Desiderata
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
September 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
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I really, really hope he perishes painfully, and soon.
August 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I really, really hope he perishes painfully, and soon.
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Wish for the painful death of the dictator and everyone last person who freely does his bidding or kowtows.
Not one step back.
Not one step back.
August 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Wish for the painful death of the dictator and everyone last person who freely does his bidding or kowtows.
Not one step back.
Not one step back.
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Not to downplay the cost of raising kids but in modern parenting the underappreciated part is how they’re like your 24/7 direct reports where you’re involved in every aspect of their lives. There’s just a limit to how many of those most people can handle well.
July 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Not to downplay the cost of raising kids but in modern parenting the underappreciated part is how they’re like your 24/7 direct reports where you’re involved in every aspect of their lives. There’s just a limit to how many of those most people can handle well.
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Give me universal healthcare and then let me drink and smoke myself into oblivion as god intended.
July 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Give me universal healthcare and then let me drink and smoke myself into oblivion as god intended.
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I want every ICE agent identified & shunned for the rest of their lives by civil society. I want people to cross the street when they approach. I want restaurants to refuse them service. I want their families to think twice about being seen with them. I want them to die alone & sad.
June 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I want every ICE agent identified & shunned for the rest of their lives by civil society. I want people to cross the street when they approach. I want restaurants to refuse them service. I want their families to think twice about being seen with them. I want them to die alone & sad.
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I love this prompt. I've been gaming my whole life and I am gonna post a bunch of games that didn't get enough love.
Before IO became a household name with Hitman, they made this super fun little squad based shooter with incredibly good mechanics.
Before IO became a household name with Hitman, they made this super fun little squad based shooter with incredibly good mechanics.
June 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I love this prompt. I've been gaming my whole life and I am gonna post a bunch of games that didn't get enough love.
Before IO became a household name with Hitman, they made this super fun little squad based shooter with incredibly good mechanics.
Before IO became a household name with Hitman, they made this super fun little squad based shooter with incredibly good mechanics.
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Meanwhile at the G7..
June 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Meanwhile at the G7..
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You know, it would be a good day for some patriotic anonymous government worker who's likely to get fired anyway to release those unredacted Epstein files.
June 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
You know, it would be a good day for some patriotic anonymous government worker who's likely to get fired anyway to release those unredacted Epstein files.
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Elissa Slotkin: The constitution isn’t optional. The Supreme Court has issued multiple court orders to Homeland Security & this Admin is flat-out ignoring them.
Homeland Security used to serve to protect the country, not the whims of an Adderall addicted moron.
#ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
Homeland Security used to serve to protect the country, not the whims of an Adderall addicted moron.
#ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
June 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Elissa Slotkin: The constitution isn’t optional. The Supreme Court has issued multiple court orders to Homeland Security & this Admin is flat-out ignoring them.
Homeland Security used to serve to protect the country, not the whims of an Adderall addicted moron.
#ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
Homeland Security used to serve to protect the country, not the whims of an Adderall addicted moron.
#ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
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Unbound/Boundless owes me $15k+ on a book that in its first royalty reporting cycle had sold around 3k copies of its 5k copy print run
of which I have not seen a single penny. They also haven’t even reimbursed me for postage costs I incurred mailing out the arcs in the US at their request
of which I have not seen a single penny. They also haven’t even reimbursed me for postage costs I incurred mailing out the arcs in the US at their request
So, this Unbound/Boundless fiasco. I was going to be polite about it, but after this morning’s email: no
May 31, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Unbound/Boundless owes me $15k+ on a book that in its first royalty reporting cycle had sold around 3k copies of its 5k copy print run
of which I have not seen a single penny. They also haven’t even reimbursed me for postage costs I incurred mailing out the arcs in the US at their request
of which I have not seen a single penny. They also haven’t even reimbursed me for postage costs I incurred mailing out the arcs in the US at their request
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worth remembering that when Trump announced a travel ban in 2017, people literally went to airports to protest. Eight years later, Trump announces a new one and it's not even front page news.
