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Jennifer Forestal, author of Democracy by Design, with laser eyes.
October 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Ed Harris, cast as Bud Brigman in The Abyss (1989), with a horrified expression on his face.
October 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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If a politician ran whose entire platform was “If someone publicly confesses to a crime, I will investigate and prosecute them for that crime.” I would vote for them in a heartbeat.
An excerpt from an article about Peter Thiel: He believes the Armageddon will be ushered in by an antichrist-type figure who cultivates a fear of existential threats such as climate change, Al and nuclear war to amass inordinate power. The idea is this figure will convince people to do everything they can to avoid something like a third world war, including accepting a one-world order charged with protecting everyone from the apocalypse that implements a complete restriction of technological prog ss. In his mind, this is already happening. Thiel said that international financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in tax havens, are one sign the antichrist may be amassing power and hastening Armageddon, saying: "It's become quite difficult to hide one's money."
October 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Laser eyes Jennifer Forestal, author of Designing for Democracy.
October 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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I would just like to agree with the implication in your bio here, that your sanity is a thing worth saving.
A highlight from the users BlueSky bio saying “Twitter saved my sanity during lockdown.”
October 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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An artistic black and white photo of a black cat haloed in sunlight. His eyes are glowing in the photo, and they are not pleased that you have interrupted his nap on his laptop.
October 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Elinor Ostrom, laser eyes blazing.
September 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Anthony Bourdain, withering stare, about to say “No. I hate the aristocracy, man”
September 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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If we reified the tent we could tell when we were actually kicking people out of it.
The norman Rockwell free speech painting.
September 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Perhaps one of the more humorous papers for Elsevier to throw up an error for.
Elseviers generic Service Temporarily Unavailable error page.
September 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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When Isaac Newton sees Robert Hooke’s agile methodologies.
A large piece of white paper with “F’ up process” written in felt tip marker block letters.
September 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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“The real world”
A box of Alf trading cards.
September 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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I think about this video all the time.
August 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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A two-fronted Toyota. It probably has not engaged in the most exciting races, but it _could_ for the purposes of this joke.
August 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Papasconchoroshki.
Papas con chorizo piroshki, air fried, shallow fried, and deep fried. I regret to inform you, dear reader, that deep fried was the superior method.
August 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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August 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Rolling into Tuesday night like.
A tecate, a honey buffalo fried chicken sandwich, and a copy of A Different Democracy.
August 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Current Chicago AQI.
A white truck that locked up its rear tires and peeled out, leaving a black mark on the pavement and a large volume of white smoke in the air.
August 1, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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The Piña Coladapadon has entered the chat.
A dinosauric pina coladapadon exiting a Margaritaville.
July 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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A “motivational poster” memegenerated poster of a male lion, its mane blowing in the wind, staring with determination into the future it is destined to bring about. It is captioned “I am going to buy that chicken sandwich tomorrow and review it”.
July 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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They closed comments on the article.
July 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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The origin:
Two skeets which read: If 25% of the population believed that a creature called 'Glonzo' caused high power prices by chewing through transmission lines, any competent politician would be negligent in not trying to find a way to exploit this. This doesn't mean that these people wouldn't be fucking morons. Trump has a natural advantage with these voters over people who give a shit about policy or reality because we'll mumble something about hardening electric infrastructure while trying to hide contempt, he'll say that the marines will kill Glonzo under him.
July 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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A concept mapping from The Roman Empire to Deez Nuts, apparently being narrated by a young and exasperated Hannah Arendt. Mapping follows 4 paths. 1: The Roman Empire -> Political Power -> Propaganda -> Meme Culture -> Deez Nuts 2: The Roman Empire -> Conquest -> Expansion -> Territorial Claims -> Deez Nuts 3: The Roman Empire -> Gladiatorial Games -> Spectacle -> Comedy -> Deez Nuts 4: The Roman Empire -> Senate -> Rhetoric -> Wordplay -> Deez Nuts
June 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Might bring over some of the good TikTok stuff occasionally.
June 13, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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You Talk to One Stranger, and suddenly your library won’t stop suggesting this to you.
A book titled “Plus Size Player” by Danielle Allen, suggested as my next read by CPL. This author is a different person than the Danielle Allen I have actually read via CPL. whenever I get these suggestions I imagine Ziblatt putting a paper bag over his head and blasting out Tinglers like “How Democracies Bi”.
June 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM