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Today, my male coworker and male manager were talking about the male loneliness epidemic and I heard them say something about how hard men have it on dating apps. And I jumped in and said "you think women have an easy time on dating apps?" And they both said they thought men were unequivocally oppressed on dating apps. So, I pulled up my tinder. And I handed it to them and said, you have 10 minutes to scroll through these oppressed men and find me ONE that you think would make a suitable partner. Some of my favorite quotes included: "Why is he holding a gun to his head?" "Why is he naked?" "Is... he being intimate with another woman in this picture?" (The answer was yes) "Do you think he showers?" (Answer was probably not) "There is a moldy Starbucks drink behind him." Finally, they did find a man who looked like a nice guy, he looked clean and there were no guns or dick picks, and his bio wasn't great but it was general and acceptable. I match with him. His first (and only) message came up about 10 minutes later, and he says "u gon let me fuck?" I also showed them this message. Anyways, they no longer believe woman are just violently bullying average looking men on dating apps. They accept that men are their biggest enemies when it comes to online dating. Should I let my manager swipe on tinder for me? No, I absolutely shouldn't, especially not in the office. Do I think it was worth it? Yes.

'they no longer believe women are just violently bullying average looking men on dating apps'

Heartwarming. The kids are alright.

That's very weird and very churlish. The absolute joy on show yesterday was a really interesting phenomen.

Yeah well, the Iran-contra business looked extremely insane at first. Eye poppingly insane.

Engraving depicting the Zong massacre.

#ResistanceRoots

Today in history, 1781: The Zong Massacre begins. The crew of the British ship Zong begin systematically murdering more than 130 enslaved Africans. The crew committed the murders to claim insurance money, treating the enslaved people as disposable cargo. /1

And I'd really like my quarter of the suburbs to get done before I die. People seem to have no clue about the future gridlock this can help minimise.

"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.

Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.

F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines

The NYT definitely made a choice not to add “without evidence” to this headline.

Trump says he will pardon former Honduran president serving sentence in drug-trafficking case | CNN Politics President Donald Trump said Friday he intends to grant a “full and complete pardon” to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, a move that would erase a major US drug-trafficking conviction ...

Nothing proves the Trump administration is made of mean whims based on lies better than a president who is murdering people in boats "because I am so strongly against drug trafficking" pardoning someone who trafficked more drugs than a hundred fishing boats could carry.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/28/p...

probably the one in cahoots with Judas.

Good parenting!

Well I guess Stephen Miller will have to go back to Russia under these rules.

Cold blooded murder.

I'm not saying I was fantastically mature at 30, even though I already had three kids. But it would be alright. 15? Yeah, nah.

Do I get to be 30 forever?

Thanks champ!

Anyone got part 2? I'm not paying him.

Thank you. (And I'm a current journalist. There are low acts described here that should have been news last year.)

Such a pleasure to read your erudite, informative threads Derek.

Email says We are prepared to receive boxes tomorrow, as NY agents are travelling to WFO in the morning, and vill arrive to Winchester where they will start photographing and we will start scanning and processing the physical files. Once I see the volume, I'|l have a better estimate of processing times, although 1 suggest we do a rolling delivery to further demonstrate the FBIls commitment to delivery and transparency.

🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files

www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Exactly that!

The negative space is hurting my head.

The meme asks for a name, not a picture. Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

Trump administration orders US embassy to collect data on migrant crime in Australia In an intervention into domestic affairs, diplomats at the US embassy in Canberra have been instructed to report on migrant-related crime.

Can you believe this bullshit interference in the affairs of a country settled with 18th/19th century criminals and a further 12 generations of migrants. Rack off Trump, you and your mates. www.theage.com.au/world/north-...

I remember the first time I saw my father in a pair of blue jeans in the 80s. I nearly laughed out loud.

Thank you for finding the link! It's a great piece. Time for me to go back to this book. I'm often struck decades later by a need to return to something. I've got Daniel Deronda by my bed at the moment.

Tch! Pfft!

That's the stuff!

Torn.

Is it? VW used to put me to sleep but I read a fantastic article about Mrs Dalloway in the LRB recently (plot included) and not I'm obsessed. I'm hoping I still have a copy in a box because I'm pretty sure it was on my literary studies 101 syllabus in 1984.