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Rob Fagen
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Raised in Arizona; Not as funny as the movie.
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I wasn’t too harsh, was I?
A screen capture of the Disney+ cancellation survey website. In the “Other” box, the text “Your spineless capitulation to illegal pressure from the FCC when you suspended/cancelled Jimmy Kimmel” appears.
September 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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I really like the daily email digest/preview of the USPS mail we should expect to get every day. However, seeing this one at the top of the list has a certain irony.
A screenshot of a USPS email showing images of the mail pieces we should expect in today's delivery. At the top it shows today's date of September 18. The first mail piece image is a promotional postcard from the USPS advising that they are currently hiring Postal Inspectors, and that there are positions available nationwide. It also shows that the application window is between September 8 and 17th. Maybe these flyers were delayed because of inspections?
September 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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“Small LLM tools”

Would that be like… um… a large language model the size of a small large language model?
An image of the “Large boulder the size of a small boulder” meme.
September 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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@xkcd.com hasn't posted it yet on here, but this is my new band name.
An outline of the state of Alaska with the words "Moose" and "Fireweed" inscribed in the interior. Not going to spoil the whole comic here.
July 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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I thought that turned him into George Clooney?
An image of the title character from "Fantastic Mr. Fox", voiced by George Clooney. The character in question is a rather dapper looking fox in 3/4 profile, wearing a corduroy jacket, holding a stem of grass while chewing on the end, and wearing a digital watch.
July 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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The guardian from Big Trouble in Little China?
The guardian from Big Trouble in Little China.
July 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Perhaps he should have rocked something more like this?
A picture of Dr. Evil in his grey Nehru jacket. On reflection, looking remarkably like the groom, except for the missing sunglasses.
June 28, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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You mean this drummer’s opinion?
A picture of Camina Drummer from The Expanse.
June 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Why do I get such strong sketch comedy duo vibes from these two?
Bongino and Patel, bug-eyed and grinning while being interviewed on Fox News about the Trump assassination attempt.
May 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Was anyone else really surprised to see a Georgia O’Keefe reference on Last Week Tonight during the minor league baseball segment?
The logo of the Chesapeake Oyster Catchers minor league baseball team. An aqua background with the team name in a cursive font at the top. In the middle, an image of a baseball glove. In the glove, an oyster shell. In the shell, a baseball represents a pearl. The outline of the shell and the location of the pearl are suggestive… of a… um… thing that O’Keefe was known to paint. Often. In great detail.
May 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Looking at this zoomed in made me think of a view of an integrated circuit through a microscope.
A closer view via Google maps of the Almeria region. A grid of gray roads and whiter greenhouse rooftops showing rows of plants inside.
May 1, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Remember? No, I
An extreme closeup of the parent post’s picture, which shows embossed in the metal the word “CANT”
April 18, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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TFW you don’t just want to click “Report Junk” right away.
A text message thread, starting from the unknown number with a single word, “Hello”. The response is the first three lines to Lionel Ritchie’s song “Hello”. Specifically: Hello, is it me you’re looking for? I can see it in your eyes I can see it in your smile
April 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Whenever I get a Wordle in three, and Wordle says "Impressive." I always hear it in Darth Vader's voice.
A wordlebot comparison of my three step solution compared to the bot's four step solution. My "luck" was 81 compared to the bot's luck of 45.
April 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Vault Boy?

www.etsy.com/listing/1019...
Vector graphic of Vault Boy, from the video game Fallout.
March 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka
March 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Absolutely bonkers game of #mtgArena. See alt text for something resembling a description.
A magic the gathering arena game board. I’m delivering 656 points of damage after my opponent gracefully gave up and let me attack instead of serially blocking the 3 200+ lions on the left. My side is a bunch of cats, generators of cats, and +1 on gaining health lions, along with three enchantments that cause opposing creatures to enter tapped and give me +1 health. My opponent had ornithopter and zombie generators, causing my lions to rack up ridiculous +1s. My ending health was 2055 because my lions getting blocked had been granted lifelink.
March 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Not a fan of the green ones, though.
Creeper from Minecraft. They explode.
March 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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You were so close to almost making a pun that would only work on my timeline. If only you’d said “it is so knife outside”.
A 1981 photograph of Debra Harry at a knife makers’ convention followed by a comment saying “It is so nice outside.”
March 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Are these ok to occasionally sleep in?
A pair of Yoda slippers, with feet in them.
February 26, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Saw this pretty boy (girl?) from the back window today.
a Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus), perched on the tippy-top of a pine tree. a Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus), taking flight from the tippy top of a pine tree.
January 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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But this is ok to do because it’s not too busy at that time.
A close up view of the doubling back route along with the caption saying “not too busy”. This is funny because the caption is actually referring to the nearby business and not to the level of road traffic. This is funny because of the limited context presented. Or it’s actually not funny at all, or only funny inside my head. Like my wife says. All the time.
January 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Seriously, @nytimes.com Games?

Today's pangram would have been a little more appropriate on Jan 6, or at least wait until the 20th? I guess there's a certain logic to having it halfway between those two dates.
An image of the Jan 13 Spelling Bee puzzle from the NYT Games page. The letters pictured are: J A C K B O (O) T If only there were a way to spell "BROWNSHIRT" with those letters...
January 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Random cat photo
A leopard near the Kruger National Park in South Africa, lounging among grasses and shrubs.
December 31, 2024 at 4:00 AM
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I’ve been pondering birb.
At Mala Mala Camp in South Africa, on the Sand River, grasses and sand along with a wading birb I can’t remember the name of and a big elephant and a baby elephant drinking water.
December 22, 2024 at 8:17 AM