Gordon McAlpin
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Gordon McAlpin
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· Feb 6
i forgot what i was gonna say but it was real clever/stupid/topical, so please like this anyway
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Trump is turning the DHS into his own failed money pit with a personal agenda — pulling agents off child exploitation, human trafficking, and terrorism cases just to chase headlines.
This is not law and order. It's a national security failure. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
This is not law and order. It's a national security failure. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Trump is turning the DHS into his own failed money pit with a personal agenda — pulling agents off child exploitation, human trafficking, and terrorism cases just to chase headlines.
This is not law and order. It's a national security failure. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
This is not law and order. It's a national security failure. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
perfect album from blah blah (1990)
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
perfect album from blah blah (1990)
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What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
-Awkward teen gets shit together
-Awkward sports team gets shit together
-Seven murderers get together, save town whose shit is not together
-Two people, whose shit is not together, meet, fall in love, break up, get shit together, get together
-Revenge
-Awkward teen gets shit together
-Awkward sports team gets shit together
-Seven murderers get together, save town whose shit is not together
-Two people, whose shit is not together, meet, fall in love, break up, get shit together, get together
-Revenge
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
November 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
-Awkward teen gets shit together
-Awkward sports team gets shit together
-Seven murderers get together, save town whose shit is not together
-Two people, whose shit is not together, meet, fall in love, break up, get shit together, get together
-Revenge
-Awkward teen gets shit together
-Awkward sports team gets shit together
-Seven murderers get together, save town whose shit is not together
-Two people, whose shit is not together, meet, fall in love, break up, get shit together, get together
-Revenge
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Hopefully more to come home after this— my nieces were among the Indigenous people privately shown some of the Vatican’s collection of Native items over 3 years ago at the Papal apology for residential schools and there were lots more than objects.
Vatican returns Indigenous cultural items to Canadian delegation of Catholic bishops | CBC News
A century-old Inuvialuit kayak once used for beluga and whale hunts, and 61 other cultural objects from First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities have long been held in Vatican Museums vaults. But th...
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Hopefully more to come home after this— my nieces were among the Indigenous people privately shown some of the Vatican’s collection of Native items over 3 years ago at the Papal apology for residential schools and there were lots more than objects.
This looks good: tv.apple.com/us/clip/teas...
The Testament of Ann Lee - Official Trailer - Apple TV
The Testament of Ann Lee · Trailer
tv.apple.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This looks good: tv.apple.com/us/clip/teas...
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It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
my wife: “i’m gonna go soon!”
five minutes later: “don’t forget to feed the cats! I’m going now”
ten minutes later: “okay i’m going!”
ten more minutes later: “bye!!!”
five minutes later: “don’t forget to feed the cats! I’m going now”
ten minutes later: “okay i’m going!”
ten more minutes later: “bye!!!”
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
my wife: “i’m gonna go soon!”
five minutes later: “don’t forget to feed the cats! I’m going now”
ten minutes later: “okay i’m going!”
ten more minutes later: “bye!!!”
five minutes later: “don’t forget to feed the cats! I’m going now”
ten minutes later: “okay i’m going!”
ten more minutes later: “bye!!!”
Every time a populist gets elected by getting new people to vote, a few of those people look like fools freaking out about perfectly normal shit.
“wait, he just won, why is he asking for money for a transition fund?!”
that is so completely and utterly normal in US politics.
“wait, he just won, why is he asking for money for a transition fund?!”
that is so completely and utterly normal in US politics.
November 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Every time a populist gets elected by getting new people to vote, a few of those people look like fools freaking out about perfectly normal shit.
“wait, he just won, why is he asking for money for a transition fund?!”
that is so completely and utterly normal in US politics.
“wait, he just won, why is he asking for money for a transition fund?!”
that is so completely and utterly normal in US politics.
It always takes me a split-second to figure out if the "MTG" people are moaning about in my feed is Magic the Gathering or Marjorie Taylor Greene.
