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Repurposed Brazil mentioned meme with anime-style illustration featuring the character Yui Hirasawa from K-ON! with short brown hair wearing a pink and white outfit. She holds a wine bottle in one hand and an empty wine glass in the other, with a drowsy, slightly drunk expression on her face. Above her head, large bold red text reads “BERSERK,” and below her, white text outlined in black reads “MENTIONED.” The image humorously implies someone overreacting or celebrating whenever the dark fantasy manga Berserk is brought up in conversation.
October 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Posting a random album from my collection every day that I’m in the mood

Artist: Wet Leg
Album: Moisturizer

Come for: CPR
Stay for: u and me at home

#vinylcollection
A vinyl record sleeve for Wet Leg's Moisterizer on a wooden surface. The cover art shows two women sitting on a beige carpet in front of a light-colored wall. One woman, with long blonde hair, is sitting with her back turned, wearing jeans and a white shirt. The other woman, with long red hair, crouches on all fours, staring forward with an intense expression, wearing white shorts and knee-high socks with bold red and black text. A second piece of artwork, with abstract wavy white shapes against a pink and brown background, is partially tucked behind the sleeve. A vinyl record of Wet Leg's Moisterizer and its packaging are spread out on a wooden surface. The clear vinyl record sits on top of the main sleeve, which features the same cover art of two women on a carpet. A pink sticker is affixed to the protective sleeve, bearing text. To the left is a translucent insert printed with bright yellow text, likely lyrics or credits. To the right is another sleeve featuring an abstract, wavy white design on a pink and brown background.
September 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Margot-Rita applying the common-law principle of if I fits, I sits
Margot-Rita a tortoiseshell cat with green eyes is lying on a wooden coffee table, looking directly at the camera. Beside the cat is a white remote control. On the opposite side of the table are several books and travel guides, including a bright yellow manga titled “Kaiju No. 8” and a guidebook with “Japan” on the cover featuring an image of a shrine path. In the background is a brown upholstered couch, and a textured blue and beige rug covers the floor. A small rectangular scratching pad or mat is partially visible in the bottom right corner of the image.
August 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Posting a random album from my collection everyday that I’m in the mood

Artist: SAILORR
Album: From Florida’s Finest

#vinylcollection
Surreal album cover artwork for From Florida’s Finest by Sailorr. The image features a stylized, dreamlike composition of a woman in a pink bikini and tiara, repeated in a sequence of progressively smaller versions of herself in a crouching pose. Each figure has detailed tattoos and wears pink accessories, with the smallest versions taking on increasingly surreal and insectoid appearances, a’la Animorphs. The background is a soft gradient of pink and lavender clouds. A bright yellow vinyl record with a center label featuring the “FFF” logo in bold yellow text on a pink background. The label includes the artist’s logo and denotes “SIDE A” and “33 RPM.” The record is resting on a white sleeve and partially over the album’s inner artwork. A close-up image of a person holding a canister labeled “FFF” with a pink and black heart logo. The canister features a tracklist of 14 songs in bold white text, with titles like “SOFT GIRL SUMMER,” “B!TCHES BREW,” and “WILL U L!3?” The person is wearing pink and purple rhinestone-studded bikini top with anchor motifs and chunky jewelry. Tattoos are visible on the person’s arm and hip. The inside gatefold of a vinyl record album. On the left side, an artist dressed in a dramatic pink tulle skirt and white platform heels poses confidently on a rooftop. The center features a heartfelt thank-you note dedicated to the women who inspired the artist. The right side displays full production credits and track-by-track information for the album.
July 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Almost done with this, and it’s been a joy in and of itself, but even more so because of all the connections in pop culture it clearly inspired. #BookSky
A hardcover edition of The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, translated by Dennis Washburn. The book cover features a stylized, traditional Japanese illustration of a woman with long black hair and elegant robes in soft tones of green, red, cream, blue, and yellow. The title appears in a black box with gold borders and white and gold text, stating: “Murasaki Shikibu – The Tale of Genji – Unabridged – Translated by Dennis Washburn.” The book rests on a textured lavender blanket.
July 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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🤷🏾‍♂️
Screenshot of Pam from The Office delivering the meme’d line “They’re the same picture.” No caption, iykyk-style
July 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Praise be. Hopefully an edit button is coming next.
This image is announcing a new feature for a social media platform Bluesky. Feature Highlight: “Get notified when someone posts” What It Does: • Allows users to receive notifications whenever specific people post. How to Use It: • Go to a person’s profile. • Look for the new bell icon located near the follow button. • Tap the bell to turn on post notifications. This is useful if you want timely updates from accounts you care about—like journalists, creators, or organizations such as The Athletic.
July 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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with their final breath
A brief clip in gif form from the opening scene of the Orson Wells, film Citizen Kane: An extreme close-up of Charles Foster Kane’s mouth as he says “Cuomosexuals.” Just before he (spoilers?) dies.
June 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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I’m relatively certain that the last popular reference to miasma in decades is from Inuyasha, and the media should be bringing that up every time RFK opens his mouth
An anime scene from Inuyasha featuring Naruku holding an unconscious Kikyo or Kagome floating in the sky surrounded by swirling dark clouds of miasma.
June 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Political Violence Breaking News Consumer’s Handbook (w/alt tex) by On The Media #breaking
BREAKING NEWS CONSUMER'S HANDBOOK POLITICAL VIOLENCE EDITION 1. Be cautious of labels. Terrorism, assassination, hate crime, and lunacy are neither precise terms nor mutually exclusive. 2. Consider the political context in which the crime took place, but be wary when responsibility is assigned to a cohort of which the violent actor may be but one member. 3. Beware of political opportunism. Keep your hypocrisy and lie detectors switched on. 4. "Thoughts and prayers" sentiments are perfunctory and have long since lost any meaning. 5. Pay as close attention to what politicians do not say as to what they do say: it's all part of how the attack gets framed. ON (THE MEDIA] ONTHEMEDIA.ORG
June 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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About 70% through Lawless and I’m feeling like the democrats who make up the gerontocracy have been failing us far longer than I fully understood. #BookSky
A tabletop scene features several items. In the center is the book Lawless by Leah Litman, with a red cover showing a blue judge’s gavel and bold yellow typography. The subtitle reads: ‘How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes.’ Next to the book is an open can of‘BLNCD’ sparkling water sitting on a green-and-red coaster where a partial word can be seen that reads ‘Trave.’ Toward the bottom of the image lies a yellow and black Japanese phrasebook titled 六カ国語会話 (Six-Language Conversation), listing six languages: Japanese, French, Italian, English, German, and Spanish. A yellow round speaker or object is partially visible to the right.
June 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Here me out…
A Samsung smart refrigerator with the actor Wilford Brimley super imposed on the smart refrigerators screen. The picture of Wilford Brimley is from his famous diabetes commercials that ran in the 2000s.
June 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Posting a random album from my collection everyday that I’m in the mood

