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just silly billy goose girl reporting for duty 🫡
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The BS asymmetry principle: The amount of energy needed to refute BS is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
Thank you to every science communicator who is doing the almost impossible work of countering misinformation every day. Every single one of you is saving lives!
Thank you to every science communicator who is doing the almost impossible work of countering misinformation every day. Every single one of you is saving lives!
September 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The BS asymmetry principle: The amount of energy needed to refute BS is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
Thank you to every science communicator who is doing the almost impossible work of countering misinformation every day. Every single one of you is saving lives!
Thank you to every science communicator who is doing the almost impossible work of countering misinformation every day. Every single one of you is saving lives!
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Banning a vaccine for a pandemic disease that killed millions is real shithead behavior.
August 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Banning a vaccine for a pandemic disease that killed millions is real shithead behavior.
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Turns out some of the “we want small government” people kiiiinda wanted the government to be just one guy.
August 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Turns out some of the “we want small government” people kiiiinda wanted the government to be just one guy.
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Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything theonion.com/conserv...
August 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything theonion.com/conserv...
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If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
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My publisher released four of my novels with new gorgeous covers by the great Yuko Shimizu.
They’re calling it the LaValle Quartet though each book stands alone.
Just look at these things!
They’re in bookstores now.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/LVQ/t...
They’re calling it the LaValle Quartet though each book stands alone.
Just look at these things!
They’re in bookstores now.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/LVQ/t...
August 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
My publisher released four of my novels with new gorgeous covers by the great Yuko Shimizu.
They’re calling it the LaValle Quartet though each book stands alone.
Just look at these things!
They’re in bookstores now.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/LVQ/t...
They’re calling it the LaValle Quartet though each book stands alone.
Just look at these things!
They’re in bookstores now.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/LVQ/t...
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A thing I think we miss is that the “authoritarian playbook” isn’t a set of instructions authoritarians are reading from, it’s just a list of things that happen when narcissists get too much power.
August 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A thing I think we miss is that the “authoritarian playbook” isn’t a set of instructions authoritarians are reading from, it’s just a list of things that happen when narcissists get too much power.
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rolling up to the Olive Garden like
July 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
rolling up to the Olive Garden like
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vocal fry implies the existence of vocal onion ring and vocal tater tot
July 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
vocal fry implies the existence of vocal onion ring and vocal tater tot
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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Trans Person A- I knew ever since I tried on my mother’s red high heeled shoes at age 5!
Trans person B- I had a vague sense of unexplainable self loathing and a ceaseless call towards death until I realized I needed to cut off my titties and now 75% of my mental health issues have been solved.
Trans person B- I had a vague sense of unexplainable self loathing and a ceaseless call towards death until I realized I needed to cut off my titties and now 75% of my mental health issues have been solved.
July 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Trans Person A- I knew ever since I tried on my mother’s red high heeled shoes at age 5!
Trans person B- I had a vague sense of unexplainable self loathing and a ceaseless call towards death until I realized I needed to cut off my titties and now 75% of my mental health issues have been solved.
Trans person B- I had a vague sense of unexplainable self loathing and a ceaseless call towards death until I realized I needed to cut off my titties and now 75% of my mental health issues have been solved.
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America really got a king before a woman president
July 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
America really got a king before a woman president
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Oh hey, so you just do owe people kindness. This “I don’t owe people anything” mentality is toxic.
You simply do owe people things. This is part of being part of a society.
You just DO owe people politeness and kindness.
You simply do owe people things. This is part of being part of a society.
You just DO owe people politeness and kindness.
July 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Oh hey, so you just do owe people kindness. This “I don’t owe people anything” mentality is toxic.
You simply do owe people things. This is part of being part of a society.
You just DO owe people politeness and kindness.
You simply do owe people things. This is part of being part of a society.
You just DO owe people politeness and kindness.
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and it's just the start. He will come for us.
July 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
and it's just the start. He will come for us.
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Anyone who says "This is what they voted for" in response to the tragedy unfolding in Texas is having a vile thought and needs to sit shamefully in a corner until they learn what solidarity is.
July 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Anyone who says "This is what they voted for" in response to the tragedy unfolding in Texas is having a vile thought and needs to sit shamefully in a corner until they learn what solidarity is.
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So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?
June 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?
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One of the benefits of reading a lot of history is that you realize how many people who were ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN they were doing a lot of good were, in fact, doing a lot of harm.
Certainty is a hell of a drug. Certainty combined with fame/power is especially dangerous.
Certainty is a hell of a drug. Certainty combined with fame/power is especially dangerous.
June 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
One of the benefits of reading a lot of history is that you realize how many people who were ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN they were doing a lot of good were, in fact, doing a lot of harm.
Certainty is a hell of a drug. Certainty combined with fame/power is especially dangerous.
Certainty is a hell of a drug. Certainty combined with fame/power is especially dangerous.
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The presidency is actually the one job I'm not cool with swearing at. Everyone else can curse it up, but American presidents do not deserve the F bomb- they already have the nuclear ones.
June 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The presidency is actually the one job I'm not cool with swearing at. Everyone else can curse it up, but American presidents do not deserve the F bomb- they already have the nuclear ones.
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Yet Luigi launched a thousand hand-wringing op-eds from the chattering class. Makes you think
A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.
June 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Yet Luigi launched a thousand hand-wringing op-eds from the chattering class. Makes you think