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The 19th century is pretty rough on Qing China. We're going to need to set things up a bit before we start knocking the dominoes down...
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The 19th century is pretty rough on Qing China. We're going to need to set things up a bit before we start knocking the dominoes down...
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That barbarians refused to understand enlightened culture...
Definitely not just because it was the 500th time they'd heard the songs sung poorly www.bbc.com/news/article...
Singing of KPop Demon Hunters songs banned at school in Poole
The head teacher tells parents references to demons can feel "deeply uncomfortable" to Christians.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
That barbarians refused to understand enlightened culture...
For how universally-acknowledge it is to be either well-deserving of being wrapped in newspaper - or, at best brought in from somewhere else altogether - my oh my, it's still interesting to see how knicker-twisted the UK gets about the honor of its thoroughly north atlantic fare
November 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
For how universally-acknowledge it is to be either well-deserving of being wrapped in newspaper - or, at best brought in from somewhere else altogether - my oh my, it's still interesting to see how knicker-twisted the UK gets about the honor of its thoroughly north atlantic fare
lmao, didn't think this would be the one that hit the nerve - but there it was...
Why do they need so many tire shops for just one town?
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
lmao, didn't think this would be the one that hit the nerve - but there it was...
Gothmono.
Only you can truly rikai-suru my pain-kurushimi, Marilyn Manson-san...
Only you can truly rikai-suru my pain-kurushimi, Marilyn Manson-san...
Part 176 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
A Kimono decorated with skeletons, from Japan, 1840-1860 CE
A Kimono decorated with skeletons, from Japan, 1840-1860 CE
November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Gothmono.
Only you can truly rikai-suru my pain-kurushimi, Marilyn Manson-san...
Only you can truly rikai-suru my pain-kurushimi, Marilyn Manson-san...
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Nobody who should fuck off actually fucks off anymore. We're stuck with all these fucking people.
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Nobody who should fuck off actually fucks off anymore. We're stuck with all these fucking people.
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The White House is objectively and demonstrably pro-sex trafficking
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The White House is objectively and demonstrably pro-sex trafficking
man, the Era of Reefer Madness was wild...
This instruction would be an arch-T-Day party-foul these days
This instruction would be an arch-T-Day party-foul these days
November 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
man, the Era of Reefer Madness was wild...
This instruction would be an arch-T-Day party-foul these days
This instruction would be an arch-T-Day party-foul these days
Yeah, that tracks
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Yeah, that tracks
There are days when I regret burning-out of teaching
... I came by that burn-out very, very honestly, albeit...
But fun little factoids like this always really help me shore up any leaky embankments in my decision-making
... I came by that burn-out very, very honestly, albeit...
But fun little factoids like this always really help me shore up any leaky embankments in my decision-making
Visualizing Musk's absurd Tesla pay package:
"On average, Musk will make $3 billion more per year than the 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined."
"On average, Musk will make $3 billion more per year than the 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined."
Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary teacher combined
See how Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s new payment package compares with other occupations in the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
There are days when I regret burning-out of teaching
... I came by that burn-out very, very honestly, albeit...
But fun little factoids like this always really help me shore up any leaky embankments in my decision-making
... I came by that burn-out very, very honestly, albeit...
But fun little factoids like this always really help me shore up any leaky embankments in my decision-making
Oof, widespread airline cancellations is rough... Still not burning their own Toyotas, but not great.
I'll go ahead and adjust my ongoing CN-JP Diplomacy ranking, from the former:
🐺🐺□□□ - 2/5 Wolf-Warriors - "Carl Zha's Body-Count"
to now:
🐺🐺🐺□□ - 3/5 Wolf-Warriors - "Liu Xiaoming's Feet Vids"
I'll go ahead and adjust my ongoing CN-JP Diplomacy ranking, from the former:
🐺🐺□□□ - 2/5 Wolf-Warriors - "Carl Zha's Body-Count"
to now:
🐺🐺🐺□□ - 3/5 Wolf-Warriors - "Liu Xiaoming's Feet Vids"
Chinese travellers estimated to have cancelled 500,000 flights to Japan amid rising tensions – The Guardian: ‘Chinese outlet Jimu news reported that Sichuan airlines had cancelled all flights between Chengdu and Sapporo from January until late March’
Chinese travellers estimated to have cancelled 500,000 flights to Japan amid rising tensions
Diplomatic dispute over Japan’s stance on Taiwan continues to rumble after Senae Takaichi’s comments
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Oof, widespread airline cancellations is rough... Still not burning their own Toyotas, but not great.
I'll go ahead and adjust my ongoing CN-JP Diplomacy ranking, from the former:
🐺🐺□□□ - 2/5 Wolf-Warriors - "Carl Zha's Body-Count"
to now:
🐺🐺🐺□□ - 3/5 Wolf-Warriors - "Liu Xiaoming's Feet Vids"
I'll go ahead and adjust my ongoing CN-JP Diplomacy ranking, from the former:
🐺🐺□□□ - 2/5 Wolf-Warriors - "Carl Zha's Body-Count"
to now:
🐺🐺🐺□□ - 3/5 Wolf-Warriors - "Liu Xiaoming's Feet Vids"
no but for real tho
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
no but for real tho
You want Scandal Guys? Chinese history's got Scandal Guys...
Meet Yingzong (朱祁镇, Zhu Qizhen), the 5th & 7th *or* 6th & 8th emperor of the Ming Dynasty [r. 1435-49, 57-64 CE].
You can probably already see that this is something of a tangled mess already. That's not going to improve...
1/17
Meet Yingzong (朱祁镇, Zhu Qizhen), the 5th & 7th *or* 6th & 8th emperor of the Ming Dynasty [r. 1435-49, 57-64 CE].
You can probably already see that this is something of a tangled mess already. That's not going to improve...
1/17
November 18, 2025 at 7:42 AM
You want Scandal Guys? Chinese history's got Scandal Guys...
Meet Yingzong (朱祁镇, Zhu Qizhen), the 5th & 7th *or* 6th & 8th emperor of the Ming Dynasty [r. 1435-49, 57-64 CE].
You can probably already see that this is something of a tangled mess already. That's not going to improve...
1/17
Meet Yingzong (朱祁镇, Zhu Qizhen), the 5th & 7th *or* 6th & 8th emperor of the Ming Dynasty [r. 1435-49, 57-64 CE].
You can probably already see that this is something of a tangled mess already. That's not going to improve...
1/17
Bret motherfucking “Bedbug” Stephens
Somehow, it’s always the fucking bedbug
Somehow, it’s always the fucking bedbug
There is no batshit far-right idea that the NYT's "reasonable" conservatives will not launder into polite discourse.
November 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Bret motherfucking “Bedbug” Stephens
Somehow, it’s always the fucking bedbug
Somehow, it’s always the fucking bedbug
🎶You're so vain... you probably think this song is about you... don't you? don't you? don't you?...🎶
November 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
🎶You're so vain... you probably think this song is about you... don't you? don't you? don't you?...🎶
(psst... it might have something to do with the statues & flags that keep getting put up... & back up...)
As I've said before, Across 2 decades in China, I've never once see a flag, statue, or bumper sticker for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom...
... now Qin Hui... that's another story...
As I've said before, Across 2 decades in China, I've never once see a flag, statue, or bumper sticker for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom...
... now Qin Hui... that's another story...
I understand why some white liberals from the Deep South want to insist that there isn't something distinct (and bad) about Southern political culture but the problem with this is that we wouldn't even have this idea of "The South" as distinct from the rest of the US if there wasn't a there there
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
(psst... it might have something to do with the statues & flags that keep getting put up... & back up...)
As I've said before, Across 2 decades in China, I've never once see a flag, statue, or bumper sticker for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom...
... now Qin Hui... that's another story...
As I've said before, Across 2 decades in China, I've never once see a flag, statue, or bumper sticker for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom...
... now Qin Hui... that's another story...
luv 2 go 2 work at my medicine pills factory line job & hand in my homework on the counter-revolutionary wrongthink of of Shi Nai'an & how the 1200s were totally out of step with proper Maoist ideals...
November 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
luv 2 go 2 work at my medicine pills factory line job & hand in my homework on the counter-revolutionary wrongthink of of Shi Nai'an & how the 1200s were totally out of step with proper Maoist ideals...
"You may take your one true love with you back to the world of the living," spoke the Lord of Hades, "on one condition."
"I will meet any challenge you set," replied bold Orpheus.
"The whole way out, you must never once think about how you're blinking manually."
"Fuck," said Orpheus.
"I will meet any challenge you set," replied bold Orpheus.
"The whole way out, you must never once think about how you're blinking manually."
"Fuck," said Orpheus.
November 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"You may take your one true love with you back to the world of the living," spoke the Lord of Hades, "on one condition."
"I will meet any challenge you set," replied bold Orpheus.
"The whole way out, you must never once think about how you're blinking manually."
"Fuck," said Orpheus.
"I will meet any challenge you set," replied bold Orpheus.
"The whole way out, you must never once think about how you're blinking manually."
"Fuck," said Orpheus.
It's good to be open-minded, but take care you don't leave it so open that your brains fall out entirely...
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM
It's good to be open-minded, but take care you don't leave it so open that your brains fall out entirely...
They're calling it The Biggest Rollout Of A Beard Of All Time, Ever
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
They're calling it The Biggest Rollout Of A Beard Of All Time, Ever
Tremendously Intelligent Deep-Thots from the wish.com corner of the internetelligencia dark enlightenment mousekateers that has never walked by a blender without postulating if he could fit his dick in it...
November 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Tremendously Intelligent Deep-Thots from the wish.com corner of the internetelligencia dark enlightenment mousekateers that has never walked by a blender without postulating if he could fit his dick in it...
"holy shit this brand of lightup rectangles does slightly different things than the rectangles I'm used to" is such an "After 2 Weeks In A 5-Star Hotel on Wanfujing Lu, I Now Truly Understand Socialism With Chinese Characteristics" midwit tourist take...
November 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"holy shit this brand of lightup rectangles does slightly different things than the rectangles I'm used to" is such an "After 2 Weeks In A 5-Star Hotel on Wanfujing Lu, I Now Truly Understand Socialism With Chinese Characteristics" midwit tourist take...
Strong men create good times,
Good times create soft men,
Soft men create LLM clankers,
Clankers create AI women,
AI women tell soft men they'll always love them,
Soft men have never heard that even once before in their whole lives,
Soft men create hard times...
Good times create soft men,
Soft men create LLM clankers,
Clankers create AI women,
AI women tell soft men they'll always love them,
Soft men have never heard that even once before in their whole lives,
Soft men create hard times...
November 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Strong men create good times,
Good times create soft men,
Soft men create LLM clankers,
Clankers create AI women,
AI women tell soft men they'll always love them,
Soft men have never heard that even once before in their whole lives,
Soft men create hard times...
Good times create soft men,
Soft men create LLM clankers,
Clankers create AI women,
AI women tell soft men they'll always love them,
Soft men have never heard that even once before in their whole lives,
Soft men create hard times...
finally got back to Gentle Yoga for the first time in 3 wks - due to scheduling - but ohhh, man.... still the highlight of my week 🧘♂️☯️
November 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
finally got back to Gentle Yoga for the first time in 3 wks - due to scheduling - but ohhh, man.... still the highlight of my week 🧘♂️☯️