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The Rune Scholar
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Writer — historian — academic — reader — artist — animal friend — outdoorsy — gamer — researcher
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Future author of a great book. 📖
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Indie journalist/eternal sheepdog barking at the dark.
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A photo from history; 1937 tour of Germany by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, meeting Hitler. No special reason I posted this today.
A historical photo showing the Duke and Duchess of Windsor meeting Hitler in 1937.
September 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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I’m a writer. If I had written dialogue with such an obvious, unnatural exposition dump that clearly exists for the sake of explaining the plot to the reader, I would rewrite the whole scene in my second pass.
September 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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So, he’s just outright admitting that it’s war and that the confederates are rising again, and they want to burn down Chicago? Cool.. Cool.. This is totally normal. People need to realize that a civil war isn’t “coming”; we are in it NOW, but only one side is fighting it.
September 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Never mind, a wall isn’t enough.
A meme of Bugs Bunny sawing Florida away from the mainland US.
September 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Solution.
September 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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So Florida is ending all vaccine mandates. Well, it’s finally time to quarantine Florida. Keep the disease-ridden Florida men in their swamps. If they want out, they can elect sane representatives.
A map showing the Southeastern section of the United stated, with a wall across the Floridian border.
September 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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They don’t even realize how brainwashed into capitalist subservience they are. It’s sad and depressing.
A Reddit interaction in which a commenter disparages protestors who are protesting for worker’s rights by saying they should be out looking for a job instead. When prompted to explain how many jobs one needs, a similar commenter says they have three, and that the jobs are out there if you look for them, as though that is normal and acceptable, showing how brainwashed they are into accepting such behavior.
September 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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I’m only pointing it out because he no longer wears that hat.
August 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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I agree. I don’t see the resemblance.
August 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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VS this? Stop LARPing. Citizens alone aren’t going to do shit without aid. And yes, the military is all behind the Magas, aside from a few brave patriots. Yeah, Canada does stand a chance, especially if you have allies; a hell of a lot more of a chance than my broke, nearly homeless ass does.
August 30, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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It’s literally just estrogen, progesterone, and hormone blockers, you fucking dumbass, shitweasel, piss-for-brains. You don’t know the first thing about the HRT that trans people take, but you’re mad and scared about it. Pathetic.
A dumbass on Reddit proving he knows nothing about trans peoples’ HRT, but is real scared and mad about it. Quoted: “I don’t know what kind of drugs they take to change hormones, or whatever else, but that can’t be healthy for the mind or body. So many drugs out there have disclaimers on side effects that include impacts to mental health, suicidal thoughts, depression, etc. Hopefully the CDC can continue to get rid of all the DEI clowns and get back to the science that takes the impacts on health and human lives more seriously. Enough of the nonsense!”
August 29, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Seen at CPAC. Do they…uh…do they know what happened to Caesar?
A sign from CPAC 2025 depicting Trump as famously assassinated Roman Emperor Julius Caesar, who was stabbed to death in the senate for seeking more power. It reads: “Third Term Project — For a Trump 2028 …And Beyond.”
February 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Yes it’s true. So if this.
February 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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I’m sure he’s just joking, right? Just like all the other things he was just joking about, which turned out to be true.
A screenshot from Trumps truth social reading, “Congestion pricing is dead. Manhattan, and all of New York, is saved. Long live the king!” Only with more unnecessary capitalization.
February 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Want to understand what is going on in America right now, and why Trump is ignoring the courts? This is the Butterfly Revolution, intended to create a techno-feudalist monarchy dreamed up by Curtis Yarvin.

www.politico.com/news/magazin...

#ButterflyRevolution #CurtisYarvin #ConstitutionalCrisis
A screenshot from the r/law Subreddit detailing the major steps of the Butterfly Revolution. It has been edited with a red arrow pointing at step two, the disregard for courts, and says, “You are here”. A second red arrow is on step four, the final step in which autocratic rule is established, and it says, “Don’t end up here.”
February 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Dear, Google, please go fuck yourself. Chug cactus needles. Stick a nose hair trimmer up your collective butthole on high. You sure you want to risk putting that in parentheses? Trump might have a hissy fit and throw ketchup at a wall.
A screenshot of Google Maps (in darkmode) in which both “Gulf of Mexico” and “Gulf of America” are labelled.
February 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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They’re going to choose to ignore the courts. That is a red line that cannot be uncrossed, that is Trump crossing the Rubicon. When that happens, either American Democracy will be truly dead, or we will find out who is willing to defend it.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

#ConstitutionalCrisis
A screenshot of a Reddit comment from the r/law sub talking about the ramifications of Trump ignoring the courts. It reads: “This is super duper, big time, no turning back, red line. Like, when it happens it will be the defining moment that historians will look back on as the moment American Democracy died. I cannot overstate how big a deal this is.” The comment received two rewards and 1.1k upvotes.
February 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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One search, two results. The search is “Trump booed at Super Bowl”. The top screenshot is using my default US location, the bottom search is using a Japanese location via VPN. We are being lied to.

#StateRunMedia
An image combining two screenshots of the same web search. The top search uses a US location and displays news headlines that primarily talk about Taylor Swift being booed at the Super Bowl and Trump’s comments on that, with no mention of his own booing. The bottom half is the same search using a Japanese location and features a series of articles talking about Trump himself being booed, with the third article even saying, “Yes, Donald Trump Was Booed[…]“ The images highlight how we are firmly in the grip of state-run media.
February 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Are you there? Are you getting involved? Join the 50501 Protests at your state capital today.

we-dissent.us/the-50501-pr...

#50501protests #wedissent #resist
A graphic saying “Defend Our Constitutional Rights.”
February 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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This should be the page for the Constitution.
January 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Magat looney over on Reddit thinks that Democrats are going to riot this Jan 6th. Part of me wishes the Dems actually would; anything but let this monster assume power. But we know they won’t. It’s all projection. Magats can only see the world through the lens of their own actions and desires.
January 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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The “End Wokeness” account is run by Jack Posobiec, who has the ear of a lot of top Trump advisors and who runs Turning Point USA, which Trump and other Magas just attended.

People say Trump is joking. He isn’t; it’s Schrödinger’s Joke. They were only joking if they fail. Hitler was doubted, too.
December 25, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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Exhibit A for why I do not trust any spell/grammar check that uses AI, and usually turn those features off. Do better Pro Writing Aid. Gonna be cackling about “Successful Britain” in my head for a couple of days, though.
A screenshot of the popular grammar checker “Pro Writing Aid” suggesting that I change “Great Brittain” to “Successful Brittain”.
December 11, 2024 at 4:27 AM
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Mood.
A version of the “This is Fine” meme. In the original, a dog character is sitting calmly in a burning room saying, “This is fine.” In this version, the character is replaced by a skeleton.
December 7, 2024 at 12:28 AM