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James Mackinnon
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Parenting through an age of nihilism.

"Disoriented" "Alienation" "Reality"

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It's not even that hot today
Screenshot of simpsons episode Bart the Fink, "Ah it's too hot today"
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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2 picture image, scene from Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader with impact font "No, I am your father DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT" Luke screaming
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Uhhhhhhhh
In a statement, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt accused the Democrats of "selectively" leaking emails to "the liberal media" to create a "fake narrative to smear President Trump." She said the unnamed victim, whose name is redacted from one of the emails, is the late Virginia Giuffre, who had previously denied that Trump was involved in Epstein's crimes.
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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She's already denying this and according to Massie, it would only slow them down, not stop them.
"Even if one signer were to remove their name, there will be another member showing up later that will get us to 218," Massie added, referring to a December special election in a safe Democratic seat in Texas. "All that matters iswe reach 218."
November 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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The fact that Wolff seems to be so deep into this stuff, he really gives me this guy vibes
Meme from the Spanish Fry episode of Futurama: Porno-Dealing Monster: Hey, I'm a prono-dealing monster. What do I care what you think?
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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He needs a Marge
Marge Simpson saying, "Homer, that's your solution to everything. To move under the sea. It's not going to happen!"
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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The quackery is too damn high
Looking for a holistic dentist to avoid a root canal. Any recommendations? I've read ozone therapy is a part of trying to avoid it? I called Dr. i but they seem to be more airway focused and don't use ozone. Appreciate any help, thank you
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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It's easy to note the absolutely corrupt nature of this; but to me this is the sort of raging against the dying of the light I'd expect from a very old and sick man
Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes, and none of the Trump allies was charged in a federal case. But the move underscores Trump's efforts to continue to rewrite the history of the 2020 election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Call me poorly-read (because I am), but damn Colloquy feels like it exists in HellWorld
The doctor was competent-looking and respectable. Mrs. Arnold felt vaguely comforted by his appearance, and her agitation lessened a little. She knew that he noticed her hand shaking when she leaned forward for him to light her cigarette, and she smiled apologetically, but he looked back at her seriously. "You seem to be upset." he said gravely. I'm very much upset," Mrs. Arnold said. She tried to talk slowly and intelligently. "That's one reason I came to you instead of going to Doctor Murphy our regular doctor, that is." The doctor frowned slightly. "My husband," Mrs. Anold went on. "I don't want him to know that I'm worried, and Doctor Murphy would probably feel it was necessary to tell him." The doctor nodded, not committing himself, Mrs. Arnold noted. "What seems to be the trouble? Mrs. Arnold took a deep breath. "Doctor," she said, "how do people tell if they're going crazy?" The doctor looked up. "Isn't that silly." Mrs. Arnold said. "I hadn't meant to say it like that. It's hard enough to explain anyway, without making it so dramatic. "Insanity is more complicated than you think," the doctor said. "I know it's complicated," Mrs. Arnold said. "That's the only thing I'm really sure of. Insanity is one of the things I mean." "I beg your pardon?" "That's my trouble, Doctor." Mrs. Arnold sat back and took her gloves out from under her pocketbook and put them carefully on top. Then she took them and put them underneath the pocketbook again en she took then and put t again "Suppose you just tell me all about it," the doctor said. Part 2 of story Mrs. Arnold sighed. "Everyone else seems to understand," she said, "and I don't. Look." She leaned forward and gestured with one hand while she spoke. "I don't understand the way people live. It It all all used used to to be be so simple. When I was a a little little girl I I used used to to live in in a a world world where a lot of other people lived too and they all lived together and things went along like that with no fuss." She looked at the doctor. He was frowning again, and Mrs. Arnold went on, her voice rising slightly. "Look. Yesterday morning my husband stopped on his way to his office to a paper buys the office to buy a paper. He always buys the Times and he always buys it fro e dealer, and yesterday the dealer didn't have a Times for my husband and last night when he came home for dinner he said the fish was burned and the dessert was too sweet and he sat around all evening talking to himself "He could have tried to get it at another dealer," the docto Very often dealers downtown have papers later than local dealers. "No," Mrs. Arnold said, slowly and distinctly, "I guess I'd better start over. When I was a little girl -" she said. Then she stopped. "Look," she said, "did there use to be words like psychosomatic medicine? Or international cartels? Or bureaucratic centralization?" "Well," the doctor began. "What do they mean?" Mrs. Arnold insisted. "In a period of international crisis," the doctor said gently gently, "when you find, for r instance, instance cultural patterns rapidly disintegrating.. "International crisis," Mrs. Arnold said. "Patterns." She began to cry quietly. "He said the man had no right not to save him a Times," she said hysterically, fumbling in her pocket for a handkerchief. "and he started talking about social planning on the local level and surtax net income and geopolitical concepts and deflationary inflation. inflation." Mrs. Arnol wail. "He really said deflationary inflation."
