John Robie
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Just an over-educated monkey trying to make it in the big city. With all the appropriate hobbies and interests.
This is true, and it's also in a weird tension with the notion of manhood that's supposed to be like tough, individualistic, and if-you-don't-like-it-go-to-hell that these same dudes also almost certainly embrace.
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This is true, and it's also in a weird tension with the notion of manhood that's supposed to be like tough, individualistic, and if-you-don't-like-it-go-to-hell that these same dudes also almost certainly embrace.
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And presumably "taking care of yourself" will also include things like avoiding vaccinations, and consuming seed oils (or not consuming them, I forget which they're fixated on).
Markwayne Mullin on healthcare: "What the president would like to do is say, hey, if you take care of yourself -- you don't smoke, you don't dip, you're not drinking, you're not overweight, you're working out -- then you should pay less than the guy that obviously is not taking care of himself."
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
And presumably "taking care of yourself" will also include things like avoiding vaccinations, and consuming seed oils (or not consuming them, I forget which they're fixated on).
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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Well, there was that time I tried brining the turkey in the bathtub...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Well, there was that time I tried brining the turkey in the bathtub...
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A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
I am a river You are my canyon, Charlie Brown.
I’m not the guy you kill, Charlie Brown. I’m the guy you buy!
This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I am a river You are my canyon, Charlie Brown.
@flophousepodcast.com Can you give us any hints about what was in Episode 466 that made it too scandalous to release? Or is it just destined to go down in Flophouse lore as a lost episode?
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
@flophousepodcast.com Can you give us any hints about what was in Episode 466 that made it too scandalous to release? Or is it just destined to go down in Flophouse lore as a lost episode?
As Aaron Rodgers knows, broken wrists are a scam foisted on us by the medical "Establishment." Just rub some homeopathy on it and get back on the field.
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been ruled out for the team's game at Chicago because of a broken left wrist. Rodgers had been listed as questionable.
Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers misses game against Bears because of a broken left wrist
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been ruled out for the team's game at Chicago because of a broken left wrist. Rodgers had been listed as questionable.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
As Aaron Rodgers knows, broken wrists are a scam foisted on us by the medical "Establishment." Just rub some homeopathy on it and get back on the field.
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Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
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A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
I don't think it's right to call her "divisive." Everyone agrees on what she is, the difference of opinion is on whether or not that's a good thing.
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I don't think it's right to call her "divisive." Everyone agrees on what she is, the difference of opinion is on whether or not that's a good thing.
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Reuters ‘Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter’
DOGE is dead. So is my career with the federal government so…🙃 It certainly ‘existed’ for me and thousands of others.
Thanks for absolutely nothing, Elon. Freakin’ tool.
DOGE is dead. So is my career with the federal government so…🙃 It certainly ‘existed’ for me and thousands of others.
Thanks for absolutely nothing, Elon. Freakin’ tool.
www.reuters.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Reuters ‘Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter’
DOGE is dead. So is my career with the federal government so…🙃 It certainly ‘existed’ for me and thousands of others.
Thanks for absolutely nothing, Elon. Freakin’ tool.
DOGE is dead. So is my career with the federal government so…🙃 It certainly ‘existed’ for me and thousands of others.
Thanks for absolutely nothing, Elon. Freakin’ tool.
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Happy Doctor Who day!
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Happy Doctor Who day!
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Per Alan Moore, once again:
November 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Per Alan Moore, once again:
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"The students dropped out because the conditions were so atrocious, and the growers weren't able to mask that up."
"200 teenagers from New Mexico, Kansas and Wyoming quit after just two weeks on the job. "We worked three days and all of us are broke,"
www.npr.org/sections/the...
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November 23, 2025 at 4:22 AM
"The students dropped out because the conditions were so atrocious, and the growers weren't able to mask that up."
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Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox
Every parent whose career has to do with online safety also bans Roblox.
Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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This is a story about how America’s world-leading cancer and dementia research system was destroyed by frauds and naifs who broke the law.
There must be consequences.
There must be consequences.
Some incredible details in this piece
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
November 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is a story about how America’s world-leading cancer and dementia research system was destroyed by frauds and naifs who broke the law.
There must be consequences.
There must be consequences.
I got the impressions that it was Russians who leaked the plan, and I guess this is why.
Russia flat out rejects Trump's 28-point peace plan: "Even in a reduced military and territorial form, Ukraine would remain a significant danger, requiring us to keep our forces on the western borders."
November 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I got the impressions that it was Russians who leaked the plan, and I guess this is why.