PoisonPossum
@poisonpossum.bsky.social
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We are failing our kids
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are failing our kids
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WE LIVE HERE NOW, Sarah Pinborough: Very scary. Turns out there's life in the haunted house plot, after all. Original and my God, so dark.
September 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
WE LIVE HERE NOW, Sarah Pinborough: Very scary. Turns out there's life in the haunted house plot, after all. Original and my God, so dark.
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As a survivor, I can't think of a more fitting metaphor than a rapist creating loud noises with planes as a survivor tries to tell her story. I mean... just wow. Nevertheless, she persisted.
September 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
As a survivor, I can't think of a more fitting metaphor than a rapist creating loud noises with planes as a survivor tries to tell her story. I mean... just wow. Nevertheless, she persisted.
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This author used a famous photo — showing some sheriffs preparing to “defend” Ole Miss from desegregation — and tracked down their descendants to see how their racist actions warped their families.
ICE goons might avoid a book like this by wearing masks, but their families will know.
ICE goons might avoid a book like this by wearing masks, but their families will know.
August 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This author used a famous photo — showing some sheriffs preparing to “defend” Ole Miss from desegregation — and tracked down their descendants to see how their racist actions warped their families.
ICE goons might avoid a book like this by wearing masks, but their families will know.
ICE goons might avoid a book like this by wearing masks, but their families will know.
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Andry Hernández Romero tells @timmiller.bsky.social how he survived his time in CECOT: "We survived by holding on to God....there was not a day when we didn't pray."
August 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Andry Hernández Romero tells @timmiller.bsky.social how he survived his time in CECOT: "We survived by holding on to God....there was not a day when we didn't pray."
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“I fired her because we didn’t believe the numbers. We’re doing so well.”
1984
1984
August 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
“I fired her because we didn’t believe the numbers. We’re doing so well.”
1984
1984
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COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to?
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
August 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to?
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
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What we're reading: This chilling piece from a former U.S. ambassador to Hungary, David Pressman. "I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
July 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
What we're reading: This chilling piece from a former U.S. ambassador to Hungary, David Pressman. "I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
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One of my deeply held beliefs is that if we could condition people to accept how chance affects their lives, they’d be much better equipped to recognize how systemic things impact them.
We are suckers for agency when we think we can game a system, even where we can't. "I have a system to always win auctions/gambling/stock market..." No you don't, you get lucky sometimes and notice, and then keep chasing that.
July 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
One of my deeply held beliefs is that if we could condition people to accept how chance affects their lives, they’d be much better equipped to recognize how systemic things impact them.
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The price of 1 lb of ground beef is now higher than the federal minimum hourly wage…
July 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The price of 1 lb of ground beef is now higher than the federal minimum hourly wage…
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Your periodic reminder that the estimated cost to end hunger in the U.S. is $25 billion.
July 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Your periodic reminder that the estimated cost to end hunger in the U.S. is $25 billion.
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I am extremely excited to have written a new little piece for @mcsweeneys.net! It’s about those weirdos who are trying to live forever! I hope you like it!
The Apocalypse Is No Excuse to Give Up on Your Wellness Regimen
You there! By the side of the road! Yes, you! In the tattered garments! Be you man or be you mirage?
Please, sheath your weapon. I mean you no harm...
www.mcsweeneys.net
July 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I am extremely excited to have written a new little piece for @mcsweeneys.net! It’s about those weirdos who are trying to live forever! I hope you like it!
Ten years ago my kid and I were in a Toys R Us check out line with Jack Black and my toddler threw her pacifier and he retrieved it and then she did it again and they made a game of her throwing it and him retrieving it for 5 minutes
July 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Ten years ago my kid and I were in a Toys R Us check out line with Jack Black and my toddler threw her pacifier and he retrieved it and then she did it again and they made a game of her throwing it and him retrieving it for 5 minutes
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Trying to imagine Hitler and Goebbels preening for photos at a concentration camp, wearing stupid little hats like these.
Trump in front of the migrant cages at DeSantis's camp: "Biden wanted me in here, that son of a bitch."
July 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Trying to imagine Hitler and Goebbels preening for photos at a concentration camp, wearing stupid little hats like these.
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WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME, Nat Cassidy: This is a balls-to-the-wall horror novel which I defy you to put down...it's that good. Published later this month. You might want to get your claws into this one.
April 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME, Nat Cassidy: This is a balls-to-the-wall horror novel which I defy you to put down...it's that good. Published later this month. You might want to get your claws into this one.
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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
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Folks, I see a lot of you recently feeling free to use some variation of the "R" word for mentally disabled, including appending the last four letters as suffix to describe people you don't like. I'm not down with that, so if you do it in my comments, I'm gonna hide that shit at least. Be better.
February 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Folks, I see a lot of you recently feeling free to use some variation of the "R" word for mentally disabled, including appending the last four letters as suffix to describe people you don't like. I'm not down with that, so if you do it in my comments, I'm gonna hide that shit at least. Be better.
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it's hard to read the chart in the screenshot but what this moron is actually complaining about isn't "DEI" staff, it's special education teachers. these ghouls are coming for people with disabilities and they aren't even shy about it.
January 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
it's hard to read the chart in the screenshot but what this moron is actually complaining about isn't "DEI" staff, it's special education teachers. these ghouls are coming for people with disabilities and they aren't even shy about it.
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If a plea for kindness and empathy makes you furious, you might be a sociopath.
January 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
If a plea for kindness and empathy makes you furious, you might be a sociopath.
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That Biden should have to issue preemptive pardons for men and women who defended the Constitution is a sad comment on Trump's vengeful nature.
January 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
That Biden should have to issue preemptive pardons for men and women who defended the Constitution is a sad comment on Trump's vengeful nature.