Artist: SUPERKNOVA
Album: American Queers

Come for: American Queers
Stay for: Serotonin Serenade

#vinylcollection
A vinyl record of American Queers by SuperKnova is displayed on a yellow wooden surface. The album cover on the left features a portrait of an artist in a white blouse with dramatic red eyeshadow, sitting in front of teal-colored laundromat machines. To the right, a cream-colored vinyl record is spinning on a turntable with a transparent dust cover. The center label is light blue and black, with the album title American Queers and the artist name SuperKnova printed in white.
June 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Posting a random album from my collection everyday that I’m in the mood

Artist: TCY FORCE
Album: Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt original soundtrack

Come for: CHOCOLAT
Stay for: Fallen Angel

#vinylcollection
The cover of the Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt original soundtrack vinyl features a bold yellow background with a dynamic illustration of the two main characters, Panty and Stocking, in a stylized, colorful pose with fluid motion lines and a blue butterfly. A pink sticker on the right provides album details in English and Japanese. The back cover of the Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt soundtrack displays the tracklist for both discs. The vibrant yellow background continues with the show’s stylized logo in the center, and track titles printed in colorful, bold fonts. The album is produced by Taku Takahashi of m-flo. The inner gatefold artwork features a close-up, side-by-side image of Panty and Stocking in a bright, cartoonish pop-art style, each holding a weapon. The illustration uses bold lines and saturated colors to emphasize their intense expressions. An open gatefold vinyl set of the Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt original soundtrack displays two brightly colored records. On the left, a translucent hot pink vinyl record sits over an illustration of Panty’s face, with a label featuring her character and a blue butterfly. On the right, a deep purple vinyl record rests over Stocking’s face, with a center label featuring her character and similar thematic artwork. The background beneath the records is a stylized pop-art close-up of the characters’ eyes, continuing the bold, colorful aesthetic of the anime.
June 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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So I guess this will just become a suggestion?

“Member FDIC. Each depositor insured to at least $250,000 per insured bank, for each account ownership category.”

16 Dem senators backed this bill. 16 rubes.
A bulleted list of the 16 Democratic senators (and the states they represent) that supported the Genius Act: • Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) • Angela Alsobrooks (MD) • Ruben Gallego (AZ) • Mark Warner (VA) • Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE) • Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) • Ben Ray Luján (NM) • Adam Schiff (CA) • Cory Booker (NJ) • Elissa Slotkin (MI) • John Fetterman (PA) • Maggie Hassan (NH) • Martin Heinrich (NM) • Jon Ossoff (GA) • Alex Padilla (CA) • Jacky Rosen (NV)
June 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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That’s what’s up. @means.tv
Snippet of a screenshot from an iPhone showing a SIRI suggestion to play Means Morning News because I apparently often play it at this time
June 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Spectacular
GIF of four Kilwalas dancing around a boulder in the original Ron trigger SNES game. Though they are white and not brown, they strongly resemble the Carvel monster cake.
June 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Willing this into existence
A clip from the intro to the television show clarissa explains it all.
May 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Looking at that ratio like… Maybe ask an expert in constitutional law and the emoluments clause before you decide to tell everyone what corruption means
Fourth and final panel from the “Hey Little Man Hows It Goin?” meme from the webcomic "A True Conversationalist" by comic artist Mysillycomics in which a person attempts asks a baby how it is going, and responds to its gibberish by saying "yea." In 2020, the comic and its last panel received viral spread online as an exploitable and a reaction image. The memes often poking fun at how things are going poorly for a certain object which can't express its problems in human speech.
May 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Posting a random album from my collection everyday that I’m around to post:
Artist: FKA Twigs
Album: Magdalene

