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A favorite Ricky Jay anecdote.

submitted 10 days ago • 10 comments

I have a crypto Twitter alt and every crypto post about it in my feed is either like "this is bullshit and I feel stupid" or "this is bullshit, I have 80% of my net worth in memes and this mf just tanked it all"

submitted 38 days ago • 2 comments

Hey All: Google is pulling the "automatically on for anyone over 18" bullshit with Gemini that the Dropbox did for its AI, but I can't afford to ditch Google Drive/Docs/Workspace. If you have a personal Google Account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off...

submitted 42 days ago • 22 comments

Trump stock just crashed 15% in 15 minutes, trading halted finance.yahoo.com/quote/DJT/?g...

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

an underrated bonus for Dems: some of the places we're seeing "already surpassed 2020 turnout" reports from are college campuses, which were largely shut down in 2020 - meaning out of state students often voted from home or not at all there are some big colleges in important states

submitted 114 days ago • 10 comments

submitted 115 days ago • 21 comments

Omelas but instead of an innocent child, it's an ancient, incontinent, confused, terrified, dementia-riddled Trump, unable to remember anything about his past life or understand anything about his current situation

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments

GOP senator caught using video of Pennsylvania town to brag about her state of Nebraska www.rawstory.com/deb-fischer-...

submitted 119 days ago • 6 comments

Deb Fischer’s new ad opens with her saying “Nebraska is a great place to raise families.” The images are... not from Nebraska www.dailykos.com/stories/2024...

submitted 119 days ago • 1 comment

“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” — 1984, George Orwell

submitted 119 days ago • 2 comments

You guys, my kid just discovered a *whole book* of poems in French that, when read in French, sound like mother goose rhymes in English (but said with a heavy French accent). They are grammatical in French! 😵‍💫 The one below is Humpty Dumpty. This is depraved and wonderful. I love/hate it.

submitted 120 days ago • 46 comments

no atou, by Henry Taylor, 2023

submitted 125 days ago • 22 comments

The Angel Restrains Abraham from Sacrificing Isaac, by Jacob Franquart, 1616, 📸 by @albello55

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