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In Minneapolis. Structural engineer, mostly lapsed improvisor, 3 day Jeopardy! champ. Happily married to a public school teacher. Two kids, a cat, and a dog.

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we beat canada at their sport and italy beat us at our sport so to restore equilibrium canada must beat italy at bocce

11.03.2026 04:17 πŸ‘ 431 πŸ” 75 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2
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Mike Johnson refuses to condemn anti-Muslim comments by Republican lawmakers Andy Ogles said Muslims do not belong in the US and Randy Fine made a comparison of Muslims to dogs

It's not just that he refused to condemn Ogles and Fine; he endorsed the substance of their vile messages, taking issue only with their "tone," and he introduced a new line of bigotry-fueled conspiracy theory about Muslims wanting to impose sharia law. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

11.03.2026 11:02 πŸ‘ 715 πŸ” 225 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 12

democrats still seem to be laboring under the delusion that they can introduce stuff to pass while trump is president and they, not trump, will somehow get credit for it. they learned nothing from trump taking credit for covid stimulus checks

11.03.2026 00:13 πŸ‘ 2561 πŸ” 388 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 12

Imagine scoring 83 points in an NBA game and not even being the best basketball player in your relationship

11.03.2026 02:10 πŸ‘ 167 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6

Malacca

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β€œSuper Mario was based on an Italian man I saw die in an accident on a construction site. I thought to myself, β€˜What if that man had been killed by a gorilla, rather than negligence?’
- Shigeru Miyamoto

β€œSuper Mario was based on an Italian man I saw die in an accident on a construction site. I thought to myself, β€˜What if that man had been killed by a gorilla, rather than negligence?’ - Shigeru Miyamoto

Happy Mario day!

10.03.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 7673 πŸ” 1625 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 47

I want this for SGA.

10.03.2026 19:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why...did CNN do this

10.03.2026 12:56 πŸ‘ 3157 πŸ” 342 πŸ’¬ 295 πŸ“Œ 357
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The shingles vaccine is incredible #learnsomethingnew #sciencefacts #vaccineswork TikTok video by Alex Falcone

This video is imparting genuinely amazing news about the shingles vaccine, but also contains a description of vaccines that made me laugh so hard I had to sit down. β€œWe inject the dead version so that when the live one shows up it knows we’ve killed before” is both accurate and SO FUCKING FUNNY

10.03.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 189 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

Fully expecting this is the start of a drumbeat that ends with Hegseth getting Noemed.

10.03.2026 16:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not looking for a level of detail that would doxx the mayor, but which W13 neighborhood did he land in?

10.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

He’s incoherent. Any larger strategy you see is you trying to impose order where there is none.

10.03.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t even have anything in me to be snarky about the compromises on our rights that have emboldened these legislatures. They’re trying to make mandatory reporters for social transition. I don’t even have words.

10.03.2026 02:28 πŸ‘ 94 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This is how I access BlueSky

10.03.2026 03:04 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Hasbro’s CEO on J.K. Rowling. We just published our new Decoder interview with Chris Cocks, the head of Hasbro. I asked him directly about how he thinks about author J.K. Rowling’s politics and what it’s done to the Harry Potter f...

cannot stress enough that "separate the art from the artist" was meant for private individuals reconciling the art they love with its flawed creators and not meant for the ceo of a company driving a dump truck of money up to a bigot's front porch

www.theverge.com/podcast/8914...

09.03.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 8998 πŸ” 2497 πŸ’¬ 126 πŸ“Œ 175

US (2019) d. Jordan Peele

10.03.2026 00:40 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This might be controversial but even the braindead use case of AI as a parlor trick for you and your erudite friends to hyuck and gee whiz over in between doing the Wordle and overnighting dongles on Amazon is miserable and corrosive to your humanity

09.03.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 109 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought this.

09.03.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

turning a big dial that says "military adventurism failure" on it and constantly looking back at the stock market for approval

09.03.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 117 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Democrats should try to solve actual problems in society rather than jumping on the Grover Norquest-lite slop train

09.03.2026 18:36 πŸ‘ 516 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Counterpoint: taxation-funded governance and programs are good, actually.

09.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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holy shit

09.03.2026 01:20 πŸ‘ 14107 πŸ” 3076 πŸ’¬ 236 πŸ“Œ 602

Name names

09.03.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is the warning on the blood pressure monitor my dad just got.

Exceptional work. Anybody know what the fuck it’s supposed to mean?

Last line is especially ominous

09.03.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 2865 πŸ” 647 πŸ’¬ 184 πŸ“Œ 208
Mega Man 2 Select Screen Stereo
Mega Man 2 Select Screen Stereo YouTube video by Jeremey Stevig

It's in rarefied company, for sure.

09.03.2026 12:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Strongly suspect that as this war and its negative effects escalate, we're gonna see a massive increase in disinfo and unsourced "news" - starting right the hell now.

PLEASE don't share "breaking" news from rando or disreputable accounts who provide no links.

09.03.2026 01:26 πŸ‘ 2449 πŸ” 688 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 41

But we're going to touch the stove and we'll be touching it more than probably ever before. And we're not going to get burned. We're not going to get burned

03.03.2025 13:25 πŸ‘ 13407 πŸ” 1783 πŸ’¬ 87 πŸ“Œ 44

NO NO NO YOU DON’T

GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA

federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step β€œdesigned for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL

tell everyone you know

www.freetaxusa.com

09.03.2026 01:26 πŸ‘ 12456 πŸ” 7547 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 3

Alt text: a view toward the west of a row of houses with a dramatic sunset behind them. The clouds form purple and pink stripes in the sky, with an orange glow below, toward the horizon. Several trees, evergreen or leafless, are silhouetted against the colors.

09.03.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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