Kvetch & Release 🎣

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He's built like a ...

Yeah, it's hard to see how this would survive a 1st Amendment challenge. The appropriate response to Messianic cosplay is to mock them mercilessly.

YouTube video by Jaiden Nivalle 😄The Jerk: Shit & Shinola😄

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Stephan Geering: Challenge for those who are very confident that Claude isn't conscious: Explain how human consciousness works. 5:25 Pm. March 6 2026. Some people can reply.

‘Checkmate, Luddites!’

This is giving me a stroke

I started out reading this in the cadence of Larkin's Annus Mirabilis.

A Klan lawyer was assigned to represent a Black man, Rocky Meyers. Meyers is still in prison. How many other people did this Klan lawyer represent who languish in prison?

YouTube video by Paquita La Del Barrio - Topic A Los Ex No Se Les Llora

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WaPo push alert: “A Polarized Nation Yesterday, 8:02 PM U.S. was the only country in a worldwide survey to say most fellow citizens are bad people”

Are we polarized? Or are we realistic?

Inside Plastic Executives’ Late-20th-Century Campaign to Blame Consumers for Their Industry’s Waste This TPM Cafe article is an excerpt from PLASTIC INC.: The Secret...

“The Crying Indian” had helped muddy public understanding of what was causing the waste deluge, what might fix it — and even what the problem was:
Inside Plastic Executives’ Late-20th-Century Campaign to Blame Consumers for Their Industry’s Waste
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A sign with information about a play, that says a gun is shown but not fired

I'm calling Chekhov

I didn't even know there were different types of trombone.

That's quite a range

Nice! What does he play?

YouTube video by Muzeum Karla Zemana Karel Zeman: Baron Prášil / The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

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I have socks older than many of you.

Bluesky alter kocker caucus checking in.

That's perfect!

... we'll have a Barielle of fun

Outdoor fruit stand with huge pyramid of oranges and tall round banana display.

they’re just begging for a car chase

Sometimes I enjoy citing Talcott Parsons just to annoy people.

Caleb Wilson to miss the rest of season after breaking right thumb in practice UNC star freshman Caleb Wilson, who was working his way back from a fracture in his left hand, will miss the rest of the season after a new injury. The Tar Heels visit No. 1 Duke on Saturday.

Oh no!

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One of his partners in the firm was Adam Stein, father of the Governor.

A good and great man.

French Laundry chef again scolds Bay Area town over affordable housing project

lmfao Thomas Keller showing up to a community meeting in his chefs jacket to complain about affordable housing being built near his 3 Michelin star restaurant is just beyond parody. what a piece of shit

Thank you!

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