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Hurkle
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Artificial scarcity is evil!

Leftie, ally, gamer, coder, cook, and more! Whee! Haha!
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Trump Regime standing alone against the world. Voting no against protecting humanitarian personnel.
UN voting board. Resolution title: “Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel.” The vote total: IN FAVOUR: 153. AGAINST: 1. ABSTENTION: 6. The USA is the only NO vote.
December 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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These terrible Restoration of America people. Keep sending me questions and polls, but every time I reply, they unsubscribe me...
A text message chain. The first message: "Voice your opinion! In less than 10 words, tell us what you'd like to see from the Trump administration in 2026. From Restoration of America. STOP2END" The reply: "Prosecution of the entire administration for all of their corruption, crimes, and inhumane acts". The response: "You have successfully been unsubscribed from Restoration of America 501c4 New Mexico. You will not receive any more messages from this number. Reply START to re"
December 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Big pot of green chile stew for the weekend! Daughter made corn pottage last night. Winter is coming, sure, but we've got soups and stew!
A cooking pot on top of a stove filled with green chile stew. Beef, carrots, celery, potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, and tomato are visible in a rich broth.
November 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Not Woke, a primer
Authoritarian President Trump sleeping in his chair during a political meeting.
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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In Trump's Bizarro World, everything is backward. Lies are Truth. Taxes are Income. Failure is Success. Surveillance is Freedom. Cruelty is Love. Evil is Good.
AI generated image of Superman fighting Bizarro who looks suspiciously like Donald J Trump, even though AI ostensibly can't create images of public figures.
November 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Piracy lol
A picture of the FBI anti-piracy warning, modified. Below the FBI anti-piracy logo, it reads, "The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to 5 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000*". The asterisk refers to a footnote that was not part of the original image, reading, "*Unless you are an AI Company"
November 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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I VOTED!
¡YO VOTE!
Two voting stickers from Santa Fe County. They both have the text "I voted! ¡Yo Voté!" The top one shows a roadrunner, a yucca plant, and the Zia symbol. The bottom one shows a stylized pueblo silhouetted against a blue sky.
November 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Just sayin'
An old school poster made by Institute for American Democracy, Inc. It looks to be ca. 1950 or so. Superman is standing in front of of a group of teenagers and children, saying, "... AND REMEMBER, BOYS AND GIRLS, YOUR SCHOOL - LIKE OUR COUNTRY - IS MADE UP OF AMERICANS OF MANY DIFFERENT RACES, RELIGIONS AND NATIONAL ORIGINS. SO..." ... if YOU hear anybody talk against a schoolmate or anyone else because of his religion, race or national origin - don't wait: tell him THAT KIND OF TALK IS UN-AMERICAN. HELP KEEP YOUR SCHOOL ALL AMERICAN!
October 23, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Meaningless to most. An exciting inchstone for me.
A screenshot of The Tower Game showing a Mythic+ Sharp Fortitude module with Mythic submodule effects.
October 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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4-panel cartoon. Panel 1: An elf king sits on a pile of treasure. Before him stands a peasant. The king says, "Beauty! Fame! Wealth! I have everything! What do you have, smelly peasant? NOTHING!" Panel 2: The peasant holds up a stick. "Well... I got this stick." Panel 3: The elf king eyes the stick suspiciously. Panel 4: Closeup of the elf king's face. He thinks, "I want that stick!"
October 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Corporate news framing of Zohran Mamdani's chances of winning...

The actual article? Chance dropped on one site, improved on another.

The buried lede? It dropped from 90% to 88%.

*eye roll*
A blurb from a Newsweek newsletter: Mayoral Debate: Zohran Mamdan's odds of winning the 2025 drifted after his televised debate on Thursday night against rival candidates Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa, according to a leading article. The word drifted is emphasized with a red circle around it.
October 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Age yourself with a film you saw in a cinema as a kid
September 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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What book have you bought the most copies of in your life?