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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The Digital Solution: QR Codes In an effort to bridge the gap between traditional art appreciation and the digital age, the Louvre introduced QR codes strategically placed next to select artworks and exhibition entrances. These QR codes, when scanned with a smartphone, grant visitors instant access to a wealth of information, including: Detailed historical context and significance of the artwork Artist biographies and their oeuvre Multimedia content, such as high-resolution images, videos, and audio guides Interactive features, including virtual reality experiences for some of the museum's iconic pieces
October 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Football games these days
October 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Check out these renderings of the future White House plans
Screenshot from Back to the Future Part 2: exterior of tall glitzy casino with neon lights and biff Tannen's face Biff Tannen's Pleasure Paradise
October 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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"drops what appears to be excrement"
In one video the president shared on social media, Trump wears a crown and flies a fighter jet with "King Trump" written on it and drops what appears to be excrement on protesters. In another, he wears a crown and robe and wields a sword as a song with the words "hail to the king" plays and former Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others bow to him.
October 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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This is a misplaced two sentence horror story, right?
Post from r/legaladvice Serious Airbnb Question, My guest is dying what do I do? Airbnb turned into hospice situation, due to lack of reporting terminal illness, how can I cancel the guest's stay legally? Airbnb wants to charge me $450 in cancelation fees... is this right? Location: Sacramento
October 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Jinkies
Cover of the movie Scooby Doo WrestleMania mystery Scooby stands back to back with a wrestler in the ring as fireworks go off around various characters in the background
October 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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I'm reminded of the Reagan admin's flippant attitude toward the rape and murder of the nuns in El Salvador, even suggesting it was their own fault.
On Dec. 2, 1980, three nuns (Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, and Dorothy Kazel) and one lay worker (Jean Donovan) were abducted, raped, and murdered upon their return from Comalapa International Airport in El Salvador by members of the U.S. backed National Guard. President Ronald Reagan's administration blamed the nuns for their own murder. Foreign-policy advisor Jeane Kirkpatrick told a reporter, "The nuns were not just nuns. The nuns were also political activists" and Secretary of State Alexander Haig said, "perhaps they ran a roadblock.
October 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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On to the next round
October 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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DOJ downright tame when compared to HUD
Popup on HUD homepage: The Radical Left in Congress shut down the government. HUD will use available resources to help Americans in need.
October 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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One down, one to go
September 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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One down, one to go
September 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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"Our military needs to look professional but not act professional" feels like the kind of strong mixed messaging this administration excels at
Still of video clip in a skeet @atrupar.com Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, the era of unprofessional appearance is over. No more beardos ... if you don't meet the male-level physical standards for combat positions, cannot pass a PT test or don't want to shave and look professional, it's time for a new position." Still of video clip in a skeet Hegseth: "A blemish-free record is what peacetime leaders covet the most, which is the worst of all incentives.
September 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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The poems you write at 4AM
There is beauty in the world if you care to see: The rainbow colored hydrocarbons flowing to our seas, Smell the sickly sweet xylenes that waft amidst our breeze, Taste a period of heavy metals absorbed by our trees. There is beauty in the world; Down below and up above. There is beauty in the world And goddammit there is love
September 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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And yet!
Juan, 32, N.J., Latino, independent, customer service I feel like they have a lack of identity and a lack of leadership. I feel like the Republican Party does have a better icon, in Donald Trump, with the ideology and the idealism behind him. [Start highlight] You know what he stands for. [End highlight] With the Democratic Party's, they don't have that leader. I feel like the last person to really have that role was like Obama. Currently, right now, aside from A.O.C. and Bernie, I really don't see anybody even who has a major exposure or brand behind the Democratic Party. Their vision of the future seems very negative to a lot of people. And I like them, I personally like them. I'm independent. I actually think they have a lot of great points. But they're negatively viewed. The party has a lack of leadership.
September 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Trump's healthcare team is basically like mixing 3 jigsaw puzzles together and trying to make a single coherent image. Every now and again the pieces line up, but it's never going to fully mesh. Makary is still a bit of a ding dong, but at least he's right on this one.
In December 2020, Makary defied established scientific knowledge and said that vaccination of 20% of the population would be enough to create "herd immunity." In a February 2021 Wall Street Journal piece, he predicted that covid would virtually disappear by April because so many people would have become immune through infection or vaccination. The U.S. death toll from covid stood at 560,000 that April, with an additional 650,000 deaths to come. In June 2021, he said he had been unable to find evidence of a single covid death of a previously healthy child. By then there were many reports of such deaths, although children were much less likely than older people to suffer severe disease. In February 2023, Makary testified in Congress that the lab-leak theory of covid's origin was a "no brainer," a surprisingly unequivocal statement for a scientist discussing a scientifically unresolved issue. Some public health officials felt Makary gratuitously attacked authorities working in difficult circumstances. "He went from being a pretty reasonable person to saying a lot of things that were over the top and unnecessary," said Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, who was the White House covid-19 response coordinator under President Joe Biden. Alt text GIF
September 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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MLB says Tigers have it
Tigers (T-1st in AL Central; tied with CLE) Win tiebreaker vs: Astros, Yankees • Lose tiebreaker vs: Blue Jays, Guardians Tiebreaker TBD vs: Red Sox (3-0; 3 games left)
September 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM