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Jews, you do not need to read these replies on Yom Kippur. But leftist Gentiles who still insist there is not a problem with antisemitism on the left, you really do need to read these replies.

Pictured*: strike zone for the Guardians (*actual size)

I know this is the opposite of surprising, but…this man is not well. He is not OK.

ctrl-F “guardians” …ouch. Ouch, Becky. You wound us.

NATALITY!!!

Fucking baseball, man. It’s the best thing in the world that sucks.

“…and we will be doing nothing about either of these things.” Swear to god I’m starting to wonder if Jeffries‘ and Schumer’s posts are them trying to signal that they’re being blackmailed or extorted because WHO COULD TYPE THIS WITH A STRAIGHT FACE?

Baseball is so dumb sometimes and I love it SO MUCH This message brought to you by the Guardians securing a postseason spot with a walk-off…walk.

I paid too much for this Comeo

“Fuck you, make me” continues to have a good track record.

Fun fact: smelling salts are basically ammonia sealed in a glass vial, wrapped in thick cloth so you can break it with your fingers. Funner fact: if you remove the cloth you can throw the vial at the feet of your enemies and it’ll shatter so well Sister Theresine won’t be able to prove you did it.

everybody dunking on the rapture not realizing they've all been raptured to a completely identical planet except now pickleball is a thing and it always was apparently

LOL

Never been prouder that Blöthar the Berserker (and his Kepone bandmates) crashed at my first apartment—and returned the favor by *giving us the keys to his house* when my band was on tour the following year. GWAR are legit some of the nicest folks I’ve ever met in music and I love this for them.

Shana Tovah to my Jewish friends, neighbors, colleagues, followers, and anyone else who isn’t Stephen Miller. …ugh, FINE, even Stephen Miller, are you happy Mom?

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Are you or someone you know skipping GDC (or considering doing so) because of worries about coming to the US/San Francisco in the current environment? If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com. Please spread the word

Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru two pack, $55.94 at Walmart

Going with an alien abduction video while foreign visitors to GDC are at risk of being grabbed by ICE is... I don't even know. Best case, some very dark humor that they talked themselves into?

EarthGov will be holding a memorial for Kendra Daniels this week. She was a true patriot and a devoted Unitologist who simply wanted to engage in open dialogue with those who refused to be touched by the Marker. And she was taken from this world far too soon by the woke radical leftist Isaac Clarke

Sometimes I forget that my life has been kind of weird and then I discover I’m a cited reference on the Wikipedia pages for both Henry Rollins and Giorgio de Chirico

Wait, the Packers? Like, the ones from Green Bay? I’m sorry, I’m gonna need you to start over from the top there. OK, so, the Browns? The ones from Cleveland?

I am begging men to do this. Begging.

Oh my.

“Why would you carry a fascist flag at an anti-fascist protest?” Because it’s not a fascist flag, it doesn’t belong to them, and it’s at past time to make that clear. DOESN’T. BELONG. TO. THEM.

Nate, the center isn’t holding because there is no center, in any rational sense of the term, between “I exist” and “I want you to no longer exist” hope that helps!

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if these companies would just put out a statement saying “we told him to go fuck himself” they would instantly have the type of loyal and dedicated customer base corporations dream of and spend decades trying to cultivate

I hope this email finds you trying to make the best choices you can with the information available and learning to be at peace with that

Important context that I'm not seeing widely reported in Nexstar's leap to cancel Jimmy Kimmel and appease the FCC and the US authoritarian Administration -- Nexstar is seeking FCC approval for a $6.2 billion merger. www.cnbc.com/2025/09/17/c...

I know by Black Flag peeps were already done with modern-day stuff but it’s a damn crime that folks didn’t give it a chance because it is *genius* satire of the tech/games industry & Ubi itself—you just have to hack computers and read stuff to find most of it and apparently that was too damn hard

Magnificent work, Google, glad you’re simultaneously destroying news media and the environment for this

Here is some non-satire for you: Trans rights forever.

Make a band singular: The One Der

Make a band singular: New Model Soldier

Make a band singular: The Solo Artist

In case it's not clear, I believe: • All kids should have access to health care - especially poor kids, special needs kids, and trans kids • Vaccines are great • DEI is a net positive • Trump is a shithead Feel free to seek care elsewhere if any of the above bothers you.

All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes

Earth 2. The most believable sci-fi ever put to television, and a clear influence on Firefly. Plus: Tim Motherfucking Curry and Clancy Motherfucking Brown.

Cool. Cool cool cool. 10 ‘Muricas out of 10, no notes.

I have just learned that Nate Bargatze and Jason Mantzoukas are not the same person so I’m gonna need a minute

me, to the judge: “Well if THAT’s what they meant, they should have used punctuation.”

Near as I can tell, “Blueskyism“ is shorthand for “I want to be an asshole to you and you won’t let me” I think those dudes might be suffering from Nextdoorism

There are so many examples recently of the cluelessness of half-zip techbro brunchlords but my gods is there a better example of so quickly missing the entire point of your product? Everyone with a Palma: “Ahhhh, so convenient, so few distractions!” Boox: ”But have you considered NOW IS PHONE?”

Exquisite. 😘👌 No notes.

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For the people pointing out that this still lets them do whatever they want: this is correct, but, an important point is that they are going to do whatever they want anyway