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not my real name. đź“ŤAustin, Texas
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Biden, 52%: “low end approval” Trump, 39%: proceeding “as expected”

submitted 10 days ago • 166 comments

it’s genuinely the funniest part of this current administration that if you shit post about anyone in it they’re almost likely to see it and be genuinely hurt by it and want to respond

submitted 13 days ago • 61 comments

“We’re not chartered for domestic surveillance.” — SNEAKERS (1992)

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

just got my SNEAKERS Blu-ray with director, writer and cinematographer audio commentaries + making-of documentary. Psyched, and thank you @kinolorber.com

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

again showing how the world thinks of the US right now. Aussies are more conservative than most Europeans, and yet.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Become ungovernable.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Now discussing a bill to allow voters in Texas to carry guns in voting locations: house.texas.gov/videos/21767 #txlege

submitted 22 days ago • 6 comments

me thinking the same thing every time I watch The Cutting Edge (1992)

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

He just... blurted it out...? There might not be anyone left at the SEC who cares, but I bet a whole lot of class action lawyers are getting busy.

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

The fascist destruction of our universities continues. University leaders need to realize their institutions will simply cease to exist if they try to comply.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Thanks the heavens for OpenAI, because the previous barrier to creativity was “have an idea” which obviously proved too difficult for tech bros.

submitted 29 days ago • 16 comments

This is a wild—and terrible—framing of a “takeover” of a naked rogue nation-style hostile seizure, potentially by force, of territory from a NATO ally. Any Greenland coverage that doesn’t LEAD with that fact is doing journalism wrong.

submitted 35 days ago • 23 comments

Musk Signals Willingness To Bid More Than $97 Billion To Acquire Respect theonion.com/musk-signals...

submitted 35 days ago • 221 comments

Democracy in action. @newyorker.com

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

today and always

submitted 36 days ago • 8 comments

Holy cow! DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show The documents reveal a DOGE affiliate is attempting to transfer the headquarters of an independent think tank, the United States Institute of Peace, to the government at no cost. @wired.com

submitted 36 days ago • 4 comments

I like to imagine this is a ranking, from first to worst, and then picturing, like, Casey Kasem saying, "You wouldn't expect a lot of blue on a list of the greatest right-wing art of all time. At least until you remember a speedster who hates woke. At number five... it's Sonic the Hedgehog."

submitted 36 days ago • 29 comments

#ComingUpOnTCM SO QUIET ON THE CANINE FRONT (1931) Zion Myers, Jules White Dir.: Zion Myers, Jules White 12:40 PM PT A parody of "All Quiet on the Western Front." 16m | Dogville Hell | TV-G #TCM #TCMParty

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments