I thought the same about Trump.
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I thought the same about Trump.
OK, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
I love my cats but I'm so glad they don't have opposable digits.
I saw Ada Palmer a few weeks ago at a WorldCon panel. She had a lot of great things to say about historic research and worldbuilding (rather unsurprisingly). My favorite quote from her at the panel: "Fiction has to be plausible, which real history does not."
It's not your dad, it's soda.
How does Dr. Pepper Zero Sugar compare to Diet Dr. Pepper? Asking for a friend.
Keep Vulcan Doug's name out of your illogical mouth!
I'm excited but what I really want is MORE VULCAN DOUG!
People are shouting "LOOK HE'S THE BEST WE CAN DO" about the Governor of California, meanwhile the Governor of Illinois is out here talking like John Wick while *also* standing up for trans people.
Interviewer: Why shouldn’t President Trump send the military to occupy your city? Big Important Democrat: I support and love the Police I really want to kiss the Police
i'm the guy who invented the spike traps that pop out of temple walls. i hate my job. every day my boss says "why haven't we killed any archeologists" and i say "they haven't invented that yet." they pay me in tomb juice. i hate tomb juice. honestly i might just start working on my big boulder idea
We’re 7 months in, and “Pentagon plans military deployment in Chicago” is a headline in the Washington Post. And because it’s city number three, we’re already numbing to it. If you read this about any other democracy in the world, you’d conclude that it was well on the road to a dictatorship.
"We are Bristol! who are you? We are many, you are few!" Around 40 fascists surrounded by hundreds of counterprotesters
Gavin Newsom is the left(ish) equivalent of JD Vance—will say whatever he thinks the person listening to him wants to hear if he thinks it will advance his position. I’m fine with him trolling the shit out of Trump but god help us if he’s taken seriously in another 2 years
I can’t believe doing nothing but in the most annoying way possible isn’t working www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
somebody get John Bolton to post the Niemöller poem www.newsweek.com/john-bolton-...
Brazen regime thuggery. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
short about working at the coast guard
White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.
Saying this again: there is a scammer out there targeting newbie authors, claiming I'm one of their clients. They use different names, and I'm already pursuing legal action. But I have never worked with a PR company, editing service, or book packager, so anybody saying so is lying, period full stop.
"They said militarizing the nation's capital is a distraction. No, it is not. It is the core of the fight. They were saying the Putin summit is a distraction. No, the liberal world order and a free Ukrainian people hang in the balance. This is not a distraction. It is the fight."
We are on the cusp of AGI, definitely for real
You hear a rustling outside your tent. A shadow blocks the early morning sun. You open the flap and look out to see The Jorse
I thought last week's SNW away mission planet looked familiar!
It's like the Soviet Union, without all that horrible free healthcare.
"Best I can do is let you gargle my balls."
I've been saying this for a long time now: Fuckabee.
Are they still gonna do the "you've got mail" thing?
The episode I can no longer watch after becoming an attorney.
Flat earth? That can't be true, since we know it's hollow.
This is *Very Literally* the guy who wrote the “first the came for” poem. A self-described antisemite who supported Hitler until the regime took over the church. He got thrown into a camp because he objected. And then he wrote a poem that said “oh shit I never thought the leopards would eat my face”
Pippin and Merri go to Minas Tirith
“Diddler on the Roof”—I tip my hat.
Friendly reminder that Janeway is a cold-blooded murderer.
Jen Pawol will make history by becoming the first woman to umpire a Major League Baseball game. Here's a look at other female officials who were the first on the floor, court or the field in prominent men's leagues.
If you see this, quote this post with a title screen that's iconic to you.
We’re at the “We need to rig the vote to win” stage of the takeover. If you still support this you’re broken.
"Mr. Mamdani’s Jewish supporters said they resented the implication that they should back a candidate for local office based on how strongly that candidate supported the Israeli government." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/n...
It wasn't just cayenne. Gambit was transformed by the big and zesty combination of ZATARAIN'S Blackened Seasoning.
“It is less that AI is the cause of degradation in reading and thinking, and more that the creation of a culture that views knowledge primarily in an instrumental manner has made it easier to misuse AI.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Nerdy joke warning. 😁 I've been planning this since I first saw the Newton for Hyde sign.
This past week, the 79-year-old president announced he’s ended six wars (some that have been going on for centuries), asserted that windmills drive whales insane, called for Beyoncé to be prosecuted, claimed Obama committed treason and complained a convicted pedophile “stole” teenage girls from him.
The (Star Trek themed) vibe I bring to the party:
If you can't abandon a political leader after evidence that he was involved in sexually abusing children, you lack a moral center. Unburdened by ethics, willing to support any scumbag who will use power how you prefer. What a sad way to be.
The Federation is post-scarcity yet somehow neoliberal, which is morally inexcusable.
What is not unique about the genocide in Gaza is that world leaders — the only people with the means to stop it — have known about Israel’s actions, and its intentions, since day one. And they have done close to nothing to stop it. www.972mag.com/gaza-genocid...
Please let the owner be the cat. Please let the owner be the cat.
It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
I'd like to see them run wild with those slap bracelets from the 1990s.
Note that the administration’s claim of a 700% increase in assaults on ICE agents is likely made up mostly of incidents like this: claims that a 71-year-old citizen “pushed” a masked armed agent.
"The Left is Violent" boy, I wish.
The childish use of Capital Letters in order to draw attention to Very Important Things is pretty amusing, though.
this is really such a disgrace -- like, even if you take the absolute dimmest view of the office of the Presidency, even if you take the position it's a disgraceful office to hold in the first place, this is hundreds of floors beneath it. to not feel shame about this is to have no shame at all
Well, at least you have awful taste to match your horrible ideology.
This isn't protecting Jewish kids, it's playing into the antisemitic conflation of Zionism with Judaism and Jewishness. Anyone who reads this bill can tell that you're trying to legislate your opinion.
The ICE camps are concentration camps. They should be called concentration camps. It is, of course, important to distinguish between concentration camps and death camps, but also, I am not sure we will know when or if we undergo the transition from concentration camps into death camps.
Zohran mamdani you have 48 hours to release how fast you ran the mile in 7th grade or the New York Times will publish without comment
This story in the Wall Street Journal might as well have been a pro Mamdani ad
Still unclear what point you're trying to make, but sure.
Given the evidence my investigators have seen, this reeks of a coverup.
Someone used AI to pose as Secretary of State Marco Rubio to contact three foreign ministers, a governor and a member of Congress
Actually they didn't. They started by undermining public trust in existing institutions, then consolidating power, *then* building concentration camps. I'm not sure what point you think you're making. Mine was that it's not wrong to call a fascist a fascist, even if they're in the early stages.
It's not just not a problem, it's the best thing about cities. There's no point in urban life if you're not awash in different languages, cultures, cuisines, and viewpoints.
What is your plan, Senate Democratic "Leader"? We're waiting.
Freedom from kings. Freedom from fascism. Power to the people forever. ♥️ Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Dr. Who,” or “Transformers.”
A lot of this country’s problems boil down to straight white men who see themselves as some sort of default “normal” but any variation on that as “an identity” that is “political”
When backsliding a country with a long democratic tradition into authoritarianism, the move is to shower populist supporters with benefits as cover for consolidating power, screwing over the public only after you have it. It sucks that we got fascists. But at least we didn't get smarter ones.
Worst internship ever.
🚨Explosive story🚨 The Trump administration is dropping charges against MS-13 gang leaders after they agreed to use their power as gang leaders to support President Bukele’s policies in El Salvador. Remember when Reagan sold missiles to Iran? It’s that bad. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...
NANCY PELOSI: We must find the next generation of Democratic leadership. Young, charismatic and exciting candidates who can energize the party. People that voters love because they're not 80 years old and sold out to big capital. CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one PELOSI: Take the shot
Surprisingly effective things Zohran Mamdani ran on: -free buses -rent freeze -halal cart for $8 instead of $10 -taxing the 1% -no cost childcare -city-owned grocery stores -a Department Of Community Safety for mental health programs and crisis response -building affordable housing -why Cuomo sucks
Oh Billy, Billy boy... when are you going to find whatever it is you're looking for?
There are only three political positions in America today 1) I like the fascism 2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc) 3) I oppose the fascism The rest is details
The stuff in the GOP bill is some of the clearest ever examples of "if you explain what Republicans are doing in straightforward factual terms an otherwise under-informed normie will think you have entirely lost your mind and can't be trusted"
forward.com/opinion/7320...
Let me tell you a story about a few rebel goofs on Ghorman...
I'm not sure where this quote is from, but I find it interesting that the author didn't bother relating *why* Mamdani defended the phrase.
probably a good time to bring this back
I love that the argument isn't about what was actually destroyed and why it's important. It's just "Our AMERICAN WARRIORS achieved their AMERICAN WARRIOR objectives and if you think they didn't you don't love AMERICA or our WARRIORS."
"it is crucial to observe who played 9/11 Politics against Zohran. Who made a deliberate point of trying to make Jews like me hate and fear Zohran. It was DoorDash, Bloomberg, Ackman, Karp, and the rest. It was capital." www.forever-wars.com/this-is-the-...
Not sure if this guy was any good as a mayor but he’s a hall of fame hater and we applaud him for it
If a 33 year old socialist immigrant Muslim can win the Dem mayoral nomination in a landslide in the biggest city in the entire country Fuck it man, the game is on, get this shit moving and start fighting
Imagine if the Democratic Party actually helped Zohran instead of trying to kneecap him at every step. A better party is immediately possible if they stop shoving money into the anti-trans combination Racism Dial/Money Toilet and instead get behind candidates people actually want.
I’d like to thank the international brotherhood of sex pests for making this Cuomo L possible
The most important part of republican fascism is the demand you must be nice to them.
My favorite thing about Cal Raleigh is he could hit 80 home runs and he’d still be the guy with the large ass
I love Star Trek’s optimistic vision of how we won’t have to worry about WW3 until next year
It's a real shame nobody told Iran or Israel about this.
This was not a full-page ad I was expecting to see in the Sunday NYTimes today
Sorry but The Bear is just the Fast and Furious franchise with plates and sauces I hope you are well
Personally I am unfamiliar with any legitimate activity that requires switching license plates, which by the way is illegal.
I, personally, don’t think we should start wars because we’re bored and haven’t done a new one in a few years
OTTAWA – Canadians thinking of planning a trip to the United States are being advised by the Government of Canada to perhaps consider going anywhere else on the entire fucking planet for their summer vacations.
"We must elect the corrupt sex pest in order to salvage our national brand" sure is an interesting argument for a political party that insists it's better than the Republicans.
Elon saying he’s going to reprogram his chatbot’s view of history is a perfect example of why these kinds of AI products aren’t the neutral “tools” people always defend them as. They’re little political projects reflecting the ideologies of their creators