Michael Gentleperson

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

Ezra Klein: There's a Rick & Morty quote I really like.

Ezra Klein: It goes like this, "Why would a pop-tart want to live inside a toaster? That would be like the scariest place for them to live."

Ta-Nehisi Coates not saying anything

Ezra Klein: Because in the episode they go to a neighborhood where everyone is a pop-tart and they live in toaster-houses.

DOJ finds no evidence Charlie Kirk’s killer was influenced by the Left (NBC) despite Trumps false claims blaming “the radical left”in a reckless address to the nation.

So why do media amplify the bullshit?

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Y'all want to pretend like Charlie Kirk wasn't Charlie Kirk, that's fine.

Delete posts, ban people, wave the flag at half-mast, call for unity, all of that. Show him more veneration you ever did for other victims, and do it loudly and blatantly, sure.

By all means, break any last trust you had.

Cal D I got forced out of my apartment due to contamination from fibreglass, brick dust, and a strange polymer that loves to form in the presence of water. I'm currently living in hotels and boarding my cat

I hate having to do this again but: I am once again facing some pretty steep medical bills for both myself and my elderly cat and I'm broke broke broke. Any and all help is so massively appreciated even if its just sharing

Same in Geelong. Will wait until morning to put mine out. (Recycling comes ridiculously early - like 4:30, but luckily that’s next week)

An April 14, 2025 tweet by DvtChristian with a racist cartoon denouncing Islam and the words 'These Satan worshipping cockroaches need to be eradicated'.

yeesh

i checked and yes, nova peris OAM -- one of the faces of the newly-hatched PR campaign by AUS media corporations called #standuptohate -- really did RT this post ... which makes sense if you read the rest of her timeline.

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h/t : @altmediawatch.bsky.social

Aussies consulting specialist doctors plummeting with some charging up to $900 for appointments New data has revealed the number of Australians consulting medical specialists has fallen 10 per cent over the past five years, with some doctors charging more than $900 for a first appointment. Priva...

Aussies consulting specialist doctors plummeting with some charging up to $900 for appointments www.6pr.com.au/aussies-cons...

BAHA MAN: knock knock

OTHER BAHA MAN: who’s there

BAHA MAN: who let the dogs out

OTHER BAHA MAN: who let the dogs out who

BAHA MAN: who who who who

“You just got mauled by Tiger” Tiger wearing glasses saying “nothing personal kid”

Big difference between "plot" and perfect example of the language used by journalists - passive voice, no subject doing any firing of a weapon.

It's a great example any journalist should be reflecting on and thinking, yeah, not good enough, rather than excusing, as "oh that's just how we write"

DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.

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相変わらず美女やないか。Intelligent too, otherwise you’d never be able to know discards and other’s hands

Brainstrust, if you were to ask a public figure to judge a short story compilation, who would you pick?

Paulie: “Hey Tone, you hear about the Greens blocking Labor legislation?” Tony Soprano: “I can’t have this conversation again”

HAFF is the new CPRS

Coke can with “Champ” on it

Great, even my soft drink is taking pot shots

Look, I'm so happy that Dutton is gone and it's a Labor win rather than the LNP. But, to see Labor win such a majority and people turn their backs on the Greens and others pushing for *genuine* progress for social and environmental justice makes me very sad. Labor are neoliberal light. #AusVotes25

Me handing out voting information for the Greens

Was kinda over things, but saw people I respect on the hustings so thought I’d donate a few hours. [1] Green/VS

At times Mandarin is not intelligible 😅 (I don’t practice enough)

Might catch it. Surprised by the syntax differences already, to say nothing of the tone differences

I’ve been learning phrases through Duolingo - currently only available for Chinese speakers

Agreed. It’s a shame

Bulbasaur and Squirtle pancakes. Charmander, Pikachu and a pokéball got stuck in the mould at first

Pokémon pancakes for the kids

Dolly forbid we talk about what is causing it though!

Labor pitches $1b freeway upgrade to Melbourne's west ahead of election Labor announces a $1.1 billion Western Highway upgrade, with most of the funding to go towards improving the freeway between Melton and Caroline Springs.

Labor have committed $1B to widening the Western Hwy.

Meanwhile, the suburban railway next to it is stuck with overcrowded regional trains, with only vague hints that it might be electrified soon-ish.

"One more lane, bro" never works, only viable alternatives to driving.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03…

Trump has united the most unlikely allies to the north. They’re livid (well, except Alberta, but even then a lot of people are pissed off at Danielle Smith for her pro-Trump stance)

Image of Rob McElhenney in an episode of Lost

Found Mac while rewatching Lost