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Brendan Buhler
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I'd never before noticed the striking resemblance of fascist apparatchik John Thune and the guy who builds the Death Star.
Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota and the majority leader, at the Capitol this week.Credit...Eric Lee for The New York Times Ben Mendelsohn as Director Krennic in Andor, season 2, and bearing a striking resemblance to Senate majority leader John Thune.
December 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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A Chinese company selling toy concentration camp cages to Americans is a perfect synecdoche of the way things are right now.
A Temu ad for toy building blocks that are also cages made of cyclone fencing.
December 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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I swear I put them away in neat bundles but the evil elves got into them in the off-season.
A large tangle of illuminated multicolor Christmas lights.
December 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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American flags, kids, dogs, old people, and inflatable chicken costumes (this is Petaluma). A very friendly protest, and much larger than in the spring.
A line of No Kings protesters, including elderly folks in wheelchairs and some American flags.
October 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Ready to haul my normie butt to the No Kings protest tomorrow.
A home-made protest sign of black cardboard stapled to a 1"X4". Two miniature American flags protrude from the top. The text reads "Because I'm Pro-America, I'm anti-Trump."
October 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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It's that season again where I go around grumbling that that's not how skeletons work.
An ad for a plastic rooster skeleton from Tractor Supply. It includes bones for the comb, wattle and tail feathers.
September 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Uh....
A picture of an ad for an app called BetterSleep. It's paused and the message on the screen says "Try to feel your brain smoothing out"
September 26, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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In trying to "both sides" the threats to free speech, Greg Lukianoff misses the fact that the lab leak theory of COVID has been disproven.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...
Consider, too, the fight against so-called misinformation and disinformation. The Biden administration created (and then quickly shuttered, following criticism) an advisory board at the Department of Homeland Security on the threat of disinformation. The Biden administration also pressured social media platforms to censor Americans who posted what the administration considered obvious falsehoods, including the suggestion — now considered plausible by a large assortment of mainstream institutions and experts — that the coronavirus originated from a laboratory in Wuhan, China.
September 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Hilarious thing to say as Google bends to political pressure.
“The company has a commitment to freedom of expression,” said Daniel Donovan, a lawyer from King & Spaulding who wrote the letter for Alphabet. “This commitment is unwavering and will not bend to political pressure.”
September 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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There's no more cursed place in streaming video than Amazon's science documentary collection.
Screenshot of Amazon Prime Video's "science documentaries," with titles such as, Alien Awakening, Alien Crash Retrieval, UFO and Is Genesis History?
September 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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My Temu ads for today are all about small riot shields. I guess American vibes are visible all the way from China.
Picture of a man's torso, dressed in tactical gear. Strapped to the man's left arm is an angular, convex piece of black metal with visible bolt heads.
September 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Sounds like RFK Jr. fears someone is killing children without his help.
A paragraph that reads as follows: Mr. Kennedy called the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which he oversees, “the most corrupt federal agency in the world” and told her that “C.D.C. employees were killing children,” Dr. Monarez told senators during a health committee hearing. She testified alongside the agency’s former chief medical officer, Dr. Deb Houry, who told lawmakers she thought Mr. Kennedy should resign.
September 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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When I was in high school, I brewed some ginger beer that exploded and left my room smelling of ginger and yeast for months.

Now, in the off season, I rely on spicy ginger syrup and seltzer.
A half empty bottle of DaVinci-brand spicy ginger syrup.
September 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Ever see a subhed both speculate wildly and enable fascism?
Headline: Crime Festers in Republican States While Their Troops Patrol Washington Subhed: Republican governors who have mustered National Guard troops for deployment in blue-state cities may re-examine their deployments if federal intervention significantly brings crime down.
September 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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The "iconic" movie is Anaconda. It's time we retire that word.
Blue text on a white background, from the website Comicbook: "Iconic ‘90s Monster Movie Returns to Netflix Ahead of 2025 Reboot A cult classic creature feature is streaming ahead of its December 2025 reboot."
August 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Between this and his bullshit on mRNA vaccines, RFK Jr. seems intent on destroying the only positive legacy of the first Trump administration.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/h...
“Unfortunately, this leaves one of the vulnerable groups, specifically healthy children less than 2 years old, without access to a safe vaccine that’s known to prevent hospitalization and death,” said Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, who oversaw the C.D.C.’s work group on the Covid vaccine before she resigned in June. The risk of severe illness and hospitalization among children under 1 who are infected with the coronavirus is comparable to that among adults 65 and older. That’s why experts have said that a child’s first exposure should be through a vaccine, rather than infection.
August 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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A Dorito is the body and the blood is Hard Mountain Dew.
A sideways 12-pack of Hard Mtn. Dew Baja Blast Mix. Yes, that's alcoholic Mountain Dew
August 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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This is my son Jim's picture of two black-tail deer battling it out during the rut. Jim has a real passion for nature photography. He's currently entered into a Ranger Rick competition for young naturalists. Please vote for him DAILY here: jr-ranger.org/2025/jim-5c35
Two black-tail bucks lock antlers in a battle during the rut. The deer on the left has charged in so hard that its back legs are in the air.
June 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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This is Jim's picture of a red-tail hawk sitting on an electrical pole. Jim has a real passion for nature photography. He's currently entered into a Ranger Rick competition for young naturalists. Jim is now a top-five finalist! Please vote for him DAILY here: jr-ranger.org/2025/jim-5c35
A red-tail hawk sitting on an electric power line pole. The hawk is perched right over a sign that says, "HIGH VOLTAGE."
June 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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This is my son Jim's picture of a barn owl. Jim has a real passion for nature photography. He's entered in a Ranger Rick competition for young naturalists. Jim is now a top-five finalist! Please vote for today because your votes and donations count for double today: jr-ranger.org/2025/jim-5c35
June 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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This is Jim's portrait of an elk doe in a field of wildflowers. Jim has a real passion for nature photography. He's currently entered into a Ranger Rick competition for young naturalists. Thanks to your help, Jim is now a top-five finalist! Please vote for him DAILY here: jr-ranger.org/2025/jim-5c35
An elk doe is shown in profile amidst a field of wildflowers.
June 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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This is my son Jim's portrait of a black-tail buck. Jim has a passion for nature photography. He's entered into a Ranger Rick competition for young naturalists. Thanks to your help, Jim is one of the top five finalists! Please vote for him DAILY here: jr-ranger.org/2025/jim-5c35
A picture of a black-tail buck looking over its shoulder, its mouth slightly open. The deer's right antler has three tines, while its left antler has two.
June 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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This is my son Jim's picture of a long-tailed weasel peaking out of it's burrow. Jim has a passion for nature photography. He's in a Ranger Rick competition for young naturalists. Jim is in the running to be one of the top five finalists! Please vote for him DAILY here: jr-ranger.org/2025/jim-5c35
The white and brown head of a long-tailed weasel peaks out of a hole in the ground surrounded by fallen and decaying grasses.
June 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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I'm out walking the dog and two little kids cry out, "Puppy!" And this muppet immediately tries to cross the street to go visit them.
A poodle mixed with an old English sheepdog seen in profile while on a walk.
June 6, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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I can't imagine a more cursed place than an AOL adults only chatroom reborn in virtual reality.
A push notification from a Meta VR headset that reads, "Discover your new favorite works on mobile! Wanna try something new? You're gonna enjoy The Adult Club (18+ Bar) on mobile, head over there now!"
April 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM