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Former Texan, now long-time Tokyo resident. Lover of movies, books, music, art, mindfulness, kindness. 🏳️‍🌈 Anti-MAGA, pro-Ukraine.
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submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Don’t know if it is good or bad, but with ChatGPT, challenging literature becomes a lot more accessible. Just finished reading Othello, and loved it. Now on Pynchon’s Inherent Vice and it is great, and making sense. Read Eliot’s Middlemarch, too. Are others using ChatGPT this way too?

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

If you’re born in America, you’re an American. Pass it on.

submitted 33 days ago • 458 comments

Before the election, the media constantly said voters were worried about ‘kitchen table issues.’ That’s a vague expression, but shouldn’t the media be using it now? I never hear it any more. Are people worried about kitchen table issues now?

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submitted 73 days ago • 694 comments

Wow, I had no idea all the countries of the world were ganging up on the US and treating it unfairly. I’m glad the US has never been unfair to any other countries.

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

Excited for all the new American banana and coffee factories.

submitted 74 days ago • 2093 comments

Self-inflicted economic implosion expert

submitted 74 days ago • 4 comments

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

submitted 85 days ago • 3110 comments

The problem with Elon is we can't fire him because we never hired him. And we can't impeach him because we never put him in office. But the DC police can arrest him as a private citizen for trespassing next time he barges into federal offices without legit authorization.

submitted 134 days ago • 689 comments

hey question, is this bad?

submitted 137 days ago • 2889 comments

If it were legal to fire you, they wouldn't put so much effort into getting you to resign voluntarily.

submitted 137 days ago • 654 comments

I love @theonion.com

submitted 139 days ago • 396 comments

Because they are evil, we must stand up to them. But because they are also stupid, we needn’t be afraid to.

submitted 139 days ago • 1594 comments

These 44 Republicans voted against forest management wildfire prevention in December.

submitted 158 days ago • 547 comments

I just finished reading Middlemarch. Holy moly what a novel! Took me about three months but was worth every second of it.

submitted 177 days ago • 0 comments

I like this…..

submitted 178 days ago • 209 comments

Perfect.

submitted 177 days ago • 0 comments

"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all." Arthur C. Clarke

submitted 178 days ago • 472 comments

Oh. So he’s not ending the Ukraine-Russia war in 24 hours as promised anymore?

submitted 182 days ago • 80 comments

I find I’m more angry with the 36% of Americans who didn’t vote than with the 33% who voted for Trump. I don’t understand what kind of world they live in. Did they think it didn’t matter?

submitted 198 days ago • 0 comments

It’s Thanksgiving. Do something kind for somebody.

submitted 200 days ago • 0 comments

Leonard Leo, Harlan Crow, Ginni Thomas, Martha Alito, John Roberts, Sam Alito, and Clarence Thomas love it when you blame Garland and Biden for the fact that the Supreme Court stopped the cases against Trump.

submitted 204 days ago • 780 comments

Saw Gladiator II yesterday. Not a patch on the original, but it was entertaining and Denzel should be up for awards. The CG scenes (monkeys, sharks) nearly sabotaged the movie though. WTF was that?

submitted 204 days ago • 1 comment

That’s because tariffs are taxes on the consumer. www.wdbj7.com/2024/11/20/w...

submitted 205 days ago • 763 comments