We're the frogs and the water is getting awfully hot.
We're the frogs and the water is getting awfully hot.
June 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
worth remembering that when Trump announced a travel ban in 2017, people literally went to airports to protest. Eight years later, Trump announces a new one and it's not even front page news.
We're the frogs and the water is getting awfully hot.
We're the frogs and the water is getting awfully hot.
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Don’t like gay marriage?
Don’t get married to the same sex.
Don’t like gender-affirming care?
Don’t have any.
Don’t like Planned Parenthood?
Don’t go there.
Don’t like abortion?
Don’t get one.
Just because *you* don’t like it doesn’t mean *others* shouldn’t be able to it.
Don’t get married to the same sex.
Don’t like gender-affirming care?
Don’t have any.
Don’t like Planned Parenthood?
Don’t go there.
Don’t like abortion?
Don’t get one.
Just because *you* don’t like it doesn’t mean *others* shouldn’t be able to it.
June 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Don’t like gay marriage?
Don’t get married to the same sex.
Don’t like gender-affirming care?
Don’t have any.
Don’t like Planned Parenthood?
Don’t go there.
Don’t like abortion?
Don’t get one.
Just because *you* don’t like it doesn’t mean *others* shouldn’t be able to it.
Don’t get married to the same sex.
Don’t like gender-affirming care?
Don’t have any.
Don’t like Planned Parenthood?
Don’t go there.
Don’t like abortion?
Don’t get one.
Just because *you* don’t like it doesn’t mean *others* shouldn’t be able to it.
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It's fascinating to see a whole ideological movement across the world that can only exist on the exclusive condition of lying all the time.
Solid ideas.
Solid ideas.
June 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It's fascinating to see a whole ideological movement across the world that can only exist on the exclusive condition of lying all the time.
Solid ideas.
Solid ideas.
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It should’ve ended when he made fun of a disabled reporter. Period.
May 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It should’ve ended when he made fun of a disabled reporter. Period.
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The Residence is a treat- Uzo Aduba is fantastic, and Cordelia Cupp is a great detective in the pantheon of greats like Poirot, Holmes, Marple...
a woman with her eyes closed and the word so good on the bottom
Alt: a woman with her eyes closed and the word so good on the bottom (Uzo Aduba)
media.tenor.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The Residence is a treat- Uzo Aduba is fantastic, and Cordelia Cupp is a great detective in the pantheon of greats like Poirot, Holmes, Marple...
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The last thing I want to imagine is all the fucking people, John.
May 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The last thing I want to imagine is all the fucking people, John.
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Trump has spent a lifetime never delivering -stiffing vendors, cheating on taxes, bilking investors & running a fraudulent charity.
The thought that a majority of the American electorate was stupid enough to vote for this criminal still amazes me.
They voted for a convicted felon.
The thought that a majority of the American electorate was stupid enough to vote for this criminal still amazes me.
They voted for a convicted felon.
May 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Trump has spent a lifetime never delivering -stiffing vendors, cheating on taxes, bilking investors & running a fraudulent charity.
The thought that a majority of the American electorate was stupid enough to vote for this criminal still amazes me.
They voted for a convicted felon.
The thought that a majority of the American electorate was stupid enough to vote for this criminal still amazes me.
They voted for a convicted felon.
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Someone said shop local bc otherwise teenagers first jobs will be in an Amazon warehouse instead of an ice cream shack on the beach and now I can't stop thinking about that
May 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Someone said shop local bc otherwise teenagers first jobs will be in an Amazon warehouse instead of an ice cream shack on the beach and now I can't stop thinking about that
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Ice & congress today got me in a mood, next up:
RTJ - Close Your Eyes (count to fuck)
RTJ - Close Your Eyes (count to fuck)
May 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Ice & congress today got me in a mood, next up:
RTJ - Close Your Eyes (count to fuck)
RTJ - Close Your Eyes (count to fuck)