The Raddy

the sense of incredulity and comic revulsion i get every time i see a cybertruck in the wild has not been reduced by even a single degree in all the time they’ve been on the street

Frog put the cookies in a box. “There,” he said. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.”

“But we can open the box,” said Toad.

“That is true,” said Frog.

I am well aware that they are and will continue to do massive damage to this country

but does it feel like they’re on a glide path to successful authoritarian consolidation anymore? I submit that it does not

Frog and Toad sit together on a tall tree, reading books. From "Tomorrow" In *Days with Frog and Toad*

Saruman telling Gandalf, "Your love of the halfling's leaf has clearly slowed your mind." Response post: "never forget when saruman literally told gandalf 'you've been smoking too much weed bro'" Counter-response: "You're smoking too much weed," says the guy who got addicted to manosphere podcasts on his orb and started a fascist militia with a side hobby of deliberate environmental destruction. Started cutting down trees to own the woke elves.

Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day

oh a school trip to a theme park an older lad threw a chocolate bar into a crowd of students for a laugh. it hit me in the head and the edge of the plastic cut my eye open & temporarily blinded me. while i was recovering a friend tried to pass me a drink and poked me in the other eye with a straw

The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.

Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

Scorpion riding frog drawing. Frog is saying, If you don't keep your promise to hold talks on healthcare, you will look like a liar to the American people. Scorpion is saying, lol. Lmao.

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Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

Mamdani going so hard for trans right and winning is some juicy proof that every dem that abandoned us didn’t do it for politically advantageous reasons. They did it because they’re transphobes and they will lose for it

the entire twitter and group chat poisoned elite of American society who decided Trump winning an election by 1.5% heralded a thousand year reich may have miscalculated a bit

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

i’d also say that the GOP’s obsession with this gives candidates an opportunity to articulate and stand up for their values. “i refuse to make anyone feel like they don’t belong in my [state/city/community]. and i want everyone to live the best life they can achieve [insert policy slogan]”

How come setting the clock back an hour for daylight savings feels like you’re losing three hours instead? Why the fuck does it feel like dinner time at 3 PM?

The Halloween decorations are coming down today, but I’ll still be listening to Tame Impala’s “Dracula” on a loop for the foreseeable future. An excellent autumnal bop

It’s basically Deep Space Nine.

Chicago Pope is going to say some things we all dislike because he is the Pope and still very Catholic but he is spending enough time poking directly at the worst Catholics alive that I’m ready to put him in the Pretty Good For A Pope bucket already

also the sports jersey thing is incredibly funny

data point: at my daughter's school, the halloween parade had countless kpop demon hunters and only 3 Elsas. A new era has dawned.

In view of the SNAP crisis, providing pantry stable items to those in need. Please take what you need and leave what you can, no perishible items please.

📣 IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY TURN IT INTO A COMMUNITY PANTRY ASAP IF YOU ARE ABLE

“what radicalized you” idk paying attention

there are going to be a lot of stories in the next couple weeks about the generosity of ordinary people in helping their fellow Americans and all of them will be wonderful and none of them should be necessary

we don’t have to have a government this cruel and capricious

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

When ICE comes to Philly it’s going to be brutal

Lukewarm take: if not for US interventionism in Latin America, many Latin countries would have far more mature and stable economies and governments, and their people wouldn’t be immigrating to the US en masse to escape economic hardship and political violence

I watched the original trilogy so much as a kid in the 90s (we taped it off TV) and only saw the special editions once in theaters…I keep forgetting there’s a whole generation who only know the special editions because it was the only version available. That’s mind boggling to me

I still have those random special edition DVDs from the 2000s where they decided to include low-res versions of the original movies on the disc 2 special features. I’ve never watched any of the disc 1’s, lol