.”
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The Illegal For the Stock Market to Go Down Act of 2025
March 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The Illegal For the Stock Market to Go Down Act of 2025
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standard privatization pillaging, it's being eliminated so it can be replaced at 10x cost by SpaceX which will then produce ecoterrorist light shows
NASA is eliminating its chief scientist and other roles as part of efforts by the Trump administration to pare back staff at the agency’s Washington headquarters.
NASA Eliminates Chief Scientist and Other Jobs at Its Headquarters
About 19 positions will be cut, including those in offices focused on technology policy and diversity, equity and inclusion.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
standard privatization pillaging, it's being eliminated so it can be replaced at 10x cost by SpaceX which will then produce ecoterrorist light shows
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The best time to sell your Tesla was before Trump said he was buying one. The second best time is now.
March 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The best time to sell your Tesla was before Trump said he was buying one. The second best time is now.
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