It is 1973, people are shocked to learn that Donald Trump is a racist.
It is 1989, people are shocked to learn that Donald Trump is a racist.
It is 2011, people are shocked to learn that Donald Trump is a racist.
It is 2015, people are shocked to learn that Donald Trump is a racist.
It is 2026,
10.02.2026 05:14 โ ๐ 25 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
TFW the ladle of "man kibble" slop hits the bowl and you realize your life has been expurgated of any joy left to spark...
10.02.2026 03:34 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I mean, I gave the whole Marie Kondo craze its fair share of crap... but she's very right that
"THIS DOES NOT SPARK JOY"
is an extremely powerful sentiment that should largely be heeded.
10.02.2026 03:33 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Someday a lot of these people are going to come to some form of realization that they could've made a sandwich, or a salad, or a taco, or fried rice, or a soup & gotten literally all of the benefits they want without resorting to making food into a joyless self-punishment slurry.
10.02.2026 03:29 โ ๐ 45 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
"It could not be opium."
- The Duke of Wellington, on the causes of The Opium War
Tue. May 12th, 1840, The House of Lords, Parliament
10.02.2026 02:07 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Yes, the Chinese Pagliacci jokes write themselves... but at what cost?!
10.02.2026 01:35 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
09.02.2026 23:34 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"The first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada & permanently eliminate the Stanley Cup"
NOT TRUE!
The Stanley Cup will not be "eliminated," but merely repurposed as tribute to reforge the ไน้ผ of Sovereignty that were once lost
China respects barbarian ice rituals!
09.02.2026 23:22 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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Mentioned companion:
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#319 - Opium War 4: Peddling the Drug Peddlers' War by The History of China
#319 - Opium War 4: Peddling the Drug Peddlers' War
War is always a dirty thing, but this one dirtier than most.
Even so... someone's gotta sell it...
megaphone.link/ARML6336160274
09.02.2026 23:01 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
and - given this administration's propensity to directly tell on itself - even that's far from a guarantee
09.02.2026 21:22 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
J. Jonah Jameson - anti-ICE hero:
09.02.2026 21:21 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
"Republicans lead on Election Day in many of these contests"
... have... have you guys looked at the polls recently? "Early Republican lead counties" are foing to be in Northern Idaho and the Oklahoma panhandle, maybe.... probably not too many others
09.02.2026 20:41 โ ๐ 13 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
This is this generation's Jon Stewart telling Tucker Carlson: "The show that leads into me is puppets making crank phone calls. What is wrong with you?"
09.02.2026 20:39 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I got a 12 hr suspension for telling this guy his wife had every right to kick him in the balls before divorcing him for doing this.
No regrets.
He deserves to get kicked in the balls.
09.02.2026 09:20 โ ๐ 22 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
something that these types really should (but probably never will) realize is that, no matter how good, or correct, or righteous their theorems/analyses may be... if all they can do is browbeatingly bray it in navelgazing jargon like a hee-hawing jackass, they've already lost the audience at word-1.
09.02.2026 09:11 โ ๐ 24 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
people who post at me like this in western tankiespeak get the block.
09.02.2026 08:55 โ ๐ 29 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
I could literally recite the full lyrics of "Cruel Angel's Thesis" or "The Real Folk Blue" at the drop of a hat, and give you a pretty comprehensive running translation from sheer memory & that was way before I learned even my pre-school level Japanese.
09.02.2026 07:39 โ ๐ 29 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0
Fascinating.
I am located in over of the quieter suburbs between the "Internet Culture" and "American Intellectual" arms of the galaxy, that I am calling the "Nerdy History & Library People Local Cluster."
09.02.2026 07:31 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Wow, Kid Rock really is a symbol of their entire movement.
09.02.2026 07:05 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Elmo
@elmo
ยท
1h
That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny! โค๏ธ๐ถ๐ฐ
Based Yankee
@thebasedyankee
You and Bad Bunny should be deported
It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
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both the president and literally everyone else understand any statement of a moral principle -- any moral principal -- as a denunciation
09.02.2026 04:08 โ ๐ 897 ๐ 121 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 4
To reject the US as a fundamentally American country with a deep shared history and commonality with the rest of the Americas, including that Spanish has long been our de facto national second language, is on a deep level anti-American. It's hating actual American culture and history and tradition.
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That's the # they're going with, but they're pooling it from across all the channels & streams they funneled it through
meanwhile Bad Bunny show easily 120-140M
09.02.2026 03:45 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The TPUSA show got 5-6 million views.
The Puppy Bowl got 12 million.
lol
09.02.2026 03:23 โ ๐ 55 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Thatโs def not what youโre hoping for from an onside kickโฆ.
09.02.2026 03:14 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
FUMBLE TD RETURN
09.02.2026 03:00 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
And interception!
09.02.2026 02:50 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Time to start nailing that coffin lid shut, Patsโฆ
09.02.2026 02:31 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
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