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The thing is, Democratic candidates already poll voters and align their platforms to match. But they're often burdened by a nationalized debate that's dominated by right-wing framing. www.pbump.net/o/politics-i...
Politics is more than temperature-taking
Political campaigns, the axiom has it, are nothing more than a math problem. Get 50 percent of the vote, plus one, and you win. Doesn't matter the race; that holds. So all a candidate needs to do, how...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The thing is, Democratic candidates already poll voters and align their platforms to match. But they're often burdened by a nationalized debate that's dominated by right-wing framing. www.pbump.net/o/politics-i...
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No one can mention Prince's Batman album without me thinking of this:
The True Story Behind Prince’s 1989 Batman Album *
*not really
by Kenny Keil
The True Story Behind Prince’s 1989 Batman Album *
*not really
by Kenny Keil
October 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
No one can mention Prince's Batman album without me thinking of this:
The True Story Behind Prince’s 1989 Batman Album *
*not really
by Kenny Keil
The True Story Behind Prince’s 1989 Batman Album *
*not really
by Kenny Keil
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Jamaica 🇯🇲, land we love, was hit by Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.
You can donate directly at:
supportjamaica.gov.jm
Also:
theafj.org American Friends of Jamaica
wck.org World Central Kitchen and navigating to the Jamaica section at the top.
#hurricanemelissa #jamaica #disasterrelief
You can donate directly at:
supportjamaica.gov.jm
Also:
theafj.org American Friends of Jamaica
wck.org World Central Kitchen and navigating to the Jamaica section at the top.
#hurricanemelissa #jamaica #disasterrelief
October 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Jamaica 🇯🇲, land we love, was hit by Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.
You can donate directly at:
supportjamaica.gov.jm
Also:
theafj.org American Friends of Jamaica
wck.org World Central Kitchen and navigating to the Jamaica section at the top.
#hurricanemelissa #jamaica #disasterrelief
You can donate directly at:
supportjamaica.gov.jm
Also:
theafj.org American Friends of Jamaica
wck.org World Central Kitchen and navigating to the Jamaica section at the top.
#hurricanemelissa #jamaica #disasterrelief
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A female sex demon is called a succubus. A male sex demon is called an incubus. A non-binary sex demon is called an omnibus.
October 29, 2025 at 6:11 AM
A female sex demon is called a succubus. A male sex demon is called an incubus. A non-binary sex demon is called an omnibus.
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"Stop...or I'll say 'stop' again!"
The PM's spokesman on Elon Musk's latest 'civil war' comments, responding to a Q from my colleague Adam Bienkov: "We keep our communications channels under constant review"
PM's (Labour) press secretary adds that Starmer has condemned Musk's previous comments appearing to egg on civil war in the UK
PM's (Labour) press secretary adds that Starmer has condemned Musk's previous comments appearing to egg on civil war in the UK
October 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"Stop...or I'll say 'stop' again!"
Finished my Expanse rewatch recently, so on a whim went looking at other stuff by the cast. I’m glad I did as I found ‘Strange Empire’, with Cara Gee in the lead, accompanied by Melissa Farman and Tattiawna Jones (from ‘The Murderbot Diaries’). (cont)/
youtu.be/vOYiZAwBg8I?...
youtu.be/vOYiZAwBg8I?...
Strange Empire Trailer 1
YouTube video by Johnson Production Group
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Finished my Expanse rewatch recently, so on a whim went looking at other stuff by the cast. I’m glad I did as I found ‘Strange Empire’, with Cara Gee in the lead, accompanied by Melissa Farman and Tattiawna Jones (from ‘The Murderbot Diaries’). (cont)/
youtu.be/vOYiZAwBg8I?...
youtu.be/vOYiZAwBg8I?...
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This is my GOAT food-related Halloween ad, and it's not even close
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK7d...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK7d...
The Pizza Head Show - Trick or Treat
YouTube video by egg
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This is my GOAT food-related Halloween ad, and it's not even close
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK7d...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK7d...
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Substack discourse again so I am moved to reiterate:
getting off Substack is one of THE most straightforward and effective ways to get fascist stink off your work. If you choose not to do it because it seems too hard, then I do not trust you to do literally anything in the face of fascism.
getting off Substack is one of THE most straightforward and effective ways to get fascist stink off your work. If you choose not to do it because it seems too hard, then I do not trust you to do literally anything in the face of fascism.
