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James Van Der Beek, the 'Dawson's Creek' star who later mocked his own hunky persona, has died at 48 James Van Der Beek, best known as Dawson on “Dawson’s Creek,” has died at 48, according to a statement from his family posted on Instagram.

James Van Der Beek, the 'Dawson's Creek' star who later mocked his own hunky persona, has died at 48.

11.02.2026 20:13 — 👍 138    🔁 29    💬 7    📌 16

You should get shot by a firing squad at the peak.

08.02.2026 17:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The real reason I'm leaving The Great British Baking
Show
Trump is threatening bombing the likes of which Tehran has never seen
Prue Leith

The real reason I'm leaving The Great British Baking Show Trump is threatening bombing the likes of which Tehran has never seen Prue Leith

the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran

06.02.2026 18:07 — 👍 7042    🔁 1557    💬 105    📌 110

that’s enough internet for today

that’s enough internet for forever

31.01.2026 04:01 — 👍 3700    🔁 610    💬 38    📌 22

Oh this is on purpose? That sucks.

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Second half of Crooklyn on Amazon plays squished? Gross.

29.01.2026 03:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A photo of the Merriam-Webster definition of "widespread"

A photo of the Merriam-Webster definition of "widespread"

I don't think you know what that word means

28.01.2026 03:35 — 👍 21    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If you have over a thousand followers, please repost this. If you have less than a thousand followers, I don’t know how you get out of bed in the morning. bsky.app/profile/hell...

23.01.2026 17:21 — 👍 68    🔁 16    💬 10    📌 0

I like how some of the Na'vi are like, "You are like a baby" *hisss*.
And some Na'vi are like, "Bring up the leeward sails, gentle now!"

19.01.2026 01:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🕯️My cousin Brian passed away last night. After a courageous 3 wk stint with ICE. He slipped on a fellow agent’s frozen peepee puddle & somersaulted many times in the air, yelling “yabbada yabbada yabbada” & tragically aspirating (a different) agent’s pee he’d been gargling. He hated women🇺🇸💔

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WATCH: Trump shows his middle finger and appears to say "fuck you" after Ford worker yells "pedophile protector" - TMZ

13.01.2026 21:19 — 👍 9689    🔁 2939    💬 980    📌 1442
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Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week, according to family of the victim.

Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says

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It's not new but Hard Boiled.

10.01.2026 02:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

imagine watching this and not thinking that this is the whole goddamn reason to even *have* America

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If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...

22.12.2025 17:58 — 👍 10571    🔁 3657    💬 71    📌 180
News Team,
Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier.
I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity.
Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.
We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed
to kill the story.
If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we

News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we

have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient.
If the standard for airing a story becomes
"the government must agree to be
interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast.
We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state.
These men risked their lives to speak with us.
We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.
CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.

have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.

We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it.
When it fails to air without a credible
explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet.
I care too much about this broadcast to watch
it be dismantled without a fight.
Sharyn

We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

22.12.2025 03:37 — 👍 27442    🔁 10871    💬 681    📌 960

I hope her cousin with huge testicles disavows this.

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NOOOOOOOO!

15.12.2025 02:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life

01.12.2025 18:09 — 👍 6576    🔁 1761    💬 134    📌 52

to safely dispose of these hats, eat them. natural fibers — such as cotton, wool, silk, and linen — breakdown in the digestive track. synthetics do not. thus, if you eat your hat, the synthetics will pass through the other side. smush through the poop to find the synthetic fibers and recycle them.

16.11.2025 01:42 — 👍 4968    🔁 360    💬 67    📌 33

NYT EDITORIAL DESK

"did you do that Nuzzi profile?"

"sure did, boss, real fuckin sexy, just like you liked"

"you're correct, i did ask for that, now time to search for my name in the epstein emails"

14.11.2025 18:01 — 👍 2209    🔁 294    💬 18    📌 4

What the f**k is this headline?

13.11.2025 23:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

[hot ones]
me: *finishes off gallon of milk*
sean evans: ok are you ready for your first wing

08.11.2025 03:29 — 👍 1614    🔁 157    💬 12    📌 6

#HumbleBrag

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Live feed of Bill Ackman and Dave Portnoy escaping NYC

05.11.2025 02:23 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Dave Portnoy Threatens To Move Barstool Sports Out of New York City If Zohran Mamdani Becomes Mayor: ‘I Hate This Guy So Much’ Portnoy, 48, admitted that he has already asked his "finance guy" to begin looking at potential office spaces outside of the city.

Hope you like whatever stupid regional pizza they have in Florida! www.yahoo.com/news/article...

04.11.2025 19:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto

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AI sitcom accidentally a Lynchian fever dream. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and insane lament.

29.10.2025 21:47 — 👍 3882    🔁 675    💬 399    📌 889
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

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