Potato salesman
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Making a sandwich
Not really
Not really
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Making a sandwich
Not really
Not really
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Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/
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August 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I never understand how this man keeps a job. His takes are Olympic, heroic, incredible levels of fucking stupid. Out of this world levels of stupid.
He's never written a sane or sensible word.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
He's never written a sane or sensible word.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
He may talk rubbish but Trump has an eye for beauty, and that is a breath of fresh air | Simon Jenkins
The US president promotes classical architecture and loathes ‘ugly’ wind turbines. Keir Starmer would dismiss him as a nimby, but on this Trump has a point, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I never understand how this man keeps a job. His takes are Olympic, heroic, incredible levels of fucking stupid. Out of this world levels of stupid.
He's never written a sane or sensible word.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
He's never written a sane or sensible word.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Donald Trump just unilaterally bombed Iran. A masked gang is terrorizing our streets. America has rapidly devolved into an authoritarian state.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
June 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Donald Trump just unilaterally bombed Iran. A masked gang is terrorizing our streets. America has rapidly devolved into an authoritarian state.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
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2025: Keir Starmer suggests that pressure on housing and public services is because of migrants
2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"
2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"
May 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
2025: Keir Starmer suggests that pressure on housing and public services is because of migrants
2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"
2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"
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CARDINAL WHO FORGOT ABOUT THE TORTILLA HE WAS COOKING ON THE STOVE IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL: uh oh
May 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
CARDINAL WHO FORGOT ABOUT THE TORTILLA HE WAS COOKING ON THE STOVE IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL: uh oh
Why does bluesky keep showing me furry art and how can I stop that completely forever
May 1, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Why does bluesky keep showing me furry art and how can I stop that completely forever
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1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 6:19 AM
1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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this is just so great
"That is why representation matters, and that is why we need to get every woman into space as soon as possible."
"That is why representation matters, and that is why we need to get every woman into space as soon as possible."
Give this journalist a Pulitzer pitchfork.com/thepitch/kat...
In Space, No One Can Hear You Girlboss
Strapped in next to Gayle King and an all-women crew aboard Jeff Bezos’ rocket, the pop star set a record for the most feminist publicity stunt in history as she smashed through the glass ceiling of E...
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April 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
this is just so great
"That is why representation matters, and that is why we need to get every woman into space as soon as possible."
"That is why representation matters, and that is why we need to get every woman into space as soon as possible."
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"So in the UK, where a car is called a car, it's called AutoGlass, but in Germany, where a car is called an auto, the same company is called CarGlass! In both territories, however, I was pleasantly surprised to find that, not only do they repair, they also -should the occasion call for it- replace."
April 2, 2025 at 8:39 AM
"So in the UK, where a car is called a car, it's called AutoGlass, but in Germany, where a car is called an auto, the same company is called CarGlass! In both territories, however, I was pleasantly surprised to find that, not only do they repair, they also -should the occasion call for it- replace."
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There's no longer any denying it. The US and Russia are now allies, aligned against Europe. And we need to scramble like mad to work out what to do.
February 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
There's no longer any denying it. The US and Russia are now allies, aligned against Europe. And we need to scramble like mad to work out what to do.
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WYOMING:
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
February 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
WYOMING:
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
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needed an example uuid for some documentation so i went to everyuuid.com and picked one
Every UUID
A searchable list of every UUID v4 - scroll till you find a new favorite.
everyuuid.com
February 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
needed an example uuid for some documentation so i went to everyuuid.com and picked one
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‘In 2021, Niall Ferguson described Trump as a “demagogue and would-be tyrant”. Last month he was dancing to “YMCA” at Mar-a-Lago.’
Jan-Werner Müller on the ‘anticipatory obedience’ on display in the run-up to Trump 2.0: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
Jan-Werner Müller on the ‘anticipatory obedience’ on display in the run-up to Trump 2.0: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
Jan-Werner Müller | Everyone has their reasons
In the run-up to Trump 2.0, the speed with which former opponents of the once and future president are adapting to his...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
‘In 2021, Niall Ferguson described Trump as a “demagogue and would-be tyrant”. Last month he was dancing to “YMCA” at Mar-a-Lago.’
Jan-Werner Müller on the ‘anticipatory obedience’ on display in the run-up to Trump 2.0: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
Jan-Werner Müller on the ‘anticipatory obedience’ on display in the run-up to Trump 2.0: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
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Four years since my son wrote the best opening to a mystery novel ever written.
January 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Four years since my son wrote the best opening to a mystery novel ever written.
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1. In this thread, I try to imagine the best and worst scenarios arising from Trump’s presidency. I make no claims about probability. I’m not trying to forecast results, just to imagine them. We know it will be terrible, whatever happens. The key question is how (or whether) it ends. 🧵
January 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
1. In this thread, I try to imagine the best and worst scenarios arising from Trump’s presidency. I make no claims about probability. I’m not trying to forecast results, just to imagine them. We know it will be terrible, whatever happens. The key question is how (or whether) it ends. 🧵
I'm one of those guys who boils candles so I can chew them
January 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I'm one of those guys who boils candles so I can chew them
I'm a person but I only just found this out
January 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I'm a person but I only just found this out