Deed of Paksenarrion. Any time someone asks for a fantasy with a strong female lead, I give my copy to them, then buy another. So good.
The book cover of the Elizabeth Moon trilogy, "The Deed of Paksenarrion".
September 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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4 panel cartoon. Panel 1: Drug Sniffing Cats Panel 2: Two cats sit on either side of a rolling suitcase. One says, "Lot of heroin in here." The other says, "Yeah. Shall we tell the humans?" Panel 3: Closeup of a cat in a police harness thinking silently Panel 4: The same image, with the cat saying, "Fuck the state"
September 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Reminded me of this guilty fave, Mimic (1997)
Still of the 1997 movie, Mimic, showing the human-looking mimicry of a giant evolved mutant cockroach.
September 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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I'll be honest, I have no idea, but I think I want to
Screenshot of an email from Linked In: Text: "Do you know Ex-Developer? Request to connect with members you know and trust" Image: a stuffed rabbit head avatar Text: "Ex-Developer Rabbit giving up on software development for now" Button: "Connect"
September 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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With alt text, because everyone should get a chance to read/hear it.
Screenshot of tweet featuring a news article about Donald Trump. hughhowey 2h "Give this man all the Pulitzers. The UK steps in (they sure have a way with words)" Below Trump's headshot is the byline: "By Oliver Kornetzke August 18, 2025."" "Behold.The festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill-fitting suit: the sleaze of a conman, the cowardice of a draft dodger, the gluttony of a parasite, the racism of a Klansman, the sexism of a back-alley creep, the ignorance of a bar-stool drunk, and the greed of a hedge-fund ghoul— all spray-painted orange and paraded like a prize hog at a county fair. Not a president. Not even a man. Just the diseased distillation of everything this country swears it isn't but has always been— arrogance dressed up as exceptionalism, stupidity passed off as common sense, cruelty sold as toughness, greed exalted as ambition, and corruption worshiped like gospel. It is America's shadow made flesh, a rotting pumpkin idol proving that when a nation kneels before money, power, and spite, it doesn't just lose its soul— it sh*ts out this bloated obscenity and calls it a leader."
September 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Huh. Imagine that. If it looks like a duck and acts like a duck...

(add this to the huge pile of duck similarities that the Republican Fascist Party is already sitting on)
Old newspaper clipping showing the top of an article. Headline: Herr Goebbels Angered by Anti-Nazi Wit Sub-headline: Comedians Banned For Humorous Remarks on Leaders Copy: BERLIN, Feb 4 - U.P. - When Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels yesterday blasted Germany's cafe society he called it "society rabble and intellectual snobs," for laughing at comedians who make Nazi leaders the butts of their jokes. Goebbels then turned his anger upon the "society rabble" after announcing that five German actors had been banned from the stage for publicly rediculing (sic) Nazi party and state functionaries.
September 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Screenshot of a successful cancellation of Disney+ account.
September 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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I love data-driven reporting with sources. Fantastic article.
If those kids could read meme with the words, "If those red states could read, they'd be very upset."
September 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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So much winning... from today's Turner Novak newsletter
A screenshot of a paragraph of text from the Turner Novak newsletter of 8.22.25. The text reads, "Isaac also shares how tariff's made Kanpai's US manufacturing unprofitable overnight, and he moved his entire supply chain from the US to Mexico in 60 days."
August 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Kinda lovin' the new Cracker Barrel logo.
A satirical Cracker Barrel logo where the name Cracker Barrel has been replaced with the words "Release the Files".
August 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Partisan courts suck
A political cartoon showing a man dressed in judge's robes standing on a branch of a tree. The tree is labeled EXECUTIVE. A branch to the left, labeled LEGISLATIVE has already been cut off. The man is sawing off the branch he is standing on, which is labeled JUDICIAL.
July 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Democrats would be crazy to embrace Musk under the "big tent". That tent is for regular people, not billionaires.
Tweet Chain. Matthew Yglesias: I feel like Jeffies and Schumer should give Elon Musk a call and tell him about the Democratic Party's longstanding interest in electric cars, solar panels, space exploration, and balanced deficit reduction. The retweet is by Isi Breen: Hey you guys know that racist pedophile billionaire with a 14% approval rating, what if we got him on our team?
June 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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A cartoon by Harley Schwadron. Inside an office that is labeled on the door, "Committee on Budget Cuts," a man is saying, "First we privatize everything. Then we fire everyone." The White House can be seen in the background.
May 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM