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James “DELENDA EST GLACIES” Harbeck

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Louche left-wing nerd. Words, food, music, beverage alcohol. MA linguistics, PhD theatre. jamesharbeck.com, sesquiotic.com

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make darth the ceo and no one tell him til he gets back

10.03.2026 02:22 — 👍 169    🔁 32    💬 8    📌 1

joker: well well well, if it isn't the BAT man! my perfidious foe, that perpetual pest! his perfectly putrid presence here to pour water on my pleasant parade!

batman (hungover): yeah- well- pf- ptt- FUCK you

09.03.2026 22:17 — 👍 366    🔁 24    💬 6    📌 2

Hollywood copaganda told multiple generations that bad guys were constantly “getting away with it” because evil DAs got key evidence thrown out or similar “trickery.”

This really needs a longer thread, but the short answer for why we have those rules? Nothing else made cops follow the law. Nothing.

09.03.2026 22:14 — 👍 156    🔁 42    💬 2    📌 3
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This data questions the idea that people become more conservative with age. Ok, folks born between 1940 and 1954 did actually turn more conservative with time. The 1955 to 1979 cohort didn’t change their outlook much. The post-1980 group is actually becoming more liberal as they age.

09.03.2026 23:30 — 👍 38    🔁 7    💬 4    📌 1
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Alabama Father, 99, and Son, 80, Become First Ever Pair to Redeem Decades-Old Promise of Free Oysters at Local Oyster House Jimmy Rush and his 99-year-old father, Jim, became the first to redeem Wintzell’s Oyster House’s promise of free oysters to any customer who turns 80 and walks in with their father.

New level unlocked!
😂🎂
Turn 80 & bring your father for free oysters.

share.google/cR0RQWhlmjWw...

09.03.2026 20:56 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

"i will slurp down swastikas all day but do not let me see one boob" is an excellent filter for awful people. i, for one, hate nazis and love boobs, and i'm brave enough to say it

02.02.2026 17:59 — 👍 150    🔁 24    💬 3    📌 3
Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor
@KhalafAlHabtoor
X.com
• Translated from Arabic by Grok
I heard the statements of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, in which he calls on the Gulf Cooperation Council countries to enter this war, saying that we are also under attack and that we must join the fight.
And I say to him clearly: We know full well why we are under attack, and we also know who dragged the entire region into this dangerous escalation without consulting those he calls his "allies" in the region.
We thank God that the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries are doing well, and we have no need for someone who claims he came to the Middle East to save us. The truth is that hasty American decisions are what embroiled the region in a war whose peoples were not party to its decision-making, and its local allies were not consulted before it was launched.
We do not deny the Iranian threat to the region, which has become clear in recent days. We do not trust Iran. But this is a dirty game in which several powers clash at the expense of our region, with no honor in it and no transparency. In this scene, Iran, Israel, and the United States all move according to their own interests, not according to the interests of the peoples of the Middle Eastern Arab countries.
And for this reason, we say it clearly: We will not enter this war to serve the interests of others, nor will we sacrifice our sons in a conflict that could have been avoided through diplomacy and political solutions. We value the lives of our sons, and we do not treat their souls as "collateral damage" as some do. Nothing in this world is more precious than the lives of our sons, and no alliance with any country in the world is worth risking these lives. If President Donald Trump and Senator Graham are prepared to risk their country and the lives of Americans for Israel's interests, that is their choice. As for us, we will not do the same.

Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor @KhalafAlHabtoor X.com • Translated from Arabic by Grok I heard the statements of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, in which he calls on the Gulf Cooperation Council countries to enter this war, saying that we are also under attack and that we must join the fight. And I say to him clearly: We know full well why we are under attack, and we also know who dragged the entire region into this dangerous escalation without consulting those he calls his "allies" in the region. We thank God that the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries are doing well, and we have no need for someone who claims he came to the Middle East to save us. The truth is that hasty American decisions are what embroiled the region in a war whose peoples were not party to its decision-making, and its local allies were not consulted before it was launched. We do not deny the Iranian threat to the region, which has become clear in recent days. We do not trust Iran. But this is a dirty game in which several powers clash at the expense of our region, with no honor in it and no transparency. In this scene, Iran, Israel, and the United States all move according to their own interests, not according to the interests of the peoples of the Middle Eastern Arab countries. And for this reason, we say it clearly: We will not enter this war to serve the interests of others, nor will we sacrifice our sons in a conflict that could have been avoided through diplomacy and political solutions. We value the lives of our sons, and we do not treat their souls as "collateral damage" as some do. Nothing in this world is more precious than the lives of our sons, and no alliance with any country in the world is worth risking these lives. If President Donald Trump and Senator Graham are prepared to risk their country and the lives of Americans for Israel's interests, that is their choice. As for us, we will not do the same.

UAE billionaire Khalaf Al Habtoor wrote an interesting post on X criticizing Lindsey Graham and Trump.

“We...know who dragged the entire region into this dangerous escalation without consulting those he calls his ‘allies’ in the region.”

