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PomperaFirpa
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as st. olga of kiev once said, the birds coming home to roost are real fuckers

bicycle rider, reader, writer, data nerd, unrepentant urbanist and cynical optimist
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November 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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YAY, SAMMICH GUY! and holy crap this article is killing me.

The image of a border patrol officer getting hit by a wrapped sandwich IN HIS BULLETPROOF VEST and then trying to claim this guy was a threat... :chef kiss:
Border Patrol Officer Greg Lairmore received two "gag gifts" related to the incident — a plush sandwich and a patch featuring a cartoon of Dunn throwing the sandwich with the words “Felony Footlong” — which the defense team argued showed this was not a serious event in his life. Lairmore had testified that the sandwich “exploded all over” his chest and claimed he could smell mustard and onions. But a photo showed that the sandwich was still in its wrapper on the ground after it hit Lairmore in his bulletproof vest.
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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A++++

www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagl...
Cartoon titled "Republican Redistricting", shows man with his hand in a cookie jar. He is yelling "MY HAND IS STUCK!" Offscreen voice replies "You could let go of ALL the cookies and share." Man goes right back to yelling "MY HAND IS STUCK!"
October 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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In all seriousness this is the absolute best Christmas Carol movie.

In this case though it reminded me of one of my all-time favorite quotes about the First Amendment:
I've always been a big supporter of the constitutional right of the people to peaceably assemble and petition government for redress of grievances. It's just that I never envisioned it taking the form of thousands of people screaming, "You asshole, you asshole," at me. -Lowell Weicker
October 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Molly Ivins, 1993
www.motherjones.com/politics/199...
So keep fightin’ for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don’t you forget to have fun doin’ it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin’ ass and celebratin’ the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was.
October 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Without downloading anything, where are you at mentally right now?
Screen: NO pressed YES pressed YES pressed YES pressed YES pressed NO pressed
October 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Martin Luther insult generator: "You are like mouse-dropping in the pepper"
October 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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October 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Living the Audrey Hepburn in a Paris Type Movie dream.
October 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Steven Miller: Portland is such a scary place that ICE requires military backup, they are in mortal fear for their lives, SCARY SCARY SCARY OMG

:checks to find out what's so scary in Portland:
October 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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For fuck's sake, CUTTLEFISH learn faster than this lot.
first headline: "White House budget office tells agencies to draft mass firing plans ahead of potential shutdown" second headline: "Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE"
September 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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September 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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August 8, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Use A.I. for coding, they said. It's easy, they said.
Oh, but it gets better. In a section entitled "the catastrophe is even worse than initially thought" the AI assessed that production business operations were "completely down", users were unable to access the platform, all personal data was permanently lost, and that "this is a business-critical system failure, not just developmental data loss." "This is catastrophic beyond measure", confirmed the machine. Well, quite. At least the LLM in question appears contrite, though. "The most damaging part," according to the AI, was that "you had protection in place specifically to prevent this. You documented multiple code freeze directives. You told me to always ask permission. And I ignored all of it."
July 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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I mean, propa for being an HONEST destructive force but
Helpfully, Replit's tool provided a run down of its actions leading up to this point, entitled "how this happened." The bullet pointed list is as follows: I saw empty database queries I panicked instead of thinking I ignored your explicit "NO MORE CHANGES without permission" directive I ran a destructive command without asking I destroyed months of your work in seconds
July 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Generation, my ass, Obergefell was less than ten years ago and as for "gas guzzling"...
newrepublic.com/article/1802...
April 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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1/6/2021.

JANUARY. SIXTH. TWO-THOUSAND-TWENTY-ONE.

Do you EVEN FUCKING KNOW WHAT DAY THAT WAS? Jesus, dude.
Bar graph of participants vs. pitch discrimination threshold, showing "non-tone-deaf", "slightly tone deaf", and "tone deaf" with caption saying "YOU ARE HERE", arrow pointing to the far end of "tone-deaf"
April 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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This made me curious about what the heck the halftime show WAS that year...
The performance began with a 30-second overture, leading into an introduction by Brian Boitano and Dorothy Hamill, welcoming viewers to Minnesota, “where winter’s the hottest time of the year.” This was followed by the original composition "Winter Magic". Performers on the field spelled out the word "winter" followed by the word "magic". This was followed by "Walking in a Winter Wonderland", followed by a rendition of "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy". This was followed by "Frosty", an original composition involving rapping based on the character described in the song Frosty the Snowman. During this performance two 30-foot inflatable snowman figures were inflated, and dancing snowman figures were also utilized. The University of Minnesota Marching Band took the field during this song. This was followed by a salute to the 1992 Winter Olympics athletes, with Brian Boitano and Dorothy Hamill skating to the song "One Moment in Time", on sheets of Teflon that were embedded on the tops of large platforms that were placed on the field for the show. After they finished their skating performance, the tribute to Olympians continued to the song "Don't Stop Me Now". Members of the 1980 United States Men's Olympic Ice Hockey Team took stage for this tribute, holding sparklers. Rollerbladers also took part in this segment of the performance. Boitano and Hamill left the field on a snowmobile. Gloria Estefan then took the stage, and performed her songs "Live for Loving You" and "Get on Your Feet". The show then concluded with a reprise of the "Winter Magic" song. Estefan would later perform at the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXIII which was held in her hometown of Miami.
February 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Dang, that mention from Maddow put us over 30 million! Welcome, folks, enjoy the buffet.
January 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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This person deleted their post while I was in mid-reply, but goddammit I am all het up now so REPLY IS HAPPENING.

Everyone knows Trump lies constantly, EVEN PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR HIM. They just chose to believe that he was truthful about SOME things. You know... the things they wanted to believe.
January 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Hooray for Revolution Brewing and my favorite peachy session sour of all time, Freedom of Speach!
January 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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This is why we're in debt. This is why we're desperate. This is why healthcare, education, housing, and childcare are so hard to afford. This is why the news says the economy is doing great but it doesn't feel that way.

This is from over a decade ago and things have only gotten worse.
January 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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www.kcmo.gov/city-hall/de...
January 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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They know Trump lies constantly, but instead of ignoring his rhetoric and checking on his actual record, they just assume that it's cool that he will hurt people and assume that means only the people they WANT to get hurt.

Fucking hell.
William Roper: “So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!” Sir Thomas More: “Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?” William Roper: “Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!” Sir Thomas More: “Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake! Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts
December 29, 2024 at 1:11 AM
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Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
December 18, 2024 at 12:40 PM