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Matthew van Eerde
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Pam lives. Arm transgender people
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They're right that it's nothing new, this comic is thirty years old now
Comic by Alison Bechdel. Three women friends see a movie. The first goes to the bathroom. The second, who has short hair, tells the third she also needs to go, but wants to wait until the first is done, because the first is trans. The third encourages the second to get over her transphobia and go immediately. When entering the bathroom, the third is challenged by a fourth woman who is not part of the friend group, and defended by the first. The fourth woman leaves and the third thanks the first
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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The Lost Weekend (1945)
Scene from The Lost Weekend (1945.) Don Birnam (played by Ray Milland) stares haggardly at a bottle of alcohol
November 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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What's your favorite movie quote?

Bart: You got this bottle here to start with. Just pour the smell-catching gookum out, then put some music-catching machinery in.

Mr. Zabladowski: But I have no scientific paraphernalia.
Captive piano student Bartholomew Collins and his mother's plumber August Zabladowski attempt to convert a Smell-Fix odor suppressant into a "Music-Fix" music suppressant
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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An understandable slip
Etymology of "lede" which derived from "lead" in the 1950s
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Post your favourite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
Dale Arden and Princess Aura of Mongo settle their differences
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Adding "gender identity" to the list of characteristics in Alcorn's (2) would still be fine. The important part of the policy is (4), which is the Davis test.

You can read Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's opinion in full here:
supreme.justia.com/cases/federa...
We thus conclude that funding recipients are properly held liable in damages only where they are deliberately indifferent to sexual harassment, of which they have actual knowledge, that is so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it can be said to deprive the victims of access to the educational opportunities or benefits provided by the school. (4) so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that a reasonable person with the same characteristics of the victim would be adversely affected to a degree that interferes with his or her ability to participate in or to realize the intended benefits of an institutional activity, opportunity, or resource.
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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FIRE covers that specific scenario here
www.thefire.org/news/hate-sp...
Likewise, a public grade school official can punish a student for maliciously yelling a racial slur at another student in the hallway. Officials at K-12 institutions may reasonably believe that such speech would cause a material and substantial disruption of school activities and interfere with the rights of others.
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Cute little miniature
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Zohran-style sign. Text: "sine, cosine; cosine, sine"
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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The musical and the movies whitewash Oliver "Daddy Warbucks' unscrupulous behavior
Four-panel comic. Panel 1: Annie is in a slip, arranging her hair, assisted by a maid. Annie: Say, Marie, is it true that Mrs. Warbucks' father was a plumber? Marie: No, Miss Annie, he was only a plumber's helper - Panel 2: Annie puts on a dress. Annie: Then how come she's so rich now? Marie: Oh you see Mr. Warbucks made a fortune out of the war - They were poor till 1917 - Panel 3: Annie ties the bow behind her dress. Annie: How about Miss Fair? Is she rich too? Marie: No, but she's a LADY - The men of her family always go to war - Even Miss Fair was a nurse - Panel 4: Annie is ready. Marie: While Mr. Warbacks was soaking Uncle Sam six prices for guns Col. Fair was in France trying to make them shoot - Annie: So Miss Fair's father was a soldier - Gee Whiskers! Some people have all the luck - Four panel comic. Panel 1: Annie watches as the Senator shakes hands with "Daddy" Warbucks. Senator: Well, well, Warbucks - Sure was glad to get your message - I came right here from the Capitol - What's on your mind? Warbucks: Hello Senator - Mighty glad you're here - I've a job for you - I understand you just about run things in this State - Well, I'm ocunting on you - Panel 2: Annie listens in on their conversation, now offscreen. Senator: I owe you a lot, Warbucks - Anything I can do for you, just name it - Warbucks: It's this case of Mack, alias The Weasel, and his gang - We've got 'em in jail and the case is coming up but they'll get off sure, the way things are going - It takes more than evidence to get Mack's kind - Panel 3: The conversation continues. Warbucks: We know they're murderers and we have proof but we're going to have a hard job to make it stuck - That's why I'm calling on you, Senator - We absolutely need your help - With you tellin' th' judges how to jump and pulling the right strings we can give those birds the limit - Otherwise they'll be out in a month, and you know it - Panel 4: They come back onscreen. Warbucks: What do you say? Can you put it over - Senator: Can I? Simplest thing in the world - Leave it all to me, Warbucks - I promise the whole gang will get first degree - And it'll stick, too - I'll see to it personally -
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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In retrospect Data having an evil twin was foreshadowed by his not being named "Datum"
Data and Lore from the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Datalore
November 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Hydrapple pumpkin by my wife, Python pumpkin by me
Two carved Halloween pumpkins. One has the Pokémon Hydrapple, the other has the Python logo
October 31, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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I see Ms. Sandiego was already baselessly slandered earlier in the chain so here is a bonus suspect
Scene from Paper Moon (1973). Addie Loggins (played by Tatum O'Neal) lights a cigarette in bed
October 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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The moral of A Tale of Two Cities is that men would rather die than let a woman have a win
Sidney Carton goes to the guillotine Madame DeFarge sits and knits
October 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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A woman wears hijab with an American Flag design Text: WE THE PEOPLE ARE GREATER THAN FEAR
October 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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News: this lady got winning lottery numbers from AI
Wife: YOU SHOULD GET LOTTERY NUMBERS FROM AI
Me: yes, dear
Me (internally:) how many people got losing lottery numbers from AI?
Carrie Edwards holds an outside check from Virginia Lottery made out to her in the amount of $150,000
October 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Star Raiders (1980)
Still from the 1980 video game Star Raiders for the Atari home computer
October 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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The obvious solution is for George Strait and Bad Bunny to do a joint performance
Petition: Replace Bad Bunny with George Strait for the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show
October 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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There was a statue of Sadako Sasaki at a University near me which people would decorate with origami cranes
Statue of Sadako Sasaki festooned with origami cranes
October 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Impeach
Attorney General Pamela Bondi @AGPamBondi Today following outreach from @thejusticedept , Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago. The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.
October 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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October 8, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Without downloading anything where are you mentally rn?
An alien from the classic arcade game Space Invaders
October 8, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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for/else is the weirdest thing about Python I've found so far.

The "else" statement is executed if the "for" loop runs to completion (as opposed to being interrupted by "break")

for item in my_list:
___ if meets_some_condition(item):
_______ # found it!
_______ break
else:
___ # didn't find any
Meme template: I Have No Memory of This Place Gandalf is lost in the Mines of Moria. Text: "for/else?"
October 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Impeach
www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-f...
CHICAGO - President Donald Trump moved to deploy the National Guard in another city Saturday by authorizing 300 troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago, where the government said Border Patrol agents shot and injured a woman while firing at someone who tried to run them over.
October 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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You and Anita
Anita from West Side Story sings: "Puerto Rico, my heart's devotion, let it sink back in the ocean"
October 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM