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Just another 6'3" Redhead. The Gaelic word for doppelganger is fetch. So... yup,we make fetch happen.
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watched this like 8 times and laughed harder every time (sound up)

submitted 1 day ago • 151 comments

There was a lot of #AcademicFreedom, good scholarship, and independent thought in German universities before Hitler. After Hitler had risen to power, many academics fled the country. Some resisted the Nazi regime and were persecuted. Most adapted to a new situation. Here are some examples. 1/n

submitted 49 days ago • 49 comments

In 1862, President Lincoln wrote this to Gen. McClellan, urging him to attack the Confederates, something he had been terrified of doing I am now addressing it to all members in Congress:

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

"Anyone can see that the only reason Trump is floating these catastrophically dumb ideas is to ensure the United States finally gets what it deserves—a sort of confused, pitying look and whatever geopolitical trinket will make us shut up."

submitted 22 days ago • 3 comments

From the New Yorker

submitted 23 days ago • 19 comments

“Rn it’s just general chaos and rat fuckery.” — current federal government employee on the vibes

submitted 41 days ago • 16 comments

Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce. Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.

submitted 48 days ago • 505 comments

Earlier today, in the final hours before inauguration, Donald Trump was again handed the keys to thousands of nuclear weapons — enough firepower to kill every human being on the planet. The power to use them is the President’s alone, and the process can unfold in as little as 5 minutes. Here’s how:

submitted 48 days ago • 8 comments

"You are a LOT sometimes" I think, and the god particle just keeps talking about its day, reenacting every conversation it dominated, doing all the voices, now I'm late for work sitting in the parking lot it's still going

submitted 51 days ago • 6 comments

One day I'll write a more detailed weighing in on the several recent proposals for US territorial expansion. For now, I suggest reading this excerpt (if not the whole speech) from Ohio Senator Thomas Corwin 'On the Mexican War' which he delivered in 1847. faculty.tnstate.edu/tcorse/20210...

submitted 56 days ago • 2 comments

Truly think this is one of the greatest things written in the 21st century so far. theonion.com/god-angrily-...

submitted 57 days ago • 8 comments

Not just incompetence — remember that Trump *literally* made COVID worse on purpose. (Thinking it would make blue state governors look bad: www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...)

submitted 60 days ago • 24 comments

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

A mom just came in SO EXCITED to find a map store bc her son would LOVE it. She tries to be coy. "My son is... Really into maps. Real special kid." I'm like, ma'am, this is a map store. Half my customers are on the spectrum. I have a trains and transit section. You're among friends.

submitted 82 days ago • 322 comments

Why are Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk, Pichai and Tim Cook visiting and giving money to Trump ? Because they are in “The Race “ to become the dominant platform in the world. Amazon/Anthropic vs FB/LLama vs Google/Gemini vs Twitter/Grok, vs IPhones/ChatGpt is the penultimate global power war ever.

submitted 64 days ago • 2428 comments