I don't think it would happen here for the same reason but it's funny to remember how economic mismanagement leading to chronic shortages of cooking oil is one of the major factors that sparked the massive protests that doomed Ceausescu.

“This heckin’ pupperino fucking hates La Migra,” to paraphrase from @weratedogs.com

dude i looked up the origin of “67” and it may as well have been in martian

Alllll of this is gonna be stolen from romance novels and AO3 and none of it is going to be what the type of people who think ChatGPT erotica is a good idea want. But also Romancelandia scammers will be scamming. (Yes, if you write a book with ChatGPT, you are scamming)

Do you do this if your business is going well?

Charge users the real cost of AI

Does this guy have some kind of Producers situation where he only gets paid if there’s a junta

Let me strongly emphasize that you should not give someone money for committing a gross breach of professional ethics. You also shouldn't hire them for a prestigious new job but our industry is garbage, alas!

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story. "The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

MAHA: We’re deeply concerned about chronic diseases, but please don’t try to track their prevalence.

My college roommate and I listened Sunday nights on KLSX, I see many of the late 80s Funny Five staples are there in the all time top 40 (but I get how Rich Little's "Contra Rap" didn't stand the test of time). Thanks for all the laughs Dr.!

by this time next year, we want ICE agent to be one of the most miserable, soul destroying, hated jobs in america, we want parking enforcement to look like a dream job by comparison

I have never used either of these to flavor my soup.

If you're going to a No Kings protest this Saturday (as why would you not?), I have a little sermon to put in your pocket and take along. Text is Luke 18:1-8, Jesus' story about the little old lady who bullies a rotten judge into giving her justice: lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts/?y=384...

completely unfair that I can play ORC in Scrabble but not ENT

yeah, i think a commitment to public health obligates you to get vaccinated and, when you are sick, do what you can to avoid spreading that to other people. the demand that one mask at all times in public spaces is, i think, unreasonable.

😭👌 she said just a little bit of brain got ate by worm so don’t worry

Woke 2.0 is going to hit like 80s crack

These strikes are illegal for about 7 reasons: 1. Not self-defense 2. No (or any) Congressional authorization 3. No evidence of criminal wrongdoing 4. Occurred in int'l waters 5. No open state of hostilities 6. Criminal groups are not terrorists legally 7. No id on people killed or group targeted

This is the most important politics story in a long time. Twitter has radicalized the young GOP into overt Nazism and white supremacy and the news has spent years pretending not to see. It’s a gleefully racist and antisemitic party now. Stop pretending otherwise www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Not leaving everything to the last minute.

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Heads up: today is an expensive day for me, as I just bought a used server. Also, M. R. Carey's INFINITY GATE is on US ebook sale for $3, so I got 10 copies of it. Yes, I blew my budget on this, because I love this book SO MUCH.

The Fifth Season by @nkjemisin.bsky.social is also on US ebook sale for $3, and I got 6 copies of that for random giveaway. Sunshine by Robin McKinley is also on US Kindle sale for $3, and I got 6 of those for random giveaway. Sunshine is probably my favorite vampire book.

2. A war without a specific military objective is inherently a forever war. If you fight a war with the expectation that you will simply kill all people who you believe disagree with you, the war will be long and bloody and genocidal.

His own family is telling you as clearly as possible that Donald J. Trump is the anti-Christ.

"my problem is that I'm not Authentic enough, and I'm not connected enough to the land" my friend I am afraid the problem is that you are as authentic a human as has ever lived, and that reason is unfortunately why the land is likely soaked in ancient blood

A Gothtober montage of covers by my favorite illustrator of gothics, George Ziel 🦇🖤 He was born in Poland in 1914, survived the Warsaw Ghetto & Dachau concentration camp, then came to the US where he had a highly successful mid-century career as a pulp illustrator

🧵 Don’t give them what they want. Give them grannies and priests and twerking blow-up animals.

it's the suckup/suckoff angle, innit? Too bad about the chin vag

Governor for a mere $10,000 or so you can help an autistic sheep farmer import sheep semen legally.

YOU'RE saving GOD?????

"In fact, a review of activities performed by him in 2025 yields only three: sending co-workers home on an extended vacation, refusing to swear in a new co-worker, and praying for the Rapture."

I think all these "real age" "cardiac age" etc. stuff is a gimmick

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform? Is it...requesting content moderation?

every asshole on this website loudly braying that elections either won’t happen or won’t be fair in 2026 had better be buying an inflatable costume and sturdy walking shoes for this saturday, because if truly believe that, you’re not gonna like what the next step is

Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren...

There isn’t another side to the argument. Every actor in the system—from defense attorneys to Justices on the Supreme Court—recognizes what is happening. The only question is how the criminal justice system should respond.” open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...

Oh, it seemed like a holy place, protected by amazing grace And we would sing right out loud the things we could not say We thought we could change this world with words like "love" and "freedom" We were part of the lonely crowd inside the Sad Café 🎶

Mamdani is going to win. The question will now be, "Can you reproduce this?" It's doubtful. He's talented. But it's possible, first of all, if you remember all politics is local, and the more local you get - the more people recognize you - the more things like age and parties cease to matter.

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One of my favorite Halloween time paintings by Fragonard -- The Magician

I have blocked this person, but I keep seeing people say things like this, and I’m begging people to understand two things. (1) Just because peaceful protest may not be sufficient to win this moment does not mean that it is not necessary. It is.

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I speak for the adults who had Far Side page a day calendars as kids

Tfw u get up early for an important meeting and then

reluctantly crouched at my desk at nine coffee, and meeting, bored out of my mind the time card punching, the phone lines up yearning, and burning, need another cup reckless, and farting around on bluesky blurting, and flirting, and no idea why ...