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It always takes me a split-second to figure out if the "MTG" people are moaning about in my feed is Magic the Gathering or Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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We just raised $1 million dollars for our transition to City Hall. The groundwork to make this city a fairer and more affordable place is happening because of you.
November 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We just raised $1 million dollars for our transition to City Hall. The groundwork to make this city a fairer and more affordable place is happening because of you.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
…okay yeah this is absolutely demented, but also deeply delusional/“misleading” in terms of which it is actually doing.
AI is not fucking magic. A few photos and an LLM devouring your loved ones’ email inbox does not recreate the human soul.
AI is not fucking magic. A few photos and an LLM devouring your loved ones’ email inbox does not recreate the human soul.
November 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
…okay yeah this is absolutely demented, but also deeply delusional/“misleading” in terms of which it is actually doing.
AI is not fucking magic. A few photos and an LLM devouring your loved ones’ email inbox does not recreate the human soul.
AI is not fucking magic. A few photos and an LLM devouring your loved ones’ email inbox does not recreate the human soul.
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Funny how that works, huh? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Justice Department to Investigate Epstein Ties, but Not to Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Funny how that works, huh? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
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Knitwear made with wool from a sanctuary for gay sheep was sent down the runway this week in NYC as part of “I Wool Survive,” a campy knitwear fashion show that event sponsor Grindr describes as the “world’s first truly gay fashion collection.”
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Knitwear made with wool from a sanctuary for gay sheep was sent down the runway this week in NYC as part of “I Wool Survive,” a campy knitwear fashion show that event sponsor Grindr describes as the “world’s first truly gay fashion collection.”
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A monstrous, illegal waste of taxpayer dollars.
Donald Trump must confirm if this estimate is true and disclose the full total he's burned through with his unlawful military deployment into our cities.
The American people deserve to know.
Donald Trump must confirm if this estimate is true and disclose the full total he's burned through with his unlawful military deployment into our cities.
The American people deserve to know.
November 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A monstrous, illegal waste of taxpayer dollars.
Donald Trump must confirm if this estimate is true and disclose the full total he's burned through with his unlawful military deployment into our cities.
The American people deserve to know.
Donald Trump must confirm if this estimate is true and disclose the full total he's burned through with his unlawful military deployment into our cities.
The American people deserve to know.
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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Another Trek movie project!
With the Paramount regime change, it could be serious this time... Or not 🖖
The good news?
John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) will write and direct a movie that is said to be unconnected from anything previously done. 🙏
With the Paramount regime change, it could be serious this time... Or not 🖖
The good news?
John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) will write and direct a movie that is said to be unconnected from anything previously done. 🙏
New ‘Star Trek’ Movie in the Works From John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
The 'Dungeons & Dragons' filmmakers will create a project unrelated to previous incarnations.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Another Trek movie project!
With the Paramount regime change, it could be serious this time... Or not 🖖
The good news?
John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) will write and direct a movie that is said to be unconnected from anything previously done. 🙏
With the Paramount regime change, it could be serious this time... Or not 🖖
The good news?
John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) will write and direct a movie that is said to be unconnected from anything previously done. 🙏
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I think I'm going to be opening up for commissions in the next couple weeks. Here's one I did almost a year ago. The request was "Darkwing Duck vs. Duckula."
November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I think I'm going to be opening up for commissions in the next couple weeks. Here's one I did almost a year ago. The request was "Darkwing Duck vs. Duckula."
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Some spreads of Beast RPG's big preview.
November 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Some spreads of Beast RPG's big preview.
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⭐🌟 searching by starlight 🌟⭐
November 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
⭐🌟 searching by starlight 🌟⭐
sorry @teaberryblue.net please do not hesitate to tell my brain to shut up if the thought ever crosses your mind.
November 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
sorry @teaberryblue.net please do not hesitate to tell my brain to shut up if the thought ever crosses your mind.