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Every Kevin Hart DraftKings ad I briefly wonder why an already-rich person would endorse something that predatorily ruins lives, before remembering that the only way one becomes a Kevin Hart in the first place is through ruthless self-advancement in every aspect of your life, all the time

Do you think, some day in the future, Kevin Hart or LeBron or [insert any famous person] will feel remorse for aggressively hawking the cigarettes of the 21st century?

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Duke University Wants No Part of ‘The White Lotus’ In a show that features an array of disturbing story lines, the actions — and wardrobe — of a character have gone “too far” for the university.

Wherein Duke, predictably, makes more of an effort to distance itself from The White Lotus than they have Stephen Miller:

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/s...

Hard to disagree with the point Wade is making here

Just FYI, you might want to think twice before you bring that weak shit into the NYT Cooking comments section

YouTube video by Super Empty The Hang, Vol. 1 (SE x OSR) | Kendrick Lamar, Phonte, KAYTRANADA, MAVI, Maxwell

One (of many) forms of recourse in the face of authoritarianism: joy. Specifically, DJing and hanging outside with friends. In that spirit, we present The Hang — a new North Carolina-based video series from @superempty.bsky.social and One Speaker Radio.  

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I bought Twitter for $44,000,000,000 and sold it back to myself for $33,000,000,000. I have 43 kids and no friends. Everything I make explodes

would if i could but I already done did

Is there a clause that says if Clemson loses this game, the ACC has to be disbanded?

Now that the influential bigot who did a Hitler salute publicly claimed that organic protests against his malfeasance are secretly controlled by a list of foreign Jews, some of whom aren’t even alive today, are we allowed to call him a Nazi, or is there something even Nazier we have to wait for?

I write an anthem, throw a tantrum and remain handsome

once i remember why i walked into this room it's over for you all

"you... don't?" is a great response to the question of how one gets to a place

When is The Carolina Times getting this treatment?

happy to hear this 🗣️

Please Touch That Dial A pair of Durham EPs give credence to the idea that a yearning for a more tactile and terrestrial existence remains very real.

Very heartened by this pair of EPs out of Durham the past few weeks from Jaythehbk and CJ Monet. Highly suggest you give them a spin, after giving them a read:

www.superempty.com/please-touch...

by not giving credibility to the narrative that any remotely "blue" American is a haughty, self-righteous ass and impossible to talk to. A huge portion of the country is closed off to liberatory ideas because they've (reasonably) come to associate that conversation with scorning, judgy elitism

the lightning mcqueen of this shit

sculpture of dead guy in plastic bag

title of art: "unemployed journalist"

did not expect to be attacked like this at the art museum

idk. I'm still trying to figure out what materializing out of the vapor has to do with being an edgelord of the algorithm era

it was all building to this moment

For as long as I can remember, the website @diddukewin.com has been the cherished online destination for reveling in every single one of my rival's losses. In that spirit, I thought a few would enjoy it if I made one for the biggest loser of all: Jefferson Griffin.

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Oh my gawd there’s a family on White Lotus from Durham, NC and Parker Posey is the matriarch and I can’t stop laughing every time she opens her mouth.

I used to think the government should be in charge of things and then I saw how well the privatized American health insurance industry works — I'm a changed man!

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

Jon Ossoff, Georgia’s First Jewish Senator, Is Losing Jewish Support (Gift Article) Democratic donors and Jewish leaders are so unhappy with Jon Ossoff over his position on Israel that some have quietly urged Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, to run against him.

Just the latest and most striking illustration that any hope of an even semi-"just" Democratic party (i.e. one not beholden to Israel) is an impossibility. Many of the party's most prominent backers care more about another country than they do about this one.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...

thank you LG 🙇‍♂️

How North Carolina Got a Trump-Backed Voting Chief Republicans have been trying to regain control of the state elections apparatus for years. With state Auditor Dave Boliek, they have a shot.

State auditor Dave Boliek, who changed his voter registration from Democrat to Republican in 2023, embraced Trump on the campaign trail and won with 49 percent of the vote against incumbent Jessica Holmes.

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Agreed. Maybe I missed it in the story but do we know how soon after conclusion of voting on Saturday the results will be known?