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Joe Baressi
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Screenshot of Trump TruthSocial post of Harvard Crimson article on Larry Summers’s horrifying relationship with Epstein.
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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October 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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What Stephen Miller is going to look like by the end of Trump’s term
Photograph of Michael Milken.
October 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Jack Dorsey left BlueSky (a good while ago) because, he said, it was becoming too much like Twitter.

Jack Dorsey is human, and therefore imperfect, but he is also no dummy.
Wikipedia’s Jack Dorsey page: Bluesky In February 2022, Dorsey joined the board of directors 751 of Bluesky, a Twitter spin-off developing a decentralized social networking protocol and app. 1761 177) In May 2024, he announced he was no longer on the board of directors. 1781 1791 1801 He instead endorsed X, which he called "freedom technology". 181) In a 2024 interview, Dorsey said that Bluesky's shift toward a traditional corporate structure and the introduction of centralized moderation tools were major factors behind his leaving the company. [82] Digital currency Dorsey is one of the few persons who are speculated to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin.
October 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Furthermore, he struggles to not pee his pants from all the ketamine.
From Wikipedia: Urinary and liver toxicity Urinary toxicity occurs primarily in people who use large amounts of ketamine routinely, with 20-30% of frequent users having bladder complaints. 281 1751 It includes a range of disorders from cystitis to hydronephrosis to kidney failure. 1761 The typical symptoms of ketamine-induced cystitis are frequent urination, dysuria, and urinary urgency sometimes accompanied by pain during urination and blood in urine. 1771 The damage to the bladder wall has similarities to both interstitial and eosinophilic cystitis. The wall is thickened and the functional bladder capacity is as low as 10-150 mL. 761 Studies indicate that ketamine-induced cystitis is caused by ketamine and its metabolites directly interacting with urothelium, resulting in damage of the epithelial cells of the bladder lining and increased permeability of the urothelial barrier which results in clinical symptoms. 781 Management of ketamine-induced cystitis involves ketamine cessation as the first sten.
October 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Little Orange Man
Trump looking like a ridonkulous little orange Mini Me aboard air force one.
September 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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That is a stunningly good first sentence.
Picture of the first page of John Green’s novel The Fault in Our Stars, with the first sentence: “Late in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in bed, read the same book over and over, ate infrequently, and devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time to thinking about death.”
September 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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You are so, so right Brah:
Newspaper article about Russia’s Putin and China’s Xi blowing smoke up each other’s asses about how they’re both going to live forever. Nope. Nope nope nope. Not true gentlemen. You are going to die.
September 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Quintessential monopolist pricing here by Google. @newsfromgoogle.bsky.social
Google newspaper advertisement with big main text “Bringing the best of Google Gemini and AI training to every college student in America for free.” With footnote text “Automatically renews at $19.99 / month after trial. Cancel anytime.”
September 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Kevin Plank, financial genius.
Photo of WSJ article showing Under Armour stock down 22 percent today (due to a 💩 quarterly earnings report), and noting that “Chief Executive Kevin Plank said the brand is gaining strength.”
August 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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August 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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It amuses me how Trump’s (fake) orangeness makes Netanyahu’s (real) paleness come across as a deathly pallor.
Photograph of Trump and Netanyahu, in which Netanyahu looks extremely pale.
July 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Perhaps the best writing i have ever read.
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. On these pages, Hamnet gives his life for his twin sister Judith.
July 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Spiccoli (Sean Penn) with a bagel stuffed into his pants in the move Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
June 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Wikipedia page stating: “Melissa is a feminine given name. The name comes from the Greek word MÉRlooa (mélissa), "bee", " which in turn comes from Méll (meli), "honey". (21131 In Hittite, melit signifies "honey". [4]”
May 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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An unfiltered photograph of Donald Trump in profile.
May 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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From Sons and Daughters by Chaim Grade.

“If someone [like Trump] feels a need to portray himself as a crazy person, he’s definitely a crazy person.”

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_G...
Quote from the book Sons and Daughters by Chaim Grade: “If someone feels a need to portray himself as a crazy person," she remarked, "he's definitely a crazy person."
April 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Historically accurate picture of Jesus Christ:
Picture of a man with dark brown hair, beard, and mustache, with dark olive skin.
April 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Trump asserts his ownership of @schumer.senate.gov
Trump TruthSocial post: @realDonaldTrump Congratulations to Chuck Schumer for doing the right thing — Took "guts" and courage! The big Tax Cuts, L.A. fire fix, Debt Ceiling Bill, and so much more, is coming. We should all work together on that very dangerous situation. A non pass would be a Country destroyer, approval will lead us to new heights. Again, really good and smart move by Senator Schumer. This could lead to something big for the USA, a whole new direction and beginning! DJT
March 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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The Generals exist primarily as a part of the Harlem Globetrotters' act, effectively being stooges for the Globetrotters. While the Globetrotters play tricks and perform spectacular displays of skill for the crowd, the Generals attempt to play a "normal" game of basketball. The Generals' games involve playing genuine basketball at times, but also not interfering in the Globetrotters' tricks. Almost every game has ended in a resounding win for the Globetrotters. 2 Despite their losses, the Generals' roster consists of competent players. 2 A recurring part of the act is the "guest General", where, for a short period, an invited person (usually a local celebrity) comes on court to play for the Generals. 31141 There can exist multiple teams of Generals simultaneously, each following different touring Globetrotters teams.
March 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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“Do not be indifferent when you see historical lies.”

Such as the lie that Ukraine was the aggressor.

I don’t think it is a coincidence—through the lens of humankind’s psychology—that fascism is rising as the last of the holocaust survivors are dying.
NYT obituary for holocaust survivor Marian Turski, who died at 98 years old, quoting him as saying “Do not be indifferent to historical lies.”
March 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Vice President Vance is wrong here.

The Ukrainians don’t need a credible path to victory. They just need a credible path to not losing (like the Vietnamese did against the French and then against us for example).

And, because the Ukrainians have that, VP Vance’s entire position falls apart.
VP Vance TruthSocial post: 1) On the general background, yes, you have been more right than wrong on a lot of the details of the conflict. Which is why I'm surprised to hear you call the administration's posture "appeasement." We are negotiating to end the conflict. It is "appeasement" only if you think the Ukrainians have a credible pathway to victory. They don't, so it's not.
February 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Last month, six massage therapists at high-end spas said Tucker repeatedly exposed himself, brushed two of them with his exposed penis and in several cases left what appeared to be ejaculate on the massage table. Shortly after The Banner published its investigation, three more women came forward with similar allegations. Now, seven additional women are sharing their accounts, bringing the total to 16 women at eight Baltimore-area spas. Two spas have said his behavior was so egregious that he was banned from returning.
February 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Amazon demonstrating the vaunted efficiency of the private sector.

(Q: So why is Amazon’s stock price so high then? A: It’s a bubble.)
Screenshot of WSJ article (“Inside Amazon's Messy Push to Bring Everyone Back to the Office The five-day policy dials back flexibility that predated the pandemic; employees are returning to find they have no desks, not enough parking and still endless virtual meetings.”)
February 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Such stubby little fingers.
(Yes, am aware it’s AI. But to me it’s still quite funny🙂)
AI picture of himself that Trump posted on TruthSocial. He is “conducting” the Kennedy Center orchestra. From afar he looks okay, but if you zoom in the AI details are horrid.
February 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM