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Nicholas Peterson
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Cinephile & tabletop gamer. Depression & absurdism. Tender & flaky.
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Azazel: I told you language was going to be a bad idea in the long term. Everyone doubted me but look at this shit.
Bluesky post from @drewharwell.com summarizing a screenshot of a feature update from Truth Social. Drew’s post reads: “New Truth Social update gives all Patriot Package subscribers access to Truth gems, which Truth+ users can (by using Crypto.com’s digital wallet infrastructure) convert into Cronos” Which sounds like satire but is in fact an accurate description of the screenshot which reads: “The update adds premium features on Truth Social for subscribers to the Patriot Package, the paid subscription service to the Truth+ streaming platform. These enhancements include: * Edit truths * Server-side drafts (access to draft truths from different devices) * Schedule truths * Access for all Patriot Package subscribers to Truth gems, which are planned to comprise part of an updated rewards system that allows Truth Social and Truth+ users to Crypto.com’s digital wallet infrastructure to convert gems, earned for participating in various activities across the platforms, into Cronos (CRO) and other benefits.” As of that’s all something normal to say, and now I need a shower.
September 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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I have once again been left unattended
Screenshot of a Letterboxd diary showing an excessive number of films watched over a short time period. August 12: The Suicide Squad (3 1/2 stars, liked, rewatch) Also August 12: The Naked Gun (2025) (3 stars) August 11: Drive My Car (5 stars, liked) August 10: 2046 (3 stars) Also August 10: Uncle Vanya (2020) (4 stars) August 7: In the Mood for Love (5 stars, liked) August 6: Happy Together (3 stars) August 5: Fallen Angels (4 stars, liked) August 4: Days of Being Wild (4 stars) August 3: As Tears Go By (3 stars) Page 2 of that excessive Letterboxd diary. August 3: As Tears Go By (3 stars) Also August 3: Sunset Boulevard (5 stars, liked, rewatch) August 2: The Thin Red Line (4 stars) August 1: The Beast (4 1/2 stars) July 31: Chungking Express (4 stars) July 30: Under the Skin (5 stars) July 29: Persona (4 stars) July 27: Orlando (4 stars) July 25: The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2 stars)
August 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Bring back horn fairs
“Horn Fairs (July 25th) — a day for unpunished loose morals and cross-dressing.”
July 31, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Listen, video game from 1998, get in line
Screenshot from the video game Star Ocean: the Second Story, featuring several characters standing around a bar. One character (“man”) is speaking: “Man. When did life start feeling so hopeless?”
July 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Scene from “Homer Goes to College” captioned “we played for three REM cycles. Then I was slain by an elf.”
July 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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OOOH if only there were some sort of judicially agreed *right* to privacy...
Tweet from Ken Paxton, responding to his sudden divorce and the weirdly vague implications of its phrasing: "After facing the pressures of countless political attacks and public scrutiny, Angela and I have decided to start a new chapter in our lives. I could not be any more proud or grateful for the incredible family that God has blessed us with, and I remain committed to supporting our amazing children and grandchildren. I ask for your prayers and privacy at this time."
July 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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You didn’t need the picture we knew which actor from the headline
Photo of Dean Cain above the headline “former Superman actor doesn’t like James Gunn calling the hero an immigrant.” The photo is of Cain in his Superman heyday, not today where he has a very stern lecturing face and wants to Tell Us All Something despite us all knowing his thoughts on every subject by watching One America and dialing it up half a notch.
July 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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What little I can do
Paramount + subscription cancellation page headlined “We’re sorry to see you go! Your feedback is important to us. Please tell us why you’re canceling.” A list of standard options follows but the user has selected “other (provide feedback below)” and in the space provided has written “Bro you want to bribe the leader of an authoritarian regime that is literally your business but I’m not going to be cool with it,” hoping it will do some good. This is in reference to Paramount’s early July 2025 decision to pay Donald Trump $16M to settle a meritless lawsuit so he will approve their merger, in case other more prominent abuses have occurred between this posting and your reading it.
July 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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There sure is Gavin: “trans rights”
Text message begging for money which begins “Gavin Newsom here, asking if there is ANYTHING I can say to convince you to donate to help me continue to fight back against the attacks and threats from the Trump administration.
June 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Trans
Rights
Mother
Fucker
Bugs Bunny in a tuxedo, captioned "I wish all Andrew Cuomo a very fuck off forever"
May 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Just sent this to both of my senators and my representative and by God if they do anything else on Monday there will be consequences.