#vinylcollection
A vinyl record of ‘Magdalene’ by FKA Twigs is displayed on a patterned couch. The album cover features a rich orange-to-yellow gradient spiral design with a small circular photo of FKA Twigs at the center. The vinyl is a double LP set, shown in its gatefold sleeve, with the two records partially removed from their orange inner sleeves. The open gatefold of Magdalene Songs in the FKA Twigs album is displayed, revealing full artwork and lyrics printed in black on an orange background. The gatefold panels contain detailed liner notes, song titles, and credits arranged in neat columns.” A closer view of one of the orange sleeves from FKA Twigs’s Magdalene, with one black vinyl record partially removed. The record label is orange and matches the sleeve, featuring FKA Twigs’s name and track information printed in black.
May 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Katt Williams sketch excerpt “That's Not My Baby!That baby is Caucasian from the mountains of Caucasus!”
April 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Posting a random album from my collection everyday that I’m around to post:
Artists: Ashford & Simpson
Album: Solid

Come for: Solid
Stay for: Babies

The entire A Side answers the question of what if Final Fight had unnecessarily sexy music

#vinylcollection
A vinyl record of Solid by Ashford & Simpson is displayed on a brown patterned couch. The album cover, propped up, shows a posed photo of the duo—Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson—dressed in coordinated black and white outfits, with Simpson seated and Ashford reclining beside her. To the right, a black vinyl record with a Capitol label rests partially pulled out of its white paper sleeve. In front of the display lies the inner sleeve, which features an abstract design of diagonal purple, black, and white streaks, and the duo’s name printed along the top. The back cover of Ashford & Simpson’s Solid album shows the same diagonal streak background in shades of purple, black, and white. At the bottom, Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson are shown standing together, holding hands and wearing coordinated black and white outfits. The tracklist is printed in red text on the left side, divided into ‘Side One’ and ‘Side Two,’ featuring songs such as ‘Solid,’ ‘Outta the World,’ ‘Honey I Love You,’ and ‘Tonight We Escape (We Make Love).’ A barcode appears in the upper right corner.
April 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Posting a random album from my collection everyday that I’m around to post:
Band: FIDLAR
Album: THAT’S LIFE

Come for: Centipede
Stay for: FSU

To my knowledge, this is the bands only vinyl pressing

#vinylcollection
A vinyl record of That’s Life by FIDLAR is displayed on a brown plaid-patterned couch. The album cover, propped upright, features a close-up photo of a worn-out canvas sneaker with the words ‘THAT’S LIFE’ written on the side, worn by someone in rolled-up jeans and bright pink socks, standing on a gritty outdoor path. In front of the cover, a colorful tricolor vinyl record rests on a white paper sleeve. The record is divided into three wide segments of pastel pink, deep navy blue, and cream. The center label is a light tan color with the band name ‘FIDLAR’ in rough pink lettering and the album title ‘THAT’S LIFE’ printed below it in black
April 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Posting a random album from my collection everyday that I’m around to post:
Artist: David Bowie
Album: Station To Station

#vinylcollection
Here is an alt text description for the image: “A vinyl record of Station to Station by David Bowie is displayed on a pink cushioned chair. The album cover, propped upright, is white with a grainy texture and features bold red text at the top reading ‘STATIONTOSTATIONDAVIDBOWIE.’ Below the text is a black-and-white photograph of Bowie in profile, emerging from a dark, tunnel-like environment. In front of the cover, the vinyl record rests partially on an inner sleeve with bold red text crediting the musicians involved in the album, including Carlos Alomar, Roy Bittan, and Dennis Davis. The record’s center label is a muted tan color with ‘RCA Victor’ branding and lists Side A tracks, including ‘Station to Station,’ ‘Golden Years,’ and ‘Word on a Wing.’”
April 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Posting a random album from my collection everyday that I’m around to post:
Band: The Killers
Album: Battle Born

Come for: Runaways
Stay for: Be Still

#vinylcollection
A vinyl record gatefold of Battle Born by The Killers is displayed open on a brown plaid-patterned couch. The left panel lists track names for Record 1, and the right panel lists tracks for Record 2 in bold red text. The album title and band name appear on the front cover with stylized red lights and a dramatic desert highway background. Below the gatefold lie two record sleeves—one red and one black—each featuring the ‘BATTLE BORN’ logo with a lightning bolt in the middle. The inside of the Battle Born gatefold by The Killers is shown, revealing portraits of the four band members—Ronnie Vannucci, Dave Keuning, Brandon Flowers, and Mark Stoermer—set against a dark, stylized backdrop with red and blue lighting. In front of the open gatefold, two translucent red vinyl records sit atop their respective red and black ‘BATTLE BORN’ sleeves, with the album title and track details on the labels in white text.
April 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM