The Velveteen Touch of a Dandy Fop
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There ain't no monorail, and there never was. All my opinions are mine and mine alone.
https://boxd.it/5c35D
There ain't no monorail, and there never was. All my opinions are mine and mine alone.
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My wife just told me I'm more handsome than Serge Gainsbourg
This is my most old headed opinion and every major city in the nation would dramatically benefit from doing so
Not kidding when I say they should fund the free buses by actually enforcing driving and parking rules. Walk around any neighborhood of NYC for an hour and you will witness ~30 ticketable offenses. Everyone will get around faster if people follow the rules. Iron-fist it. Cameras on every stoplight.
Hochul has said she would neither support a plan that would deprive the MTA of a key revenue stream — fares — nor would she raise taxes to make up for the missing swipes.
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is my most old headed opinion and every major city in the nation would dramatically benefit from doing so
I can't think of many activities less appealing than idly speculating about Marjorie Taylor Greene's inner life and conscience. I'd rather eat concrete
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I can't think of many activities less appealing than idly speculating about Marjorie Taylor Greene's inner life and conscience. I'd rather eat concrete
Vaxxed???
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Vaxxed???
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
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Maybe the single most destructive, stupid, and dangerous piece of domestic policy put forth in the 21st century
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Maybe the single most destructive, stupid, and dangerous piece of domestic policy put forth in the 21st century
Most insecure nation-state in the history of nation-states
BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Most insecure nation-state in the history of nation-states
your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
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all I need to know about AI is it ruined animal videos for the entire internet
November 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
all I need to know about AI is it ruined animal videos for the entire internet
It's just really funny that they're suddenly going to start exclusively investigating Democrats now, when all of this began because they tried to quietly close the book on investigating Epstein, claimed there was nothing at all to see, and started the process of pardoning Ghislane Maxwell.
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It's just really funny that they're suddenly going to start exclusively investigating Democrats now, when all of this began because they tried to quietly close the book on investigating Epstein, claimed there was nothing at all to see, and started the process of pardoning Ghislane Maxwell.
God we are so doomed. What the hell were they thinking
NEW: Before the recent Epstein disclosures, Larry Summers was poised to lead the economic policy plank for the Democrats' "Project 2029" effort at the Center for American Progress. He signed off on a housing policy paper CAP was prepping for next week.
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
Epstein Confidant Larry Summers Guiding Democrats’ ‘Project 2029’ - The American Prospect
Summers was overseeing the economic policy plank of the Center for American Progress’s effort. Emails released this week show him in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
prospect.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
God we are so doomed. What the hell were they thinking
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rare photograph of heaven
November 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
rare photograph of heaven
"Epstein didn't kill himself" was always a suspiciously popular mantra for right wingers and while I was never a conspiracy guy about it (or anything really) it feels like we're weeks away from finding out that it was a feint to mask that Trump had him murdered
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 AM
"Epstein didn't kill himself" was always a suspiciously popular mantra for right wingers and while I was never a conspiracy guy about it (or anything really) it feels like we're weeks away from finding out that it was a feint to mask that Trump had him murdered
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pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
The ontological crisis of our time is that the President is one of the most thoroughly morally bankrupt human beings alive and this is only clear to generously 50% of the population
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The ontological crisis of our time is that the President is one of the most thoroughly morally bankrupt human beings alive and this is only clear to generously 50% of the population
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guy who watches Pluribus and immediately recognizes the main character from her role as the "Tutorial Witch" in the 1997 Magic the Gathering computer game
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
guy who watches Pluribus and immediately recognizes the main character from her role as the "Tutorial Witch" in the 1997 Magic the Gathering computer game
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when you accidentally become important at work
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
when you accidentally become important at work
It feels wrong to me that James L Brooks and Albert Brooks aren't related.
November 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It feels wrong to me that James L Brooks and Albert Brooks aren't related.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
So if you haven't been paying attention the parties traded John Fetterman and Marjorie Taylor Greene
November 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
So if you haven't been paying attention the parties traded John Fetterman and Marjorie Taylor Greene
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We’re just normal men
November 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
We’re just normal men
Being a centrist is so embarrassing! Oh one party is 50% wrong and the other party is 50% wrong, ergo the enlightened position is to be 100% wrong
November 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Being a centrist is so embarrassing! Oh one party is 50% wrong and the other party is 50% wrong, ergo the enlightened position is to be 100% wrong
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every OpenAI commercial is like “hey dumbass your brain is terrible, use this fake one that we stole from other people that also doesn’t quite work right”
November 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
every OpenAI commercial is like “hey dumbass your brain is terrible, use this fake one that we stole from other people that also doesn’t quite work right”
Remember when Dr. Evil wanted a ransom of $100 billion dollars and the joke was that it was a comically unreasonable amount of money?
November 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Remember when Dr. Evil wanted a ransom of $100 billion dollars and the joke was that it was a comically unreasonable amount of money?
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“some people abuse SNAP” your soul is rotten
October 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“some people abuse SNAP” your soul is rotten