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Avid reader, mostly fiction: speculative, SF, literary. Cats, Crochet, PoFi, Switch games, makeup esp eyeshadow, thunderstorms, pub quiz. American living abroad since 2015. Remote since 2016.

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Whhyyyyyyy. This is like random men telling me to smile.

Except I feel bad for these employees and not for the random men.

Way to go, Target. Turning all your staff into creepers is sure to improve staff morale and your stock price.

08.11.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But it says β€œimageβ€œ singular! How is anyone to figure that out? Ugh.

08.11.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That is creepy af what the goddamn hell

08.11.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I imagine that will always be just in his imagination.

08.11.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cereal bowl for champions only.

08.11.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every child should be fed three meals a day and have a secure place to sleep, and every level of government should be oriented to making sure this happens, and every other government department should have to prove on an annual basis that it's supporting every child having food, bed, etc.

03.11.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

whether it’s a wall at the border, a wall of text, or throwing hamburgers at a wall, trump loves walls.

the other guy likes sofas a lot, so maybe this whole east wing demo is truly a passion project for construction and furnishings.

03.11.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

if knowingly starving millions of americans while he builds a gilded ballroom isn't cause for revolution then i'm not sure what is

29.10.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4212    πŸ” 1019    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 44
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Night night sweet dreamies

Some days are just too much.
Let them be.
They won’t always be.

You don’t have to fix everything tonight.
It’s okay to rest.
You won’t always feel this tired.

I promise

29.10.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 821    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 7

Hey tourists in #Jamaica

After #Melissa, please remember that many of the staff at resorts and airports are ALSO dealing with hurricane related issues themselves. Many will have lost loved ones

DO NOT get angry at them or lose your temper. They're doing their best in extreme circumstances

28.10.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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27.10.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6425    πŸ” 2771    πŸ’¬ 128    πŸ“Œ 457
STEREOGUM: People my age, we talk about how we were lucky that we didn’t have social media growing up, and there’s no record of all the dumb shit we said and did. You didn’t have social media, but everything you said and did in those years is on record, and you’ve got to live with it now. That’s tough.

VIOLENT J: And the amount of gay Juggalos out there is really surprising. I think about them doing their research and getting the old records, getting excited about it, and getting their hearts broke or something, you know? I tell my daughter, β€œFor the rest of your life, when your friends ask why your dad said that, say it’s because your dad was a fool. Don’t defend me. Say I was a fool then, but I’m not now.” There’s no excuse. I was going with the flow, and that’s the very thing we preach against β€” being a sheep. And that’s what I was doing.

https://www.stereogum.com/2083804/icp-interview-juggalos/interviews/weve-got-a-file-on-you/

STEREOGUM: People my age, we talk about how we were lucky that we didn’t have social media growing up, and there’s no record of all the dumb shit we said and did. You didn’t have social media, but everything you said and did in those years is on record, and you’ve got to live with it now. That’s tough. VIOLENT J: And the amount of gay Juggalos out there is really surprising. I think about them doing their research and getting the old records, getting excited about it, and getting their hearts broke or something, you know? I tell my daughter, β€œFor the rest of your life, when your friends ask why your dad said that, say it’s because your dad was a fool. Don’t defend me. Say I was a fool then, but I’m not now.” There’s no excuse. I was going with the flow, and that’s the very thing we preach against β€” being a sheep. And that’s what I was doing. https://www.stereogum.com/2083804/icp-interview-juggalos/interviews/weve-got-a-file-on-you/

Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.

21.10.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 18048    πŸ” 4748    πŸ’¬ 140    πŸ“Œ 331
A tweet from Bill Madden reads: β€œHow long are we going to keep pretending that the fascist Trump regime is not a cabal of Nazis? Texts from Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, reveal vile pro-Nazi and racist messages targeting Black people, Chinese people, and Indian people.” Below, a retweeted post from Kaivan Shroff says: β€œBREAKING: new racist Republican group chat has been leaked to Politico featuring texts from Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel. Ingrassia’s texts include vile pro-Nazi & racist messages targeting Black people, Chinese people, and Indian people.”

