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Where’s Maggie Simpson when you need her?
Mr Burns showing Smithers his plan to block out the sun over Springfield.
November 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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clothing label that says "Jacobs by Marc Jacobs for Marc by Marc Jacobs in collaboration with Marc Jacobs for Marc by Marc Jacobs"
November 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Here's next week's cover of the New Yorker
A New Yorker magazine cover illustration showing a crowded subway car filled with diverse passengers of different ages, ethnicities, and styles. New NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani is in the middle of the scene, holding on to the rail.
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
a dark gray Dodge minivan with several Batman-themed stickers and a license plate that reads BATVANN
October 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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I'm sorry what?
Screenshot of the small town of "Swastika, NY" on a map. Text reads: "Swastika is an unincorporated community and hamlet in the town of Black Brook, Clinton County, New York, United States. The community is 19 miles southwest of Plattsburgh. The area is not very populated and appears as a wide spot on the road with a few buildings."
September 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Tim Cook’s Apple made a Trump skin-tone iPhone.
An orange IPhone 17 Pro on a black background
September 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Oh good, Apple made a Trump-colored iPhone
An orange iPhone 17 Pro on a black background
September 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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i feel like we could use a comet rn. to marvel at in the sky or slam into the earth, either way
Screenshot of current Bluesky trending topics: Bari Weiss Ted Cruz Harvard Epstein Files Eric Adams Nigel Farage
September 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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I mean, there were signs. Literally.
A very happy old white woman holding a blue sign saying “Mass Deportation Now!” at the 2024 RNC
August 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Stephen Miller’s Wikipedia bio reads like that of a school shooter
Miller attended Franklin Elementary School, where he was described by a former teacher as "off by himself all the time",[13] and Lincoln Middle School.[14] In 1999, he began attending Santa Monica High School.[15] Miller opposed his high school's chapter of the Chicano Student Movement of Aztlán and was said to have taunted immigrants by the chapter's founder; he reportedly insisted to other students and teachers that they speak English. Miller called into The Larry Elder Show (1993–2008; 2010–2014) and successfully brought the eponymous host, Larry Elder, to his high school.[16] He later appeared after the September 11 attacks to describe an incident in which a Canadian teacher placed the flag of the United States on the floor and discussed its importance, though Miller alleged that the teacher had dragged the flag across the floor and trampled over it. Miller appeared on The Larry Elder Show sixty-nine times, according to an estimate… Miller began attending Duke University in 2003.201 to study political science. [21] There, he was nicknamed "Guns" for introducing himself on the East Campus with, "I'm from Santa Monica, California— and I like guns." He was involved in a…
August 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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NY Times headline and subhead: "3 Republican-Led States to Send National Guard Troops to D.C." "Gov. Patrick Morrisey of West Virginia said his state would send 300 to 400 troops to Washington, while Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina pledged 200 members. Gov. Mike DeWine said he would send another 150." Under those is a photo of a white man gesturing at a crudely pasted in butterfly from the "Is this...." meme and in big white letter it reads "IS THIS CIVIL WAR?"
August 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Who fucked up and didn't call this 'Thespionage'
The poster for a 2025 film called 'Deep Cover' that pictures the three leads. Its accompanied by a screenshot of the Wikipedia entry that reads: "Deep Cover is a 2025 British action comedy film starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom and Nick Mohammed as improv actors recruited by the police for undercover operations in the London criminal underworld, where they must use their skills to infiltrate a gang."
August 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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greasy-haired Wormtongue whispering to old King Theoden in the Lord of the Rings movie
July 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Of course I am clicking and browsing faster than a typical human, I am a professional blogger
You have been blocked from The New York Times because we suspect that you're a robot. Why am I seeing this? There are a few possibilities: You are browsing and clicking much faster than is typical of a human being Something is preventing Javascript from working on your computer There is a bot with the same IP address as you
July 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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The NY Times should stop using the weaselly "experts said..." to denote plain truths — unless they're going to apply the practice to *everything*. kottke.org/25/07/journa...
Donald Trump, who experts said is president of the United States, which experts said is a sovereign state on the planet Earth, which experts said is an oblate spheroid and revolves around the Sun, which experts said is a G-type main-sequence star about 93 million miles from us, said on what experts said was Saturday that he was considering revoking (which experts said is a process of making invalid) the U.S. citizenship of a person with the last name of O’Donnell, who experts said is a living human person and U.S. citizen with the first name of Rosie (which experts said is a diminutive of Roseann).
July 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Delighted to inform you that horse antacid is called Neigh-Lox
A white bucket in a barn that says “Neigh-Lox: Maintains normal stomach function.”
July 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Here’s what conservatives are mad about: marxist big tech companies building woke apps that make everything about gender
Text conversation that reads: Him: “You still haven't put ur gender on yet right?” Him: “Gender” Him: “fender” Me: “No I haven't”
May 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Congratulations OpenAI, you’ve made choosing the right model to chat with as confusing as buying a TV
Selection choices for the model on the ChatGPT iOS app, all with inscrutable names
May 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Ruin a movie by adding “of Fentanyl” to the title
Movie poster for The Godfather of Fentanyl
May 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Have they considered that the Sistine Chapel is simply on fire?
screenshot of a news article with a headline: “Conclave live: black smoke emerges from chimney as cardinals fail to agree on new pope” And a video still of thick black smoke coming out of the Sistine Chapel chimney
May 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Name a non-fictional person who could carry the One Ring, uncorrupted, all the way to Mordor
a photo of a smiling Fred Rogers in a red cardigan
May 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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A1 companion
several bottles of A1 steak sauce sitting on a grocery store shelf
April 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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AI tech bros are busy building Skynet but what society really needs from them personally is the “becomes self-aware” part
Screenshot from Terminator 2 where Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character is saying “Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29.”
April 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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An airport stair car from the show Arrested Development with text that says “watch out for hop ons”
April 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Post a movie from the year you turned 18
Poster for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
April 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM