zoya the destroyer
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Going to start making up novel or movie titles based on words I missed in the NYT Spelling Bee
Yesterday's is "Gangland Adagio," obviously a cringe memoir by a white teacher about working in the hood
Yesterday's is "Gangland Adagio," obviously a cringe memoir by a white teacher about working in the hood
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into every generation a chosen one is born
I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
into every generation a chosen one is born
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Thinking about the only good leaked email (Channing Tatum from the Sony leak)
November 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Thinking about the only good leaked email (Channing Tatum from the Sony leak)
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‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
WASHINGTON—Responding to recent revelations suggesting the prominent economist was a close associate of the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a devastated nation reportedly joined together to...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
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For our international followers, this is a common American dream.
November 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
For our international followers, this is a common American dream.
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
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Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
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finding joy despite the world in 2025 is like this lol
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
finding joy despite the world in 2025 is like this lol
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It never occurred to me how badly tall people are yearning to be around each other 😂
November 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It never occurred to me how badly tall people are yearning to be around each other 😂
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Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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Oooo I’m Death. I'm a mean skeleton with a fancy sword. Fuck off, bone boy
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Oooo I’m Death. I'm a mean skeleton with a fancy sword. Fuck off, bone boy
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
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Little Kid is at a small preschool that’s totally outdoors, all weather, except naps (which not all kids take) so I am hoping so hard we avoid a lot of the winter sickness this year
do you love SLEEP and hate HAVING COLDS ALL THE TIME
then BEING PARENT OF PRESCHOOLER may not be for you
then BEING PARENT OF PRESCHOOLER may not be for you
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Little Kid is at a small preschool that’s totally outdoors, all weather, except naps (which not all kids take) so I am hoping so hard we avoid a lot of the winter sickness this year
I must be getting old because that actually sounds about right
The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I must be getting old because that actually sounds about right
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Sharing this thread in case it is helpful. I mistakenly thought that all tax credits were on the chopping block. I contacted the agent who renews my ACA application annually and was surprised to find out that's not the case. Still a disaster for those effected.
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I just emailed the insurance agent to ask what the rate will be without the tax credit. 😬
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Sharing this thread in case it is helpful. I mistakenly thought that all tax credits were on the chopping block. I contacted the agent who renews my ACA application annually and was surprised to find out that's not the case. Still a disaster for those effected.
bsky.app/profile/jene...
bsky.app/profile/jene...
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Slightly related: I would pay at least a dollar extra for every Amazon order if I knew that it was going toward things like "liveable wages" and "not working warehouse workers to death." Two dollars extra. Hell, five dollars. Call it the woke tax and let people opt out of it, I don't care.
i find every story about costco's brand strategy and overall approach completely fascinating.
Why Costco Went All in on Kirkland — and How It Paid Off | WSJ Case Study
YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal
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November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Slightly related: I would pay at least a dollar extra for every Amazon order if I knew that it was going toward things like "liveable wages" and "not working warehouse workers to death." Two dollars extra. Hell, five dollars. Call it the woke tax and let people opt out of it, I don't care.
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Book Cover of the Day:
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Book Cover of the Day:
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*deep breath*
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
*deep breath*
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
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David Byrne As Photographed by David LaChapelle Will Fix You. David Byrne Photographed by David LaChapelle for the New Yorker Will Solve Your Problems www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
David Byrne As Photographed by David LaChapelle Will Fix You. David Byrne Photographed by David LaChapelle for the New Yorker Will Solve Your Problems www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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I will not be watching or reading any "analyses" about the Democratic party in D.C. I know all about them & their complicity. I'm not interested and I choose to reclaim my time and attention.
There're other kinds of politics to engage & most importantly to do (including in our local communities).
There're other kinds of politics to engage & most importantly to do (including in our local communities).
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I will not be watching or reading any "analyses" about the Democratic party in D.C. I know all about them & their complicity. I'm not interested and I choose to reclaim my time and attention.
There're other kinds of politics to engage & most importantly to do (including in our local communities).
There're other kinds of politics to engage & most importantly to do (including in our local communities).
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New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
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Was admiring one of those Christmas model villages watching the clockwork townsfolk going about their merry routines when my wife said to me 'What if people's souls are trapped in the figures and this is their hell?' which isn't something I've worried about before but is all I will worry about now.
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Was admiring one of those Christmas model villages watching the clockwork townsfolk going about their merry routines when my wife said to me 'What if people's souls are trapped in the figures and this is their hell?' which isn't something I've worried about before but is all I will worry about now.