A tweet from Bill Madden reads: β€œHow long are we going to keep pretending that the fascist Trump regime is not a cabal of Nazis? Texts from Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, reveal vile pro-Nazi and racist messages targeting Black people, Chinese people, and Indian people.” Below, a retweeted post from Kaivan Shroff says: β€œBREAKING: new racist Republican group chat has been leaked to Politico featuring texts from Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel. Ingrassia’s texts include vile pro-Nazi & racist messages targeting Black people, Chinese people, and Indian people.”

We all knew it wasn’t limited to just one rogue GOP group. The white supremacists are everywhere within their ranks. Like a fish, the rot starts at the head.

21.10.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1745    πŸ” 372    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 6
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Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!

21.10.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 21962    πŸ” 3332    πŸ’¬ 900    πŸ“Œ 302
A picture of a very old BBC Microcomputer sporting a keyboard with markings in Linear B.

A picture of a very old BBC Microcomputer sporting a keyboard with markings in Linear B.

BBC Model Linear B

11.10.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 410    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 8
A protester outside an ICE detention facility marches through clouds of irritant gas carrying American flags. A sign lying on the pavement by his feet reads β€œEVERY ICE AGENT WILL BE HELD TO ACCOUNT.”

A protester outside an ICE detention facility marches through clouds of irritant gas carrying American flags. A sign lying on the pavement by his feet reads β€œEVERY ICE AGENT WILL BE HELD TO ACCOUNT.”

I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.

19.09.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 16835    πŸ” 4265    πŸ’¬ 234    πŸ“Œ 211
19.09.2025 03:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3072    πŸ” 1278    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 25

I had this exact same experience this morning. Same reporter as Heidi.

This is *not* normal.

I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.

18.09.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2306    πŸ” 740    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 11

it's also really important to spread the "this is illegal" message as far as you can because the majority of people are not exposed to it! most people do not even know the government is doing the illegal thing it's doing, let alone that it's illegal. when they learn about it they get mad!

19.09.2025 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2825    πŸ” 728    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 11

I know it's frustrating when lawyers point out when something the administration is doing is not legal. But responding with "the law doesn't matter anymore" is really unhelpful and defeatist. Clarifying the law is important because it reminds us not to comply in advance and to resist and take action

18.09.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 8972    πŸ” 2084    πŸ’¬ 367    πŸ“Œ 147

Just saw the video for Nintendo Virtual Boy. What the fucking fuck is that.

Yeah I’d love to play old pixel games all in red tones only with huge janky headgear. πŸ˜‚

How about a Nintendo Vision w/o need to grip controllers? Huge win for gamers w mobility issues and/or hand/finger/wrist pain.

19.09.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
13.09.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 6076    πŸ” 1768    πŸ’¬ 472    πŸ“Œ 109

This is unhinged, dangerous, and reckless. At this point I don't know how you conclude anything other than that Musk is trying to foment pogroms against immigrants across the west.

13.09.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3538    πŸ” 1013    πŸ’¬ 161    πŸ“Œ 46

reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle

13.09.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 8989    πŸ” 4058    πŸ’¬ 177    πŸ“Œ 363

Amen. πŸ™ πŸ˜‚

10.09.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In June, a Democratic state rep in Minnesota was murdered, and a state senator was shot.

And a couple of days later, Trump said he wouldn't phone Gov. Walz, calling him "whacked out" and "a mess"

10.09.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3299    πŸ” 1188    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 23

Yes, Charlie, how many mass shootings?

How many kids have been through MULTIPLE mass shootings and watched young friends and teachers die just like Charlie, or even more violently?

Do you know how many kids have hidden under the dead body of a friend or teacher, playing dead, until it’s over?

10.09.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"that's not funny, no one should lose their lives to gun violence" so true! that's what we've been saying all along. I'm so glad you agree

10.09.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 7370    πŸ” 1277    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 8
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Meanwhile AI is still a great advancement, congrats techbrahs

10.09.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3528    πŸ” 610    πŸ’¬ 99    πŸ“Œ 38
Charlie Kirk STANDS UP For The Second Amendment πŸ‘€πŸ”₯ #shorts
YouTube video by Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk STANDS UP For The Second Amendment πŸ‘€πŸ”₯ #shorts

β€œI fully acknowledge and admit that when you allow gun ownership, you’re gonna get gun deaths. There is a cost to liberty.”

youtube.com/shorts/BSMHT...

10.09.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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