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Making Words About Shapes - essays on football & everything it touches. Chronically depressed GenX socialist outsider. Chemically enhanced fabulist. Small-time pimp for out-of-fashion ideas. Weirdo dad. #DCTID

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I think the World Cup should be relocated to Spain, France, Germany and the UK ⚽️

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05.03.2026 17:30 👍 8847 🔁 1133 💬 223 📌 29

<strong>This shit is gonna come around again</strong>

26.02.2026 17:43 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
Shipwreck on Zombie Road Vindication means nothing without justice.

New article! I wrote about Epstein and the difference between vindication and justice.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/shipwreck-...

17.02.2026 14:49 👍 271 🔁 132 💬 5 📌 19

I hear CBS just anointed James Talarico with the Oil of Authenticity and the Herbs of Truth-To-Power

17.02.2026 13:35 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Here to boost the Dungeon Crawler Carl signal

Genuinely surprising depth backing laugh-out-loud bonkers characters. And in the center, Carl, quietly fighting the lies which structure modern masculinity. Fucking amazing bro, just read it

(Or listen, the audiobooks are art in their own right)

16.02.2026 21:09 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
IF YOU'RE UNEMPLOYED IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE ISNT ANY WORK 
JUST LOOK AROUND: A HOUSING SHORTAGE, CRIME, POLLUTION; WE NEED BETTER SCHOOLS AND PARKS.
WHATEVER OUR NEEDS, THEY ALL REQUIRE WORK.
AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE UNSATISFIED NEEDS, THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE.
SO ASK YOURSELE, WHAT KIND OF WORLD HAS WORK BUT NO JOBS. IT'S A WORLD WHERE WORK IS NOT RELATED TO SATISFYING OUR NEEDS, WORLD WHERE WORK IS ONLY RELATED TO SATISFYING THE PROFIT NEEDS OF BUSINESS.
THIS COUNTRY WAS NOT BUILT BY THE HUGE CORPORATIONS OR GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACIES.
IT WAS BUILT BY PEOPLE WHO WORK. AND, IT IS WORKING PEOPLE WHO SHOULD CONTROL THE WORK TO BE DONE. YET, AS LONG AS EMPLOYMENT IS TIED TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROFITS, THE WORK WONT GET DONE.

IF YOU'RE UNEMPLOYED IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE ISNT ANY WORK JUST LOOK AROUND: A HOUSING SHORTAGE, CRIME, POLLUTION; WE NEED BETTER SCHOOLS AND PARKS. WHATEVER OUR NEEDS, THEY ALL REQUIRE WORK. AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE UNSATISFIED NEEDS, THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE. SO ASK YOURSELE, WHAT KIND OF WORLD HAS WORK BUT NO JOBS. IT'S A WORLD WHERE WORK IS NOT RELATED TO SATISFYING OUR NEEDS, WORLD WHERE WORK IS ONLY RELATED TO SATISFYING THE PROFIT NEEDS OF BUSINESS. THIS COUNTRY WAS NOT BUILT BY THE HUGE CORPORATIONS OR GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACIES. IT WAS BUILT BY PEOPLE WHO WORK. AND, IT IS WORKING PEOPLE WHO SHOULD CONTROL THE WORK TO BE DONE. YET, AS LONG AS EMPLOYMENT IS TIED TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROFITS, THE WORK WONT GET DONE.

the Black Panthers were right

15.02.2026 17:47 👍 14950 🔁 5411 💬 24 📌 42

Dude that’s epic

14.02.2026 13:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Eugenics

09.02.2026 19:57 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

ladies and gentlefolk,

Entries for the category "Best dril tribute" are now closed. Thank you for your attention. - mgmt

05.02.2026 00:41 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"This Whole Thing Smacks Of Jeffrey" i holler as i overturn a brazier at the billionaire party and turn this Eyes Wide Shut into Eyes Wide Shit

04.02.2026 10:41 👍 2570 🔁 736 💬 13 📌 4

It is very funny that one of the only people, out of thousands of the ultra rich and celebrities who were exposed to Trump and Epstein's pedophilia, who immediately said fuck this and got out of there was the dude from 2 Live Crew

03.02.2026 06:05 👍 858 🔁 194 💬 26 📌 5

Do not fall for this garbage. DHS came into my city with an offensive posture, conducted itself as an invader, often attacked residents without any plausible connection to immigration enforcement, violently seized people off the streets. Now it’s our fault people died?

29.01.2026 13:42 👍 4692 🔁 1234 💬 282 📌 55
Preview
Stuck In My Throat: A shadow-play about disappointment | Words About Shapes by Sean Spence Get more from Words About Shapes by Sean Spence on Patreon

oh lookie, it's words
www.patreon.com/posts/stuck-...

29.01.2026 13:28 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 2

Ann Arbor/Ypsi: Nextdoor just lit up with ICE activity at WCC not a half hour ago. Neighbors are rightly incensed; someone's daughter was there when it happened.

If you're in SE Michigan and mobilized, please @ me so that I may amplify your posts. How can we best help? Mutual aid? Virtual options?

27.01.2026 21:15 👍 259 🔁 144 💬 7 📌 0

Sadly, the true victims of CEO brain are always (1) workers and (2) customers

27.01.2026 20:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And he WILL be brought to justice.

26.01.2026 23:52 👍 4994 🔁 628 💬 206 📌 39
CHARLES RAFFERTY
The Problem with Early Warnings

People don't like to leave a party unless the house is actually on fire. Even then, if the flames are far enough away to be pretty, they'll finish their drink, take one more pass at the hors d'oeuvres.
How things happen has always been unclear. Hurricanes begin in a place where no one lives.
Agents of the government start to wear masks. Fascism is a word my neighbors won't use yet. They are following
the law, they say, and the sirens are coming for someone else.

CHARLES RAFFERTY The Problem with Early Warnings People don't like to leave a party unless the house is actually on fire. Even then, if the flames are far enough away to be pretty, they'll finish their drink, take one more pass at the hors d'oeuvres. How things happen has always been unclear. Hurricanes begin in a place where no one lives. Agents of the government start to wear masks. Fascism is a word my neighbors won't use yet. They are following the law, they say, and the sirens are coming for someone else.

This hit so fucking hard today.

26.01.2026 20:52 👍 7284 🔁 2744 💬 34 📌 49

Detroit City: Worst offseason in entire USL league system so far? Let's dig in

26.01.2026 23:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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26.01.2026 12:45 👍 2777 🔁 390 💬 54 📌 28

Literally “ugh so tired of all this wealth and power, such a pain in the ass”

20.01.2026 19:45 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

bro u dont even understand how fuckin disneyland this shit is about to get

16.01.2026 22:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Just before Christmas, I got a puppy.
Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie.

I'm still learning how to understand her.

Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo?
Do you need to do a widdle piddle?

Minnie: Arf!

*I just call her "little baby" most of the time.

I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now.
Nobody tells you about that.

Just before Christmas, I got a puppy. Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie. I'm still learning how to understand her. Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo? Do you need to do a widdle piddle? Minnie: Arf! *I just call her "little baby" most of the time. I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now. Nobody tells you about that.

I got so lucky with my first puppy.
Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now.

Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport.

I got so lucky with my first puppy. Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now. Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport.

I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers.

I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless.
The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective.

I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition.
ICE will pick up anybody.

I know that.

So I tucked my passport away.

And I largely avoid leaving my house.

I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers. I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless. The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective. I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition. ICE will pick up anybody. I know that. So I tucked my passport away. And I largely avoid leaving my house.

I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too.
And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized.
We'll do our best to get through this.

Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?

I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too. And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized. We'll do our best to get through this. Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?

Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls

16.01.2026 13:27 👍 6139 🔁 2658 💬 27 📌 0

We're getting breaking word that Trump is a huge bitch.

15.01.2026 22:17 👍 1362 🔁 171 💬 35 📌 10

jfc all y'all

13.01.2026 22:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
13.01.2026 16:26 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

when hiring a guy who looks the part goes wrong

04.01.2026 22:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I actually think it's time to bring back the approach of curated lists and webrings from the early web again. Huge opportunity space for hand curation of information

02.01.2026 22:29 👍 1015 🔁 209 💬 35 📌 25

welp next time

01.01.2026 05:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

surprised he didn't clout-check eating a leprechaun

01.01.2026 04:55 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

what I'm hearing is, it was another flawless performance of Eric Adams-ness by Eric Adams

01.01.2026 04:54 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0