joseph reed

America Is Becoming Dallas Part Two: Sprawling to Freedom

”As the most powerful Texas political family in modern history, the shadow of the Bushes still hangs over America. The Trump era can be seen as a rejection of its performance but a continuation, in large part, of its substance.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...

Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.

Sinecure isn’t a river in Egypt

D.C. Mayor Bowser will not run for fourth term Bowser, who has led D.C. over a turbulent decade, will not seek reelection in 2026, a decision bound to open up a highly competitive mayoral race.

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I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

We Have This HBO TV Show to Credit for Intimacy Coordinators – and No, It’s Not ‘Game of Thrones’ Now if only Hollywood would require their use...

My understanding is it’s Alicia Rodis for her work on @audacityofdespair.bsky.social ’s The Deuce collider.com/the-deuce-in...

You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.

The government telling you what to and what not to wear sure smells dystopian

Jimmy Cliff, who helped introduce reggae to the world, dies at 81 The Jamaican reggae star had a breakout performance in the 1972 film “The Harder They Come,” playing a singer-turned-outlaw.

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You can tell it’s fake because Zuckerberg has legs

In the kitchen: I can’t believe I ever complained about being too col

Outside: I can’t believe I ever complained about being too hot

stick drawing with one person saying to a group TURKEY IS A BAD THANKSGIVING MEAL. the next section features one person giving a large, silent thumbs up. the final section features the single stick figure standing alone as the group continues their discussion, ignoring the turkey contrarian

every fucking year man

Remember how for decades we thought amino acid in turkey called tryptophan made us sleepy after Thanksgiving dinner when was just our bodies shutting things down after housing 18,000 calories at once?

If we’re allowing Santa horror movies where Santa is a serial killer we deserve a movie where Santa is a fixer brought in to clean up the mess after one of a law firm's top litigators suffers a breakdown while representing a corrupt chemical corporation in a multi-billion dollar legal suit.

Huh, doesn't sound familiar to me, but I was on the way other side of the country so it was probably different

Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.

Yeah I think the VHS came with one of the toys. I remember it being on TV syndication, but hell if I can remember what channel/time or how long it lasted.

YouTube video by Back To The 80s 2 Dino-Riders (1988) - Episode 01 - The Adventure Begins - By Back To The 80s 2

The cartoon ruled www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XWs...

YouTube video by Back To The 80s 2 Dino-Riders (1988) - Episode 01 - The Adventure Begins - By Back To The 80s 2

This shit fucking ruled www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XWs...

Holy crap I have been thinking about these for years but couldn't think of the name or what to search to figure out what it was (when I was a kid I had some of these and a promotional VHS tape that contained an episode that I wore out)

Oh no,,, Beatles discourse

Sign at the self checkout reading: Due to the nationwide penny shortage, we kindly ask you to pay with exact change.

Glad there’s definitely a plan for this

Oh right the Sunday before Thanksgiving is a terrible time to go to the grocery store

Mourinho taking off his headphone in disgust

north london derby

This was just so funny

That was a funny as hell goal

Sorry fuck cbs for playing an ad during the game

CLEAR SECOND YELLOW

Just a note to whoever is in charge of the back of shirt sponsorships for the NWSL, the branding on top of the player name looks like absolute shit

[half a beer in after not drinking for a month] LETS FUCKING GO SPIRIT