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why is it called panda express and not a wok to remember

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

Still making time for practice amidst the chaos

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

Quitting my lucrative job as an international fentanyl smuggler to pursue my true passion, vacuuming the hallways of a Holiday Inn Express

submitted 1 day ago • 40 comments

Sword of the Sea, a new game from Giant Squid and the director of ABZÛ and art director of Journey, captures the calming, meditative side of surfing and skating. Read our preview. www.pastemagazine.com/games/sword-...

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I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.

submitted 4 days ago • 932 comments

once again urging the democrats who are still in power at the state and local level to immediately investigate your Armed Goon Situation becuase it's probably more tenuous than you think it is

submitted 86 days ago • 11 comments

🚨 Secretary Noem basically said that her agency is now dedicated to forcible regime change…in American cities and states. There 👏🏽 is 👏🏽 a 👏🏽 name 👏🏽 for 👏🏽 this

submitted 1 day ago • 564 comments

can someone with a law degree tell me if "Conspiracy to Commit Civil Disorders," uh, exists? www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Shut down the Senate.

submitted 1 day ago • 112 comments

Yeah it's really something to see a U.S. senator being hit with the same impossible compliance demands that the cops scream at people before shooting them during a stop

submitted 1 day ago • 42 comments

It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence. They are in charge.

submitted 3 days ago • 504 comments

The media is going to BOTH SIDES us right into martial law

submitted 3 days ago • 571 comments

We feed you. They hunt us.

submitted 3 days ago • 1249 comments

SCOOP: The Trump administration is planning to dramatically ramp up its transfer of undocumented migrants to Guantanamo Bay. Some 9,000 people are being screened, including hundreds from European countries, according to documents. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

submitted 3 days ago • 33 comments

"A society can't allow EVERYBODY to have free speech!" is a helluva take.

submitted 3 days ago • 234 comments

Like so many folks, I really loved Andor. But what’s amazing and special is that a lot of the most gifted artists and creators behind the show have been incredibly open about their creative process behind their work on the series. Here’s a roundup of interviews with those geniuses:

submitted 21 days ago • 15 comments

open chart, keep scrolling down www.gelliottmorris.com/p/republican...

submitted 21 days ago • 44 comments

Having access to trustworthy experts and being able to parse what is and isn’t misinformation or disinformation is a PRIVILEGE. Education is a PRIVILEGE. People aren’t “stupid” because they can’t do this. And if you think you’ve never fallen for propaganda you’re lying to yourself.

submitted 28 days ago • 20 comments

Moments like these are instructive. They demonstrate exactly how dishonest, dishonorable, and irredeemable these people are.

submitted 28 days ago • 168 comments

"The largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in U.S. history" www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 29 days ago • 13 comments

boy I'll tell you I hate these people with my whole fuckin life and I have added "I get to punch one of these dudes in the mouth, one time before I die" to my prayer list

submitted 29 days ago • 10 comments

There’s no such thing as a free airplane.

submitted 31 days ago • 149 comments

Yes, I'm pissed about the jumbo jet too. But this is actually the most important story today.

submitted 31 days ago • 635 comments

The Ag Committee's part of the Reconciliation Bill raises the SNAP work requirement age for able-bodied adults without dependents from 54 to 64. It also changes the definition of "dependent child" from under 18 years to under 7 years old to determine "Able-bodied adult without dependents."

submitted 32 days ago • 118 comments

whaaaat a joke bro. an honest answer from meta on this would be "kanye's nazi song is absolutely killing it, the numbers are insane, and engagement is more important to shareholders than anything else" www.404media.co/kanyes-nazi-...

submitted 31 days ago • 4 comments

Ah yes, the two genders.

submitted 31 days ago • 15 comments

This is a stain on our nations soul

submitted 31 days ago • 30 comments

The U.S. is on track to have the worst whooping cough outbreak since 1948. Some regions are reporting that they are struggling to do contact tracing of cases because they are ALSO managing measles investigations. And, of course, funding cuts to public health have resulted in fewer resources.

submitted 37 days ago • 90 comments

well, it’s like we said in college: two aircraft go, take it slow; third aircraft gone, party til dawn

submitted 37 days ago • 12 comments

The whole administration is one giant conspiracy to scam U.S. taxpayers Trump’s new vaccine research initiative will directly benefit NIH’s new principal deputy director, Matthew Memoli, who awards himself $500,000,000 for in-house vaccine research Reports @katherinejwu.com @theatlantic.com

submitted 38 days ago • 35 comments

Casey is one of the best out there writing about on-the-ground fitness advice that addresses not only the actual workouts but the complicated mindset evolution that occurs when you start to embrace strength training. You definitely don't have to be a woman to very much appreciate what she's saying.

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

My kids have measles, I lost my job, and I've been stranded at Newark for three days. But at least I know that Harvard is going to have start hiring more conservative professors.

submitted 38 days ago • 19 comments

I don’t mean to alarm anyone, but the orcas now have two F/A-18 Hornets

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Most of the apple juice Americans drink is imported, with a large share coming from China. Experts say families should expect to start paying higher prices for the beloved beverage. www.wired.com/story/apple-...

submitted 38 days ago • 36 comments

Spotify now shows how many times people listened to podcast episodes

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: The Great Lakes hold 95% of all the surface freshwater in the United States. Severe cuts have decimated the NOAA Great Lakes lab. Scientists worry they’ve lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people. My story for @propublica.org

submitted 38 days ago • 34 comments

Whatever happens in the next few years, I’m still gonna be practicing drums

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months

submitted 44 days ago • 1029 comments

PSA for Meta Rayban users - they're flipping your mic on unless you turn it off. Now all the people who think Meta listens in on their convos will be right 🤭

submitted 44 days ago • 35 comments

beep beep

submitted 44 days ago • 46 comments

AGI is coming for all of us. It will write symphonies, direct movies, and author the best novels. The only thing it won’t be able to do is VC investing, which must be reserved as a task only for the most-special people

submitted 44 days ago • 486 comments

It is my strongest opinion that the AI "companion/romance" chatbot business is a very bad business to be in. It only appeals to teens or desperately lonely/vulnerable adults, and that is a very bad customer case for something like Meta to deal with www.businessinsider.com/metas-ai-cha...

submitted 45 days ago • 6 comments

People who've biked for decades may not realize how daunting it is for a novice to even understand what options exist. (I've experienced this myself -- I was in my 30s when I bought my first bike.) Nice to see AARP offer this primer.

submitted 50 days ago • 26 comments

Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

submitted 51 days ago • 859 comments