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Caption pic being a dude in a cape isn’t selling, and the quiz sounds like rebranded astrology.

15.02.2026 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The NYT catching up to what was obvious in 2015.

15.02.2026 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fuck these Proud Boy dick bags.

31.01.2026 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They think it’s manly. Really.

20.01.2026 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Headlines that start with BREAKING and little siren emojis tend to not be true.

18.01.2026 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Doesn’t matter. Spreading disinformation is bad. β€œIt could be true” is not a good defense of disinformation.

03.01.2026 04:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Phony. Come on, fact check before you share it. He does enough terrible shit without contributing to the disinformation spread.

02.01.2026 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œβ€¦the quiet confidence of a space that knows exactly what it is.” Ah, a room with consciousness.

20.12.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The A-list of professional hucksters and crackpots.

19.12.2025 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Shooting a person in the back is not brave. It’s psychotic.

17.12.2025 11:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You still can’t flip through an e-book.

08.12.2025 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I grew up in Indiana not liking basketball (or any sport). Talk about being a failure of a Hoosier. I did try, but it was impossible to care who wins.

27.11.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Schizo-affective, or meth. Can be tough to discern the diff without an intervention of some sort.

23.11.2025 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s always that guy.

23.11.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And Kerouac would not use the term β€œbeatnik” unless he was complaining about being associated with it; more important, Herb Caen did not coin it until a year later.

11.10.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think there’s a strong possibility this is a prank, or a fraud attempt (or both.) I do not think that is Kerouac’s writing. It reads like a parody of it, as well as an AI approximation.

11.10.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone who thinks he’s ever going to be held accountable is dreaming. He is completely above the law, and always will be. There is no reason to think otherwise.

07.10.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We don’t have as many shameless liars, grifters, bullies.

28.09.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Barry. Tom. Sib. Bradley. Fran.

16.08.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

^today’s winner^

07.08.2025 01:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

1. Bob Dylan
2. Velvet Underground / Lou Reed / John Cale
3. Monster Magnet
4. Brian Eno
5. Miles Davis
6. Philip Glass
7. Mark Lanegan / Greg Dulli / Afghan Whigs / Twilight Singers

(/Cheating/)

16.06.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss opening for Mark Lanegan, Forever Hollywood Cemetery, 6/12/11, Los Angeles,CA.

06.06.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bacon, egg, cheese ON A ROLL.

04.06.2025 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No, it was considered to be a strong return to form.

23.05.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Whatever it takes.

11.05.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also missing Steve immensely, Keith.

18.04.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"The heart stops briefly when someone dies,
a quick pain as you hear the news, & someone passes
from your outside life to inside. Slowly the heart adjusts
to its new weight, & slowly everything continues, sanely."

β€”Ted Berrigan from "Things to do in Providence"

18.04.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That base illustration is from an actual β€˜70s Chewbacca poster you could get at Burger Chef.

15.04.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The last time I saw you.

31.03.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great cover.

23.03.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0