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Horribly anxious Floridian. Dad. Husband. Giraffe enjoyer. Aspiring ghost. Obsessed with FFXIV and Satisfactory. I tweet about politics, sports, and video games. He/him
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Watch the full debate. It's worth your time. youtu.be/oFeoS41xe7w?...

Hey, what's up with books having sprayed edges these days? LET ME TELL YOU THE STORY! I was there! Thread: 1/13

Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/historians-p...

For a brief moment at the end of February, every planet will appear in the night sky simultaneously in a rare celestial spectacle. This so-called planetary parade, which will occur shortly after sunset on 28 February, will be the last time the phenomenon occurs until 2040.

At least seven federal prosecutors have now resigned — in just the last 48 hours — rather than accept the order to dismiss corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.

Yeah this seems perfectly fine, doesn't seem corrupt at all. www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...

You know what to do. wagingnonviolence.org/2025/02/doge...

(Barron's) - Managers at JPMorgan Chase started to notify employees of job cuts last week, people familiar with the matter said, as part of a series of layoffs the bank plans to make throughout 2025. @barrons.com $JPM www.barrons.com/articles/jpm...

Punch Nazis

NEW: A Houston man and Jan. 6 defendant has been arrested for a child sex crime -- two weeks after he was pardoned by Trump and released from a six-year prison stint for assaulting police with bear spray and a metal whip.

As someone who frequently criticizes Dem messaging, I don’t understand why Gallego’s belligerent, confident tweet here is objectionable. He’s implicitly asserting Congress’s authority and treating Trump’s plan with contempt. It’s good

CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) -- which, since 1990, has tracked high school students' behaviors that can influence health and social outcomes (like smoking, drug use, and dietary habits) -- is now offline

These tedious old fools!

there's no time like the present to pick up a new hobby

This article would have been SUPER helpful if it had been published, say, last October? When all of us were screaming about how tariffs are a tax on the consumer? Remember that? abcnews.go.com/Business/pri...

Reminder: there is nothing feminist about transphobia. There is no “protection” of women in demonizing our trans community. And there is no way forward for a society that pretends to care about one group by hating another.

OpenAI furious DeepSeek might have stolen all the data OpenAI stole from us 🔗 www.404media.co/openai-furio...

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

I always enjoy reading @edzitron.com's Where's Your Ed At, but today's newsletter on DeepSeek and the ensuing AI panic in the US is incredible. This paragraph struck me because it not only applies to the tech industry as a whole but also to the video game industry, as we've seen over the past year.

Narrator: they do not, in fact, know what happened.

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I'm a massive Golden Girls fan, so I can think of no better leadership for my Adeptus Sororitas. I've been working through this concept for YEARS and I'm excited to finally have it accomplished. Shout out to @bssterrain for the amazing head sculpts. #warhammercommunity #warhammer40k #goldengirls

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