February 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Substack discourse again so I am moved to reiterate:
getting off Substack is one of THE most straightforward and effective ways to get fascist stink off your work. If you choose not to do it because it seems too hard, then I do not trust you to do literally anything in the face of fascism.
getting off Substack is one of THE most straightforward and effective ways to get fascist stink off your work. If you choose not to do it because it seems too hard, then I do not trust you to do literally anything in the face of fascism.
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I've said this before but the pizza roll is (genuinely) the American version of this, and an incredible embodiment of USA society and culture in the 1960s
snackstack.net/2023/03/30/p...
snackstack.net/2023/03/30/p...
October 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I've said this before but the pizza roll is (genuinely) the American version of this, and an incredible embodiment of USA society and culture in the 1960s
snackstack.net/2023/03/30/p...
snackstack.net/2023/03/30/p...
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"RetroSpectrum - Reloaded"
Digital collage made in Photoshop based on the glorious games of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 😍
#zxspectrum #retrogaming #pixelart #8bitart
Digital collage made in Photoshop based on the glorious games of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 😍
#zxspectrum #retrogaming #pixelart #8bitart
October 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"RetroSpectrum - Reloaded"
Digital collage made in Photoshop based on the glorious games of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 😍
#zxspectrum #retrogaming #pixelart #8bitart
Digital collage made in Photoshop based on the glorious games of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 😍
#zxspectrum #retrogaming #pixelart #8bitart
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43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
Watched ‘Baby Assassins’ last night because someone here (or possibly elsewhere?) recommended it, and then I forgot who, because my brain is foggy. Anyway, it was very much my thing and you should see it. But first make a note of where you saw it rec’d! And thank you to whoever it was in my case!
October 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Watched ‘Baby Assassins’ last night because someone here (or possibly elsewhere?) recommended it, and then I forgot who, because my brain is foggy. Anyway, it was very much my thing and you should see it. But first make a note of where you saw it rec’d! And thank you to whoever it was in my case!
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A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens → Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments.
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
October 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens → Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments.
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
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Ok, so let's talk a little bit about how the Romans understand magic and why they think putting phallus-shaped objects (fascina, sing. fascinum) are witch-craft related and how that connects to our word 'fascinate.' 1/
Hmmm: Borrowed from Latin fascinātus (“to enchant, bewitch, fascinate”) [makes sense so far] from fascinum (“a phallus-shaped [lol wut] amulet [wait what] worn around the neck [WHAT THE TARPEIAN FUCK] in Ancient Rome; witchcraft”) ... itself of obscure origin.
October 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Ok, so let's talk a little bit about how the Romans understand magic and why they think putting phallus-shaped objects (fascina, sing. fascinum) are witch-craft related and how that connects to our word 'fascinate.' 1/
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Platner should've fixed it by adding Calvin peeing on the existing tattoo
October 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Platner should've fixed it by adding Calvin peeing on the existing tattoo
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The dismissal of AOC makes me think that they care less about working-class politicians and more about a kind of workerist male aesthetic.
October 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The dismissal of AOC makes me think that they care less about working-class politicians and more about a kind of workerist male aesthetic.
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NEW on Wonkhe: Who gets to be an artist? wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
October 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: Who gets to be an artist? wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
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Oxford Road station, Manchester, painting by artist Sammie. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
October 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Oxford Road station, Manchester, painting by artist Sammie. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
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Where are these Labour-Reform battlegrounds going to be if not places like Caerphilly?
October 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Where are these Labour-Reform battlegrounds going to be if not places like Caerphilly?
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Thor's helmet should emote like Asterix's, my only deeply held superhero opinion
June 14, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Thor's helmet should emote like Asterix's, my only deeply held superhero opinion
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Stephen Bush on the extraordinary draft legislation which Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, Matt Vickers, Katie Lam and backbench colleagues have proposed in parliament
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
October 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Stephen Bush on the extraordinary draft legislation which Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, Matt Vickers, Katie Lam and backbench colleagues have proposed in parliament
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
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🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! 🚨
Spectacular Spider-Man Does Iran-Contra, by Hank Kennedy: shelfdust.com/2025/10/22/s...
Spectacular Spider-Man Does Iran-Contra, by Hank Kennedy: shelfdust.com/2025/10/22/s...
Spectacular Spider-Man Does Iran-Contra
By Hank Kennedy Throughout the Cold War, the United States intervened covertly in numerous Latin American countries to prevent left-wing movements from attaining and maintaining power. As part of t…
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October 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! 🚨
Spectacular Spider-Man Does Iran-Contra, by Hank Kennedy: shelfdust.com/2025/10/22/s...
Spectacular Spider-Man Does Iran-Contra, by Hank Kennedy: shelfdust.com/2025/10/22/s...