In the last 30 days this administration has abducted people and with no due process has shipped them to a foreign prison where they will likely die. It has admitted that not all of those it has sent were the intended targets. It has repeatedly refused to halt this process or to return those that were sent "in error." It has suggested that judges who oppose this should be overruled or impeached, and has now gone so far as to arrest those it considers unaligned with its horrific mission. This is not a government, it is a criminal syndicate. I need stopping this to become your full-time job. The President is not above the law; you know this. The Constitution is not up for debate; you know this. We cannot be a nation that emulates the worst authoritarian impulses from history -- you know this, and yet that is what we are doing. This is the part where I am supposed to urge you to suspend all regular business and use your congressional authority to subpoena and hold in contempt those who are abetting these crimes, but the facts are that 1) you know more of the tools at your disposal than I and 2) these are not regular times and likely cannot be remedied through regular means. The president has openly spoken about refusing to leave office at the end of his term and has already attempted to do so once. He has openly stated that he wishes to send citizens, without trial, to the same prisons I spoke of earlier. I need you to stop him before this happens. You were elected to serve the best interests of your constituents and right now that means stopping a pogrom. Go.
April 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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I hate this shit with the fury of a thousand white-hot suns. Setting aside that almost half the state probably *didn’t* vote for this, you don’t hold someone’s hand to the stove because they wondered what would happen if they touched it.
Bluesky post reading “red states deserve to feel some hurt for the things they vote for and convinced their constituents to vote for. Their elected officials constantly drone that the “fed govt is bad”. Their rhetoric should have real consequences for them and it should be pointed out to them that THEY VOTED FOR THIS” L
April 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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"They say America First; but they mean America Next."
CNN reporting from a press conference captioned "Trump's Trade Wars Bessent: "America First Does Not Mean America Alone" Scott Bessent | Treasury Secretary"
April 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Most video game discourse anymore
Panel from Futurama. Bender is kneeling over the Professor yelling "Stuff costs more than it used to!"
April 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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If life is getting you down have you tried biting on a squishy tennis ball? 5 out of 5 Makas recommend it.
Close up of a pit terrier biting on a squishy tennis ball. The dog’s name is Maka, that’s probably helpful context that shouldn’t have been relegated to the alt text.
March 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Anyway I called my senators and left the following message, we’ll see if it does any good
My name is Nicholas Peterson and I’m a constituent from Washington county. I’m calling in regard to Senator Schumer’s comments today on meet the press that “if donald trump defies the courts democrats will fight it.” I believe we are past that point. This administration is sending people to concentration camps; arbitrarily selecting people and shipping them out with no due process to — I have to emphasize — concentration camps. Senator Schumer’s response is tepid and defeatist. He cannot be the voice of the democratic opposition. Congress has the right, the authority, and the moral responsibility to oppose the autocratic actions of the executive and I insist that it began doing so immediately.
March 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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This is so fucked up. Powell burned all of his credibility during the second gulf war but after the first there was a very real chance he’d become president. If that isn’t “notable” nothing is.
March 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Colonoscopy is tomorrow. Now begins the liquid diet, to be followed by the time of the Great Purge.
Scene from the Futurama episode “Parasites Lost.” Professor Farnsworth is saying “Listen, this is gonna be one hell of a bowel movement. Afterwards, he’ll be lucky if he has any bones left.”
March 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I put it to you: is *this* the face of a dog whose leg is still healing and isn’t allowed up on laps?
A pit terrier wearing a cone of shame rests her head on her owner’s lap. Her look has gone past forlorn and now consists of six or even seven lorns.
March 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Me in 1992, 1994, 1997-1999, 2001, 2004, 2012:
Screenshot from Mickey 17; one Mickey tells another “I don’t like you.” Screenshot from Mickey 17. Second Mickey: “But I’m you.” First Mickey: “I’m not you!” Screenshot from Mickey 17: one Mickey pushing another into a menacing hole shouting “I’m going to kill you!”
January 13, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Paynan got new boots
A pair of shoes, seen from above. No context is provided as to who “Paynan” is, nor why the poster refers to boots when these are clearly shoes.
December 31, 2024 at 9:33 PM
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One of my favorite panels
Top panel: Storm of the X-men asks “and… let’s play a game… raise your hand if you’ve *never* gone through a stage that others characterized as “mainly super villain.” Bottom panel: Danger, Magneto, Namor, and Emma Frost are seated around a table with their hands down. Hope Summers, Storm, and Cyclops have their hands raised. Storm asks “Your hand’s up, Scott. Are you absolutely sure it should be?” Emma replies “Oh, he’s working on it.”
October 7, 2024 at 10:49 PM
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Paynan got new boots
A downward shot of the photographer’s shoes on a marble checkerboard pattern floor
July 21, 2024 at 9:36 PM
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Hard disagree
Spelling Bee puzzle with the guess “Dragula” rejected as not a word
June 29, 2024 at 10:35 PM
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My tolerance for corporate bullshit is at an all-time low
Text chain reading: I forgot we have a company wide strategy roadmap meeting. I wonder if the plan is to do good things and not so bad things. Some of the good things are things we are already doing, but we also need to do new good things in order to be even gooder No one wants to do bad things but sometimes we do anyway, and when that happens we need to stop doing the bad thing You know what’s a part of our corporate culture? Pride month. You know what isn’t? Hate.
June 3, 2024 at 7:35 PM