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here is my official petition to rename W to "dub". tired of "double u."
- only multi-syllabic letter in the english alphabet.
- makes acronyms and initials a nightmare.
- written as double V's half the time so the name isn't even consistent.
- only multi-syllabic letter in the english alphabet.
- makes acronyms and initials a nightmare.
- written as double V's half the time so the name isn't even consistent.
still no tmbg in the #xpncountdown... i can only assume this is bc istanbul will be #1, new york city will be #2, and bills bills bills will be #3!
XPN fam!!! Day seven is in the books!! Can you believe we only have ONE MORE DAY?! We pick up with no. 120 tomorrow at 8 AM and we’ll be spinning countdown songs until 7 PM!! #XPNCountdown
See you there?! Catch up on what you missed: xpn.org/885-countdown/
See you there?! Catch up on what you missed: xpn.org/885-countdown/
a man wearing glasses is praying with his hands folded in front of a window .
ALT: a man wearing glasses is praying with his hands folded in front of a window .
media.tenor.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
still no tmbg in the #xpncountdown... i can only assume this is bc istanbul will be #1, new york city will be #2, and bills bills bills will be #3!
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“It’s really exciting to me that air quality improved throughout the entiremetro area,” said Fraser. “This tells us that congestion pricing didn’t simply relocate air pollution to the suburbs by rerouting traffic. Instead, folks are likely choosing cleaner transportation options altogether”
NYC’s congestion pricing cleaned the air. This is also what happened when EZ-Pass was put in place in NJ.
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
“It’s really exciting to me that air quality improved throughout the entiremetro area,” said Fraser. “This tells us that congestion pricing didn’t simply relocate air pollution to the suburbs by rerouting traffic. Instead, folks are likely choosing cleaner transportation options altogether”
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Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
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Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
but are we counting the crows? or are the crows counting?
Counting Crows could put out a song about counting crows, but Smashing Pumpkins never did a song about smashing pumpkins.
December 8, 2025 at 4:21 AM
but are we counting the crows? or are the crows counting?
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its so crazy that young people became less interested in movies & tv at the same time weird tech guys mostly started deciding what gets made
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
its so crazy that young people became less interested in movies & tv at the same time weird tech guys mostly started deciding what gets made
breaking news: chatgpt is just as stupid and insufferable as That Guy in your freshman seminar
December 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
breaking news: chatgpt is just as stupid and insufferable as That Guy in your freshman seminar
my cousin just dropped a new song pls go listen open.spotify.com/track/6qq0yl...
Grace Waugh
open.spotify.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
my cousin just dropped a new song pls go listen open.spotify.com/track/6qq0yl...
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We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
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I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.
November 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.
grateful that this year i didn't have to see a single person sincerely write "hallowe'en"
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
grateful that this year i didn't have to see a single person sincerely write "hallowe'en"
me, 27 days after my last rock show: man, i miss going to concerts....
October 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
me, 27 days after my last rock show: man, i miss going to concerts....
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A SPOTIFY PLAYLIST from JF. Over the years a few songs have turned my head. The sound, the sonics, the arrangement, the impact of the ideas involved--these tracks HIT ME harder than songs. Kinda in a timeline, hardly complete-here's some singular songs... open.spotify.com/playlist/75D...
Some Transformative Songs
open.spotify.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
A SPOTIFY PLAYLIST from JF. Over the years a few songs have turned my head. The sound, the sonics, the arrangement, the impact of the ideas involved--these tracks HIT ME harder than songs. Kinda in a timeline, hardly complete-here's some singular songs... open.spotify.com/playlist/75D...
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The John Henry hypercard stack is back. Enjoy. jonuleis.com/jh/ (big big h/t to our hero Jon Uleis)
TMBG John Henry HyperCard Sampler
They Might Be Giants has just completed a new album, John Henry, which will be in the stores this August, but you don't have to wait until then to experience the twenty new songs (interpretive snippet...
jonuleis.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The John Henry hypercard stack is back. Enjoy. jonuleis.com/jh/ (big big h/t to our hero Jon Uleis)
crazy that after all this time today is the first time i heard the line "get crazy with the cheese whiz" in "loser"
October 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
crazy that after all this time today is the first time i heard the line "get crazy with the cheese whiz" in "loser"
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Really, truly amazing that OpenAI wants us to believe that they are worth a trillion dollars but also they are so desperate for revenue that they created an infinite SlopTok app that opens them up to a billion lawsuits just so that they can maybe someday make it even worse by filling it with ads.
October 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Really, truly amazing that OpenAI wants us to believe that they are worth a trillion dollars but also they are so desperate for revenue that they created an infinite SlopTok app that opens them up to a billion lawsuits just so that they can maybe someday make it even worse by filling it with ads.
free returns are a scam and should be abolished. restocking fees all the time. used item? no full refund.
October 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
free returns are a scam and should be abolished. restocking fees all the time. used item? no full refund.
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Message to my haters.
October 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Message to my haters.
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The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
‘It’s too late to be scared’: readers on the controversial rise of AI ‘actors’
‘It’s too late to be scared’: readers on the controversial rise of AI ‘actors’
The birth of AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood has caused a backlash in Hollywood and has sparked conversation from Guardian readers
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
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JL is not afraid of no ghosts.
September 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
JL is not afraid of no ghosts.
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For more information: maximumfun.org/social-media...
September 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
For more information: maximumfun.org/social-media...
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It’s ok to put the phone down.
September 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It’s ok to put the phone down.
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Feel free to continue arguing over the shooter's motives, but please understand that *it doesn't matter*.
There's a organized political movement that plans to suppress, arrest, or kill its political opposition. It it seeking pretexts. Anything will do. If it's not this, it'll be something else.
There's a organized political movement that plans to suppress, arrest, or kill its political opposition. It it seeking pretexts. Anything will do. If it's not this, it'll be something else.
September 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Feel free to continue arguing over the shooter's motives, but please understand that *it doesn't matter*.
There's a organized political movement that plans to suppress, arrest, or kill its political opposition. It it seeking pretexts. Anything will do. If it's not this, it'll be something else.
There's a organized political movement that plans to suppress, arrest, or kill its political opposition. It it seeking pretexts. Anything will do. If it's not this, it'll be something else.
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Like the cruelty, the hypocrisy is the point. "Free speech" crusaders lining up behind state censorship. "Small gov" advocates orgasming over the federal invasion of states. I can't think of a 3rd example because there are too many many. The brazenness has cooked my brain. As it was designed to.
September 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Like the cruelty, the hypocrisy is the point. "Free speech" crusaders lining up behind state censorship. "Small gov" advocates orgasming over the federal invasion of states. I can't think of a 3rd example because there are too many many. The brazenness has cooked my brain. As it was designed to.