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The attack on DEI shows why liberals should stop arguing about "strategic" use of language forever. DEI stands for three uncontroversial virtues that most every American accepts, and the right still turned it into a vile slur. It doesn't matter what you say - they will poison it because YOU said it.

People literally died from Covid while claiming it doesn’t exist. There is never going to be a wake up call for some people. A lot of people. It’s not about convincing them if they can’t be convinced. IMO it’s about overwhelming them entirely with opposition.

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

Tea is a really nice drink!! We should explore to see if there's other tasty foods inspired by letters of the alphabet. Not P, but others

"He keeps showing up." theonion.com/trump-u...

Poison Ivy destroys polluters, she's already wholesome!

In one of Elon’s outcries about fraud, he actually ended up cutting funding for cancer research. Despite initially denying it, he was later proven wrong. This incident highlights how little he actually understands about what he’s doing.

Philadelphia Enjoys Quiet Week Of Super Bowl Victory Reflection theonion.com/philade...

Anyway, good morning

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Big mood this morning

Most one sided beef in history lol.

Forward-Thinking CEO Hoping Company Can Capture New Audience By Making Product Worse In Every Conceivable Way theonion.com/forward...

Pause for bird. Enjoy the bird. Nature is good, birds are good, regard the bird. Carry on. (photo by me)

it's just a little bit funny that Lucas had to wait all this time and is finally vindicated

I don’t care if you’re a relative, a fantasy novelist, or an elected official, transphobia is manufactured outrage and transphobe are trash. None of America’s problems are cause by trans people. None. But a LOT are caused by bigots.

apparently Robert Eggers said he never wants to photograph cars or cellphones. and I respect this creative choice but I also think someone needs to show him the 1925 'Round Door' Rolls-Royce Phantom. I think he'd like it.

What Carmen Sandiego’s friends call her when she’s being a real asshole.

One problem that plagues most American churches is they use a collection of documents written 2,000+ years ago in multiple ancient languages as a 21st century English how-to guide by quoting tiny snippets instead of asking what the narrative, historical, and social context of those words might be.

“What radicalized you?” Bro I was told to treat people the way I would want to be treated in kindergarten and it made sense idk what else there is to say

I usually find it kind of tacky to preach to what is undoubtedly the choir for an account like mine, but in light of recent circumstances, and considering that I'm still relatively new on Bluesky, here you go

"I don't think the human mind was meant to deal with this level of pure horseshit and hypocrisy and lies and menace. Honestly I don't know if the human mind is meant to deal with such things at any level."

If ya don’t know, now ya know

Days mean nothing in the maw of forever. I never left your side. Slay the Princess - The Pristine Cut is out now.

Something that's hard to grasp about marketing anything is just how vast the ocean is. It doesn't matter how many times you share something - only a tiny fraction of your intended audience will see a given message. Some folks are just now learning there's a StP expansion coming out this week!

Destroy him 🥰 apnews.com/article/alex...

I’m never an early adopter of anything. Also, how dare they use Elder Certified lol

The role of the government is to make the lives of all of its citizens easier. Healthcare, housing, and food are human rights.

I'd much rather we fight with counterdisinformation and memes of mass destruction to prevent fighting with actual deadly weapons, so all you finger waggers can just sit this one out, mmkay? Or better yet, join us, we have way more fun!

ABBOT: oh my god Diddy got arrested! COSTELLO: did he? ABBOT: I just said that, Diddy got arrested COSTELLO: did who get arrested?? ABBOT: Diddy! COSTELLO: what are you askin me for? did he what? ABBOT: im not askin, i’m tellin you Diddy got arrested COSTELLO: i’m asking, what did he do

Guess you could call this shirt... ...a crop top

Helium Synthesis xkcd.com/2972

the NYT queueing up a million pieces about moving to the center this week: