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November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits
Bari Weiss is set to be named the editor in chief of CBS News, the New York Post reports
October 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I firmly believe a huge reason the right began to focus on abortion in the late 70s/80s is to create a false paradigm of left-sanctioned violence against “the unborn” during increasingly violent foreign and domestic policing.
September 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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“I was getting so many death threats, pictures of decapitated women, and YouTube videos about me that were just straight made-up information,” Poprik says. “It forever changed the way I feel about video games.”

Sadly this story will be ongoing, so a reminder to follow @megannicolett.bsky.social.
Game Developers Fear Anti-Trans Measures Could Hit Their Industry Next
As companies like Meta, Google, and Amazon follow President Trump’s moves to roll back diversity initiatives, trans and genderqueer devs worry their already struggling industry could follow suit.
www.wired.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Umberto Eco wrote the greatest ever piece on the #Bond franchise that explains why I’m never grieving the “loss” of that shit: scrapsfromtheloft.com/books/umbert...
UMBERTO ECO: THE NARRATIVE STRUCTURE IN IAN FLEMING - Scraps from the loft
In the following excerpt, originally published in Italian in 1965, Eco offers a detailed examination of the narra­tive formula that Fleming employed in all the Bond novels, a strategy Eco regards as “...
scrapsfromtheloft.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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I'm on vacation so I'll write about this more when I'm back, but I had to say something:

I truly cannot believe that the NYT published this investigation into Planned Parenthood as it is, using the kind of shocking anti-abortion rhetoric I'd expect to see in the Daily Caller
February 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Does anyone else feel weird playing monster hunter in an I am the poison, shadow of the colossus sort of way? Like those monsters are just vibing dude.
February 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
When I die, bury me with my lego botanicals.
February 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Major breaking trans news: The States of Washington, Minnesota, and Oregon have sued the Trump administration to block it from enforcing a national gender affirming care ban for those under 19 years of age.

This is the second major lawsuit over Trump's trans ban EO.

Docs to come.
February 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The world could be a quantitatively kinder place by simply increasing the warmth of flourescent lighting by 20%.
January 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Were there any other nervous children who found the countdown to midnight immensely anxiety-inducing.
January 1, 2025 at 4:15 AM
one more day where the nation collectively tolerates smooth jazz
December 25, 2024 at 1:25 AM
@planetcoaster2.bsky.social please add the option to make parks accessible! I genuinely think adding ramps/elevators to meet ADA standards would be a great gameplay mechanic.
December 24, 2024 at 6:34 PM
PLEASE be careful stating that the Wizard of Oz is a metaphor for the gold standard—even the most cursory wiki search will tell you it’s a myth and you WILL feel like a pretentious idiot.
December 24, 2024 at 6:17 PM
The mom in front of me who corrected “Merry Chr-“ to “Happy Holidays!” at lightning speed is the only one getting her trans nephew’s pronouns right and should be honored for that.
December 24, 2024 at 1:22 PM
the fact that we the audience know for a fact that buddy the elf DOES understand how showers and shower curtains work is the truest example of failed editing.
December 24, 2024 at 7:03 AM
rewatching gilmore girls and wow lorelai’s entire personality is undiagnosed, self-medicated adhd.
December 24, 2024 at 12:59 AM