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J. D. Mettle
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41, househubby, girldad twice over, gamer, curious nerd, consumate semiprofessional. When misery loves company do you want a hug, or are you out to make everyone else feel as bad as you do? (He/Him)
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These are the people who want to inspect your kids genitals before they play soccer btw
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Don't let me ever, EVER, catch you asking a woman why she's so fucking angry.
Wisconsin Republicans are introducing a bill that mandates women use ‘catch kits’ when they have a miscarriage or abortion at home—forcing them to bag up their pregnancy tissue and bring it to the doctor as medical waste.

jessica.substack.com/p/wisconsin-...
Republicans Are Pushing 'Catch Kits' For Miscarriages & Abortion
11.12.24
jessica.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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My hot Frankenstein take is that Frankenstein is a textually rich work and the beauty and longevity of these works is that different people can interpret them through radically different lenses. Making your monster movie about accepting your father/son's flaws is a new lens that enriches the corpus.
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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it is almost as if someone was promoted beyond their ability
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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I saw Del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN late tonight, and I thought it was a pure delight. In the last scene the Creature walked toward the sunrise. Then suddenly, to my surprise…
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Repost with an iconic fictional band www.youtube.com/watch?v=XctP...
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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reposting rogue for no reason in particular
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
If you can't control your caucus, then STEP DOWN.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis

For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare

We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Van Hollen Senate Minority Leader vote when
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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"Sir, would you take a look at this?"
November 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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With the White Stripes’ induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this week, can we finally put the arguments about Meg White’s drumming to rest?

She belongs there, and it’s way past time.

Commentary ↓
It's Long Past Time to Give Meg White Her Respect
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Altman has been quite clear about his strategy.

From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.

What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.

And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.

What does OpenAI offer the world?
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Three children were killed by lawn darts in the 70’s and they were banned in the US.

ChatGPT has caused how many deaths at this point?

If corporations are people, why aren’t we holding them criminally liable?
November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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there should be a word in English for when somebody tells a story that they think valorizes them but they're the obvious villain
"No one likes me, I win."
November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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This is what they took from you
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Cool, cool, cool. How's SAG feel about a new blacklist?
Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.

Does this sound familiar?

Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic” — World of Reel
It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.
www.worldofreel.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Game company sows misinformation to cover up union busting, fans fall for it, actual employee posts explaining the employees were fired to prevent the studio unionizing

This is *unacceptable*
This wasn’t about leaking GTA VI.

It was:
Rockstar illegally firing union members to stop the studio from unionizing.

it directly contradicts Rockstar’s PR narrative and confirms almost everything that people suspected was going on.
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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November 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I guess I need to find a new primary care physician. 🤷‍♂️
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
How is it that in National Treasure, a movie where Nic Cage steals the Declaration of Independence, US govt security door has a stronger password than the real-life Louvre?
the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre"

www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...
November 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM