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This is like World War II if both sides were Germany

must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away

"I have a bomb, I want $200,000 and a parachute, and yes, it was Janet Leigh in The Manchurian Candidate (1962). You know her from Psycho and Bye Bye Birdie." - IMDb Cooper

The history books of this era are going to be a lot of "no, really, this actually happened. I know it sounds made up, but yes, it really happened."

This is going to be SNL's cold open this week.

oh no what if this is S3 of the Rehearsal

How are your eyes this morning?

Never mind

What’s all this about immigration being the sincerest form of flattery?

People who claim to be concerned about the issue of a president in cognitive decline whose focus today stays on the former rather than the current president are lying.

im also not the gestapo but you don't see me making a big deal out of it

wife: how was guarding the two paths today, honey? guard: [looking away] fine wife: did something happen? guard: [tearing up] no wife: would the other guard tell me something happened?

Not many people know this, but the song 8675309 is actually threatening people who live in the zip code 75309

What can we expect over the next 100 days of the Trump regime? @timothysnyder.bsky.social, expert on authoritarianism, shares his thoughts: “I think it’s very important to expect that there will now be exogenous surprises… 1/6

Republicans ready to invoke the 25th amendment for Biden but make it Trump

OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/

Turns out that only trans women know how to tie down fighter jets so they don't fall

Holy crap I've never wanted to until now

Hear hear!

What does a Chicago Pope say first? Da Prayers!

Chicago Pope, created by David E. Kelley, Wednesdays at 8 pm on CBS

DIDN'T TAKE LONG. This is what you call "committing to the bit."

This is the plot of Asimov's Foundation books, writing the Encyclopedia Galactica to help in the dark ages after the inevitable fall of society.

Gotta say, after watching this video, I suddenly have an urge to play guitar with economics professors.

A meme for May 4th

Happy May Day! When it comes time for a General Strike, are you going to be able to join? Do you have some money saved up? Have you got a decent supply of food and other essentials stockpiled?

Hear hear!!!

Trump voters do not math.

Next he’s going to say they’re Biden’s tariffs

I mean, when you put it that way...

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