Weatherwax
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book lover. language aficionado. bobbyknucklehead.
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"Surely a quick, violent, successful war of aggression is just what the ruler needs to shore up his legitimacy," said just about every failed monarch in history shortly before invading Serbia.
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"Surely a quick, violent, successful war of aggression is just what the ruler needs to shore up his legitimacy," said just about every failed monarch in history shortly before invading Serbia.
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
the kind of post nobody my age wants to see
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 28, 2025 at 5:47 AM
the kind of post nobody my age wants to see
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A good summary of many of the lies told by people like Wes Streeting and the rest of the political far right about puberty blockers.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...
Six lies transphobes tell about puberty blockers - debunked
Ahead of the NHS PATHWAYs puberty blockers trial, PinkNews debunks six lies commonly told about puberty blockers.
www.thepinknews.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
A good summary of many of the lies told by people like Wes Streeting and the rest of the political far right about puberty blockers.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...
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You know what? I'm going to toot my own horn a little bit. Here are the first two pages from "Lost Worlds." If you've read "Sapiens," compare the depth of his understanding of the material he's citing with what I'm doing here.
November 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
You know what? I'm going to toot my own horn a little bit. Here are the first two pages from "Lost Worlds." If you've read "Sapiens," compare the depth of his understanding of the material he's citing with what I'm doing here.
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Masculinity (masculinities, really) is worthy of study and understanding insofar as it explains why people do what they do and what effects it has; crises of masculinity (which are constantly occurring) are not an excuse for misogyny and self-pity
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Masculinity (masculinities, really) is worthy of study and understanding insofar as it explains why people do what they do and what effects it has; crises of masculinity (which are constantly occurring) are not an excuse for misogyny and self-pity
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But also maybe they should ruin his life?
A guy asking Epstein for advice on how to sexually harass a junior colleague knows exactly what Epstein was and was clearly OK with it. I am frankly OK with someone ruining his life.
Evidently it ought to have happened decades ago.
A guy asking Epstein for advice on how to sexually harass a junior colleague knows exactly what Epstein was and was clearly OK with it. I am frankly OK with someone ruining his life.
Evidently it ought to have happened decades ago.
Larry Summers is 70. Firing him is not ruining his life.
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
But also maybe they should ruin his life?
A guy asking Epstein for advice on how to sexually harass a junior colleague knows exactly what Epstein was and was clearly OK with it. I am frankly OK with someone ruining his life.
Evidently it ought to have happened decades ago.
A guy asking Epstein for advice on how to sexually harass a junior colleague knows exactly what Epstein was and was clearly OK with it. I am frankly OK with someone ruining his life.
Evidently it ought to have happened decades ago.
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Walter Johnson wrote one of the very best books on slavery in the antebellum South (Soul by Soul, highly recommend), and it's nice to see his fastball still has this kind of movement
"'I’m not sure what we’ve learned from it all,' Walter Johnson, a professor of History and African and African American Studies, wrote in a statement. 'I think Larry Summers told us who he was a long time ago.'"
Professor Johnson knows wassup.
Professor Johnson knows wassup.
Harvard Faculty Disturbed by Revelations of Summers’ ‘Cozy Friendship’ With Epstein | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard professors responded with outrage to a tranche of emails showing a close yearslong correspondence between former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers and sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein, reop...
www.thecrimson.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Walter Johnson wrote one of the very best books on slavery in the antebellum South (Soul by Soul, highly recommend), and it's nice to see his fastball still has this kind of movement
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Let's see... a one on one sport prone to fluke results that generates enormous revenue but transfers almost none of it to increasingly anonymous athletes in a global environment of rapid gambling expansion. Maybe you could write a better formula for fight fixing but I sure couldn't.
Unconfirmed: FBI Flags Over 100 UFC Fights as Fight Fixing Allegations Engulf Vegas 110
Unconfirmed: FBI Flags Over 100 UFC Fights As Fight Fixing Allegations Engulf Vegas 110
A featherweight bout at UFC Vegas 110 on November 1 has triggered concerns about betting integrity and prompted major sportsbooks to issue refunds following
www.lowkickmma.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Let's see... a one on one sport prone to fluke results that generates enormous revenue but transfers almost none of it to increasingly anonymous athletes in a global environment of rapid gambling expansion. Maybe you could write a better formula for fight fixing but I sure couldn't.
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![Comic. Scatter chart with Emperor Palpatine character age on Y axis and Ian McDiarmid age during filming on X axis. Plot with descending arrow beginning from Return of the Jedi (emperor age 90, McDiarmid age 40) → Revenge of the Sith, Attack of the Clones, and The Phantom Menace (emperor age 50-70, McDiarmid age 50-60) → The Rise of Skywalker (cloned body, undefined age) with a gradient vertical line (McDiarmid age over 70) → Now (emperor age under 10, McDiarmid age over 80). [caption] To continue the trend, they should make a Star Wars movie where 81-year-old Ian McDiarmid plays the emperor as a toddler.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiddygrn45rhv3aktvxlsoc5e62uxrb2fxeojgauoe5i4j52l4rn7q@jpeg)
October 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
hell yeah ❤️🔥
A good friend has submitted this brilliant model of the library from Buffy to Lego Ideas. I’d be very grateful for your help in getting her to 5k supporters: beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Library | LEGO® Ideas
"Sunnydale High isn't really like other high schools. A lot of weird stuff happens here." Buffy the Vampire Slayer first exploded onto our TV screens in the lat…
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October 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
hell yeah ❤️🔥
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My fellow whites please be better than this, we are not beating the allegations.
October 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My fellow whites please be better than this, we are not beating the allegations.
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October 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Biblically accurate sleep paralysis demon: business-casual Khabib in the corner of my room whispering, "How you can tap, you go sleep."
September 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Biblically accurate sleep paralysis demon: business-casual Khabib in the corner of my room whispering, "How you can tap, you go sleep."
love this so much!
These videos apparently started because someone reacted to him using a scythe.
OK, that's all I have to share. Just very cool and thought some people might find his work inspiring.
IG risolve
OK, that's all I have to share. Just very cool and thought some people might find his work inspiring.
IG risolve
July 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
love this so much!
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![Comic. [Person with ponytail using handheld device in front of a large sign with crooked, off-center header, with crooked QR code (with illegible URL) and crooked list beneath] Header: DOANATE TO FIX THIS SIGN! List: $10 Fix kerning [kerning around “rni” of kerning is difficult to read]; $20 Align Columns [out of alignment] $20 Fix text size [much smaller text size]; $50 Fix typo; $50 Fix centering; $100 fix rotation. PERSON: Grrr… [caption] My new company’s business model is based on extorting graphic designers.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidspubnircp7xyx267adn6waakg76eb4giljnlwdh3zig5dqw7pbm@jpeg)
July 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
pedantry done right. 5/5, no notes.
This week on the blog! We're looking at the movie motif of having a whole bunch of archers 'fire' at once and discussing what is volley fire for and both why archers couldn't do it and why they wouldn't do it even if they could!
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Collections: Why Archers Didn’t Volley Fire
This week we’re looking at a specific visual motif common in TV and film: the arrow volley. You know the scene: the general readies his archers, he orders them to ‘draw!’ and then…
acoup.blog
May 6, 2025 at 5:55 AM
pedantry done right. 5/5, no notes.
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I guess we have a timeline for when they hope to have Ali Act changes in place.
May 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I guess we have a timeline for when they hope to have Ali Act changes in place.
😂😂😂
“Rome can never lose!” - my son, aged 8, unknowingly buying into two millennia of Roman propaganda
May 2, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😂😂😂
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gayest competition for gay music bans gay flags
Eurovision lifts ban on Palestinian flags in the audience but puts stricter rules on artists, including a ban on the Pride flag for artists on stage or in other spaces (CNN) www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/e... #LGBTQ
Eurovision lifts ban on Palestinian flags in the audience but puts stricter rules on artists | CNN
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has updated its flag policy for the Eurovision Song Contest, overturning a ban on banners such as the Palestinian flag in the audience, but introducing tougher re...
www.cnn.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
gayest competition for gay music bans gay flags
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A thread. If you're trans, skip it. If you're cis, please read. It won't take long.
I'd like to introduce you all to Helen Joyce, one of the key people at Genitals Matter, I'm sorry, Sex Matters, which describes itself as a human rights charity with no trace of irony.
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I'd like to introduce you all to Helen Joyce, one of the key people at Genitals Matter, I'm sorry, Sex Matters, which describes itself as a human rights charity with no trace of irony.
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April 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
A thread. If you're trans, skip it. If you're cis, please read. It won't take long.
I'd like to introduce you all to Helen Joyce, one of the key people at Genitals Matter, I'm sorry, Sex Matters, which describes itself as a human rights charity with no trace of irony.
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I'd like to introduce you all to Helen Joyce, one of the key people at Genitals Matter, I'm sorry, Sex Matters, which describes itself as a human rights charity with no trace of irony.
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Happy birthday, Dad. Time to come back now, it’s all gone a bit rubbish without you. ❤️❤️❤️
April 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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MMA Gods: "okay, we've fucked with you guys enough by making DDP a champion. What do our expert analysts wish to see from MMA?"
@zanesimon.bsky.social & @kingtypo.bsky.social : "we wish to see this list of tactical and strategic improvements"
MMA Gods: "very well. Here's Ian Garry doing it"
@zanesimon.bsky.social & @kingtypo.bsky.social : "we wish to see this list of tactical and strategic improvements"
MMA Gods: "very well. Here's Ian Garry doing it"
April 27, 2025 at 4:20 AM
MMA Gods: "okay, we've fucked with you guys enough by making DDP a champion. What do our expert analysts wish to see from MMA?"
@zanesimon.bsky.social & @kingtypo.bsky.social : "we wish to see this list of tactical and strategic improvements"
MMA Gods: "very well. Here's Ian Garry doing it"
@zanesimon.bsky.social & @kingtypo.bsky.social : "we wish to see this list of tactical and strategic improvements"
MMA Gods: "very well. Here's Ian Garry doing it"
calling it early on my favourite fiction book of the year. it's just that good 🤷♀️
April 27, 2025 at 4:28 AM
calling it early on my favourite fiction book of the year. it's just that good 🤷♀️
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Without fail, whenever there's an article about a transgender person, the comments have at least one person who boldly declares: “There are only two genders! XX and XY!” The reality, of course, is not that simplistic, far from it.
Beyond XX & XY—Human Sex And Gender Were Never A Simple Binary
Humans are more complicated than most online experts think.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Without fail, whenever there's an article about a transgender person, the comments have at least one person who boldly declares: “There are only two genders! XX and XY!” The reality, of course, is not that simplistic, far from it.