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WONKA: quickly slamming a door labeled LICORICE WHIPS That's not part of the tour. That's for something else

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I don't know how any American parent can ever again look their kid in the face and honestly tell them not to let the pigeon drive the bus

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In my city there is one cybertruck and one DIY parody of a cybertruck and the parody truck has become a local celebrity. Meanwhile, I always wish I had some rotten eggs to throw at the tesla whenever I see it.

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next week's @rememberthispod.bsky.social is about Otto Preminger, which I _hope_ means it's going to talk about SKIDOO, a movie that wants to be countercultural but also seems terrified any of the notable funny people in the cast might make a joke at any time

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Dunking on conservative media literacy is getting boring but one of the actual godfather’s most famous lines is “a man who doesn’t spend time with his family is not a man at all”

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the entire cast of the Ncuti Gatwa _Importance of Being Earnest_ clearly had so. much. fun. making the subtext text.

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nest bedding hiring one (1) marketing person who has seen a crossword in their life before challenge

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oh, of _course_ it's John Noble #Severance

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If you're trying to figure out what to do right now, my advice is to just pick a thing that you think might be useful in some way, however small, and do it. Doing a thing leads you to doing another, bigger thing, and prepares you for that next thing.

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ok well out-of-state friends, barring something very unexpected this is my official instruction to not donate to whoever the Democrats run here. please give your money to @statesprojectus.bsky.social

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thats weird.... the patrol unit was supposed to check in twenty minutes ago, and now they're not answering their comm units. oh well, no need to make a big fuss about it or tell anyone. that's just how life goes, here on this crazy prison transport spaceship!!! we like to keep things fun

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The name’s QINLIANFF. ACCYOD QINLIANFF, British suit, British spy suit two piece, 100% MI6 her majesty’s secret service MACHINE WASHABLE, separates, men’s suit tailor fit two piece classic wedding business sui

submitted 2 days ago • 33 comments

Scream this from the rooftops. Powerful men being certain that "if you're smart at one thing you must be smart at all of the things."

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this is kind of a remarkable thread from a governor

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A defiant Mayor Eric Adams, standing in front of a dozen elderly members of the clergy, gives a speech to the assembled media in which it gradually becomes clear that he believes all of the events that happen in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats "really happened, right here in New York."

submitted 3 days ago • 69 comments

Your outie understands when someone is making a joke on the internet and doesn't embarrass themselves in people's replies

submitted 4 days ago • 67 comments

Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

submitted 3 days ago • 81 comments

its so funny to me when people like Bari Weiss's big intellectual show off is being like "well I... just don't see.... how a BOY... can become a GIRL" just like actually it's not that complicated, a BUNCH of people I know did it

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I hope you find what you're looking for. I also hope you someday own an enchanted cottage that lurches through the wildlands on giant chicken legs, spreading fear and wonder in equal measure.

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Sam Nordquist was a Black trans man who was murdered by 5 white cis people in such brutal fashion that a cop on the case called it “the most depraved crime I’ve seen in 20 years.” By stripping Sam of his identity, the NYT violates his memory and perpetuates a culture of racist, anti-trans violence.

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My illegal Pinkerton is driving me to my illegal hotel while the hallucination machine in my phone summarizes the emails my coworkers wrote using their hallucination machines. My burrito travels separately in its own limo. This is innovation and normal.

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Coffee: It Sure Does™

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This week on the show: - 3/3 Super Saturdays complete! - Multiple references to THE SUBSTANCE (2024, dir: Coralie Fargeat) - Getting to use the "I Love Horses" song that's been stuck in my head for ~5 years (ᵗʰᵃⁿᵏ ᵘ ᵈᵒˡˡʸ ˢᵗʸˡᵉ) - finally dealing with "Espresso Macchiato" and more! tune in!

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Ten years ago we had Bob Hope, Bob Jobs, Bob Cash, Bob Constitution, Bob Vaccines, Bob Air Traffic Controllers

submitted 5 days ago • 28 comments

love to see a quote on the celestial seasonings box that's like "the smile is a friend to the face" from P. S. Dunstworth and immediately being like "I'll bet that guy is a Victorian racist and antisemite" and then look him up and be 100% correct

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Oh damn Prime actually published their failed chatgpt prompt in the description

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I think this was my favorite bit of the SNL50 special:

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I got that dog in me (I’m scared of the doorbell)

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This also describes libraries, except they don’t run on plagiarism and potable water

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Why are you attacking the boss's red glowing weak spot? That's obviously a distraction from his heavily armored sword arm

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I am a luddite and this is absolutely a book for my fellow luddites.

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I am currently halfway through this and I adore it - what is “writing” _for_? What does generative AI do, and how is that different from what “writing” is? What do we then do with this information, both as it pertains to the practice of writing and generative AI as a tool?

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the instagram explore algorithm has recently been serving me a lot of plate-billed mountain toucans, which look like a small child attempted to color a picture of a toucan using ALL of the crayons at their disposal

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