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a load-bearing component of “the magic of Christmas” is the invisible domestic labor of moms you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization

We wanted to understand why so many young liberal New Yorkers love Zohran Mamdani. So we talked to three reactionary Free Press contributors at a yoga studio in Los Angeles.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:

i'd say the midterm-level turnout for a special election is even more ominous than the swing

JUST IN: Democrats have flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia, in tonight's runoff. GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him. (This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)

My sewing machine is on strike I stg

Finished Defunctland's newest video yesterday and I truly cannot believe that the story of Animatronics ends with Walt Disney getting reanimated in the exact same way in the exact same venue as Abraham Lincoln did. Sometimes real life has real poetry.

In a weird way I feel like Costco is one of the last megacompanies that actually practices capitalism as its supposed to work

pretty remarkable that Costco has more of a spine in fighting for the rule of law than many major universities and fancy law firms

I named my fists Dewey and Decimal because I'm gonna classify you as a fucking loser

This is especially true for Right Wing Authoritarian personalities. They prioritize "normal" and feel safest when their choices are simple (or made for them) and conform to the group. That level of comfort is easily threatened. Liberals tend to like novelty and choice and difference. Good video.

Has this been posted yet

She should just skip the formalities and drop out to get on the conservative grifter tour because that’s clearly the goal here

Re: Literacy discussions, I'm looking up words in the dictionary more and holy cow, I am facing the cold reality that my vocab knowledge is more lacking then I thought.

Partly to stay up to date on what's happening current event-wise. Partly social (lots of my friends are deep into politics). I'm also have the kind of brain that loves sponging up new things constantly.

The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.

i’ll never understand why public transit haters discourage use of public transit and want to defund it. if less people use cars the roads will have less traffic and you’ll get to where you want faster with your own car. stupid people

I once tried to start a conversation with family about the book I was reading at the time and then asking them what they were reading. Let's just say I felt very ashamed for even bothering to ask.

Psst you can ignore the rules you don’t like, or even make up your own. Nobody is stopping you from playing Drow Pogrom. It’s mostly a private game and there are no role playing cops.

Read through the Reddit thread referenced in the article and I really think some of these people need to play something else. There are so many other TTRPG systems you can try out if 5e isn't for you anymore.

I think about this tweet a lot

Having war flashbacks to when my ex wrote a paper about the Black Panthers with the exact same cadence and arguement.

Those croissants are the saddest things I've ever seen.

The way I would immediately cast my vote for this person if I were in their district.

The trouble is that people, Americans, have no idea what immigration takes. "Granny did it right." Sure. She came to Ellis Island, they gave her a train ticket. It's effectively impossible to come here legally now. You can't do Ellis Island again but there has to be mutually beneficial ways.

I bet if you blow the dust of the DEPARTMENT OF WAR sign it’d reveal the word CRIMES right after that

One thing that might explain this is my stepsiblings (one's still in high school, one is college-aged) were bot challenged at all or held accountable as part of their assignements. You could hand in a worksheet with a unrelated doodle on it and as long as it's complete, your teacher would pass you.

This is such a cursed skeet that I desparately wanted to repost, but I absolutely refuse to be the 667th person, so a screencap will have to suffice.

It’s ironic that the people who think they’re Alphas who believe in Free Speech just want Daddy to tell them what to do. It’s incredibly pathetic.

I don’t get it, why does making art become unsatisfying when you remove the part where your brain works and is rewarded with a sense of accomplishment

My favorite thing about culture is when artists who seem new and dangerous wind up decades later performing to universal cheers on the teenage mutant ninja turtles float at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

slaughtering the Liberty Mutual emu for thanksgiving

Did not expect to see Sean from Hot Ones at the Macy's Thankagiving Day parade.

There are a lot of dumb trademark suits in the world. But this is just . . . nuts. Buc-ees thinks the image on the left infringes the one on the right www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...

Cannot believe in the year of our lord 2025, my mom is talking about someone being gay like it's a dirty secret.

Next you'll be telling me that American white Evangelical Protestantism is just a bunch of 19th-century heresies invented to justify slavery!

If you want to read a book for free, please consider checking a copy out at your local library! Unless the book is brand new or has a limited print release (self-published), odds are high that we can get it to you via interlibrary loan if we don't have it already in our collection!

A post from JD Vance's alt account:

Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K

Gallego, I appreciate it, but please, pleasen pull over!!!

Not beating the “America invades countries to grab their oil” allegations

This is (one reason) why I’m against generative AI, period. Instead of being able to inherently look at any type of media with joy or trust, I now always have to be vigilant about its authenticity and ethics. Every video, every doodle, every photograph is suspicious. It’s exhausting.

We gotta declare a pause on Star Wars discourse until they make another good movie

Technically speaking, if you wanna have a natural sleep rhythm, you go to bed at sundown , sleep a little, wake up around 11am, then go back to sleep around 1am, and then wake up for the next day when the sun rises. This is how people slept before the advent of electricity.

Me when my housemates are arguing over the chore chart:

Showing up to my next flight in the rabbit pajamas from A Christmas Story just to spite Sean Duffy.

I think Democrats should double down on trans rights now. It's obvious that most voters don't care about it so you might as well stick with your principles and goad Republicans into focusing on it at the expense of everything else so they're the ones who look like freaks.

I dont care about scaring the hoes. The hoes are wrong