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There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵

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Well gosh it's embarrassing to be an American today.

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Ugh it just occurred to me that there's a whole storyline in Marvel where Tony Stark becomes Secretary of Defense and can we just keep billionaires out of politics forever please? Especially in our fantasy stories?

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

When I was a kid I was a big Batman fan. I have a ton of old (well-kept) Batman comics that I have a lot of genuine nostalgia for (plus the Keaton movie with the Prince soundtrack is 🤌). But as I get older this is where I lose the thread on Batman.

submitted 16 hours ago • 4 comments

This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.

submitted 1 day ago • 1592 comments

Anytime someone references "the American people" it is utterly clear that the people they are referencing are just themselves. It is the biggest bullshit cop put phrase. Don't listen to it, don't repeat it, don't believe it.

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This is a phenomenal book.

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👀

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Nevir shal Ich give thee up Nevir shal Ich let thee doun Nevir shal Ich runne arounde and go from thee Nevir shal Ich make thee to crye Nevir shal Ich 'farewell' sigh Nevir speke falsehood And cause thee sorrowe

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

File under "no shit where have you all been"

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Idiocracy was a documentary

submitted 7 days ago • 604 comments

Sometimes I think that people are so focused on analogues to the 1930s that they are actually not seeing what's happening in 2025.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place): 1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."

submitted 9 days ago • 114 comments

Journalists should report the truth the way this judge laid it out.

submitted 10 days ago • 33 comments

When two of my weirdly nerdy fixations overlap. Fantastic thread.

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I found the most upsetting utensil in the world and now you have too: the man fork www.foodandwine.com/why-in-the-w...

submitted 14 days ago • 48 comments

Even this incredible eloquence gives RFK Jr too much credit.

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A daye wythout anachronism ys lyke Emily Dickinson wythout her lightsaber

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The people elected their leader to disrupt things. Then he appointed DEATH to lead the DEPARTMENT OF STAYING ALIVE. “Promises kept,” many voters gurgled with their last breath

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Unexpectedly to whom?

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

Really can't say this often enough, unless you support Trump etc, you should not be using Uline materials for anything. So many small presses, labels, bookstores, etc give these assholes money and there are so many other options.

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

You know, as someone who is slowly turning into an old white guy I'm getting really tired of old white guys.

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

Perjury! Quelle horreur! See, the real problem is that without an actual system of accountability people can just Do Crimes. Just pointing and saying "Shame on you! We must investigate! " while clutching your pearls does fuck all.

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Don't trust consumer-facing "AI" for anything

submitted 17 days ago • 69 comments

It’s their day. #SuperbOwlSunday

submitted 19 days ago • 18 comments

I wonder sometimes if people really understand how the economy works. Like NIH funding doesn't just pay for Project A. That money in turn pays for workers, for rent, for equipment, and for maintenance contracts.

submitted 19 days ago • 8 comments

As a man entering middle age, I’m increasingly of the opinion I could benefit from vast quantities of masculinizing medication in a wide array of dosages. Prepare to be the cis person unhappy about aging a trans person in your community needs you to be.

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