Hours later, it was deleted.

It's worth reading in full:

09.03.2026 18:55 — 👍 129    🔁 57    💬 4    📌 1

This is actually one of the most shocking things I have learned in my grad school education - that the bulk of PM2.5 comes from tires and electrification will actually accomplish next to *nothing* in improving air quality in that sense

09.03.2026 19:02 — 👍 63    🔁 30    💬 9    📌 3
I’m in the Waterworks Food Hall with a coffee from Boxcar Social. Sun is streaming through the high windows onto signs and counters.

I’m in the Waterworks Food Hall with a coffee from Boxcar Social. Sun is streaming through the high windows onto signs and counters.

Sunny day office

09.03.2026 19:57 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

If you get into a “who can cut taxes more” battle with the GOP, you’re going to lose because they are far more shameless and antagonistic to the idea of living in a functioning society.

Don’t concede to their framing that taxes are nothing but a problem to be solved.

09.03.2026 18:38 — 👍 2257    🔁 432    💬 28    📌 20

Come on, please

09.03.2026 14:00 — 👍 132    🔁 13    💬 9    📌 1

I think this is about the temperature but honestly it works for decades as well

09.03.2026 04:09 — 👍 5103    🔁 897    💬 11    📌 12

love how we killed the old, frail anti-nuke ayatollah just to have him replaced with his young, healthy son who wants nukes and who just had his father, mother, wife, and child murdered on the same day by his mortal enemy. surely this will bring peace to the region

09.03.2026 02:01 — 👍 18725    🔁 4716    💬 223    📌 138

Paralympic curling is WAY harder than usual curling. You have no sweepers to help adjust friction. You have to guide the rock with a damn stick you push it with from sitting. Paralympic curlers should get two whole medals, not just one.

This shot would be outstanding anywhere. Here? Unreal.

09.03.2026 04:49 — 👍 19    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

We changed BIG when the consequences were a lot LESS than what we’re facing from the #ClimateCrisis. Don’t let anyone tell you we CAN’T change.

09.03.2026 02:10 — 👍 276    🔁 61    💬 6    📌 1
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Drone footage captures the devastating destruction to the building right next to Glasgow's historic Central Station. Part of it has collapsed after a fire started in a vape shop and ripped through the whole structure.

08.03.2026 23:11 — 👍 385    🔁 195    💬 22    📌 34

Motorhead next to Lana Del Rey? It checks out

09.03.2026 02:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A handicap blue and white painted sign on the asphalt of a parking space. The symbols are meant to be a pregnant women and a baby stroller, but it doesn't look like that. It looks like pac man being killed with scissors next to a dancer

A handicap blue and white painted sign on the asphalt of a parking space. The symbols are meant to be a pregnant women and a baby stroller, but it doesn't look like that. It looks like pac man being killed with scissors next to a dancer

Twerkers at the barbeque get priority parking 🫡

08.03.2026 20:25 — 👍 5596    🔁 1044    💬 58    📌 49
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09.03.2026 02:20 — 👍 15    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

E. E. Cummings’s name was not e. e. cummings.

Stop it already.

09.03.2026 00:45 — 👍 49    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 1

Y'know, all I wanted was to retire and live my fucking life quietly and with a minimum of global fuss and not discover that I'd moved to a Nazi-dominated country without ever crossing a border.

08.03.2026 23:33 — 👍 356    🔁 27    💬 11    📌 4

Fox ran older footage but labeled it as happening Saturday.

08.03.2026 14:00 — 👍 4643    🔁 1358    💬 207    📌 91
Black & white photo of a concrete side of a somewhat dilapidated building that has graffiti written with spray paint. The graffiti reads “Time doesn’t exist  Clicks exist.”

Black & white photo of a concrete side of a somewhat dilapidated building that has graffiti written with spray paint. The graffiti reads “Time doesn’t exist Clicks exist.”

08.03.2026 06:26 — 👍 1121    🔁 191    💬 17    📌 16
Word 365's grammar checker suggested I change "After this is done, you assholes are buying me a new one" to "After this is done, your assholes are buying me a new one."

Word 365's grammar checker suggested I change "After this is done, you assholes are buying me a new one" to "After this is done, your assholes are buying me a new one."

Okay this one had me cracking up. #editorlife #amediting

08.03.2026 04:30 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

I would argue they knew exactly what they were doing, which was deliberately sabotaging needed public works programs by offering snake oil they never had any intention of delivering.

07.03.2026 17:54 — 👍 2788    🔁 771    💬 60    📌 11
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Disappointed (but not entirely surprised) this #cartoon didn't find a home. #doglife #dogs #business

01.03.2026 09:35 — 👍 258    🔁 79    💬 9    📌 5

Omg my dilemma is where do I run away from fascism but also still have a dressage horse!

08.03.2026 06:07 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

8 hours sanding is worth an A right there

08.03.2026 06:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Great execution tho

Bullshit idea with great execution beats great idea with bullshit execution every day

08.03.2026 06:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0