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Husband, brother, and friend. Doubt-filled, believing Latter-day Saint Christian. Professional editor, amateur reader, and enthusiastic home chef.
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This dog politely asked for a musician's drumstick in the middle of their performance. Always excited to find a fellow stick lover. 12/10

Hey, @arrjayteatoo.bsky.social, can Snips do this yet?

"AI" uses em-dashes because the writers whose (appropriated) work it's trained on use them. I use them a lot, personally, and of course just about everything I've ever written was chucked into the training bin without my consent or assent. So, you know, whenever you see an "AI" em-dash, think of me.

BLACK SMOKE APPEARS FROM CHIMNEY OF SISTINE CHAPEL, INDICATING THE CHAPEL HAS A CLOGGED FUEL INJECTOR OR A FAULTY PRESSURE REGULATOR

I like telling authoritarians where to shove it in multiple languages

FEEL PUNK TODAY?

So this comic is now a #DoctorWho episode @warandpeas.bsky.social

I hope I’ve aged half as well as this album. (I’m only 3 years older!)

So and so Bonus panel here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/wellllll

How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia? Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵

Same as it ever was.

Help keep quality journalism limping along. store.theonion.com/c...

i’m of the view that it would be genuinely idiotic for the white house to invoke the insurrection act if it wants to stay in power. if you are going to call out troops to confront throngs of protesters, you need to be extremely confident that they will obey every order given to them.

RFK Jr. Orders Removal Of Sinks From HHS Bathrooms

The Fourth Circuit is famously succinct. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

GameStop CEO before and after Trump's tariffs lmao

Steller’s Jay giving me the look #birds #corvid #birding #stellersjay #birdphoto

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of an anaconda must be in want of buns, hun.” — Pride and Prejudice

Ossoff: This was a huge a mistake Ratcliffe: No Ossoff: This is an embarrassment. We will get the full transcript of this chain and your testimony will be measured carefully against its content

I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.

Why hasn’t someone opened up a soda shop in Mormon valley called Thirst Trap This is my greatest idea ever someone plz steal it

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller March 22,1948

You want to see an octopus riding a shark. 🎥: University of Auckland www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/s...

I needed this today

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller March 21,1947

I was hoping for at least 20% more vernality from this equinox.

A mountain goat taking its rest on the summit of Scotchman Peak, Idaho. (Photograph by Alan Rhodes]

Every time I read The Great Gatsby, the final paragraph brings me to tears. Breathtakingly powerful writing:

Tesla Model 3 crushed by an Olmec statue By Mexican sculptor @chavismarmol.bsky.social

whiners: white boys have no one to look up to from American history, because of woke Thaddeus Stevens: “Free every slave, slay every traitor, burn every rebel mansion”

Elon Musk is pushing to end phone services at Social Security, which 73 million retired and disabled Americans rely on to apply for and access their earned government benefits.

1969. Mad Magazine.

Please read and share. Musk is attempting to blame Ukraine for the X cyberattack, but word has already spread that it was a false flag. What is a false flag? A false flag operation is an act committed to disguise the actual source of responsibility and shift blame onto another party.

#bales2025moviechallenge - close quarters Rope (1948) Hitchcock filmed Rope in real time taking place in one small apartment. The result is brilliant. Loosely inspired by a true story, this dark criminal thriller reminds us about the inevitable direction of class and racial superiority theories.